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Puff!
Auguro's back was deeply stained with blood.
"You bastard! You're asking for death!" Soi Fon roared in fury, activating Shunkō (Flash Cry). With one palm strike, half the street was devastated, and she finally dispersed the gray energy in front of her.
Auguro swung his sword in a backhand motion toward Perov's head. However, Perov remained utterly still, a sinister smile creeping onto his face.
Flash!
A figure blocked Perov's path. It was Nami, who had almost no combat ability!
Auguro's pupils constricted, and he forcefully halted his Zanpakutō.
Puff!
Perov's long sword pierced straight through Nami's abdomen, then ruthlessly plunged into Auguro's chest!
"Hahaha! What use is the Soul King of the Holy Spirit Empire? You're just a lucky fool!" Perov laughed with immense self-satisfaction.
"As the saying goes, 'The compassionate cannot command soldiers.' A true king must have a heart of iron! Anyone who dares to stand in your way is an enemy and must be killed!"
Looking at Auguro, who was coughing up blood, Perov smirked sinisterly.
"I'm already starting to look forward to the kind of treasure the World Government will offer for your corpse!"
Even Auguro, the man who caused chaos at Marineford, was taken care of by me! My Dream-Dream Fruit is indeed a first-rate Devil Fruit!
Just as Perov was reveling in his bright future, a mocking voice came from the side.
"The World Government probably won't be interested in that corpse."
Perov's hair stood on end. He snapped his head around, only to see Auguro, Soi Fon, and the others standing together perfectly fine, silently observing him. From Soi Fon and the others' faces, he even saw deep mockery and pity!
"H-how is this possible? Weren't you killed by me?"
Perov frantically looked in front of him. What met his eyes were indeed two corpses. But they weren't Auguro!
Two men dressed as guards lay there, their bodies pierced by his single blade!
"Barenk! Zerita!" Perov shouted in shock. Weren't these the two subordinates he had painstakingly brainwashed using his Devil Fruit power?
They were swordsmen of the Mountebank level! He had even learned his own Haki and swordsmanship from them! How could it be them?
"Too many limitations, and it takes too long to prepare! Your Devil Fruit ability is frankly terrible! So, I kindly demonstrated what true mental domination is!" Auguro danced his Zanpakutō, a look of contempt on his handsome face.
"What's wrong? Have you already forgotten what just happened?"
Seeing the swirling blade of the Zanpakutō, the memory that Perov had suppressed finally returned! The moment Auguro released his Spiritual Pressure, a white light had flashed on his blade. But nothing seemed to happen at the time, so Perov hadn't paid any attention!
"So, I was already affected at that time!" Perov's face was pale, and he roared in rage.
"Impossible! I ate the Dream-Dream Fruit! My consciousness is immune to all mental control abilities! You cannot control me!"
Just like Aokiji, who ate the Ice-Ice Fruit, cannot be frozen to death, Perov's mind should, in theory, be immune to similar abilities.
Auguro merely gave a cold laugh. My system can devour the Devil Soul inside a Devil Fruit. And you think you can rely on the Fruit to immunize yourself against my ability?
You must be dreaming!
As for the two unlucky souls who were brainwashed, they were instructed by Perov to lie in ambush and prepare a sneak attack.
But the moment they saw the Shikai (Initial Release) of Kyōka Suigetsu, they were instantly neutralized.
"My ability is Complete Hypnosis. Every sense—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—is completely under my control the moment you are hypnotized!"
"It's not in the same league as your half-baked ability that requires time to slowly infiltrate someone's consciousness!"
Auguro's words instantly shattered Perov's morale.
"Impossible! Only I should possess this kind of power!"
Perov charged at Auguro with bloodshot eyes, looking like a man whose foundation of belief had been destroyed. However, his blade landed, passing straight through Auguro's body!
An illusion!
Auguro's figure reappeared elsewhere. Perov immediately charged again. The result was still an illusion!
"How pathetic!" one of Auguro's illusions spoke.
"How does it feel to be controlled and mocked? My subordinates and those civilians outside were played with like this by you for a long time!"
Perov sneered. "They are mere commoners! It is their blessing to be chosen by me! I am the chosen King! It is their duty to serve me!"
Auguro shook his head. Another person whose mind has been corrupted by power!
He eats a Devil Fruit and immediately sees himself as the chosen one, viewing everyone else as mere cattle!
Having realized Perov's true nature, Auguro lost all interest. Watching him charge toward another illusion, Auguro lightly planted his Zanpakutō on the ground and whispered.
"Shatter! Kyōka Suigetsu!"
Perov's figure instantly stopped. The light in his eyes slowly faded, and his body collapsed softly.
This was a new technique Auguro had recently developed. Since Kyōka Suigetsu could completely hypnotize the five senses, if the five senses were made to believe the host had died, the person would theoretically truly die. There had been similar research in his past life. A person's spirit can affect the body.
A subject was told their wrist had been slit, when it was only grazed by paper. The person nearly died anyway. And this was the One Piece world, a setting rooted entirely in idealism!
Sure enough, as Perov's five senses descended into silence, his soul was also annihilated!
In that moment, the people who had been singing in the plaza outside suddenly trembled. Strands of gray energy flowed out of their bodies, and their eyes gradually regained clarity.
"I... why am I here?"
"Didn't I leave? How did I come back?"
The crowd was shocked and confused, quickly realizing the problem.
"It was Perov! That bastard controlled us!"
"He made us farm voluntarily without pay! He was treating us like slaves!"
In the crowd, Yadaru Tresk, wearing luxurious royal robes, looked incredibly grim. As the King of the Yadaru Kingdom, even he had been controlled!
All the nation's decrees had come from Perov!
Furthermore, to ensure he could seize the throne permanently, Perov had already arranged for the murder of all his children!
The King himself had been secretly poisoned and did not have long to live!
"Go! Assemble all the military! I will tear Perov limb from limb today!" Tresk's eyes were spitting fire, his heart filled with endless resentment!
The hatred for destroying his family and lineage! Even if it cost him his own remaining life, he would drag Perov down to hell with him!
However, before he could gather his men, a corpse fell from the sky, landing in the center of the plaza.