Pirate: I'm about to do something big!

Water splashed everywhere on the sea.

The shells that had been cleaved in two in the sky exploded one after another.

On the pirate ship, the group of pirates, staggering about, stared at Alyosha, the young marine who had seemingly fallen from the sky, with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Alyosha stood at the bow of the ship, wearing a white naval justice cloak over a black casual suit.

He had his brown, choppy hair parted in a 3/7 ratio and wore black-rimmed glasses, standing there as if nothing was wrong.

It was as if he wasn't the one who caused the commotion just now.

Just then, a sharp-eyed pirate noticed the metal epaulettes on Alyosha's Justice Cloak and shouted, "Admiral Hanafuda, that's a Commodore from Marine Headquarters!"

"A brigadier general? This guy just sliced ​​all our shells in half with a single strike, and he's a brigadier general?"

A whooshing sound filled the air as Hanafuda, wielding a long scythe with a meteor hammer attached, swung it fiercely, sending the two demoralized pirates flying.

The pirates on the ship were so frightened by Hanafuda's violent behavior that they dared not speak.

Hanafuda brandished his long scythe, pointing it at Alyosha in front of him.

"Are you a commodore from the Navy Headquarters?"

"Alyosha Ran".

"Alyosha Ran? That name sounds familiar. I mean, you..."

Hanafuda was about to say something sarcastic, but the next moment his eyes suddenly contracted like the vertical pupils of a reptile.

Holding a sickle to his chest, a muffled thud, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, exploded on the ship.

The figure of Hanafuda was also sent flying backward with a muffled thud, crashing straight into the mast behind it.

The mast, which was as thick as several people could hug, snapped in two upon impact with the over five-meter-tall Hanafuda.

Alyosha shook his fist before saying:

"Let's skip this boring conversation, pirates. You only have two choices now: either get lost or die."

Beneath that harmless smile lay an uncontrollable murderous intent.

This made the pirates on the ship afraid to make a move.

"Hahaha, quite a powerful force. You guys go and take care of those marines on the other ships. I'll leave him to them."

Hanafuda's hearty laughter dispelled the murderous aura emanating from Alyosha. Upon hearing Hanafuda's command, the pirates felt as if they had been granted a pardon and jumped off the ship without looking back.

Soon, Alyosha and Hanafuda were left alone on the huge pirate ship.

Hanafuda stared at Alyosha, who was only up to his waist, slammed his weapon onto the deck, and excitedly licked his lips—a smile of delight at seeing his prey.

The next second, Hanafuda was played.

He suddenly took a step forward, and his enormous body expanded again during the stride. His exposed skin transformed into the keratinous scales of some kind of reptile, and his arms transformed into the forelimbs of a beast. One of his fists was about the size of Alyosha's.

This is the Devil Fruit ability of Hanafuda, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Devil Fruit: Zoan type, Ancient Zoan, Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Tyrannosaurus Rex form.

Alyosha also threw a punch in response.

Because of the disproportionate size difference between the two, Alyosha was able to strike first even though he attacked later.

As the two disproportionately large fists collided, the deck beneath their feet began to crumble and tear in the clash of their immense power.

Accompanied by a piercing sound.

The pirate ship carrying Hanafuda was overwhelmed by the struggle between the two and broke in two, with the area where their fists clashed as the dividing line.

Alyosha stood at the relatively small bow of the ship, watching the hull, which was mostly covered by hanafuda (flower cards), recede in front of him.

Clearly, in this fistfight, Alyosha, who hadn't eaten a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, had the upper hand and won the first round.

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"How is that possible..."

Hanafuda crashed into the captain's cabin, staring at the deformed fingers on his fist, his huge beast-like eyes revealing disbelief.

As a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, and an Ancient Zoan at that, with his enhanced vitality and strength, he actually lost to Alyosha, a young man, in a clash of power.

Alyosha's punch did not seriously injure Hanafuda; he was simply unable to accept that he had lost to Alyosha in a contest of strength.

"Hey, Marine, you're a Devil Fruit user, right?"

Alyosha did not answer. His figure disappeared from the bow of the ship and appeared above Hanafuda's head. His clenched right fist was already covered with Armament Haki, and he smashed it down towards Hanafuda's forehead.

Fist Bone Impact!

"roar!"

A roar came from the large mouth of the flower card, which was filled with fangs.

Faced with Alyosha, a monster whose strength was comparable to that of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, Hanafuda directly chose to fully transform into a beast. A Tyrannosaurus Rex nearly fifteen meters tall stood on the deck, Armament Haki covering its head, and took Alyosha's punch head-on.

The clash of power is unlike that between Devil Fruit users; it's purely a clash of numerical values.

Hanafuda's imposing presence and strength as a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user are far inferior to Alyosha's, who did not eat a Devil Fruit.

Alyosha's fist landed with a force far greater than that of Hanafuda, slamming him from the deck into the cabin and down into the sea, attempting to knock Hanafuda into the ocean with a single punch.

Once she goes into the sea, Hanafuda, a Devil Fruit user, will lose 90% of her abilities and become a piece of meat on Alyosha's chopping board.

"Don't get too cocky, Navy!"

Realizing the predicament she was about to face, Hanafuda also became determined.

The huge scythe in his hand was imbued with Armament Haki, as was the thick tail behind him.

They attacked Alyosha, who was positioned above Hanafuda, from both sides.

Faced with the counterattack from Hanafuda, a veteran Shichibukai, Alyosha dared not be careless.

Shave - Instant Step!

With a swift movement, Alyosha dodged Hanafuda's counterattack. Using his newly developed Moonwalk: Dance in the Sky, he easily hovered in the sky, looking down at Hanafuda, which was only a layer away from crashing into the sea.

To avoid crushing the ship's planks beneath his feet with his own weight as he fully transformed into a beast, Hanafuda reverted to his human-beast form. The fist mark left by Alyosha was clearly visible on Hanafuda's forehead.

This injury was inflicted by Alyosha using his highly skilled Armament Haki. Given Hanafuda's current weakened Armament Haki, even with the extraordinary vitality of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, it would take at least ten days to half a month for the injury to heal.

Looking down at the Hanafuda cards, now trapped like turtles in a jar.

Alyosha also resolved a question that had been bothering him.

No wonder the opponent was defeated by Ace who later went to sea. Hanafuda's bullying behavior at sea over the years has caused his Haki training to regress.

If they were to encounter Ace, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, as long as Ace prepared to use his elemental transformation to avoid the attack, Hanafuda's Armament Haki would be completely ineffective.

Even if Hanafuda, as a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, has incredibly strong vitality, how many times could she withstand Ace's fire?

"I was hoping to use you, a veteran Shichibukai, to test my current level. Let's just end this pointless farce now."

Alyosha shook his head, raised his right hand, and the powerful life energy in the air gathered in his palm.

Within a few breaths, this life energy gathered in Alyosha's palm into a visible serrated wheel of energy.

Hanafuda's expression froze as she looked at the serrated energy wheel gathering in Alyosha's right palm, which was suspended in mid-air.

In this sea area where there are no islands around, if Alyosha destroys his footing, he, who has no ability to fly, will only be left to fall into the sea and be slaughtered by others.

"Hey, Navy, is it possible to reconcile?"

Alyosha did not answer Hanafuda's sudden lowering of his stance.

But the saw-toothed air wheel in his hand spun faster and faster, yet it didn't fall.

Because at this moment, in Alyosha's Observation Haki perception, there were three life forms far more powerful than Hanafuda that were rapidly approaching him.

Alyosha looked in the direction he sensed using his Observation Haki.

He could see a black dot in his line of sight.

airship?

bird?

No, it's a person!

Just as Alyosha was wondering, the outline of the black dot rapidly approaching him in the sky gradually became clear, allowing Alyosha to recognize its identity.

The Three Disasters, the three top officers under Kaido, the Emperor of the Beasts, in the New World!