Suddenly… everything stopped.
The air… no longer moved.
The sound… disappeared.
Even heartbeats… felt disconnected from the world.
The sky… completely changed.
It turned pitch black… absolute darkness, like a bottomless void.
No moon… no stars… just a heavy darkness pressing down on everything.
And in the middle of that silence…
Something descended.
Slowly…
As if coming from another world.
The energy that appeared… was not normal.
Not just power… but a feeling of fear, terror, and absolute doom.
From the center of the sky…
A dark figure appeared… enormous…
It looked like something not from this world.
A long body… moving slowly, surrounded by black energy threads that wrapped around it…
Like guards… twisting and circling with a will of their own.
And its head…
A strange, terrifying head…
Snake-like…
Cold eyes… watching everything… as if it already knew what would happen before it even began.
It opened its mouth…
And its voice echoed…
But it wasn't just one voice…
It was multiple voices… speaking at the same time.
"At last…"
"The world… is mine again."
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On the ground…
Goku suddenly froze.
His aura… began to tremble again.
Even Vegeta narrowed his eyes, sensing something…
A presence… not normal…
Stronger than anything they had ever faced before.
And somewhere else…
Piccolo slowly raised his head…
His eyes widened.
"This…"
He swallowed hard.
"This is… not just an enemy…"
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Goku… started to shake.
Something inside him…
The entity that had been controlling him…
Was pulling back…
And for the first time…
Even it felt fear.
"What… is that…?"
The voice inside him…
for the first time… sounded weak.
But the other voice…
Above… in the sky…
Smiled.
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The creature descended another step…
And the ground beneath it… cracked…
The entire world… began to tremble without even a fight.
The black energy threads around it moved…
They protected it…
And prepared…
As if waiting for a command…
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It slowly raised its head…
Looking down at the earth…
And at everyone…
Then spoke in a cold, terrifying voice:
"Now…"
"I will gather… everything…"
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And at that moment…
Everyone understood.
This wasn't the start of a battle…
This was…
The beginning of the end.