What Whis had just mentioned was the greatest weakness shared by every God of Destruction.
Ordinary mortals could never possibly know such a secret.
But if a God of Destruction had truly revealed it to the young man before him...
Somehow, that didn't seem believable either.
First of all, no God of Destruction would casually reveal such a weakness to anyone.
Secondly, if a God of Destruction encountered someone guilty of manipulating time, they would simply erase the offender on the spot. They certainly wouldn't waste time explaining divine secrets to a criminal.
"It wasn't Lord Beerus who told me," Trunks replied cautiously. "It was a God of Destruction Candidate."
In truth, Gran hadn't told Trunks this personally.
Rather, after returning from Universe Ten, Gran had instructed Bulma to explain the weakness of the Gods of Destruction to Trunks.
Because...
In the future timeline, Trunks was the only one left who could change fate.
If he failed to rewrite the events of the Zamasu crisis, then in the end, that timeline would inevitably be erased by Zeno himself.
"A God of Destruction Candidate?!"
Whis blinked in surprise.
Did this boy travel to another universe instead of another timeline?
After all, Universe 7 had no God of Destruction Candidate.
"Which universe's candidate told you this?" Whis asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Universe Seven."
The moment those words left Trunks' mouth...
The surroundings fell deathly silent.
Even the sound of a pin dropping would have been crystal clear.
"...Which universe did you say?" Whis frowned, convinced he had misheard.
"Universe Seven."
"Impossible!!"
Whis' pupils contracted sharply.
As the Angel of Universe Seven, he understood parallel timelines better than almost anyone.
He knew how alternate timelines came into existence.
He knew how history diverged between them.
And he knew that the personalities of Beerus and Whis in those timelines would never differ drastically from their own.
He knew himself.
He knew Lord Beerus.
Neither of them would ever take on a God of Destruction Candidate.
To Whis' credit, he understood himself very well.
In fact, when Gran had once visited another future timeline, that timeline's Whis had reacted exactly the same way.
"Trunks..."
Bulma looked completely dumbfounded.
"Why does Mr. Whis look so shocked? Does our timeline not have this God of Destruction Candidate named Gran?"
"I... I don't know."
Scratching his head, Trunks continued,
"Mr. Whis, everything I've said is true."
"The God of Destruction Candidate in the other timeline is named Gran."
"And it was he who told me about the weakness shared by the Gods of Destruction."
"Gran..."
Whis searched his memory.
He had never heard that name before.
"What is this candidate's background?"
"He's a Saiyan."
"A Saiyan? Wait..."
Whis carefully looked Trunks over once more.
"You're a Saiyan too, aren't you?"
Normally, Saiyans possessed tails.
Although there were exceptions.
They could remove their tails without affecting their everyday lives.
"Yes."
"..."
Whis fell silent.
The destruction of Planet Vegeta...
The one truly responsible...
Was Lord Beerus.
Yet in another timeline...
Beerus had accepted a Saiyan as his God of Destruction Candidate?
No matter how he looked at it...
It sounded utterly unbelievable.
It wasn't strange that Whis doubted him.
When Gran had first appeared before another future Whis, that Whis had reacted in exactly the same manner.
The only reason that Whis had eventually believed him...
Was because Gran had personally appeared before him.
"Oh, right!"
Trunks suddenly remembered something else.
"I heard Lord Gran is also a Time Patrol Officer."
During the two years he spent training inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goku had told him many stories about Gran.
"A Time Patrol Officer?!"
Whis' voice rose noticeably.
"Yes."
"My mother from the other timeline told me that Lord Gran personally witnessed Zamasu carrying out the Zero Mortals Plan in another timeline."
"That's why he already knew about it and warned us."
Seeing that Whis still seemed unconvinced, Trunks was about to continue.
But Whis raised a hand.
"That's enough."
"I believe you."
His expression became rather peculiar.
The moment he heard that Gran was also a Time Patrol Officer...
Most of his doubts disappeared.
It was exactly as he had suspected before.
If an actual God of Destruction had discovered that Trunks had manipulated time...
They would have erased him immediately.
But the one handling this matter had been Gran.
Gran himself was a Saiyan.
And so was Trunks.
Considering they belonged to the same race...
It was only natural that Gran might choose to spare him.
Furthermore...
The Trunks before him had traveled into the past.
Yet the Zamasu incident he described belonged to an even more distant future.
Under normal circumstances...
Gran shouldn't have known about those events either.
But if Gran was a Time Patrol Officer...
Then everything made perfect sense.
"Interesting..."
Whis suddenly found himself genuinely intrigued by the disciple his counterpart from another timeline had accepted.
Just what kind of extraordinary person could persuade both the notoriously lazy Lord Beerus... and another version of myself... to accept him as a God of Destruction Candidate?
"So..."
Whis pointed toward the feast he had just enjoyed.
"These dishes were also prepared by him... to lure me here?"
"Y-Yes..."
Trunks glanced nervously at the remaining food.
Actually...
Using delicious food to attract Whis hadn't been Gran's idea at all.
It had been the other timeline's Bulma who came up with the plan.
However...
Judging from Whis' reaction...
Mentioning Gran clearly carried far more weight.
So Trunks decided not to correct the misunderstanding.
"I see."
Whis smiled.
At last, every trace of doubt vanished.
After all...
If that man truly was his disciple...
Then it was only natural that Trunks would know about his love for delicious food.
"Come."
Whis turned around.
"Mr. Whis..."
Trunks looked at his back in confusion.
"Where are we going?"
"Weren't you looking for the God of Destruction?"
"Then I'll take you to the God of Destruction's Planet."
"Huh?"
The surprise came so suddenly that Trunks simply froze.
Smack!
Bulma immediately slapped the back of her son's head.
"Mr. Whis is taking you to the God of Destruction's Planet! Why are you still standing there?"
"R-Right!"
Trunks hurried forward, but after taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and grabbed his mother's hand.
"Mom."
"I don't feel comfortable leaving you alone on Earth."
"Come with me."
"Would... would that really be alright?"
As she spoke, Bulma nervously watched Whis for his reaction.
"Of course."
"Come along."
Whis showed not the slightest sign of displeasure.
For some reason...
He found himself rather fond of this Earth woman.
"Thank you!"
Overjoyed, Bulma and Trunks eagerly hurried over to Whis' side.
END OF CHAPTER
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