Co-written by SuperSaiyan2Link.

Pan recalled a memory from a few days after the 29th tournament, in which she listened to talk about the match on television. There, the hosts discussed Spopovich's claims about Hercule not defeating Cell or Goku, which they ruled to be false, but then discussed the possibility that Hercule gave Videl her win and her not being his equal. They then saw Videl's loss after one tournament compared to Hercule carrying four in a row as confirming their thesis.

Outside her room, Pan could hear Hercule being outraged about something and listened in. From what she could gather, the construction of a statue of Videl to commemorate her victory and one meant to stand alongside one of Hercule, was cancelled. Hercule was ready to use his money and resources to have it be finished, but Videl, a large bandage over her nose and using crutches for the time being due to her injury, insisted "there's no need for that." Reflecting on it in the present, Pan saw it as her mother giving up and being crushed by defeat.

Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Tien didn't see Pan at all the next day in the simulated desert of the training chamber, which Yamcha saw as her just needing a break. Tien, however, knew their exchange the other day had fundamentally changed her views of her grandfather Hercule and humans in general.

Pima, still in the Supreme Kai of Time's presence, continued to make his case. She made it clear to him that the reason he and other high-ranking patrollers couldn't take on the task was because their sheer power, even if they tried to hide it, put them at the greatest risk of altering history unwittingly. He then asked if that was worse than Pan getting killed and history changing as well since, if Pan failed, the Supreme Kai of Time would be too drained to stop it.

Back in the chamber in simulated night time, Pan thought for the first time in a while about the Dragon Balls and what she could do upon gathering all seven. Believing that her human side was "holding her back", she began to ponder the possibility that the Dragon Balls could make her into a full Saiyan like her grandfather Goku.

Tien requested to speak with her about the day before, to which Pan asked him if he ever battled against Cell. He answered that he once held Cell off in order for Lazuli to get to safety, successfully buying her time. Pan then pressed him further about what he did against Cell, to which Tien answered that even when using all his power and nearly draining himself of life energy, little harm was done to Cell and Tien would've died were it not for Goku's intervention.

This answer seemed to confirm to Pan the idea that all she had to look forward to was standing on the sidelines as an onlooker, not being able to do anything, and needing to rely on the help of someone far out of her league. In her anguish, Pan showed Tien the metal wrist band Trunks gave her to measure her power, stating that it had barely gone up at all since they started training months ago. Despite Tien's attempt to tell her power wasn't everything, Pan rebuffed this with the fact that she and all the Z-Fighters on her Earth were all nothing compared to her world's Frieza, then proceeded to throw the wrist band to the ground.

After letting out her anger, Pan vented her frustration at all the expectations that had come of her being Goku's granddaughter since her arrival, concluding that they needed her to be her grandfather Goku and she simply can't be. Tien consoled that Pan was right, that she wasn't her grandfather and that others asking her to become him was detrimental to her. He then apologized for his harsh methods, confessing that he truly didn't know how to train someone for a battle that'd determine the fate of time itself. He believed what he did was necessary to ensure her survival, but now he saw the harm it was doing to her.

Before leaving, Tien picked up the wrist band, seeing that the screen was cracked, making one of the digits harder to read. He then squeezed it, making the screen illegible. He simply told Pan not to worry about her power level and that it wasn't just about being the strongest fighter physically, but also winning through tactics.

Pan thought back to the earlier memory of Videl telling Hercule not to use his money to make others commemorate her. Young Pan shouted to her mother that she was giving up and stormed off to her room. Gohan tried to get her to calm down, but even knowing to behave for her father, Pan refused. Videl talked to Pan alone, trying to find out what was wrong. Pan stated she was upset about how Spopovich won even after everything he did, which Videl acknowledged that was just how life is. She then talked about how now that Videl lost, everyone was saying she wasn't good enough and that she was nothing and a failure. Videl said it didn't matter to her, to which Pan asked why she was giving up.

After some thought, Videl reflected on how much worse the match could've gone and what that would've meant for Pan and Gohan, then answered that now that she had Pan, fame, winning, and her reputation didn't matter to her anymore. Pan worriedly wondered what would happen if she herself would end up a failure, to which Videl hugged her and explained that all that mattered was Pan doing her very best, no more or less.

Pima concluded his case regarding Pan, seeing her as not being able to match Nappa, which would ensure even if she survived against him that her death would be guaranteed against Vegeta. Trunks countered that Gohan and Krillin, despite not being on Nappa's level, managed to survive against Vegeta and that it was someone far weaker than Vegeta that prevented his victory. The full Saiyan retorted that things were different thanks to the power-ups villains were being given, then made it clear that he wasn't doing this out of ill will towards Pan, but because he truly believed whoever was behind everything would succeed and time would be irrevocably changed.

Chronoa admitted she knew Pan's limitations at the moment and that the possibility of her failing was very real. Trunks also confessed that her being the granddaughter of Goku didn't make her his equal or automatically guaranteed their success.

The next day in the chamber, Pan returned from her quarters and resumed her training. Much time passed and she still didn't see rapid progress, but now that her mindset had changed and Tien changed his methods, she kept up her efforts in spite of her seeming short-comings. As the final month approached, Pan still couldn't catch Yamcha, but was able to keep him in her sights and wasn't as far behind. Chiaotzu and his clones inevitably caught her like before, but Pan's speed and strategies allowed her to keep them at bay for longer. Tien still remained the victor of each of their spars, but he found himself taking more hits and having to step up his efforts.

Trunks ended the conversation between the three with the belief that training for such events is something heroes can never do with ease, and even in the events themselves, they are never truly ready, but that they work to find a way, no matter the odds or the difference in power. And with that, he believed Pan would be able to do just that.