For some reason, looking at all the blood on the ground, Isaac didn't feel afraid. He couldn't quite describe what he felt about this cruel scene; he just wanted to tear apart the guy in front of him!
"This kid..." Lux's forehead dripped with cold sweat. These were real guns and bullets. Wh-what happened? Missed? For the first time in his life, Lux doubted his shooting skills. Moreover, a terrifying aura of ferocity emanated from the Child, unsettling him.
The other Agents also stopped shooting, leaving behind a ground full of groaning villagers lying in pools of blood—the Agents were still too soft-hearted. That's why they would never become high-ranking Agents, forever stuck as cannon fodder at the bottom, because they were too kind.
"Hey, you!" Lux was a bit flustered. The CP8 Agent stepped forward, internally despising Lux again. He couldn't even shoot straight; how embarrassing.
"Finger Pistol!" His speed was so fast that ordinary people couldn't dodge it! But Isaac... was no "ordinary person."
"You're so slow..." Isaac merely tilted his head, dodging the Finger Pistol attack that was strong enough to pierce three layers of wood. Then, he lunged forward, his left hand clenched into a fist, and slammed it hard into the Agent's stomach.
"So fast!" This was the thought that flashed through the Agent's mind. The speed of that punch sent a chill down his spine! "Iron Body!" As expected of a battle-hardened CP8 Agent, he quickly made his optimal choice, and then... "Bang!" A dull thud echoed throughout the dock. In everyone's horrified gaze, the Agent bent over like a cooked shrimp, his face deathly pale, his throat constantly moving as something surged up his windpipe. He tried his best to hold it back, but ultimately failed... "Puh ah~" A large mouthful of foul blood mixed with fragments of internal organs was spat out. Isaac quickly retracted his seemingly fair and tender little hand, jumping back to avoid the foul blood. The body, no longer supported by Isaac, weakly knelt down and then fell heavily face-first onto the ground. His fingers still maintained the shape of a Finger Pistol.
Isaac stood blankly in place. After that surge of ferocity dissipated, his consciousness gradually returned. His mind was now empty. What had he done? What should he do? Who was he? Why had his body been out of control just now?
At this moment, in Isaac's eyes, the villagers lying in pools of blood and the Agent he had knocked down merged into one. The whole world turned the color of blood, the whole world was filthy... blood!
"What is this?"
"What happened to them?"
"Why is there so much blood?"
"What happens if too much blood flows out?"
"Will they die?"
"Death... is it like this?"
"I don't want to die... I absolutely don't want to die..."
Isaac's eyes were vacant; he stood there muttering to himself, shaking his head slightly.
"Isaac!" Salai's call pulled Isaac out of the bloody world. Isaac looked at his Mama, his earlier anger and resolve completely gone. "Mama—" Isaac's tears gushed out as he threw himself into his Mama's arms. After all, he was just a three-year-old Child. And... it seemed it wasn't him just now... "Monster... a complete monster..." Lux walked onto the ship in a daze, took out a handheld cannon on the deck, and aimed it at Isaac and Salai. "Die, monster!"
Isaac felt the danger, turned, and firmly threw a punch at the incoming cannonball. Isaac had a feeling that this thing couldn't hurt him.
"Bang!" The cannonball exploded, the resulting blast of air disheveling Isaac's hair, dust blinding his eyes. As the smoke cleared, Isaac was unharmed.
"H-he... he withstood a cannonball?" One Agent stammered.
"What kind of monster is this?!"
Isaac looked at Lux, preparing to charge, but then he felt something. He turned back and instantly his face went deathly pale. Salai had been injured by the aftermath of the explosion; a shrapnel piece was embedded in Salai's beautiful, swan-like neck. His Mama's blood flowed to Isaac's feet... "Mama!" Isaac ran over to his Mama. Salai beckoned, and Isaac leaned in. Salai's hand touched Isaac's pale face, her red lips parting and closing. Even with her last breath, she had to say these words; this was her last hope... Salai was heard murmuring, "Jar... under... tunnel... devil fruit... eat... eat it... Mama... loves... loves you..."
Salai's hand slowly dropped, and her eyelids reluctantly closed, covering her clear, beautiful eyes filled with deep reluctance and worry... She couldn't protect her Child anymore. What path would her Child take? What kind of person would he become? Would he be able to grow up healthy?
Isaac was so small now, he might... forget her when he grew up... It was all her fault... she... ruined everything... An endless wave of drowsiness swept over her. Salai, fell asleep... "Mama died?"
"What did I do?"
"If I had pushed Mama away, she wouldn't have died..."
"I killed Mama..."
"It was me..."
"It was me..."
"It's all my fault... I've always been clumsy..." Isaac stood there blankly, completely engulfed in self-doubt... "Damn it! I don't believe it! That must have been an accident. How could a three or four-year-old Child withstand a cannonball?" Lux's hands trembled as he loaded another cannonball, pulled the trigger, and fired it. "Die with that woman, monster!"
Isaac suddenly looked up. Centered on him, the earth cracked inch by inch, and black-red lightning danced in the air like enraged dragons! The air solidified, the earth shattered, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be stirred by a giant hand, surging wildly... In the eyes of the others, the entire world suddenly turned an oppressive blue, and then they felt an unrestricted fear and awe from deep within their hearts. This feeling of fear and awe instantly filled them, causing their bodies to protect themselves by shutting down their functions... The entire island and its surroundings, all land creatures fainted on the ground, all marine creatures floated to the surface of the sea, and even the birds in the sky plummeted, falling to their deaths.
It's hard to say if this was the awakening of a king, but what's certain is that this was the initial birth of a monster... Isaac also fainted, unconscious.