There was dead silence at the scene.
All the Z-Fighters present were dumbfounded, their jaws practically on the floor.
Although Setsuna had said King Cold's strength was inferior to Frieza's, his powerful aura was undeniably real. No matter how weak he was, he couldn't be that weak. Yet Goku had sent King Cold flying with just one punch. When had he become so strong?
The one who reacted most intensely was Vegeta. He stared fixedly at Goku, his expression incredibly complex… shock, delight, jealousy, longing, all mixed together.
"Is this... a Super Saiyan? Kakarot, you can transform into a Super Saiyan now?"
Goku nodded calmly: "Yeah."
"You..." Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Vegeta felt a surge of inexplicable anger, 'He had obtained the power I had dreamed of, and yet he was so casual about it?'
"When did you learn to transform?" Vegeta barely squeezed out the words through gritted teeth.
"Hmm..." Goku tilted his head thoughtfully. "About half a year ago?"
"Half a year ago?" Vegeta gritted his teeth. "So, for the past six months, all your fights with me were just playing around? Were you just making a fool of me?"
His sensitive pride seemed to shatter in an instant.
"Aaaaaahhh!"
Extreme anger, like a bursting dam, instantly overwhelmed all of Vegeta's rationality.
The next moment, golden Ki erupted from his body as well.
"Vegeta can transform too?" Krillin was shocked once again.
"As expected." Setsuna watched this scene and nodded slightly. When one's base power level reaches around 3 million, the basic requirements for transforming into a Super Saiyan are met. With his guidance and Goku's 'sparring' over the past six months, it wasn't strange that Vegeta had reached this level.
"Another one!" King Cold felt like he was going insane, 'When did monsters with power levels over 100 million start appearing one after another?'
Just as King Cold was in despair, Vegeta roared at Goku: "Kakarot, fight me now!"
Goku was taken aback: "Sure, but let's deal with the enemy first before we fight."
Vegeta, as if mad: "No! I want to fight you right now!"
King Cold was overjoyed: 'Saiyans truly are a foolish race, fighting amongst themselves! Now's my chance to slip away. Once I escape into space, they won't be able to catch me!'
Ignoring his injuries, he took advantage of the standoff between Vegeta and Goku to suddenly burst with power and flee at full speed towards space.
However, just as he thought he was about to escape, a golden figure appeared, as if by teleportation, suddenly on the space trajectory ahead of him, blocking his path.
It was a young man in a dark blue vest, carrying a longsword on his back, with a stern expression. He too was emanating golden Ki, his hair also standing on end and turning gold.
"Another one?" King Cold screamed in despair.
The newcomer wasted no words. He decisively drew the longsword from his back. The blade gathered a dazzling golden aura, and with a simple horizontal slash, he struck the oncoming King Cold.
"No!"
King Cold barely had time to let out a short scream before his massive body was cleaved in two by the sword light. The young man, feeling this wasn't enough, raised his hand and fired a dozen Ki Blasts, completely obliterating King Cold's remains.
Seeing this, Setsuna smiled knowingly. It was indeed the only Saiyan who 'never fooled around'… Future Trunks.
The others on the ground were shocked once more, 'How had another Super Saiyan appeared?'
Vegeta was also deeply shocked, momentarily forgetting his fight with Goku, his eyes fixed on the unfamiliar Super Saiyan youth in the sky.
'Weren't I and Kakarot the only Saiyans left?'
In fact, Trunks was also deeply shocked. Because in the history he knew, his father Vegeta shouldn't have been able to transform into a Super Saiyan yet.
Trunks slowly descended to the ground, deactivated his Super Saiyan transformation, revealing a face that was seven-tenths similar to Vegeta's, but younger and more handsome.
Facing the group's confused and wary looks, Trunks took a deep breath and said: "My name is Trunks. I come from the future, twenty years from now." (T/N: In the original work, Trunks never said his name to others, so only Goku knew about his name.)
"The future?" The group exclaimed again.
"Yes." Trunks nodded. "I traveled through time to come here, mainly for two purposes. First, to deliver the antidote for the heart virus to Goku-san."
He took a small medicine bottle from his jacket and handed it to Goku. "In future history, you will die from a rare heart disease three years from now. This medicine can prevent and cure that disease."
Goku took the bottle, somewhat bewildered: "Heart disease? I'll die from heart disease?"
"Second," Trunks continued, his tone becoming heavy, "is to warn you about the [Androids]."
"In my future, three years from now, on May 12th, Age 767, at 10 a.m., on an island nine kilometers southwest of South City, two Androids created by Dr. Gero will appear. They possess immense power and take pleasure in killing. Because Goku-san passed away, there was no one capable of defeating them, and the world fell into a darkness and despair that lasted over ten years."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions became grave.
Vegeta snorted coldly in dissatisfaction: "What about me? Couldn't I stop them?"
Trunks hesitated, then finally said: "You said you would go deal with those two enemies... and then you never came back."
"Pfft..." Krillin couldn't help but laugh, but meeting Vegeta's embarrassed and angry gaze, he quickly changed the subject. "Wait, Trunks, you said that if Goku dies, no one can defeat the Androids? But... can't dead people still fight? Like Setsuna, with a halo over his head."
Trunks was taken aback: "Huh? That's possible?"
He looked at Setsuna, his eyes filled with confusion. In the future history he knew, there was no such absurd thing as 'dead people being able to move freely and participate in battles'.
Now it was Krillin's turn to be confused: "You didn't know? I thought it was strange just now. If Goku died, what about Setsuna? Did Setsuna go on a space trip in your future timeline?"
Trunks muttered to himself: "I've heard Tien-san and the others mention the name 'Setsuna' before, but in the history I know... he seemed to have mysteriously disappeared after the battle with the Demon King Piccolo and never appeared again. So when we faced the Androids later, we had no idea such a strong warrior existed."
Upon hearing this, Setsuna said calmly: "There's no need to dwell on matters of parallel timelines. Each timeline has its own developmental path. The future you come from may have branched off into a different direction due to some minor differences."