"Ara‑ara… she's just too beautiful. I really can't bring myself to strike her. What a troublesome mission this is…"
Though he complained, Kuzan moved swiftly. He leaped into the air and landed right beside the Demon Hunter, looking her up and down.
"Such a promising young lady… I wonder, are you free tonight?"
"Scram!"
Grimm was exasperated. Of all the forms I could have turned into, I had to become the most seductive female class in the entire DNF universe… Is this guy actually hitting on me?!
It was absolutely disgusting.
Even as he spoke, Grimm swung his scythe straight down at Kuzan's head. Kuzan quickly formed an ice blade to block.
BOOM!
A flash of red light blinded everyone. They watched as Kuzan was sent flying straight down into a house below, crashing right through it.
The ground around the impact sank deep into a crater.
"Ah…!"
The Marines present stood with their mouths wide open, staring in disbelief at the stunning woman standing on the rooftop. She really is like a demon…
"Vice Admiral Kuzan was sent flying in an instant!"
"Who on earth is that woman with the scythe?!"
Zephyr's heart sank. Another troublesome one…
He turned sharply away from the fight and shouted at his men, "Ignore that woman for now! Focus all your strength on capturing Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army!"
He decided — whatever she was, as long as she didn't interfere, she didn't matter. Dragon was the priority.
Dragon should be fine in this situation… and as for Mary Geoise…
Grimm watched as Dragon engaged the Marines in battle, his mind racing.
Behind him, five meters away, cold air began to gather and solidify — reforming into Kuzan's full figure, towering nearly twice the height of Grimm's current female form.
Restored, Kuzan whistled and spoke in his usual roguish tone.
"I guess that's what they mean when they say roses have thorns. But don't push your luck too far, Miss. How about that date…?"
Grimm: I am going to lose it… First Dragon with his "bold ideas," and now this punk is getting bolder and bolder!
Dragon's teasing earlier had been bad enough, but now Kuzan was really pushing his buttons.
"I have no time to play games with you, you sleazy pervert. Get lost. I'm not wasting time on you."
Before becoming an Admiral, Kuzan had always acted like a street thug — which was exactly the part of him Zephyr disliked most.
Dressed like a rock musician, without the Marine insignia on his hat, no one would ever believe he was a Vice Admiral.
"Ara‑ara… such a crude word like play shouldn't be coming out of such a pretty girl's mouth."
"I SAID — SCRAM!"
Grimm didn't waste more words. His scythe blazed with a razor‑sharp crimson light. He spun it wildly in the air and charged straight at Kuzan.
Kuzan didn't hesitate either, conjuring his ice blade. "So powerful at such a young age… how terrifying…"
CLANG!
Scythe and ice blade collided violently, sending roof tiles flying everywhere. In the next instant, countless dark shadows began to swirl and gather around "Grimm's" body.
When they cleared, the figure standing before Kuzan had changed again — into something far more revealing, something he had never seen before: cloven hooves, two horns, and a long tail tipped with a heart shape.
"Oho… you grew bigger," Kuzan grinned lecherously. He snapped his fingers, and two ice spears materialized floating beside his shoulders.
"Double‑Pronged Spear!"
Both spears shot straight toward Grimm.
CLANG!
Another heavy impact. Even the Marines attacking Dragon in the distance turned their heads to look. Both figures were suspended mid‑air, clashing at close range.
"You must be a Mythical Zoan user, Miss!" Kuzan shouted while striking relentlessly.
"If you aren't a criminal, come with me quietly and we'll go easy on you. Let's just call it quits, eh? We could even find you a place in the Marines… I'm sure the boys would love to have you around!"
He raised his right hand high, then slammed it downward. Cold air gathered above them and instantly solidified into three massive ice balls — each the size of a house — crashing down.
"Call me a kid…? You're the kid here!"
Grimm scoffed. With a sweep of his long legs, he kicked all three ice balls straight back at Kuzan, like kicking a football.
"Ara‑ara… getting called a kid by a woman… how embarrassing…" Kuzan tilted his head. Kid? You've never seen what I'm really like… how dare you say that…?
His body turned into ice mist to pass right through the ice balls, reforming two seconds later completely unharmed.
"I told you to get lost already!"
The moment Kuzan fully solidified again, the black‑haired beauty appeared right in front of him — practically nose‑to‑nose — swinging the scythe down hard.
Kuzan instantly turned the left side of his face into ice to defend himself and leaped backward.
Even so, the shockwave blasted him flying. He tried to steady himself with his long legs against the ground, but still slid backward dozens of meters.
In the end, he was forced to drive his ice blade deep into the earth just to stop himself.
He was now fully one hundred meters away from Grimm.
"Vice Admiral Kuzan is actually at a disadvantage!"
"Who on earth is that woman?!"
Over a hundred Marines watched from the area. Seeing their superior blasted back just by the shockwave of a single swing, their eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
A woman barely in her twenties with that kind of strength… and even stronger after transforming… Is power really proportional to that sort of thing?
Then Big Mom's power would be absolutely monstrous…
"Ara‑ara… scary… truly scary…"
Kuzan stood firm now. A trickle of blood ran from his right nostril. Though his tone remained relaxed, his eyes behind the sunglasses were deadly serious.
"I think I'd better keep a close eye on you. I've dealt with all sorts of lawless people… but you, Miss… you are remarkable in every single way."
He paused, stroking his chin as if reasoning something out loud. "But… I swear I've seen that mark on your back somewhere before… A cross… a blood‑red cross…?"
While the Marines below waited eagerly for his conclusion, he simply scratched the back of his head with a completely indifferent expression.
"Eh… never mind. I forgot."
The Marines nearby nearly face‑palmed. Dude… are you serious? Is this how all Vice Admirals act? Garp, Kizaru, and now Aokiji… none of them are reliable at all…!
"Hey — catch this one!"
Grimm gripped the scythe with his right hand while masses of dark shadows swirled in his left. In the next instant, he swung the weapon violently toward Kuzan.
Kuzan instantly sensed a terrifying, murderous aura. Abandoning all other thoughts, he raised both hands toward the dark figure rushing him.
"ICE AGE!!"
"Vice Admiral Kuzan! We're still here!!"
The Marines screamed in panic — realizing he was about to freeze the entire area in one massive attack.
But it was too late. Kuzan froze everything within range.
Yet that shadowy figure… remained completely unaffected by the ice.
"To guide you toward the lost paradise…!"
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