"The answer is yes."
While sensing Douglas Bullet's violent emotional fluctuations, Rosen gave a horrifying answer.
Boom!
He had just finished speaking when, starting from the feet of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, rolling Armament Haki surged upward like wave after wave of deep purple tides, rushing skyward along the lower body like a rising ocean current.
First the legs, then the lower body, then the waist, followed by the chest, and finally the arms and head.
The size and height of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō were no less than those of the Complete Form Susanoo. Under the cover of Rosen's majestic Armament Haki, his whole body became encased in a layer of Haki armor emitting a deep purple light.
Not only was Myō-ō's mountain-sized body coated in this armor, but even the ferocious sword in his hand—capable of scaring away ghosts and gods—was fully sheathed in Armament Haki.
It was as if it had transformed from a physical weapon into a weapon forged of pure energy.
The massive blade was wrapped by Susanoo's Haki long sword, the two fusing into a single overwhelming greatsword.
It was the perfect union of Myō-ō's colossal body with the Complete Susanoo's weapon.
Before them now stood a statue of terrifying might—feet planted on the earth, head crowned by a sea of clouds, exuding an unfathomable aura of ghosts and gods.
"As you can see," Rosen's voice echoed, "I didn't take back Susanoo. I evolved it to a higher level. This is the product of a perfect combination of Haki and Devil Fruit."
Rosen stood between the brows of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō .
Originally, he could not fuse directly with Myō-ō, but once he overlaid the Complete Form Susanoo onto it, a pentagonal, diamond-shaped crystal of pure Haki formed on the helmet's crown. Not only did it serve as his shelter, but it was also the most heavily defended part of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō's body.
"Prestige Susanoo · Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō ."
Rosen looked at Douglas Bullet, speaking each word clearly.
"The power born from the perfect union of Haki and Devil Fruit?"
Douglas Bullet's expression darkened.
He understood the hidden message—Rosen was saying that Bullet's own 'Large Bullet' form was nothing more than an inferior product. At the very least, it could not compare to the might of the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō .
"Rosen, do you know what you're saying? The 'Large Bullet' form is my strongest state—combining my awakened Clank-Clank Fruit with my Haki. And you? You haven't even awakened your Devil Fruit yet! How dare you speak so arrogantly?"
Douglas Bullet could not accept Rosen's contempt for his Clank-Clank Fruit awakening.
"Fruit awakening is indeed a higher stage of Devil Fruit ability," Rosen replied evenly, "but that doesn't mean an unawakened fruit must be weaker than an awakened one. A Devil Fruit's true power depends not only on awakening, but also on its development, usage, and—most importantly—the strength of its wielder."
Through Observation Haki, Rosen could feel the boiling anger within Bullet. He decided there was no need to explain further.
"Never mind. Instead of wasting words, let the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō show you himself.
Bullet."
Rosen stood tall within the crystal helm, meeting Bullet's gaze.
The meaning was clear—come and attack.
"That's fine by me."
Bullet grinned savagely and immediately manipulated the towering Large Bullet form. Without taking a single step, he swung his sole remaining arm, compressing his Haki into violent black lightning that wrapped around his fist before unleashing it in a punch.
Boom!
Even before the strike landed, the air in front of it collapsed violently. The blow compressed the atmosphere until it combusted into blazing red flames, mixing with the dense Haki on his fist.
"Ultimate Cannon!"
Bullet's roar was like rolling thunder, shaking the entire island.
Faced with the overwhelming punch from the Large Bullet form—its arm longer than even the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō's—Rosen neither dodged nor blocked in retreat. The colossus beneath him did not budge.
As Bullet's fist, vast enough to blot out the sky, descended like a falling island, the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō finally moved—raising his left hand (the one without the blade) and forming a massive clenched fist of his own.
Then—he pressed forward.
Bang!
A terrifying storm of Haki exploded outward.
The moment the two vastly mismatched fists collided, the island shook violently. The ground split open, shockwaves like countless laser beams burst from the impact, and towering pillars of dust blasted skyward.
The shockwave, like the detonation of a missile, released a blinding light that consumed half the island in an instant.
When the clash between fruit ability and Haki finally subsided, the clouds of smoke cleared—revealing Rosen and Bullet locked in place.
The Large Bullet form stood over one kilometer tall, its head piercing into the sea of clouds. Yet that titanic punch, thrown with all its might, was caught effortlessly by the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, who was only a fraction of its size—barely the size of its palm.
The island trembled, the clouds were shattered—but the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō had not taken a single step back.
Seeing this unmoving colossus, Bullet said nothing. His silence was absolute.
It was not the silence of choice, but of a mind frozen in disbelief.
"It seems you're beginning to understand my strength," Rosen said.
The Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō lifted his greatsword, black and red lightning cascading down from the sky to coil around its blade.
Holding Bullet's giant fist in his left hand, Rosen swung the blade in his right—straight downward.
Bang!
It was a simple move—one even a child could imitate—but as the blade began its descent, an unimaginably violent sword pressure erupted, collapsing the earth like melting wax and carving a deep, concave scar into the ground.
At the same time, Bullet's colossal body erupted in countless arcs of black and red lightning, blasting debris from his left chest to his right leg, leaving a hideous, gaping wound like the maw of a sea king.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The overwhelming pressure of the Conqueror's-infused blade tore through everything—cutting a kilometer-long gash into Bullet's Large Bullet form, knocking his mountainous body off balance, and forcing his steps back until he nearly toppled.
This was the Prestige Susanoo · Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō.
A casual swing.
The earth crushed.
The awakened Clank-Clank Fruit's supergiant form—its defense reinforced by Haki—was as fragile as paper before it.
It was torn apart.
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