Perilla had always wondered why Gero sealed her instead of destroying her. A failed experiment shouldn't be worth keeping.

  Android 16 wasn't destroyed for two reasons: he was Gero's strongest creation—even First Form Cell couldn't beat him—and he was modeled after Gero's dead son. Emotional attachment.

  Now the Supreme Kai of Time had answered Perilla's question.

  "Countless multiverses will be destroyed?"

  One little Dark Dragon Ball can do that?

  "That's absurd!"

  Dragon Ball's power scaling was wild. Post-Frieza, everyone could blow up planets. Super Saiyan God Goku's clash with Beerus nearly shattered Universe 7 with three punches. Even Zeno could erase universes casually. But compared to other fictional works? Not that special.

  "I know your past life learned about this universe through anime."

  Perilla froze. She knows my world is fiction?!

  "But what you saw is the tip of the iceberg. All fictional works in your world are projections of countless multiverses. And those projections aren't 100% accurate. You see us as anime. We might see you as a movie."

  "You stand on the bridge watching scenery. The scenery-watcher watches you from the tower."

  "Then what's this crisis that'll destroy countless multiverses? This little Dark Dragon Ball can do that?"

  Perilla pulled out the black seven-star ball.

  Kain shook her head. "That's a fake clone."

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  The ball turned to stone. Crumbled to sand in Perilla's palm.

  "A fake?"

  "Real Dark Dragon Balls don't reveal themselves easily. They split into countless fakes in each world. Help steal that world's Origin. Once the Origin's stolen, the world vanishes. So we must—"

  "Wait, wait. World Origin?"

  Kain sighed. "If a world is a tree, the Origin is its roots. Understand?"

  "Okay. But how do Dark Dragon Balls steal Origins?"

  Kain's expression turned grave.

  "Long ago, Mechikabura harbored evil ambitions. The Grand Supreme Kai imprisoned him—then a Demon God Mage—in a time-space rift. Mechikabura created the Dark Demon Realm there. Gained dark power. Recruited Demon God Mages.

  "To obtain time power, he fought me—then a Kai—for the Supreme Kai of Time position. Created Tokitoki's counterpart, Dogidogi. But I saw through his scheme. Became Supreme Kai of Time first. Sealed him and Dogidogi in the Time Rift.

  "Later, Demon God Mage Demigra and his followers—Putine, Gravy—seized control of the Dark Demon Realm. Tried to assassinate me. Failed. I sealed them too.

  "Then Towa—Dabura's sister—freed Mechikabura. He waged war against me for ages. Always lost.

  "To strengthen himself, he abducted a Namekian Kami. Corrupted him with dark power. Created the Dark Dragon Balls. But they were incomplete. To finish them, he needed World Origins.

  "So he scattered them across multiverses. They fuse with evil beings. Amplify their power. Those hosts destroy their world's destined outcome. Push it toward collapse. The Dark Dragon Balls feed on the chaos. Steal the Origin.

  "Once all seven reunite, Mechikabura will gain multiversal power. My multiverse falls. Others follow. Eventually, the Omniverse itself."

  Perilla frowned. "Why does he want to destroy multiverses?"

  "To become the Sole God. The Omniverse was born from a singularity. One became two. Two became three. Three became infinite. Your universe. Mine. All of them. But where there's light, there's darkness. Order and chaos. Expansion and contraction. Mechikabura represents the Will of Convergence—the drive to return infinite to one. To do that, he must destroy all multiverses."

  So that's why he's a multiversal threat.

  "Convergence sounds poetic. But destroying multiverses? Hard pass."

  If he succeeds, I'm gone too.

  "What's my reward for collecting Dark Dragon Balls? I'm not working for free."

  Kain smiled. "You want to grow stronger. Challenge the strong. To do that, you need to master divine laws. Become my Apprentice Supreme Kai of Time. You'll learn laws far beyond what North Kai teaches. I'll explain to him."

  Perilla's eyes lit up. "Can I cross timelines and fight powerful warriors?!"

  If I master Supreme Kai laws, I'll fully unlock Super Saiyan God!

  "In theory, yes."

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