At this moment, on the Lookout.
Vegeta was waiting for Kakarot and Gohan to emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Dende, holding the old Kami's staff, ran over in a panic.
"This is bad, Vegeta."
"West City… something has happened in West City!"
Upon hearing Dende's words, Vegeta's expression suddenly changed, and he grabbed Dende by the collar.
"Speak quickly! What is it? Is it Cell?"
Unlike Vegeta, Dende, after becoming Earth's Guardian, could observe the Earth's situation from the Lookout.
Although Dende had not fully mastered this ability, he could still barely observe for a short while.
He had previously sensed Piccolo's ki, so he used his ability to observe Piccolo's surroundings.
As a result, he discovered something important.
Piccolo was chasing Cell, and Cell was looking for Android 18, trying to find Android 18's location.
Vegeta lived in West City.
"Put Dende down, Vegeta. Please calm down. Even if something unexpected happens, we still have the Dragon Balls," Krillin said, looking at Dende, who was lifted into the air.
Vegeta put Dende down; after all, his own son was still there, so he couldn't give him the impression that he, Vegeta, was reckless.
Vegeta patted Dende's clothes and said, "I'm sorry, I was a bit anxious just now."
"What happened in West City?"
"Cell is heading to West City. If you can make it in time, bring them to the Lookout," Dende said, not minding; Vegeta's character had improved a lot compared to before. He finished and added,
"I remember you said that if Cell absorbs Android 18, he will transform into his perfect form, and his strength will greatly increase, so please go quickly, even for the sake of Earth, I beg you."
Seeing Dende bow to him, Vegeta stepped back to avoid it.
"My wife is still there; I'm definitely going back. This has nothing to do with whether Cell can reach his perfect form. I, Vegeta, am not afraid of him."
"Of course, I'll bring Android 18 along."
"Dad," Trunks walked up to Vegeta, his expression tinged with worry.
"Don't worry, Bulma will be fine. I'll go alone; you stay here and wait for Kakarot to come out."
Vegeta placed his fingers on his forehead and left directly using Instant Transmission.
…
Cell once again arrived above West City.
He threw a ki blast into the sky.
This ki blast, thrown high into the sky by Cell, quietly hovered above West City.
Like a sun, it made the panicked people below look up.
"Die, all of you."
Cell sneered.
As soon as he finished speaking, the light sphere in the sky emitted dense beams of light.
Like dense raindrops, they continuously fell from the sky.
"Ah!"
"Aaahh!"
"No, I don't want to die yet!"
"Don't kill me!"
Screams rose and fell.
People fleeing in panic were pierced through their bodies by the falling light beams.
In less than half a minute, the entire West City was already littered with corpses.
"Is it there?"
After the previous loss, Cell decided to kill everyone in the entire city.
As for searching for Android 18 one by one, he, Cell, wasn't that idle.
A beam of light streaked across the sky of West City.
Cell quickly arrived above Capsule Corporation.
"The ki blast that blocked my attack came from here, so Android 18 and Android 16 must be inside."
Indeed, within the damaged Capsule Corporation, in a somewhat hidden architectural spot, Android 16 and Android 18 appeared.
"This time it's for real, isn't it, Android 18, and Android 16."
Cell sensed the presence of two other people's ki, protected inside the building by Android 16 and Android 18.
However, they seemed to be ordinary people.
Cell didn't pay them any mind.
As long as he could absorb Android 18, everything else was irrelevant.
"You two really made me search for you!" Cell revealed a sinister smile.
Just now, yes, just now.
He, the strongest Android, was almost blown to death by a bomb.
If he wasn't mistaken, the power of those two bombs could only have been created by Dr. Gero.
Which meant, someone had removed the bombs from Android 16 and Android 18 and sent them to him, Cell, intending to eliminate him, the strongest Android, in one go.
"Trunks's mother, Vegeta's wife, the creator of the time machine, Bulma, come out, I know you're in there."
Cell sensed the presence of two ordinary human ki signatures within the building.
One of them was Bulma, and as for the other, it was probably an assistant, an unimportant person.
From the ruined building, Bulma, somewhat trembling, stepped out.
"Heh heh, it's you indeed," Cell chuckled. "Compared to the world where I killed Trunks, you are much younger, but that's to be expected, as so many years have passed there."
"You killed Trunks?" Bulma's expression changed.
"Don't worry, not the one who came back, but the one from my… as you call it, parallel world. However, he should not be from the same world as the Trunks who came here now."
Anyway, seeing Android 18 and Android 16, it was impossible for them to escape, so Cell uncharacteristically started explaining to everyone.
"In other words, the Trunks who returned from the future belongs to one world, and the time machine that the Trunks I killed used belongs to another parallel world, and your current world belongs to a third world."
"However, in my world, Android 16 didn't exist, and neither did Android 19, and Android 17 and Android 18 were also different from yours."
Cell's gaze shifted from Bulma to Android 18, who was wary of him.
"Those were Android 17 and Android 18 who only knew slaughter. As for the reason, I'm not very clear, but because those two Androids slaughtered almost all living beings on Earth, I couldn't replenish my energy during my growth stage."
"Therefore, I couldn't defeat them, which is why I killed Trunks and reverted myself to my infant stage, returning to the past."
Cell chuckled, "However, what I didn't expect was that the history here is so different from the history I knew."
"I was also found by nanomachines and then brought back to Dr. Gero's laboratory for cultivation."
"Android 16, Android 18, perhaps you don't know yet, but in the underground laboratory beneath your hibernation chambers, that is where I was dormant."
"That is also where this world's Cell was born."
"But I devoured him. Although my strength didn't increase much, it allowed me to awaken early."
"It also allowed me to possess the strength to defeat you, Android 17 and Android 18, without needing to absorb human essence."
"And just as I expected, by devouring Android 17, I evolved from my growth stage to my current mature stage. Just one more step, and I will become the most perfect and powerful being described in Dr. Gero's computer."
"That is, the supreme Perfect Form."
"The strongest Android in the Universe, and Dr. Gero's most perfect creation."
Through Cell's self-exposing narration, everyone present roughly understood Cell's origin.
"Cell, I won't be easily absorbed by you," Android 18 said with a cold expression, taking a battle stance.
"It's meaningless. Neither you nor Android 16 is my match," Cell sneered.
"Is that so…?"
Android 16 stepped forward, his peaceful eyes gleaming with a scrutinizing gaze,
"Where is that woman? I mean Android 21!"