"Damn it, that bastard smashed all our ships!" Some pirates saw the scene and fumed, but they did not dare step forward and could only curse under their breath.
"That guy isn't a Giant, is he? Why does he know our Giants' [Elbaf Spear]?" a Giant vice admiral asked in confusion.
"No, that definitely wasn't [Elbaf Spear]. Though [Elbaf Spear] has similar piercing power, it doesn't instantly vaporize everything like that... Perhaps it was some kind of extremely powerful Devil Fruit ability?" another Giant vice admiral said in astonishment.
"This can't go on!"
Tsuru sighed heavily, her expression grave.
Over the past few days of contact, she had sensed the peaceful heart Gebinz kept hidden within him.
Perhaps he was lecherous, but lechery itself was not some unforgivable sin.
At most, it was merely human instinct.
Yet now, a peaceful child had somehow suddenly fallen into such a state, threatening the lives of everyone present at any moment.
Tsuru could not stand by and do nothing.
"Little Tsuru..." Sengoku and Garp understood what she meant and tried to stop her.
However, she lightly waved a hand, and Garp's hand reaching for her instantly became as light and glossy as freshly washed clothes, slipping right off her.
Tsuru crossed the silent battlefield and arrived beside Zhu Mang.
Doflamingo and the Empress stepped forward together, intending to stop her.
Tsuru raised one hand. "This old woman is here to help him."
As she spoke, a strange ripple spread from her hand.
Like a clear spring in the mountains, and like a pleasing melody, it enveloped Zhu Mang, who stood rooted in place, once again trapped in an inner struggle and self-doubt.
[Wash-Wash: Soul Cleansing]!
The special awakened ability of the Wash-Wash Fruit circled endlessly around Zhu Mang, washing over him in an incredibly arduous yet relentless manner.
At that moment, Zhu Mang, protected on both sides by Doflamingo and the Empress, had gradually regained his senses after that brief outburst.
But he was still struggling to suppress those memories, trying to erase them from his mind or restore them to their original state, lest he be controlled by them again.
Then, he felt that cool sensation.
Though he did not know what it was, he could sense the goodwill within it.
So he voluntarily lowered some of his physical and mental defenses, guiding that power inside...
A short while later.
Zhu Mang opened his eyes.
His expression was somewhat complicated.
As an Earthling, a young man raised in an age of peace, he had never liked killing. Even after discovering that he had come to this world of pirates and gained the invincible strength of "not eating beef," all he had wanted was to capture a few pirates and exchange them for bounties—a peaceful method.
The only person he had killed was Gecko Moria, who had attacked him for no reason and even tried to kill him.
If others did not provoke him, he would not provoke them. That was his principle.
Yet just now, he had broken that principle.
Washed over by the Saiyan Gebinz's vast memories of slaughter, he had briefly forgotten his true identity.
What Earthling? What Saiyan?
At the time, there had been only one word in his mind.
Kill!
Kill until blood flowed like rivers!
It had been a state in which he had completely lost himself.
Besides the impact of all those memories of slaughter, part of the cause was likely the negative effect of the violent factor within Saiyan blood.
Under normal circumstances, Saiyans only appeared somewhat battle-hungry under its influence, at most a little irritable.
Only when a Saiyan was exposed to moonlight would that violent factor truly shift from dormant to manifest, directly turning them into a mindless Great Ape driven only by the urge to destroy.
Among Saiyans, only some exceptionally gifted elite warriors and those of royal blood could resist its effects.
However, there was another possibility: a hybrid of an Earthling and a Saiyan.
For example, Son Gohan retained a certain degree of reason even after transforming into a Great Ape.
But now, there was an even more special case.
That was Zhu Mang, who possessed a body with Saiyan blood and the soul of an Earthling!
After that outburst and under the influence of Tsuru's awakened Wash-Wash Fruit ability, Zhu Mang felt his soul spreading through every part of his body as though it had substance. Everywhere it passed brought him a cool, clear sensation.
Those memories of slaughter remained in his brain, but now they were merely memories and could no longer truly affect Zhu Mang.
Even if he deliberately recalled them in detail, they brought him nothing more than an unpleasant memory.
Nothing more.
This was a complete fusion.
His soul and body had truly fused into one!
Moreover, he had a feeling that he would no longer be affected by the violent factor in his bloodline.
The same would hold true even if he transformed into a Great Ape.
At most, it would only make him somewhat more battle-hungry.
"Punch me," Zhu Mang said, looking at Doflamingo.
"Huh?" Doflamingo froze, somewhat hesitant.
He feared Zhu Mang would obliterate him as thoroughly as those pirate captains and Marine vice admirals from before, leaving not even ashes behind.
"Hmph, the Heavenly Yaksha is actually this timid?" The Empress snorted, tossing back her hair as she struck toward Zhu Mang's hand.
Swish—
Just before her hand touched Zhu Mang, his body suddenly became as light as paper. It twisted strangely, passed through the attack, and only then returned to normal.
"This is [Paper Art]! Hahaha, I did it!"
Zhu Mang laughed loudly.
This was the benefit brought by the complete fusion of soul and body.
[Paper Art] had never been an especially difficult technique. It was just that the fusion between his soul and body had previously only reached about fifty percent.
His earlier conception had been based on the fact that his soul and body were not fully coordinated.
In other words, his former self had been more like someone piloting a mecha, or like the relationship between Ultraman and a human host.
But now, it was a true and complete fusion!
He was both Zhu Mang the Earthling and Gebinz the Saiyan!
And he possessed an advantage ordinary Saiyans did not have.
He had the heart of an Earthling.
A peaceful heart was more likely to produce S-Cells!
Additionally...
"Does this mean that if I follow the Super Saiyan 4 bloodline path, it'll be smooth sailing all the way?" Zhu Mang thought in surprise.
Who would have thought that a single accidental loss of control would not only eliminate the hidden danger in his bloodline, but also open up a bright and unobstructed road ahead?
Of course, he might have someone to thank for all this.
Grandma Tsuru!
Without the help of her awakened Wash-Wash Fruit ability, he might still have recovered his senses after venting, but Marineford would surely have been destroyed by his hands. And after personally slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people here, could he have returned to how he was before?
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