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Chapter 735: No-Self Non-Killing
Chapter 735: No-Self Non-Killing
"My arm! My arm!" Sig clutched his severed limb, his face twisted in disbelief.
They had formed this new Pirate Alliance based purely on strength assessments. It was Apu who took the lead, bringing together this group—including that old fox Smiths. Chuan Zang's blade had personally tested his defenses and failed to penetrate! Sig had assumed the threat came only from overwhelming Killing Intent, but how did this damage happen?
As Kuro raised his blade to strike Sig down, a sudden chill ran through him. Instinctively, he twisted his body sideways. At that exact moment, the Yokai Blade erupted in a wisp of light, slicing downward with terrifying precision.
Boom!!
The air current alone carved a gaping chasm through the structures ahead, blasting a wide path through the dense buildings. But no one was struck.
Kuro narrowed his eyes, watching Apu dodge the attack. The old man’s face had definitely changed expression at the last second.
"You're pretty sneaky, disappearing without a sound", Kuro remarked.
Apu’s feet shifted slightly backward, yet despite being right in front of him, Kuro heard no sound. His expression hardened as he spoke, "I’m the 'Silent Man' who ate the Silence Devil Fruit. When I choose silence, no one hears a single sound from me."
With those words, he vanished.
Using high-speed movement combined with his absolute silence, he disappeared from Kuro’s sight entirely.
Normally, Kuro could track such speeds visually, especially at close range, and his Observation Haki would easily detect anyone’s presence. But under this ability, even his Observation Haki failed. He could only react defensively. He despised this helplessness.
No wonder they thought two men would suffice. If Kuro had fought Sig alone, this old fox could’ve struck from the shadows with absolute precision. In assassination arts, none could match him.
"I wanted to save you for last, but now you move up the list."
Kuro raised the Yokai Blade horizontally, staring at the blade as he said, "This blade was Zeff Teacher’s vengeance for losing his family. Because of you, that grief took root in his heart. If you’d stayed locked in Impel Down, bound by their rules, I couldn’t touch you. But now you’ve escaped—"
His finger flicked. The blade’s scabbard flew toward him, which he caught mid-air before sheathing the Yokai Blade with a sharp click. He secured it at his waist.
Spreading his stance, he gripped the sword’s tsuba with his left hand and the hilt with his right, closing his eyes as he murmured, "In the Navy, some want to drag you back. But others… want you dead!"
A crimson aura exploded outward from Kuro, forming a blood-red semi-circular domain. He stood motionless within it, poised like a predator.
Roar!!
Sig’s body suddenly swelled, transforming into a ten-meter-long crimson lizard with a gaping maw, forked tongue, and razor-sharp fangs lunging at the diminutive Navy officer.
At the same moment Sig moved, Apu materialized behind Kuro, a dagger in hand, wearing a malevolent grin as he stabbed toward Kuro’s back.
Front and back, Sig’s massive body created an attack range Kuro couldn’t possibly evade. If he blocked, his back would expose an opening. If he dodged…
At this distance, even a dodge would give Apu his chance to teach Kuro the meaning of pain. When it came to assassination and stealth, no one matched him. He’d infiltrated Marineford itself this way to get Zeff’s files.
Apu’s eyes gleamed with bloodlust as he entered the crimson domain, Sig’s lizard head already halfway inside, snapping at Kuro.
And then, Kuro moved. Just slightly.
Both the charging lizard and the dagger-wielding Apu froze mid-strike.
Unnoticeably, the Yokai Blade had already extended from its sheath.
"Killing Intent Domain."
Hiss!!!
The lizard’s head cleanly severed at the neck as it entered the blood aura, blood oozing downward without a single splash of residual energy.
"Too close!"
Apu recoiled instantly, sliding backward in a wisp of dust and smoke, his face pale with shock.
One slash?
Just one slash?! Sig was a Zoan-type!
Earlier losing an arm could’ve been carelessness, but now Sig had transformed into beast form. How could a single strike end him?
Kuro slowly straightened, ignoring the colossal lizard corpse behind him, and fixed Apu with a cold stare. "When you meet Zeff Teacher below, remember to kneel and apologize."
Click.
With that, he slid the blade back into its sheath.
"No-Self Non-Killing Domain." Kuro intoned.
As the words faded, a blood-red line appeared across Apu’s body from crown to crotch, splitting him perfectly in two. He collapsed soundlessly.
"A fine blade", Kuro mused, patting the hilt.
Indeed, a masterful weapon.
As a seasoned swordsman, Kuro had instinctively grasped its potential from the first grip. The blade’s length defined his domain’s radius. Within this Killing Intent Encasement, anyone entering would be cleaved apart.
Apu’s ability to obscure presence made him a rare challenge. Observation Haki normally detected auras, but if someone could mask theirs entirely, they became undetectable. Yet aura concealment didn’t make one vanish—bodies still existed.
By actively channeling Killing Intent to form this domain while supplementing with Observation Haki, Kuro could lock onto everything within. Any living being entering would be cut down without fail.
But this sure-hit technique came at a cost—Kuro couldn’t control who it struck. Friend or foe, it made no distinction.
That was why it was called No-Self Non-Killing.
"I need more practice", Kuro muttered, drawing the Yokai Blade again. The blade now shimmered with half-restored vitality after absorbing Sig and Apu’s blood. "Once I master you completely, I’ll be even stronger."
The blood of two veteran pirates had restored the blade halfway.
(End of Chapter)
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