His body techniques are those unexpected swift moves, but against those with Observation Haki of similar level, he simply can't land a hit.
Even if he believes he can defeat those people, because of their Observation Haki, he can't manage to hit them, either they escape or counterattack.
His level, even in the first half, can only capture Pirates with bounties under a hundred million.
And in the New World, it's even more so.
Catching a Pirate with a bounty over a hundred million to prove himself has always been his dream.
A year ago, Jekai approached him with the promise of a chance to capture a Pirate worth over a hundred million and become famous across the seas.
After a long wait, only recently did Jekai give him information about Gin, and that's when he realized it was to take on the Disaster Pirates.
For such a top-tier group of Pirates, at first Dennis refused, but the information provided by Jekai won him over.
Gin's ability was heavily countered by him, plus Jekai guaranteed that their danger-sensing Observation Haki would fail, so Dennis agreed immediately.
Now is his time to become famous!
This is one of the great Pirates of the Disaster Pirates!
"Die!"
Dennis yelled crazily, reaching with five fingers toward Gin's head.
"Kami-e..."
The quartz-like claw brushed past Gin's side, like trying to catch a soft, drifting paper, smoothly sliding over.
"Useless!"
Dennis shouted, "My ability isn't so easily dodged! Quartz powder!"
Slap!
The quartz claw shattered, turning into powder that covered Gin's twisting body, instantly quartzifying parts of his chest, waist, left arm, and even left calf.
"Quartz can lock your movements, and... it's very fragile!"
Dennis let out a strange cry, curling his fingers into a fist and slamming it towards the quartzified chest of Gin.
Just one punch, shattering his chest, and he's done for!
"Meteor Hammer!"
Gin's body swayed, swinging the quartzified right hand directly towards Dennis's face.
Bam!
The quartz right hand hit Dennis's face hard, with immense force causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood, crashing heavily against a tree trunk behind, leaving a dent.
"Damn you, sacrificing a hand to hinder me!"
Dennis clutched his chest, panting quickly, then shouted, "But it's useless, you're destined to be defeated by me. This time it's the right hand, next time you'll..."
Before he could finish, his face froze, staring in disbelief at Gin's right hand.
The right hand touched and turned to quartz by him was now crumbling into fragments, revealing a complete right arm.
"Next time, what?"
Gin's right hand was coated in pitch-black Haki, as he clenched his fist, shaking his body to cause the quartzified parts to crumble into pieces, revealing a complete body.
"Besides ability, Haki is also crucial."
Gin said calmly, "The power of will is so free that nothing can bind it! You can quartzify my body, but you can never quartzify my will!"
"Damn Haki!"
Dennis pressed both hands onto the tree beneath his feet, "Can your Haki withstand my ability? It's consuming! Quartz Earth!"
The quartz powder erupted from his hands, spreading through the forest, quickly quartzifying the surrounding ground and trees.
"No need to withstand, just need to defeat you!"
Without approaching, Gin simply aimed at Dennis, retracting his fist to his waist, readying a perfectly standard punch.
"Fist Bone·Empty Bullet!"
Bam!
Even with nothing in the way, not even a flow of air, a sudden impact stopped the spreading quartz powder, hitting Dennis's chest like a cannonball, causing it to cave in.
Externalized Haki!
"Rankyaku·Triple Strike!"
After the punch, Gin followed through with a flying kick, sending three consecutive slashes rushing towards him.
Disregarding the injuries on his chest, Dennis bit his teeth hard, moving his feet to the side to dodge.
His speed was indeed very swift.
Whoosh!
Just as he moved, a solid afterimage appeared in front of him.
"Soru."
Gin appeared in front of Dennis, holding the meteor hammer horizontally, looking down at the short man, the originally pitch-black round head of the hammer, now covered with even darker Haki.
"Finger Gun·Grenade Cannon!"
The round hammer swiftly approached Dennis's already sunken chest, pressing down instantly, causing his body to flatten outwards upon impact, fiercely crashing into the roots of the trees below.
Bang!!
The blast dispersed, sending countless wood chips and soil flying, a cloud of dust erupting at the site of the hit.
Quickly, the dust cleared, revealing a huge depression, and at the center of the depression, at the spot where the hammer's head had landed, was only a pile of barely recognizable human-shaped flesh.
Gin rotated the swing hammer, letting it freely drop down; its head was so covered with Haki that it didn't even touch the flesh and blood.
"There are too many people at sea who become conceited because of their powers. Even if you do restrain me, without Haki, you still wouldn't be my match. Besides, your ability development isn't strong."
If it truly was an ability that surpassed Haki, then Gin would naturally concede, perhaps even perish here.
But this guy, his ability is weak, and he doesn't possess Haki.
Simply relying on the so-called restraint relationship, you want to defeat him?
Apart from possessing Externalized Haki, he also knows 'Internal Destruction.'
He has already mastered Armament Haki.
"In the Disaster Pirates, if you can look down on me, I'm not picky about your reasoning."
Gin glanced at the pile of flesh and shook his head, "But outside the Pirates, you should know...I'm a Great Pirate you can't afford to provoke!"
His bounty hasn't increased recently, but even so, with a bounty of 120 million, not to mention in the East Sea, even in the first half, he can be referred to as a Great Pirate!
Saying this, he looked at the quartzified people, and with Dennis's death, the quartz on their surfaces was lifted, allowing them to move one by one.
Not only is he someone whose ability development is lacking, but he's also the type whose abilities are nullified upon death.
"General Commander!"
"It's General Commander Gin!"
The pirates regained their forms, each shouting joyfully.
"Lower the injured companions, treat them with water and medicine, don't let them die!"
Gin immediately issued orders, "The rest, search around, see if there are any stragglers, and if found shoot to signal."
Originally, he wanted to find Master Sage, but now, thinking about it, there's no need.
Searching for his subordinates is the priority.
As for Sage...no one can defeat him.
The guy with the Feather Fan, his defeat is only a matter of time.
The only ones who can defeat the Pirate Emperor are those who are his equals; others...lack the qualification!
...
A bit earlier.
In another part of the Sea of Trees.
Hawkins sat on a tree root, slowly laying out Tarot Cards, glanced at them, and then chose the direction towards the east, "There, the probability of finding Sage is 98%."
Urouge nodded, took out a Life Card of Sage, watched it move in the palm of his hand towards the east, and nodded, "You make sense."
Hawkins: "..."
"What were you doing earlier?"
Urouge made a gesture of apology with one hand, "Forgot, sorry."
Hawkins gathered up the Tarot Cards, shuffled them again, and slowly placed them, saying:
"We shouldn't worry about Sage; no one can defeat him. Instead, that Jekai fellow deliberately separating us and these trees trying to attack us is quite strange."
"Our Observation can't perceive them; this means here in the Sea of Trees, we are in danger, hmm..."
He glanced again at the re-laid Tarot Cards, furrowing his brow, "Urouge."
"Got it!"
Urouge hesitated, but immediately embraced the lead pillar.
Clang clatter!
As Hawkins finished speaking, from the trees in the distance suddenly came the sound of chains, quickly intertwining above the trees to form a net, dropping down fiercely.
"Madman Chain Net!"
Urouge looked up and smiled, his arms bulging with veins, thrusting the lead pillar straight up.
"Exorcism and Righteousness!"
Clang!
The dense chains were broken open by the lead pillar, many broken chains scattering down.
"Engagement rate 93%, victory rate 61%, escape rate 22%, hmm, none of those matter anymore, what matters is..."
Hawkins looked up at the thick trunk ahead, saying lightly: "You have a death omen today."