DC New Krypton.

Chapter 2137 Dr. Groh Appears
"Marshal, Dr. Gro appeared in the town of Nandu and, together with a pale-skinned fat man, destroyed our Red Ribbon Legion's branch base."

The soldier with communications received the information about the target and immediately ran over to report to Haier.

"Have they appeared?" Trunks' gaze sharpened, his expression turning serious. He quickly asked, "Is it just Dr. Gro and Number 19?"

That pale-skinned fat man is Android 19 from Trunks' universe. Android 19 was also taken in by his father and accompanied him in battle.

The communications soldier didn't answer Trunks's question, but looked at Hale. After Hale nodded in approval, he replied, "Yes, the Red Ribbon Legion's branch base sent surveillance video. Only Dr. Gro and the pale-skinned fat man attacked the branch base. No one else was seen."

Trunks's expression was grim.

In his universe, the main force wreaking havoc on Earth was Android 17 and Android 18. Now, Dr. Gero doesn't have Android 17 and 18 with him, and Trunks doesn't know where Dr. Gero is hiding them as secret weapons.

"Marshal, the communications soldier from Nandu Town has sent over a video." Another communications soldier rushed into the hall with an urgent expression, connected to the communications department, and opened the sent video on the projector in the hall.

The video on the projector began with the Red Ribbon Army's branch base being destroyed into ruins, with limbs splattered with blood, tanks and fighter jets shot down, and black smoke rising from the ground. Dr. Gro's gaunt and withered face appeared in the video, from an angle from above.

"It's Dr. Gro!" Trunks's face tightened, his expression turning furious.

In the video, Dr. Groh lifts up a soldier wearing a small video camera and sneers at the camera: "Hail!!"

You didn't expect this, did you? I'm back.

Nine years ago, I destroyed your AI company, and you annihilated the Red Ribbon Army, transforming it into a worthless legion of justice.

Now that I'm back, you will be destroyed by me just like the AI ​​company I destroyed.

The Red Ribbon Army is my army!

Dr. Groh's gaunt, withered face twisted into a grotesque sneer as he choked the raised soldier to death, his eyes flashing with laser light that shattered the camera lens.

The screen went black.

Trunks turned to look at Hale, surprised that Hale and Dr. Gro had such a grudge. Trunks couldn't understand why Hale would take Dr. Gro as his subordinate.
Of course, this is Trunks thinking in his own universe.

In fact, Hale had no intention of taking on Dr. Gro.

However, it must be said that Dr. Groh is indeed a very capable scientist.

In the original story, at first glance, Dr. Gero is just a weakling who cannot even defeat Vegeta, but a deeper analysis reveals that Dr. Gero's strength far exceeds what is apparent.

Judging solely from the comparison of combat power values, Frieza's combat power during the Namek era reached 120 million, while Dr. Gero, who was transformed into Android 20, was actually quite powerful, able to exchange a few blows with the Dragon Ball warriors at the time, although he was still no match for them. However, Dr. Gero was originally just a scientist in the Red Ribbon Army, with no martial arts or scientific research skills. In the eyes of the Saiyan Raditz, he was just a "weakling."

A human scientist with no combat experience and no interest in fighting grows to the point where he can fight against Dragon Ball and others through his own technological power. The difficulty and achievement of this reversal far exceeds that of other villains.

What's even more terrifying is that Dr. Gero's wisdom and the strength of the androids he created nearly led to the annihilation of the entire Dragon Ball team during their battles.

While many are still debating who is the strongest human on Earth—Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, etc.—the truly strongest being on Earth is Dr. Gero's android army. This android army has already demonstrated terrifying dominance in another parallel world, crushing all super soldiers and bringing immense disaster to that parallel universe, forcing Trunks to travel through time to this world.

Dr. Gro's prowess lies not only in his enhanced combat abilities, but also in the fact that his defeat was not due to the strength of the super soldiers, but rather to the androids he created, which was essentially a miscalculation.

If Androids 17 and 18 could obey his commands, and Cell could also control the creatures in his hands, then he could completely dominate the Earth, kill all the Dragon Ball warriors, and conquer the universe with the Android army.

Hale believes that in the original story, Dr. Groh is actually a rather tragic villain in some ways.

As a villain, Dr. Groh's logical thinking and strategic planning are not simple either.

He developed multiple meticulous plans to achieve his goals and also set up contingency plans.

To deal with Super Saiyan Goku, he created Android 17 and Android 18, who possessed permanent energy reactors. When he worried that Android 17 and Android 18 would not be able to defeat Goku, Cell, his trump card, became the last and most powerful insurance. At the same time, Cell also had Dr. Gero's ambitions and was tasked with ruling everything.

Dr. Gero even considered the future after defeating Goku, planning to use the permanent energy reactors of Android 17 and 18 to create the strongest warrior in the universe and conquer it.

Because creating Cell in his full form would take too long, he entrusted him to a computer and wrote a growth path for absorbing androids into Cell's brain.

In addition, he created the powerful and kind number 16—his own son.

It can be said that, given enough time, Android 17, Android 18, and Cell in his complete form would all become powerful weapons in his hands.

He just lacked a bit of luck or skill, but he is still a scientist of cosmic caliber.

It is important to understand that Dr. Gero's growth in abilities is closely related to Goku's trajectory of becoming stronger.

Even when Goku was still a child, Android 8 was able to match his fighting power.

When Goku grew into a Super Saiyan, Dr. Gero's abilities were even surpassed in every way.

Looking at the super warriors who grew up alongside Goku and worked hard but were always left behind, such as Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan, further highlights the terrifying nature of Dr. Gero.

In the early and middle stages of the Android era, the super warrior army led by Goku was already lagging far behind Dr. Gero's Android army.

19号、20号战斗力几乎匹敌弗利萨，17号、18号碾压超赛 1形态，16号和沙鲁也拥有恐怖的力量。

This shows just how amazing Dr. Groh is.

Hale fully understands why his counterpart from another universe took Dr. Groh as her subordinate.

A scientist like Dr. Groh is far more useful than Frieza.

Of course, it was of no use to Hale.

Hale glanced at Trunks and communicated via the LAN: "Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, Chiaotzu, Puar, prepare for battle. I have sent you the coordinates. Bring Dr. Gero back. Be careful, Dr. Gero has a backup plan."