What if Gohan had a twin—one who was never meant to exist?

In the early moments of his birth, Riku Son, the second son of Goku and Chi-Chi, was overlooked by destiny and hidden by a divine force. Unlike his twin brother Gohan, Riku wasn’t raised on Earth. He was born with a soul not from this world—a reincarnator from modern Earth who grew up watching Dragon Ball as fiction.

But his arrival shattered the balance of fate.

A mysterious System embedded in his soul activated the moment he was born. It scanned his surroundings and, identifying Gohan’s latent potential, multiplied it tenfold and permanently locked it in as Riku’s base. After that, the system became silent, offering no more active benefits—only a singular number: his current power level, which no one, not even he, can fully trust.

Trained in secret by Whis, Kibito Kai, and even Yardrat elders, Riku grows up without the attachments of Earth—but never without ambition. Like Goku, he’s a carefree soul who lives for the thrill of combat. But unlike Goku, Riku is cunning, calculative, and has a battle IQ closer to a god than a mortal.

He was meant to remain hidden… until Beerus awakens.

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Chapter 2 - Author’s Note