Chapter 104: Super Saiyan 4 (Patreon)

Bulma went to make the call right away.

She had deliberately kept one of the communication stones Beerus had left behind. Whis had left it for her, and one press was enough to reach him and the God of Destruction.

Bulma shouted into the stone, "Lord Beerus, Whis, we've just hired a new chef at my place, and he's going to make dozens of new dishes. Would you like to come over and try them?"

Whis and Beerus hadn't had a decent meal in several days. They'd been racking their brains for an excuse to come mooch food on Earth, and this was perfect.

Whis nodded at once. "Of course! Wait for us!"

After she hung up, Bulma immediately arranged for the food to be cooked.

An hour later, Beerus and Whis appeared in the courtyard.

They dug in with gusto.

In truth, once they arrived, Beerus and Whis knew perfectly well they'd been recruited to guard the house. They didn't mind in the slightest.

After all, they'd come to scrounge a meal in the first place.

With Beerus holding the fort at Capsule Corporation, Oryon and Android 21 left.

…

Evil Android 21 was standing in a cement factory the clones had wrecked.

When she saw Oryon appear alongside her other self, she laughed.

"You brought help? Think you can stop me?"

"Stop eating," Good Android 21 said. "Those creatures who crawled back out of Hell, and the clones, don't belong in this world. And you certainly shouldn't harm Earth."

Evil Android 21 burst out laughing. "You really think you're some righteous warrior?"

"If I have the power, why shouldn't I eat?"

Oryon didn't waste words. "I can sense a familiar presence on you," he said coldly. "Who have you eaten?"

A smug look crossed Evil Android 21's face. She ticked names off on her fingers as she spoke.

"Who have I eaten? Let's see. There's Cell, Bojack, oh, and Vege..."

Oryon's pupils contracted. "You ate Vegeta?"

Android 21 licked her lips and grinned. "That's right. I honestly didn't expect it, but he boosted me even more than Cell did."

"A Saiyan prince really is different from ordinary fighters. His pride and his rage have such wonderful layers of flavor."

Oryon's face darkened completely.

He took a step forward. A golden aura roared up around him, his hair stood on end, and lightning crawled across his body.

The power of Super Saiyan 2 blew the surrounding ruins into a whirl of flying debris.

Evil Android 21 tilted her head and licked her lips again, sultry.

"Somehow, you look even tastier!"

Her body blurred into a grayish-white streak, and she was in front of Oryon in an instant.

Oryon threw a punch. She slipped sideways and drove a knee toward his ribs.

He pressed an elbow down to block it and slammed his other fist at her face.

Evil Android 21 leaned back, and the tip of her foot hit Oryon's wrist, knocking his fist off course.

The two of them wove in and out of the cement factory's ruins.

Oryon kept pressing the attack. A Super Saiyan 2 punch could flatten a mountain, but against Evil Android 21 every blow was either dodged or had most of its force drained away by her energy.

Having absorbed Cell and Vegeta, her speed, strength, and reflexes had reached an extreme level.

Worse, her stamina barely dropped at all.

After one exchange of punches, Oryon was forced back several steps, his hand numb from the shock.

She seized his shoulder and slammed him into the ground with all her strength.

Oryon crashed into the rubble, and chunks of concrete sprayed in every direction.

Before he could get up, Evil Android 21 was already standing over him, and she fired a Ki Blast down at him.

The black energy burned with a purple-black glow.

Oryon's heart clenched.

This woman was a freak.

She had only swallowed Vegeta, yet her strength was far beyond Vegeta's. He couldn't hold back anymore.

He crossed his arms, gathered his ki in front of him, and braced.

At that very moment, a white shape darted out from the side and shoved Oryon clear with her body.

Good Android 21 planted herself in front of him, arms crossed.

Evil Android 21's pupils shrank, and she pulled back the force of the blast.

Good Android 21 survived.

"Ugh…"

Even so, she groaned in pain, clutched her chest, and gasped for breath.

Evil Android 21 snorted. "Hmph. You'd throw your life away just to stop me?"

Good Android 21 lifted her head, panting, and glared at her stubbornly. "You've already eaten Cell, you've eaten Vegeta. Isn't that enough?"

"Stop eating. If you keep going, you'll become a monster that knows nothing but devouring."

"So what if I'm a monster?"

Evil Android 21 laughed. "It's better than being weak and useless like you. You want to stop me? Fine. I'll give you a chance."

She pointed at Oryon and said to Good Android 21, "Eat him, and I'll stop fighting right now."

Good Android 21 froze, then shook her head. "Impossible."

"Why impossible? He smells so good. Can't you smell it?"

Good Android 21 shook her head. "I'm not you. I'm a person, not a monster!"

Evil Android 21's expression turned cold.

"Is that so? Being one with you is a disgrace to me. Then go die."

She charged again, a purple-black light gathering in her palm.

Good Android 21 instinctively closed her eyes, ready to take it with her own body.

Just as the light was about to fall, Oryon stepped out from behind her, and the presence around him shifted violently.

His golden hair turned dark red, red fur spread across his upper body, and deep crimson markings appeared around his eyes.

The power of Super Saiyan 4 exploded outward like a storm, hurling the whole field of ruins into the sky.

Oryon met her head-on with a punch and scattered Evil Android 21's purple-black energy in every direction.

His second punch slammed into her stomach.

The smile was still on her face, but her body flew like a snapped puppet, straight through a distant water tower.

The tower collapsed, and a column of water shot skyward.

Evil Android 21 burst out of the water, half her coat soaked through, her hair plastered to her face.

She hadn't even found her footing before Oryon appeared diagonally above her.

"Now it's my turn to ask," Oryon said coldly. "How do you want to die?"

Evil Android 21 opened her mouth to laugh, but Oryon's knee caught her under the chin.

She shot upward, and Oryon went after her.

He caught her ankle in midair and began smashing her into the ground like a whip.

The earth shook as if hammered over and over by a giant mallet, and the ground sank for hundreds of meters around.

Good Android 21 stood far away, staring, dumbstruck.

"He's… so strong…"

Evil Android 21 slowly dragged herself up from the bottom of the crater, her limbs hanging as if they'd snapped.

Smoke began rising from her body, and her energy churned out of control.

She glared at Oryon, and for the first time, disbelief showed on her face.

"Food should have the resolve of food. You just wait for me."

Evil Android 21 suddenly smiled, eerily.

Oryon lunged forward, but Android 21's figure flickered and vanished.

"Instant Transmission!"

Oryon stood where he was and searched for a while, but he couldn't find her presence anywhere.

This woman had not only mastered Instant Transmission, she could also hide her presence.

It was truly a bit troublesome.

Only with Beerus on Earth could he stop worrying about what was happening at home.

Good Android 21 ran over. "She got away?"

"She got away." Oryon nodded.

Good Android 21 let out a breath, then asked anxiously, "Are you all right?"

Oryon exhaled and returned to his normal form.

"Thank you for taking that hit for me just now…"

Good Android 21 lowered her head and said softly, "You don't have to thank me. I didn't want her to eat you."

Oryon looked at her, his voice gentling. "Aren't you afraid of dying?"

She nodded. "I am. But I'm even more afraid of watching her eat you."

Oryon said nothing more.

He took her injured hand and steadied her.

He pulled a small cloth pouch from his waist and shook out a Senzu Bean.

"Eat one first. I don't know whether this will work on you," Oryon said.

"Is this… a Senzu Bean?"

"So your intel really is thorough. Go on, eat."

Good Android 21 obediently put the Senzu Bean in her mouth.

After she chewed and swallowed it, her face regained a healthy color.

She leaned against Oryon's chest, utterly blissful.

"Mm, that feels so nice…"

Oryon was taken aback. Good Android 21 was in remarkably good condition now.

The Senzu Bean could actually suppress her hunger to feed.

As expected of a divine item.

He'd have to get more later.

Yajirobe had eaten nearly every last Senzu Bean over the years.

But if Oryon wanted more, he had plenty of ways. For instance, he could ask Shenron. Even if he ate Senzu Beans as a main meal, it would be no problem.

After a while, Oryon asked, "She's gone. Can you still sense her?"

Good Android 21 looked up, concentrated carefully, and shook her head. "Although she and I used to be one, once we split, we became separate individuals."

Oryon nodded. Unlike Piccolo and Kami, the two of them had no link left.

If Evil Android 21 died, Good Android 21 would suffer no effect at all.

That meant nothing stood in the way of killing Evil Android 21.

Good Android 21 said, "You beat her just now, so she won't come after you for the time being."

"She'll most likely go hunting for stray clones or resurrected villains, and keep absorbing them to grow stronger."

"Let's hurry and find her!"

Oryon took a deep breath and shook his head. "She has Instant Transmission and presence control."

"And her intelligence is too high. Killing her would be hard… Better to let her come to me."

"But…"

Oryon patted Android 21 lightly on the shoulder.

"Don't worry. No matter how many more people she eats, I'll still beat her!"

Good Android 21 shuddered. She looked at Oryon, moved, and nodded. "I believe you."

"Let's go. Come home with me first."

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