c31: Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku is No Match at All?
Inside the Capsule Corporation laboratory, Bulma frantically tapped the console keys, activating a massive machine resembling a satellite emitter. The device's dish glowed and unleashed a stream of concentrated emerald light aimed directly at Baby Vegeta.
This was the Blutz Wave Generator, an advanced machine Bulma had perfected under Baby's orders.
Unlike ordinary energy restoration devices, this machine could not only restore stamina but also amplify a Saiyan's power to monstrous levels by flooding them with Blutz Waves the very radiation that triggers the Great Ape transformation.
A stimulant of terrifying proportions...
Yet such power came with consequences. Overexposure to Blutz Waves could cause uncontrollable surges in strength and strain the body beyond its limits. But Bulma, under Baby's control, thought only of her master's command.
"Master Baby! Don't worry, you'll soon have more power than ever before!" she cried, and with a final keystroke, the Blutz Generator's rays intensified.
The light beamed down in eight converging streams, engulfing the unconscious Golden Great Ape Baby.
"Zzzzzzt!"
The giant ape's body convulsed as his wounds healed, his breath stabilizing. But the radiation's range was too wide part of the energy bathed the battered Son Goku, lying near the battlefield's edge.
Goku stirred. The infusion of Blutz energy reignited his ki, though faintly. Slowly opening his eyes, he forced himself to sit up, sweat beading his face.
"Tch… this energy… it gave me a push, but it's nowhere near enough to finish this," he muttered, clutching his chest.
He grimaced, remembering the crucial moment earlier when he had achieved Super Saiyan 4, his strength had completely surpassed Baby's. He could have ended the battle then and there.
But he had hesitated.
If Baby were destroyed, then Vegeta's body the vessel Baby had stolen would perish as well. Goku's heart wavered, hoping for some way to save his longtime rival.
Now, staring at Baby's looming figure, he realized the cost of that hesitation. Not only had he failed to free Vegeta, but Baby had been granted a second chance to annihilate him.
"Damn it," Goku muttered, sitting on a broken slab of stone. "If I'd just finished it back then, Vegeta wouldn't be suffering like this… Now I might not have the strength to protect anyone."
His thoughts were cut short as the giant ape's eyelids twitched. Baby roared awake, golden fur bristling, muscles surging with renewed vitality. His aura flared violently, shaking the ground.
"He's… stronger than before," Goku whispered, forcing himself to stand.
"Master Baby, you've done it!" Bulma exclaimed from the control room.
Baby bared his fangs in a grin. "Keh-heh… I feel incredible! My power… it's overflowing!"
Goku forced a confident smile onto his face. "Took you long enough. I've been waiting, Baby."
Though he acted fearless, his body trembled. He had only recovered a fraction of his energy, but he couldn't let Baby see weakness.
"Son Goku?" Baby narrowed his glowing red eyes. "You've regained your strength too? Good. Now I'll crush you once and for all!"
The Golden Great Ape's colossal shadow loomed as he stomped forward, the ground cracking beneath his feet.
"Don't be so sure!" Goku barked, masking his exhaustion. "It's not going to be that easy!"
Baby snarled. "We'll see about that!"
With a thunderous leap, Baby hurled his enormous body at Goku, fist raised like a falling mountain.
The battlefield trembled as the true clash between the Golden Great Ape and the weary Super Saiyan 4 was about to ignite once more.
Looking at the massive frame of the Golden Great Ape Baby rushing forward, his colossal body moved with frightening speed, even swifter than before he transformed.
Son Goku, still reeling from exhaustion, had no choice but to leap back desperately.
"Bang! Bang!"
The ground shattered beneath Baby's charge as his enormous fist swung straight toward Goku.
"It's over… with my body this drained, dodging this blow is impossible!" Goku thought grimly, panic flashing in his eyes.
Before he could react, the impact connected. His body was hurled like a ragdoll through the air.
"Shhhhhh!"
"Boom!"
Goku's frame crashed through ridge after ridge, tearing through several rocky peaks before finally slamming into the earth, rubble scattering everywhere.
The damage was clear. His body trembled, blood dripping from his mouth—his stamina was nearly spent, his strength at its absolute limit.
"Ughh… that really did it…! Looks like this might be where I fall…" Goku groaned, clutching his ribs as he glared up at the towering ape.
"Oh, Son Goku… so this is your great recovery?" Baby sneered, his fangs glinting under the moonlight glow of his golden form. "For a moment I almost believed you had regained your power. But seeing you crawl now… I'll finish it properly! This is the end for you, Saiyan trash!"
Spreading his massive arms, Baby ascended into the air, ki swirling violently in his palms. His immense aura surged, shaking the ground like a storm.
Goku, his vision hazy, watched helplessly. With his ki nearly extinguished, even lifting his arms felt impossible.
"It's no use… at this rate, I won't make it…" he thought, his chest tightening.
Baby's monstrous voice thundered across the battlefield:
"Prepare to die, Son Goku! This universe belongs to the Tuffle race!"
"Final… Flash!!"
The Golden Great Ape unleashed Vegeta's devastating technique, a titanic wave of purple-white ki roaring downward like a planet-busting comet.
"Damn it… I can't even move…!" Goku's heart sank. With no strength left, he shut his eyes and braced himself for the end.
"BOOOOM!"
The blast collided with the earth, the shockwave splitting the ground wide open. Energy swirled into a raging vortex, carving out an immense crater where Goku lay.
"Hahahaha!!" Baby's triumphant roar echoed as dust and lightning tore through the battlefield. "At last, Son Goku is finished! With him gone, no warrior in the universe can oppose me. From today on, the Saiyan race is extinct—and the entire cosmos will kneel to the might of the Tuffles!"
He threw back his head, laughing madly as if victory had already been written.
But then
"Oi, Baby! You sound like an idiot. What's with all that screaming?"
A mocking voice rang out casually from behind.
Baby froze, his crimson eyes widening.
That voice… it wasn't Goku.
Turning sharply, he saw a figure standing boldly atop a jagged rock. In his arms was the battered but breathing Son Goku, rescued at the very brink of death.
It was Lin Hao.
"You… you again?" Baby snarled, recognition flashing in Vegeta's stolen eyes. "The other Saiyan… I thought Vegeta's memories were misleading, but it was you all along!"
Lin Hao smirked, unfazed by Baby's killing intent. "That's right, Uncle Lin Hao at your service. I heard you were looking for me so I came. But what I found was a giant ape clown, laughing at his own jokes."
His words cut like knives, dripping with mockery.
"Damn wild monkey!!" Baby bellowed, his rage boiling over.
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