Mount Tsurumaitsuburi loomed in the far north, a gigantic iceberg that never melted, even under the blazing sun. Its nickname, "the permanent ice wall," was well-earned.
Deep within the mountain lay something completely out of place: a mechanical laboratory.
After capturing Cochin, Lisette soared into the sky, leaving a trail of white light in her wake. She gathered energy and blasted the laboratory from above. Smoke erupted as a large hole tore through the roof.
No point using the front entrance, she thought. Who knows what traps they've set there. Why walk through a door prepared by the enemy when you can make your own?
Lisette dove through the hole she'd created, landing silently within the laboratory.
"Thank you for coming... you who possess the strongest body in the world."
"Dr. Willow, I presume."
The laboratory's depths revealed a truly aberrant sight. A glass container filled with clear liquid housed only a brain, floating eerily within. Supporting that brain was a mechanical body, something that defied description, resembling both insect and fish.
"I know this probably isn't good news, but I'll ask anyway," Lisette said. "What exactly do you want with me?"
"I, who possess the greatest mind in the world, shall have the strongest body in the world. Give your body to me."
"Yeah, right." Lisette's voice dripped with sarcasm. "If you want a body so badly, why don't you make one yourself with all that boasted scientific knowledge? Seems like much less of a hassle than stealing someone else's."
Giving my body to a stranger, especially one of the opposite sex, is completely out of the question.
Lisette quickly realized negotiation was hopeless. From the moment they'd sent Cochin and other savage warriors to provoke her, any slim hope of peaceful resolution had vanished entirely.
"You have no right to refuse," Willow declared. "That body will never age or decay. It can survive in any environment and possesses both strength and beauty. Only I am worthy of receiving it."
"Unfortunately, my body belongs to me. Give up."
While speaking, Lisette probed her opponent's hidden power. His fighting strength was considerable, honestly surprising. Since he was the movie villain during the Saiyan saga, she'd expected him to be at most Vegeta's level, but he seemed even stronger.
Even counting Kami as 1, he's registering at 130. That's roughly 39,000 in combat power. In other words, he's stronger than my base form.
She'd never imagined someone this powerful already existed on Earth. Despite herself, Lisette smiled as her fighting spirit soared.
"That won't do! I'm going to have to take that body from you by force!"
"Here you come, then?"
Willow activated his massive frame and swung his giant arm downward, showing no consideration for Cochin's proximity to Lisette. Poor Cochin was crushed to pieces by the very master he was supposed to adore, reduced to scrap metal in an instant.
Lisette quickly retreated, concentrating energy at her fingertips before unleashing a barrage of attacks. She fired energy bullets in rapid succession like a machine gun, focusing their power at a single point.
The damage wasn't significant. As expected, the difference in combat power meant most attacks were easily blocked.
Willow immediately counterattacked, his powerful arms sending her flying with devastating force. Lisette's delicate frame embedded itself in the laboratory wall.
"Ugh...! As I thought, I'm no match in my natural state!"
She'd known it intellectually, but the difference in fighting power was absolute. When the gap was this large, technique became virtually meaningless. Frustrating as it was, her current abilities weren't enough to win through conventional means.
But unconventional methods are still on the table.
"Here I go, Burst Limit Trace!"
Burst Limit was a technique Lisette had developed based on the Kaio-ken to amplify fighting power. "Trace" meant "three" in Latin, so despite the different name, this was equivalent to triple Kaio-ken.
If Ryu were here, he'd probably complain about mixing English and Latin, she mused. But it's fine. Plenty of techniques have cool-sounding names like that. Even Mazinger Kaiser combines Japanese and German, and it sounds awesome. The important thing is how it sounds.
In fact, while English existed in this world, Latin did not.
Lisette's body began glowing white, filled with particles of light. Based on her calculations, her combat power now reached approximately 45,000, surpassing Willow and giving her the advantage.
Her form vanished as she kicked Willow away with speed he couldn't even track.
"Ugh, how impudent!"
Willow swung his fist in retaliation, but Lisette easily blocked the blow with her left hand. She slid under his arm and thrust upward with her right, delivering a devastating palm strike that destroyed the joints in his arm by ignoring their articulation entirely.
The sound of breaking metal filled the air as Willow's arm tore away, sparks flying.
Size difference? So what?
Lisette stood 150 centimeters tall while Willow towered over four meters. With the difference in fighting power, such seemingly absurd feats were entirely possible.
"Lance."
Lisette's next technique involved fixing her ki in place. Energy that would normally disperse was frozen and weaponized. Combined with the wings currently sprouting from her back, she could create spears, swords, or any weapon she needed.
The main problem in her fighting had always been her short reach due to her small stature. This technology compensated perfectly for that weakness.
Simply put, having a weapon is better than not having one.
It might be considered unorthodox in the Dragon Ball universe, but she had no intention of worrying about such conventions. She thrust out the spear of light she'd created, piercing his knee joint.
It was no coincidence that she'd devoted nearly two hundred years of her life to martial arts. Her claim of having traveled the world and mastered every fighting style was no empty boast.
Starting with bare-handed combat, she'd mastered swords, spears, staves, hidden weapons, shuriken, whips, katanas, boomerangs, halberds, bows and arrows, scythes, naginata, knives, crossbows, hammers, and morning stars. There was no weapon she couldn't use, except handguns.
Guns? Those are useless here. The power was uniform regardless of who wielded them, making them pathetically weak in this world. Even if someone fired a machine gun randomly, anyone at Master Roshi's level could catch every bullet with quick hand movements. Even direct hits wouldn't defeat early-stage Goku.
Once your fighting power exceeded 100, you'd be better off flicking pachinko balls with your fingers. Unfortunately, handguns in this world were about as effective as Muay Thai practitioners in the Baki universe.
"Death Scythe."
Next, she created a ki scythe, a shape-shifting weapon that could stretch or shrink at her will, even changing the size of its blade.
She swung the magical weapon and sliced off his remaining arm, leaving only one leg.
This is set in the future, but King Piccolo also fought Goku with only one arm remaining. Can't let my guard down.
"Claymore."
Her final weapon was a giant sword of light. She released it from her hand and controlled it remotely with finger movements.
Don't say it looks like a weak projectile. It was one of Lisette's favorite techniques.
Sure enough, her beloved sword successfully severed the last leg, turning Willow into a helpless torso.
"Gaaahhhhh! Damn you! DAMN YOUUUU!"
Willow flew into a rage and used jet propulsion to launch himself skyward.
Flying after having your limbs destroyed, very clever.
Goku had done the same thing in the future against Piccolo Jr., so it was the right tactical choice. But being right didn't guarantee victory. That was simply how this world worked.
The atmosphere above is heating up... Are you planning to destroy both Earth and me? You're about to obliterate the very planet you want to rule. What exactly do you plan to do afterward?
Sensing Willow's final attack building, Lisette concentrated her own energy to fight back. She gathered all the power in her body into her right hand, grasping the infinitely condensed white aurora and hurling it at the rising energy above.
"Go, Sparking!"
As the name suggested, the condensed energy exploded upon impact. Simple as that.
But that simplicity was unmatched in its effectiveness. In this world, the simpler the technique, the stronger it tended to be.
The unleashed white sphere of light pushed against, pushed through, and ultimately overwhelmed Willow's destructive beam descending from above, exploding directly into the unfortunate scientist.
White radiance erupted across the sky. After waiting for the explosion to subside, Lisette spread her wings and flew into space, higher and higher, far beyond the atmosphere and even her home planet.
There, she came face to face with Willow's corpse.
He'd lost his limbs, his body was shattered and short-circuiting, and even the protective casing around his brain had cracked, spilling liquid into the void. Even in this state, Willow's ghostly, hideous form stretched out a mechanical arm that ended abruptly at the elbow.
"My body... my body... I... my body..."
"Sword."
Lisette closed her eyes and waved her arms gently. Suddenly, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of energy swords materialized behind her, all pointed at Willow.
"Goodbye, poor genius."
A thousand blades rushed toward Willow simultaneously, piercing him completely before detonating. The unfortunate man was obliterated without a trace.
•~•
Dr. Willow, the mad genius, had been defeated. All that remained was burying the results of his research in darkness.
Lisette turned her icy gaze toward the laboratory below, mourning the loss of such brilliance.
He had been an undisputed genius. The bio-warriors, Willow himself, they all could have been protectors of this planet if they'd simply used their powers properly. His genius was such that he could have stood against the Saiyans who would appear later.
What a waste.
She truly felt his existence had been squandered.
She didn't blame him for being true to his desires, Lisette was no different in that regard. It all came down to where those desires were directed.
Even Goku, synonymous with justice, remained loyal to his desire for combat. That alone couldn't be used to label someone evil.
However, when desire and talent were directed toward destructive ends, they had to be stopped.
This wonderful world doesn't deserve to be repainted and destroyed for one person's sake.
Therefore, Lisette passed judgment as heaven's representative.
The weapon she manifested was a giant iron hammer. It left her hands and plummeted toward the laboratory below.
Impact.
An avalanche triggered, and walls of permanent ice engulfed the laboratory, crushing it completely. Sealed within ice that couldn't melt even under the sun's heat, the laboratory would never see daylight again.
Such a shame.
The technology itself wasn't to blame, it was brilliant biotechnology, centuries ahead of its time. Used differently, this research could save countless lives.
But it was too early to release such technology into today's world. The Red Ribbon Army and many other villains would soon run rampant across the globe. Leaving this technology accessible could have unimaginable negative consequences.
That's why
"Until someday, someone worthy of this technology appears."
Lisette spoke to no one in particular as she spread her white wings. Leaving only a trail of light behind, she soared off into the sky.
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Author's Note: This was essentially a tutorial battle to demonstrate the main character's fighting style. Poor Willow became the sacrifice for explaining Lisette's combat techniques...
Technique Explanations:
[Sparking] - One of Lisette's signature moves. She concentrates energy in one hand and throws a white energy ball that explodes on contact with the enemy, destroying them. Honestly, it's just a Crusher Ball (lol). The name comes from the game.
[Burst Limit] - Lisette's version of Kaio-ken. The effect is almost identical to the original. Maybe copying it based only on secondhand information was a mistake, but the appearance is completely different. Her whole body glows white, releasing white luminous energy particles throughout her form. Without this kind of power-doubling technique, Earthlings couldn't keep up with the series' power inflation. The name also comes from the game.