Chapter 119: Ori Vs Katakuri
Even though like everyone else, Katakura was shocked by Ori's display of speed, he was more surprised by Shaya.
[How is it possible? I couldn't 'see' her move at all. The only people I can't 'see' are those who can also see into the future and those whose level of haki has surpassed my own. I can easily sense her observation haki isn't even close to mine, then that just mean she…]
Ori who had just killed another of Big Mom's sons turned to Malia and asked.
"Are you still okay to fight?"
Malia looked at her new captain in shock.
[He just killed Perospero; Big Mom's eldest son as if it were nothing. So this is the true Heavenly Demon? No, this is my captain!]
"Malia…"
The sound of his voice brought her back to reality.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Do you think you'll be able to hold that Vernon guy up for a few minutes?"
When she heard Malia frowned as she thought about her chances. Vernon was an incredibly strong assassin, even Katakuri didn't want to fight him if possible. Although she wasn't weak, she was far from that level.
Ori could tell what she was thinking, and she wasn't wrong in her thought process. Ori could sense from his aura that he although he was weaker than Katakuri, Jack and Yasopp, he was no weaker than Jozu, Kurogane and Daifuku.
"Don't worry, I didn't intend for you to fight him alone."
Malia was startled for a moment before she realised what Ori meant. She looked over at Benji who was now sat cross legged on the ground with his zither laid across his lap. She gave Ori a nod as she said.
"In that case I should be able to keep him distracted if it's just for a few minutes."
Ori smiled as he looked at his crew and said.
"Today we Heavenly Demon's show the world the price to pay for aiming at us."
He then turned to the Charlotte brothers without an ounce of fear in his eyes.
"You don't have to worry about the Red Hair Pirates, Shanks won't target you for coming at me!"
Daifuku was just about to speak when Ori who was now looking at the blind musician sat on the floor continued.
"Benji, set the mood for us!"
Benji who's blood was boiling in excitement, put his hands on his instrument and said.
"Haha, it'd be my pleasure!"
As Benji began playing, all the Heavenly Demon's felt their strength drastically increase all of a sudden.
Ori smiled when he heard the song Benji started playing.
"Fierce Attack(One Piece OST: Luffy's Fierce Attack)? Haha that works!"
Before Ori had killed Perospero he had already told the plan to his crew by sending his voice so that only they could hear using his control over the air. As soon as Benji began playing they all moved. Sabo transformed into his Monkey King form and stood at Benjiro's side along with Silk protecting him from anyone who tries to interrupt him.
When Sabo transformed there were a few in the crowd that seemed to recognise his transformation. Jack The Disaster looked at him with a fiery gaze.
[Golden Dragon and the Monkey King, 2 Mythical Zoan's in one crew? Even for us, the crew with the most Zoan's, 2 Mythical Zoan's is a lot. If boss Kaido knew he'd definitely do anything he could to capture them and make them join us. If they refused then he'd just kill them and take their Devil Fruits.]
As he thought to there his eyes turned cold.
Yasopp seemed to notice his gaze and could guess his thoughts. He said leisurely to the Disaster.
"Jack, with your temper I thought you'd attack me as soon as the Auction was done."
When he heard that, Jack knew that Yasopp was letting him know that he was still there and eyeing him. When put in the crosshairs of a sniper like that, he didn't dare to act rashly. Even though he wanted to make a move on the 2 Mythical Zoan's he knew he couldn't at that particular moment.
Jack wasn't the only one to recognise Sabo's Fruit. Smoker looked at the transformed Sabo with a slight frown.
"The higher ups desperately tried to find the new Monkey King Fruit after that battle 9 years ago but after their failed attempts they had to move forward under the assumption that the Joyous War Lord had been the one to take it. The Joyous Pirates would obviously understand how precious that fruit was, for it to now be in the hands of that kid…
First is the still unknown connection to Mihawk, then their relations with the revolutionaries thanks to familial ties of Monkey D. Shaya, then today their mystery connection to Red Hair Shanks. If they were to also have a connection to the Joyous Pirates, their background would be too terrifying to even imagine."
While Smoker was considering the mysteries behind these rookies, the rest of the Heavenly Demons were moving into position.
Shaya stood at the back of the group preparing to take up overwatch and provide support to whoever needed it with her Archery. Malia fired into Vernon wielding a dagger in each hand Roman fired into Daifuku.
Ori who was the last to move started revolving his Demon Qi through his body and took a deep breath looking at Katakuri who he knew would more than likely prove to be the most difficult battle he'd had to date.
Katakuri was beyond angry right now. Not only did the Heavenly Demon's kill his little brother, but now they killed his eldest brother as well. And to top it off they treated him, a top Yonko executive as if he were nothing. His gaze turned icy as he looked at Ori.
"You really are courting death!"
Ori who was fully prepared for this war smiled lightly as he replied.
"Whether or not I'm courting death, won't we know the answer after our fight?!"
As he said that he fired into Katakuri AKA Commander Dogtooth. Although he wasn't moving as fast as he was when he killed Perospero, he was still extremely quick.
Dogtooth stabbed his trident out to meet Ori's sword.
Crackle!
As the attacks collided it produced a horrifying shockwave effect on the space around them that made it look like the air around them was cracking. The shockwave was so strong it sent the weaker members of the crowd flying off their feet.
Yasopp who was watching the fight from a distance with Jozu couldn't help but sigh at the sight of the battle.
"A battle between 2 conqueror haki users is always a terrifying sight!"
Jozu nodded as he added.
"It's no wonder that he was crowned the rookie king of the pirates, with his strength there are no pirates in his generation that stand a chance against him. It's hard to believe he's only nearing 20."
Yasopp glanced at Jozu as he remembered Ori's real age.
[If only you knew how old he really was. A 14 year old with strength like that, I've never even heard of something so outrageous.]
Ori was slightly surprised by Dogtooth's attack. He knew Katakuri was commonly regarded as a genius yet despite being in the same generation as Mihawk and Shanks from his spear thrust, Ori could tell that he had only reached the Spearmaster boundary. Even if he wasn't a Spear Lord, Ori still expected him to have comprehended the Grandmaster boundary.
While Ori was lost in thought, he heard the sound of Katakuri's voice. His expression was light, but his eyes were cold.
"You're strength is far above what I had imagined, but it's still not enough to step onto this stage!"
As he said that he raised his empty left arm and as he did it seemed to double in size and double again.
"Sliced Mochi!"
Dogtooth swung his arm forward catching Ori's throat with his inner elbow like a lariat in wrestling. The weird thing was that Ori wasn't sent flying like he expected. Instead he was caught in a sticky substance and spun round in circles.
Realising he couldn't break free with normal means he created a silver ball of compressed wind in his empty hand.
"Shredding Wind Sphere!"
As soon as the silver sphere made contact with Dogtooth's arm it turned to mince. As Ori was in mid-air after breaking free, he was about to counter attack when he noticed a mochi ring in the air above his head.
"Peerless Donut:
Power Mochi"
As he said that Katakuri punched out at the air in front of him, not seeming to be aiming at anything in particular. Even though his main body was punching nothing but air a fist came shooting out from the donut above Ori.
Just as Ori was preparing to block the incoming fist he noticed another fist appearing from a mochi ring on the other side of his body, but it was too late to dodge.
Bang!
Ori was sent flying, crashing into the ground beneath him.
Katakuri who had sent him flying was looking in Ori's direction with a raised eyebrow.
[He knew he couldn't dodge both so he parried one away from him and shifted his body slightly at the last moment so my attack wouldn't be fatal when it landed…
Good instincts!]
After the smoke cleared the crowd saw Ori standing on the ground looking at Katakuri. There was a line of blood trickling down from the corner of his mouth, but he still stood there with an excited smile on his face.
Katakuri frowned when he noticed the smile on Ori's face.
"Why are you smiling like an idiot?!"
"I'm excited, about fighting someone so strong!"
Even though he was excited, he hadn't lost all reasoning. He was fully aware how dangerous a position he was in, he knew that not only did he have to fight and defeat Dogtooth, he had to keep an eye on the marines who would more than likely take any chance they could to kill him.
Despite the added pressure, Ori's war intent was soaring like never before.
[I underestimated him, although he's only reached the Spearmaster boundary, when it comes to his Martial Arts he's no weaker than Kurogane. He's also at the peak of the Grandmaster boundary! Between that, his ability to see into the future and his awakened Mochi Fruit, he really is at the same level as an Admiral!]
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