Beerus’ Reaction

Goten stood before the time machine, addressing the group of survivors gathered behind him.

"Okay, the time machine can take up to four or five people at a time, so everyone must be picked up in batches. It will be your responsibility, Trunks."

"But because we have other things to do, we must be sent there first."

Goten surveyed the dozens of people behind Trunks. If only Kai Kai could travel through timelines. Unfortunately, it didn't work that way, so everyone had to be picked up in batches.

"Alright, Goten," Trunks nodded quickly. It was a blessing that everyone had survived. As for returning to the past timeline a few days earlier or later, no one would care.

The first ones to go back were Goten, Krillin, Trunks, and Mai.

…...

Back at the Capsule Corp.

Bulma was ecstatic when she heard that Trunks could live in this timeline. The Trunks of this timeline had died eight years ago, and she had only seen him for one day a month ago. After seeing him, she missed him even more.

It would be a great thing if the Trunks in front of her could be by her side.

[T/N: Sorry little Trunks, mama got new Trunks now. You can stay with daddy in otherworld.]

Subsequently, Bulma immersed herself in the study of time energy and Trunks shuttled back and forth, picking up all the other survivors.

"Goten, are we going back to the Hakaishin God Realm now?" After Zamasu's matter was resolved, Krillin asked.

Krillin still wanted to return to the God Realm. Under Whis's training, his strength had improved significantly. Whis, an old monster who had lived for hundreds of millions of years, was a real deity level figure, and his training methods yielded twice the result with half the effort.

"Yes, we will!" Goten agreed. "So many people traveling through timeline at the same time is actually a big deal. Beerus-sama must be told."

Goten emphasized the importance of informing Beerus. Beerus despised those who lacked the respect he deserved. If Goten informed him, Beerus might not be too angry. However, if Beerus discovered it on his own, the situation might become less favorable.

Before leaving, Goten returned to Mount Paozu to inform Chichi and Videl that he was going to practice in the God Realm. After all, if he disappeared for too long, they would inevitably worry.

Although reluctant, Chichi agreed, knowing that Goten was Earth's hope. Only his strength could face any crisis. The matter of Hakaishin last time left her with lingering fears. If the next enemy was stronger and more ruthless than Beerus, the earth would be in danger.

...

After leaving Mount Paozu, Goten brought Krillin to the God Realm using Kai Kai.

Whis was not surprised that Goten was able to find the location of the God Realm and arrived there in an instant. Because Goten used the Kai Kai ability when he was fighting Beerus before. As an Angel, it was naturally impossible for such things to escape his attention.

"Goten, what you're doing is too dangerous," Whis cautioned. "You've brought people from another timeline to this timeline. Do you realize the devastating blow this approach may bring to our timeline?"

Whis already knew about Goten bringing the Trunks and other people over.

Although unlikely, a parallel timeline had been born since Trunks appeared here. But in his eyes, the possibility of such consequences was extremely low because the strength of Trunks was really average in his eyes, but it was not impossible.

[T/N: I know this doesn't make any sense: Just chalk it up to reincarnated Goten being a singularity, and no parallel timeline was made of this AU]

"I know," Goten replied solemnly. "But the timeline Trunks and the others come from is now uninhabitable. Leaving them there would mean certain death. I'll explain this to Beerus-sama."

In fact, the Trunks from the future timeline had always been a warrior that he liked and admired very much, and he couldn't bear to watch him suffer in a desperate world.

Besides, this timeline lacked fighters.

Whis sighed. "I hope Beerus-sama will listen to your explanation. Originally, I wanted to train you as the next Hakaishin for the Seventh Universe, but now it seems you're not suitable for that position."

Whis said sadly. He had harbored this idea before, to train Goten as the new Hakaishin of the Seventh Universe. But now it seemed that Goten was still too kind. It was very difficult for such a person to be qualified for the position of Hakaishin.

"Maybe!" Goten just smiled faintly.

In fact, he had no desire for the position of Hakaishin. It wouldn't take long for his strength to completely surpass the level of Hakaishin! At that time, it would be just a false title, and he wouldn't care at all.

Although, Hakaishin was really strong at this stage. It could even be said to be the highest existence. But Goten was very clear that there were many people stronger than Hakaishin in this world.

The Angel in front of him had strength far surpassing that of Hakaishin.

And beyond the Angel, there were the Grand Priest, Zeno's guards, and Zeno himself—powerhouses capable of obliterating entire universes on a mere whim.

And above Zeno, he didn't know if there was any more outrageous existence.

"Okay, let's continue training!" Whis declared, glancing at Goten's determined expression. He didn't want to waste time on this matter either, especially since Angels were neutral observers.

Despite Whis' status being higher than a Hakaishin, he couldn't intervene in this particular situation. All decisions rested with Beerus.

"Um." Goten and Krillin resumed their training.

...…...

In this way, time went by day by day.

Trunks went back and forth more than a dozen times, and finally took all the survivors to this timeline. After seeing their long-lost home, everyone also burst into tears.

On the eighth day, Beerus stirred from his slumber. The impending match against the sixth universe loomed, and he couldn't afford to oversleep this time.

"Hoooaaah!"

Beerus stretched and walked out of his temple and found Whis sparring with Goten and Krillin. Their battle raged on, but neither could land a blow on the Angel. Whis's normal state was akin to the perfect Ultra Instinct form, rendering him untouchable.

Goten, despite his newfound power rivaling some Hakaishin, remained insignificant before Whis. After training for a few minutes, the three stopped fighting.

Because their sparring had lasted for a full six hours, Goten was already sweating profusely. However, Krillin, who was an android with infinite energy, showed no signs of fatigue.

"Still can't grasp Ultra Instinct," after the fight stopped, Krillin muttered to himself. "But thanks to Whis's training, my strength has improved significantly."

It seemed that with his talent, he really couldn't comprehend Ultra Instinct. To tap into that kind of divine realm, for him it was really too unfathomable.

In the battle with Whis, Goten seemed to understand Ultra Instinct more and more exquisitely.

Because he had mastered the Ultra Instinct-Sign, therefore, his understanding of Ultra Instinct was much deeper than that of ordinary people.

"Hey!!! Beerus-sama has woken up! I thought he'd oversleep again this time." Whis exclaimed while looking up at Beerus who was watching the battle.

Beerus woke up after a mere 400 taks (equivalent to eight Earth days), a departure from his usual 50-year naps, which was really unexpected.

Clearly, the upcoming sixth universe match mattered to Beerus. His pride and rivalry with Champa were at stake.

Beerus jumped up and appeared in front of Goten and the others. "Whis, how are these two progressing?" Beerus asked, intrigued.

"Beerus-sama, both of them have trained very well, and their perseverance is also very firm! Krillin's strength has improved significantly," Whis replied.

"As for Goten, the improvement is even greater, he is now infinitely close to the perfect Ultra Instinct!" He had to admit that Goten's training speed was really amazing.

In just a few days, he had gone from an imperfect Ultra Instinct to a nearly perfect Ultra Instinct.

This kind of powerful comprehension ability, even if it was the 12 Gods of Destruction, he was afraid that it was beyond their reach.

"Ho~"

"That's really good."

Although Beerus was very calm on the surface, internally he was astonished. Goten's strength had grown exponentially. A month ago, he wielded a mere fraction of his current power. 

And now, in just a month, he managed to nearly master the perfect Ultra Instinct state! If he was given a period of time to grow, maybe his strength would surpass his own.

A mortal could surpass a Hakaishin! This was something he had never thought of before.

"Beerus-sama, Goten seems to have something to tell you!" Whis interjected, and glanced at Goten, referring to the Trunks incident.

Although Goten said before that he would explain it to Beerus, but as an Angel, it was still his duty to remind Beerus after this kind of thing happened.

"Oh? What's the matter, tell me!"

Beerus looked at Goten and asked.

"All right!"

"Beerus-sama, it's like this..."

For a minute, Goten told Beerus roughly what happened in the future. Then how he went himself with Trunks to the future and they came back….

He told Beerus the whole truth.

"What?!"

"Boy, do you know that traveling through timeline at will is a felony?!"

"And you brought so many people here in this timeline, it seems that you don't take my position seriously at all!"

Beerus was taken aback for a moment, then an angry expression appeared on his face.

Although he usually doesn't pay attention to what happens in the universe. But traveling through timelines was expressly forbidden by Zeno.

"Beerus-sama, this incident was caused by a Deity's actions.."

"This would not have happened if Kaiōshin apprentice Zamasu from the 10th Universe, hadn't wantonly destroyed the planet where mortals live."

"Besides, if I remember correctly, Kaiōshins have no right to destroy planets."

Goten also said with a serious face. This matter was indeed a God's fault.

"You're right, Kaiōshin don't have the right to destroy planets."

"He's just a trainee Kaiōshin, how dare he do such a thing!"

"And in the future timeline, he actually killed all the Kaiōshin and Hakaishin..."

Beerus clenched his fists tightly, obviously very angry.

Because according to what Goten said just now, the Kaiōshin apprentice from the tenth universe, Zamasu, not only laid waste to the mortal civilization planets, but also slaughtered countless mortals.

And actually, dared to kill all the Kaiōshin, letting the Hakaishin to also die!

More importantly, he dared to kill him! This was an absolutely unforgivable thing...

"Besides... Beerus-sama, for our match against the sixth universe this time, apart from me and Krillin, the number of the other three contestants has not yet been determined." Goten continued to speak.

"It will be difficult to find stronger fighters for a while. Trunks is very strong and can just represent our seventh universe in the battle."

He did not mention Majin Buu to create pressure on Beerus.

As there were not many warriors in the seventh universe, and now there were only two days left before the contest against the sixth universe.

There were still three players who had not been finalized, and it would make Beerus anxious!

"Is that so? Whis."

Beerus froze for a moment, then asked Whis quickly.

Although traveling through time was a felony, but in his opinion, it was not as important as the contest against Champa!

If the contest was lost to the sixth Universe, that fat pig would definitely use this matter to mock him for a long time.

"Yes, Beerus-sama."

Whis could only nod his head. There were indeed not many fighters in the seventh universe. Otherwise, a few decades ago, such a small fry like Frieza would not have been called the emperor of the universe.

"Damn!!"

Beerus frowned slightly. They were still short of three contestants. At this moment, he didn't know how to find them.

Scratching his head, Beerus seemed to have a very good idea.

Then he said to Goten with a serious face and said, "Goten traveling through time is indeed a felony. It stands to reason that with your actions like this, I will have to destroy you."

"But now I give you a chance to make up for your mistakes."

"As long as you find all five contestants in the next two days, and then successfully win the match against the sixth Universe, I can handle the matter of your traveling through time."

"Of course, besides that, you have to prepare me the best food on earth."

After finishing speaking, he was still a little nervous and glanced at Goten. He was afraid that this guy would refuse.

Would he really have to destroy Goten by then? This guy was a rare genius. He hadn't met anyone like him before! And he was a very good opponent, if he destroyed him, he would have no one to spart with if he wanted to fight in the future.

"Okay! I promise you." Goten nodded without hesitation.

He knew that Beerus was giving him a way out. And he also didn't have any idea on how to select the other three fighters.

But to Goten, it really didn't matter, because, as long as he was there, he would not lose the contest against the sixth universe.

"Good! Now follow me to the tenth universe."

"That mere trainee Kaiōshin dared to do such a thing, I will destroy him!"