anyway," smiled Master. "So let's go."
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The way to hell wasn't difficult to find. At any point on the snake path you could jump off to get into limbo. For good reasons, Master Kaio chose the spot where the tree of miracle peaches stood below the yellow clouds.As soon as they landed in front of the tree, the two devils came over to greet Master Kaio. Gokou, no, Sonou remembered having met Freezer and Cell again exactly at that point and hadn't Ginyu's troop fell into the pond there?
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"So you both got it too?", Master Kaio asked sympathetically at the sight of the halos.
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"Looks really stupid, doesn't it?" returned the blue devil. "I think I'll complain to the union. After all, three hundred years ago the risk bonus was canceled and now we can no longer take part in a company outing in this world."
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"You are right about that," affirmed Kaio. "Because of" Hell is the safest job in the afterlife. "If I were you, I would be very angry too."
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The two devils heard this with satisfaction. "And where did it get you?" Asked the red devil Sonou. "You're not one of the muscle heroes the Kaio likes to brag about.I would never have thought that he would take a clerk with him for this job. "
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"At least we're going to negotiate, aren't we?" Master Kaio said emphatically. "Enma has his reasons for not risking open war with the Saiyans."
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"Because he was going to get fed up," snorted the blue devil.
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"Are they really that terrible?", Sonou croaked, the cold running down his spine at his new voice.
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"You can't imagine how," sighed the red devil. "A couple of them wanted to go up to the Snake Path but didn't make it. So they turned back to get stronger in Hell and try again later. They smashed our office and when the peaches weren't completely green and would have been inedible, they would also have looted the tree. "
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“Inedible?” Sonou looked over at the tree. "You are wonderfully ripe."
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"For you who come from Paradise they are.But for hungry mouths from the realm of shadows, they present themselves differently. "
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"Thanks for the information," said the Kaio. "But now we want to harvest so that we have something to bite on the way to the realm of shadows. In contrast to paradise, there is indeed hunger and thirst there, you must know," he explained to his "secretary" while he was bent over Shuffled shoulders after him to the tree. "It's similar to languages. In heaven everyone understands each other, no matter what corner of the universe they come from, but in hell it's like in the Tower of Babel. Of course, you wouldn't have any problems with Saiyan, after all, that suits you Language in the blood and Freezer also uses it, but you never know. "
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Sonou and Master Kaio collected a rucksack full of peaches (which Sonou had to carry, of course) and marched on towards the realm of shadows. The two devils waved after them and wished them good luck.<br />
"No, you will not eat any of these until we have passed the second hell," warned Master Kaio without turning around.
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Sonou winced and looked longingly at the peach he was about to bite into. "It's only one and we still have a long way to go, master."
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"That's exactly why. The peaches are used when we need them. Not as long as everything is child's play."
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"But there are not even yellow clouds here that lead you to believe you have just eaten something with a curry flavor ..." Sonou grumbled and sighed, putting the peach back in his backpack.
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"You will survive," said Master Kaio, paused briefly at his choice of words and bit down a laugh. Word games were his up and down. It's just a shame that Sonou was so humorless. Maybe he was luckier with the other Saiyans, but somehow he doubted it.
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In the meantime they had reached a gorge that seemed to be endlessly deep."She supposedly is, too," said Master Kaio, as if he had read Sonou's mind. "Fortunately, you can balance over. There's a rope tied to the post over there."
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"Can't we just fly?" Asked Sonou, who couldn't find any rope.
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"When you're in hell, you have to follow its rules. Flying is no problem in heaven, but here ..." He searched a little until he found a flat rock. "Can you throw that over the gorge as fast and as hard as you can?" He asked Sonou.
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He nodded and, despite the handicap of the additional load, lifted the rock with one hand, reached out and flung it with all his might. The rock hissed over the abyss like a cannonball, but no sooner was it about halfway over when it rushed under their feet like a storm and a vortex of glowing red mist formed so quickly that even Sonou's trained eyes could hardly see what was happening were able to follow, the rock in the air was stopped and sucked down.He disappeared in the red fog. There was a terrible smacking and chewing, then a gagging and ...
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"Duck!" shouted Master Kaio and threw himself on the floor. Sonou did the same and not a second early. With a disgusting sound, fragments of the rock pecked out of the red mist and spread to the left and right of the ravine. When the rubble stopped raining, Master Kaio got up again, brushed the dust off his clothes, and pointed to the pieces. "Is that how you want to end up?" He asked Sonou.
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Sonou shuddered. Every piece of stone was covered with greenish-yellow slime, which smelled foul and steamed.
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"That stuff is very corrosive," said Kaio simply. "Nobody knows what horror resides in this gorge, but apparently someone who has not succeeded in reaching the wheel of change and who is just as greedy for delicious bites as you are ..."
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He stepped over to the post, lifted his foot, and actually seemed to feel something invisible."Here it is, the invisible rope. Whoever walks over here is safe from the beast down there. Do you see the tracks?"
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The many prints could not be overlooked. "It seems at least one of Freezer's Saiyan troops knows quite well about the traps of Hell. Otherwise they would have tried flying and we would have one less problem."
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"Do I really have to walk over there with all that weight?" Sonou asked doubtfully.
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"You can't throw it over it and stow it in the backpack, it would only pull you backwards. The way it is now distributed around you, it is ideal for a balancing act. You can be grateful to me that I thought so far."
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With these words, Master Kaio stepped onto the rope that could not be seen. "You wait until I'm over there, then grab the rope until you feel it has swung out and then it's your turn." Master Kaio didn't seem to be afraid. It was a good thing that Sonou did not see the drops of sweat on his forehead as he balanced over the abyss with his arms outstretched, only feeling the rope with his sixth sense."I should have gone to a circus more often," he groaned. Still, he made it to the other side unscathed and jumped onto safe ground. After a deep breath, he turned to Sonou and waved to him, as if there was never any doubt that he would be able to do it easily.
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Sonou for his part saw serious problems in the truest sense of the word when he took the first step on the rope. It swayed. It swayed too much. Of course, he had a stable stomach and hadn't eaten anything except yellow clouds since time immemorial, but if you're struggling to lift a foot on solid ground, walking on an invisible rope is no picnic.
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The sweat ran down Sonou's back as he tried desperately to keep his balance. The weight a bit more to the left .... no, not that much, then a little more to the right, lift your foot further, a little more ... feel with your toes ... nnnnot bend forward so far, yes, there was To feel the rope, put your foot on it, carefully push the weight a little more forward, relieve the other foot and continue ...<br />
Master Kaio had meanwhile sat down next to the stake and was holding a peach in his hand, which he bit into with pleasure, so that the sweet, thick juice ran down his chin from the corner of his mouth.
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Sonou saw it, smelled it and froze. Eat. Real food .... the rest of the way was covered in a few seconds and with one leap he was standing in front of Maiser Kaio.
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"I also want!"
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"Then take one," Master Kaio was unexpectedly generous. "You have a backpack full of you."
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Of course, Sonou did not have to be told twice.
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"That in front of us is the second hell," explained Master Kaio while he ate his peach with small bites (Sonou had devoured its core ...). "Don't worry about the stink, but be careful not to fall into any of the holes there. They are timed and only open when it allows it, that could be a hundred or a thousand years ... The Saiyans will probably be in the third hell waiting for us.There are the really tough things D like to play with. "
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The smell was really bad. Here on the precipice it was still bearable, but when they walked on the maintenance path between the holes of different depths and widths full of bubbling mud, Sonou's face was even greener. In some of the holes there were little soul flames, but most of them were empty. One particularly large hole contained a well-known figure, Cell. The imperfect monster had closed its eyes and was up to its neck in the mud. Sonou opened his mouth to speak to him, but Master Kaio just shook his head. When they were far enough away, he said by way of explanation: "Sonou has never met Cell, you would have given yourself away and at least, there are some traces leading to the hole, apparently Freezer wanted the Saiyans to get Cell out of the hole , the timer can only override D or Enma. He will have to stay here for a while ... "<br />
"I thought that murderers would be punished in the third and fourth hell," said Sonou, puzzled.
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"That's right, but in Enma's opinion Cell is not responsible for his cruel nature himself, but was made