CHAPTER 36: THE TALK AND THE MATCH

" Wonder woman please... i-it just won't work out... you don't truly understand. Your emotions are most likely being amplified by my pheromones. Your 'love' was/is probably nothing more than my pheromones being extremely potent, it's persuading you to make rather... rash decisions. ", Zane states solemnly.

" It's Diana, Zane. Second, prior to your ' pheromones ', I was still, in fact, interested in you. Yes, it might have been physical attraction at first, but your ways played a part as well. I knew you could have taken down the league during the last fight, but you didn't, and even if I didn't deescalate the situation, you would have left them with only a warning at most. Zane... you never seemed like one to harm others, especially without reason. You, you... are a decent person, Zane. Better than most 'heroes' I have seen in my time of duty." Diana said, pausing before continuing.

" But it's fine, it 𝐢𝐬 probably the pheromones attracting me to you as well. " She chuckled sadly, continuing. " I-I think... I should give you some time to think about this announcement as well, and myself too... ." She said. Slowly clenching her fists.

"...Thank you for understanding me Diana. I. I... should get going now. " Zane said, before leaving. He didn't have time to think about a relationship. At least, not for now. He made a silent promise to himself to lead a somewhat normal life after this competition. Maybe he could become a detective like he dreamt of when he was just a child. Never too late to make that dream come true. Strength seemed like something that would come naturally with time... given his new capabilities.

Sighing. ' At Least we cleared that up... it would have been bad if I raised any bad or unwanted flags ' zane thought.

Flying off, he decided to spend the rest of his time searching for a sun to begin his sun-bathing near a blue star. Waiting for the competition to begin while gaining a little strength along the way.

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{ZANE, IT'S TIME FOR THE COMPETITION TO BEGIN, TELEPORTATION WILL COMENCE IN 5 MINUTES... ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT IS TO COME?}

Opening his eyes, his body having a feint blue glow from absorbing so much blue star energy, he responded. " Yeah, I'm ready. "

After waiting out the 5 minutes, he was teleported into a large arena. With gold and platinum statues all around it. Looking at where the spectators would be, he saw interesting looking beings, some looked like humanoid dolphins and fishes. While some looked like humans, but exceptionally more attractive, in terms of a scale, they would be 12/10 when compared to humans. Some were looking at him with interest, while some with clear lust in their gaze.

-ZANE, TURN AROUND. IT'S YOUR R.O.B . WELCOME TO THE SYSTSM USERS ARENA, JUST STAY BY MY SIDE. I NEED TO EXPLAIN SOME THINGS TO YOU, FOLLW ALONG-

" So you're him, huh... a lot taller than I expected you to be. To be honest, everyone here is giving off unspeakable pressure, including you... and especially the one on that throne. He gives me the most creeps. " He said to the rob. The rob had a literal galaxy of a head, and wearing a tuxedo, while being 10 feet tall. Zane was a little taken aback at first, but he walked it off.

Rob, ignoring the majority of Zane's question, heard the very last sentence

-QUIET DOWN! HE IS THE ALL MIGHTY ELDER, FATHER OF ALL OF US AND CREATOR OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. HE COULD PHASE YOU AND ME AWAY WITHOUT EVEN BLINKING. DO NOT PASS YOUR PLACE WITH HIM, BE CORDIAL AT ALL COSTS. NOW FOLLOW ME-

" Ok? Sure... I will keep my mouth zipped. But who is the person I'm fighting? I don't see anyone else in the arena? " Zane asked, curious.

AUTHOR: I WILL BE CHAGING HOW HE SPEAKS NOW, IT WILL BE MORE CASUAL BUT THIS IS USED ' - - ' TO IDENTIFY HIM.

" So this is it, huh? At least the place is beautiful. " Zane said, admiring the inside of the room he went in. It was simply gorgeous, the architecture was literally otherworldly, so it doesn't have competition. It was craftsmanship of the highest order... literally.

-Quick! listen... I know that I've screwed up before. Let's put this all behind us. We will need to work together to get through this, or everything you know and love will die and I get great greeted with immense shame-

" Of course, of course. I get put into a mess thanks to you? AGAIN! " Fuck, it won't matter now. Zane quite liked his new life this time and he doesn't want a Perma death. Sighing, before responding, " I do have to give you some props for giving me an excellent system at least. " Zane said.

-Glad you liked it, moving on. Listen, your opponent, from what I could observe, seems to be a saiyan. A little on the arrogant side as well, but intelligent, someone like vegito. He has the classic spiky saiyan hair too, a bit on the brown-auburn side. But he is much more dangerous. That is all the information I have, just based on how he interacts and looks.

' This was awfully concise? It's like he has done this before... ' Zane thought. Sensing the tone in the robs voice.

"...Thanks for the heads up, I needed his genes anyway. " Zane said, but he was actually worried. Everyone he knew would die if he lost this match, including himself. He couldn't lose! The rob doesn't seem to care much either, judging from his tone, now it seemed like he was used to losing.

THE ELDER: CONTESTANTS, ITS TIME. ENTER THE ARENA IMMEDIATLY.

' Wasn't this too sudden? ' , zane thought. Everything seemed oddly quick? As if it was done numerous times already. Walking back out, he saw his opponent on the opposite side. He could see that his opponent's chi distorting the very fabric of space around his body. This would be interesting.

THE ELDER: GOOD! IT SEEMS YOU ARE ALL READY. WHEN THIS DEVICE TOUCHES THE GROUND. THE MATCH WILL START. GET PREPARE YOUSELVES MENTALLY. WITH THIS MATCH, THE 5324TH FIGHT WILL COMMENCE.

' Of course I was right! It's been done over 5 thousand TIMES! ' Zane thought. He wouldn't be opening his big mouth again. He was practically jinxing himself at this point.

Focusing once more, he got into his fighting stance. He could tell his opponent was a master no, grandmaster level combatant. Extremely powerful, too. Saiyans as a whole have busted abilities, especially their forms, and he could tell that his opponent is different from the usual ones in the shit he had read before in his first life. These guys were typically overpowered and had an unfair advantage of power from the getgo.

Looking ahead, Zane could tell his opponent was not smiling like before. The grin he had finally vanished for unknown reasons. But Zane felt that he didn't need to worry about that. Not now, at least. He was looking for an opening in his opponent's stance, with each getting smaller and smaller.

~ Opponents Pov ~ ' This one seems powerful. The surrounding pressure around him is passively rising exponentially. I even feel him prying for a hole in my stance, but I won't let him find any that easily... Sensing his chi, I realized that this wasn't an ordinary foe. His chi signature wasn't like the normal beings I've fought before. It felt as if it was... alive? No. A amalgamation of different chi's combined retaining sentience? ' He thought questioningly, losing his smirk in the process.

But it appeared once more, only this time. It was far more sadistic in nature. ' This is going to be an entertaining match. I hope he at least allows me to use some of my true power. Zeno doesn't cut it anymore, especially in the most recent century. ' He said, grinning.

~ Zane's pov ~

' The device is about to hit... '

*CLAANGG*

We both starred at each other... he was smiling once more, his muscle tensing before charging at me. He was incredibly fast! Even with my enhanced perception, he was quick. Realizing this, he got faster, throwing a casual jab towards me. He was trying to feel me out, prying me a little.

I quickly activated my speed force so I could match his sheer speed. He was stronger than me, far stronger. But thanks to my arcosian bloodline, once I considered a situation as training, I could grow and adapt from it. Now, my perk activated, my Chi was increasing at an incredible rate. But he realized this as well. We were now somewhat even. My strength was increasing, surprising him a little, catching him off-guard and landing a solid blow on left his jaw. His Blood being drawn.

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After his voice became distorted and feral. I quickly dashed back after feeling his sudden outburst of power and killing intent. After that, I realized that his eyes were glowing a exotic orange. With him suddenly calming down. His eyes were remaining the same now. Rather than the jet black it was prior. A major difference in his chi quality, showing that it multiplied and had gotten much denser and even wilder than before...

Stopping and standing still, he spoke. " I almost lost myself in excitement there. I'm sorry for that outburst earlier. It isn't easy being a ' True Legendary Kryptonian Ancient saiyan '.

My name is ' Barmis '. That brief exchange we had earlier, tells me you're a rather powerful fighter... You put up more of a fight than the grand priest and even Zeno himself, too. But... if this is all you have, you're going to die having miserable death.

Looking at him in a calculating manor, " We will see Barmis " I said, coldly. " Tell me, how powerful is that bloodline of yours? It's clear that race/races you said out loud aren't remotely normal. I'm curious... how powerful are your transformations or even the extent of you potential? Enlighten me, friend. Although I know I am going to lose, I at least want to die knowing a bit about my final foe" Zane said, stroking Barmis' ego a bit. He was curious about how much Barmis could grow from the forms alone.

Smiling. He looked up then to the side, before looking directly at me, finally ready to speak. " Very well, you have earned that right, so I don't mind telling a deadman walking, anyway. " Barmis stated.

" To keep things simple, I wished for it. To be really honest. I knew these variants of the saiyans species weren't capable of occurring naturally... but I am a little different from the norm, my friend. You see. Siayans are a species that are ever growing, with new variants of siayans that are more powerful than others... like broly, for example. His type are variants that could be classified as a completely new evolution in comparison to the normal species, which. I am sure you know as well. "

I said nothing, listening keenly on what he's saying.

Smiling, he continues. " Broly is a saiyan that has a mutation within his organelle. It is essentially the cell that allows beings to produce energy within the body. However, that mutation allows for extreme overproduction of energy/chi within the saiyans body instead. With that increase being so high, it causes chemicals of the saiyan's brain to overproduce and to grow out of control when push comes to shove. "

" But.... there is a lesser mutation of saiyans, which could be considered to be pseudo-legendary saiyans. I call them ' true super siayans '. These variants produce much more of the infamous and potent 'S-cells' compared to normal saiyans. They grow at rates multiple times faster than normal siayans, with additional benefits. They have access to ' true ' forms as well. If the ssj form gives a 100x multiplier when mastered, the true ssj's gives a 250 times multiplier instead, with the cost of little more mental training due to over aggression as a defect of such great power. "

He was now smiling even wider than usual. Small chills were starting shiver down my spine.

" Theres more... " laughing a bit he continued once more, " What If I told you that there were true legendary ssjs like the normal ones with even more instability and increase in power? " Barmis said. His laughs becoming more feral.

Intrigued, I was surprised at the thought. If such a thing was possible. No. could it be possible with legendary saiyans? Then... oh no! I saw where this was going, and it was terrifying.

Continuing with his dialogue, he smiled even wider than before. " Looks like it finally dawned on you, hasn't it? Now let me finish, young one. With a variant of ' true legendary ssjs ' now, they have increased muscle density and skin toughness when compared to ordinally Lssjs, with even more power increase than before, the Lssj form normally has an increase of 1,500 times, while the true lssjs have a multiplier of 7,500 times! "

" From the research I have done, the increase was progressively getting exponential the more mutated the base species is, this however, doesn't apply to only us saiyans. Now vice verca with the ancient siayans... on average their forms have around a 500 times increase in base, with the true ancient saiyan has a 3500 times increase, with even more potential than even the true ssjs and ssjs, with them having access to the 4th and even the notorious 5th form. "

He paused before continuing once more. " But repeat that process with a hypothetical... lets say. ' legendary ancient saiyan ' or even a ' true ' variant as well. Now tell me... how powerful would you think that would be? FRIEND!!!! "

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