Chapter 31 — Universe 6
After thinking it over for a moment, Tachibana Kyūjō ultimately decided not to take excessive action.
Frieza would be left to Goku and the others to deal with on their own.
After all, Frieza was a key figure in Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan.
If Frieza were to be killed ahead of time, then how would Goku face the far stronger enemies that awaited him in the future?
Besides, Kyūjō couldn't possibly act as a personal bodyguard forever, could he?
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After leaving that planet behind, Tachibana Kyūjō immediately headed toward the outer boundary of Universe 7.
There were two universes adjacent to Universe 7—Universe 6 and Universe 8.
Kyūjō's destination this time was Universe 6, where the God of Destruction named Champa resided—the younger brother of Beerus.
Although the two constantly mocked and argued with each other whenever they met, deep down, both Beerus and Champa genuinely cared about one another.
Moreover, they shared the same taste in one important area—their love for delicious food.
The Angels who accompanied them, Whis and Vados, had similar tendencies as well. It could be said that all of them belonged to the same "family" in spirit.
Based on this, Tachibana Kyūjō was fairly confident that even if he truly met Champa, he wouldn't be given a hard time—as long as he was given a chance to show off his cooking skills.
However, the God of Destruction wasn't the only one he wanted to meet. There was one individual in Universe 6 whom he was especially eager to meet and learn from.
That person was the powerful fighter who appeared in the Tournament of Power arc—
Hit, the Legendary Hitman!
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Hit worked as an assassin and was known as the strongest hitman in Universe 6. He was nicknamed "Never-Miss Hit"—once he launched a frontal attack, his target was guaranteed to die.
Hit was known for his cold personality and few words, yet he was always calm and composed in battle.
Even so, in the manga version of his fight against Goku, a passionate side of him had briefly surfaced.
During the tournament between Universe 6 and Universe 7, when Goku voluntarily forfeited, Hit repaid the favor by allowing Monaka—a participant who was extremely weak—to emerge as the winner.
At that time, Goku had already mastered Super Saiyan Blue and had even risked his life by using Kaio-ken x10 on top of it.
So just how strong was Goku back then?
Super Saiyan Blue alone was already at least in the range of tens to hundreds of billions in power level. Combined with the amplification from Kaio-ken x10…
Tachibana Kyūjō estimated that Goku's strength at that moment had already nearly surpassed his own normal state, which reached into the trillions.
So why was Hit able to match—or even defeat—Goku?
It was all thanks to the extraordinary technique he had mastered—
Time-Skip!
This technique formed the foundation for a variety of time-manipulation abilities.
For example, Time-Skip itself—his signature move.
With this technique, Hit could "skip" 0.1 seconds of time, and within that extremely brief interval, he could attack his opponent however he pleased.
Even Prince Vegeta, in his Super Saiyan Blue form, had suffered a crushing defeat because of it.
Unlike Guldo's Time Stop ability, Time-Skip didn't require holding one's breath and barely consumed stamina, making it extremely practical in combat.
As his battle with Goku continued, the duration of Hit's Time-Skip steadily increased—from 0.2 seconds to 0.5 seconds…
Although Time-Skip was incredibly powerful, it wasn't unbeatable. The countermeasures included predicting Hit's attacks in advance or disrupting him before the technique was activated.
In the original storyline, characters who managed to overcome this technique included:
Son Goku, who analyzed Hit's attack patterns.
Dyspo, who accelerated his movements to strike before Hit's attack could land.
Jiren, whose power far surpassed Hit's, rendering Time-Skip ineffective.
Hearts, who possessed the ability to read minds.
For Tachibana Kyūjō himself, this technique might not pose a major threat—but abilities related to time should never be underestimated.
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In addition, Hit also possessed a variant of Time-Skip known as Tides of Time.
With this technique, Hit could store time and create his own dimension, allowing him to move freely while only his afterimage appeared in the real world.
In this state, opponents couldn't touch him, while he could slip through dimensions and attack from any direction.
Later in the manga, as Hit continued facing stronger opponents, he developed additional abilities such as Time Prison and Time Freeze—both of which were advanced forms of time manipulation.
Tachibana Kyūjō was deeply interested in Hit himself, as well as the Time-Skip technique. This was the very reason his first destination on this journey was Universe 6.
Was it possible that Hit at this point was still weak and underdeveloped?
There was no need to worry about that—Hit's actual age already spanned thousands of years. That fact alone was enough to tell that Hit's race was anything but ordinary, given such an extraordinarily long lifespan.
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So how exactly does one travel to another universe?
Tachibana Kyūjō knew of three methods.
The first was using a mysterious device known as a Cube. In the Dragon Ball world, this object was recognized as the fastest means of transportation—surpassing even the speed of Angels carrying Gods of Destruction through space.
The second was the divine method. Gods could leave behind an object imbued with their divine aura in another universe, then use Instant Transmission locked onto that aura as a "marker."
Even so, because the distance between universes was unimaginably vast, the transfer would still take time despite being instantaneous.
The third was the method Tachibana Kyūjō was currently using—directly crossing the boundary between universes, something only possible between neighboring universes.
For example, to reach Universe 3, one would have to move from Universe 7 to Universe 6, then to Universe 5, and so on.
However, crossing the boundary between universes was no simple matter.
First, one had to pass through an immense empty region known as the Void Realm—a boundless dark space with no light or planets. Without mastery of Instant Transmission, crossing this area was impossible.
At the far end of the Void Realm lay the inter-universal "Dimensional Wall"—more like a thin membrane, yet tough and elastic.
According to Whis, only beings who possessed divine power within their bodies could pierce this wall. If there was any other way to cross, Tachibana Kyūjō did not know of it.
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At this very moment, Tachibana Kyūjō stood directly before that membrane.
By awakening the purple aura unique to a God of Destruction within himself, he stepped forward toward the dimensional wall.
In an instant—
Like a fish diving into water, the figure of Tachibana Kyūjō vanished from Universe 7.
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Arriving in Universe 6, Tachibana Kyūjō chose a direction at random and began scanning the surrounding area for powerful auras, moving instantly from one point to another…
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