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Auguro immediately exerted force, pushing the metal arm aside, and followed up with a horizontal swing of his Zanpakutō. A powerful sword pressure burst forth, scattering all the metal parts.
"Tch! He's a swordsman, too? How annoying!" Kid looked displeased.
As everyone knew, the offensive power of a Swordsman (Kenshi) was among the absolute best on the sea. However, Kid remained confident because he had a counter!
The metal arm swung back down toward Auguro with mountain-splitting force. Auguro raised his Zanpakutō, intending to cleave the annoying metal arm apart.
Just then, Kid's free right hand made a subtle movement.
"Jiryoku: Hansha (Magnetism: Reflection)!"
Instantly, Auguro's Zanpakutō violently stalled, almost striking back toward Auguro himself! Auguro's face changed. He tightened his grip on his right hand, firmly controlling the nearly out-of-control Zanpakutō.
This brief delay brought the metal arm right to his face. Auguro had no choice but to use Shunpo (Flash Step) to jump back several meters.
"Hahaha!" Kid laughed triumphantly at the sight.
"My Devil Fruit ability can manipulate all metal! Even Supreme Grade Swords (Saijō Ō Wazamono) are no exception!"
"How much strength does a Swordsman have left when he can't control his own blade?"
Kid moved his left arm. The scattered metal parts around them all converged on the metal arm, doubling its size!
"Jiryoku: Ito (Magnetism: String)!"
Kid channeled magnetic force into the metal arm, giving it a secondary acceleration, and slammed it toward Auguro like a crushing tide. Simultaneously, Kid pointed his right hand at Auguro's Zanpakutō.
"Jiryoku: Hansha!"
The Zanpakutō immediately began to vibrate violently, making it impossible for Auguro to counterattack quickly!
"Hahaha! Auguro, you will meet your end by my hand!"
"This title of the Strongest Supernova is mine now!"
Facing the incredibly arrogant Kid, Auguro gave him a cold glance, uttering only two words.
"Idiot!"
Auguro slightly shifted his Zanpakutō, and a deep layer of Armament Haki instantly covered the blade. The feeling of the blade being out of control immediately diminished by over ninety percent.
The next second, a crimson bolt of lightning sparked on the blade.
"What is that?"
Kid did not yet know about Haki, but his instinct for danger told him that these things were extremely perilous!
A dismissive cold smile crossed Auguro's lips.
"Kid, before you enter the New World, let me give you a free lesson!"
"You're relying only on a Devil Fruit ability. That makes you cannon fodder in the New World!"
As his words fell, the lightning-charged Zanpakutō fiercely slammed into Kid's metal arm.
This was Auguro's newest realization regarding Haki: Conqueror's Haki Infusion!
The strongest power in this world, said to reign over everything!
Boom!
It was as if thunder had struck the clear sky. In the tremendous roar, Kid watched in horror as his seemingly indestructible metal arm shattered inch by inch. The thin blade seemed to wield power from another dimension, completely unstoppable!
In the blink of an eye, Auguro had completely cleaved through the metal arm and stood before Kid.
"Since you decided to provoke me, you will leave something behind as payment!"
As his voice fell, the Haki-covered Zanpakutō flashed once. Kid felt a slight chill in his left arm. He looked down to see a severed arm flying high into the air before splashing into the sea!
"Agh!"
Only then did Kid realize, belatedly, that his left arm had been sliced off!
"Kid!"
Killer was horrified, instinctively raising his Punisher Scythe in an attack stance.
However, the next second, Auguro's eyes swept over them, and a vast, mountain-like wave of Conqueror's Haki descended, striking everyone's chest like a sledgehammer!
"This is... what terrifying power!"
Sweat poured from Killer's palms. He was sure that if he made a move, his head would be the next thing flying!
"You bastard!"
Kid clutched his bleeding left arm, glaring viciously at Auguro.
Auguro gave a dismissive Tsk. "I was kind enough to spare your life, and you still dare to challenge me? Do you really think I won't kill you?"
As he spoke, Auguro gently tapped Kid's face with the flat of his blade, a gesture dripping with humiliation.
"Bastard! Kill me then! I will never surrender! Never!"
In the original timeline, Kid was captured and tortured by Kaido, yet he never surrendered. He truly was a man of steel! It was no wonder he awakened the rare Conqueror's Haki!
"Kid, shut up!"
At that moment, the Vice-Captain, Killer, roared. He immediately fell to his knees in front of Auguro, pleading earnestly.
"The Kid Pirates have deeply offended you, sir! We are willing to exchange all the treasure on our ship for your mercy! If you ever need it in the future, the Kid Pirates will unconditionally perform one task for you!"
Tsk, tsk!
Killer truly had unconditional love for Kid! This scene, which should have occurred two years later when Kid was defeated by Shanks and Killer begged for mercy, was now happening prematurely for Auguro.
"Hey! Killer! Who gave you permission to surrender!" Kid was furious, feeling his dignity had been utterly violated.
Of course!
Not having endured the constant beatings from the Four Emperors that would come two years later, Kid had no idea how vast the world truly was!
Only Killer was pitiable. A subordinate so loyal and pragmatic was hard to find!
Alas, he had the misfortune of serving Kid, a captain who, despite lacking the protagonist's aura, was constantly seeking doom just like one!
"Kid! Don't!" Killer shouted, trying to stop him.
However, Kid ignored him, frantically channeling his Devil Fruit ability. Instantly, all the metal stored on the Victoria Punk flew toward Kid. His figure grew taller and taller, forming a metal giant over ten meters high!
"Jiki Magia (Magnetic Monster)! Let me show you what I can do, you bastard!"
The overconfident Kid charged at Auguro.
"Heh! Killer! It seems your Captain doesn't want to accept your kind offer!"
Auguro sneered and used Shunpo to flash into the air.
"Don't run away!"
Kid raised his arms, forming a makeshift cannon barrel, where bolts of electricity began to flash.
"Oh? A Railgun?"
Auguro noted that Kid had already grasped the principle of the electromagnetic cannon, though it wasn't as refined as it would be two years later.
"Too bad! You're too slow!"
Auguro sneered, pulling his Zanpakutō back into its sheath. He had a technique he'd been wanting to try for a long time!
He raised a single finger. Spiritual Pressure surged like a tide as he began to chant in a low voice.
"Sinister pattern, crown of disorder, arrogance, talent; Tide, denial, numbness, moment; Prevail and crawl. The steel princess, the perpetually self-mutilating clay doll. Unite, recoil, extend to the ground! Know your own powerlessness! Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi (Destructive Spell #90: Black Coffin)!"
As the chant ended, black, square wall segments rose from beside Kid, instantly sealing him completely within, like a black sarcophagus!