Two mighty Ki Blasts locked in a stalemate high above the ground.
The surrounding space kept warping, thunderous crashes echoing out.
Veins bulged on Bojack's forehead, his teeth clenched so hard they hurt.
"Aaargh—!"
He roared, muscles twitching as he poured in more power.
With the surge, the dark-red Energy Ball pressed down several metres; a savage grin flickered across Bojack's face.
"Crack—crack—crack!"
On the Lookout, the stone beneath Gohan's feet split; his legs sank into the floor.
He's faltering!
Bojack's eyes lit up.
This bastard's strength is a notch below mine.
Then die, damn it.
Ecstatic, Bojack kept forcing the sphere downward, intent on swallowing Gohan and the entire Lookout in one go.
Gohan staggered back; a corner of the Lookout was blasted away.
Bojack grew more excited.
Victory was in sight.
Suddenly—
he thought he heard Gohan speaking to him.
Somehow Gohan's voice cut cleanly through the din and reached his ears.
Gohan said, "Bojack—having fun?"
Three question marks popped above Bojack's head.
This punk knows my name?
And what kind of question is that?"
Well… he was sort of happy.
The brat's power looked completely suppressed.
Of course he was happy—victory was within reach.
Gohan's voice came again: "Heh, fool—I was lying."
Bojack was dumbstruck.
What the hell is this kid playing at?
He'd been left totally bewildered.
Suddenly, Gohan's body changed.
His muscles ballooned; in an instant he took on that notorious second form.
The hulking-muscleman form.
It bled speed rapidly, looked imposing, yet couldn't land a hit.
But don't forget—they were beam-clashing.
Here, raw power was everything.
A mutated form whose boost hovered a hair's breadth from Super Saiyan 2.
Its multiplier reached eighty, even ninety times base power.
Utterly monstrous.
"BOOM!!"
Gohan's Aura exploded, turning wilder.
His Ki soared, and the Kamehameha's force skyrocketed.
Before Bojack could react, his own dark-red sphere was shoved back; he had no defence at all.
Gohan's power overwhelmed him completely.
Bojack's composure shattered in an instant.
No warning, no time to brace—just like that.
"Agh—!"
Seeing his own blast about to devour him, Bojack bit his tongue and desperately dodged aside.
The twin beams grazed him, carving away chunks of flesh; the pain was excruciating.
"BOOM!!"
The Kamehameha and the Crimson Death-Ball shot into the void and detonated.
The flash lit up half the North Galaxy; countless planets vanished in the blast.
A vacuum of absolute nothingness formed at the epicentre.
"Huff… huff… huff…"
Gasping, Bojack—ignoring the agony—stared in dread at the golden warrior before him.
This kid… had still been hiding strength?
How underhanded could he get?
"Haa—"
Gohan exhaled; his muscles shrank as he reverted to normal Super Saiyan form.
Super Saiyan 1, Full-Power state.
"Heh." Grinning, Gohan flared his golden Aura and shot upward, rocketing toward the battered Bojack.
Lightning-swift, he closed the gap in a blink, right fist raised high before smashing it down.
"Hmph!" Though rattled, Bojack met the punch with his own.
The fists collided with a thunderous roar.
Energy erupted between them, rippling outward and shattering clouds for leagues around.
Bang—bang—bang!
They tore into each other, fists and feet flying, blood spraying across the sky.
It was a fierce, exhilarating fight.
Evenly matched, they battled to a standstill.
On the Lookout, Dende and Popo watched with pounding hearts, eyes wide, cold breath catching in their throats.
Meanwhile, Trunks had caught up with Zangya and Kogu; the three were locked in their own fierce battle.
But Zangya and Kogu were already gravely wounded, and after a few exchanges they were left gasping under Trunks's pressure.
Their injuries worsened, blood gushed like fountains, and in the end they were ruthlessly slain by Trunks.
Of the Galaxy Gang of Five, only the bare-handed commander Bojack remained.
On the other side,
the fight between Bojack and Son Gohan continued.
The longer they fought, the more excited—and frenzied—Gohan became.
Bojack, however, grew more astonished with every blow.
He sensed something odd about Gohan's body.
For some reason, although Gohan hadn't reverted to that Muscle-Bound Form, his strength kept climbing.
And the bastard even had regenerative powers.
Every strike was clearly mutual destruction—
a lose-lose pattern of hurting the enemy by a thousand while harming himself by eight hundred.
Yet in no time he would be good as new—utterly outrageous.
Once, Bojack remembered biting off one of Gohan's fingers.
But within a few breaths the damn thing had grown back.
Ridiculous!
Utterly ridiculous!
How could anyone fight this?
Bojack's mind teetered on collapse.
He knew it clearly.
The longer the war of attrition dragged on, the weaker he'd become—while his foe only grew stronger.
With the tide turning, the outcome was obvious: he would die on Earth today.
But Bojack was far from resigned.
He truly didn't want to die.
He had endured a millennium-long Seal; he'd survived that.
Damn it!
…Trunks reverted to his normal state, hovering high to watch the battle.
He had expected something spectacular.
Instead he found a one-sided beat-down.
The pitiful Bojack fled with his head in his hands, covered in wounds—no trace of a great Overlord's bearing.
At this moment he was as cowardly as a Cornered Bear.
All will to fight had vanished.
Gohan, by contrast, grew fiercer the longer he fought.
Inside he kept roaring,
"Almost—just a bit more!"
"Give me one more second—damn it—one more second!"
"I'm on the verge of a Breakthrough; I'm about to seize that spark!"
"My reserves are full—every condition for Breakthrough is met!"
"I will BREAK THROUGH!!!"
"Aaaaargh—"
Gohan punched like a maniac, eyes cold as twin blades of ice.
Suddenly,
"Rumble—"
"Crack-crack—"
Thunder rolled above; Lightning Serpents danced amid the clouds.
Bolts crashed down one after another.
Gohan smashed Bojack away with a single punch.
Then a thick blue Lightning strike slammed into him.
"Battle—fierce battle!"
"Roaar—"
Gohan let out a long roar.
He felt a shackle inside him crack open.
A flash of Lightning blazed across his mind.
Veins bulged on his forehead; muscles thickened; golden hair shot upright, a slender lock falling over his brow.
His jade eyes turned even colder.
"Boom."
"Crackle-crackle—"
The golden Aura around him blazed brighter; arcs of electricity danced over his body, crackling softly.
In his pupils the reflection of a Black Giant Ape flashed; then a terrifying Aura erupted.
Golden hair, jade eyes, golden flames wreathed in crackling sparks.
The overwhelming pressure scattered every dark cloud in the sky.
Super Saiyan 2—present!
A single glare from Gohan nearly shattered Bojack's nerve.
"W-what are you?" Bojack asked in terror.
He admitted he had never met anyone as fearsome as Son Gohan.
This Aura—one look and his courage froze.
"The one who kills you," Gohan answered coldly, vanishing in a flash.
"No—stop!!!" Bojack spun and fled.
No, I can't die here, I won't die here—I have to run, to escape this place, to flee this nightmare.
Escape was the only thought left in Bojack's mind.
But the vanished Gohan reappeared right in front of him.
And punched straight at him.
"Nooo—" Bojack screamed, unable to dodge, taking the blow head-on.
The next instant a blinding light exploded.
Bojack's body disintegrated piece by piece, dissolving into the air....
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