67 Chapter 67 - Clone Power

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Being a clone had many benefits, thought Clone Yamcha. He wasn't affected by certain skills which didn't affect him, like Gamer's Mind and Body. He had access to most of Yamcha's techniques, which were made with the Gamer's Body in mind.

'The original's fighting style is crazy. Most of his boosting techniques would straight out kill me.'

He analyzed carefully. The original's plan was for the clone to go to earth with the Tenkaichi Budokai so he could keep his Champion Title. Also, make sure no Frieza goons come about and wipe out humanity.

Though as a Clone, he didn't have to worry about many things. For example, the original had that heap of mess to deal with. Original Yamcha had a pretty good guess of where the Gamer Interface came from and why the Namekians seemed to be able to sense him.

One of the theories the original had was that the dragon balls in his inventory were somehow leaking energy, which was entirely plausible, despite the time in the inventory being stopped. The clone just chunked it up to magic bullshit. It was the kind of thing the original would have to worry about.

But there was another theory why the Namekians could sense the dragon balls on his body, and that was because-

Two massive power levels closed up on him! Interrupting his thought process.

'I should have escaped successfully. How did they find me so soon?' Clone Yamcha wondered, glancing at the control panel, and two dots were moving quickly toward his attack pod.

'I need to go to a planet. Wasting Ki in space isn't a good idea.' The Clone mused, steering his attack pod into a nearby planet.

The planet he landed on was a green dome filled with trees. As he landed, a weird deer with an octopus head looked at him before camping off. At the same time, a dinosaur with the head of a chicken charged him. Yamcha picked up a rock and threw it at the dino, splattering its head in a bloody mess.

He was already used to these things. "I can see why the original wants to explore this world. There are many strange and beautiful things to see around here."

Sadly, the Clone knew he was on limited time and would never have the chance to explore the world, even if he used the Namekian dragon balls or something like that to get himself a true body. There was a 100% chance that Yamcha would kill him if he did that. The original wasn't the kind of guy to let someone who had knowledge of the future and his mindset live.

It didn't take long for the two power levels he had sensed to come with attack pods and land a couple of kilometers away.

"They're both around a hundred thousand," the Clone determined. He sensed the powers flying straight for him, and he greeted them. "Hello there. My name is Master Oogway."

Two round alien creatures, one blue and the other red-skinned creatures. They were fat, wore the usual alien armor, and had two small horns on their foreheads.

The names of these guys escaped him. But he remembered them being in an anime OVA.

"What could I help you with, gentlemen?" The Clone asked.

"Hi, we're Abo, and Kado. We're two of the highest-tier Frieza soldiers, and you are under arrest," the blue-skinned one spoke. "We know your real identity is Yamcha."

"You're Abo, right?" The Clone inquired. He was thinking of a plan on how to take both of the clowns out in one attack. "There's a fifty-fifty chance I'm right. So, was I lucky with the guess?"

"Yes," Kado answered cautiously as his scouter beeped. He frowned. "Seems like our information on you was wrong."

"Is that so?" Yamcha smiled as if he was meeting two old friends. At the same time, he shot a Ki Beam at them without any warning.

"Aka!" Yelled out Kado. Looking at the incoming beam with fear on their faces.

Light shined between the two alien brothers. The newly fused Aka was a large, bulky purple humanoid. On his head, he had two large ears and an antenna. His large chin also protruded with spikes.

They slapped the beam away. Clone Yamcha cursed under his breath. This was going to be harder than normal. He would have eliminated these two without any problem if he had the original's power.

As a Clone, he only knew Yamcha's madman fighting style. Ki shortage? Just use a Senzu Bean. Your muscles are breaking down? Don't worry. Gamer's Body is there to handle the burnt of the occasion. Losing an arm? Well, you just needed to get your HP to full.

"Original, if I die here. I just want to let you know that your suicidal fighting style sucks ass," the Clone Yamcha knew the original got his memories once he was destroyed.

Aka punched him in the face, and Clone Yamcha felt his jaw crack. For Original Yamcha, this would have been an opportunity to sacrifice his jaw and counterattack, but the clone knew if he did that, the lower part of how jaw would be gone.

Getting slammed into a mountain felt familiar since the original had done it countless times. But to the clone, it was a new sensation; his body was mostly normal. So there was a certain pain and cautiousness in being injured.

'Ki Enhancement!'

Blue wisps of energy burst out of the Clone, and he went on the attack, clashing fists with the fused Abo & Kado on even ground. Though he was injured and afraid, it didn't mean he could wallow in pain. One second was an eternity for people at their level.

'What the fuck is up with this skill's Ki consumption!'

Yamcha's fighting style only worked for him and him alone. Even though the Ki wasn't a lot for the original, as his Ki regen could keep up, the same couldn't be said for the clone.

He kicked Aka in the stomach, pushing the aliens away. He brought his hands to his forehead.

"You will never win against us!" Yelled out Aka as he again charged relentlessly. Drool dropped down his spiky chin as his eyes shined in resentment.

'Solar Flare!' But it was all for naught, as Clone Yamcha shot out the strongest solar flare he could muster.

"Ahhhh! My eyes!" Aka screamed in pain, rolling around mid-air.

Clone Yamcha didn't let such an opportunity slip away, and gathered a lot of Ki just above the palm of his hand, flattened the Ki into a disk, and spun it fast.

'Destructo Disc!'

He shot the yellow disk at his opponents.

Aka, by luck and by coincidence, moved out of the way while rolling in pain. But with his two fingers controlling the attack, the Destructo Disc returned and cut the fused alien in half. Guts, blood, and other bodily juices spilled out.

"Ahhh!" Aka cried out in distress as he was bisected, and his organs fell on the ground. "It hurts!"

The smell of blood filled the area, and Yamcha's Clone felt his stomach churning.

Approaching the fused alien, Yamcha picked up a rock and flickered it at Aka, piercing through his palm. It was a test to see whether he needed to use him to hurt the fused alien from a distance. Using Ki wasn't a smart idea for him, and getting close to a dying man was asking for Aka to suicide and take Yamcha with him. "If you tell me how you found my location, I will give you a painless death."

Aka didn't seem to hear him, as he cried out even louder, with tears coming out of his eyes as he tried to scramble his organs back inside. He tried crawling away with one hand but couldn't go far.

"Tell me!" Yamcha threw a rock and obliterated one of Aka's arms, which made the alien scream even more in pain.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been merciful. But Frieza Soldiers killed billions of people, so he wasn't exactly in the sparing mood. "If you don't tell me in three seconds, I promise to give you the most painful death imaginable."

That stopped Aka from crying out, and he instead begged. "P -Please spare me!"

Clone Yamcha shrugged. "Sure. Just tell me how you found me."

"Lord F- Frieza has formed a perimeter with millions of people, and they're on the lookout for any unknown entities. The order was to kill first and ask questions later. Even Lord Cooler has gotten involved." Aka explained.

Clone Yamcha's body froze. Frieza was one thing, but Cooler was a whole other deal. In contrast, Frieza was kind of lazy and might not bother chasing after the Original Yamcha. Cooler was a hard worker and used his brain a lot more.

'With this net of patrols, it wouldn't be smart to go directly to Earth. Maybe I should take a detour. This might extend my journey by a year. Thankfully the paranoid original version of me had this in mind.'

Clone Yamcha had two years' time to reach earth.

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A/N: For every 300 Power Stones, +1 Bonus Chapter.