Chapter 199: Crisis at the Time Nest—Demigra
"Oh, just go on! No need to explain all that!" Lin Qi urged Time Patrol Trunks to speak faster, already flying toward the space-time portal ahead of him.
Before leaving, he even turned back to call out to Dende, "Dende, head down and find Bulma—I need 1,600 portions of the jumbo seafood platter!"
"I'll be back soon to pick up the order!"
"Uh… o-oh!" Dende blinked his wide eyes in confusion as he watched Lin Qi fly off.
Time Patrol Trunks followed behind Lin Qi. "I don't know why Demigra wants all those negative scrolls either!"
"Earlier, the Supreme Kai of Time even complained that Lord Beerus hadn't come by in ages to destroy those negative scrolls..."
Lin Qi turned to glance back at the trailing Time Patrol Trunks. "So what? Chronoa just gave them to him?"
"Yes. After all, Pan and Goten are in their hands!" Trunks nodded.
As the two disappeared into the time-space tunnel, the portal faded away.
Dende remained confused, turning to Mr. Popo. "Mr. Popo, what was Mr. Lin Qi talking about just now? I didn't quite understand."
"Three thousand six hundred portions of the jumbo seafood platter!" Mr. Popo blinked his big doughnut-like eyes innocently—that's the number he thought he'd heard, right?
"That's not what I meant! That boy who came out of the black hole… was that Trunks? And who captured Pan and Goten?"
Dende's head filled with question marks. "Who's Pan? Isn't Goten at Miss Bulma's house playing with Trunks?"
Mr. Popo blinked again and asked in return, "If even you, Kami-sama, don't know, how could Popo possibly know?"
"Ugh... forget it. I'll go place the seafood platter order for Lord Lin Qi first! It's probably for those important guests…"
"Wait, how many was it again? 5,600?"
Back at the Time Nest, after Time Patrol Trunks had left.
The Time Nest was in complete ruin. The giant tree had been snapped in half, and the surrounding flowers and grass were long gone.
The courtyard was riddled with craters, and even the Time Vault had become a pile of rubble.
Chamel and Robelu stood behind Demigra, guarding the imprisoned Time Patrol Goten and Time Patrol Pan, both trapped inside a protective barrier.
Behind the Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa stood an enraged Time Patrol Gohan, Time Patrol Goku, and Time Patrol Vegeta.
"You bastard... weren't we allies before?" Time Patrol Goku glared furiously at Demigra.
"Let them go—Pan and Goten, now!" Gohan shouted, fists clenched tightly. "You magic punk, what you're doing is way out of line!"
"Heh… allies? That was nothing but a temporary alliance," Demigra sneered as he glanced disdainfully at Chronoa.
"Open the vault already. If I lose my patience, those two brats won't survive!"
"Dad…" Pan repeatedly pounded on the energy barrier, her eyes brimming with tears. But her small fists had no effect at all.
"You're so cowardly! Let me out and fight me fair and square!" Goten also kept slamming his fists against the barrier.
Chronoa clenched her teeth tightly. After looking at the two children trapped inside the barrier, she finally raised her hand with a face full of anger and helplessness.
A grand, weathered door—exuding the weight of history—appeared before them. As it creaked open, thick dust billowed out, revealing piles upon piles of scrolls inside.
"You really made me work for it—so this is where you hid them, in an alternate dimension?" Demigra raised an eyebrow in surprise, a smirk curling his lips.
"Hmph, and that's your excuse for taking hostages?" Gohan clenched his fists angrily. "Let them go already!"
Chronoa's face was icy cold, her hands clenched at her sides. "The scrolls you want are in there. Get them yourself."
"Why rush? You're coming in with me," Demigra said with a sneer, casting a scornful glance at her.
"What, you think I'm stupid? If I went in alone, you'd just shut the space-time gate behind me, wouldn't you?"
"Damn it…" Chronoa's expression turned even colder. So he saw through her trap. Is there really no other way?
Led by Chronoa, Demigra stepped into the room that stored the negative scrolls.
Goku and the others, worried about Chronoa's safety, followed closely behind. The whole group poured into the room, making the already chaotic and cramped space even more cluttered.
Scrolls were scattered all over the floor like garbage—clearly, no one had been here in ages.
"Heh heh… the negative scrolls! I never expected there to be this many!" Demigra's face lit up with satisfaction.
The entire room radiated a disturbing energy from the negative scrolls. Demigra casually picked one up, unrolled it, and examined its contents.
"Ha ha ha… I've waited so long for this day! With these negative scrolls, my power will reach a whole new level!"
"I, Demigra, will no longer need to fear anyone!"
As Demigra laughed wildly, Chronoa's expression turned frosty. "Are you satisfied now? Then let those two children go!"
Demigra signaled Robelu with a glance. As the barrier was deactivated, Goten immediately grabbed Pan and rushed back to Chronoa's side.
"They're useless to me now, so you can have them back."
At the same time, Gohan, Goku, and Vegeta behind Chronoa instantly transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and lunged forward.
But no matter how fast they were, they couldn't beat Demigra. A burst of demonic energy sent them all flying.
"What a shame. Seems like no one can stop me now," Demigra said with a cheerful laugh.
At that moment, all the scrolls began to levitate, swirling around Demigra.
The vast negative energy stored in the scrolls surged into Demigra's body—he absorbed it all!
Chronoa stared in disbelief. "Demigra, are you insane? You won't be able to handle all that energy!"
As Robelu cast a protective energy shield around Demigra, Chamel raised his staff, ready for battle.
Both sides were now on edge, battle imminent.
But in the very next moment, the floating scrolls lost all their energy and fell to the ground as mere scraps of paper.
"Incredible…" Demigra looked down at his hands. "Such immense power... That guy didn't lie to me after all."
"HAHAHAHA!"
Demigra threw his head back in laughter, his voice infused with overwhelming power, blasting the surrounding Time Patrol away.
Chronoa seized the opportunity and led the remaining Time Patrol members to retreat from that space.