A long silence follows. Nobody knows how to react. 'Listen,

Trunks,' Vegeta finally sighs. 'I cannot just do lightheartedly

what you asked me to. It seems that your Goku is too down

to the path of evil, but maybe it's not too late for our Goku

yet. I want to try to reason with him.'

'No, dad, don't risk...'

'AS I SAID,' Vegeta yells, interrupting the words of his son

from the future, while transforming into SSJ Blue again, and

continues, calmer: 'I want to try to reason with him first.'

He turns around, about to fly away. He turns his head to the

others. 'I'll go and find him, alone. If anyone follows me, they

will be the one I kill,' he says, remaining in his Super Saiyan

Blue form in order to remind everyone who is currently the top

dog.

Then he flies away.


Goku is still standing on the cliff, lost in his thoughts. A green

skinned person, with white hair in Kaioshin hairstyle, dressed

in a Kaioshin outfit, is standing behind him, without Goku having

noticed. It's Zamasu, a Kaioshin from Universe 10.

'Perfect,' Zamasu says in his head, with an ambiguous smile.

'He's the one I've been looking for. At last, I have found Son

Goku.'

As Zamasu recalls the reasons that brought him here, let's

dive into his memories to find out what his intentions are.


Universe 10 Kaioshins' planet is lovely, looking very much like

Universe 7 Kaioshins' planet. In the paved yard of a building that

looks like a dojo, an old, yellow skinned Kaioshin is preparing

some stuff on a table while Zamasu is focused on his training,

punching and kicking thin air.

'Zamasu, it's tea time,' the yellow Kaioshin finally calls out.

'I love tea, Master Gowasu,' the younger Kaioshin earnestly

says to the yellow one as he sits at the table.

'Likewise,' Gowasu replies, sitting across from his young

companion.

For a while, the two of them are silent, just sipping their tea.

'You're a real prodigy, Zamasu,' Gowasu initiates conversation

at some point. 'I'm impressed at your progress. You're stronger

than any Kaioshin I have met in my thousand year long life.'

'And yet, all this power is useless,' Zamasu says, annoyed. 'I

cannot rid the universe of its misery.'

'We've been through with this, Zamasu,' Gowasu sighs.

'No, we haven't,' the younger Kaioshin snaps, abruptly standing

up and slamming his hand on the table.

'These mood swings of his concern me sometimes,' Gowasu says

in his head.

'Why do we have to just accept that each universe has a Haikashin

who ruins lives of innocent people according to his whims?'

Zamasu asks in indignation.

'Because that's the way Zeno wants things to be,' the older

Kaioshin answers. 'It doesn't matter what you or I or anyone

else perceives as fair.'

'And yet, you could stop all this injustice if you really wanted to,'

Zamasu reminds him. 'You have greater knowledge than any other

Kaioshin. You know the darkest, hidden secrets of the omniverse.

You know about the tragic weakness of Haikashins and Angels.

We could exploit that weakness to defeat them without actually

having to fight them.'

Gowasu sighs, knowing where this is going.

'You also have the Time Ring,' Zamasu continues. 'It has invaluable

powers, such as the power to transport you from one universe

to another. With that, we could eliminate Haikashins and Angels

in all universes and make the world a better, happier...'

'ZAMASU, ENOUGH,' Gowasu stands up and slams his hand on

the table as well.

Silence. Zamasu lowers his head in (seemingly) shame.

'I'm sorry, master. I'll respect your judgement, even though I

disagree,' he says.

Gowasu smiles. 'If you learn how to control your anger, you

will make a great Kaioshin, Zamasu,' he says.

'I will make a great Kaioshin indeed,' Zamasu smiles. 'Starting

from now..'

Gowasu takes a baffled expression. Huh? Something is wrong

with his student's smile.

The next moment, the green Kaioshin has formed a purple

energy blade around his hand and slashed his master's throat

with it!

The unlucky, old man holds the slashed part, with his eyes

widened in horror, as he falls on the ground. 'Darn. I should

have realized he was a psychopath. I should have seen the signs

long ago,' he thinks.

Zamasu crouches in front of his dying teacher and grabs his hand.

'The Time Ring. Where is it?' he asks impatiently.

Finally, he finds it. He removes it from Gowasu's finger and puts

it on his. 'It looks better on me. Don't you agree?' he asks with

a sarcastic laugh.

Then he teleports to another part of the planet. Right in front of

Kaiju, the tree of creation, the tree that gives birth to Kaioshins.

This tree is really durable. Normal Kaioshins are not strong

enough to destroy it. But Zamasu is a prodigy. He might be proven

to be just strong enough!

He charges a blast with all his might and fires it. After a long

effort, he does it! The tree explodes.

'Heh. This was the end of Universe 10 Haikashin,' Zamasu

thinks, panting.

Then he gets a troubled expression. Although he's a prodigy, he

doesn't think he can defeat all Kaioshins in all universes by

himself. He could use a little help.

He extends his arm. 'Time Ring, show me whether there is

somewhere someone who shares my views and is strong

enough to help me,' he commands.

Above the ring, a projection of Goku appears. 'So, a Saiyan called

Son Goku. In Universe 7c,' Zamasu whispers. 'Then that universe

will be my first stop.' He vanishes, the Time Ring taking him to

Universe 7c.

Meanwhile, Gowasu dies with a smile of consolation. That

impetuous, young Kaioshin doesn't know that Time Ring will lose

its power when its original owner dies. So Zamasu will remain

stuck in whatever universe he 's heading to.


Zamasu draws Goku's attention: 'Er hem. Nice to meet you,

Son Goku. I have been looking for you.'

The Saiyan turns around. 'Huh? Who are you?' he asks.


Trivia: Originally, I wanted to call this episode 'Trouble from

Universe 10,' but the title was too long to fit in the title bar.

Lol.