>>6051714“It would seem you're far more familiar with the divine that any mortal I know.” he retorts, drawing his retractable staff back in a one-handed stance, left palm out towards you. But you're not done yet.
“And third. While you have the same sort of divine pressure, your presence isn't like theirs, or even that of Beerus the Destroyer.” you say, staring the tiny man in the eyes. “No, this pressure is the same as the one who stepped in to stop the Destroyer, at least momentarily during his battle with my parents. You're just like the divine attendant Whis, whose ki I also couldn't sense, even down to the eyes. So, I'll ask you once again: what is a servant of the gods doing here in the mortal realm?”
“Tch.” he exhales through clenched teeth, then in a blur dashes towards you. But you'd anticipated it from his facial reaction, unleashing an omnidirectional blast of Ki.
“HAAAAAA!!” you roar, knocking him back and preventing his fast attack from touching you. Then, as he's flipping back you end the attack, drawing all your ki inward. Condensing and compressing it down until it forms a suit of hardened energy around your body, into the Energy Body technique your father'd taught you. Your ki is several inches thick of glowing emerald ki, Merus landing on his feet and immediately rushing back in. Thrusting his staff at your head faster than you can react, but even if you could you don't dodge. Instead you brace yourself, the staff slamming so hard into your face that you thought it would have shattered. But somehow it doesn't, instead sliding back and shooting right out of his grip.
“Wh-What?!” he exclaims, shocked as his attack fails against the Energy Body. Which is your chance! But you can't attack him, as his body will react. Instead you look over to your wife, seeing her worried expression and reach out to hug her. But instead of your wife, the one before you is Merus instead. Your arms wrapping around him and pulling the Galactic Patrol's deity into your embrace. Pinning the much smaller man to your chest, looking down and smirking down at him as you see your plan worked. “H-H-How? How in all the realms did you do that?”
“Simple. With Ultra Instinct your body reacts to attacks. But I wasn't attacking you.” you reply, the Patroller's eyes widening even further. “And now that I've got you, you have two choices. Surrender, or die.”
