Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Night Skirmish
When Rosinante and the others returned to the Donquixote ship, they saw that Pick, who was covered in wounds, had also returned to the ship.
Even though the Swim-Swim Fruit had a single ability, it was extremely versatile for infiltration and reconnaissance. Despite Pick's personality disliking sneak attacks, he was willing to put that aside for the sake of the family.
"What happened to you, Pick?"
Rosinante inquired as he noticed Pick's injuries. Pick's response was calm, as if he hadn't been the one injured.
"I encountered a gray-haired Mink girl, and she gave me quite a beating."
With a swollen face and bruised body, Pick replied as if he were talking about someone else.
"Here, drink this."
Taking the vial offered by Jora, Pick guzzled it down and then explained further to the others.
"I found a massive structure behind the Grand Beast Arena. It housed not only normal lions and tigers but also various bizarre and nameless exotic creatures, as well as..."
"Slave children."
Pick rubbed his bruised face, showing little resentment towards the girl who had attacked him.
"I had some interaction with those kids, and they call themselves the 'Mink Tribe.'"
"Despite their animal features, they are just like the kids from the 'White Sand Orphanage' I established. They miss their homeland and worry about their families, just like the kids from back then."
The White Sand Orphanage was an official institution Joala had established, and thanks to it, there wasn't a single orphaned child roaming the streets of Fairy's Tale Town on Ohara Island. Pick, who had once infiltrated the orphanage, played a significant role in its success.
"Do you want to help them?"
Rosinante turned to Pick.
"No,"
Surprisingly, Pick shook his head.
"The family's interests come first. From the mouths of those kids, I learned about two fighters: Straw Hat and Rodi. They are the strongest forces in this city."
Pick had once been a CP agent, and he had risen to the position of boss at the orphanage. Handling a bunch of kids, even Mink children, was a piece of cake for him.
"I encountered that 'Straw Hat' briefly before leaving."
"If it weren't for my Devil Fruit ability, I wouldn't have been able to escape."
"So powerful?!"
Everyone except Rosinante was surprised.
Pick was by no means weak within the family, especially when it came to unarmed combat. With the added advantage of his Swim-Swim Fruit ability, even powerful fighters like Pica and Vergo couldn't easily defeat him. In fact, Vergo's control over rocks, no matter how strong or numerous, would simply allow Pick to swim around within them, making him a natural counter.
"Pick isn't exaggerating."
Rosinante continued the conversation.
"We happened to watch a match featuring Straw Hat in the Beast Arena today."
"A captain with a bounty of 34 million Berries, along with over a hundred elite pirates, couldn't last more than 4 seconds against that girl."
"What?!"
This revelation even surprised Doflamingo, who rarely showed any emotion.
While everyone present could take down a captain with a bounty of 30 million Berries and over a hundred pirates, doing it cleanly in just a few seconds... not even Vergo could achieve that.
Of course, using his "Parasite Strings" to control these people as puppets wouldn't be a problem.
"That 'Straw Hat' can move at supersonic speeds, and the mere shockwaves she produces can be fatal to ordinary pirates."
"As for the other one, 'Rodi,' he's said to be a Minotaur. Most likely, he's an incredibly powerful individual. Even we need to be cautious."
"Wait a moment—"
Joala raised her hand to interrupt Rosinante.
"We're merchants, not pirates."
"It's not necessarily a given that we will come into conflict with the rulers of this island, right?"
In response to Joala's words, Rosinante initially nodded but then shook his head.
"True, we are merchants, but that doesn't mean they won't come into conflict with us. Let's all be cautious."
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Soon, night fell, and the Donquixote ship quietly docked at the pier.
On the ship, everyone had already entered the world of dreams. Only the cool moonlight bathed the empty deck, casting a silvery halo.
"The moonlight tonight is so beautiful,"
The black-furred Minotaur gazed at the sky, his sharp horns glistening in the moonlight, exuding an unbreakable aura.
Despite his towering three-meter-plus stature, he could move silently on the ground. If he didn't speak up, ordinary people wouldn't even notice that there was now such a massive figure on the pier next to the Donquixote ship.
"This phrase is a secret code used by lovers on the open sea."
A crisp voice came from beside him. Amidst the flying gray hair, a Mink girl appeared next to the Minotaur.
"My mother met my father that way in the past."
A simple misunderstanding had determined their lifelong relationship.
"Moo-haha, then you should agree with my point of view even more."
The Minotaur chuckled and asked rhetorically.
"The elders in our clan are too conservative. Leftover doesn't have anything good to offer. We can only rely on the 'gifts' from the Celestial Dragons to survive. We have such incredible strength, and under the leadership of our brother Doflamingo, we could live much better!"
"A better life..."
The Mink girl, with her gray hair and horse ears, lowered her eyes.
It sounded nice, but it was only the straightforward and stubborn like "Rodi" who would believe that, right?
Indeed, it was true that Doflamingo was a "Celestial Dragon" from their tribe but had left Leftover in pursuit of "freedom." However, he had fallen into the hands of pirates, been sold and mistreated, and then consumed a Devil Fruit, ultimately killing everyone who had wronged him. Finally, he had climbed to the position of a ruthless ruler among the "Seven Warlords of the Sea." Such a ruthless character would naturally be questioned by Straw Hat, who had a half-human bloodline.
Moreover, after rescuing these "tribesmen," Doflamingo had claimed to be powerless against the "slave collars" on their necks, which had made Straw Hat, whose instincts were remarkably sharp, feel that something was being concealed.
"Straw Hat, don't slow me down!"
The Minotaur named "Rodi" interrupted the Mink girl's thoughts, and with a cold snort, he sprang towards a pirate ship that was docked on the pier.
Smack!
His two massive jet-black palms landed on the ship's bow, and with a firm grip, they pierced the ship's keel.
"Up!"
With a roar, this large sailboat, which was tens of meters long, was lifted up!
"Get out of here!"
His pitch-black body exuded strength as he forcefully lifted the ship into the air and smashed it towards the Donquixote ship.
"Hmph,"
With a faint cold snort, under the silver moonlight, a black-red light burst forth, tearing through the sky.
The black-red light extended over a hundred meters, and when the pirate ship thrown by Rodi met this light, it was like cutting tofu with a knife, instantly splitting it in half.
Boom, boom!
The wreckage of the ship's two halves fell into the sea on either side of the Donquixote ship, creating massive waves that soared up to dozens of meters high.
Meanwhile, the black-red light had made a sharp turn and was now hurtling towards the Minotaur warrior!
"Human tricks—"
With a fierce swing, he pulled out the giant horse-cutting sword behind him. The simple brute force alone caused the sword to create layers of white shockwaves. Fearlessly, the sword clashed with the flying slash from Rosinante!
Clang!
The clash of gold and iron reverberated throughout the pier. Where the horse-cutting sword and the black-red slash met, a brilliant display of iron blossoms erupted.
The black-red flying slash was ultimately lacking in force. After a brief confrontation, it burst into countless fragments. Each fragment could tear flesh and blood, shooting in all directions, cutting the entire pier into dense knife marks.
"Moo-haha, interesting!"
Even though it had shattered, the flying slash that could cut through armor easily had left no white mark on the Minotaur's body. His powerful physique amazed everyone on the Donquixote ship's deck.
Rosinante's slashing power was well-known among the crew, and others couldn't possibly not understand it. This Minotaur could not only break through with a weapon but also withstand even the shockwaves. Even the residual effects of the clash were formidable.
Not inferior to Vergo's Haki-infused Busoshoku!
"Fufufu, leave this big guy to me."
Just when everyone was filled with trepidation, Doflamingo stepped forward and stood on the ship's railing.
"Be careful,"
Rosinante, who had sliced Rodi's thrown pirate ship into two halves with a single stroke, reminded Doflamingo. The latter was a Mink and not just a simple giant.
Although he wasn't among the hundreds of millions of skilled warriors among the Minks, he couldn't be underestimated either.
"Alright then,"
With a slight turn of his head, Rosinante's gaze landed on "Straw Hat," the girl with long gray hair and horse ears.
This swift mare naturally had to be dealt with by the fastest member of the family.
Swoosh—
In the blink of an eye, Rosinante, standing on the ship's side, had silently disappeared.
Swoosh—
And the figure of the gray-haired girl standing on the pier also became indistinct. Then, she slowly vanished.
Boom!
Following that, the pier was suddenly struck by a tremendous force, creating a deep trench. It extended all the way to the riverbank next to a river flowing into the sea, where it suddenly exploded.
The calm flowing riverwater shot up into the sky, forming a massive water curtain that rushed towards the nearby buildings, toppling them like dominoes!
Only after two and a half c
— excluding Monkey D. Luffy, who was an all-around powerhouse capable of crushing anyone with his strength alone.
"You're fast too, North Blue native."
The gray-haired girl, Straw Hat, raised an eyebrow. She took immense pride in her speed.
She had absolute confidence in racing and believed that her speed could be converted into formidable attack power.
The next moment, the two of them vanished once again, with the only difference being that Rosinante used his "Silence Ability" to eliminate sound as he moved at high speed without making a sound. On the other hand, the gray-haired Straw Hat used her terrifying physical abilities to forcefully push aside the air, leaving a series of thunderous sonic booms in her wake.
It could be said that this Straw Hat girl didn't need to make a deliberate "attack." Just by running at full speed through a crowd of people, she could kill countless ordinary soldiers with her sonic booms.
In the presence of true powerhouses, sheer numbers no longer held any advantage!
Rosinante, in the midst of his high-speed dash, unleashed a black-red sword light. Coupled with the Third Generation Goshikito, he had long surpassed the point where "one person against a thousand riders is common, and with wine, you can open a path without rival." If you had to put it in words:
He had already touched the edge of "traveling alone for thousands of miles, blocking a hundred thousand troops with one sword."
Whoosh—
In the eyes of others, all they could see were two figures spinning and entangling at high speed. The difference was that Rosinante used his "Silence Ability" to move at high speed silently, while the gray-haired Straw Hat used her monstrous physical strength to forcibly squeeze the air, creating a continuous series of thunderous sonic booms.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang...
Amidst the continuous sound of metal clashing, sparks burst forth, resembling countless fireflies.
The two of them on the pier emitted a dense radiance. Wherever this radiance "rolled," everything in its path exploded into countless fragments in an instant, whether it was wooden buildings or rocky ground—it couldn't stop them in the slightest.
"Electricity: Great Stomp!"
In the midst of the fierce battle, a tender shout suddenly rang out. Blazing white lightning radiated out, causing the entire pier to sink suddenly and crack with countless fissures, extending in all directions within a radius of dozens of meters.
Countless stone fragments floated as if they had lost gravity.
Then came a terrifying explosion, the power of which was equivalent to dozens of heavy artillery strikes. The shockwaves, accompanied by stone fragments, sprayed in all directions—
In the blink of an eye, the two figures appeared again, standing on opposite sides of the huge crater, facing away from each other.
"North Blue native, have you been to Leftover?"
"No, you guys are newcomers to the Grand Line, right? Do you know any of my kin?"
The gray-haired girl with flowing hair and horse ears turned around. There was a palm-sized, bright red mark on her waist. Although she had forcefully closed it with her formidable muscles to stop the bleeding, if it had been just a little deeper, the battle would have been decided.
"Before you, I had never encountered any other Minks, but although your Mink race is rare, there are records of it..."
Holding the Third Generation Goshikito, Rosinante turned around. He didn't expect his "Thunder Resistance" training to come in handy so soon.
Under his pitch-black feathered coat, his casual outfit was slowly emitting a faint smoke. Tiny lightning bolts were jumping around, causing his entire body's nerves to go numb and his muscles to twitch involuntarily, even for someone with Rosinante's physical fitness. This made him somewhat resentful.
The natural talent of the Mink race—electricity generated by rubbing their fur—was several times more powerful than natural lightning.
Is there no justice left? Does science even matter anymore?
Since Rosinante knew that the girl in front of him was a Mink, he was well aware that she would use lightning attacks. However, this attack pattern, which incorporated lightning into her punches and kicks, was not something that could be easily avoided.
"Sorry, you're too dangerous."
It was only Rosinante who could face her. If it were anyone else, they might be kicked into a wall by this girl's astonishing speed. Therefore, Rosinante had to hold her back—no, defeat her.
Taking a deep breath, the black feathered coat behind him rustled on its own without any wind.
With the Third Generation Goshikito in his hand slightly tilted, the moonlight reflected into the girl's eyes. At the same time, Rosinante's gaze became as sharp as a blade!
Dominance, feRosinantety, an unyielding authority—Rosinante suddenly unleashed his Haoshoku Haki, as if an invisible black-red sea of blood and hell sought to engulf the girl's mind.
"Kill!"
Immediately following was an ear-splitting roar, like the roar of a dragon or tiger, causing the entire pier to tremble.
Moonlight, Haoshoku Haki, sound waves...
In an instant, Rosinante pushed all the advantages he could utilize to the extreme.
The massive black-red sword light, soaring into the sky, with its ear-piercing sonic booms, rolled forward like an avalanche, pressing relentlessly toward the gray-haired girl!
The sword light appeared slow but was actually moving at an extreme speed. Just as the word "kill" left his mouth, the Third Generation Goshikito had already reached within ten centimeters of the girl's forehead—
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