Chapter 135 - Transformation

New world.

On a barren island.

The weather was good. The sun was at its peak and the sea was calm.

Garp and Sengoku had been dropped here by an impatient Ian, who left after explaining that he was going to bring Kong here.

The two of them had been wearing complicated expressions on their faces since then.

This was someone they knew and considered as somewhat of a friend. But here they were about to witness his death. No one can stay emotionless during such a thing.

Still, both of them were determined to see if Ian had said the truth. If Kong was truly as guilty as charged by Ian, then they were not going to feel any worse for him.

It was just two minutes earlier that Ian had left. So not a lot of time had passed.

"Sigh" Sengoku sighed in tiredness.

By his side, Garp didn't look as worse as him.

In between the two, Garp was the one who believed Ian the most. And there was also the fact that he refused to advance in ranks not to be under those ugly dogs, but since Kong was directly under them, he knew that he was not exactly clean.

Sengoku however considered him a friend of his which is why he was having a hard time.

Garp looked at him for a bit.

"Calm down, Sengoku. If Ian wasn't sure that he was corrupt, he would not bother explaining it to use! He could just go ahead and kill him without us even knowing. No the fact that he told us means he wants us to know something about Kong!" Garp told his friend calmly. Many didn't give him any credits in terms of smart but Garp was in fact quite the smart person.

Sengoku gave a nod back. He had the same thoughts going through his mind.

The two then just stood there waiting, enjoying the calm.

This calm, however, was ruined when all of a sudden, shadows materialized in the sky above the both of them.

And then all of a sudden Ian appeared holding Kong by his neck, and then he accelerated once again towards the ground.

When they entered the trees lines, both of them lost them.

So they shared a look before they started running towards the general direction they were falling towards.

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Ian released his hold on Kong's neck the minute he had pushed him strongly to the ground burying him under.

He flew up a bit higher and started to watch what was going to happen.

When the dust settled, the damage done to the area started to become visible.

There was a huge crater where Kong was buried. The ground was utterly destroyed.

And Kong himself was sporting some very nasty injuries.

All of his limbs were broken and no matter how he twitched, painfully at that, he could not move an inch.

His neck was utterly broken along with his spinal cord. It was the area with the most damage. If left like this, he was surely going to die soon.

"AHHHHHH"

He was breathing haggardly as he yelled painfully.

But Ian knew. He knew that Kong was not going to die.

Why?

Because he felt something about Kong was not normal. And from that feeling, he knew that Kong was hiding something.

Soon Garp and Sengoku flashed nearby Ian. They looked at Kong and were shocked.

That shock soon turned to anger when Sengoku saw how Kong was dying.

"What is the meaning of this Ian? I thought you had something to show us which is why you brought us here? Did you just want to show us our friend dying?" He yelled outrageously.

Momentarily he forgot he was talking to someone that can flatten his ass. Someone who had just nearly killed Kong by a casual move of his.

Garp himself was shocked which left him standing there gaping.

But Ian didn't even turn to look at them both. He continued to stare at the yelling Kong.

"Calm yourself! And watch him closely." Ian said calmly. He didn't like it when people were yelling at him. Everything can be discussed calmly.

"How do you want me to calm down? I had already betrayed my friend by telling you that information, but now you even went so far to have me watch his death?" Sengoku was beyond angered and sad. To see his friend like this. This was torture…

"I said… watch him closely!" Ian replied sharply. This time the politeness draining from his voice.

Sengoku bristled at Ian's tone, but after a bit, he did as he asked him.

And then he came to notice.

"Wha…" Sengoku was shocked.

Even Garp joined him with having the same facial expression.

Kong who was about to die was being surrounded by grey fog.

Then under their eyes, his injuries started healing at a rather fast rate. And not even a few minutes later he stood there completely unharmed.

With the fog having disappeared.

Ian knew that he was correct about before. There was something wrong about Kong.

Kong then looked at Ian.

"Emperor Ian… What is the meaning of this attack?" He spoke up through gritted teeth. He was ready to tear the bastard down, but he had to get the reason.

Depending on the answer he might have to increase the torture he was going to inflict on him. If perhaps his goal was to have him rat out Im… hehe…

"Don't think too much about it. You killed my parents, and now I'm going to kill you." Ian replied calmly.

"Is that so…" Kong replied indifferently himself. He didn't ask him for their names, because he was likely to not remember.

He would deal with Ian later. For now…

He turned to look at Garp and Sengoku.

The two traitors.

"I'm glad I had found you two. Now I can get rid of you traitors." He spoke angrily.

Sengoku was surprised at the anger.

"Do you not know who leads the government from the shadows?" Sengoku asked him back.

He thought that maybe Kong didn't know.

Ian snorted at this. Someone as high as him was absolutely in the know.

"I do know," Kong replied.

"Then you too should leave the world government. There is no knowing what that devil's goal might be." Sengoku then said.

But at the word devil Kong became even angrier.

"Don't you dare talk about the sovereign like that!" He yelled out at Sengoku.

Shocking them all there.

Even Ian didn't know that they called Im a sovereign.

Then Kong started speaking again.

"You all are going to die. But I'll tell you anyway. The sovereign is our god. The one we worship. Her words are our justice. And she rewards us with strength. The more close a person is to her, the more power they get. Let me show you my real strength now." Kong said fanatically.

As he then immediately started to transform.

His body enlarged and became hairy, as he turned into a giant white-haired ape.

His size was almost close to 30m.

The feeling of raw power from him now had even Ian raise an eyebrow. He could feel that Kong, had reached the emperor realm with this.

But his transformation was not done. In fact, this was just the form granted to him by eating a Zoan devil fruit.

Since the cloths Kong had been wearing before were utterly destroyed except the upper part of his pants, it had enlarged and covered his privates at the least.

Next, he started to grow two more arms. But these were not the same as the regular ones. Rather they were incased with a grey bone armor that reached and covered his chest and abs and shoulders.

That same bone armor started spreading and covered the remaining two hands.

Then two small tusks sprouted from under his mouth. Followed by spikes appearing on his bone armor.

Then the ape, Kong, Gave a loud roar.

"ROOOAAARRRRR"