Loss of Control

In the cold, damp dungeon, Sig and the Prison Demon temporarily ceased their panting struggle...

"Is that all there is to it! Just tell me what your objective is!" Sig swept his thumb across his nose.

The Prison Demon's eyes, filled with rage and ferocity, swept over Sig as he also panted, saying, "Is that all? You indeed possess some other power... If only you were a little stronger..."

The Prison Demon was also extremely unwilling, as his body was too weak, limiting the Prison-Prison Fruit's abilities. Instead, he was matched by the opponent's "bizarre ability."

"Since neither of us can do anything to the other, how about... we talk?" Sig asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Talk? Heh, I... damn it!" The Prison Demon cursed himself.

Sig could also tell that he seemed to have discovered something.

Just as he was about to ask, Sig felt a wave of dizziness, and then instantly "fell asleep."

It didn't seem like too long before Sig truly regained consciousness. The scent filling his nostrils was the familiar sea breeze, and the smell of the Sea Bass's deck, made with Eve Tree materials—was that just a dream?

No! There was also the smell of blood!

Sig's heart tightened, and he forced his eyes open.

Indeed, he found that Fisher Tiger and Jinbe before him seemed to have just finished a battle. The other crew members were gathered outside, also on guard, and there were some bloodstains on the ground, and even... chunks of flesh?

There was a fight just now, and I didn't even wake up?

Sig moved slightly, then suddenly realized he was bound! He was tied to the mast with anchor chains.

Could it be...

Sig's expression immediately turned grim—were they fighting against me just now...?

"W-what's wrong? What happened?" Sig quickly asked.

Seeing this, Jinbe's guarded expression relaxed slightly. "Sig, you're fully awake?"

"I... was that... me just now?" Sig looked at the bloodstains on the deck, his heart clenching fiercely.

He quickly looked around at his companions but couldn't find Hachi.

Seeing Sig's expression, Fisher Tiger also relaxed a little and said, "Don't be nervous, it's basically all your blood... and flesh?"

Upon hearing this, Sig's first reaction wasn't relief, but a stunned silence: "Huh?"

How come I didn't know I had so much... flesh?

Are these shapeless human tissues on the ground all mine?

Sig immediately looked down and found that although he was bound, he didn't seem to be missing any parts.

"That's right, you have no recollection at all?" Fisher Tiger retorted.

"If you're asking about recollection... I seem to have fought someone with the Prison-Prison Fruit's power in my consciousness. I don't know what happened 'outside'," Sig said truthfully.

Jinbe sat down, looking tired, and took out his pipe to light it.

"Phew, you were quite something just now," Jinbe said while exhaling smoke.

Then Jinbe briefly explained Sig's previous state, which made Sig break out in a cold sweat!

Just as Sig fell asleep, Jinbe suddenly heard a noise from this direction and came to check. He saw Sig lying on the ground, convulsing all over.

Jinbe initially thought it was a side effect of the Devil Fruit and quickly went to help, calling for Aladdin.

However, at that moment, Sig's body twisted and began to swell—according to Jinbe's description, it was completely different from the original work's Castle-Castle Fruit transformation into a "Castle Boss"...

Looking at the original work, Capone became a castle giant, while Sig's flesh stretched and swelled gruesomely. After reaching a certain point, the flesh began to transform into inorganic matter like bricks and iron blocks, existing in a semi-biological, semi-inorganic state.

At this point, Sig was unsure if this was the art style of this world, which wasn't very anime-like, or if it was because his "loss of control" was different from normally using his Devil Fruit abilities?

During this process, pipes extended from Sig's body, emitting a cold, decaying prison aura. Rats even crawled out of Sig's body!

The flesh on the ground basically came from this...

Based on Jinbe's description, Sig estimated that when he was at his largest, he wasn't as big as Capone Bege's manifested castle giant, but he was still over ten meters tall. He looked like a prison spirit, with iron bars and torture devices constantly emerging from his flesh, yet still retaining a large amount of flesh, making him look particularly monstrous.

Finally, Jinbe and Fisher Tiger subdued him together. Jinbe had a flash of inspiration and performed a shoulder throw with a sea current, whipping up a stream of water and pouring it into the Prison Giant's mouth. Only then did the flesh dissolve, and Sig returned to his original appearance.

As for the "meat scraps" on the ground, they were what remained after the rats "melted."

Fortunately, none of the other crew members were injured!

Fisher Tiger then twisted his neck and said, "Devil Fruits... they truly are the sea's curse! If it were just me, it would have been quite troublesome!"

There was a lot of modesty in those words.

The reason it took both Jinbe and Fisher Tiger to subdue Sig wasn't that Sig, when "out of control," could truly fight against two opponents.

It was because Fisher Tiger and Jinbe had been trying to wake him up the entire time and hadn't used heavy force; in fact, they had been holding back, which led to the scene of two fighting one—after all, Sig's appearance, shedding pieces of flesh with a "plop, plop," made the two hesitant to strike hard.

"However... will Little Fei have to stay soaked in seawater from now on?" Fisher Tiger frowned slightly.

Although Fish-Men can stay in the sea for a long time, it's still uncomfortable to be in the water constantly. After all, Fish-Man Island's environment is within "bubbles" on the seabed, not directly submerged in water!

"No, there's still that thing," Jinbe tapped the ash from his pipe on the deck and then looked towards the ship's cabin.

Just then, Hachi ran up, shaking something in his hand, and shouted, "Boss Jinbe, I found it!"

Sig saw that Hachi was holding a pair of Seastone handcuffs.

Jinbe took them and said to Sig, "These were confiscated from a Marine warship before. Unfortunately, the key wasn't with them. Once you put them on, you might not be able to take them off for a while... Try them on first." As he spoke, he stuffed the handcuffs into Sig's bound hands.

"My Devil Fruit ability is sealed, but... I don't feel as weak as I expected," Sig said, sensing his condition.

Normally, Devil Fruit users would feel completely powerless upon contact with Seastone handcuffs – after all, the Marines' Seastone handcuffs were highly pure and served to completely seal their abilities.

"That's good... Just to be safe, I'd rather you not use your Devil Fruit ability again later."

"Mm, I understand." Sig didn't want to go through that again either.

Jinbe then cuffed Sig – of course, both cuffs were attached to his right wrist. This wouldn't hinder his movement too much, it just added some extra weight to his right hand.

[Hmph.]

Sig faintly heard a soft hum, which seemed to be... the Prison Demon's voice!