One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

Instead of engaging Dragon in a direct confrontation, John used the force of the enemy's attack to retreat, intending to search for treasure elsewhere.

But the incoming wind blades shattered the mechanical arm used to buy time.

"How terrifying! Can you please let me go? I'm just a retired old pirate."

John stopped in his tracks, knowing that the enemy wouldn't let him go, at least not until the tornado stopped.

"By the way, can you answer a question for me?"

The approaching Dorag remained expressionless, neither refusing nor agreeing.

"Including you, and that brat from the south, hmm~ maybe we should also count Rocks, why would you men who have awakened the aura of kings willingly stay under that man's command?"

"Is it simply because he's stronger than you?"

During their conversation, John once again used discarded metal objects to create two arms to fight the enemy.

Dragon launched his attack, remaining silent and offering no response to John.

"This is really frustrating. Can't you just give me an answer?"

"In any case, I didn't kill anyone in this place."

Seeing that Dragon remained silent, John frowned, his already dwindling patience completely gone.

The robotic arm is placed in front of the body for defense, blocking the enemy's strangely shaped fist attack before retreating.

Their hands detached from the robotic arm and waved in mid-air like a musician.

"Since you don't want to talk, then I'll grant your wish. In this world, only the dead don't need to talk."

"Magnetic!"

Seeing that the mechanical arm he had blasted apart did not fall, but instead scattered into countless metal parts that pierced from all directions.

Dorrag was sucked into the wind simply by stepping on the ground.

When he reappeared, he was beside Captain John.

"Dragon Claw Fist!"

The dragon claw, entwined with two colors of overwhelming power, knocks the enemy away.

Before the metal objects controlled by the magnets could return to help, the arm was once again sucked into the wind element.

John stood up, his face grim.

I can't sense it with Observation Haki, no!

It's not that we can't sense it, it's that the entire forest is filled with that guy's presence!

Wherever the wind exists, the information returned by Observation Haki is that it is an enemy!

"A game of hide-and-seek? Then I'll be the ghost."

"Magnetic grinding disc!!"

With his power unleashed, John used the fruit's power to create three huge, sharp blades around himself.

As the magnetic force rotates, the blades spin rapidly like a fan.

The speed is getting faster and faster!

More and more metals are being incorporated.

Minutes later, the tip of the rotating blade had pierced the tornado protecting the church.

John's eyes gleamed.

He was waiting, waiting for the moment when the blades broke through the tornado and destroyed the church.

That guy hiding in the wind would never tolerate such behavior.

By then~

John fiddled with the iron spike he was holding in his right hand.

"Dragon's Breath!"

Seeing the figure that suddenly appeared beside him and destroyed the magnetic millstone with three consecutive punches, John subconsciously let go of his hand.

The iron spikes were deflected using magnetic force.

Blood blossoms bloom in the wind.

John, who hadn't waited for any further attacks, wasn't in a hurry and restarted the magnetic millstone.

Catch the iron spikes that are drawn by the magnetism.

"If you want to play, I'll play with you. Whoever gets impatient first loses."

……

Just as Dragon and John were at an impasse, on the edge of a small island far overseas.

The lifeboat was moored at the foot of the cliff, and Hana Hanacha transformed into a human-beast form, using the protruding rocks of the cliff for leverage to leap.

Lying on the lawn on the cliff, Hana Hanaha bent down, her forked purple tongue frequently flicking in and out.

Along with the Observation Haki that occasionally emanates, it searches for the enemy's presence.

"found it……"

Hana Hana suddenly straightened up and looked north, her human pupils instantly transforming into the vertical pupils of a wild beast.

"prey!"

Chapter 160 Hana Hanafuda Hunt in Progress

"Hahaha~~"

Lox, covered in blood, straightened up, his feet submerged in the rising tide.

Unlike his two former subordinates, he had no need to worry about being hated by the sea.

"Lingling, Shiki, you've grown a lot, but that's not enough to defeat me."

"What a pity, if I were still alive, you two would be dead by now."

In the rubble not far away, an arm broke through a crack in the rocks and used force to prop up the body.

Shiki swung his knife, knocking away the rubble that was pressing down on him, and licked the blood that had flowed to the corner of his lips.

"I haven't been injured in a long time. Get out of the way, Lox. I have no interest in fighting an undead."

Ten meters away in the woods, Zeus the Thundercloud flew out first, followed by Lingling's eight-meter-tall body.

Rocks raised an eyebrow and said dismissively:

"It's barely dawn, and you're already dreaming? If you want to get past me, it's simple, just kill me."

"Aren't you all just yelling that you want me to go back to the underworld anyway?"

"Lingling, go all out, don't get entangled with this guy."

Shiki strode forward, accelerating to his maximum speed in the blink of an eye.

Bang--!!

Rocks retreated while fending off Shiki's attacks.

"Thunder!"

Zeus unleashed a thunderbolt.

"Tsk, one or two of them are really annoying."

Locke suppressed his irritation. He didn't know what was going on with these two people, who were shouting that they wanted to kill him.

But Yeshai honestly did not activate any more abilities.

After Ross returned, he had several confrontations with that man.

【Cherish those before you/Enjoy the battle: Activated when encountering a target who will never retreat, unleashing pent-up fighting spirit, and—with each instance of damage taken, muscles strengthen, and with each muscle strengthening, the body grows larger.】

Every sparring match activates the Battle Demon's special state, but this time it didn't activate.

The two guys in front of him gave him the feeling that they might retreat and run away at any moment.

The slash, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, grazed past Shiki and slammed heavily into the waves that stretched up to his knees.

The two, who had originally intended to launch an attack, immediately withdrew and retreated.

They are Devil Fruit users, and even if they touch seawater, they will not completely lose their power.

But for a powerful figure like Rocks, a change in an instant is enough to alter the course of the battle.

"If you don't want to fight, then get lost."

Rocks carried a large cleaver, his face grim.

"We're supposed to be allies, yet we don't even trust each other. I don't understand why you've gone to such lengths to besiege this island."

“I’m different from them.”

Charlotte Linlin chuckled a few times and put one hand on her hip.

“I came here just to check on you, Lox.”

"Besides, there's no trust among pirates, didn't you tell us that, dear captain?"

Lox grunted and voluntarily left the sea that he had intended to use.

With each step he took, the aura bursting forth from his body grew stronger.

"I've taught you more than just these things. Since you're unwilling to listen obediently, I'll tell you some more life philosophies."

boom--!!

The rising tide was propelled by the force of the surge, creating a wave tens of meters high!

Rushing to Shiki's side, facing the horizontal slash of Sakura Toki, Rocks neither dodged nor avoided, but instead withstood two slashes with his body before grinning and swinging down his sword.

"Shiki, when conditions are right, trade injuries for injuries; that's the key to victory."

Shiki's eyes rolled back as he was sent flying. He barely managed to stop his backward flight when his Observation Haki gave him a deadly warning!

The unexpected turn of events caused Rocks, who was originally planning to attack Big Mom, to stop in his tracks.

"Hana Hanafuda, when did you arrive on the island?" Lockes asked.

Shiki, who was sent flying by a claw, looked horrified. If he hadn't dodged quickly enough, the claw would have grazed his lower back and sent him flying.

Instead, they inserted it directly into his body and pulled out his intestines.

"You're surprised I'm still alive, aren't you, Shiki?"

A hoarse voice came from his side. Without hesitation, Shiki swung his sword in the direction from which the voice came.

"Hehehehe, it seems that not killing you that day was my mistake, you coward."

Glancing at the bleeding wound on his waist and abdomen, Shiki raised his head to face the lizard monster.

"You live off your partner's life? You're just as much of a scumbag as me!"

"Say what you want..."

Hana Hana didn't rush to attack. Instead, she retreated step by step into the shade of the trees behind her, her body covered in dark gray scales gradually disappearing from their sight.

It was as if it had never existed.

"Has it become invisible? No wonder it escaped my pursuit that day."

After using his Observation Haki to lock onto the aura hidden in the darkness, Shiki deliberately turned around, exposing his back as an opening.

"But trash like you isn't worth my personal attention."

"Get lost! My opponent is Rocks!"

The sarcasm and curses went unanswered, but Shiki could feel that gaze still fixed on him.

"Feels tricky, right?"

Lox laughed gleefully:

"I can't afford to be distracted while fighting me. If I am, I'll either get chopped down by him or stabbed by that guy."