Great Ape

As night fell, bright moonlight spilled freely over the earth, and the dense forest, adorned in silver, looked extraordinarily beautiful.

Sitting cross-legged atop a large boulder, Kashius suddenly felt his heart tighten. His Saiyan instincts told him—

Danger was coming!

What was this uneasy feeling?

Had an enemy arrived?

That was impossible. According to the plot, no particularly powerful enemies had ever come to Mount Paozu.

"What exactly is going on?"

Kashius seemed a little puzzled that he would feel this way. Thinking about it, ever since he had learned some applications of "ki," he had never sensed even a trace of danger in this forest.

And yet the feeling that had suddenly come tonight truly baffled him. Kashius had not intended to pay it any mind, but the Saiyan battle instinct within him told him the danger truly existed.

"Could it be because of my arrival? Has the plot changed? Did that make the enemy come early, and to Mount Paozu at that?"

The butterfly effect brought by changes to the plot was huge, and could not be underestimated.

"Roar~!"

Just as Kashius was racking his brains in confusion, a loud, deafening roar instantly snapped him awake.

Was that?

A Great Ape?

A gorilla?"

A full moon!!!

Kashius stared at the gorilla that had suddenly emerged from the forest, feeling extremely shocked.

It could be said that he looked up at the sky almost subconsciously, as if to confirm something.

"Oh no?! It's over!"

"How could I forget this? I'm a damn pure-blooded Saiyan too!"

After seeing the moon in the sky, Kashius realized something was wrong. Just as he was about to turn his head and stop looking at the moon, he discovered that he was actually unable to move.

The moon in the night sky seemed to possess some kind of magic, drawing him in, making him widen his eyes uncontrollably, open them round, and stare straight at the bright moon hanging in the air.

"Wukong?! Wukong?! How did you turn into this?!"

"Wake up, stop destroying things! I'm Grandpa! Stop right now, Wukong! Wukong!"

Son Gohan was holding some freshly roasted meat, planning to give his two precious grandsons a midnight snack, but who would have thought that the moment he stepped out of the house, he would find his eldest grandson, Son Goku, constantly growing larger and sprouting fur.

In the blink of an eye, he had turned into a ferocious-looking giant ape over ten meters tall. That was not even the worst part. What hurt Son Gohan the most was that his eldest grandson had lost his reason and was wantonly destroying everything around him.

Hearing Son Gohan's voice, Kashius seemed to realize something and roared with all his strength, "Grandpa, run! Run! Don't worry about us, hurry and run! Run! The farther the better! The farther the better! Hurry up and run!!!"

Kashius outright roared. His eyes glowed red, and his body also began to produce some kind of throbbing, as if responding to the moonlight in the night sky.

"Kashius, child, what's wrong? What happened? Kashius?"

Hearing Kashius's voice, Son Gohan did not flee immediately. Instead, he chose to come to Kashius's side.

"Grandpa, don't worry about any of that! Hurry and run, hurry, run!"

Seeing Son Gohan ignore his warning and instead run over out of concern for him, to be honest, Kashius felt extremely happy inside.

But the moment he thought of Grandpa's death in the plot, all Kashius felt was anxiety. He could feel that his body had already begun to change.

He estimated that very soon, he would become just like little Wukong, turning into an irrational, merciless gorilla that only knew destruction.

So before that happened, Kashius had to confirm Son Gohan's safety. He could not let him die as he had in the plot.

"Kashius, what exactly happened? Tell Grandpa. Grandpa will definitely be able to help you."

Son Gohan looked at his beloved grandson, whose eyes were now crimson, whose tail stood upright, and whose entire body was starting to sprout fur, and his heart grew even more anxious.

However, at that moment, Kashius seemed to think of something and hurriedly said, "Grandpa~ hurry, take... take my... my... tail... take my tail... and... ah! Roar!!!"

Before Kashius could finish speaking, his body began to transform into a Great Ape. Along with it came a tremendous beastly roar. His body finally changed, growing larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, fur exploding wildly across him.

In an instant, a giant ape identical to Son Goku appeared. It roared, pounding away...

"Ka... Kashius?! My Kashius turned into a gorilla?!"

At that moment, Son Gohan stared dumbfounded at the enormous gorilla before him.

Feeling the powerful aura coming from "Kashius," Son Gohan discovered at that moment that his body was trembling, shaking.

"Roar~!"

"Roar~!"

As Kashius raised his head and roared at the sky, Son Goku, who had already transformed into a gorilla, also stopped destroying things and stared with crimson eyes at the giant ape identical to himself.

At that moment, Kashius suddenly held his ape head and said in pain, "Grandpa, hurry and leave?! If you don't go now, I'm afraid I'll completely lose my reason and destroy everything in front of me. I'm afraid I'll accidentally kill you! Hurry and hide, Grandpa! I'm begging you!!!"

"Roar~ roar~ roar~"

Listening to the roars of his "grandsons," Son Gohan struggled to overcome the fear in his heart and regained control of his body, beads of sweat dripping uncontrollably from his forehead.

He didn't dare linger any longer. He heeded Kashius's warning, sprang off the ground with both feet, and sped swiftly into the distance.

However, perhaps because too much time had passed, Son Gohan had long since been discovered by Son Goku, who had transformed into a Great Ape. The hideous beast locked onto Son Gohan.

The giant ape Son Goku had become suddenly opened its huge mouth. Crimson light flickered inside, and then a red energy cannon pierced the air, blasting toward Son Gohan.

Son Gohan, who was running, was, after all, a martial arts master. His many years of battle experience made him instinctively dodge Son Goku's strike.

However, because the energy cannon's power was astonishing, Son Gohan was still inevitably caught in its wake and sent flying by the fierce destructive gale it created.

Son Gohan was already old, after all, and his strength had long since declined from what it once was. By the time he crashed heavily to the ground from the air, his aged body was already overwhelmed, making even standing up seem extremely difficult.

Let alone running away—even ordinary walking was extremely hard for Son Gohan, much less escaping from Son Goku in his Great Ape form. That was even harder.

When the ape-formed Son Goku saw that Son Gohan was not dead, he instinctively felt his majesty had been challenged. His feet stomped heavily in place, and his massive body rose into the air, leaping to Son Gohan's side.

Raising his giant palm, Son Goku slammed it viciously down toward Son Gohan.

Feeling the huge hand carrying a hissing rush of wind, the aged and weakened Son Gohan froze, looked at Son Goku and Kashius, smiled bitterly, and closed his eyes in resignation.

"Wukong, if I die by your hand, Grandpa won't hate you. I only hope that when you realize it in the future, you won't be sad, and you won't blame yourself. Grandpa doesn't blame you! Grandpa loves you and Kashius!"

"Roar~!"

Just as Son Goku's enormous palm was about to smash Son Gohan into pulp, the giant ape Kashius had become charged toward Son Goku and slammed him hard, sending him flying.

"Ka—Kashius!" Son Gohan, who had survived the disaster, gasped for breath.

"Roar~?!"

After knocking Son Goku away, Kashius completely lost his reason this time as well. The beastly nature of a Saiyan utterly drowned out his sanity. He had truly become a monster that knew only slaughter!

"Kashius, how are you?"

"Roar?!"

Son Gohan looked at Kashius, whose eyes were completely crimson, and grew even more worried. He could disregard his own life, but he could not disregard the safety of his grandsons.

Because he was not merely an old man—he was also the grandfather who had watched them grow up!

Boom!!!

At that moment, a huge red energy cannon suddenly flashed from afar, directly and mercilessly engulfing Son Gohan...

And at the source of that energy cannon, the Great Ape Son Goku had become was roaring up at the sky, while continuously pounding his own chest.

As if showing off his "achievement."

And at that same moment, Kashius, who was wreaking havoc, slowly shed two streams of tears from his crimson eyes...