Bulma's face flushed as she lifted Levos out of her jacket, frog form and all.
"What the heck happened?" Goku scratched his head in confusion.
"We'll explain everything once we're back at the Lookout," Levos muttered, clearly frustrated about having his body stolen by Ginyu.
The group, carrying the petrified Android 16, teleported back to the Lookout.
"Goku!!"
Yajirobe's voice cracked with emotion as he spotted the familiar silhouette. He'd already heard from Dende that many of their old friends had returned, but seeing them with his own eyes still felt unreal.
"Miss Bulma, let treat your wounds!" Dende rushed over the mont he noticed her injury.
The others gathered quickly around them.
But when they saw Levos in his current state, everyone froze for a mont.
Levos sighed, then quickly explained everything that had happened in rapid-fire speech.
Afterward, the group started asking about the current state of the battle. Even from here, far from the battlefield, they could feel that sothing was terribly wrong with the planet.
The oppressive, doomsday-like atmosphere was gnawing at everyone's hearts.
"Our enemies are too powerful. And more importantly…"
While waiting for Goku to return with the rest of the Dragon Balls, Levos explained the situation in detail what they were facing, and what he planned to do next.
At present, Frieza was barely managing to hold off Cell Max. But he wouldn't last much longer.
If Frieza lost, or worse, gave up trying to stop him, Earth would be dood.
They had to find a way to help Frieza or contain Cell Max, fast.
A short while later, Goku returned from King Kai's planet with the remaining Dragon Balls.
As the seven radiant orbs pulsed with orange light, the Pilaf well, now four-man group stood before them, overwheld with emotion.
"So these are the Dragon Balls?" Dr. Heido stared with wide-eyed curiosity. "Can these really grant any wish?"
"N-no," Dende quickly corrected. "There are limits based on the power of the one who created the dragon. If the wish is beyond their capabilities, it won't work."
"What do you an by that?" Dr. Heido tilted his head.
"Basically, you can't just ask the dragon to kill all the bad guys threatening Earth," Yajirobe cut in.
Levos said nothing. He simply stared silently at the Dragon Balls, deep in thought.
Everyone else held their breath, thinking hard.
After a long pause, Dende finally asked, a little nervously, "Mr. Levos… what should we do?"
"We need to stop Cell Max from destroying Earth," Levos said, voice heavy. "And at the sa ti, deal with Frieza, his father, and Babidi in one clean sweep."
"Then how about this?" Yajirobe suggested. "For the first wish, we just send all those villains far, far away from Earth!"
It wasn't a bad idea. It would solve the imdiate crisis.
"Oh! That could work!" Goku's eyes lit up. "And the other two wishes could be used to revive everyone who died and rebuild the Earth!"
"But…" Dr. Heido frowned, stroking his chin. "If we're going to send them away, we need to make sure it's really far. If they co back, Earth's toast anyway."
"No!" Bulma objected imdiately. "If we do that, Levos will have to wait another year before he can get his body back!"
She said firmly, "After everything he's done for us, I think one of those wishes should be used to return him to normal."
A heavy silence fell over the group.
Levos froze.
Then, gently, he declined. "Don't worry about . If using all three wishes can ensure Earth's survival, then staying a frog a while longer really isn't a big deal."
He didn't want to sound selfish. Trading one of the wishes just to get his body back felt wrong.
It wouldn't improve the situation, either.
Besides, Levos didn't fully agree with the idea of simply teleporting the enemies away.
It might solve the problem for now, but it wouldn't address the root of the threat.
Focusing only on the imdiate danger without considering what might co next would be foolish.
They had finally gathered all seven Dragon Balls. It was essential to make their wishes count.
The enemies currently on Earth were just one part of the problem.
Out in the universe, there were far more terrifying threats waiting to descend.
Broly, for instance still unaccounted for.
And more urgently, Moro.
A being who had existed for over ten million years, Moro had used the Nakian Dragon Balls to gain power and was now a massive looming threat.
His ability to sense life force was second to none. He may have already noticed the surge of energy gathering on Earth.
What if they teleported Frieza and the others away, only for Moro to arrive the very next mont and drain all life from the planet?
If the Dragon Balls were still on cooldown at that point, Earth wouldn't stand a chance.
Then there was Zamasu.
He had already declared his plan to wipe out all mortals across space and ti.
This guy could abuse the Super Dragon Balls from multiple tilines to create endless powerful doppelgängers of Goku Black.
A walking bug in the system.
These enemies were beyond troubleso.
Levos sighed internally and turned to Bulma.
She was still watching him. Her gaze hadn't left him the entire ti.
"Levos," she asked quietly, "what are you planning to do?"
"…I'm going to wish to switch bodies with Cell Max."
Bitterness crept into Levos's voice.
For the sake of survival, he had to give up on being human.
If it were up to him, of course he'd want his body back. But right now…
Everyone was stunned for a mont. Then their eyes lit up.
It was a brilliant plan.
If Levos took Cell Max's body, he would instantly beco powerful enough to crush Frieza, Babidi, and anyone else who got in their way.
Everyone except Bulma.
She frowned. "Why? You want to turn into a monster?"
"No," Levos replied firmly. "This is about survival. Don't make out to be so kind of saint. It's just the price I have to pay to gain power."
"Then what about the second wish?" Dende asked quickly.
"We use it… to revive the Supre Kai."
"The Supre Kai?" Everyone blinked in confusion.
"Yes," Levos nodded. "He's one of the highest deities in the universe."
He didn't want to reveal the co-dependent relationship between Supre Kai and the God of Destruction.
Instead, he simply emphasized how important the Supre Kai was and that if he were revived, he would definitely protect Earth.
Levos wasn't entirely sure Earth's Dragon Balls could bring back a Supre Kai.
But based on the Buu saga, he believed they probably could.
After all, Earth's Dragon Balls had revived the trainee Supre Kai, Kibito. And the Nakian ones even brought back the Old Kai.
If the current Supre Kai was revived, it might also trigger Beerus's resurrection.
Whether or not Beerus would then protect Earth was uncertain.
But Levos wasn't too worried.
As long as Supre Kai Shin showed the slightest bit of compassion showed that he would risk his life to protect Earth then Beerus, out of self-preservation, would absolutely step in.
"And as for the third wish…" Levos said, "I'll leave that up to you all."
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