Chapitre 76: [76] Logia
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[Six Days Later]
[Mortem Island]
A young boy with curly black hair, wearing a button-up blue shirt, was currently tossing a few atlas stones of a few tons in weight, juggling them.
He heaved a dull yawn, opening his mouth wide enough such that his eye mask almost rolled down onto his face.
Boom!
The balls of stone fell to the ground, loosely tossed aside.
"A-ra-ra! What's gotten into you?"
His question was directed toward the tree that stood tall by his side, though as of now, it began to shift and shake, almost as if reaching out to the distant horizon.
Kuzan, who felt the dull rumbling all around him, knew immediately what was to come.
"It's been so long... he finally came back!"
The boy exploded into cold air and rocketed toward the makeshift docks below the cliff he was at.
*Krrr*
The air was frozen as the chilly young male arrived just in time to see a boat heading toward him.
Kuzan unconsciously gave a cheery laugh as he waved at the vessel, the air freezing around his arm.
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"Yo, Kuzan, been a while."
The boy looked up and saw the familiar face that had matured a little since the last time they met.
The previous mild irritation he had disappeared as he saw a fist reaching toward him.
Their knuckles clicked as the two greeted one another with a fist bump.
Another person walked off the boat, this time, a woman. She wore a new kimono that was primarily white with blue wave-like patterns on its lower half and along the end of its sleeves. A blue band ran across her midriff, further tightened by a red rope that also held onto a katana.
[Clothing image (in Discord)]
"Kuzan-kun, you've grown taller!"
Toki slightly leaned down and gently ran her hand through the boy's curly hair.
"Of course, I'm almost nine years old!" the boy announced with some pride.
He now stood at a minuscule 7' 11" in height (2.41 m), though it was obvious that he had quite a lot of height left to grow into.
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The trio made their way back to the heart of the island, much to the appreciation of the vegetation along the way.
Kuzan was a little jealous of the singing birds and dancing greenery, the same wildlife that could not wait to dine on him, which were now cherishing the few moments Damien's foot was near them.
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A little while past, Toki had excused herself to go prepare some special delicacies for the ice-boy.
He could eat just about anything but had a strong attachment to dairy milk and coffee.
"Ahem," Kuzan cleared his throat and said, "Last I recall, you said you would teach me some special techniques if I impressed you enough."
"Did I say that?" Damien, who stood across from the expectant boy, played dumb.
Kuzan raised his index finger, as if to educate the pirate, and quoted, "Your exact words were, 'If you impress me enough upon my return, maybe I'll let you in on some new techniques with your devil fruit.'"
Damien's face warped into a smirk at the cheeky reply, "To think the boy that's usually laying around like a couch potato has such a sharp memory."
"Though you have yet to impress me."
Damien flicked his fingers as if to taunt the boy, a trick that worked wonders.
Kuzan smiled as his body shattered into shards of ice, disappearing with a chilly wind.
The pirate raised an eyebrow as he felt the presence behind him.
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"Ice Time Capsule!"
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Within moments, a wave of ice was unleashed, shooting on ahead at Damien. It left a trail of chilled earth in its wake.
Damien watched with interest as he felt both his legs freeze immediately, all the while the chill spread up and through his chest.
Soon, his entire body was frozen.
Kuzan wasted no time and crossed both arms, sending another attack.
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"Ice Ball!"
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It was a thick current of pure frost. The ice horizontally screamed onwards and met Damien's rigid body.
A giant sphere of ice remained, the Sin Incarnate frozen at its core.
"A double freeze ought to hold him for enough seconds…"
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"Ice Block: Partisan!"
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*Creak*
Four sharp spears of solid ice spawned at the drop of the words. They shone with light-blue luster, reflecting a chilly glint.
*Fwoo* *Krrr*
The projectiles shot out ahead and a freezing sound followed as the air in the atmosphere froze alongside their trajectory.
Boom!
The ice sculpture in the middle exploded into countless bits of ice.
The over-eleven-foot-tall statue sent out a cloud of dust that froze from the concentration of the cold.
Each fine piece of ice shined from the warm sun, creating quite a glittery spectacle.
"..." Kuzan heaved a cold breath in the form of white vapour, watching from afar.
His eyes narrowed at the silhouette that appeared at the center of the dust storm.
"There's more where that came from!" he declared, picking up a few pieces of grass.
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"Ice Saber!"
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A quick exhale and the floating blades of grass became an actual weapon, held in the boy's hand.
He did not wait for the dust to clear, instead, Kuzan skied across the floor, his feet mounted with a pair of ice skates that closed the distance between the two.
The two blades left an elegant trail of his movement, matching that of a master ice skater.
He jumped up, evoking a dull boom from his momentum, and slashed at the dark shadow.
*Shatter* Kuzan clicked his tongue as he felt the glacial blade explode into innumerable pieces with a single point of contact.
'Is his skin made of metal?'
The boy was about to retreat until a large hand shot out from the cloud of dust, tightening around his throat.
"Ugh!" Kuzan groaned as he felt the vice-like grip that held him in the air; no amount of effort could free him.
"Show me more."
The boy heard Damien's voice alongside the two glowing crimson pupils from the clearing dust.
He gulped, though not backing down.
"Hmm?"
Damien squinted his eyes as he saw the boy begin to release frost from his hands, followed by the creaking of the ice.
It took moments before the entire section of the forest nearby was met with the brutal cold, freezing the vegetation as if it were hit by an ice age!
Kuzan grinned and did something interesting.
Instead of trying to free himself, he reached out and grabbed Damien's arm and began to freeze it in place.
"Try this one!"
Damien heard the cocky words, alongside the extreme coldness that exploded out from the youth, far beyond anything before. It was arctic cold!
*Hiss*
The sound was that of a gas leaking from its container. Kuzan was breathing out a chill that began to turn the very air blocks of ice.
"!!!" Damien's crimson eyes trailed up to the sky as he felt the rumbling, a storm was coming amid Kuzan's attack!
Within a second, the skies that had suddenly darkened began to pour a copious amount of rain.
It fell to the point that it resembled buckets of water being thrown down from the heavens themselves.
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"Ice Block: Hailstorm!"
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The cold air Kuzan had just released forced the water to instantly freeze. Each blob of water hardened like glacial ice, falling at faster speeds.
Kuzan concentrated and began to use his coldness in more accurate ways: creating a cold wind that funneled toward him like a tornado.
Each shard of thick ice was nearly five inches in width, thousands upon thousands of them!
Boom!
Bang!
Boom!
Kuzan smiled as saw the white cloud of frozen vapour explode as each shard hailed onto the Sin Incarnate, burying him in the flurry of extreme ice.
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Around fifty meters away, bits of ice began to materialize into the body of a young boy. Soon, Kuzan had fully reformed, his eyes glued onto the target of the hailstorm before him.
It was incredible.
The entire portion of the forest, fifty meters in radius, was frozen solid.
The once vibrant greenery had become a tundra!
Icicles hung from the crystalline trees, the soil was white and shiny, and some unlucky birds had been frozen in midair!
There was a certain serenity found in such frost.
[Icy Aftermath Image (in Discord)]
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Kuzan pumped his fists and exclaimed, "Hehe, it took me almost a whole month to freeze that storm; I had it prepared just for you!"
Unfortunately, a calm voice brought him out of the delusion, "You supercooled the air down here, pushing the warmer air up above and unfroze your stored storm, melting it."
The ice boy was unsurprised by the lax voice; his eyes traced the voice and found the dark shadow behind him.
"The cold turned the water to hail and into that icy attack of yours... consider me impressed."
Kuzan heard the praise in Damien's voice and returned a cheeky smile.
"As much as it hurts for me to say this," the Logia user muttered with an ambivalent expression, "that thebo- thermbo- turbodynamics book was pretty useful!"
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Damien chuckled at the lazy kid's admission and gave him a love tap.
*Bam!*
"Auggh!" Kuzan fell to the ground, clutching the pulsing dome that rang like a gong.
The Sin Incarnate blew on his fist as if to polish it.
"The technique I spoke of will help you overcome attacks, even like this one that was used with Haki."
"!!!" Kuzan, who was in the process of rolling as if he were on fire, froze. The boy shot up from the ground, ignoring the big bump on his dome and locked onto Damien with bubbling anticipation.
In return, the pirate showed him a finger.
*Fwwm* Damien covered it with Haki and tapped it onto Kuzan's forehead, slightly poking at him.
"Now, concentrate your intangibility toward my fingertip in contact with your forehead."
Kuzan did so, closing his eyes and thinking of the single point.
"I'm going to remove my finger and poke once more. Within the opening, I want you to materialize yourself away from that single point of contact."
"..."
Damien let his words sink in for a moment, enough time for the boy to fully remember the exact placement of the finger.
The Haki-clad finger then was removed.
*Fwooo*
A chill went off as Damien saw the boy's forehead begin to swirl into a blue vortex.
Nodding at the sight, the Sin Incarnate proceeded to poke on ahead once more.
"..."
Kuzan, whose eyes were still closed, felt a dull warmth come near his forehead, spiking the thoughts in his brain.
His body naturally diverged at the point of contact, slowly opening up.
"Now open your eyes."
Kuzan did so, peeking out.
His dark pupils widened as he saw the finger in place as it was before, though this time, he did not feel it at all, even though the finger was inside of his skull!
Damien smiled at the sight and explained, "Logia users can be countered with Haki, anyone can attest to that. However, the best users of these powerful fruits can also counter this very weakness by elementalizing around Haki attacks."
"My finger clad with Haki should technically blow your brains out, but it doesn't; you've reformed your forehead around the finger, essentially overcoming it."
He finished by saying, "Once you are familiar with Observation Haki, this should become far more usable."
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Damien recalled a scene from the anime: when Kuzan, or more correctly, Aokiji, was against the future Whitebeard.
While being stabbed through the chest by the Emperor's glaive, Aokiji was able to ignore the attack by simply materializing himself around the glaive.
[Image (in Discord)]
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"Awesome!"
Kuzan, who felt the power of the technique, could not help but feel joy.
The moment he lost his concentration was the moment his powers broke, reforming his brain back.
"Idiot."
Damien's eyes flashed red in Observation as he foresaw the boy's head explode like a watermelon from the finger lodged into his brain, pulling back in time.
Kuzan, who had no idea what happened, was met with a flick of the pirate's finger, sending him ten meters back, crashing into some frozen trees.
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Damien ignored the boy who had disappeared, leaving a trail of broken trees, instead focusing on the mess in front of him.
"He's not even nine years old and he changed the forest into a tundra, this concentrated frost will stay for months to come."
A wry smile spread across the pirate's face, "Logia are true monsters, let alone in the hands of future Admirals."
He then raised his hand toward the frozen circle.
The hand turned gray within seconds while a white fern-like pattern emerged.
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"Equilibrium Restoration."
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The white light shined brightly in a pulsating pattern as if sucking up the frost.
It took barely ten seconds before the tundra returned to normal temperatures, the ice nowhere to be seen.
From a scientist's eyes, the condition of the region was ideal with standard temperature and pressure, an impossible occurrence amongst natural order.
Damien clenched his frosted arm, reining in his ability, "That's better."
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A storm had built up a few days before the arrival of the Sin Incarnate at Mortem Island. One caused by the pirate himself.
[Sabaody Archipelago]
A bright sky, pleasant winds yet masses of people left perplexed.
"I can't believe it!" a citizen of the archipelago exclaimed. "The Government had to hold the Reverie over Transponder snails due to the threat of the pirates!"
Another group of men chimed in their thoughts:
"Who would have thought, for the first time in history, there is such a threat to their rule-"
"Shhhh! Don't speak too loudly, idiot!"
The man then whispered a warning, "My cousin's aunt's brother's daughter's dog's father's owner's nephew told me that their babysitter went missing after talking about the situation to some kids!"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard a similar story in the pub just last night, it's crazy!"
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Many conversations were going off about the recent topic that swept the masses.
The World News Agency, which had regained quite a lot of popularity by now, released the official announcement of the alterations made to the Reverie.
It came down to a few points found in the TL;DR section:
- Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Reverie of 1484 will be held remotely.
- All fifty members will be sent secured snails to ensure absolute privacy and confidentiality.
- The Remote Reverie will be held in three weeks.
Author: Morgans.
Naturally, something as official as the World Summit being forced to be held in such an odd way garnered attention.
It was not hard to connect the dots that due to the threat of the pirates in the New World, the World Government had to take this path. But of course, they did not want the people to know too much of the situation so they opted to dub it as 'unforeseen circumstances'.
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Not only did this news spread like wildfire, it even reached the ends of the world such as the Four Outer Seas.
Many Nations and their people were graced with the bombastic headlines that would surely go down in history, or will it?
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[A Snowy Island in the Grand Line]
The news also arrived on an inconspicuous and eternally cold island.
However, its few residents were not overly keen to read the news as another event was currently taking place.
A dull shack stood at the base of a mountain.
A woman, who was nearly out cold, was seen pushing to her wit's end within the said shack.
"Waaaaah, euuuugh!"
Slowly but surely, a large child was birthed, much to the woman's contentment.
An old lady cleaned the newborn, placing it into the mother's hand.
*Creak*
A man with broken teeth and scruffy black hair watched from the side with great emotion. His odd-shaped body made him stand out though the stench of booze pushed away any curious eyes.
"What will you name him?" the woman asked, through her eyes stuck on the boy.
The man leaned in, tracing his finger on the child's wrinkly cheek.
"Teech," he answered. "Marshall D. Teach."
To Be Continued…
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Author's Corner.
More to reconnect the plot to Kuzan's advancements. All the while a certain someone has been born on the other side of the world...
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Chapitre 77: [77] Mood Swings
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Kuzan eventually found his way out from the crumbled terrain, dislodging himself from a sea of broken trees.
*Krrrr* Creaks and cracks resounded in the area as the broken shards of ice reformed into Kuzan's broken head, fitting back together like puzzle pieces.
It took a little while for him to fully regain his bearing, though the dull ache was overshadowed by Toki's yell regarding the food that was prepared.
He dashed through the forest, leaving a trail of frost in his wake.
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Damien was already there, about to sit down near the huge stump-turned-dinner table.
Ignoring Kuzan, he turned to a purple imprint on the ground, "Looks like we have another guest."
A purple flash went off with a bright flare as a human silhouette emerged from below.
"Aurora-nee is here too!" Kuzan alerted the others, though it was obvious enough.
His eyes drifted to the woman covered in a tight black attire that fitted quite well. The mask that was once there had been removed and showcased the silky purple hair that fell down the woman's shoulders.
Upon arrival, Aurora looked around the familiar lands with a hint of anticipation.
Her eyes were drawn to the towering figure of Damien who was watching with a smirk.
*Vvooo* Her body became fluid-like, warping through the air and reappearing in front of the pirate.
"Damien!"
She was about to get close but hesitated and halted a meter from her target.
"..."
Damien looked down at the newly appeared Aurora with a look of scrutiny.
'She's grown… in multiple ways.'
The thought was not uncalled for. It seemed the girls in One Piece tended to grow in multiple dimensions after a timeskip.
However, the thoughts vanished as he saw the slight hesitations emanating from the girl. Obviously, Aurora had no idea how to proceed from her current position.
Damien reached out and ran his hand through her hair, feeling the soft and silky texture, something that left her stunned.
"You made it in time for lunch; we'll talk afterwards."
He then took his seat before the table, leaving Aurora in a state of confusion.
The assassin looked to the side and saw Toki smile at her with a slight nod as if communicating in some special language.
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At the table, Toki had prepared a large array of dishes.
A mix of Western food Damien imparted to her alongside some of Wano's best foods.
Kuzan also got a double whammy as he guzzled a jar of his favourite drinks while embracing the warm soup of the stew from the Land of Samurai.
The lunch took on a vibrant atmosphere, one further amplified by the flora and fauna nearby.
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[A While Later]
The evening had arrived, though the sun was still high in the sky. The orange sun cut through the clouds as the warmth fell upon the island below.
The party of four sat in a circle around a fire, eating marshmallows.
Damien began a quick spiel, "I'm sure you saw the news, the Reverie had shifted to a remote version due to the threat of the New World and the latest tragedies that occurred at the worst time."
Kuzan snickered at the side, knowing full well who the culprit of said tragedies was.
"It will begin within three weeks, and probably last a week. In other words, we have a month where the World Government and the Marines will be able to tend to the seas once more."
He then looked at the reserved Aurora.
"You've done very well in the Underworld, too well, even. I'm sure that Cipher Pol will redeploy once again after the Reverie; they will find their way to your door."
He wolfed down the marshmallows before continuing, enjoying the taste.
Aurora, who was on his left, slightly nodded.
Last time she had turned down the Government, it would be a fool's thought to not expect them to return.
Damien's eyes sharpened as he glanced at the blazing in front of him.
"They will probably try some shady things, I'll come with you to make sure they don't get too out of hand."
Kuzan, however, was left deflated, "Can't I come as well?"
Damien glanced at the downed boy and shook his head.
"Sorry kid, it's not the right time for you. For now, focus on your studies and training."
He felt a little bad for the boy and made a quick compromise, "We need to restock some clothing and items; go shopping with Toki when I leave, but make sure not to showcase your Devil Fruit."
Kuzan, who got a little sick of the same atmosphere for over a year, rejoiced at the news that he could leave, even for a little while.
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Toki smiled from the side and said, "In the meantime, I'll focus on perfecting my knowledge of medicine and human anatomy." She also held up a metallic pendant, "This makes me feel quite lightheaded but since you said it'll help, I'll put it on."
Damien nodded, naturally, the pendant was the same once he used to attain his Seastone Immunity and had just taken back from Aurora.
They then kicked back to relax, gulping down the smoky and tasty marshmallows.
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[Hachinosu]
"No, no, you ran over my plants, you estúpido!" a pirate voiced his anger.
He was of a very small stature with dark hair and a signature thick mustache. The recipient of the anger was an eighteen-foot-tall burly masked man who seemed somewhat ashamed.
"My bad, I can't help it, I thought they were broccoli plants which gave me the urge to ruin them!"
The much, much shorter man heaved an annoyed sigh while brushing a plot of plants to the side.
At that moment, another pirate arrived.
He stood at exactly eleven feet in height (3.35 m) with dark hair and dark skin, donning a black vest. The tribal marks running over his open arms left quite a wild nature to emanate.
His appearance brought the two arguing pirates to their feet in salute.
"Droga Pablo, did you prepare the goods you promised to equal your worth?"
The calm yet sharp tone caused the awfully short man to gulp, "Señor Indra, I have them ready!"
Zenora Indra, who was naturally the one at the front, watched without giving any reply.
He saw as Pablo hustled around, bringing forth a handful of vials. Each was barely five inches in length, carrying a different liquid per vial.
"Sleeping, steroids, painkillers, epinephrine, hallucinogens, you name it, I can concoct it!"
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Indra grabbed a red vial that supposedly contained the adrenaline and clicked it into a small syringe.
"Majin."
That is all he said before stabbing the medical instrument into the burly pirate's red forearm, diverting all the fluid into his body.
The towering Majin did not feel anything, leaving him confused.
"!!!" Then, however, his eyes widened as he felt a strength coursing through his veins.
"Majajaja! I feel like I can break this island!"
Bam!
His muscular fist suddenly slammed onto the earth below, leaving a wide crater in its place. Cracks soon spread out in a circle around ten meters in diameter, slowly but surely shattering it apart.
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Indra gazed at the tiny pirate standing at a weak 5' 6" in height and expressed his satisfaction, "Not bad; the Commander will be pleased by your craft. For now, find a way to use these potions at long range."
Pablo placed his hand on his chest and bowed his head, "Sí, señor!"
The swordsman then turned away, this time to the rampaging Majin who was going around, punching trees and vegetation in light of his newfound power.
Of course, it was temporary, but it was worth quite a lot in times of war.
"'Find someone adept at working with narcotics,' is what he asked. Hopefully, this Pablo will fit that bill," Indra muttered, recalling his recent orders over the snail phone.
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"!!!" However, at this moment, an anomaly arrived at the Fourth Division's Main Base.
Indra, the acting Commander, turned to the side and felt the heavy presence.
The atmosphere sent a chill down the pirate's back as he took upon a solemn face. The tension sucked out the colour of the surroundings, birthing an ominous breeze.
Shing!
The famed blade at Indra's hip was unsheathed, evoking an airy screech. He stood tall, locking eyes with the giant threat who had deigned to come to the Fourth Division's corner.
"..."
"Ma-Ma-Mam-Ma!"
The shrieking laugh and evil cackle were more than enough to plunge the average man into the fear of death.
"I guess it was true that Damien's right-hand man has been recruiting some pirates under his flag!"
Indra narrowed his eyes, his breathing was calm alongside the grip on his weapon. He simply glared at the woman, ready to fight if needed.
Boom!
Majin, Pablo, and the now-awake Kaen arrived.
They each were rather apprehensive, after all, the enemy bounty exceeded even that of their Commander, over two billion berries!
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"Charlotte Linlin, what brings you here?" Indra questioned.
The menacing woman stood just shy of 29 feet in height (8.80 m), more than double that of Indra.
A sword was held in one hand while a miniature sun and cloud hovered around her, each with human faces etched onto them, grinning end to end.
Linlin's grin stretched far, with a hint of savagery, "Ma-Ma-Mam-Ma! Of course, I'm here to collect the seed that's owed to me!"
The giant woman leaned in, a single string of a bikini held her cleavage, practically spilled out, "It's been over a year now, tell me, where's your leader?"
Indra heaved a dull exhale as if preparing his body for a fight.
"..."
"Hmm? Refusing to answer? Let's see how long you last!"
The woman, without any wait, slashed down the giant sword with great momentum, giving birth to screeching winds.
*Clang!*
An ear-rattling boom went off as the shockwaves were strong enough to shatter small hills to dust!
The sheer weight and power of the woman were imparted onto Indra's single blade which creaked loudly.
"Ugh," Indra grunted as he felt the overwhelming weight of the strike. Yet his wolf-like eyes remained sharp.
He eyed the enemy's point of contact on his blade and shifted his grip by the slightest of degrees.
"Huh!" Linlin stumbled forward, a consequence of her weight.
Using his smaller size, the male pirate dashed up into the air without wasting a second.
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"One Sword Style: Beautiful Death!"
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Linlin widened her eyes as she saw the massive image of a peacock appear in the sky, spreading its glorious wings.
"Kaaaa!" The bird shrieked as it befell the giant pirate, smashing its talons and razor-sharp feathers forward.
Indra's sword slashed down from the sky in tandem with the peacock, thundering upon the Evil Spirit.
*Vvooo!*
The torrents sent out from their collision were enough to take the three spectators off their feet and into the air.
"Damn, that crazy woman, I want to burn her alive!" Kaen bellowed as his fiery red hair danced wildly under the powerful winds.
Majin's large body landed nearby, Pablo, behind him.
"Don't get in Mama's way."
"Huh?" Kaen looked to the side and saw a young boy with a broken face, his hands warped with a white, sticky fluid.
Near the magenta-haired young lad were a few other teenagers, each ready to attack in a symphony of colourful abilities.
They ranged from candy to boiling heat and a giant genie.
"Cheh, how can a woman have so many brats!"
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"Ma-Ma-Mam-Ma! That wasn't half bad!" a voice echoed past the cloud of smoke.
Next came the giant sword, cleaving at the dark-skinned swordsman with a horizontal motion.
It was a simple yet mind-numbing strike.
"Ugh!" Indra felt the heavy weight as his own blade dug into his shoulder from the awkward angle of the attack, sweeping him off his feet and shooting him across the region.
With a resounding boom, he landed on a nearby hill, erupting with a cloud of dust and sand.
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Big Mom grinned, revelling in the chaos.
"Nice one, Mama!" the cloud laughed.
The living sun beamed a matching grin, "Everyone who stands in Mama's way gets thrown aside!"
However at the last moment, the two personifications of disasters turned shocked, ""He's still up?""
Shing!
Suddenly, the dust storm was cut apart as the figure of Indra walked out, his right arm dripping in blood. The pirate's wolf-like appearance became wilder, the composed demeanour still present.
"Pablo, give me a shot of adrenaline."
Indra did not have to wait long until a tiny red vial was thrown across the sky and into his hand.
Linlin watched with an impressed smile and allowed him to do as he pleased. "Oh?" Her grin turned even wider as a chuckle leaked out at the sight of Indra.
She saw the man open up the vial with a pop and poured the contents onto his sword—an even coat of the crimson liquid at the very tip of the blade.
He then pointed it toward his thigh.
*Swish!* The tip of the blade pierced ahead and into the flesh, allowing the red liquid to be absorbed into the muscle.
The burst of strength and stamina echoed through Indra's body as he stood in defiance to the menacing Big Mom.
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"Ma-Ma-Mam-Ma! You're as crazy as your Commander!"
The entranced woman opened up her free hand as if calling for something.
"Here I come, Mama!"
*Crackle* The gray cloud in her hand turned dark and stormy, crackling with lightning and thunderous spirit.
"Here, I'll name this attack after you!"
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"Indra!"
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[A/N: Indra is the name of the Hindu God of rain and storms.]
Linlin roared as the attack materialized into a huge bolt of blue lightning that thundered on forth at the much smaller pirate.
Indra did not falter; he weaved his blackened sword in a soft yet precise manner, almost as if to grab the incoming lightning.
*Krrrrr* The dance went down at lightning-fast speeds, collected the electrical charges in the air and wrapped it around his blade, which was further locked in with dense Armament Haki.
Indra's weapon, Kyoran, was now crackling with countless purple arcs of volatile electricity.
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"One Sword Style: Dance of the Dead!"
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He gave Linlin no chance to think as he shot forth with the lightning blade in hand, slashing and swiping at the woman.
His dark figure shuttled through the skies, lighting the dull evening with bursts of blue and purple.
*Whizz!*
*Vvoosh!*
*Fwooo!*
The dark figure swished all around the massive woman, cutting and slashing at incredible speeds without any mercy.
"Ahhh!" Big Mom shrieked as she felt the dozens of slashes hit her from all angles.
The blades were swelling with the electricity produced by Linlin's attack, enough to leave cuts on her thick skin!
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Indra never lost focus, aiming at the tendons and ligaments of the woman, under the bicep, behind the knee, and at the nape of the neck.
Each burst of electricity left the mountainous Linlin numb, causing her to lag in place.
"How annoying!"
The Titan grew angry and unleashed a flurry of Conqueror's Haki that swept away everything nearby.
*Boom!* The pink burst of energy dissolved all electricity and liquified the cracked earth below.
Black lightning fell from the sky, forcing far-away pirates onto their knees.
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"Damn," Indra muttered, feeling the Haki digging into every pore of his skin and tossing him into the sky.
Thud!
The swordsman landed on his feet, ignoring the cuts and gashes over his skin and locking eyes with the woman.
"!!!"
Before he could react, the giant woman appeared in front of him at breathtaking speeds. Her rather open body, sporting a single pink bikini, was cut with dozens of thin cuts.
Orange-ringed eyes flooded the land with a curtain of darkness, bathing the Fourth Division's Headquarters with an ominous sight.
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"Life or Slave!"
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The proclamation came with a burst of Haki, gnawing at the mind of the sole victim.
"..."
Most people would melt under such eyes of the gargantuan woman, yet it failed to draw much of a reaction from Indra.
The glare abruptly warped into intrigue toward the calm swordsman, "Ma-Ma-Mam-Ma! You really don't fear death, do you?"
Indra raised his Haki-clad blade and gave a sharp reply, "Fear only gets in the way."
Linlin grinned past her white teeth, "Hehe, what a handsome man!"
"It would stain my name to kill you here... I'll wait till Damien comes back to take his seed!"
Charlotte Linlin took her leave immediately after her words, not caring to look back.
The squad of teenagers jumped away from their respective duels and followed behind their mother.
...
"What a crazy woman!" Kaen muttered from the side, his brain still stinging from the shriek of Haki.
Majin's burly arms burst out from the donut that trapped him.
"Uhmm, I could be wrong but her belly seemed quite bloated, I am jealous of those who can fight on a full stomach!"
Indra, who had sheathed his weapon, could not help but correct him, "If I'm not wrong, she should be pregnant."
"Not just one, but probably three of them in there…"
"Espera un maldito minute!" Pablo cried out, dropping his cigar. "Her crazy mood swings were from pregnancy!? Just what the hell is wrong with that woman!"
Indra shook his head.
His eyes fell onto his hands which subconsciously trembled.
'Her Haki is leagues above mine,' the swordsman thought before clenching his aching hands into fists—another reason for the swordsman to keep up his game.
To Be Continued…
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Author's Corner.
Revisiting Hachinosu for those who forgot it existed.
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État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
200+ Classement
Power Stone 
51 Power
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