"YOUR SECOND WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED!" Porunga's voice boomed, echoing across the entire planet.
Zaiko's wish was, surprisingly, granted with ease.
At that very moment, Zaiko made a mental note and added to his growing to-do list the task of thoroughly exploring Kami's Sacred Lookout on Earth and discovering if the Black Star Dragon Balls truly existed in this timeline.
Honestly, he highly doubted Porunga had the ability to obtain information from other alternative timelines to know about the black star spheres and Ultimate Shenron.
If Porunga had given him this knowledge, most likely the concept, or the spheres themselves, already existed.
But well... he would worry about that later.
The exact moment his wish was granted, a torrent of knowledge on how to infuse life and create the Dragon Balls flooded his mind.
The images and concepts of how to achieve it were burned into his brain.
He learned the exact way to sculpt the spheres from a base material, how to channel and infuse magic into them, and most importantly, how to establish a direct link with a dragon in order to create its statue.
It seemed that the physical form of Shenron or Porunga had not been created simply by their respective creators' imaginations, as he originally thought.
The actual process was that, after creating a link, the creator managed to glimpse the dragon's true form in its realm of origin, and then had to carve the statue to serve as a vessel.
Along with the creation process, Zaiko also obtained a much deeper knowledge about the nature of the dragons themselves.
More specifically, he learned about the Dragon Realm, also known as Ryusei.
From what he remembered, the Dragon Realm was a concept that also existed in Dragon Ball AF.
It was a completely separate dimension, located far outside the jurisdiction of the world of the living and the world of the dead.
It was also the place where Goku went to reside after the events of Dragon Ball GT, when he flew away on Shenron's back.
This realm was isolated even from the gods.
There, the dragons coexisted, inhabiting towers and palaces.
From what he remembered, even the formidable Shadow Dragons were among them!
A predatory smile formed on his face.
Perhaps in the future an opportunity to face them would arise?
From what he remembered, the excessive and selfish use of the Earth's Dragon Balls' wishes—approximately more than forty wishes granted in less than a century—accumulated an excessive amount of negative energy inside them.
In Dragon Ball GT, this saturation caused the spheres to crack, becoming completely corrupted and generating the seven Shadow Dragons, created by the Black Smoke Dragon, the manifestation of negative energy.
These beings had been released directly from the Dragon Realm, a place from which they are supposedly unable to escape under any circumstances unless summoned.
After all, dragons are beings of pure energy that mandatorily need a body or a physical vessel to materialize on the mortal plane; in the case of Earth and Namek, with Shenron and Porunga, they used the statues and spheres created by the Namekians to be able to come out, serving as a link.
While assimilating all this, Zaiko remembered reading a fairly popular theory on the internet shortly before transmigrating...
The theory said that the frequent and stupid use of the Dragon Balls by Bulma in Dragon Ball Super—making wishes to rejuvenate five years or lift her butt—could be generating enough negative energy to bring the Shadow Dragons back to Dragon Ball.
Was Toyotaro trying to merge Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball GT in his own way?
«That guy is simply crazy...», Zaiko thought, sighing.
But then, Zaiko looked down and looked at himself.
Considering that Toyotaro, back then Toyble, had created the most famous fanfiction story of all, Dragon Ball AF, and the very Zaiko/Xicor that he had now become... it was obvious that he was beyond insane.
Zaiko shook his head, clearing his mind, and decided not to think about these matters anymore.
With his second wish granted, it was time to fulfill his third wish...
"TELL ME NOW... WHAT IS YOUR THIRD AND FINAL WISH?" Porunga asked.
Zaiko let out a long sigh, keeping his eyes closed while being watched closely by Dende.
If he truly wanted to get stronger than he already was, and do it quickly, this was the only way...
He had to take advantage of all the knowledge he had about Dragon Ball to increase his power to absurd limits.
So powerful that someday he would be more powerful than Zeno-Sama himself!
Yes... he knows himself that it is a very distant goal... But none of that mattered!!
If he didn't... Wouldn't he be a complete idiot?
And whoever doesn't like it, can go screw themselves!
Zaiko brought a hand to his chest, breathing calmly to stabilize his heart rate, before opening his eyes and turning to the small Namekian.
"Dende, my third wish is this," Zaiko began, his tone turning deadly serious. "I want to become an Evil Saiyan, with complete and absolute control over my mental faculties. I don't want to be submerged in a destructive, uncontrollable rage nor turn into a savage monster, like other Evil Saiyans."
Dende blinked, staring intently at Zaiko for a few seconds, naively hoping he would tell him it was a joke.
But Zaiko's smile didn't waver.
Although Dende didn't have the slightest idea what the hell an Evil Saiyan was, the simple fact that it had the word 'Evil' in the name made it crystal clear that it wasn't a good thing.
The small Namekian swallowed hard. «Gohan's brother's wishes are really selfish and strange...», Dende thought with concern.
However, his blind faith in Earth's heroes made him rationalize the situation.
Earth had to be going through great difficulties if such a noble warrior had been forced to resort to such a sinister power like this to save them.
With a sigh of resignation, Dende turned to Porunga and began to translate Zaiko's wish.
As Dende spoke, Zaiko crossed his arms, with a deeply thoughtful look.
He had decided to make this wish because of the character Cumber, the main antagonist of the Prison Planet arc in Super Dragon Ball Heroes.
Cumber was known as the Evil Saiyan, an Ancient Saiyan warrior from the original Planet Sadala of Universe 7.
The Evil Saiyan state was a primitive, dark, and absurdly powerful transformation, achieved only by those Saiyans whose hearts had completely succumbed to pure evil due to their relentless and sickening pursuit of power.
Since the nature of his ki was already evil by default, Zaiko didn't mind.
And the part of his wish where he asked to retain his sanity and control eliminated the only major drawback of the transformation.
As an Evil Saiyan, besides obtaining a monstrous power boost upon entering said state, he would gain access to its most lethal and versatile feature, the manipulation and use of the Evil Aura.
Its main offensive quality was the ability to corrupt and contaminate the ki of whoever touched his aura, causing his victims' minds to go mad and lose control, making them capable of massacring even their own comrades in the midst of their blind frenzy.
Unfortunately for Zaiko, this mental corruption only affected other Saiyans, and specifically only those with a pure heart or good intentions, forcing them to transform into a Berserk Super Saiyan.
Finally, the Evil Aura could be shaped and used tangibly to attack or defend, taking the form of gigantic claws, sharp blades, or even as an impenetrable defense barrier.
But the real reason he wanted to become an Evil Saiyan was that the Evil Aura's multiplier could be added to the multiplier of his other transformations.
Zaiko smiled, showing each and every one of his teeth in an almost predatory expression.
He was already astonishingly powerful, but now, after his three wishes... he was even more so.
«How powerful will I be in the future?», he asked himself, feeling a chill of anticipation run down his spine.
Only a single day had passed since he transmigrated.
A single damn day in this universe!
What would become of him in a few years, when he had accessed new and more powerful transformations?
What will happen when he trains enough to learn and master Ultra Instinct?
Or when he learns to use Destruction Ki?
And he hadn't even touched the realm of magic... capable of manipulating matter and altering reality itself.
Among the most powerful magicians he knew were Moro, the planet eater, and entities like Majin Buu, Bibidi and Babidi, or even Neva, the elderly Namekian from the Demon Realm, from Dragon Ball Daima.
He wanted to learn it all.
At that moment, Zaiko's smile faltered a bit.
He realized he was getting too carried away by his own ambition.
«Am I getting too obsessed with getting stronger?», he thought, frowning slightly.
It was normal for him, as a Dragon Ball fan, to feel so excited, but...
He had been a Saiyan for barely twenty-four hours, and it seemed the battle instincts were already controlling him completely... or at least that's what his human side wanted to think to make an excuse.
But... What if he had actually always been like this?
What if in his past life, deep down, he had always desperately longed to have this kind of power?
Certainly, in the real world everyone dreamed of being invincible at some point.
To have enough strength and influence so that absolutely no one could stand in front of you without feeling nervous or intimidated.
To be strong enough to not depend on anything or anyone.
To be completely and absolutely free to do whatever you desire most, without laws, society, or destiny stopping you.
Zaiko let out a dry laugh.
«Heh... it seems this is going to be my primary goal from now on», he admitted to himself, accepting his own nature without remorse.
Zaiko clenched his right fist with all his might, his knuckles cracking under the pressure, while he smiled again, this time genuinely excited.
His eyes shone with an unbreakable determination.
This is what he wanted.
This is what he had set out to do upon arriving in this world.
And this is exactly what he would achieve.
"YOUR THIRD WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED!" Porunga's voice boomed, widening the smile on Zaiko's face.
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