Awakening!

"That couldn't be..."

A Vice Admiral general watched Bullet's change, his fingers instinctively reaching for his lips, but he immediately realized he wasn't smoking a cigar. However, the surprise in his eyes was no different from that of his other colleagues.

"Zoan Fruit user growing to gigantic size—there's no mistake, it's definitely Awakening!" Sengoku said solemnly, voicing everyone's suspicions.

Vice Admiral Tsuru rested his chin on his hands and softly echoed, "Moreover, it was a perfect Awakening; the kid's mind doesn't seem to have been affected in any way."

"Genius! He's truly a genius, no, he's a monster!" Fleet Admiral Kong exclaimed in admiration. "He actually broke through his own limits and successfully Awakening at the moment when he was completely exhausted, and he's only fifteen years old!"

"Judging from Bullet's words of gratitude to Kuzan, the rapid cooling must have played a role. We can try it out sometime." Sengoku pondered the underlying principle.

He shook his head and said, "I think his exceptional talent is the main reason. This kind of thing is unlikely to be easily replicated."

The Awakening of Zoan is simpler and more direct compared to the permanent changes in climate and environment of Logia Devil Fruits, and the flashy and elaborate methods of Paramecia Devil Fruits.

First, it will further enhance the user's strength, endurance, speed, physique, and other physical attributes, based on the previous improvements. As for which aspect it will favor, it depends on the form's strengths.

The most obvious change is in body size. If a two-meter-tall ability user can transform into a three-meter-tall user before Awakening, then after Awakening, they can reach four meters, five meters, or even higher.

Bullet was already over three meters tall, and after Awakening he reached five or six meters, which is within the normal range. Keep in mind that Whitebeard was only six and a half meters tall, and as Barrett's body continues to develop, he should eventually be about the same height as Whitebeard.

Secondly, Zoan- type Devil Fruit users can passively recover their stamina, fatigue, and injuries. Even if they lose consciousness and pass out, they will still recover automatically. This means that unless they are killed directly, they can basically heal themselves by simply leaving them somewhere for a while!

At the same time, the Awakening of Zoan is easier than that of Logia and Paramecia, since the latter require more special conditions and opportunities.

However, since Zoan Devil Fruits are the only ones with Lineage Factors, the user essentially has an extra beast soul within them.

Before Awakening, this soul only subconsciously influences the habits of those with abilities. However, upon Awakening, this influence intensifies. If one is not careful, their mind can become animalistic, and they will no longer be able to control their physical form, only maintaining an upper body that is beastly and a lower body that is human.

This situation is known within the Navy as 'Imperfect Awakening,' or even outright dismissed as 'Awakening Failure,' and then directly handed over to 'Impel Down'!

That's right, if Bullet Awakening Failure this time, he'll become the strongest Jailer Beasts in history.

"He's actually Awakening. I guess I need to find some time to have a good talk with him." While his subordinates were discussing among themselves in the dark conference room, Vidal was secretly pondering to himself.

Even if a Zoan- Zoan Awakening Awakening perfectly, the improvement in their raw strength isn't that significant, or rather, it's far less significant than that of Logia or Paramecia. They simply become extremely difficult to kill, and their stamina is practically that of a perpetual motion machine.

However, Bullet is a Zoan-type Devil Zoan user of the Mythical Zoan type, which is something to be particularly aware of. Moreover, because Mythical Zoan appear so rarely, people don't know much about them.

Mythical Zoan are essentially a combination of Zoan Paramecia, and as their abilities are developed, they can develop multiple abilities, which is what makes Mythical Zoan so valuable!

Many people used to think that Mythical Zoan only had one superpower, but Kaido and Marco's subsequent actions proved everyone, including Vidal, wrong.

Kaido's Fish-Fish Fruit Azure Dragon Form, possesses five special abilities: grasping clouds to fly, creating fiery clouds, breathing dragon breath, controlling gales, and releasing electricity.

While Marco isn't as strong Kaido, he still possesses two different abilities.

The Flame of Rebirth can accelerate the healing of one's own wounds or release blue flames over a wide area to heal the injuries and abnormalities of others, such as dispelling the cold energy from the body of 'Ice Oni' patients.

Secondly, it harms the soul. His flames, lacking high temperatures, cannot harm living beings or objects, but they are lethal to Homies like Big Mom, even burning 'Prometheus the Sun'!

Therefore, it turns out that Mythical Zoan users gradually acquire more special abilities as they increase their strength and develop their Devil Fruit powers. Vidal is very curious about what Bullet's newly acquired ability is.

He should definitely call and ask about it when he has time.

Finally, regarding the Zoan, most people in this world seem unaware that it actually has a third, normally passive ability, which is what Vidal mainly wanted to tell Bullet.

As far as he knew, this usually passive ability was only discovered by Kaido after his great battle with Oden, and he used it to its fullest potential over a decade, thus greatly enhancing his strength. In the future, he was even called the 'strongest creature'.

However, Vidal also had some doubts, wondering whether he should tell him all this so soon. Bullet's strength had improved a bit too quickly; perhaps it would be better to wait a few years.

After all, he's only human, and sometimes he thinks things he knows he shouldn't.

In the center of Z Island, Bullet, looking down at Kuzan, glanced down at his gigantic golden lion body, his emerald green lion eyes filled with joy and comfort.

Although he couldn't quite explain his situation, the fact that his depleted physical strength was being replenished by a steady stream of power told him that it was a good thing.

However, just as he was frozen by the cold air, a golden lion suddenly appeared in his mind, which made him a little nervous. Fortunately, he found that it was nothing serious and disappeared automatically after a good beating.

And what's with all these constant sounds in my ears?

Bullet scratched his ear with his sharp lion claws, trying to discern the sounds. He thought he heard Gion's voice, as well Tokikake Kake's voice, and a dozen other unfamiliar voices, including whispers and pounding hearts.

"There"

The enormous golden lion raised its eyes and looked in one direction. It could clearly hear a strange voice hidden behind the hills in that direction.

"Could you get off Saul first? If you still want to fight, I'll join you!"

At this moment, Kuzan somewhat angry. Seeing Bullet's arrogance, his anger gradually flared up, and wisps of cold white aura emanated from his body.

I'll say it again, you've gone too far.

At the same time, Gion Tokikake walked side by side from a distance, one with a worried look on her face, and the other eager to try.

This drew Bullet's attention to them, and then, amidst a violent flash of golden Inazuma, he transformed back into his most comfortable 'Lion-Man Form'. He loved his current size of over five meters—it was quite imposing!

"The three of you should come at me together, otherwise it'll be too boring fighting them one by one!" Bullet laughed wildly at the three below, his foot planted on the giant's chest.

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Can anyone guess what the third normal passive ability of the Zoan is? Friendly reminder: Oda is a huge fan of Akira Toriyama!