Nightmare Mode (Dragon Ball Z Gamer SI)

The Monster (26.1)

Game

Thoughts

"Talking"

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Gray gritted his teeth, his entire body feeling like it was burning as his joints and bones had changed unnaturally. However, one feeling completely overpowered the pain. Gray felt... alive.

It was as if he'd spent his entire life inside a room, and he had just gone outside for the first time. Blood flowed through his veins, adrenaline pumping. His heart rate increased, but not in the usual way. Instead of becoming a pounding in his ears, his heart was silent. His eyes opened wide, taking in the world around him.

Gray felt as if he'd been reborn. As if he was an entirely new person. And... maybe he was? He glanced down at his fist, clenching it. It was larger - his fingers longer, his knuckles bigger, his skin tougher. He could hardly believe it was the same hand he'd had for the entirety of his time in this world.

Gray looked up, locking eyes with the whited-out pupils of Yamoshi. The Super Saiyan let out a roar, and an explosion of green Ki flared out around him again. His muscles tensed, and the man looked even more intimidating than before.

Despite that, Gray felt one emotion flood through him. It wasn't arrogance. It wasn't pride. Gray felt no superiority to the huge man in front of him, but instead, it was... confidence. Extreme confidence.

His body started to shake - no, shake was the wrong word. It was as if he was vibrating. An unnatural force within him vibrating every molecule in his body.

Gray's brain didn't think he stood a chance against Yamoshi, even with the changes to his body. A couple hundred stats weren't enough to close the massive gap between them. But, his body felt different. The extreme confidence was overflowing. His body was fighting against his brain - against his common sense. It felt as if his own body was trying to tell him something - trying to convince him. And Gray understood what it was.

I won't lose.

No matter what happened, he wouldn't lose. He could feel it. His body was certain - 100% sure that he wouldn't lose this fight. Gray's thoughts faded away, letting his body take the front seat. There was not a single cell in his body that wanted to run.

And so, he fought.

Gray clenched his fist, blasting forward at the hulking man. He was fast - probably nearly twice as fast as before. He appeared in front of the man in an instant. His Ki-covered fist shot forward, tearing through the green aura around him. The green Ki licked at his fist but didn't cause any damage.

Gray's fist connected, slamming into Yamoshi's huge chest as a shockwave shot outward.

50,000HP! (?/?)

In just one simple punch, he had already done as much damage as his [Ankoku Rasen]. However, despite the new power behind his punch, Yamoshi wasn't even phased. The giant didn't flinch, or slide back, or anything. Instead, his huge fist suddenly blinked upwards, appearing at the side of Gray's head and sending him flying away.

-100,000HP! (554,000/1,071,950)

If this had happened five minutes earlier, Gray would've been helpless. Which - it had happened just moments earlier, as Gray was brutally beaten without a chance to recover after his [Ankoku Rasen] was interrupted.

This time, Gray's body seemed to naturally know what to do. He didn't need [Cognitive Acceleration], or [Prediciton]. His body moved mid-air, his entire body spinning as Yamoshi blinked next to him, his follow-up fist soaring past him. A small Ki ball formed in Grays's hand, and he thrust it upwards into Yamoshi's stomach.