Dragon Ball Human

Long ago, Yamiru had pondered the nature of the body Goku received after his death in the original series. 

The gods—Kamis, Kais, King Yemma, even Shenron—all behaved strangely when facing threats like Majin Buu, Perfect Cell, or the so-called "Emperor of the Universe" Freeza. They acted as if these foes were apocalyptic calamities, trembling in fear. North Kai had broken into a cold sweat when Goku challenged Freeza, treating it like some grand, existential crisis. 

And yet—when Goku took Cell to King Kai planet and self-destructed, he casually reconstructed a brand-new body for him. 

A Super Saiyan Full Power-level body, no less! 

Judging by the first round of the Cell Games… when Goku conceded, he was visibly exhausted, but Cell was also panting mid-air. 

This implied that Full Power Goku, compared to standard Perfect Cell, wasn't at a 40-60 disadvantage—more like 39-61. 

Goku, who always proposed fusion in dire straits, wasn't foolish enough to discard Senzu Bean tactics in a true life-or-death scenario. The same Goku who teamed up with his former enemy Piccolo to kill his own brother wouldn't shy away from a father-son duo when survival was at stake—that was Vegeta's schtick. 

When Goku stepped down and urged Gohan to fight, he made Gohan admit outright: in Gohan's eyes, his father and Cell were both unremarkable. 

Goku's real goal in the Cell Games was always to force his son to break his limits and become the next generation's pillar. 

As for Perfect Cell? 

The moment Goku left the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he immediately gauged Cell's strength. Before descending from the Lookout, he had Korin compare their power levels… and then leisurely took his family on a picnic. Because he knew: 

The Cell Games' true protagonist was never him. 

And the "games" were just that—games. 

Gohan had surpassed him the moment they exited the Time Chamber. Goku, the ever-perceptive father, knew this better than Gohan himself. 

But that wasn't enough. Not foolproof. 

At the Cell Games, Goku volunteered to fight first. After 300 rounds with Cell, confirming the android was only marginally stronger, he conceded without hesitation. He sent Gohan in, forcing the next generation's pillar to undergo his final metamorphosis under pressure… and even gave Cell a Senzu Bean, worried a half-depleted Cell wouldn't push full-power Gohan to his limits. 

Of course, Gohan's sudden pacifism—refusing to fight back—was something even Goku hadn't anticipated. If there was a true "traitor" in the Cell Games, it was Gohan's overconfidence. After being dragged into the Time Chamber by his father, his power skyrocketed from measly millions to the strongest Full Power of that era. Subconsciously believing himself invincible, he grew complacent… 

But his passivity nearly cost them everything: Android 16's death, Goku's sacrifice—all direct consequences of his arrogance after ascending to Super Saiyan 2. 

All this to prove one paradoxical truth: 

Full Power Goku, who self-destructed with Cell, wasn't much weaker than Perfect Cell. 

Old Goku was just that good. 

So… how could King Kai—who casually recreated a Full Power Goku-tier body—have been so terrified of a runt like Freeza? 

Huh?! 

How could Porunga—who could fully restore Super Saiyan 3 Goku with one wish—not erase the "Emperor of the Universe", who was pathetically weak by comparison? 

Huh?! 

The excuse about wishes not exceeding the dragon's creator's power? The Elder Guru/Dende couldn't erase Freeza, sure—but could they refill Super Saiyan 3 Goku's energy? Even if you juiced them dry and funneled everything into Goku, they couldn't make his hair stand up for a second! That explanation doesn't hold. 

Huh?! 

King Yemma could probably mass-produce 10,000 Goku bodies with a stroke of his pen—so why fear a televised Majin Buu? 

Huh?! 

Yamiru couldn't make sense of it. He pondered for ages before finding a clue in the Senzu Beans. 

Back when Tights experimented with Senzu as an energy booster, Yamiru used his Golden Eyes to observe how they restored vitality. 

After arriving in this ancient era, he'd witnessed Namekian healing firsthand. 

The principles were identical. 

Neither Senzu Beans nor Namekians used their own energy to heal the dying or restore others to peak condition. 

In the manga, after Dende healed Goku, Vegeta, and Krillin, he showed zero signs of exhaustion. 

The reason was simple: 

His abilities allowed him to directly draw primordial energy from the Dragon Realm to reconstruct a wounded body—retaining only the necessary vitality and discarding the rest back into the cosmic flow. 

As for the Senzu Beans? They tapped into the celestial energy of the Celestial Realm—more precisely, the Minor Celestial Realm, which was interconnected with the Other World's Paradise! 

And when Yamiru was officially acknowledged by Mr. Popo as Earth's first Guardian Deity, he instinctively grasped what he considered the most critical ability of his station: 

He could freely mobilize the energy of the Other World's Paradise to reconstruct bodies for worthy souls, allowing virtuous mortals to enjoy physical forms in the afterlife. 

His visit to King Yemma mid-battle had been to negotiate two things: 

1. Permission to reconstruct his own body post-death. 

2. The critical waiver to remain in the living world and settle the demonic threat. 

Becoming a deity had clarified the contradictions he'd once struggled with. 

King Kai could indeed casually craft a body for even a Super Saiyan 3-level Goku—but that was merely a privilege of his divine office. 

However, such reconstruction was bound by one ironclad rule: 

The resurrected body's strength mirrored the soul's self-perception. 

King Kai couldn't hand a first-time visitor to his planet a Super Saiyan body—Goku wouldn't even comprehend it. 

And even if he could remake Goku's SSJ3 form, he'd still fear a rampaging Emperor of the Universe. 

Why? 

He lacked the authority to send dead souls back to the living world. 

That was the crux: the golden halo. 

This halo was the Other World's residency permit. Wear it, and you stayed dead. Returning to the living realm required King Yemma's explicit approval—a power not even the Kaioshin could bypass. 

Hence, the Kaioshin were nearly wiped out by Majin Buu. 

They could've crafted ten thousand Buu-tier bodies, but without souls to inhabit them, those vessels were useless. 

In summary: 

Deities like the Kais wielded immense bureaucratic power but had little personal strength. 

Their divine mandate was maintaining cosmic order—so when existential threats like Freeza or Buu emerged, panic was protocol. 

But once those villains died? 

The gods could handle them at leisure. 

No matter how mighty you were in life, without a body, you were powerless. That's why King Kai only fretted over living evils. Dead ones? He couldn't care less. Even a nuisance like Buu was casually reincarnated—no punishment, no reward, just paperwork. 

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With these realizations, Yamiru's thoughts crystallized. 

His new body—forged from Underworld energy and shaped by his unshakable self-awareness of strength—was a perfect replica of his prime. 

Indistinguishable from his living self… 

Except for the golden halo hovering above his head. 

From it, threads of energy seeped into his being. 

This halo was both his Other World ID and a conduit to Paradise's infinite energy. 

It would: 

- Replenish his stamina if depleted. 

- Reconstruct his body if destroyed. 

This explained Goku's post-death invincibility—and why his SSJ3 drained so rapidly. Without the Other World's energy backing him, a living body couldn't sustain that output! 

However, the halo's efficiency was clearly environment-dependent. 

Yamiru could already feel it: 

In the living world, its "recharge rate" was suppressed by 99%, flickering intermittently… 

Like a bad signal.

Above him, Satan's voice dripped with bemused frustration: 

"Sherie and I… truly didn't anticipate this." 

Yamiru smirked skyward. 

"Sorry, signal's bad. Can't hear your whining."