"Is this the same Mythical Zoan fruit as the captain?!"
Lucci murmured.
He had seen similar descriptions in the information about Devil Fruits within the CP organization, but he couldn't remember which Devil Fruit it was for a while.
On the side, Sanji also reacted at this moment: "That's right!"
"He has clear weasel-like traits, but the blade-like extensions on his arms and tail aren't natural animal features. And what's more..."
Sanji's pupils shrank slightly: "The air currents around Mr. Kuro are flowing differently from the wind... This is... Sickle Weasel!"
"A legendary creature, an invisible wind that leaves painless wounds on its victims."
Zoro was stunned: "Are you sure you're not just describing Kuro's fighting style?!"
"They're practically identical."
Sanji shook his head and became more certain of his guess: "This can explain why even Mr. Kuro, the brain of the Pirate crew, couldn't sit still after seeing this devil fruit."
"This Devil Fruit matches his combat style so perfectly that in his hands, it could unleash unimaginable power!"
"But is there really a devil fruit in this world that is so compatible with the user?!"
Lucci's tone was full of disbelief.
He had seen far more people with devil fruit ability than the people present, and he knew that most people with devil fruit ability needed to spend a lot of time getting familiar with their ability after they acquired it.
This process might even take several years to complete.
But if Sickle Weasel's ability was really, as Sanji said, then its compatibility with Kuro would be infinitely close to 100%.
The adaptation process was almost non-existent, and it could be used right away.
"You'll know after watching!"
Everyone looked at Kuro's abnormal appearance at the moment and couldn't help but talk about it, and it got louder as time passed.
At the same time, they became even more eager for the battle to come.
"This is a battle between the second and third in command of the White Knight Pirate!"
"This time, even if I die, it's worth it!"
A pirate looked crazy, attracting the attention of his companions.
As the anticipation reached its peak on the battlefield, Gin was facing unprecedented pressure, with beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead.
Damn it!
This feeling... It's like facing the captain in person. Just how much stronger has Kuro gotten?!
"What?"
Kuro had a smile on his face. He looked at Gin in front of him and then at the shocked eyes of the people around him and felt secretly happy.
Sure enough, Gawain, that pervert, was just an exception. After all, how could anyone grow to his level in more than a year?!
Now he feels comfortable, completely comfortable.
"Do you want to give up?!"
"Don't joke; I have been preparing for this day for a long time."
Gin's face was solemn. One bone after another extended from his body, intertwined and twisted into pure white armor in an instant.
Thanks to the Bone-Bone fruit, his body had grown to an immense height of over 2.7 meters in just six months. The height of his shoulders alone exceeded four meters.
Then, a layer of dark Armament Haki slowly emerged, and all the white bones around Gin were dyed black.
This is another trump card of Gin besides the two-layer bone armor.
Compared to the Observation Haki that awakened earlier, he is actually better at Armament Haki, and his talent in this aspect is also more outstanding.
Crack!
Accompanied by a piercing sound, the already exaggerated bone armor on Gin's body expanded again, arming his body to the extreme.
The ferocious posture made everyone around him lose their minds for a moment.
"This posture... is not it too outrageous?!"
"You know shit!"
"What's really exaggerated is Gin's Armament Haki, which is enough to cover this body completely."
"That's right, I originally thought that the winner of this battle should be Deputy Captain Kuro, who has obtained a new devil fruit ability, but now... It's hard to say!"
"Armament Haki, that is stronger than mine. Is this your trump card?"
Looking at Gin, who is armed to the teeth and can be called a war machine, Kuro couldn't help but exclaim.
But the confidence in his eyes did not diminish at all: "Indeed, you are the closest to that monster, Gawain, besides me on this ship, but this is far from enough."
"This battle will end soon."
"You must be mentally prepared."
Gin took a deep breath, his Observation Haki fully opened, and his attention was completely focused on Kuro in the distance.
Since entering the Grand Line from the east blue, Gin has fought Kuro countless times but has never won even once.
The official tournament results might have been recorded as a draw, but Gin knew...
If it had been a real fight to the death, the moment Kuro was the first to stand up, he himself would have already been dead.
But this was the closest Gin had ever been to defeating the man in front of him.
Except for Gawain, no one knew better than him how powerful Kuro was, and no one knew how crazy the desire for killing was hidden under this man's seemingly gloomy and gentlemanly face.
The scene of Kuro covered in blood and laughing wildly in the ruins in Raven Harbor, even now, Gin could not forget it.
That scene was burned into his mind forever.
Before Kuro got the Devil Fruit, he once thought that he had approached Kuro or even surpassed Kuro.
But now, the surging airflow around him and the tingling sensation on his skin from time to time made Gin sweat coldly on his back.
How could he possibly back down?
Then...
Whoosh!
Before Gin finished speaking, Kuro, in the distance, had already made a move.
The Observation Haki that once allowed him to keep up with Kuro's speed, or at least detect incoming danger, completely failed this time.
No warning.
No reaction
Yet Gin knew he had been cut.
From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the multi-layered, steel-hard white bones on his shoulder reinforced by Armament Haki, sliding off his body.
The cut was perfectly smooth, reflecting the sunlight like a polished mirror.
Boom!
The severed bone cannon hit the ground, shattering into pieces.
The spectators all stared at Gin, their faces filled with shock.
"What just happened?!"
"In that instant... Gin's bone cannon was just cut off?!"
"How is it possible!"
Lucci stood up suddenly.
No one except him knew how hard Gin's bone armor with Armament Haki was.
That was enough to withstand the gunfire of several warships, and even the swordsman's slash barely left a mark.
He had tried his best to test it, but he failed to leave even the slightest mark on Gin's bone armor. It was so hard that it was outrageous.
Yet now, in the span of a single breath, no, in an instant so fast that Gin couldn't even react, Kuro had sliced through it effortlessly!
"That kind of attack power... Can a Mythical Zoan fruit really be that strong?!"
"No!"
Zoro's gaze turned razor-sharp. "The real strength is not the attack power, but the speed!"
He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Sanji, who was also full of horror, and his tone was a little more solemn: "Now I believe what you just said."
"Sickle Weasel's ability is indeed very compatible with Kuro's. Not only does it give him the ability to break Gin's defense in an instant, but it even pushes his already exaggerated speed to another level."
"And what I care about is that Kuro seems to be able to control the airflow and even fly with it."
The three of them looked at Kuro in the distance silently and saw that his legs had left the ground, suspended in the air, looking at Gin in the distance with a calm face.
Acceleration, flying, and this kind of exaggerated fighting ability…
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