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Chapter 57: Supreme King Haki: Clad Mode (R-18)
"Tontatta Combat: Iron Tail!!"
"Ice Glove!!"
DOOOOOMMMM!!! My tail and Aokiji's fist collided violently. The sky split, the earth shook, and black lightning cracked through the air as our Haki clashed.
"Haa, haa…! Ah, geez! This is exhausting! It's freezing! I hate fighting you, Aokiji!"
"Right back at you, Line… Honestly, I didn't want to fight you either."
"Then just let us go!"
"...I can't… exactly do that. Ice Glove!!"
DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!!
Tail and fist slammed into each other over and over again. Through my one year of training, I had gained enough strength to push Ray-san into giving up. But an active Fleet Admiral was clearly on another level… As things stood, I couldn't see myself overpowering him.
"Guh~! I-I-It hurts…!"
I knew it was coming, but seriously, Aokiji was insanely strong~. His Haki was immense, his physical stats were ridiculous, and he was so tall… Grrrrrr…!
"Haa, haa, haa…! Aokiji! Your strength is a literal cheat code! How did you even get this strong!? Seriously!"
"Phew… I'm returning those exact words to you. When I first met you in Mary Geoise, I never dreamed you'd become this strong. ...I really should have captured you by force back then, huh…!"
"Wha!?"
"Ice Rain!!"
Matching Aokiji's surging killing intent, a freezing blizzard—byuoooo—began to violently howl around us. Ah~! There it is! The power of the Ice-Ice Fruit! As if his base strength wasn't enough, his Devil Fruit was a total cheat too! It was unbearable! Just the aftershocks of his attacks were causing the ambient temperature to plummet rapidly. It felt like I had been teleported to the peak of a snowy mountain.
"Haa, haa, haa, haa…! I-It's f-freezing… chatter chatter…!"
My body heat was being violently sapped away, and I could feel my physical functions slowly dropping.
"Ice Block: Crushing Mallet!!"
"Guh, ugh…! Fugeh!"
We were supposed to be fighting evenly, but before I knew it, I was slowly being pushed back.
"Haa, haa…! Damn it! I need to back them up too, but…! I'm so pathetic…"
Wheezing heavily, I cast a glance behind me… Towards the two girls who were fighting the zenith of the Marines' military might just like I was… Esune and Densuke.
"Guh…!"
Esune, battling Akainu. Densuke, battling Kizaru. Initially, both of them had displayed combat prowess completely on par with the Admirals… but as time ticked on, the gap in their true strength was beginning to show…
...
First, looking at Densuke, who was fighting Kizaru—
"Hmm, shouldn't you be calling it quits soon, little angel lady? Exactly how long do you plan on getting in my way~?"
⌁ "Jiii…! U-Until Master says… I can stop…! Haa, haa…!" ⌁
She was drenched in sweat, swaying unsteadily on her feet. Densuke… was completely out of stamina.
⌁ "Ugyu, fu… jijijiii…" ⌁
The cornerstone of Densuke's power was her "Dials." By applying the power of her Angel Fruit, Densuke could project the power of the Dials she carried directly from her own body. Through this, Densuke had nullified almost all of Kizaru's attacks. Light attacks were absorbed by the Flash Dial… Physical attacks like punches and kicks were absorbed by the Impact Dial… By absorbing the damage, she had managed to stay in the fight.
However, no matter how much damage she nullified, she couldn't actually defeat Kizaru. Since Densuke couldn't use Haki, she was completely incapable of inflicting any damage on Kizaru, a Logia user.
⌁ "Ji…! Take this, Impact!!" ⌁
"Hmm, that doesn't work on me… Yasakani no Magatama."
⌁ "P-Pika Pika Absorption~! T-That doesn't work on me either!" ⌁
It was a muddy war of attrition where neither side could damage the other… and naturally, Densuke was the first to run out of gas. She was struggling just to fly on her own power now… relying entirely on the Jet Dial to forcefully propel herself to keep up with Kizaru's movements. She was pushed to the absolute brink…
⌁ "Jiii, jiii, jiii~! I absolutely…! Won't let you pass…!!" ⌁
...
And then… Esune, who was fighting Akainu, was also pushed to her absolute limit—
"Tch, how annoying! Step aside already! Billion-Hunter Rabbit!"
"I-I w-won't let you paass…!! Ngu! Deryaaa!!"
Dopa! Dopa! Dopa! Esune frantically used her Haki to parry and redirect the endless torrent of magma Akainu unleashed. She was no longer attacking. She was entirely on the defensive.
"Ze, ze! I will absolutely… never let you pass!"
"Hmph… How many more seconds will you last? That Haki of yours… is clearly at its absolute limit. Just give up and die!!"
By utilizing "repelling Haki," it was indeed possible to defend against magma without touching it. ...However, Haki is something that depletes the more you use it. Since the battle began, Esune had been keeping her Haki constantly flared at maximum output. She had to be running on fumes.
"Ze… haa… Aahh!!"
If Esune's Haki were to suddenly snap right now… Akainu's magma would instantly incinerate her skin. Just imagining it made my blood run cold. Hang in there, hang in there…! Just hold on a little longer…!
"Haa, haa… I-I absolutely can't… die in a place like this…"
"Huh?"
"...! Because! After this is all over…! My reward from Big Brother is waiting for me! Ehe♡ Ehehehehe♡" she muttered.
"What the hell are you mumbling about, Billion-Hunter Rabbit!?"
From where I was standing, I couldn't quite hear her clearly… but Esune seemed to be whispering something to herself. ...She was probably just putting up a brave front. Desperately trying to encourage herself. How adorable. Uuuugh…
"E-Ehe… Ehehehehe♡ R-Reward…♡ I-If I can just survive this… Big Brother's reward is waiting for me…♡ H-He said… anything goes…♡ Anything…♡ Ehe♡ Ehehehehehe♡ Hugging all day long♡ Kissing all day long♡ Banging all day long♡ A-Anything goes♡♡ Big Brother's 'Big Brother'♡ Right inside Esune's 'Esune'♡ In and out♡ In and out♡ In and out♡ 凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹凸凹ッ♡♡♡♡♡ And then making my belly swell up~♡♡♡" she muttered rapidly.
"!!? What in the world are you spouting at a time like this!? Are you mocking me!? You brat!!"
"I'm not mocking you! Haki is… the power of will! Absolute, unquestionable belief is strength! I have never once doubted my love for my Big Brother!!"
"Silence!! You insolent brat!! Great Eruption!!!"
"Rabbit-Rabbit Combat!! Affection Deception!!"
DOOOOOMMMM!!!
Desperately squeezing out every last drop of her Haki, Esune somehow continued to endure Akainu's magma. She had to be past her limit, yet she was fighting through it, enduring it…!
...
"Haa, haa…! Esune and Densuke are both…"
"..."
"Both of them! Are fighting so hard for me…! There's no way in hell I'm going down first!! Fungyiii!!"
"Arararara… I thought you'd give up by now… guess not."
"Like hell I'd give up! Tontatta Combat! Iron Tail!!"
"Ice Time!!"
Aokiji's absolute-zero hand lunged toward me… Getting hit by that would be devastating… but uwaaaah!! To hell with your freezing hand!! I've got guts!! Ignoring the danger, I slammed my tail directly into Aokiji's palm.
DOOOOOM!!!
"Ugh…!!"
"Ugago…! C-Cold…!!"
We violently repelled each other. A sharp crack echoed from Aokiji's wrist. It seemed I managed to deal a decent amount of damage? ...However, the price was my tail rapidly freezing solid with a sickening bikibiki sound. Uwaaaah! It's so cold it physically hurts!!
"Aghguu…!! My tail!! It's cold! It's cold! It's cold! It's so cold it's practically burning!!"
"Phew... Just give up already. It's not just your tail. Your hands and feet must be completely numb by now, right?"
"..."
Just as Aokiji said, my body was thoroughly chilled to the core, refusing to move properly anymore. The Ice-Ice Fruit's restraining power was truly terrifying~. But… but you know, fuhehe…!
"Made it… in time…!"
"Hmm?"
"Liiiiiiine!!"
Perona's voice, calling my name, echoed across the plaza. Hearing it, I smirked. "What is it?" Aokiji asked, looking confused… but he was already too late.
"Hey! Line! The last banana boat has set off! With this… every single slave in Mary Geoise has been successfully evacuated!!"
"Great job, Perona! Fuhe, fuhehehe!"
"What? Every single one…!!?? You've got to be kidding me!?"
At Perona's report, Aokiji whipped around in shock. And there, before his eyes… not a single slave remained.
"!!? W-When did you…!? W-Wait, seriously!? You evacuated that many people (approx. 100,000) in such a short amount of time…!? Are you kidding me…!!"
I'm completely serious! Fuhehe. You were too focused on the fight to notice, weren't you? You thought moving that many people would take hours, didn't you? You're too naive! Perona and Moria worked incredibly hard to guide them.
"Fuhehehe! Our victory condition wasn't defeating you guys! It was evacuating the slaves! And with this, our condition has been met! Serves you right~!"
"...Haaa... I really should have kept an eye on the slaves… Damn it… what a sneaky trick to pull…"
Aokiji slapped a hand over his face, striking a perfect 'I screwed up' pose.
"...I really wish you had caused this incident before I became Fleet Admiral…"
Byuooooo~ A freezing blizzard of absolute zero furiously swirled around Aokiji. Jakin! Jakin! Both of Aokiji's arms transformed into massive spears of solid ice. Wait, what the hell is that form?
"...Since it's come to this, I have to capture the masterminds behind this incident and make an example of you… To uphold the Marines' honor, and to appease the Celestial Dragons…!"
"!!"
"This is my 'responsibility as Fleet Admiral'!! Don't hold it against me!!"
U-Uwoooh!? An unprecedented, utterly terrifying killing intent radiated from Aokiji…! Just standing near him felt like it was freezing my body and soul. Was this the true power of the Ice-Ice Fruit!? Incredible.
"Fu… hehe…! But you know… I'm not going to get caught! Aokiji!"
"..."
"We've accomplished our goal, so it's about time we took our leave."
"...Do you honestly think you can escape?"
"I can. Because… I saved my 'trump card' just for this."
"Trump card…?"
That's right, my trump card…! I gathered all my strength, pushing my Haki to its absolute, surging limits. And then~…
BOOOOOOMMMM!!!
"!!?"
Crackling with raw power, my Haki overflowed, instantly blowing away Aokiji's blizzard. I continued to push my Haki even higher.
"Uwooooooooooh~~!!"
This was it! My! Trump card! If I used this, I wouldn't be able to use Haki for a while afterward, so I had saved it exclusively for the moment of our escape! Seeing me completely enveloped in a crackling, red-and-black aura, a drop of sweat rolled down Aokiji's cheek.
"Oi, oi, are you serious… Line, you, that's…!"
"That's right… This is the legendary super warrior created when six Saiyans with righteous hearts gather together… Super Saiyan God!!"
"Who the hell are the Saiyans!? That's Conqueror's Haki! Obviously!"
Yes. It's Conqueror's Haki. But… the color scheme is really similar to Super Saiyan God… so I wanted to call it that… is that bad? Yeah, it's bad. Too confusing. Anyway! This is my trump card. My serious mode. Its name is—
"Supreme King Haki: Clad Mode!!!" DOOOM!!
"Fu… he… he...! Well then, I'm coming at you with everything I've got, Aokiji. Clench your teeth!!"
"!!!"
This is the ultimate result of my training… my pinnacle!!
"Tontatta Combat!! Supreme King Tail!!!!"
"!!? —Gufuoooooohhh!!!!"
Leaving sound itself behind, I sprinted across the earth, and then, DOOOOOMMMM!!! My tail, cloaked in the red-and-black aura, slammed devastatingly into Aokiji's stomach. Coughing up blood, Aokiji was launched backward. I chased after him at breakneck speed.
"Follow-up! Supreme King Tail!!"
"Gaha!!"
"Another follow-up! Supreme King Tail!!"
"Goba!!"
"One more! Supreme King Tail!!"
"Blergh!!"
I struck him with my tail, sending him flying, then intercepted him to strike him again. Drawing out the absolute maximum speed of the Tontatta Tribe, I unleashed an ultra-high-speed barrage. Dododododododo! To an outside observer, it probably looked like I was mid-Primary Lotus.
"Ga… go!! I-Ice Shield…!"
Aokiji desperately tried to summon an ice shield to protect himself, but it was far too late for that!
"This! Is the ultimate technique that forced Ray-san to surrender!! My strongest attack!!"
"!!!"
"Tontatta Combat! Kingdom Tail!!!!"
DOGOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!! My tail obliterated Aokiji, sending him hurtling away.
Carrying immense momentum, Aokiji violently crashed through the cityscape of Mary Geoise, tumbling destructively through buildings.
"..."
Did I get him…!? Saying that felt like triggering a flag, so I kept my mouth shut. Regardless, I had successfully managed to blast Aokiji far, far away! Alright!
"Haa, haa…! Ze, ze…! Next!!"
Just doing that had left me completely exhausted, but I couldn't stop moving yet. I immediately dashed off, hurtling at blinding speed to interrupt Akainu and Esune's battle!
"Esune! Sync with me!!"
"!! Big Brother!!"
"Wha!? The Invisible Phantom Thief!? You bastard…!! What the hell is Kuzan doing… Ooh!!?"
Akainu stared at me in pure shock as I suddenly appeared. Without hesitation, I pulled my leg back to strike him. Esune perfectly mirrored my movement.
"Tontatta—"
"Rabbit-Rabbit—"
""—Combat! Combination Ultimate Attack! Supreme King Deception!!!""
ZUUGAAAAAAAANNNN!!!
"Guhoooooooohh!!?"
My and Esune's synchronized double kick smashed perfectly into Akainu's face!! We sent him rocketing away in the exact same direction Aokiji had gone.
"Yessss! Nice one, Esune! Perfect timing!"
"Ehehe♡ A collaborative effort with Big Brother♡"
"Let's head to Densuke next!"
"Yes!"
Riding the recoil from kicking Akainu, we launched ourselves toward Kizaru and Densuke's battle! Esune and I leaped high into the air, aiming for the sky where they were fighting!
"Ooh~~!? The Invisible Phantom Thief and the Billion-Hunter Rabbit!?"
⌁ "Ji! Master! Big Sis Esune!" ⌁
"Fuhehehe! You're the last one! Kizaru!!"
I threw a surprise punch at Kizaru! He effortlessly dodged it… but waiting right where he dodged was Esune's kick!
"Extinction Deception!!"
"Ooh~ my!!"
Yet, Kizaru nimbly dodged Esune's kick as well… However, I had already predicted that movement using my Observation Haki! Waiting exactly where Kizaru dodged again, I pulled my tail back.
"Tontatta Combat!"
"...!!"
Kizaru reflexively attempted to turn into light to evade. However—
⌁ "Pika Pika Flash!!" ⌁
"Wha!?"
Densuke unleashed all the light she had stored in the Flash Dial at the exact perfect moment. The new light merged with Kizaru's body just as he tried to transform, drastically expanding his physical hitbox! Which meant!
"You can't dodge this!! Supreme King Tail!!"
ZUDOOOOOOOOMMM!!
"Guooooooohh!!!"
My tail struck Kizaru dead-on! I successfully sent him hurtling away with tremendous force.
"YEEESSSSSSS!! Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru! We blasted all of them away! Esune! Densuke! It's our total victory!!"
"Kyaaa♡ We did it♡ I love you, Big Brother♡♡"
⌁ "Jiii!! Densuke and the others won~~!!" ⌁
We threw our hands up, cheering in absolute triumph. Yaaay! And then, completely out of steam, we began to plummet toward the ground. Hyurururu~ Ah… come to think of it, Kizaru and Densuke had been fighting pretty high up…
"Fugya…!!" x3
All three of us failed the landing.
"Oww-ww… You guys okay? Esune, Densuke."
"Y-Yes, I'm okay. Though I don't have a single drop of Haki or stamina left… ahaha…"
⌁ "D-Densuke is super tired too…! Nihehe~" ⌁
All three of us were completely limp. My "Supreme King Haki: Clad Mode" had instantly fizzled out. I was so exhausted I didn't want to take a single step. As we lay there, Perona floated down to us.
"Line! Esune! Densuke! You guys are amazing! Taking out the Fleet Admiral and the Admirals! Horo horo horo! You looked so cool!"
"Fuhehe, thanks. But we probably haven't actually defeated them. We just blasted them away. Still, we did a ton of damage, so they shouldn't be able to move for a few minutes. We need to use this chance to escape Mary Geoise immediately!"
"!! R-Right, got it!"
With that, Perona effortlessly scooped the three of us up into her arms. Since I was a dwarf… and Esune had transformed back into a rabbit, and Densuke into a Transponder Snail, carrying us was easy.
"Horo horo! Since you guys are all tired out, I'll carry you down to the bottom!"
"Fuhe~, thanks, Perona."
"Thank you very much, Perona-san."
⌁ "Jiii. Thanks, Big Sis Perona." ⌁
And just like that, our battle came to an end. Now all we had to do was relax, let Perona carry us, escape Mary Geoise, and live happily ever after—
"Rahahahaha! To think you managed to blast those three away! I have to admit, I'm genuinely impressed!"
"...So this is the rumored power of the little dwarf… the Invisible Phantom Thief. My, my… how terrifying."
"Huh…?"
—Right as we were about to escape, two men appeared before us. One was a towering man with green hair, standing roughly 3 meters tall, bare-chested. The other was a blind man in a light purple kimono, standing about 2.5 meters tall. ...Wait, huh? Who are they?
As I tilted my head in confusion, Perona's face went completely pale, and she began to violently tremble.
"A-A-A-Ah, that's…!"
"Do you know them, Perona?"
"You'd have to be crazy not to know them! Those guys are Admirals! Marine Admirals!!"
"Huh? Eh? A-Admirals!?"
There are Admirals other than Akainu and Kizaru!?
"Their names are Ryokugyu and Fujitora. I heard they're monsters on par with Akainu and Kizaru. They were just appointed as Admirals a few weeks ago…!"
"Eeeehhh~~!!"
New Admirals!? For real!? I had been so busy with training for the past year that I hadn't read the newspaper at all, so I had no idea.
"A-Additional Admirals showing up now… and two of them! T-This is seriously bad…!"
"B-Big Brother…! I don't have any Haki left!"
"I'm completely empty too!"
⌁ "Jiii, Densuke can't use Haki to begin with…" ⌁
"I-I can't use Haki either! What do we do!? Line!"
While we were all panicking in unison, our bodies suddenly became incredibly heavy. Zushiiiiiin!
"Oof!?"
"Kya!?"
⌁ "Ji!?" ⌁
"Bleh!?"
What the hell!? We were slammed into the ground by our own sheer weight. Just like me, Perona succumbed to the gravity and fell directly on top of me. Thanks to that, I was squished—mugyu~♡—tightly between the ground and Perona's boobs.
"Ubu…!"
I-It hurts, but it feels so good…
"Rahahaha! Fujitora is a 'Zushi-Zushi Fruit' user! He can manipulate gravity! He can crush people into the dirt just like you're experiencing right now!"
"Well... for now, I'll have to ask you to stay put..."
It was a Devil Fruit power after all…! Damn it! Boobs…
"Y-You bastard… Zushi-Zushi! What a terrifying power! I can't move at all! Except for both my hands!" Grope, grope, grope, grope.
"Stop groping me!!"
"...Perona-san is so lucky… getting to enjoy a skin-to-skin squishing play with Big Brother…"
"Don't be jealous! You perverted rabbit!"
If I was going to die, I always thought I wanted to die being crushed by boobs… but I never expected someone to actually try and execute it. ...Wait, this isn't the time for jokes.
"Rahaha! By the way, I'm a Woods Human, a 'Mori-Mori Fruit' user! The creator of life on par with the sea, nature's Logia itself!"
Mori! Mori! Mori!
"Whoa!?"
Ryokugyu's body rapidly transformed. He shifted into a massive tree with a human face. What the hell? I thought, watching as roots shaped like arms violently sprouted from the ground, and at the end of those arms…
"!! Moria-sama!!"
Perona's master, Gecko Moria, had been captured.
"Gu... ugh... s-sorry... they got me... pathetic..."
Uwaaah… this was bad…! Moria got captured! Esune, Densuke, Perona, and I were pinned down by Fujitora's Zushi-Zushi power, completely unable to move. W-What do we do… maybe this isn't the time to be groping boobs…
As I panicked internally—
"Cough… ow, ow… I honestly thought… I was going to die from that last hit… cough…"
"Hmph… Getting shown up by a dwarf… how pathetic…"
"Ooh~~, you have no room to talk, Sakazuki. ...Well, neither do I, I suppose... cough, cough…"
~~!!! WE ARE SO SCREWED...!!!
The three I had just blasted away—Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru—came staggering back to the battlefield. I hit them with literally everything I had!! And they're already back!! They recovered way faster than I expected!!?
"T-T-T-This is bad…! This is seriously bad! Hiiiii~~!!"
Now we were facing four Admirals and one Fleet Admiral. On our side, we had me (completely exhausted), Esune, Densuke, Perona, and Moria… Our numbers were equal, but the gap in individual combat power was astronomical. This is bad! We're going to lose! Get captured! Get killed! It would be one thing if it was just me, but I absolutely couldn't let Esune, Densuke, and Perona—who risked their lives to help me—die here! I-I have to do something…!
"Guh, ugh…! Move! Move, my body…! Fuheh…! Fugyii! I-It's no use… the recoil from 'Supreme King Haki: Clad Mode'… I can't move…"
It was completely hopeless… Or so I thought, until that moment.
"Ki, kishishi... h-hey, Line... can you hear me?"
"!! Moria…"
Moria, trapped tightly in Ryokugyu's vines, called out to me.
"A-At this rate, we're... all going to be wiped out, aren't we..."
"Uuugh... yeah, probably..."
"Kishishishi... B-But, the truth is, I actually 'borrowed' some power from the slaves earlier..."
"? You borrowed... power?"
...What did he mean?
"It's the power I couldn't control two years ago..."
"?"
"B-But Line. Maybe you... maybe you can control it…!"
"??"
"The slaves… they were all happy to offer up their power if it meant helping you, Kishishishi…!"
"???"
What was he talking about? If he had something to say, I really wished he would say it more clearly… Just as I was thinking that…
"Rahaha! Who said you could chat?"
"Guggi…!? Gishi... gahu!!"
Gyugyugyuu~ The vines wrapped around Moria violently constricted, squeezing him so hard his face turned bright red. Whoa, whoa, whoa!? Bad, bad, bad! Moria looked like a completely squished boneless ham! He's going to die!
"Ga... aahh…! Ze, ze…! Cough! L-Line…! The power the slaves left behind... what do you want to do? Will you use it? I-It might just turn things around in one shot… Kishishi..."
"One shot turn around!? Seriously!?"
"B-But... I couldn't handle this power two years ago. I lost control and went berserk...! Even so, will you use it?"
"...!!"
I didn't fully understand the mechanics, but it seemed Moria had a super power-up ability with massive risks. And he was asking if I wanted him to use it on me. In that case!
"Fuhe..."
I smirked.
"Fuhehehehe…! W-We're going to be wiped out if we do nothing anyway! Even if the worst happens and I go berserk… if it lets you guys escape, I'm all for it! Do it! Moria! Super power-up!"
"Ki~shishishishishi!! Understood!! Line!!"
From beneath Moria, who was still being violently crushed by Ryokugyu, a massive, thick shadow shot outwards. The shadow rapidly extended toward me, latched onto my body, and then—
Dokun!
"Gah!!?"
Throb, throb! Throb, throb! Something began pouring into me… An unbelievable amount of power!! Power! Power! Power, power, power, power, POWEEERRR!!
"Kishishishishi!! The shadows—the power—I borrowed from the slaves! I'm sending it all to you! Line! Shadows Asgard!!"
"Uwoooooooooohhh!!!!"
My ultimate form, "Supreme King Haki: Clad Mode." A power vastly exceeding even that erupted from deep within me.
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