Nami's smile froze on her face, and she cursed inwardly.How did she end up with such a troublesome opponent?Fighting this Devil Fruit User with a 35-million-Berries bounty, who Robin mentioned had the Spiky-Spiky Fruit?You've got to be kidding me!There's no such thing as an easy Devil Fruit User to deal with."How cowardly."Miss Doublefinger exhaled a puff of smoke, casting her gaze toward Luffy, who was locked in fierce combat with Crocodile in the distance. Her tone carried a hint of pity and confusion: "That Straw Hat boy seems to have limitless potential; he's actually able to trade blows evenly with our boss.""It's unimaginable how he could choose a partner like you... hmm, someone who looks completely useless.""What did you say?"Nami's arms, holding Nika, tightened instinctively, and her short orange hair seemed to stand on end.She couldn't just let that comment slide.It was just like someone denying that Luffy could become the Pirate King."Ugh... Ni, Ni is going to die."Feeling suffocated, Nika groggily wanted to protest, but upon looking up and seeing the fire in Nami's eyes, along with the unpleasant gaze of the woman opposite them, he wisely swallowed his words.He just patted Nami's arm with his little paw.After catching his breath, not daring to cause trouble for Nami, he bared his teeth at Miss Doublefinger instead.The gazes of the two women collided in the air, as if sparks were flying."It seems we can't reach an agreement."Miss Doublefinger shook her head regretfully, her eyes suddenly turning cold.She tossed her smoking pipe aside and leaned forward slightly.Then, her figure blurred, and she charged toward Nami with terrifying speed. At the same time, the tips of her ten fingers instantly turned pitch-black and sharp, transforming into ten razor-sharp thorns glinting with cold light!So fast!Nami's pupils constricted, and she instinctively raised the clima-tact in her hands.She had paid quite a bit of money to have Usoppwork overtime to rush its creation."Bang!"The clima-tact precisely blocked the thorny fingers aimed at her face, producing a crisp sound like clashing metal. The immense force made Nami's arms go numb, and she stumbled backward repeatedly."You actually blocked it? It seems you're not entirely a vase. However, how long can such a toy hold up?" Miss Doublefinger was slightly surprised, then sneered.As she spoke, her hands thrust out continuously, the thorny fingers attacking Nami from all sorts of tricky angles like a storm.Sharp spikes could also emerge from other parts of her body at any moment, making it impossible to defend against."A toy? You'll find out soon enough if it is."Nami gritted her teeth, wielding the clima-tactuntil it was impenetrable, and combined with agile footwork, she struggled to defend herself.The clima-tact occasionally spewed out small gusts of cold air or hot wind to disrupt her opponent's rhythm, but faced with the relentless thorny attacks, she remained in constant danger."Just surrender honestly, little sister.""A battlefield of this level isn't something a little girl like you should be getting involved in. Look at how miserable you look; why bother?" Miss Doublefinger said, with ease."Who are you calling a little sister?"After a backflip to dodge the thorns sweeping toward her legs, Nami puffed out her chest.Miss Doublefinger: "..."Women always have a strange sense of competitiveness in certain aspects.Nami suddenly laughed, her sweat-dampened hair sticking to her cheeks. "You're right, I might not be good at fighting head-on. But who told you that a Navigator's only means of attack is brute force?"She slammed the clima-tact onto the ground and quickly adjusted the dials on it with both hands."Let me show you what a Navigator's battle is really like!"Nami began to swing the clima-tact with a movement almost like a dance, chanting: "Heat bubble, cold bubble mix. Sunny weather — Little Sun!"A small ball of light emitting a warm glow emerged from the tip of the clima-tact and drifted lazily toward Miss Doublefinger.Miss Doublefinger: "???"She instinctively popped the ball of light with her thorns, but nothing happened."Cloudy weather — Mirage Tempo!"A cloud of seven-colored bubbles that looked completely harmless enveloped her.Miss Doublefinger waved her hand to disperse the bubbles, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly as she felt she was being toyed with."Are you performing a circus act for me?""Sudden downpour — Thunder Tempo!"A small dark cloud instantly gathered at the tip of the clima-tact, and a light, drizzling rain fell, accompanied by faint electric sparks.Miss Doublefinger stood in place, letting the light rain soak her hair and clothes. The expression on her face shifted from confusion to impatience, and then to a speechless look, as if she were watching an idiot."...Are you done?"She completely lost her patience, her eyes sharpening: "It seems you only know these ridiculous little tricks. Game over!"Her arms suddenly transformed into countless sharp thorns, like two giant maces, and smashed down fiercely toward Nami with a whistling sound that tore through the air.This attack had an extremely wide range, almost sealing off all of Nami's retreat paths."Geez, you're always causing trouble for Nika."Nika's body suddenly grew larger, and then he slammed into Miss Doublefinger from the side."A pet that can suddenly grow larger?"Miss Doublefinger was knocked aside, her stomach churning.She looked at Nika, who was blocking Nami, with some surprise, and then glanced not far away at Usopp and Chopper, who were locked in a heated battle with Mr. 4, his beloved gun Lassoo, and Miss Merry Christmas."Your ship is really strange. Do you like raising animals that much? And you even have two tanukis."Miss Doublefinger stood up."I'm a reindeer, you jerk! Look closely, I have antlers!"In the distance, Chopper, who was dodging Mr. 4's heavy bat attacks, didn't forget to turn his head in the midst of his busy defense to correct her loudly and angrily, only to almost get hit by Miss Merry Christmas, who had burrowed out from underground.Nika was also furious at being called a tanuki.Nika is a tanuki?Call me the esteemed Sun God Nika!Miss Doublefinger withdrew her gaze and looked back at Nami and Nika, confidently displaying her sharp thorny fingers: "It's useless. I am a Spiky-Spiky Fruit User, a Spiky Human; my whole body can turn into the sharpest weapons. Attack is the best defense. If you don't want a few extra holes in your body, you'd better surrender obediently."Nika: "Huh? Weren't you just knocked flying by me?""Let me handle this."Nami stopped Nika and said, "I'm going to make her swallow those words."What did she mean by saying Luffy actually chose a partner like her!I've experienced more than you can imagine!"Stubborn!"Miss Doublefinger lost her last bit of patience. Her figure vanished again, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of Nami, her sharp thorny fingers thrusting straight at Nami's heart! "Spiky Finger!"However, the sensation of piercing through flesh that she expected did not come.Her fingers actually passed right through Nami's body as if she were a phantom!What?!Miss Doublefinger missed her strike, stumbled a step, and looked in shock at Nami, who was gradually becoming blurry and rippling like water in front of her."Mirage Tempo."Nami's real voice came from behind her, carrying a hint of cunning as her plan succeeded. "Your attacks are indeed strong, but if you can't hit me, they're worth nothing."Being cowardly doesn't mean she's brainless.Nami is the smartest person on their ship.Those seemingly ridiculous weather performances from earlier were not in vain.The temperature difference created by the heat bubbles and cold bubbles, combined with the unique light refraction of the desert itself, had already, under Nami's clever layout, formed a complex optical camouflage around her — Mirage Tempo!Using phantoms to confuse the opponent, while her real body hides within them."Just a circus trick!"Miss Doublefinger was shocked and angry.Sharp thorns suddenly sprang from her arms, legs, and even her back, like a human hedgehog, and she launched indiscriminate attacks in all suspicious directions around her!"Spiky Dance!"Not being able to hit someone is a very frustrating thing.The thorns tore through the air, carving deep gouges into the sand, but all the attacks landed on empty space or passed through false phantoms.Nami's real body was like a ghost, weaving through the layers of phantoms; Miss Doublefinger had no way to judge her exact position at all."Hey, do you only know how to use these little tricks?"After a while, Miss Doublefinger stopped, panting.She yelled angrily: "What's the use of hiding like a rat? With these stalling tactics, even if I can't hit you, what can you do to me? Can you defeat me?!"All the Namis laughed at the same time, their voices coming from all directions: "You're right, stalling isn't the goal.""Then do you remember what I told you earlier about my role on this ship?"Who would remember what an ant says?From the beginning, Miss Doublefinger hadn't cared about Nami as an opponent."It's Navigator.""So I will use a Navigator's means of attack.""Observing weather patterns, predicting danger, and guiding storms!"Before she finished speaking, Miss Doublefinger suddenly discovered that her surroundings were filled with shimmering bubbles.Electric bubbles mixed with hot and cold steam!She had ignored them earlier; what could that tiny bit of electricity do?Meanwhile.Above her head, a small patch of the previously clear sky suddenly darkened. Dark clouds gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye, electric snakes slithered within them, and low rumbles of thunder echoed!"Oh no!" Miss Doublefinger finally realized something was wrong and wanted to rush out of the range of the bubbles, but it was too late!Nami's real body appeared behind a phantom, the clima-tact pointing straight at the sky:"clima-tact: Complete Version... Thunder Tempo!"Boom!A blinding bolt of lightning descended from the sky like a silver dragon, precisely striking the dense area of electric bubbles!"Aaaaaahhh—!!!"The intense electric light instantly engulfed Miss Doublefinger's figure, and the powerful current conducted wildly through those metal-hard thorns on her body, filling the air with the smell of burning.She let out a shrill scream, her whole body convulsing violently.
