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.
