
Gohan completes his transformation into Super Saiyan 2 and immediately demonstrates the gulf between himself and Cell's offspring. He snatches back the stolen Senzu Beans before Cell can react, then annihilates every Cell Junior with single blows. Even the last one, fleeing at full speed, cannot escape. The other fighters can only watch in stunned silence as the boy rewrites the balance of power.
Every fighter on the battlefield stares at Gohan's transformed appearance. His hair stands taller and spikier than before, his muscles have swelled, and crackling bolts of lightning dance through his aura. Only Goku shows no surprise; he merely watches with quiet satisfaction. Cell freezes for a moment, uncertain, but quickly regains his composure and insists that this new power still falls short of his own maximum strength.
Gohan does not attack Cell. Instead, he vanishes and reappears beside the bio-android, ripping the bag of Senzu Beans from Cell's grip before Cell can even flinch. He tosses the bag to the injured fighters and turns his attention to the Cell Juniors.
Gohan launches himself at the Cell Junior that had been brutalizing Krillin. In a single motion, he delivers a neck chop so swift and powerful that the creature's head disintegrates before it can react. The headless body crumples, and Cell's eyes widen in disbelief. Goku, witnessing the strike, smiles, knowing his faith in his son has been vindicated.
The remaining six Cell Juniors rush Gohan at once, desperate to avenge their fallen sibling. It makes no difference. Gohan tears through them one after another, each receiving a devastating finishing blow fueled by concentrated rage. One Cell Junior, seeing its brothers fall, abandons the fight and tries to flee at top speed. Gohan pursues effortlessly, closing the gap in an instant. The terrified creature barely has time to look back before Gohan chops its neck and the miniature android explodes.
Cell stands motionless, processing the destruction of all seven of his children at the hands of the half-Saiyan he had dismissed as weak only minutes ago. Gohan orders Future Trunks to distribute the Senzu Beans and tend to the fallen fighters. Trunks complies, still struggling to comprehend the transformation he has just witnessed. As Gohan descends to the ground and faces Cell, Vegeta watches from the sideline, caught between denial and awe at power that surpasses anything he believed possible.
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