Hearing this, Gran burst into loud laughter.
Meanwhile, Bulma's face darkened.
It was clear that missing that competition had become one of the greatest regrets of her life.
In the end, Whis simply couldn't withstand Bulma's resentful gaze any longer.
With a wave of his staff, he projected the battle footage of Gran participating in the competition.
Very soon, the garden was filled with Bulma's constant cries of amazement.
"Waaah!"
"Whoa!"
When the recording reached its final moments, the scene showed the announcement made by the Grand Priest regarding the punishment.
The moment Bulma heard the word "erasure," her eyes widened.
"Gran… what does erasure mean?"
"Erasure?" Gran said casually. "It means being completely wiped out from existence."
"Ah?!"
Bulma quickly covered her mouth in shock.
"So… if you had lost, Gran… then both you and Lord Beerus would have faced the risk of being erased?"
Gran set down his teacup and smiled.
"You're too naïve."
"What do you mean?"
"If I had lost, it wouldn't just be Beerus and me. Our entire Universe Seven would have been at risk of erasure."
Gran glanced at her and added calmly,
"In other words… you wouldn't have escaped either."
The moment those words were spoken—
Bulma's pupils shrank violently.
A wave of cold fear shot from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head.
The garden fell completely silent.
After a moment, Gran broke the silence.
"Bulma, how is Kakarot doing these days?"
"Th-thank goodness you won…"
Bulma finally snapped back to reality and patted her chest in relief.
"You mean Goku, right? He's currently raising his child on Mount Paozu."
Then she suddenly slapped her forehead.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you. Goku and Chi-Chi already have a child now. The kid's name is Gohan."
"Is that so?"
In truth, the reason Gran came to Earth this time was precisely because of Gohan.
But he pretended not to know anything and casually asked another question.
"So how has Earth been recently? Any alien invasions?"
What he was really referring to were Raditz and Vegeta.
However…
According to the original timeline, Raditz wouldn't invade Earth until two years later.
But now that Raditz and Vegeta's fates had already changed, who knew what might happen?
"Aliens?"
Bulma blinked in confusion.
She didn't understand why Gran would ask such a thing.
"No. Earth is basically the backyard of you and Lord Beerus. Who would be bold enough to invade it?"
"..."
Gran's mouth twitched slightly.
Bulma wasn't wrong.
Earth really was Beerus's backyard.
For example, during the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Beerus had personally stated that even if Goku and Vegeta died, it didn't matter—but Earth absolutely could not be destroyed.
And now…
It had basically become Gran's backyard as well.
Gran glanced down at the planet beneath them.
Earth had already been reinforced once by Whis.
If any fools tried threatening Goku by destroying Earth again in the future…
That would certainly be an interesting show to watch.
"Whis, help me check what Vegeta and the others are doing right now," Gran said, turning toward him.
Whis looked slightly surprised.
Why was Gran suddenly asking about Vegeta?
Could it be that he wanted to deal with his old enemy again?
"Alright."
Whis didn't ask further questions.
He waved his staff, and a projection instantly appeared in midair.
Everyone looked up.
The image displayed a deep expanse of space.
A spaceship streaked rapidly across the starry void.
The perspective shifted into the ship's interior.
Inside the cockpit sat ten figures, with the one at the front being none other than Vegeta.
Unlike the young Vegeta from years ago, the current Vegeta had already grown into adulthood.
His appearance had become far more mature.
However.
Looking at his height, he was still rather short.
Compared to Gran's 1.85 meters, the difference was enormous.
"Gran, is that the Vegeta you mentioned before?" Bulma asked.
She remembered that when she was a child, Gran had warned her not to get involved with someone named Vegeta.
"That's right. What do you think of him?" Gran asked, looking at her with a strange expression.
"You mean his appearance?"
Bulma rested her chin on her hand and examined the projection carefully.
"He doesn't look very old, but he's really short. And that M-shaped hairline of his—it's incredibly ugly!"
"And look at those eyes. He looks like he wants to eat someone alive."
After saying that, Bulma turned and looked at Gran instead.
Gran's black hair stood upright, with two bangs falling naturally in front of his forehead—distinctively Saiyan-like, yet stylish enough to look carefully designed.
His face was sharp and handsome, with well-defined features.
His eyes carried a faint coldness, the kind that came from someone who stood above everyone else.
But that coldness didn't feel unpleasant.
Gran was a divine being of the universe—a supreme existence.
Naturally, he should appear lofty and distant.
Beyond that, an aura of divine authority and ancient power seemed to linger around him.
The combination made him resemble a primordial god stepping out of legend.
Only…
This ancient god looked far too young.
"This Vegeta guy is seriously ugly," Bulma muttered again.
"No wonder Gran warned me not to meet him before."
Then she added quietly,
"Gran is way more handsome."
"..."
Gran naturally heard her whisper and couldn't help twitching at the corner of his mouth.
He didn't respond.
Instead, he continued watching the projection.
Seeing that Gran had fallen silent, Bulma also shifted her attention back to the image in the sky.
In the footage, Vegeta and his group of ten seemed to be heading somewhere.
After observing for a while, Gran finally realized what was happening.
Vegeta was actually leading the nine people behind him to seek revenge on Frieza.
And those companions weren't random aliens.
They were Saiyans that Vegeta had gathered from across the universe.
"Gran, it seems your enemy doesn't understand Frieza's true strength," Whis said teasingly.
"Why? Is that guy called Frieza very strong?" Bulma asked curiously.
"Bulma, do you remember someone named Cooler?" Gran asked while taking another sip of tea.
"Of course I remember. That guy almost killed me and Broly back then. Luckily Broly went into a berserk state."
Hearing this, Broly rolled his eyes.
If I hadn't gone berserk, I would've died there too…
"Good. The Frieza Whis just mentioned is actually Cooler's younger brother."
Gran continued calmly.
"His true power level is 120 million."
"Hiss!"
Bulma gasped sharply.
Ever since she had eaten a Spirit Fruit and raised her power level to 10,000, she had finally begun to understand the concept of battle power.
She never expected that Cooler's brother would be that terrifying.
"Then what about this Vegeta?" Bulma asked quickly.
"How strong is he?"
"Vegeta?"
Gran turned to Whis.
"So… how strong is he now?"
END OF CHAPTER
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