>>5765629As the figure hovering there with the visage of Mechikabura stands between you and that warrior Goku, you can't help but feel that he isn't the true Mechikabura. The real one would never give up such an advantage. Would he?
“You...You're not the REAL Mechikabura, are you?” you ask, everyone shouting in surprise. Everyone, that is, except for Mechikabura himself. Or, rather, the being in the shape of him. Who suddenly raises a hand to their head, morphing their shape to reveal that it truly WASN'T Mechikabura after all. But, rather, the OTHER Demon God, Dumplin.
“Hahaha, I should have known that I wouldn't fool you, Karn.” he says, his unblinking, unnerving eyes not leaving your own. “No, Mechikabura's not here. I'm here in his place.”
“I”m not giving her up.” you tell the Demon God, tightening your grip on her. “No way. I'm finally going to be free of this bitch! My people won't have to live in fear of her tyranny any more!”
“It's not that simple, friend. You have to let her go.” Dumplin says, then adds in telepathically. “You're almost out of time.”
“Time?” you ask, when suddenly you feel it. For a single instant your powerlevel plummets, dropping like a rock before re-stabilizing. “What?”
“The Demon God power is still divine, think of it like a different flavor that the usual divine might. But it is still a divine power all the same.” he replies, still telepathically. “You can only hold them together for so long before one or the other, if not both give out from the strain. If you don't give her up soon, you're going to run out of power holding onto this form. Even with that tremendous ki your Berserker God form can generate, you don't even have a minute left. And you can't beat them all. They'll keep coming until you're worn down and take her back, weakening your bargaining power in the future.”
“D-Dumplin?” Goku asks, you snapping out of the conversation. “Why would you pretend to be Mechikabura?”
“Shut up Goku.” he replies curtly, turning back to you. “I'll go back with them, and tell her what happened when she wakes up. I'm sure that she's learned her lesson, and won't interfere with a certain something happening today, at the very least.”
“Something happening today? What is it?” Goku asks again, this time Dumplin not even turning around to answer him. Instead he simply grows his fist to the size of Goku's body, and before his Ultra Instinct can react grabs the Saiyan, pitching him down at the ground.
“Time's up. You have to choose.” he says aloud, then adds in telepathically. “Please trust me, friend. Let me do this for you, in honor of the Karn whose power you now wield.”
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