Chapter 34: Standoff

About half an hour after John Doe disappeared, he reappeared at the Earth's Temple of the Gods with a Namekian child.

When Piccolo saw that the person following John Doe was Dende, he was surprised and exclaimed, "Dende!"

"Uncle Piccolo!" As soon as he appeared on Earth, Dende saw a familiar face, which made him very happy. He quickly ran over to Piccolo's side.

Eighteen curiously looked at the little person who looked almost exactly like Piccolo and asked, "Is this the God? He doesn't seem very powerful at all."

Eighteen's cold gaze scared Dende, who quickly hid behind Piccolo.

After seeing this, John Doe burst into laughter and said, "Eighteen, you're so scary that you've even scared Dende."

It's no wonder John Doe is a typical straight man, as he's saying that a girl is scary in front of her.

Upon hearing John Doe's words, Eighteen immediately fired an energy blast at him, knocking him down from the Temple of the Gods.

After a while, John Doe flew back up from below the Temple of the Gods, looking dishevelled, which made everyone laugh. However, this made Dende no longer afraid of the young lady in front of him.

At this point, John Doe said to Dende, "Dende, stay here for a while. I'll go and bring Gohan and Krillin over."

Just as John Doe finished speaking, Goku arrived at the Temple of the Gods with Gohan.

Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Piccolo all looked at Goku happily and excitedly called out to him.

"Kakarot, I knew you couldn't die. I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly, but the timing is perfect. You'll be able to join the fight against Cell." Vegeta spoke up.

Future Trunks also shouted, "Mr. Goku, you're finally awake. I'm relieved. I've finally changed your destiny."

Goku looked at Future Trunks and said, "Trunks, you're here too. Thank you for the special medicine. If it weren't for you, I might have died this time."

After saying this, Goku looked at John Doe and said, "John Doe, how is Cell? Is he difficult to deal with?"

John Doe nodded and shook his head, saying, "If you say he's easy to deal with, then he is. With our current strength, any one of us can deal with Cell in his current state."

"But if you say he's difficult to deal with, then he is. He's not willing to fight us at all, and it's hard for us to capture him. He's also extremely skilled in the use of ki, and as long as he doesn't reveal his whereabouts, we can't find him."

"The only good thing right now is that in order to evolve into a perfect form, he must absorb Eighteen, and since Eighteen is with us, we can use her again to set up a trap."

At this point, Vegeta asked, "Cell has already fallen for this once. Will he fall for it again this time? Last time, we failed to steal the dragon balls and even lost Android 17. How can we ensure we don't fail again this time?"

John Doe said, "The last failure was indeed my fault. I should have used instant transmission to send Android 17 and Eighteen away as soon as Cell appeared."

At this point, Future Trunks quickly said, "Uncle John Doe, don't say that. It's not just your fault. We all didn't think of it, and we didn't expect Cell to be so powerful."

Goku then asked, "Is there a new plan?"

John Doe shook his head and said, "Not yet. If we let Eighteen fight one of us like last time, Cell definitely won't fall for it again. So, I'm still thinking if there's another way."

"In the meantime, everyone can take this time to train."

John Doe turned to Vegeta and Future Trunks and said, "Vegeta, Trunks, you can enter the Room of Spirit and Time in the Temple of the Gods and train there. One year in there is equivalent to one day outside."

"What? There's such a good place? Take us there quickly." Vegeta immediately exclaimed excitedly.

Goku then interjected, "Vegeta, don't get too excited. Each person can only stay in the Room of Spirit and Time for two years. If you don't come out in time, the exit will disappear, so be careful."

Vegeta nodded and said, "No problem. Two years is enough. Hmph, Kakarot, John Doe, in two days, my strength will surpass yours."

Vegeta then turned to Future Trunks and said, "Trunks, let's go. I need to train you properly."

John Doe then gestured to Mr. Popo to take Vegeta and Future Trunks to the Room of Spirit and Time.

Piccolo stood at the edge of the Temple of the Gods and looked down. After the fusion of Kami and Piccolo, Piccolo inherited many of Kami's abilities, such as the ability to see the entire Earth from the Temple of the Gods.

Looking at the world below, many people disappeared from his sight, and Piccolo asked Goku and John Doe, who had walked up to him, "Do you feel it? Large groups of people have disappeared."

Goku and John Doe both nodded, and Goku said seriously, "Cell is truly insane. He's currently slaughtering ordinary Earthlings without any regard."

Although John Doe couldn't clearly sense the weak ki of those people, he could still feel the disappearance of large groups of ki.

John Doe said to Piccolo and Goku, "I'm actually wondering about one thing right now. Why is Cell still constantly plundering biological energy? He has already absorbed Android 17, so in theory, those weak biological energies shouldn't be able to increase his strength anymore."

Upon hearing John Doe's words, Piccolo and Goku also frowned, as they really didn't know why Cell was doing this. Instead of trying to find Android 18, he chose to constantly slaughter ordinary people.

Goku then said, "Let's have Dende quickly revive Shenron. After we defeat Cell, we'll immediately revive all the Earthlings killed by him."

Goku's words were met with agreement, and Piccolo took one last deep look at the city below before turning to find Dende.

Earlier, Goku had also brought Krillin over, and at this time, Dende, Gohan, and Krillin were playing happily. Piccolo said to Dende, "Dende, revive Shenron first. We'll collect the Dragon Balls first, and after we defeat Cell, we'll summon Shenron and wish to revive all the humans killed by him."

Dende immediately nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Piccolo."

Mr. Popo then took out a Shenron model and placed it in front of Dende.

After Dende praised the model for being very delicate and cute, he held his hand up to the Shenron model and recited a long incantation. The model then turned into a flash of light and split into seven parts, flying towards the Earth's surface.