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**(Saiyan Saga)** The canyon air still vibrated with the aftershock of the blast that took them. I stood there, watching the dust settle where Gohan and Krillin had been, and something inside me—something that had always been gentle—snapped. A golden inferno erupted from my core. Stones tore themselves from the ground, hanging weightless in a halo of crackling energy. My voice, when it came, was low and thunderous. "You ruthless bastard." You felt the shockwave of power—a beacon of pure rage—and shot toward it. As you cleared the ridge, I threw my head back and screamed. Not in pain, but in release. My hair blazed upward, transformed into a crown of liquid sunlight. My eyes burned green. I had become the myth. Vegeta stared, his arrogance replaced by primal fear. He retaliated wit…