Jayr POV - Earth, Geia, Mert ty, Greene Farm - 2010

  As I watch the spitting image of Future Gohan standing in the middle of the field surrounded by the bodies of what are likely the raiders who attacked the Green Farm, there is only one word that resounds in my mind, 'Damn!'

  At the same time, I 't stop myself from thinking as my mind moves at a speed faster than light, 'Among all the remaining Champions why was I randomly paired with this ohere is no doubt in my heart that he is the Champion of Void. I mean he is the almost perfect copy of Gohan, there are just a few differences between him and the Gohan I know. For one, he is muuscur than Adult Gohan, and more importantly, there is that Saiyan tail ed around his waist.'

  Then I put aside all those thoughts and focus on quickly analyzing every little information about this Champion and his possible abilities that I gather using my knowledge about the Dragon Ball Universe, what I know for sure from his appearance, and what may be most likely through sheer specution, 'I clearly remember like it was yesterday that the Champion of Void choose to be reinated as Gohan's twin brother but different from Gohan, he wao be a Legendary Super Saiyan. This means that at the very least I have to expect a very powerful berserking fighter with a hulking size and unnatural speed that tinuously gets strohe more it fights seemingly without any limits which is already quite a threat but still very manageable as it will simply be like a mindless beast. But of course, there is no way that the Champion in front of me would only be that capable, for sure he has found some solution to that problem. Like every other Dragon Ball fan who at least on his life fantasized about such a sario, I'm pretty sure that he was able to find some way to get his Legendary Super Saiyan transformation under trol.'

  At this point, I quickly try to think about how I would try to overe this problem and grimly realize, 'I mean there are way too many solutions for that problem that it is not even funny. There are the Dragon Balls that grant a wide variety of wishes, and if they don't work there are still the almighty Super Dragon Balls that seemingly grant ANY wish. There are teiques and trainihods to reinforce the spirit, willpower, or whatever else may affect the mind. There is eveion of using Magiewhat bypass the problem. But more importantly, there is the most basic staple of the Dragon Ball Universe, sheer, interaining. And those are only the first few solutions I came up with in a few instant of thinking about it.'

  After thinking that, I further analyze the Saiyan's most obvious and threatening ability, 'The most obvious threat is for sure that the Champion won't be limited to only the Legendary Super Saiyan Transformation. After all, Saiyan are famous for their tless transformations which cause their hair to ge color so much that they have basically covered all the colors of the rainbow and whose power multiplier gets higher and higher. The Legendary Super Saiyan Transformation is already quite powerful by itself, but then there are also the multipliers granted by a possible Legendary Super Saiyan 2 endary Super Saiyan 3 Transformatio truly bees something to be regarded seriously. And what worries me the most is of course the presence of the Saiyan tail because there is only one reason to keep it, and that is the Super Saiyan 4 Transformation, one of the most powerful transformations of the Saiyan Race. The idea of a Legendary Super Saiyan being also a Super Saiyan 4 is nothing short htening...'

  Then I quickly move on fog on other possible abilities he may have learned, 'Well, for sure he is going to be a threat in both close bat and le bat, after all, in the Dragon Ball Universe, Martial Arts, and Ki Bsts are the main and most on way of battle and quite an effective way too at that and by being the son of Goku he must have learned from some of the best teachers of that universe, like Roshi, Kami, Popo, Piccolo, Goku, Whis. Moreover, I 't fet about the possibility of the Champion knowing some form of magic as I remember that Magic does exist in the Dragon Ball Universe and it be quite tricky and powerful too, as shown by figures like Babidi, Buu, Towa, and Moro. So in case of battle, I also must prepare for him to pull off some ued magic spells. In fact, I also have to worry about hax-like sealing teiques like the Mafuba. Luckily regarding that one as long as there are no tainers nearby then I shouldn't worry about it.'

  At this point, this line of reasonis interrupted as I realize, 'This is getting nowhere! Even with all those dedus, there are still way too many unknowns. I mean even if I try to get ready to face literally everything that be found in the Dragon Ball Universe, I still may be taken by surprise if he pulls off some other special power, teique, or ability that he learned from some other universe. Sure I 't dismiss any obvious hint about his capabilities, but I also 't focus too mu them, I simply have to be ready for anything. Moreover, I'm not even sure if we are actually going to battle in the first pce.'

  The reason why I'm thinking that, is because I immediately noticed that all the raiders lying on the ground are, in fact, still alive and breathing, sure they have many broken bones, but despite that they are in no actual danger of succumbing to their injuries as they are nowhere near grave enough, which may hint at the fact that the Champion of Void may actually be a det person.

  Of course, anument that points in favor of my hypothesis that the Champion of Void may actually be a det person is the fact that he IS Son Goku's son.

  It may be personal bias as Son Goku is one of my childhood heroes, but I 't see him raising an evil person as his child, sure, he may be a somewhat reckless and easy-going parent, but it is in no way a bad one.

  I mean the guy risked his life and even died many times to save his sons, family, and the world from the many threats they faced, supported his child's dream of being a schor despite his personal preference over the martial path, and during the Buu Saga he even came back from death to have quality time with his kids, but it only got ruined because of Babadi.

  The absent father bels that the fandom gave him are also mostly unfair as he only leaves home wheh is fag some kind of threat and after Cell Saga, well, he is dead and 't be there for them and chose to not be revived, because he believed that he will be better off dead to not attract bad attention oh and further endanger his family.

  Of course, all that is by ign the existence of the Dragon Ball Super version of Goku, but let's face it, that version is a bastardized one of the one we loved.

  Shortly after all these thoughts quickly gh my head in almost an instant, I also decide how to approach this ued situation, 'In the end, I don't have to worry too much about the Champion of Void because, at the moment, he isn't a threat to me. I mean just like I 't use my Spiral o, he too 't use his Ki and without it, he is just a physically strong Saiyan, and while those are quite a bit strohan Humans they are in no way close in pure power physical to races like the Kryptonians, Supernatural Humans like the ones living in Toriko Universe, or anomalies like Saitaman. This gives me an overwhelming advantage over him as I fully trained my body to the limits to be on par with such beings and even transform to bee even more powerful. So if the Champion of Void tries any sneaky moves he will surely regret it.'

  ing to that clusion, I quickly tell Rid the others to go and che Hershel's family while I jump down from the cargo bed and start to walk toward the Champion of Void, who immediately notices my presend grows visibly tense and wary as he stares at me with a focused expression on his face as he immediately reizes me as a felloion.

  This makes me almost smile wryly while thinking, 'Indeed, no matter how much I try to mask it, it is incredibly easy for someoh sharp instind a lot of experieo guess my identity as a Champion. Even more so in universes like this ohat were quite popur and whose presence of an unknown person among the main cast is very gring.'

  I stop a few meters away from the Champion of Void and with a fident smile and tone, I greet him and introduce myself, "Hello there. I'm Jayr Pucci, the Champion of Culture. o meet you"

  In respohe Champion of Void doesn't let down his guard but still politely replies, "o meet you, too... I'm Son Goza. The Champion of Void."

  Shortly after he said that we fell into silence as we stared at oher for a few moments before I broke the silence by saying in aremely serious tone, "Before we start discussing other things, there is a very important and critical question I'd like to ask you and I hope that you will give me a sincere answer as that may very well impact the tone of our iion."

  Hearing that, Son Goza grows even more tense and ready to react at any signal of aggression as he says, "Ask away... I'll promise you that I'll speak the truth as long as you don't ask for some dangerous secrets or information that may bring danger or trouble to me or the people I care for."

  In response, I nod, take a deep breath to steady myself, look at Son Goza in the eyes, and then I ask, "Just by taking a single look at you, it's pretty clear that you are from the Dragon Ball Universe, one of the most famous universes in the Omniverse, and one quite powerful too. You must have seen incredible sights and entered all sorts of people, so tell me the truth..."

  Seeing Son Goza fully focus all his attention on me, I take a brief pause before I seriously ask, "... Are Bulma and Android 18 in person truly as hot as they were portrayed?"

  In respoo my very serious and very important question, Goza's eyes and mouth open wide as he looks at me in shock before his face blushes a little aarts to stutter, "T-They... Y-You... Man! W-What k-kind of ridiculous question is that!?"

  I y arms and reply with calm and fidence, "A very, very important and crucial one. I mean we are talking about Bulma and Android 18! There is no living, dead, transmigrated, or reinated Dragon Ball fan who didn't dream of them at least on his life. And you got the ire them up close... Wait! Did you end up with one of them? Or did you choose to go after some less-known option like Videl's cssmate Erasa? Or even worse did you cuck your own brother a after Videl?"

  At this point, Son Goza interrupts me and yells, "Stop! Stop! Stop! First of all, Bulma-san and Android 18-sahe wives of Vegeta-san and Krillin-san, there is no way I would chase after them no matter how beautiful they are! I'm way too young for them to sider the idea! For simir reasons, I would never ever go after my brother's wife! There is no way I would ever try to do something that would harm my friends and family! Moreover, I'm way too young to worry about dating, even more so when I still didn't find the right woman!"

  In respoo that, I 't stop myself from showing a Cheshire smile on my fad ask, "Is that so? But isn't your twin brother already happily married with a child on his way?" which makes Son Goza excim, "He and I are two different people! Gohan was as lucky as Father, both of them found an incredible woman very quickly. Oher hand, I wasn't so lucky. There is also the fact, that I kept myself busy with training to bee strong enough to protect my universe from not only the threats that I will fa the future but also from the possible invasions from other Champions!"

  At the same time, hearing that, the grin on my face grows even bigger while thinking, 'Good! He fell from it! His genuiion to my ued questions revealed much more about his nature and temperament thaended. With this answer, I am almost pletely sure that Son Goza, the Champion of Void is indeed a genuinely good person. This is a piece of good news because I don't have to worry about my oppo causing mayhem, untold chaos, aru whenever he passes. But it will also mean that it may be more difficult to deal with him as I 't just in good sce take advantage of his current weakeate to easily take care of him. Because of that, the only optio for me to win this Random Battle is to defeat him in a Champions Challenge, whose oute isn't guaranteed if I'm not very careful in the choice of the challenge.'

  While I'm thinking that, I notice that Rid the others have now reached the Greene family house, and also notice the presence of a woman blog their way while pointing a katana at them.

  She is an Afri-Ameri woman in her mid-30s with long flowing brown dreadlocks and dark brown eyes which I immediately reize as Mie, another one of the main protagonists of the TV Show.

  Seeing the deadlock between them and that Shane is about to make a move and shoot, I immediately shout, "Shaop! She isn't with the raiders! She and this Goku cospyer over here are the ones who fought off the raiders!" which is quickly followed by Son Goza who also yells, "That's right, Mie! These people aren't with the raiders they came here to help the people living on this farm!"

  At this point, the door of the Greene family house opens and an old man in his 70s with ly bed white hair, blue eyes, and a ly shaved face walks out of the door, he is man is Hershel Greene, Maggie's father.

  (Image Here - Hershel Greene)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]He stands just outside of the door and calmly says, "That's right. These people are our friends from the nearby Lone Oak Farm and are the ones we called for help using our radios." before he looks at Rid the others and says, "And you guys lower yuns. That young man and this womahe ohat came to our rescue while those raiders were shooting with their guns at our home."

  Hearing that, Rick lowers his gun and looking at Hershel he asks, "I'm gd to see that you are fine. Is everyone okay?" to which he nods and replies, "Yes, everyoook cover in time. Only Otis and I were in some danger as we were close to the windows with our rifles ready to fight back for as long as possible."

  Seeing that the situatioween Rick's group and Mie is no longer a problem, I focus ba Son Goza and say with a serious tone, "Now, I'd like to know what are your iions for this Random Battle. On my part, I simply 't let the proving my Blessing Level pass by again because if I fall behind too much I may not be able to front mgressive and ruthless Champions and that may endanger my family in my home universe."

  Shortly after saying that, I looked right into Son Goza's eyes and asked, "What do you want to do? Do you want to fight for a ce to raise your Blessing level? Or do you want to give up your Blessing a me win? I promise you that in case you choose this option, I'll safely send you back to your home universe. I'll even swear it on my cept n a traforced by all the cepts if you do not trust my words."

  Son Goza stands in silence for a few moments, but then I notice a fierce fighting spirit burning in his eyes as he stares back at me and says, "I admit that you look like a nice guy, but I simply 't trust the fate of this Omniverse to someone else. It's way too much power to trust someone else with it, in fact, I won't even fully trust myself with it. But at the very least, if it is in my hands I won't have to worry about the sequences of the wrong person doing whatever he, she, or it wants with that kind of power bringing infinite suffering to this Omniverse and all the people living in it. This is why I won't give up. I'll fight you!"

  Hearing that, I smile a little and say, "Very well. In this case... I Challenge you!"

  At the same time as I utter those words, the rule of the world around us suddenly ges.

  I see that time has frozen as the world around us turns into a monoatic color and an impossibly strong, glowing barrier surrounds both our bodies proteg us from just about anything.

  Shortly after the barrier appearance, I hear Culture's voice as it decres, [A Champions Challenge has been issued. Right now all kinds of aggressive a are forbidden and both the Champions will be protected from all kinds of harm and shielded from all kinds of outside influences and interferences.]

  In respoo this, I see that Son Goza appears to be pletely fused and surprised by what is going on as he looks around everything before he focuses bae and asks, "What is this? What is going on!?"

  Hearing that, I calmly ask, "Is this the first time you have experienced a Champions Challeo which Son Goza simply nods, and seeing that, I patiently start to expin, "A Challenge or more precisely a Champions Challenge is one of the more peaceful ways the Champions taking part itle Across the Omniverse face each other, especially if they do not actually want to kill or harm their oppo. It funs this way, a Champion issues a challeo the opposing Champion and decres the type of challenge and its rules. After that, if the challenged Champion thinks it is fair enough and accepts, then all cepts will trahe two Champions to the Challenge Spad create everything needed for this petition. If for example, it is a cooking test they will create the kit, cooking wares, ingredients, and a fair judge, or a musical test, where they will create the instrument and an audience, and so on. There are no limits we pete ihing you possibly think, even something as simple as who sleep the most or who piss the furthest, only our imagination is the limit, but of course, sih parties involved have to accept, such ridiculous challenges are unlikely."

  After hearing my expnation, Son Goza nods and thinks about it for a few moments before he asks, "I see this is quite a good fun, but this Champions Challenge be refused in any way or once issued the two Champions must pete in some way or form no matter what?"

  In respoo his question, I holy reply, "If the challenged Champiohat the test is way too disadvantageous or unfair for them, then he refuse. At that point, the challenging Champion offer another ohis be done as many times as the Champions derise and if they 't reach sent, then they dismiss the Champions Challeogether. In that case, both the Champions will be able to move and use their abilities once again, but the barrier proteg them won't fade away until a day passes. Moreover, the Champions Challenge has also a cool-down period of 1 year, where the two Champions 't challenge each ain."

  Hearing that, Son Goza hums and ents, "This is nice... So I don't have to kill all the other Champions to take away their Blessing and take them out of the petition. I remember the cepts talking about some kind of official challenge, but I dismissed the idea and mostly fot about it thinking that it would be way too o trust the words of a Champion who may simply be trying to trick you, lower yuard and take you out with a surprise attack. But this is much better than I thought."

  After saying that, Son Goza looks back at me and asks with fidence, "I got it. Thanks for telling me all this. Now, how are we going to do this?"

  In respoo his question, I focus my gaze on the ground and quickly start to think about my options, 'Well, for sure I have to dismiss all the obvious choices that give me an overwhelming advantage as Son Goza is surely going to refuse them as any sane person would. I could challenge him in a knowledge test about the Dragon Ball Universe, but that is a very foolish choice. Sure thanks to my Blessing I remember every single episode of the anime, every page of the manga, and every single information that I've read oer in both my previous life and in the Arifureta Universe which is a HELL LOT of information. But even with all that, there is no way that I pete with someone who actually lived in that universe for over 20 years. My own personal experieh my home universe taught me that sed-hand information isn't all that reliable or prehensive.'

  Thinking about that, I 't help but realize, 'In the end, the best option to make Son Goza accept this Champions Challenge is to choose a type of petition in which both of us are quite assured of our ces of ing out on top as the victor, a simple and straightforward battle. Not the best choice as Son Goza will surely be a force to be reed with, but still, I'm very fident in my own ces of victory. After all, I didn't spend all these years stantly training in vain. I still have a few trump cards that no one was able to force me to use yet and those are some true game gers.'

  ing to that clusion, I raise my head and stare right into Son Goza's eyes before I say while being careful in my w, "I challenge you to a battle whose winner will only be decided when one of us gives up or dies, but at the end of the battle, everything will be fully restored to the same state before the battle took pce so that if one of us perish et irreparably maimed, wounded, or cursed in any way or capacity we will both e out of it like nothing actually happened bringing back with us only the memories and any gain or improvement we experienced during the battle. This way in the eventuality that one of us dies in our battle, we will quickly brought back to life without aive sequences."

  Son Goza looks back at me in silence very likely thinking about the challenge I just issued and after a few seds, he proposes, "I want to add a few more ditions to our battle. First of all, this battle will only involve the two of us. No summoned panion, magic spirits, or any other outside helper only you and I will battle. Then I also want to ban the use of any kind of item, be it a restorative like the Senzu Bean, overpowered ons, or even some other kind that enhances rants some power in some way or another like the Sacred Gears. We will only fight by using our bodies, our internal energies like Ki, ic if you are able to use it."

  Hearing that, I almost clicked my tongue as his dition did cut off quite a few of my options, like using Crateris or summoning, Wormmon, V-mon, and Patamon to fight by my side, but despite that, I still smiled fidently and said, "Fine, I accept those ditions."

  At the same time, both Culture and Void's voice is heard as they say in perfect sync, [[Challenge agreement reached. Champions Challenge beings!]]

  Odyin