Chapter 278: Chapter 277 - Sabaody Archipelago 13.
[Chapter Size: 1800 Words.]
Third Person POV
Sabaody Archipelago, First Half of Grandline.
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In the south of the archipelago, Nojiko, Robin, and Kuina were strolling around while shopping at some stores.
"How can I help you... Hm?!" The seller couldn't help but recognize these women after looking at them for a few seconds.
After all, everyone on this island knew about the presence of the Straw Hats here, and many kept that information to themselves to avoid meddling with this group.
"C-how can I help you ladies?" The man began to tremble, after all, these women had bounties that exceeded nine digits.
"I like this cup, I want to buy it," Nojiko said, wanting to add it to her collection for coffee sipping by the stains. She spoke in a gentle tone, as if dealing with a villager from Cocoyasi Village.
"Yes, of course! It's yours, for free!" The man was still terrified.
"No need, there's a price tag here, I can pay for it." Nojiko declined the offer and took out some berry notes, handing them to the man who agreed reluctantly, after all, he did not want to contradict the pirate woman after she said she would pay.
"You scared him so much..." Robin commented, laughing.
Nojiko sighed. "That's the downside of fame, everyone thinks we're bad people..." Nojiko spoke, but understood very well why that was.
"The newspapers always depict us as people who destroy everything, especially the reports of the captain..." Kuina intervened with the obvious, after all, who could question Luffy after he destroyed some islands here and there in his Ifrit form, something that always made the front page of the newspaper.
After that, they resumed walking through the streets, while the crowd of ordinary, law-abiding people moved out of their way in fear. Meanwhile, a group of marines were hiding at a distance with weapons, merely observing, not that the women didn't know about them, but they didn't care.
Everything seemed normal, until a tremor occurred, followed by a huge sonic explosion to the north of them.
"What?!" Robin looked in that direction.
"Something's happening over there... Could it be Luffy?" Nojiko wondered about her husband.
"Seems like he did something, but who could fight him in such a way?" Kuina asked.
"Let's go there..." Nojiko suggested, and the others then began to jump into the air with Geppo, heading to that part of the archipelago.
To the east... Usopp, Bepo, and Chopper were in a toy machine when the explosion was felt by them, causing the entire park to shake slightly.
The entire crowd turned towards that direction while the three were in the midst of it. "What is this? Is someone fighting?" They wondered, not knowing exactly what was happening at that distance.
In a corner from there, the same could be everything while the music competition was being contested by Scratchmen Apoo and Uta at that moment. However, the explosion quickly made all the speakers crumble with a horrible sound, causing everyone to put their hands over their ears.
Scratchmen Apoo swallowed hard, wondering what was happening, while Uta wasted no time and jumped into the air, imagining that Luffy had done something.
"Uta!" Usopp was in the air using geppo as they met.
"Do you know what's happening?" She asked.
"No, it's too far for me to know..." Usopp said.
"The captain must have encountered an admiral or something!" Bepo suggested.
"Bepo, Luffy asked you not to use your akuma no mi, remember that..." Usopp said, and Bepo nodded, knowing the situation, he could not pass the information to the World Government that he was the user of the Fuwa Fuwa no mi that sent the meteor, so he had to keep a low profile until the war.
Luffy and Kizaru continued their intense fight, as they began to knock down trees as their sword fight went on.
A collision between the two swords quickly created a cut that flew from there, and tree number 15 ended up being the impact of the collision.
The tree just made a line, before being removed from its bottom with a clean cut. The people in the city saw this and screamed in fright as the tree began to fall, bursting all the bubbles in its path.
"Run!" the people screamed, running from there, as the tree fell and a line of fire and light collided in the air.
The swords clashed once more with haki in front of each other as the tree fell behind them, Kizaru maintaining a serious look behind his glasses, even while keeping in character.
"This is tough... you seem stronger than back at Enies Lobby..." Kizaru commented, his mouth forming a strange shape.
"You could say I gained a lot of benefits from our last fight..." Luffy commented, he wasn't even in his hybrid form, after all that form increased his attributes six or seven times, however this time, Luffy was using his akuma no mi at eighty times, so using ninety times currently in speed might be the reason for Kizaru's comment.
Even though Luffy still didn't have the endurance and strength of that form, he hadn't taken any damage yet by using his speed to protect and evade.
"That's scary..." Kizaru commented upon hearing that, he had received information about Luffy's growth being a great danger to the sea, but seeing him in person is quite frightening. Kizaru now returned to his sword, one that he had also obtained information about from Sengoku.
"This sword is Gold Roger's... I wonder how you got it... And why does it seem to be a weapon with an akuma no mi?" Kizaru asked, seeing the sword emit flashes of armament haki and a strange red lightning, clearly that was not a swordsman skill or haki.
"You are full of questions, Kizaru, let's just fight and focus," Luffy suggested, activating the akuma no mi and pushing Kizaru back, he immediately followed him.
Kizaru was thrown by the red lightning and quickly stabilized without any injury and began running in the air, he quickly noticed that Luffy was following him.
Kizaru passed by a giant tree, as Luffy flew with high speed and did not get off his tail. They continued to run through the island like cat and mouse while people only saw flashes flying over the air, so fast that some didn't even realize as they tried to flee the battle from a distance; only the more experienced knew that something had passed by there, as explosions began to happen right behind in the air.
They passed by a second tree as they ran, circling around the sides. Luffy went on the opposite side of Kizaru while appearing above Kizaru and tried to strike with the sword. Kizaru defended himself and distanced from Luffy with a spin of light, appearing 50 meters away already in position to attack Luffy with his two fingers crossed.
He quickly launched several flashes at Luffy in the air as one of the most powerful blows, while Luffy tried to dodge, punching with his hand a huge ball of flames, trying to hit the flashes, but they were too many and faster than he could combat, until a moment they surpassed his attacks and exploded on him like several points of light.
However, in the midst of the explosion that lit up the entire area, the flames consumed the lights soon after, Kizaru stopped in the air, watching cautiously, as he knew that a transformation had occurred at that moment.
As soon as the lights stopped, Luffy was transformed into phase 2, his horns apparent on his forehead, his body with purple skin and the characteristics of his beast, such as armor on the belt and arms, while he still wore his pants. His cape had been removed at that moment and thrown to the side. As his cape fell in the air, Luffy maintained a fierce look, as if eager to fight with everything against the Admiral.
Now he was on a higher level, his phase 2 with ninety times the base speed. Kizaru watched as Luffy disappeared while his eyes widened behind his iconic glasses, seeing Luffy appear right above him with the weapon embedded and with everything he could moving towards the Admiral, red rays, rock flames, and armament haki lightning, covering the entire blade.
Kizaru quickly placed his weapon between him and the embedded haki blade, but quickly felt the pressure as they clashed. Luffy immediately launched him backward as he fell to the ground in a line of light, exploding the place that was an area in the middle of the forest, creating a great light in all directions.
Kizaru quickly rose, appearing in a light in front of the crater while the debris continued to rise into the air, a part of his Navy cape torn with embers of fire, while at the same time, his yellow suit had burned on the arm where he held the sword, with dark smoke coming out and his skin charred.
"You ruined my favorite suit," he commented, no longer seeming to be in character, but speaking quite seriously.
"Come on, Kizaru, did you really think we were just going to talk? Stop complaining and let's fight," Luffy reappeared in front of him, breaking the ground on his landing.
Kizaru sighed and nodded, while once again they disappeared, clashing against each other. The entire area began to explode at that moment as the ground lifted. Lines of purple and yellow light quickly left the area, flying into the sky as they began to explode on their way, with both using their speed to the fullest and clashing with their swords, while once again making their way across the island, and it wasn't long before they even found their own companions who had fled from the auction; no one else was chasing them after Yamato used his Conqueror's Haki.
"That's it," Enel looked up at this moment, as did Yamato, Zoro, and Hugo; the rest also looked up a second later with explosions happening above them and a tree being destroyed at that moment beside them falling backward.
"At this rate, they'll leave the island without trees," Vivi murmured.
Chouchou also barked at this moment, after all, he needs the trees as his personal bathroom, he was against cutting trees, poles, and even Enel himself.
"They are giving it their all," said Rayleigh, analyzing the fight with quite an admiration, as Luffy and Kizaru were 2 km away at that moment. But soon he became serious and his gaze returned to the sky.
"It looks like we're going to have company," he spoke in an almost nostalgic tone. Meanwhile, out of nowhere, an object came flying from above, crashing into the ground near them, lifting the whole place as if it were a mini meteor. Those proficient in observation Haki quickly furrowed their brows, as whoever had arrived was not just anyone, someone very powerful.
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