Chapter 108
"You guys have to be careful this guy looks like he's going to kill." Passat glanced at the pirate captain whose body was starting to transform, warning Linnana and the injured man beside him.
"He's right this woman isn't the only Devil Fruit user in the room! There's me too! Hahahahaha!" The pirate leader let out a wild laugh. He hadn't planned to use his Zoan-type Devil Fruit abilities at first. Initially, he'd hoped to intimidate them into surrendering their comrade, but he hadn't expected them to resist so fiercely, especially after they sealed the building with vines. Now, with no other option, he activated his transformation.
"Cross Chop!" Passat slashed in an X-shaped arc, slicing through the approaching pirates. Blood sprayed across the room, painting the walls like a scene from a Marine raid on a pirate den. He had no time to hold back.
Whoosh! The transformation stabilized the pirate leader now resembled a jackal, complete with gray fur and sharp ears. His body bulged with bestial muscle, his form unmistakably a full-beast transformation of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
"Jackal Zoan Fruit, huh? Figures you're just like your crew!" Passat mocked, eyeing the transformation with a sneer.
"You hmph! Laugh now while you can soon, you'll be screaming!" the pirate leader barked, dropping to all fours. With feral aggression, he hurled a chunk of the shattered table across the room toward the trio.
"Draw Slash!" Passat sheathed his sword for a breath, then pulled it free in a lightning-fast iai slash. The force cleaved the flying table clean in half, sending splinters scattering.
"You're all dying here today RAAAGH!" the jackal pirate howled, charging once again on all fours. This time, he set his sights on Linnana. With a powerful swipe, he aimed to flatten her into a pulp.
"You're not hitting me that easily!" Linnana reacted instantly. With a flick of her wrist, she unfurled a living vine, which shot across the room and coiled near Passat. Understanding immediately, Passat gripped the vine and yanked hard pulling Linnana into his arms, out of danger.
"Be careful this guy's vicious!" the wounded man warned, although seeing Linnana nestled against Passat made him feel like he'd just eaten a fistful of dog food... But this wasn't the time for jealousy. The jackal pirate, seeing Linnana escape so suddenly, exploded with rage and began rampaging.
Passat, Linnana, and the wounded man now had to juggle defending against the pirate captain's berserk strikes while simultaneously cutting down the remaining enemy crew.
"Have you noticed? Ever since he activated his Zoan form, his muscle mass has exploded but his speed's dropped off!" the wounded man pointed out while parrying another pirate's blade. His analytical gaze was sharp, despite his injuries.
"You're right. I'll test it!" Linnana said. With swift resolve, she darted toward the jackal captain, swinging her vine in a whip-like arc. The vine snapped across his flank.
"GRAH!" The pirate turned, enraged by the surprise attack. He swung his claw down hard, aiming to crush her beneath his paw like a meat pancake.
"Hey!" Linnana vaulted upward at the last second, flipping onto the pirate's arm, then rebounding off it and landing lightly behind him graceful as a sky dancer from Skypiea.
"You, you little brat! UNFORGIVABLE!" the pirate roared. In a blind fury, he pulled something from his belt—a cylindrical injector and stabbed it into his own arm. Within seconds, his body grew even larger. His muscles ballooned grotesquely, veins bulging with power. His eyes turned bloodshot, gleaming with a murderous glint.
"What the hell did he just inject?" Passat asked, glancing toward the wounded man. The tension in the air was rising fast.
"That's... that's forbidden!" The injured man's voice trembled he recognized it immediately.
"Forbidden drugs? Hah! That stuff's nothing compared to this—E•S Murderous Stimulant! I begged my captain for it said I'd only use it in an emergency. Looks like it's time for you all to DIE!" the pirate captain bellowed. The E•S drug, banned by the World Government, was known to push Zoan users past their limits at the cost of their sanity and lifespan. He'd paid dearly for it but now he intended to use it to kill.
"Hmph—even if you're on some kind of murder juice, I'm not scared of you!" Passat growled. He knew their odds were tough, but he also knew his and the wounded man's swordsmanship were nothing to scoff at.
"Then let's see if you can back up that bark." The pirate's voice dropped several octaves, it rumbled like an oni growling from the underworld.
"Draw Slash!" Passat launched the move again. The blade was sheathed, and in a blinding draw, he unleashed a surge of sword aura. But this time, he felt a twinge in his arm—a strain. Looking down, he saw his hand swelling slightly. Overuse. The technique was powerful, but it wasn't free. Rin had suffered similar backlash after using it once Passat had already used it multiple times today.
Pooof! The slash carved deep into the pirate leader's arm, slicing a hole down to the bone. Blood poured freely enough to stagger even a Zoan user. It was a serious wound.
But the pirate only grinned, drool and blood mingling at the corner of his mouth.
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