Black Wolf

The Numbers were monsters Kaido had bought from the government's experimental base on Punk Hazard. Who knew what strings he had pulled—perhaps he had built connections back when he had been captured by the government for research. In any case, Kaido had several of the ones the government had not deployed on the battlefield.

These monsters were failed products of gigantification experiments.

As for why they were considered failures, Sirius could not understand it at all. Ordinary Giants were at least twelve meters tall once they reached adulthood, while male Giants were usually around twenty meters tall.

But every one of the Numbers was at least twice as tall as ordinary Giants.

Perhaps the government's gigantification experiments had not been aimed at ordinary Giants, but at the Ancient Giant Tribe like Oars and Little Oars.

But now was not the time to discuss that. Hatcha, one of Sirius's old acquaintances and one of the Numbers, was already swinging his Spiked Club down at him.

The pirates around them had already begun to cry out in alarm.

"It's Hatcha!!"

"The Numbers are making a move!"

"This is bad! Lord Sirius is in danger!"

The pirates shouted in alarm.

"That guy's done for."

Ulti, who had retreated some distance along with the surrounding pirates, sighed as she watched Sirius sitting atop Jack's back.

Jack was indeed enormous, but compared to Hatcha, he was hardly worth mentioning. Even Hatcha's Spiked Club was bigger than Jack in Mammoth form.

With Hatcha's terrifying strength bringing down something that heavy, the result was bound to be catastrophic.

That was why the surrounding pirates all scrambled backward. They truly did not want to get caught up in it.

Sirius casually slung the greatsword in his hand back over his shoulder. "Yamato, get ready to eat the fruit. It probably won't taste very good, though."

"It really doesn't taste good,"

Jack said in a muffled voice. "I can vouch for that."

"Haha, just bear with it a little."

Sirius grinned. Then, in the next instant, he launched himself upward and charged straight at Hatcha's descending Spiked Club.

To Sirius, the Spiked Club was as huge as a small mountain.

But that changed immediately.

Sirius's body instantly swelled, black fur erupting across him.

Sirius vanished, replaced by an enormous Black Wolf.

Abnormally enormous!

Jack's Mammoth form stood over five meters tall and was already huge, but the Black Wolf Sirius had become was two sizes larger still!

Three years ago, Sirius's wolf form had only been a little over four meters long. But after three years, that figure had expanded tremendously.

Now, Sirius measured far more than ten meters from head to tail. Compared to back then, his body had grown by more than three times.

He was now a genuine Giant Wolf.

Ominous black energy curled around him, making Sirius look like a Magic Wolf from hell!

"Eh! He transformed!"

Ulti, standing among the crowd, stared wide-eyed at the sight. "That guy's a Devil Fruit User!"

And not an ordinary Devil Fruit User at that!

"Go, Sirius!"

Below, Yamato excitedly pumped her fist from atop Jack's back.

Sirius was already huge, but he was still nothing compared to Hatcha. In fact, Sirius's body was about as thick as Hatcha's Spiked Club.

Faced with the howling iron club crashing down on him, Sirius should have been smashed to pieces.

But Sirius's wolfish face was smiling. He opened his mouth wide.

Wide enough to be larger than his own body—and naturally, larger than Hatcha's Spiked Club.

Faced with the descending Spiked Club, Sirius simply opened his mouth and bit down.

Crack.

A faint sound rang out.

The upper half of Hatcha's Spiked Club went straight into Sirius's mouth. He casually chewed it into pieces and swallowed it, while the remaining half had a mirror-smooth break and was waved uselessly in Hatcha's hand.

The half-broken Spiked Club whipped up a gale, forcing pirates all across the plaza to shield their eyes.

"That was amazing, Sirius!"

Yamato cheered happily.

But it was not over. It was far from time to celebrate.

Sirius's upward momentum had yet to end. He had already reached Hatcha's face, which was frozen in shock.

"Ready to get roasted, Hatcha?"

Sirius grinned and opened his jaws wide. "Fire Breath!"

The Numbers possessed enough size and strength, but they were not agile enough.

Blazing flames formed a Fire Pillar and blasted almost point-blank into Hatcha's face, swallowing his entire head.

"Argh!"

The fur on Hatcha's head ignited in an instant. Screaming miserably, Hatcha toppled backward like a collapsing mountain, slamming into the ground and making the earth tremble without end.

Ulti, mixed in among the pirates, could not help swallowing as she watched Sirius land lightly in wolf form. "That guy's amazing!"

No, he was amazing to an absurd degree!

He had looked so ordinary! Yet he could transform into such an incredible Giant Wolf!

"He actually defeated Hatcha! As expected of Lord Sirius!"

"He's so strong! And he's only nine years old!"

"Isn't that obvious? Lord Sirius is a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User!"

A Mythical Zoan?

Ulti's eyes lit up.

Was he so strong because he had eaten a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit?

If she got the fruit now, could she become just as strong as him?

Sirius landed steadily. Hatcha was still howling in agony and rolling around on the ground.

A single blast of fire would never be enough to defeat him, but buying some time was enough.

"Yamato, get over here!"

Sirius shouted.

"Coming!"

Yamato leaped up and landed directly on Sirius's back.

Then Sirius burst forward at full speed. Flames drifted from his eyes and nostrils, turning into a torrent of fire that directly scattered all the pirates around him.

He was far faster than Jack. As he raced forward, he was like a phantom.

Very soon, Sirius had almost reached the spot directly beneath the platform where Queen stood.

This was about enough.

Sirius estimated.

"Don't think you'll get it!! That fruit is mine!"

"No, it's mine!"

"It should be mine!"

Amid the arguing, several enormous figures strode rapidly toward them. They were frighteningly huge, and their running speed was extraordinary as well.

They soon surrounded Sirius and Yamato.

"Jaki, Goki, Nangi, Juki,"

Sirius called each of them by name. "Are you here to cause trouble too?"

The fat Jaki chuckled. "I want that fruit. Kid, get the hell out of here!"

"Are we fighting, Sirius?" Yamato had already gripped her Spiked Club tightly.

"No. Get ready to soar into the sky, Yamato!"

Sirius smiled. The flames pouring from his eyes and nostrils suddenly surged, turning into a tidal wave that swept toward the four giants.

The four Numbers instinctively raised both hands before themselves to shield against the flames.

And in that instant, Sirius leaped.

The ground shattered beneath his paws as his enormous body instantly soared dozens of meters into the air.

Midair, Sirius twisted his body and raised his right claw high. "Yamato, get onto my claw!"

"Oh! Got it! Sirius, you're a genius!"

Yamato's eyes lit up. She instantly sprang up and landed perfectly on Sirius's claw.

Queen, holding the fruit, was suspended hundreds of meters in the air. Getting up there was already an extremely difficult task.

So Sirius had come up with a method.

He would throw Yamato up there.

His wolf body was not convenient for exerting force, but it did not matter. With his strength, it was not impossible.

"Yamato!"

Sirius shouted. "Jump!"

Yamato understood. She pushed off with both legs and leaped upward with all her might. At the same time, Sirius also hurled her upward with all his strength.

The two forces stacked together, and Yamato shot into the sky like a cannonball.

"Ah! That's so sneaky!!"

Nangi, who looked rather dull-witted, immediately cried out at the sight and tried with all his might to throw the weapon in his hand at Yamato.

But before he could do anything, flames fell from the sky and blasted directly into his face.

"Waaah!"

Nangi screamed and staggered backward again and again.

Only then did Sirius land. Smiling, he said, "You're really in the way, idiots. Do you want a beating too?"