Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

After all, if you can't eat anything, you can at least find some other fun in them.

"As expected, trash is trash. You're such a low-quality Cell cosplayer."

However, Thomas ultimately received the same disappointing conclusion.

Because the Butcher chose to absorb his fellow humans to become stronger, and after becoming stronger, he was complacent and never used his full strength—even when the terrifying fish were still inside him, he would only absorb them in large quantities again when he felt that his strength might not be enough, thus continuing to increase his power.

It continues to play it by ear, still believing that it "still has a chance."

He then continued to mutter about his vast multitude of wills, about assimilation, evolution, ascension, and returning to oneness.

Utterly boring and utterly stupid.

If everyone is truly, as it claims, a fool at sea.

Then it must be the dumbest one.

Even if it is the strongest one on the entire ship besides itself.

And this fool now wants to issue "orders" to others to become just as foolish as he is.

Perhaps its only self-awareness is that it had subconsciously ignored Tomat's existence and basically only chose to fight Skadi and the others.

"I was planning to let you live as a sparring partner for Skadi and the others, but since you're no different from those things..."

The Butcher seemed not to have fully recovered from Tomat's attack, while the latter began to press closer and closer to the Butcher's weak, pitiful and helpless figure.

Then he opened his mouth wide and roared:

"Just disappear!!!!"

[Event] Fool's Day Stories: Chapter Forty-Four: The Great Silence and the Great Uproar

The Great Tranquility—a mysterious phenomenon that accompanies the birth and actions of extremely powerful individuals like Hai Si.

Scholars from Iberia and Agor have not been able to fully understand its nature.

Is it some kind of special bio-pulse? Some kind of energy annihilation phenomenon? Or is it a supernatural reaction whose principles are completely detached from any existing discipline?

This phenomenon, which causes the will of living beings to decline, silences all creations of the existing scientific system, alters ocean tidal activity, and simultaneously prompts large groups of dinosaurs to move, is just like the origins of these creatures—there are still many unclear aspects to it.

Therefore, in the great periods of quiet that have occurred throughout history, people could only passively wait for their effects to subside on their own, rather than successfully analyzing their mechanisms and overcoming them.

However, sometimes, wanting to solve a problem doesn't mean you have to understand it.

Deconstructing and overcoming it in accordance with its principles is indeed the most common choice under normal logic. However, sometimes, simple and crude methods can also break it down in a literal sense.

"Just disappear right now!!!!"

A violent roar, accompanied by the spreading scent of Tomat, rippled across the sea, creating towering waves centered on the Fool.

The tranquility that filled our ears was instantly replaced by Tomat's angry shout.

This isn't simply about being extremely loud in terms of decibels; in terms of volume alone, Tomat's voice is about the same as a normal person's angry roar.

However, it spread to every corner of this sea area along with the vibrant energy of Tomat.

It was as clear as thunder, yet it did not cause eardrums any deafening pain.

Those around them were also surprised to find that the hazy sense of oppression brought about by the previous silence had completely disappeared. Their senses gradually became clearer rather than being dominated by the silence. Even the Butcher, who had brought them so much pressure, now looked much thinner.

No, it's not that the Butcher has shrunk.

—But the Tomat standing before Him appeared enormous at that moment.

It was as if that body was just a phantom shadow, while the real him held everything in this sea in his palm, ready to crush it at any moment.

He simply made his anger precisely in the form of words, so that every living being could hear it and realize that the speaker's anger would not let anything escape.

This domineering aura over other life forms meant that the words spoken were no longer mere words, but rather like issuing commands to this space.

The Butcher, who was hit and unable to move easily due to the overwhelming aura directed at him, suddenly felt a sense of familiarity with Tomat's behavior.

It appears to have been affected by something similar before.

In the next instant, the memories carried by tens of trillions of cells from different dinosaurs throughout its body reminded it what that thing really was.

That was an "oracle".

Those were the words of commands given by the gods when they commanded the terror fish in the past.

The will of a large group can be called a god.

Is the man before me also a god?

Then it came to understand that the so-called gods, those beings revered by their kin and regarded as the pinnacle of the group, were merely powerful "creatures" capable of infusing their power into "words" and expressing it.

The term "god," a figment of imagination, still refers to a living being made of flesh and blood.

The strong will suppress the weak; this is a common principle in the competition of life.

The arrogant tranquility instigated by the butcher has now been replaced by a raging clamor.

Amidst this commotion, the person who felt the most unique was not the Butcher, but Skadi.

Because she clearly felt that, under the influence of the Butcher, a certain consciousness that was faintly emerging within her seemed to "shrink back" in response to Tomat's words.

But she had no time to care about that, because if she blinked rashly, she might miss the whole thing that was about to happen.

The butcher still has some reserves at this moment, or more accurately, something closer to a "reserve".

It had not yet fully converted all the terror fish within its body into its own power, which was why Tomat despised it.

Because its power comes entirely from other ferocious fish, and is not a spontaneous enhancement, it only uses these reserves as tools in battle, always ready to conserve its power to save its life.

Ultimately, it's just a slightly arrogant version of the Teratophobe with maxed-out features; its nature is no different.

Perhaps its biggest change is simply absorbing all the nearby dinosaurs into its body, creating the illusion of a "do-or-die" situation. Of course, for the dinosaurs, which always seek stability, this operation is already quite "unconventional," at least that's what Amaya thinks.

The butchers never truly understood or developed the idea of ​​fighting to the death for survival.

—Until it faced this moment.

Thomas swung his fist toward the Butcher's head.

This attack will physically obliterate the Butcher's body.

It no longer felt the inescapable premonition that "as long as I persevere with my strong physique, I can overcome it by utilizing my evolutionary abilities and reserve energy."

Instead, they face the terrifying violence of extinction before they have time to evolve.

Including the light punch from Thomas earlier, the Butcher used the same trick three times in total, adapting to the power of the Deep Sea Hunter and the Iberian Hand Cannon on the other two occasions.

Roughly one-tenth of the reserves have been used up.

There is still a lot left, but it no longer intends to first endure and adapt before evolving in a targeted manner.

Now, its thinking can no longer be said to be dominated by the Slayer or Amaya, but rather by all the terror fish within its body making decisions.

For them, time seemed to stand still at this moment, and they were frantically "thinking" under the threat of death.

Facing death head-on?

Or should we take the risk?

Ultimately, it reluctantly made the high-risk "recognition".

"Ok?"

Thomas was somewhat taken aback.

Because he missed.

Although he confirmed the Butcher's location in the next instant, he was still surprised that the other party was able to avoid his attack.

At the same time, Tomat also noticed the change in the other party's aura once again.

The aura of the Butcher was no longer the mixed feeling of countless terrifying fish, but a completely unified whole.

"Ah...ah..."

It stood atop the mast of the Fool, its hands covering its face; though it had no face, people could still tell it was a gesture of sorrow.

Are you crying?

The Butcher did not answer, but it was indeed immersed in grief.

Countless lives, countless compatriots, vanished completely within its body at this moment. This sorrowful sentiment likely stems from the influence of the Amayas.

But it also felt joy.

—Because when only one life remains, the true slayer is born.

This is its high-risk behavior. It is no longer simply gathering the terror fish into its body and turning them into a colony called the Butcher, but rather completely becoming an "individual life" called the Butcher.

The former can withstand several false "deaths," then rely on the lives of its compatriots to become stronger and make a comeback.

But the latter only has one life.

A life where defeat means certain death.

Now, the Butcher has finally reached the same level as everyone present.

Tomat was no exception.

[Event] Fool's Day Stories: Chapter 45 - An Answer

The grief of losing compatriots.

The joy of transforming into a completely new life form.

In addition, another new emotion appeared in the mind of the Butcher.

--hatred.

The pressure exerted on it by Tomat prompted it to make a high-risk decision it did not want to make.

This decision would make it more likely to result in "population extinction".

The natural environment has repeatedly caused catastrophic damage to the dinosaur population, but they have never experienced similar emotions.

But this time, when the object became another actual living being rather than the natural environment, it awakened this emotion for the first time.

It was confused as to why the other party was committing meaningless killings, and it couldn't understand why the other party was forcing it to make such a choice.