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Sanji's face was deathly pale, and his eyes held a fear and dread that Damian had never seen in him before.

"What do you mean by turning into a monster?"

Bartolomeo, who was sparring with Zoro nearby, walked over with some surprise. "Curly Eyebrows, what's wrong with you?"

This guy isn't joking.

"Calm down, Sanji,"

Damian understood the boy's fear; he was afraid of becoming an emotionless monster like his three brothers. "Tell me what's wrong," he said.

"Brother Damian! Look!"

Sanji raised his hand and lifted the hair covering his left eye.

"puff!"

Bartolomeo burst out laughing instantly. "Hahaha! Curly eyebrows, what's up with your eyebrows?"

Sanji has always shown his right eye and right eyebrow. Although the end of his eyebrow is curled, it's not too strange.

But once the left eye was revealed, it was no longer the same.

His left eyebrow is curled at the beginning but not at the end.

It's completely asymmetrical with the right eyebrow, making it look quite strange.

"Having eyebrows like that definitely makes someone a monster!"

Bartolomeo burst into laughter.

"Shut up, you rooster-hair guy!"

Sanji gritted his teeth and cursed, "My eyebrows have always been like this, but after returning to Baratie—"

He took a deep breath, as if silently turning on some switch.

"Eh!"

Bartolomeo suddenly exclaimed, "It's changed!"

Sanji's left eyebrow has changed!

It's become like the right eyebrow, with the end curling up! It's become symmetrical!

"What's going on?"

Bartolomeo was astonished. "Life's Return? Curly Eyebrow, you've mastered this technique?"

Sanji took a deep breath, turned his head and shouted to the side, "Moss Head! Give me a stab! Don't hold back!"

"Thirty-six Troubles Phoenix!!"

A pale blue spiral slash flew over instantly.

"what?"

Bartolomeo stared blankly as Sanji took the initiative to meet the slash that was powerful enough to easily tear through steel.

Snapped!

Like water splashing against a reef, the slash that could cut through steel shattered upon hitting Sanji, vanishing in an instant.

"What?"

Zoro screamed in disbelief.

His prized slashes had absolutely no effect on this guy with curly eyebrows? He wasn't even wearing a combat suit!

"What's going on?"

Bartolomeo looked puzzled. "You've already achieved Armament Haki hardening, Curly Eyebrows?"

Even with the addition of iron blocks, ordinary Armament Haki couldn't stop the green-haired man's iron-cutting sword technique!

"It's a bloodline factor."

Damian asked with a serious expression, "Sanji, have you awakened the same bloodline factor as Ichiji and the others?"

Sanji nodded painfully.

"No way?"

Bartolomeo instantly understood what Sanji was afraid of. "Didn't they say your modification failed? How come you suddenly awakened? Damn it, Curly Eyebrows, you didn't lose your emotions too, did you?"

"..."

Sanji gritted his teeth. "It must be because of the raid suit! That bastard Judge!"

That bastard is plotting against him!

"I don't think Judge knows about this either, otherwise he would have given you the combat suit long ago."

Damian smiled and said, "Besides, Sanji, I don't think you'll lose your emotions either."

"Brother Damian?"

Sanji suddenly looked up at him.

"Since it was already awakened back in Baratie,"

Damian laughed and said, "If I were going to lose my emotions, I would have lost them long ago, or at least there would be some signs. Sanji, do you have any related feelings?"

Sanji shook his head blankly. "I rushed back as soon as I realized what was going on!"

He was afraid that after losing his feelings, he would do something he would deeply regret to everyone in Barratier.

Of all the people he knew, only Brother Damian could control him.

"Then there's no problem!"

Bartolomeo breathed a sigh of relief. "You were worrying too much, you curly-browed guy!"

"Let's observe for a while longer, Sanji."

Damian patted Sanji on the shoulder. "I believe in you because you were born with your mother's expectations, and I believe you will never let her down."

"Brother Damian!"

Sanji's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

Damian continued, "Even if you're really unlucky and lose your feelings because of it, I will make sure you get them back."

"You don't know yet, but we just made a deal with the World Government. If it really comes to that, I will ask Dr. Vegapunk to take action. Don't feel guilty."

"Um!"

Sanji nodded heavily.

After all, he was only sixteen years old, and he had no one to confide in about the fear he had felt these past few days.

Only now can I finally put my mind at ease.

Anyway, Damian is still here!

"Hahaha! Then stop being so sentimental! Curl your eyebrows!"

Bartolomeo slapped Sanji hard on the back, but Sanji didn't budge. "Come on, let's test what new abilities you've gained!"

Sanji finally smiled, a mocking smile. "Then you can be my sparring partner!"

As it turns out, after awakening his bloodline factor, Sanji's strength instantly leaped forward.

Bartolomeo is no match for him at all.

In addition to an exoskeleton even harder than his brothers' and powerful regenerative abilities, Sanji's unique ability was also activated, making him incredibly fast.

Wearing the combat suit and using Shave, he became so fast that even Enel's specialized Observation Haki couldn't keep up.

Bartolomeo and Zoro were even more surprised that he had no ability to attack.

While it's not quite as fast as the Onigashima arc in the original work where it's completely invisible, it's fast enough to be virtually impossible to detect.

not only that.

"Devil's Wind Kick!"

Sanji unleashed his signature technique once again.

"The flames...the color has changed?"

Bartolomeo, who had been kicked black and blue by Sanji in a previous test because of his mockery of Sanji, stared in astonishment at Sanji's right leg engulfed in flames.

"Because of the bloodline factor and combat suit, it can be manufactured and can withstand much higher temperatures of flame!"

Sanji let out a slow sigh of relief, his legs wreathed in almost golden flames. "I feel terrifyingly strong right now!"

"Let's call it Demon King's Wind Kick for now."

Damian chuckled softly.

Above the demons, but not quite at the level of a demon god, the Demon King is just right.

Sanji is indeed terrifyingly strong now, perhaps even stronger than when he first appeared two years later in the original work.

If the exoskeleton and combat suit weren't just for protection against beatings and didn't offer lightning resistance, and if their destructive power weren't so different, his strength would probably be on par with Enel's.

Even so, Sanji has already overtaken Barto and become the Moretti family's third strongest member.

"The Demon King?"

Sanji tossed his hair. "Sounds pretty good."

"Bartolomeo, Zoro, you two need to do your best too!"

Damian laughed and said, "Don't let Sanji get too far ahead."

"You don't need to tell me!"

Zoro showed no sign of discouragement; on the contrary, he became even more determined.

"Me too!"

Bartolomeo replied just as firmly, "Once I've mastered my Haki, once I've awakened, you better not run away, Curly Eyebrows!"

Damian nodded in satisfaction.

Very good, they are all very energetic.

Then, it's time to go see Bucky.

Enel, Sanji, Zoro, and the others were left in Loguetown. Enel and Zoro were training, while Sanji was adapting to his new power.

Damian set off with only Barto.

Soon, they arrived at the island where the Krieg Pirates were hiding, aboard the Sky Sword.

The remnants of the Krieg Pirates, now led by Arkin, are also hiding here.

"Lord Damian!"

Akin greeted Damian, who had descended from the sky, with trepidation.

"Where's Bucky?"

Damian got straight to the point.

"plz follow me!"

Akin didn't hesitate and took Damian directly to see Bucky, who was imprisoned.

A man with a large red nose was submerged in the water, with only his head above the surface.

Because Buggy is a Devil Fruit user, and Gin doesn't have any Seastone shackles, they can only lock him up in the water dungeon.

"Bucky, feel proud of it, Damian came to see you in person!" Arkin said coldly.

"ha?"

Bucky, looking as if he had been soaked in water, weakly raised his head.

Lord Damian?

Who?

"Oh."

Damian sighed softly.

Golden Legend!

As expected of the man who had a chance to compete for the title of Pirate King in the original work, according to the system's assessment, he does indeed possess the power to shake the world.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Buggy. As a resident of Loguetown, I've always been fascinated by the epic adventures of your Roger Pirates. Could you share them with me?"