"I used to have people I cared for, Ms. Brachi. Unfortunately, they are all gone."
While the Vegetto clones gripped Zenta's arms and held him still, the beast refused to move and retaliate. The energy around the room swayed Zenta's fur and when Vegetto began to charge up his infamous Kamehameha. The yell made him cringe slightly but the fur in his ears was there to soften the noise. Once the clones disappeared, Zenta remained in the same spot, only turning his head to face the timer ticking down to the last 30 seconds. He quickly turned his head to face the lightning Raune shot at him and held his hand out, allowing the bolt to hit him. The same blue lightning crackled around his body before frizzing up all the fur on his body. His body was coated in the same white energy he used earlier, allowing the lightning to sizzle back to his hands as he redirected it towards the door.
Zenta lowered his shoulders before letting out a loud sigh. He lowered his ears in disappointment before turning his head to examine the room around him until he faced the tip-toeing Vegetto. Without skipping a beat, Zenta slowly started to walk towards Vegetto, almost as if he can see him clearly.
"This whole time, you all assume I sensed energy. I not only sense it, I see it." Zenta continued to walk towards Vegetto. "You can mask it all you want, all living creatures have an energy that is unique to them. You cannot hide from me, you never could. You all assume so much about an opponent you know nothing about. It is quite sad."
Zenta took one more step towards Vegetto before he vanished and appeared right before Vegetto. He didn't attack the man. He held a flat palm before Vegetto, indicating him to stop.
"Every time you transformed, you made yourself the biggest target. This entire match, all you have done was mindlessly attack." Zenta then pointed towards the door. "Now you have the key, but what of the lock?"
"Hang on a sec... we had to get a key from this guy?" Cuki said wobbling towards Zenta. "It couldn't have been that hard, right? Well, we have your key, now where's the lock?!"
"There is no lock."
"What?! So what was the point of this whole fight?"
Before Zenta could answer the question, a loud buzzer was heard echoing the room. The timer had finally reached zero. The Key in Vegetto's hand turned to dust and everything within the room that was damaged had been replaced thanks to the mysteries of Doom's castle. The magical properties of the door were still engulfing it, however, from behind, locks were heard shifting around, almost as if someone was opening it from the other side. The frown on Zenta's face immediately turned to a smile.
"Ah, finally... As I said, once the timer ran out, it would all be over. The fight is over, yes? You are all free to go once the door opens."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on!" Cuki valiantly approached Zenta, arms placed on her hips. "Care to explain something here? Why are you letting us go? Aren't you suppose to stop us?"
"No, not stop you, stall you. Dr. Doom was watching this fight the entire time, studying each of your new abilities. I begged you all to simply let the timer run out, but none of you listened."
"But... why didn't you just say so?"
"Had I exposed Dr. Doom's plan, he would have destroyed this room with the very energy he is demonstrating outside. None of us would have survived and he would have been free to rain carnage on this realm."
"Oh, uhh..." Cuki looked towards the others. "Is that why knocked some of us out?"
"I did it so Dr. Doom could not see your abilities. Luckily, since I turned off the lights, Dr. Doom did not see much of this battle. I have done you all a nice favor, it is not as if the lights came back at any point, yes? I cannot tell." Zenta chuckled.
