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Chapter 504: What Did I Do Wrong?
Chapter 504: What Did I Do Wrong?
"You bastard!" Boa Hancock arched an eyebrow. Though she'd never underestimated this man, the fact that he'd cracked her "Petrifying Arrow" purely through ability alone was freakish.
"Hmm? Wait", she narrowed her gaze at Kuro hovering midair. The man's complexion looked... off. Like he'd used some technique that drained his physical strength. Though he'd hidden it well, she'd noticed his breathing rhythm had changed.
Of course, her techniques weren't easy to break.
Time to press the advantage!
"Petrifying Arrow!"
She pulled her heart-shaped bowstring, unleashing another wave of pink arrows that blotted out the sky.
Her attack had no blind spots, and the arrows moved at lightning speed. This Kuro wouldn't find dodging easy - get hit even once, and he'd definitely turn to stone.
Sometimes, abilities were miracles - they didn't need to make sense.
Like that girl Sugar in Dressrosa who could turn people into toys with a touch or a candy. Or Ai En following Teacher Zeff, whose touch could reverse twelve years of aging. One touch made you twenty-four, two made you twenty-five... three would send you back to your mother's womb.
Wait a second...
Kuro arched an eyebrow. If three touches could regress him that far... would he time travel?
Forget it. Better not risk such dangerous experiments.
Kuro clenched his palm, churning the air again to create howling winds that sent the pink arrows spiraling skyward.
These arrows were great. While controlling them required manipulating air currents - making them less responsive than he'd like - and naturally ineffective against Boa Hancock herself (since she could undo her own ability), they worked wonders against others.
Sure, micro-control was impossible, but quantity compensated. A thousand arrows at once, and anyone touched turned to stone.
What a great tool!
More, then!
The pink arrows rained continuously, giving Kuro no breathing room. He kept using his ability, sending gales to deflect the onslaught skyward.
Gradually, sweat beaded his forehead, his breaths growing heavier.
Maintaining this facade wasn't easy!
Against a Seven Warlords of the Sea-level opponent, you couldn't fake being overwhelmed like some amateur. He had to act - appear effortlessly in control while secretly nearing collapse. The acting skills required were exhausting. Let his guard slip even slightly, and this woman would know he was playing her.
Not until she'd been milked dry could he afford to slip up.
"Sister officer, let us help!"
Two massive figures burst forth, transforming into snake-human hybrids.
The green-haired one was Sanda Sonia.
The orange-haired one was Marigold.
Boa Hancock's younger sisters.
Bang!
Marigold's body suddenly lurched sideways as a wisp of pale blue light grazed her, carving a deep gash into the earth. Klah blocked her path, baring his fangs in a grin. "Not so fast."
Meanwhile, Lida stood before Sanda Sonia. "Kuro's business won't be interrupted by you!"
They knew better than anyone - Kuro was filling his Heavenly Treasure Vault again. Interrupting now would bring disaster.
Disaster for Klah, at least.
If he couldn't even prevent interference as a subordinate, Klah could already imagine Kuro's furious face.
"Move aside!"
Marigold swung a massive axe, her bulky frame generating powerful gusts with each strike aimed at the werewolf before her. Klah danced around the blows, leaping onto the axe's blade, crouching confidently. "Observation Haki? I've got that too!"
Marigold's strength lay in Observation Haki. Normally, she'd predict attacks in advance, but Klah's speed exceeded her expectations, or perhaps matched her Haki.
"Does the Navy in Paradise have Haki?"
Marigold stared, surprised, but quickly recovered. He was Lucius Kro's subordinate - no need to judge by ordinary standards.
"Venom!"
Spitting a wisp of purple venom at Klah on the blade, she watched him leap away as the poison ate a hole into the ground. Marigold was the Snake-Snake Devil Fruit: Spectacles, King Cobra Form Zoan user. Her second sister Sanda Sonia wielded the Python Form.
Together they were the "Gorgon Sisters." Legends claimed they'd defeated the monster Gorgon on Kusnake Island, but gained cursed residual energy on their backs. Anyone seeing it would petrify.
The truth?
Kuro spared a glance. From memory, Boa Hancock's sisters had been attractive back then - though the green-haired one always had an oversized head. But after that incident, seeking power had cost them dearly.
Especially the orange-haired fatty.
Once quite the looker, she'd gone mad eating sumo hot pots and bulking up with muscle training.
Still, compared to Klah now...
She'd struggle. Too clumsy.
"You're not bad either."
Klah landed, his body swelling to over five meters tall - a werewolf titan. Howling to the sky, he vanished in a flash of light from behind Sanda Sonia.
Sanda Sonia instinctively dodged forward as the light tore through her hooded cloak and chest bindings.
"Got you now, sister!"
Sanda Sonia's eyes widened in horror as Boa Hancock turned, panic-stricken.
Don't expose the back!
"The next strike will hit!"
Klah stood proudly after missing, ready to boast, when suddenly an earth spike erupted before him. The spike expanded mid-raise, pressing against Marigold's back. A chilling intent washed over him.
Kuro, having redirected arrows skyward, glared murderously from above.
I... did what?
Klah's heart sank.
(End of Chapter)
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