Gun-Bear Construct

As everyone's hearts stirred at the grandeur of this ancient mech, Keen, the deputy walking along the flank of the group, suddenly raised an eyebrow.

"Hm? Why is there still the scent of a living creature in this pile of broken rocks...?"

Keen's sharp Observation Haki suddenly caught an extremely faint life-energy fluctuation, one that nevertheless carried a vicious, cunning air. He twisted his thick neck, and his blazing dragon eyes instantly swept toward the piles of ancient weapon wreckage stacked like small mountains in the corner of the hall.

Click... click...

The faint sound of metal components meshing sounded especially piercing amid the silent ruins.

The next second, a wildly aggressive barrage of firepower suddenly erupted from that seemingly lifeless heap of bronze and iron junk!

"Roar—!"

An ancient massive six-barreled rotary cannon, forcibly pieced together from bronze and refined steel, suddenly sprang up from the ruins like a living beast!

Even stranger, beneath its originally cold bronze barrels grew a pair of incomparably thick bear paws covered in black fur. Huge muscular membranes extended from both sides of its cannon body, while a bear-like maw filled with crimson fangs and dripping corrosive saliva had grown from its enormous flamethrower muzzle.

"A Devil Fruit construct?!"

Shaka recognized the nature of the strange thing at a glance, and blinding scientific fervor burst from his eyes. "Unbelievable! This is an extremely rare ultramodern ancient experimental product—an inanimate object made to absorb a Zoan Devil Fruit! This ancient cannon... must have absorbed the 'Zoan Bear-Bear Fruit: Ancient Blood Bear Form'!"

This Gun-Bear Construct, which had slept for eight hundred years, had clearly been forcibly awakened by the violent energy from Rain's battle with the giant beast. It regarded Keen and everyone else entering the hall as mortal enemies invading its territory.

"Roar—!"