Cado took a deep breath, steadying himself as a swirling vortex of energy gathered beneath his feet, rustling the withered grass around him.
"Haa… HA!"
A low roar escaped his lips as an overwhelming surge of power erupted from his body. The once-clear sky darkened instantly, thick storm clouds rolling in as thunder crackled and lightning flashed. His hair stood on end, bristling with energy.
"This aura… it's terrifying!"
Trunks' eyes widened in shock as he stared at Cado, his body instinctively reacting by transforming into a Super Saiyan—both out of fear and to withstand the sheer pressure radiating from him.
"HAAAH!"
With another fierce shout, a dazzling golden light enveloped Cado's body.
His muscles tensed, his frame crackling with raw power.
His once-black pupils vanished, leaving only eerie white sclera, while his hair shifted into the distinct yellow-green hue of a Legendary Super Saiyan.
"C-Cado… sir?"
Trunks gulped nervously, his voice barely above a whisper.
Cado looked monstrous—like a demon king descending upon the world. The sheer aura he emitted was suffocating, making it impossible to approach him.
After what felt like an eternity, Cado's pupils returned, his expression easing back into calmness.
'Whew… Good thing this is the controlled version of Super Saiyan. I almost lost myself to the power for a second there!'
He let out a sigh of relief. The Legendary Saiyan bloodline was truly overwhelming.
"Sir Cado, are you… okay now?"
Trunks asked cautiously, finally understanding why Cado had warned him earlier about the risk of losing control.
'This is insane! Just his aura alone is enough to make me tremble!'
"Yeah, no big deal. It's just that this power is… a bit hard to rein in..." Cado replied casually.
The energy inside him was ferocious—no wonder Broly in the original story went completely berserk after transforming, attacking everything in sight without distinction between friend or foe.
"Cado, just how strong are you right now?"
Trunks couldn't help but ask, curiosity overtaking his fear now that Cado had stabilized.
"My strength…"
Cado narrowed his eyes, hesitating.
Truthfully, he wasn't sure himself. Without an opponent of equal power to gauge against, it was hard to quantify.
"It's hard to put into exact numbers right now…"
In the original story, Broly in his base form had been able to fight evenly with Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Blue states. And after transforming into a Super Saiyan, it took their fusion to stand a chance against him.
That alone spoke volumes about how broken this bloodline was.
Cado couldn't confidently say he was that strong yet—his base power wasn't nearly as high—but the potential was undeniable.
"You're incredible!"
Trunks couldn't help but praise him sincerely.
Just sensing Cado's energy made him feel like a tiny boat adrift in an endless ocean.
Cado was that ocean—vast, unfathomable, and as deep as an abyss.
A bitter thought crossed Trunks' mind.
'If only I had this kind of strength back then… maybe my world wouldn't have ended up like this.'
He couldn't help but resent fate's unfairness. Why did this timeline have someone like Cado, while his own world had been left to ruin?
"Strong or not, more importantly—how do I look?"
Cado suddenly asked, genuinely curious.
Power was one thing, but he also cared about appearances.
Too bad there wasn't a mirror around—he really wanted to see himself right now.
"Before transforming? Two words: incredibly handsome!"
Trunks grinned.
"After transforming? Two words: utterly badass!"
He wasn't just flattering Cado—he meant every word.
"But…"
Trunks paused.
Cado had been basking in the praise, but that single word made him tense up.
"But what?"
"Well, your hair's kinda unique. When I go Super Saiyan, mine turns gold, but yours… has a bit of green in it?"
Trunks chuckled.
"Is that, like, a high-level power thing?"
Cado's face fell.
'Right… Legendary Super Saiyan hair isn't pure gold. It's… green-tinged.'
'Green hair. Green. Hair. My heart is not at ease!'
"Ahem. Probably just a… genetic difference. Has nothing to do with strength..." Cado muttered, brushing it off.
Still, as a modern transmigrator, he couldn't shake the cultural association of green hair with certain… unfortunate implications.
[T/N: I don't really know what the author meant by this, probably a Chinese thing.
Anyways, I know no one asked, but I think it looks better than the blonde, because it's more Unique.]
"Oh, I see!"
Trunks nodded, taking the explanation at face value.
"Hey, Cado—try that move now!"
He was referring to the x10 Kaioken.
"Right!"
Shaking off his thoughts, Cado steeled himself.
He did want to see just how far his power could go when pushed to the limit.
"KAIOKEN… TIMES TEN!"
The moment he activated it, the mountain beneath them shattered.
A cataclysmic storm erupted—howling winds, golden lightning raining from the sky, the earth splitting apart, tidal waves crashing violently against the shores.
Within seconds, the entire planet trembled, letting out a deafening groan as if recoiling from Cado's unleashed might.
"S-Sir CADO!"
Trunks panicked. At this rate, Earth itself would be torn apart!
Just as despair set in, the chaos ceased.
Silence returned.
Cado's body was now cloaked in a fiery red aura, enveloping his yellow-green energy in a blazing shroud.
"This… this is insane!"
Trunks was at a loss for words. Cado's power kept shattering every expectation he had.
If before, he had felt like a boat in an ocean…
Now, he was less than a speck of dust in the universe. No—not even that.
"So… this is my full power?"
Cado murmured, staring at his hands.
Then, with a casual flick of his wrist—
BOOOOM!
A devastating shockwave tore across the land, the very fabric of space trembling as hairline fractures briefly appeared in the air.
And all of that… from just a single, effortless motion.