"All right! Is everybody here?!" Meruem asked as he stood upon a small boulder, watching as hundreds of the former Frieza Force's soldiers all lined up within four perfect lines in front of the boulder.
Other than the scientists, farmers & non-combatants of the Empire and the inhabitants of the planet, every single capable fighter was currently standing in front of the clone, with Garana, Bonyu, Broly and Paragus at the front of each line.
"Okay, then listen up! As you all may know by now, the energy that you use on a daily basis to empower not only yourself but also your weapon is called Ki. Ki is the general term known by the inhabitants of Planet Earth that have the profession of 'martial artist'. For those that don't know what that is, those are the Earthlings that study a single school of fighting called a martial art, from the moment that they learn its basics until the moment they die."
"Um, my lord? Is martial arts really that hard to learn?" One of the soldiers at the far back asked and Meruem smiled & nodded.
"Indeed it is. Unlike you all, who are blessed with trainers that show you how to use your ki with weapons, Earthlings have to work day and night to figure out its basics, but what they don't have in power, they make up with versatility. For you see, the ability to sense and suppress one's ki is something that Earthlings or humans have discovered in order to survive & thrive even in the harshest conditions."
"They can suppress their ki?" Bonyu asked and instead of answering, Meruem smiled as he simply suppressed his ki as far as he could, the woman's eyes widening along with that of everyone else's as the number on their scouter dropped drastically.
"6-6000?" Paragus whispered in surprise and Meruem chuckled as he raised and lowered his ki rapidly, hundreds of scouters beeping continuously before everyone flinched as they exploded.
"Like I said, that is how humans have been surviving & thriving. By suppressing their ki as far as they can, humans show up as weak on the scouter and thus, many would underestimate them. Then, at the last second, a human unleash all of their power in a moment to deliver a finishing blow before suppressing their ki again, making it seem as if someone very weak had beaten up someone very strong."
"S-So, if I may ask, Lord Meruem, have you been suppressing your ki?"
"Of course. Thanks to my Saiyan cells and Colarctian cells from Goku, Vegeta and Frieza respectively, I have nearly quadrupled in power alone thanks to my battle against Meru. If I unleashed my full power, I don't believe the planet we're on could withstand it. However, what we're here for is not me, but you all. More specifically, the ability to teach you all how to suppress your ki and also sense the ki of others around you."
"And how will you do that, my Lord?" One of the aliens to the right asked and Meruem simply snapped his fingers, everyone blinking as a pebble floated up in front of each of them before their eyes widened as the pebble warped & transformed into a blindfold.
"Quite easily. First, I'm going to need everyone to tie that around their heads to blind themselves and for those that have your eyes on any other part of your body, simply tie the blindfold around that part or just close your eyes if you can't." Meruem spoke, waiting patiently for a few minutes as everyone put on their blindfolds before humming softly as he saw them all waiting.
"Everyone have their blindfolds on?" He asked, hearing the murmurs of agreement before nodding as he raised a finger up to the sky.
"Good! Now, I'm about to gather my ki and what I want you all to do is raise your hand the moment you can feel it, understood?"
"Yes, Lord Meruem!" The group chorused in unison, Meruem rolling his eyes with an amused smirk before he began to gather ki to his finger.
Not surprisingly, Bonyu & Paragus were the first to raise their hands followed by Garana and Broly when the ki orb was only half the size of his head.
To his surprise, though, nearly half of the aliens had already raised their hands before it was barely the size of his body, the ki orb nearly quintupling in size before he gave off a soft hum as he saw a few still not having their hands raised.
"For those that have not raised their hands, please take off your blindfolds or open your eyes and move to the left. Don't worry if you feel dejected about it as ki sensing is quite difficult." Meruem spoke with a soft smile as he saw the dejected and saddened looks on some of the aliens' faces, waiting until they were all on the left before nodding as he turned to the rest.
"Now, for the rest of you, I'm going to start lowering my energy once more and when you stop feeling my energy, drop your hand, take off the blindfold or open your eyes and join the rest of your companions to the left, understood?"
"Yes, Lord Meruem!" The group saluted, Meruem nodding before he began to draw the energy of the ki orb back into his body, watching as nearly half of the hands immediately dropped.
Over the next half hour, Meruem lowered his energy every minute, watching patiently as more and more aliens dropped out until the ki orb was the size of his head.
Left standing were Bonyu, Paragus, Broly, Garana and only about twenty others, Meruem nodding before he instantly absorbed the entire ki orb and made the group jump as they lowered their hands.
"All right! For those of you still standing in front of me, I am proud to say that you know have the basics of ki sensing down. Congratulations."
"Wait, what? But what of the training, my lord?" Bonyu asked with a frown and Meruem chuckled as he shook his head.
"Not needed. See, the first thing about ki sensing is that you have to abandon your sense of sight and use your other four senses to create a sixth sense that allows you to feel the ki all around you and you all just got that down. However, all that I can do for you now is help you strengthen it." Meruem aid with a shrug and watched as the group nodded before turning to the other soldiers to the side.
"Now, for you all that didn't pass, don't stress the small stuff. To be honest, I expected none of you to sense my ki until it was nearly the size of a small moon so all of you did surprise me. However, because you couldn't detect my ki means that I'm going to train you all personally until you can. For you that managed to sense it, I'm also going to be training you guys how to suppress your ki."
"And how will you do that, my lord?" Garana asked and Meruem grinned as he pointed at the group of confused soldiers behind him.
"Easy. They will be trying to sense the ki from all of you while the rest of you try to suppress your ki as much as possible until you're nearly invisible to their senses."
"And how will you know when we've passed?" Bonyu asked with a frown before being surprised as Meruem chuckled and crossed his arms.
"Oh, there's no passing this test until everyone here can sense my ki at its lowest point and suppress their ki to its lowest points?"
"…So, forever?" Paragus asked and Meruem grinned abd nodded.
"Forever. Now, sensors scatter out and hiders hide in between them. Also, I'll give a secret technique to the first person that can finish all of their training so good luck to everyone~" That seemed to light a fire under everyone as they scattered about, Meruem smirking while floating upwards as he saw the sensors putting on their blindfolds while the hiders took deep breaths as their ki began to fluctuate.
'Oh, this is going to take a while.'
"You know, I never thought that a lab table could feel this comfortable." I said with a confused frown as I wiggled a bit on the cold metal table, Towa rolling her eyes at the pleased look on my face.
"Just because I'm experimenting on you doesn't mean I'm going to make you suffer. Now, be quiet and stay still so I can start my examination."
"Of course. Take it away." I said with a smile and she rolled her eyes as the tablet besides her turned on and floated up to point its camera at us.
"Log 1: Day 1 of Time Remnant Fusions. This is Dr. Towa and I am about to start my examination process on the former Bio-Android now Glind/Djinn Majin fusion known as Cell. First, I shall begin the pain receptor test. First blade going in." She spoke and I blinked as the woman outright stabbed a scalpel deep into my forehead.
"Do you feel anything?"
"…If I did, I would be dead right now." Usually, I would have killed my attacker by now, but I was just as curious as Towa about my new body so I wanted to see the results just as much as she did.
"So, that's no pain?"
"None whatsoever."
"What about this?" She asked while cutting me clean in half with a ki blade, to which I looked down at my lower body being separated from me before frowning as I shook my head.
"Nope, no sensation other than the fact that I could still feel my lower body."
"Hmm, subject appears to have no pain receptors when it comes to slashing & piercing weapons. Now for bludgeoning weapons."
"Like a hamme-!" I was cut off by a large hammer caving my skull in, my vision blurry for a moment before I blinked & found myself staring up at the curious yet amused eyes of Towa.
"Not funny."
"It wasn't supposed to be. Did you feel pain?"
"For a split second and then it was gone." I did feel a slight sting from my forehead being forced inwards, but the pain had disappeared just as quick right before the healing started.
"Hmm, what about this?" She asked and I blinked as something slammed into my crotch, only a slight sting of pain appearing from it for a brief moment before the ki weight on my crotch along with the pain vanished once more.
"Again, a bit of pain and then nothing."
"Hmm, subject shows slight pain when it comes to bludgeoning weapons, but only for the slightest of moments before it vanishes. Now, time for the acid test."
"Acid test?" I asked with wide eyes before I looked down as I heard bubbling, seeing the liquid puddle falling on my skin with a hiss before both Towa & I watched in fascination as my body instantly absorbed the acid.
"…Target appears to be immune to any harmful substance to his body as seen by the acid, drug and poison tests."
"Wait, when did we do the drug and poison tests?"
"While you were eating last night at the feast. Why do you think I'm not talking about where your hand is since I feel slightly bad for not telling you?" Towa asked with a raised eyebrow and my response was to simply squeeze the supple ass cheek in my grasp.
"Oh…good trade-off. So, got any other tests?"
"One more. The duplication test."
"The what test?" Instead of answering, I blinked as a saw chopped me in half vertically, blinking a few times only to be confused at being able to see myself lying down and standing next to the table at the same time.
"So, how do you feel?" She asked and I blinked with both bodies before the one next to the table spoke.
"Weird, I can control both bodies at the same time…and that is very weird."
"This is also the reason Majin Buu was feared amongst the populace. Unlike other Djinn that could only absorb other beings, he could duplicate himself on top of absorbing others so even if you destroy the main body, there was always a duplicate one hidden far away that was busy absorbing a few dozen beings to obtain even greater power."
'… Huh, I did not think about it like that. Man, the more I hear about his stories, the more glad I am that I absorbed Majin Buu before he could become a threat.'
"Test subject seems to have the same abilities as the being formerly known as Majin Buu. Whether or not he has its personality traits is yet to be seen. Actually, have you even watched through the memories of the beings that you have absorbed?"
"Not really. Majin Buu has existed since before the concept of time existed and the Supreme Kais inside of me have been alive for millions of years so I could be looking at trillions upon trillions of memories that I have to look through to experience them all."
"You could do that. I know of a little room in between time & space where a day outside is a few months inside."
"A Hyperbolic Time Chamber?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, humming while squeezing and rubbing the ass in my hand.
"You know, my behind is not a stress ball."
'So, she knows of a Hyperbolic Time Chamber in the Demon Realm, but I know of the one on Earth where a day outside is a year inside. Also, wasn't there the one with Frieza where he managed to do ten years of training? However, was that in a day or was that over the course of months? I don't believe Dende would let me use the one they have and I don't feel like sneaking in only to get trapped inside that one, so I guess I'll pick the one closest.'
"Okay, you said you know where one is, right?" I asked and Towa nodded while half-sitting on the table, making me blink as I found my hand trapped right between her legs.
"Uh…can I have my hand back?"
"You used me so I get to use you. Now, for your question, I do know where a Hyperbolic Time Chamber is and it's not too far from here." She answered while grinding on my arm, my attention now split between her explanation and the wet sensation that was beginning to form on my forearm.
'Should I…? Nah, considering I've been squeezing & massaging her ass for the past hour, she can use my hand however she pleases.'
"However, in order to find out where it is, we'll have to recruit a friend to come with."
"And who is that friend?" I asked and she smirked as she stood up, leaving me to stare at the sticky liquid on the underside of my forearm before looking up & being surprised to see her tight pants slowly stitching the crotch back together.
'Wait, I knew that was too soft to be leather, but was that really…? Holy shit, I am a god…and it appears I still have my friend with me.' I thought with an excited grin as I looked down at my crotch, glad to see my friend wide away & sticking up like a proud soldier.
"Must you look so happy to see your phallus being aroused?" I heard Towa's question and nodded with a happy grin.
"Considering I've been spending the past few years without my little buddy here, I'm quite happy to see he's still alive."
"I wouldn't say 'little buddy'. It is quite the specimen…even if it is fake." She said as she flicked it and I flinched slightly as I felt the burst of ecstasy & pain that came from it.
In response, she yelped as a loud smack echoed in the lab, a frown on my face as her blush tinted her cheeks with a hint of purple while she rubbed her sore ass cheek.
"No, bad girl."
"Do not call me a gi-eep!" She yelped again as my other hand had snaked around & smacked the other cheek, a pout on her face as she glared at me.
"Don't do that!"
"Bad Towa. Now, show me where this friend is or I'm going to spank you again."
"And what if I liked it, hmm? What are you going to do about it?" She asked with a frown as she stood chest to chest with me before she began to backpedal as I smirked while leaning down to be face to face with her.
"Keep being a naughty girl and I'll show you."
"Oh, is that so? Then, let's see, sir."
"Ahem!" Both of us were snapped from our conversation by the sound of someone clearing their throat, looking to the door before we blinked at the sight of an amused Arinsu standing in the door whilst carrying her tablet.
"Am I interrupting something?" She asked and I smirked as Towa rolled her eyes and nodded.
"Yes, now the moment is gone. You go & get ready and I'll meet you at the front entrance in an hour."
"You got it. See ya when I see you, Arinsu."
"Bye, Cell~ Oh, before you go, Darling & Gomah wanted to talk to you in the meeting room as soon as possible. Said it's something about the Dragon Balls."
"Hmm, I think I know what it's about. I'll go check it out. Towa, we'll continue our little play another time, okay?"
"Sure." Towa said with a roll of her eyes, making Arinsu giggle as I smirked and left the two scientists to their work as I closed the door behind me, deciding to go straight to where I could feel Gomah, Dabura and Degesu close to each other.
'I swear if they're going to ask me what I think they're going to ask me, I'm kicking all three of their asses.'
A/N: And the tension increases between Towa & Cell while Meruem has finally started on creating his new armada.
Also, as you may have noticed, this new split perspective style is how the story is going to be from now on, with Meruem in the 3rd Person perspective and Cell in the 1st Person perspective.
Where this will lead? You'll have to find out on the next chapter of Perfection? Not For me.
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