Future Vice Admirals?

"It's so heavy!"

Brady first tried to pull Bullet over, but immediately found that the latter was as heavy as a mountain, which made him look a little embarrassed.

But that's okay. If you can't pull the other person over, just pull yourself over!

"Guillotine!!"

Using the extension and retraction of the scorpion's tail connecting the two, he flew almost off the ground towards Bullet, with the huge black pincers on his hands clamping down on his head from both sides.

"Hey, you came here by yourself."

Bullet's eyes flashed with cruelty as he watched the approaching 'Black Armored Scorpion Man'. Then, a dazzling golden light emanated from his body, revealing a large amount of golden hair growing on his skin and his pupils turning into emerald green lion eyes. He grinned slightly, revealing sharp fangs inside.

What's most eye-catching is the shimmering golden light flowing on the fur; it's clear that this isn't a special effect that ordinary Zoan can have!

This immediately filled Brady with shock and panic; this kid was Zoan too!!

His horror stemmed from the fact that Bullet had previously defeated Oma, whose bounty was higher than his, with a single punch without even using his abilities, and now... this...

"Roar--"

Bullet ignored his bound right arm, opened his blood-red maw, and let out a deafening roar. The roar was extremely terrifying, with pale golden energy surging out and accompanied by crackling golden Inazuma.

[Boom!!]

As expected, the Lion's Roar devoured the 'Scorpion Man' who had approached head-on. Amidst the deafening roar of the Sonic Boom, the latter's eyes rolled back, and cracks appeared on his insect armor. By the time he reached Bullet, he had already lost consciousness and was easily grabbed by the neck and lifted up.

"What an idiot," Bullet said, looking at Brady with disdain.

This person is actually quite strong. If you don't approach him directly and instead keep your distance and engage in close combat, you might be able to exchange a few blows with him.

Unfortunately, he still managed to outmaneuver him. Even Kuzan had to use an ice wall to block his Lion's Roar, but this guy actually took all the power head-on.

No matter how tough his insect armor is, without the protection of Haki, his brain can't withstand such torment!

"Useless! Useless!!"

Behind him, Oma, who had finally managed to stand up with difficulty and was still swaying, was furious to see Brady kneeling so quickly. He had hoped that Brady could buy him more time to recover.

But what terrified him even more was Bullet's current form: his golden lion mane, lion tail, and lion ears on his head clearly indicated that he, like himself, possessed the Lion Fruit.

But he had already eaten the male lion form, so what was this other 'lion-man' in front of him?

Forgive his ignorance; Oma's understanding of Devil Fruits is basically limited to three types. As for the subdivisions within each type, he truly doesn't know anything about them. After all, books like Devil Fruit Encyclopedias, which specifically explain Devil Fruits in detail, are something most people don't come across.

"Hey, little lion, what kind of king did you just say you were?" Bullet, in his Human-Beast Form, transformed into the true 'Lion King,' his pair of emerald green lion eyes staring at Oma with malice, causing the latter to feel an overwhelming fear.

"What kind of fruit is this? Why is it also a lion?!" Oma roared.

[Boom!]

The only response he received was a flash of golden lightning, followed by a deafening sonic Sonic Boom. The roar beneath Bullet's feet exploded like dynamite, and he transformed into a golden afterimage as he pounced forward.

"Roar!!"

Just a moment ago he was a 'lion-man', but during the leap, he quickly transformed into a real golden lion, the kind that crackles with Inazuma.

Now Oma probably understood what kind of lion Bullet was—a divine lion! He was simply incomparable to Omar, a mere mortal!

He wanted to resist, but the fist mark on his chest made even breathing extremely painful. Helpless, he had no choice but to transform into beast form, becoming a blood-stained, light brown lion and going berserk.

Even knowing he couldn't win, he would never surrender. He was a notorious pirate with a bounty of over fifty million! Even if it meant death, he would take a piece of Bullet's flesh!

"Roar--"

"Bang!!"

The two strong male lions fought like real beasts in the arena. Unfortunately, Oma, who was seriously injured, was still unable to stop the golden lion's constant pounding with Sonic Booms, despite his desperate attempts to bite.

Blood gradually flowed from his ears, mouth, and nose. His limbs began to break. He began to die amidst desperate screams. Finally, unable to resist, Oma could only fall onto the wrecked ground, staring blankly as Bullet's lion claws came down!

[Bang!]

After a muffled thud, everything returned to calm. The Golden Lion looked down at Oma, who had quickly transformed back into human form from his lion form after losing his life force. He was quite pleased with the battle; it was a rare appetizer.

[Pfft--]

Bullet did not revert to human form. Instead, like a mythical Lion King, he strode confidently to the unconscious Brady and ripped open his throat with a claw.

His years of war experience had instilled in him a good habit of cleaning up the battlefield after a victory. After doing all this, he looked at a small hill in the distance and saw a figure standing there.

"Revert to your human-beast form, that's the strongest form for Zoan user!" the newcomer said to Bullet in a deep voice.

Even when faced with the terrifying gaze of the golden lion, even after witnessing the lion's slaughter firsthand, there was no trace of fear on his face.

"Having witnessed my power, why aren't you running away? Is that stupidity or arrogance? You could have easily saved this bug and then joined the others in attacking me."

Amidst a burst of crackling golden Inazuma, Bullet transformed back into his 'Lion Man' form, his thick golden mane making him look extremely fierce.

"By the way, I remember your name is Dalmatian, right?"

"You want me to team up with pirates?" Dalmatian seemed insulted, her eyes blazing with anger. "Don't insult me, Bullet!"

"Okay, so what are you going to do now? Play against me alone?"

Bullet asked with great interest, his lion tail swaying back and forth behind him, creating Sonic Booms.

"That's why I'm here!" Dalmatian activated his Devil Fruit power, transforming into a spotted dog-man with white fur.

"Another Zoan?" Bullet laughed. "What's going on? Are Zoan starting to appear in droves? What form is this?"

They gathered at Justice Plaza yesterday and were sent to Z Island today, so Bullet, who wasn't very sociable, really didn't know the abilities of the 'other trainees'.

As for names and faces, that's something Zephyr insisted on memorizing.

"The Zoan-type Devil Fruit, Dalmatian Form, is nothing compared to your Mythical Zoan."

Bullet's lack of initiative in learning about others doesn't mean others will ignore him. Most trainees already knew about his abilities from Tokikake, Gion, and Kuzan, after all, his physique made him look formidable.

That's what he said, but Dalmatian's eyes showed no inferiority, only a fierce fighting spirit. "Even so, I want to fight you. That was the thought that popped into my head the moment I saw you yesterday!"

"You can't beat me," Bullet laughed.

Although he didn't possess Observation Haki, as a Zoan user, he didn't feel any sense of danger from his opponent. On the contrary, Oma and Brady from before had made him a little nervous.

"How about I be included?"

"Me too!"

It seems that Bullet's previous outburst did attract quite a few people, but most chose to avoid him, while these few chose to come knocking on his door.

"Two more future Vice Admiral."

Inside the meeting room, Vidal found things were getting interesting.