>>5784079“Look, what's done is done. We can't change it now.” Dumplin tells her, his tone oddly serious. But even more than that, he sounds almost...Commanding? “All we can do is make sure we get to the end result we both want.”
“You... You're right.” she says after a moment, sighing and pushing herself back up to her feet. “Right now we need a way to neutralize him, or at least keep him busy in the upcoming battle while you do your part.”
“Wait, what?” you ask, looking back and forth between them. To which they look to each other, then to you, then back again.
“No, not a chance. He can't do it.” Dumplin says, but the Supreme Kai of Time has a gleam in her eye, one you unfortunately know all too well.
“You're right, he can't. Not as he is.” she replies, you wondering exactly what the two of them are thinking. “Trunks, I have a new assignment for you.”
“Of course.” you reply, pushing aside your own weariness and wanting to go do something, anything to get you out of this conversation. You need some time alone to think, and a mission could be just the-
“I need you to start training, immediately.” she says, sounding more like her usual self. “Dumplin will be your instructor.”
“Hey hey, I didn't agree to shit! Don't go peddling this off on me!” he complains, but she doesn't stop.
“I need you better, right now. So, I'm setting the time compression to 1461:1 and starting your training now.” she says, you realizing that she's talking not only about days, but four whole years! “Do your best in there.”
“Wait, what?” you ask, looking from her to Dumplin's unsettling, unblinking gaze as it focuses on you now. “What's going on? What do you mean?”
“I need you to be stronger, Trunks. Or everyone in Conton City is going to be massacred by Karn.” she says, you seeing a vision of Karn as he was against Chronoa rampaging through the streets of the city, stacking bodies by the score and crushing Hyoka in his arms before obliterating her with a blast like he'd done the Supreme Kai of Time. And with that vision you feel your resolve harden, taking a deep breath then turning to Dumplin.
“I'll do it.” you say, the Demon God sighing out.
“Alright kid, best of luck to ya.” he says, then suddenly his body <span class="mu-i">changes</span>. You feel like that one Gohan had to have when Buu absorbed him, the last thing you hear being her “Good luck!” as your entire being is consumed. But then, after a few seconds you feel his essence retreat, leaving you in a dark void. “Welcome to the fuckbox, bitch. I got'chu in here for four years, you better prepare yourself. I'm gonna make a man out of you!”
“I...Need an adult?” you reply, to which the Demon God simply grins and replies: “I am an adult.”
This can't end well.
-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 204 Intermission End-
