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"That aura... it's Dad's!"
Gohan had clearly sensed something unusual, yet his brows remained tightly furrowed because Gogeta's aura was so faint.
"Trunks! Can you use Instant Transmission to get there? Dad aura is really weak!"
However, Trunks kept his eyes shut. He realized that it wasn't because Gogeta's aura itself was weak. It was because the distance between them was simply too great; it was so vast that the auras they could sense had become indistinct.
'Brother Gohan! Dad and the others should be locked in a fierce battle with Beerus. I can tell you for certain that they haven't been destroyed."
"Their auras are drifting unpredictably within the Realm of Nothingness. If I use Instant Transmission right now, I can't guarantee where we'll end up."
Upon hearing that Gogeta had not been destroyed, Kaiōshin Shin and Kibito, who were standing nearby, both sighed with relief.
"I'm sorry… I can't help with anything at all…" Kaiōshin Shin said in self-reproach.
"Kibito and I had never even heard of a place like the Realm of Nothingness, let alone a God of Destruction."
Kaiōshin Shin lowered his head in shame. At the same time, his divine consciousness began to drift out across the universe.
During the battle between Beerus and Gogeta, several star systems had already been annihilated by destructive energy.
Those...
They were all the painstaking creations he had poured his heart and soul into ever since becoming Kaiōshin.
One after another, the star systems he had personally created were destroyed by Beerus in the blink of an eye.
His heart bled, but there was nothing he could do. He could only watch helplessly, utterly powerless. Suddenly, Kaiōshin Shin dropped to his knees and slammed both fists into the ground.
"Damn it!" His emotions spiraled out of control, and his face turned deep red.
Serving as Kaiōshin, he had failed again and again to resolve crises threatening the universe, and he suddenly felt utterly useless.
From Majin Buu in the past to the sudden emergence of the God of Destruction, Beerus, in the present.
From the time when the Grand Kaiōshin protected everything, to the present day, when people like Trunks have had to take responsibility instead.
Had he, as Kaiōshin, become too pathetic?
Perhaps the Old Kaiōshin was right after all; each generation of Kaiōshins was worse than the last.
"Kaiōshin-sama! What's wrong?!" Kibito asked anxiously, trying to pull Shin up from the ground.
But then he suddenly realized that Shin's body was abnormally heavy, and he couldn't move him at all.
Kibito froze. The next moment, he felt an immense amount of divine energy gathering around Shin.
Kibito was utterly baffled. This power was overwhelmingly strong. At that very moment, Gohan and Trunks also sensed something strange about Kaiōshin Shin.
To Kibito, this aura was incredibly powerful.
But to Trunks and Gohan, it was barely worth mentioning; it was perhaps not even comparable to one of their fingers in their normal state.
"Kaiōshin-sama?! Are you planning to take the field yourself?!" Kibito's eyes filled with admiration as he spoke.
Meanwhile, the Old Kaiōshin cast a sideways glance at Shin, curious to see what he was planning to do.
"Don't be ridiculous, Kaiōshin-sama! How could you possibly be a match for Beerus?! Calm down..." Kibito continued urgently.
Yet, in the next second, something unexpected happened.
Kaiōshin Shin suddenly raised a finger, pointing it straight at himself.
It was this action that made Trunks react instantly.
That posture...
Was he trying to kill himself?!
Gohan had noticed it as well. In just a second, he remembered the conversation between the Grand Kaiōshin and Beerus from a few minutes earlier.
The lives of Kaiōshins are linked to those of the Gods of Destruction.
If one dies, the other will die as well.
Gohan understood immediately. His figure flickered, and, in an instant, he appeared beside Kaiōshin Shin.
"Stop! Kaiōshin-sama! Don't do this!"
Gohan grabbed Kaiōshin Shin's finger in one swift motion. He was so fast that Shin was completely caught off guard; he didn't even realize when he had been restrained.
"Gohan San! Let go of me! If I die, Beerus will disappear too!" Kaiōshin Shin's righteous declaration shocked everyone present at that moment.
Kibito, in particular, was so moved that he was wiping away tears and snot at the same time.
"Waaah… Kaiōshin-sama, I always thought you were a cowardly, useless god who hid in the background, bossing others around and being utterly pathetic. But today, you've truly changed how I see you. I was wrong, Kaiōshin-sama, you're a good god! Who would have thought you'd make such a great decision for the safety of the universe!"
"I, Kibito, hereby offer you my sincerest apology, Kaiōshin-sama!" As he spoke, Kibito bowed deeply, his voice choked with sobs.
Hearing Kibito's outlandish remarks, Trunks felt conflicted. Everything Kibito said was technically true, but Trunks hadn't expected him to be this blunt.
If Kaiōshin Shin really died at this point, Trunks would almost feel guilty about it.
Shaking off the distraction, Trunks turned his gaze back to Kaiōshin Shin. Shin's expression darkened slightly. He hadn't expected to be seen as such a god by Kibito, described with so many negative terms.
But none of that mattered anymore.
Soon, it would all be a memory.
He had already made up his mind to commit suicide that day.
"Let go of me! Gohan San!" Kaiōshin Shin continued to shout.
"I won't let go!" Gohan barked back.
But just then, an aged yet domineering voice rang out from behind Kaiōshin Shin.
"Ridiculous! Utter foolishness! Do you really think dying will solve everything?" The Old Kaiōshin stepped forward and gave Shin a firm tap on the head.
He then continued scolding him, "And another thing, have you forgotten that there's more than one Kaiōshin here? You should remember that the one who originally formed the binding with Lord Beerus was me!"
"Unless both of us die at the same time, Lord Beerus won't disappear. If you want to die, I won't stop you, but I have no intention of dying."
"And when I say 'die,' I don't mean something as simple as floating around with a halo over your head. The last few times I 'died' and had a halo were due to my special ability."
"If you really want the God of Destruction to die, then you'd have to truly kill both me and you."
Kaiōshin Shin was left completely speechless. The old ancestor's words were absolutely correct.
"But… Beerus has already destroyed so many star systems! I…"
Yet the Old Kaiōshin immediately shot back, "And you still have the nerve to say that? Ever since you took over Universe 7, you've let it develop freely. Right now, there are fewer than thirty star systems with civilizations!"
(PS: This is from the manga.)
"The star systems Lord Beerus just destroyed were almost all ones without any humans at all."
As those words fell, everyone present sank into silence.
(End Of This Chapter)