"You've gone too far. Luffy in your hands will only bring you death. Why don't you just let him go to where he should go?!" Bartholomew Kuma said with a blank face.
"Can I understand that you are threatening me?" Adrian's lips curved slightly, and he patted his chest, pretending to be scared. "Looks like I'll just have to send this brat to the World Government and use him to become a Shichibukai for fun!"
"But I'm very curious. Do you think Luffy's... father after hearing that his son was captured by the World Government, would come out with his revolutionary army to rescue him?" The smile on Adrian's face became more and more wicked. "In case he really couldn't resist going to save his son, don't you think those Revolutionary-army cadres who have been imprisoned in Impel Down think that their leader is being unfair?"
With just over a week left until the Summit War, Adrian wasn't afraid of the news being leaked at all. Instead, he hoped that someone would take the initiative to spread the news. This would save him the trouble of contacting Nico Robin and asking her to tell Dragon about Luffy's capture.
Hiss...
Kizaru and Rayleigh gasped at the same time. The look in their eyes was one of shock and disbelief. This guy is poisonous! This kid is really venomous!
"Is this your final decision?" There was a rare look of anger on Bartholomew Kuma's face. He was truly angry. Although most of his emotions had been eliminated by Dr. Vegapunk during his body modification, the words and deeds of the black-haired boy in front of him had truly crossed his bottom line. Even though his current identity was a Shichibukai, Dragon was still the big brother in his memory who had taken care of him for many years. This was also the main reason he had come to rescue Luffy's crew at the risk of breaking with the Marines. He wanted to return this kindness before he completely lost his consciousness and self.
"Now that we're done talking about Luffy, we have to talk about the thing you just used to threaten me with!" Adrian ignored Kuma's question and smiled grimly. "For me, the thing I hate the most is being threatened by others. Whenever someone threatens me... I want to kill them!"
"Bartholomew Kuma, since you are ready to be a mechanical dog that fully obeys the orders of the World Government, why not hand over your Paw-Paw Fruit?!"
"I like the ability to deflect all attacks away!"
"I went to Gekko Moria's territory to find you and Luffy before, but I didn't expect you to have left so early!"
Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit wasn't a top-tier Devil Fruit, but within a certain strength range, it could be said to be extremely overpowered. Even if its active area was limited to the paw-like fleshy pad in his palm, it could produce the power to "actively" or "passively" bounce off anything according to the user's will. Not to mention attack methods such as slashes, Slash Waves, and shockwaves. The most amazing thing was that the Paw-Paw Fruit could even bounce off emotions and energies such as fatigue, pain, injury, and heat. If combined with superb physical techniques and Advanced Observation Haki, it would become an extremely powerful and versatile existence.
If possible, Adrian naturally didn't want to let go of this Devil Fruit.
"Overbearing!" Bartholomew Kuma snorted coldly and violently opened his arms. The air began to undergo extreme compression under the effect of the Paw-Paw Fruit's ability.
"Bear Paw Impact!"
A small, bear-paw-shaped air bomb containing a terrifying shockwave flew toward Adrian.
"Sure enough, it's useless to reason in this world. Everything depends on fists!"
Adrian pulled the Oto and Kogarashi from the two sand pillars rising from under his feet and waved his hand, chopping a knife at will.
"Slash Wave!"
A huge, crescent-shaped sword slash suddenly appeared, piercing the sky. With the power to tear apart space, it collided with the air bomb in mid-air.
Rumble!
The terrifying explosion instantly echoed throughout the island, and the turbulent airwaves swept out like a hurricane. The ground beneath everyone's feet trembled.
"What?! He actually knows the Golden Lion's sword skills!" Rayleigh's expression changed instantly. As an old opponent of the Roger Pirates, he had experienced this move, Slash Wave, many times. But what really surprised him was that the swordsmanship and artistic conception contained in Adrian's Slash Wave were actually the same as the Golden Lion's. This guy is obviously not even twenty years old. How could it be possible to have such a profound knowledge of swordsmanship?
Kizaru, on the side, was also shocked by this scene. "Great Swordsman? This kid is actually a Great Swordsman?!" Kizaru's eyes widened in disbelief. Although he wasn't a professional swordsman, he also dabbled in kendo. Otherwise, he wouldn't have developed a move like "Ama no Murakumo Sword." What he couldn't believe was that Adrian, at his age, had such an amazing talent. No wonder Mr. Sengoku always said that this kid has Admiral potential. If he can't be used by the Marines, he must be eradicated as soon as possible before he grows up. His talent and growth were truly terrifying. What an absolute monster!
"Should I kill him here? But this kid seems to be very difficult to deal with..." Kizaru held his chin in thought.
But he was soon caught up in Adrian's fight with Kuma. Kuma, relying on the overpowered ability of the Paw-Paw Fruit, bounced off several of his Slash Waves. However, it was also impossible for him to take Luffy back from Adrian. Adrian's Observation Haki was too good. He didn't give Kuma a chance to shoot himself flying. If it wasn't for not wanting to expose too many other abilities in front of Kizaru, their battle would have likely ended already.
"Lion: Thousand Slice Valley!"
The Oto and Kogarashi drew afterimages in mid-air, and giant slashing waves shimmering with dazzling golden light roared out! The dense Slash Wave was like a golden storm raging between heaven and earth, instantly enveloping the entire area.
Bartholomew Kuma didn't dare to be careless. While moving quickly, he kept waving his palms to bounce off the oncoming Slash Waves. And all the Slash Waves that were repelled by him were sent toward the positions of Rayleigh and Kizaru. Under this indiscriminate attack, no one could stay out of it.