"But... this isn't just the effect of three Rumble Balls..." Hongo stared at Chopper's transformation, his gaze utterly grave. He instinctively retreated half a step and adopted a tighter defensive stance. "With two Rumble Balls, the theoretical limit is 'gigantification' and a certain degree of frenzy. But your current state... your life force is chaotic and immense, already beyond the scope of ordinary 'Monster Enhancement'... Did you take one earlier?"
"The first one... I took it half an hour before landing on the island... to prepare for any sudden fighting... and maintain basic enhancement..." Chopper-or rather, the ten-meter-tall, dark-red monster-panted, every word sending out scorching breath and a little drool. His saliva dripped onto the mycelium, making it hiss as it corroded.
"So now, inside you... the medicinal power of four Rumble Balls has accumulated..." Hongo murmured, his expression darkening completely. "You'll die. Four Rumble Balls will send your cell division out of control, break your genetic chains, and overload your nervous system. Within three minutes, even if I don't kill you, you'll die from the total collapse of your life-supporting systems. It won't be a pretty death."
"Three minutes..." Chopper lowered his head and looked at his enormous, dark-red body, brimming with unstable, destructive power. A trace of Chopper's own clarity flashed through his scarlet eyes. "That's enough."
BOOM!!!
He moved.
"Wild Charge."
His terrifying, ten-meter-tall body bore down on Hongo like an out-of-control steel war chariot. Mushrooms were crushed to powder in his wake, dead trees shattered on impact, and deep furrows were plowed into the ground. His speed was not particularly great, but his unstoppable, all-destroying momentum, combined with his enormous size, brought a suffocating sense of pressure. The air was forced aside with thunderous booms.
Hongo no longer chose to meet it head-on or casually deflect