The Old Supreme Kai meant that the incident had happened even further in the past.
"Gulp!"
Supreme Kai Kibito couldn't help swallowing nervously. "Ancestor, even you don't know what happened back then. What are we supposed to do if it happens again?"
Pan, who was nestled against her grandfather's chest, trembled again.
Goku gently patted his granddaughter's back. He frowned and asked, "Lord Old Supreme Kai, with my current strength, would I be able to deal with that kind of power?"
"You?"
The Old Supreme Kai looked him up and down before helplessly shaking his head. "I'm not trying to put you down, but forget it. It's not just you—even Lord Beerus couldn't withstand that power back then. Otherwise, how could our universe have been shattered?"
Goku clenched his back teeth.
Back when the Shadow Dragon crisis had erupted, it had been the most helpless period of his entire life.
He never expected that there could be something even more hopeless!
"All right. You don't need to worry so much."
Seeing the worried expressions on everyone's faces, the Old Supreme Kai shook his head. "Who knows how many years have passed since that incident? If it were going to happen again, it would have happened long ago."
What the Old Supreme Kai said wasn't without reason.
When that incident occurred, the Grand Supreme Kai and Supreme Kai Kibito hadn't even been born yet. That meant the incident had taken place at least one hundred million years ago.
So much time had passed. Perhaps that crisis had long since subsided.
Thinking of this, Supreme Kai Kibito breathed a sigh of relief.
Goku, however, reacted differently. His expression remained extremely solemn.
Could it really be that simple?
"Grandpa, why don't we go find Grandpa Gran?" Pan poked her head out. She was clearly worried as well.
"No. Bringing someone from another timeline here to help us would amount to manipulating time, and that's something the gods forbid."
The Old Supreme Kai shook his head. "You two should stay out of this. Besides, we're living in an era of peace now."
"No!"
A sharp glint flashed through Goku's eyes. "I don't think a crisis like this will simply disappear on its own. It's just like Majin Buu back then."
"He absorbed the Grand Supreme Kai and was later sealed away. Wasn't the period when he was sealed also an era of peace?"
"But in the end, didn't Majin Buu break out of his seal?"
The Old Supreme Kai's expression darkened.
He understood the logic as well, but what could they do?
The strongest person in their timeline was currently Goku, and compared to that mysterious power from back then, Goku's strength was nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
"Lord Old Supreme Kai, actually, Gran is also a Time Patrolman. If we ask him to help us, his actions shouldn't count as the forbidden crime of manipulating time."
Goku's eyes were clear and sharp.
Unlike the somewhat foolish version of Goku from the Super anime, this Goku now possessed the calmness and insight of a true strategist.
"Hmm? You know, you might be right!"
The Old Supreme Kai's eyes lit up. "If he's a Time Patrolman, then he indeed wouldn't be violating the laws against manipulating time. If we can bring that Gran here, perhaps we might even be able to investigate what happened back then."
The Old Supreme Kai paused before looking at Goku and Pan.
"But can you actually get him to come here? After all, he's a God of Destruction!"
The Old Supreme Kai had already subconsciously regarded Gran as a God of Destruction.
Goku and Pan exchanged glances.
Pan spoke up, "Grandpa Gran seems pretty easygoing. I think he might agree."
Back when she had sparred with Gran, she'd kicked him squarely in the head. In the end, Gran had merely smacked her little butt twice in retaliation.
Goku nodded. "The next time we go on a mission, I'll ask the Supreme Kai of Time to contact Gran. No matter what the outcome is, it's worth giving it a try."
"All right. I'll leave it to you two."
"..."
In the end, Goku and Pan also disappeared from the Supreme Kai's World, and the realm soon returned to silence.
However, compared to before, the atmosphere in the Supreme Kai's World had become considerably more oppressive.
...
Inside the Time Tunnel
"Chronoa, where is that Lost Land?" Gran followed behind Chronoa.
Chronoa suddenly stopped inside the Time Tunnel, and Gran stopped as well.
Chronoa turned around and looked at Gran. Her expression was unusually solemn.
"You know that Lost Land too. It's actually the timeline where Pan and the others live."
"What?"
A huge storm erupted in Gran's mind.
He knew exactly which timeline Chronoa was referring to.
The GT timeline.
This GT timeline had no Omni-King's Universe, no Angels, and no Gods of Destruction. The highest-ranking deity there was merely the Old Supreme Kai.
In his previous life, people had speculated that it was an abandoned place.
Abandoned = Lost.
He never expected that it would actually be true!
"Chronoa, why is that timeline called the Lost Land?" Gran asked in confusion.
"Because that timeline once suffered a tremendous crisis."
Chronoa explained, "Back then, the entire Omni-King's Universe of that timeline—including the Dragon Realm—was shattered by the power of that crisis. In the end, only that tiny fragment of the universe where Pan and the others lived managed to survive."
Chronoa didn't hide anything from him.
As her final words fell, Gran was once again stunned.
So that's why that timeline has no Omni-King's Universe, no Angels, and no Gods of Destruction.
So that's what happened...
"What was that crisis?!"
Gran clenched his fists.
The more he learned, the more confused he became.
Chronoa was silent for a moment before shaking her head.
"I don't know."
"??"
Gran's voice rose several levels. "You're the Supreme Kai of Time! How can you not know?"
"I really don't know! At the time, I wasn't in the Time Realm. I was busy sealing Mechikabura!"
Chronoa looked helpless.
"Later, when I returned to the Time Realm, I discovered that something had happened to Pan's timeline."
"So I used a Time Scroll to investigate the cause, but I couldn't find anything. It was as if all the scenes from that timeline's past had been completely erased by some kind of power."
After hearing everything, Gran's heart remained unsettled for a long time.
What exactly happened in that GT timeline?
The two of them remained silent inside the Time Tunnel for quite some time.
"Chronoa, didn't you ask the Time King?"
"I did, but the Time King didn't say anything."
"..."
The corner of Gran's mouth twitched.
These big shots are always being so mysterious. It's seriously annoying.
Chronoa changed the subject.
"Gran, that timeline no longer has a God of Destruction or an Angel. Maybe that's precisely why Demigra and the others dared to hide there."
"Yeah."
Gran nodded.
With no Gods of Destruction or other powerful divine beings in that timeline, it really was an excellent place to hide.
"Let's go. Even the Time King didn't say anything, so we shouldn't interfere too much in Pan's timeline either. Let's focus on capturing Demigra first."
"Okay."
Although Gran still had countless questions in his heart, this concerned another timeline, and he didn't want to invite unnecessary trouble.
The two of them continued traveling through the Time Tunnel.
END OF CHAPTER
Disciple of Beerus - MrBehringer's Secret
👉 patreon.com/MrBehringer