Somewhere in Heaven, in the GT Universe.
A mat was spread on the ground, with fruits laid out on top of it.
Piccolo, with a collar above his head, oh no… a halo.
He sat cross-legged, holding a cup, brewing himself a hot tea, and slowly drinking it.
He looked very content.
He didn't look like a dead person at all; he looked more like he was enjoying an early retirement.
"Yo, Piccolo! Life in Heaven seems pretty good, huh?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Piccolo's face turned green as he looked towards the source of the sound.
"Goku?"
"Why are you here? Are you dead too?" Piccolo's face was a picture of bewilderment.
"No, I'm perfectly fine. I just missed you a bit, Piccolo." Goku showed no politeness, directly picking up a fruit from the mat and putting it into his mouth, crunching away without even peeling it.
"So… what's your purpose?" Piccolo's cheek twitched slightly.
Miss me? Only a ghost would believe you missed me.
Also, why would a living person come to Heaven?
To chat with me?
It seemed like it hadn't even been seven days since his death, only two or three days.
"It's not Goku who's looking for you, it's me."
"You are…" A hint of surprise appeared on Piccolo's face.
"This is the Miss Beryl I mentioned to you, who helped Vegeta and me transform into Super Saiyan 4," Goku explained.
"I see, so you are Miss Beryl." Piccolo stood up and observed Beryl for a moment, then quickly bowed respectfully, "Thank you for everything you've done for Earth, a Supreme God even more noble than the Supreme Kai."
Having fused with the Old Kami, Piccolo also possessed the ability to sense divine power.
The young girl before him, who seemed not much older, far surpassed the feeling the Supreme Kai Shin gave him during the Majin Buu period.
The difference in this dimension was very obvious.
"I came to you mainly for this."
In Beryl's palm, Dragon Balls floated, each engraved with black stars.
"Black star dragon balls… Why, why are these still here?" Piccolo's already green face turned even more terrifying, his expression turning a deep, almost purple-green.
"It's impossible. Logically, after Kami and I died, the black star dragon balls should have dissipated."
The seven black star dragon balls before him were covered in cracks and were very different from the black star dragon balls that were once in the Kami's Lookout.
"Because I preserved them. This is also one of my purposes for coming to this world."
"Purpose?"
"Yes, I'll tell you more about these when I have a chance."
Beryl snapped her fingers, and a faint white glow enveloped Piccolo's entire body.
"This… this feeling."
Bathed in the familiar aura, Piccolo looked quite puzzled.
Could it be the dragon balls?
Bang—
The golden halo above his head suddenly shattered into specks of light, scattering onto the ground.
"I… I've been resurrected?" Piccolo's eyes showed disbelief.
Indeed, that was the power of the dragon balls just now.
Why…
"That's right, you've been resurrected, and the black star dragon balls are no longer my concern." She casually tossed the dragon balls to Piccolo, then a white light entered Piccolo's head.
Piccolo was momentarily lost in thought, only slowly coming to his senses after a long time.
"So… that's how it is."
Some memories had just appeared in his mind.
Or rather, the purpose of this divine girl's arrival in this universe.
To clear the negative energy from dragon ball wishes, but first, the negative energy must be collected from the universe.
Shadow Dragon, Dragon Ball…
The black star dragon balls have a stronger storage capacity than ordinary dragon balls. They can even absorb all the negative energy that has been scattered throughout the universe after past wishes made with all dragon balls.
Aggregate all the negative energy and then destroy it all at once?
"It's just…" Piccolo opened his mouth, then hesitated.
"Let's go, back to Earth first." Beryl spoke again.
Strange patterns appeared beneath their feet.
Whoosh—
The next second.
The three returned to the Kami's Lookout on Earth.
Earlier, they had used the dragon balls to make Planet Tuffle to be like Earth.
Currently, Planet Tuffle, or rather Earth, is exactly the same as the original Earth.
"Goku, and Mr. Piccolo?" Dende, leaning on the Kami's staff, stood at the edge of the Kami's Lookout, worriedly looking down at the battle below, startled by the sudden appearance of the three.
"Mr. Piccolo, aren't you already…" Dende thought of Piccolo's decision to perish with the Earth.
"Something happened, so I was resurrected."
"That's great then. Gohan will be very happy."
"What's wrong, Dende? Why do you look so worried?" Piccolo is a Namekian, so he could easily discern the troubled expression on Dende's face.
"It's the Androids…" Dende explained what had happened during this time to the three of them.
"Androids? Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero, the connection between the living world and Hell, they're behind it."
"Are all the dead people coming out?" Goku frowned, "What about Vegeta? Is he still there?"
"Yes, I just saw Vegeta. He was going to deal with Android 17, but the two Android 17 still fused." Dende sighed, "I feel like that Super Android 17 is probably as strong as Baby."
"I see. Then I'll go take a look."
Goku also sensed Vegeta's ki, and Vegeta had already transformed into Super Saiyan 4.
Goku directly transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and left the Kami's Lookout using Instant Transmission.
After Goku left, Piccolo placed the dragon balls in his hand on the ground.
"Huh? Isn't this…"
"The black star dragon balls. Lady Beryl hopes to use the black star dragon balls to collect all the negative energy from wishes made throughout time." Piccolo sighed, truthfully, he didn't want to do this.
But the one who made the decision was Beryl.
A god who could freely traverse the boundaries of life and death, and even far surpass the Supreme Kai.
"If you use the black star dragon balls, you can wait until the Super Android 17 incident is over," Beryl said, looking at Dende and Piccolo, "Don't worry, even if something goes wrong, I'll back you up."
She was just too lazy, so she let the Shadow Dragons collect the negative energy.
But who was she, Beryl? The God of Destruction of the Universe 10 in the Dragon Ball World, concurrently the Supreme Kai, and the user of Dragon Energy.
Would she really be outsmarted by dragon balls created by a mere half-baked Namekian?
That's utterly impossible.
"Well then… I'll leave things here to you."
"Speaking of which, I'm quite interested in Super Android 17 too."
After speaking, she didn't give Piccolo and Dende time to think and directly left the Kami's Lookout using Instant Transmission.
"Um… Mr. Piccolo." Dende was a little worried, "Do we really have to do as she says?"
The evil aura of the black star dragon balls, even without erupting, felt chilling just by looking at them.
"There's no other way." Piccolo sighed.
"Compared to some Shadow Dragons, if that person just now gets angry, I'm afraid the entire universe will suffer. Moreover, eliminating the negative energy from wishes is probably an inevitable task."
"By the way, Dende, can't the dragon balls be used anymore?"
"Yes, I don't know what's going on," Dende said, "After I made three wishes earlier, I completely lost contact with the dragon balls."
"The negative energy threshold of the dragon balls has reached its limit…" Piccolo sighed.
The only ones left that can grant wishes are the black star dragon balls.
Rather than saying granting wishes, it's more like what Lady Beryl said.
Releasing the Shadow Dragons, a collective entity of negative energy, from the dragon balls.