Settsetse! The Pirate Nemesis

"You can't... underestimate me!!!" Doflamingo roared, his tiger-like eyes wide. As an abandoned Celestial Dragon, what Doflamingo could not tolerate most was being looked down upon.

In his frenzy, even Doflamingo himself didn't notice that fibrous, fluffy lines had appeared on the soles of his feet where they touched the ground—a sign of the awakening of a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. Similarly, Sett didn't notice either—or even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

As Sett watched Doflamingo pull the threads connecting the surrounding houses with his hands, turning them into a meteor hammer that hurtled towards him, Sett's entire body turned pitch black in that instant.

boom!!!

Sett stood between two houses, positioned in the middle, but before Doflamingo could make his next move, his jet-black body blurred into a blur as he burst forth from the ruins. The air around him rippled violently, like a speeding chariot. When he regained his senses, the all-black Sett resembled an iron giant. His fist, the size of a cooking pot, fell like a meteor.

The heavy blow shattered Doflamingo's upper body the instant it hit him—no, wait!

There was no real sensation of flesh and blood being struck; in the instant Doflamingo's body was blasted apart, it disintegrated into clumps of yarn. When Sett reacted, the threads that had been scattered in the air by the blast suddenly tightened as if under control, each one sharp like a knife, coiling tightly around Sett's arm.

Shadow Rider Line - Line Chrysalis!!

Doflamingo coils and binds the fine threads he creates in mid-air, then adds colors to the threads to create puppet-like clones. These puppets are identical to the user, like clones or doppelgangers. The user can freely manipulate the puppets to use any of his techniques; the puppets can even speak under his control. Even if the thread clones are decapitated or shattered at close range, Doflamingo can still launch further attacks from a distance!

Just like now, relying on the moment when the house collapsed and the dust rose and fell, he switched positions with the pre-prepared thread clone. When attacked, the moment the Shadow Rider thread clone collapsed, it transformed into something like a pupa and firmly imprisoned Sett's arm.

"Don't... underestimate me!!"

With a fierce gaze, Doflamingo had spent countless days and nights in grueling training to bring Trebol and the others under his control, allowing this pampered individual to catch up with these villains who had grown up in the dark world. He loathed his Celestial Dragon identity, because it always gave the impression that he had achieved his power solely through his bloodline… although that was indeed part of the reason.

However, it's undeniable that what truly gives Doflamingo value is his own resilience! Undeniable evil cannot negate his personal convictions. Similarly, his convictions and resilience cannot negate his crimes!

His arm tilted slightly backward, then swung out violently. Dozens of sharp steel wires erupted from his palm, swirling and overlapping in mid-air, giving the impression of a spear made of steel wire!

"Super Strike Whip Gun!!!"

The damage is immense and the range is extremely wide. Especially in his current state of unleashing his cosmos, Doflamingo can even control these threads to attack enemies several kilometers away.

Although the thread is almost impossible to recover as a price, there's no need to think about it anymore—Doflamingo has only one goal: to kill Sett!

"Underestimating you?"

Despite Doflamingo's attacks, Sett showed no concern whatsoever. Even with his right arm tightly bound by silken threads, his face remained largely expressionless with pain.

He simply leaned back slightly, and then the steel-like darkness surrounding him instantly boiled, burned, and transformed into an inextinguishable flame. His intense aura spread outwards, and the ruins and rubble on the ground seemed to rise into the air weightlessly under the surge of his heroic spirit.

"I'm just stating a fact..." Sett said coldly;

"You're weak!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his right arm shot out. Xiao Ming wasn't idle; he unleashed a powerful punch!

A roar of light erupted! A surge of power exploded from his right fist, instantly tearing apart the silken pupa wrapped around his arm. Bathed in this light, the indestructible Super-Strike Whip Gun melted away like snow!

123. I can't cure you.

Wrapped around Sett's arm like a steel rope, an ordinary person would likely have fared no better than Vergo's ankle falling into Sett's grasp under that terrifyingly tight constriction.

With a slightly more serious expression, the Armament Haki, unleashed by the deliberate punch, erupted instantly. The terrifying power transformed into a torrent of light, causing everything in its path to crumble! The destructive flood, like a tsunami, instantly engulfed the surrounding area! Located in a corner of the map, a third of Flevans' territory was razed to the ground!

This sounds terrifying, but in reality, Flevance wasn't very big. In Sett's previous life, it was only the size of a medium-sized island.

As the smoke cleared, Sett sat nonchalantly on top of the unconscious Doflamingo.

Hawkeye strolled over unhurriedly, his face etched with boredom—even just one would have been enough. Throughout Sett's fight, Hawkeye had been constantly searching for a suitable opponent. But unfortunately, from beginning to end, not a single pure swordsman had appeared…

Especially Diamante. At first, Hawkeye thought that guy was a swordsman, but after getting to know him, he found out that the guy only used a sword because the blade was convenient for his Devil Fruit ability.

Similarly, relying on the power of the Fluttering Fruit, Diamante could pull out a mace from his crotch at any time, in addition to his sword.

Hawkeye was annoyed by this impure swordsmanship, so he simply left it all to Sett to handle...

"How was the game?"

Hawkeye held a glass of red wine. Sett, however, just scoffed and said, "How was the game? It was so boring!"

Sett said, "When I fought that damn redhead before, my fighting spirit was so high that one punch almost burned the skin off my arm. But now..."

He stretched out his arm and waved it in front of Hawkeye. "Nothing's wrong! A Celestial Dragon, huh? I thought you portrayed him as so powerful and aloof, but this is all? Celestial Dragon? A bastard!!"

As he spoke, Sett spat in annoyance. Just as Sett had said, although he could currently replenish his Willpower through daily accumulation—much like Zed or Akali's energy—it was fine at first. However, as Sett's potential increased, his physical abilities improved, his strength grew, and his willpower hardened, his self-replenished Willpower gradually stopped reaching its maximum.

Now, it can only maintain around 30% of its maximum value at most... the remaining 70% depends entirely on the high morale during battle.

During his fight with Hawkeye, Sett's ferocious fighting spirit surged to 120%. His unleashed, deliberate punch, exceeding its limit, not only parted the sea in the middle but also severely damaged Sett's own arm.

The skin, as tough as cowhide, burned away completely, exposing the muscle fibers, which had been constantly strengthened by the storm, to the air. Inside, the hard arm bones showed several fractures and cracks.

but now……

Apart from the temperature being slightly higher, everything else was fine.

"Oh dear! How scary, how scary!"

Kizaru walked over unhurriedly from a short distance away, stroking his chin with feigned surprise—though it wasn't all an act.

The Don Quixote family's stronghold was in the noble district of Flevans—a place that used to be quite populated. Servants, nobles, slaves…the list goes on. But now, with the country's blockade, the truly wealthy and powerful had long since fled. Those who hadn't dared to stay dared not remain, fearing being robbed by a mob. It was precisely because of this that Sett could so recklessly expand the range of his deliberate, deliberate punches.

The result was undoubtedly good; at least, with one punch, 70% of the Don Quixote family members were rendered powerless to resist and collapsed to the ground.

Do you have Den Den Mushi (snail phone)?

Sett looked at Kizaru. As an admiral candidate, it was only natural for him to carry a Den Den Mushi. Without much thought, Kizaru took a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and handed it to him.

Taking the Den Den Mushi, Sett called out with a nonchalant grin, "Hello! Tina!!!"

"roll!!!"

An annoyed sound came from it, followed by: beep, beep, beep...

"..."

Upon hearing Tina's voice, the three men present exchanged glances. Finally, Sett was the first to break the silence: "Why is she angry?"

Shrugging, Kizaru said with an indifferent expression, "You're asking me? I've never even had a girlfriend."

Without speaking, Hawkeye simply raised his glass to indicate that he was on par with Kizaru. Just as Sett was still pondering this, the Den Den Mushi beside him suddenly rang again. Somewhat surprisingly, it was Robin's voice coming through.

"Miss Tina is busy preparing for this quarter's assessment, so she's not feeling well... Is there anything I can help you with, Sett?"

Upon hearing Robin's voice, Sett nodded, then said nonchalantly, "Ask around, I've captured a guy named Doflamingo! Ask him about his bounty..."

Before Sett could finish speaking, Robin, somewhat surprised and uncertain, said, "Doflamingo?...Is he the one from the Donquixote Family of the North Sea?"

"Yes, it's him. What's wrong?"

“I’m afraid that won’t work.” Robin glanced at Tina, who was busy preparing for the assessment and seemed to be going through menopause early, and said, “The North Sea is not Tina’s jurisdiction, and the Don Quixote family has connections with some officials in the North Sea. This may not be a good thing for Tina.”

"Is that so? Never mind then. I'm hanging up now, bye~"

As he spoke, there was a click.

On the other side, Robin still had so much to say, but then the message "AFK" came through. A hint of disappointment crept onto her already charming face, but after a sigh, all that remained for her was a sense of regret... This was indeed something Sett would do.

"Tina won't accept it..."

With that, Sett kicked Doflamingo, who was lying dead on the ground, twice. "So, Kizaru, do you want it? If you don't even dare to take this, then the purity of your Marines is too low!"

"It's not that bad." Although he said that, Kizaru still rubbed his temples with a worried look on his face; "I'm a Marine, after all..."

"Young Master is a Celestial Dragon!"

Before Kizaru could finish speaking, Pica, who had narrowly escaped the direct impact of the deliberate punch, crawled out of the ruins and said with a ferocious expression, "Young Master is a Celestial Dragon!! You bunch of bastard Marines can't lay a hand on us! Young Master—"

Just as he was shouting, a flash of light streaked past before Sett could even react. The next moment, Pica's head was once again stomped into the pit.

As he stomped on it, Kizaru gritted his teeth, his brows furrowed in displeasure, and said:

"If I can't handle the Celestial Dragons, I can certainly handle you!!"

124. The Power of the Speed ​​of Light

It turned out that Doflamingo was indeed no good. After eliminating the Donquixote Family, the Marines conducted a thorough search of the villa. In the underground storage room, they found mountains of supplies. While not enough to stabilize the entire Flevans, if properly distributed, it would be enough for the people of Flevans to live normally for a month or two.

"That's really a difficult problem."

Kizaru scratched his head in exasperation—if it were any other pirates or thugs, he would have happily accepted it as part of his achievements. He'd heard that houses in the Sabaody Archipelago were going up in price, and maybe he could even use that as a down payment for a few.

But Doflamingo is different; this guy is a Celestial Dragon... even if this Celestial Dragon isn't recognized, he's still one of the Celestial Dragons.

If he were arrested by himself like this, even the great generals of the Warring States period would probably have a headache.

Just as Kizaru was still lost in thought, Sett came over and looked at him with curiosity in his eyes.

"Hey, Lao Huang. Did you know that exceeding the speed of light can turn back time?"

"Huh? There's such a saying?"

Upon hearing Sett's words, Kizaru scratched his head in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear that from? I've never heard of it before?"

The technology tree in this world is developing rather strangely, especially physics, which is a complete mess. Although he hasn't looked into it in detail, if Sett remembers correctly, the physics in this world is still stuck at the level of universal gravitation. It's just that Sett didn't study hard enough; if he had, he might have become a physics whiz.

"Never mind that for now," Sett said with great interest. "It's common knowledge that when an object reaches the speed of light, time can be stopped. So, exceeding the speed of light would allow time to flow backward. On top of that, your Glint-Glint Fruit allows you to become photon. So here's the question: if you run in circles around a tree, can you fuck your own ass?"

"..."

As Seti spoke, the once bustling construction site—which was busy moving the Don Quixote family's remaining supplies—quickly went from noisy to silent.

It wasn't just Sett who was curious. After hearing Sett's words, even Hawkeye, who was standing next to him, stopped his pretentious wine-tasting behavior. His sharp, hawk-like eyes were fixed on Kizaru's crotch. After realizing his lapse in composure, he quickly took another swig.

Although he turned his head back and stopped staring at Kizaru, anyone could guess that Mihawk's ears were definitely perked up...

"..."

Aside from Hawkeye, the other Marines stared blankly at Kizaru and Sett. They felt a lump in their throats, like sitting on pins and needles, like thorns in their backs. Although Kizaru didn't look behind him, he was certain their attention was on him—not only those behind him, but even his adjutant beside him was staring at him in shock.

"No, there's no scientific basis for that..." Kizaru said cautiously, with a slight headache. "Science isn't something you can just say whatever you want. You have to understand, only through rigorous deduction and proof can those laws exist. Things like the speed of light reversing time are obviously fake, aren't they?"

"The lieutenant general seems to be making excuses..."

"The more I listen, the more it seems like it's true..."

"Yes, yes..."

Hearing the whispers behind him, Kizaru knew that if he didn't do something soon, his integrity for the rest of his life would be ruined!

With this thought in mind, Kizaru decided to use the authority of the scientific community to quell their doubts about him. So he took out a Den Den Mushi and said, "I'm not lying to you. I'm going to call Vegapunk right now... You know Vegapunk, right? The most brilliant scientist, possessing wisdom that surpasses that of humans by five hundred years!"

After saying that, Kizaru dialed Vegapunk's number. He knew his explanations were useless. Only the strongest scientist could speak out and effectively humiliate him—people might question the Marine Admirals' lack of education, but even a beggar on the street knew Dr. Vegapunk's name and the ultimate wisdom he represented!

"Hello, may I ask how I am...?"