Chapter 56: Trafalgar Law, Defeated
"Is that man—your master, as Tea Beard calls him—connected to you?"
Itachi gestured toward the still-present Tea Beard with one hand while raising Wind Forest Fire with the other.
Law's expression didn't flicker.
"Whether he is or isn't is none of your concern."
"ROOM."
His palm faced downward. The translucent sphere expanded instantly, engulfing both of them.
The G-5 Marines, having already retrieved Tashigi and Smoker's bodies, scrambled backward in terror.
"IT'S STARTING! TRAFALGAR LAW'S SURGERY ARENA!"
"That idiot—facing a Warlord alone?! Even Vice Admiral Smoker fell!"
Itachi raised Wind Forest Fire in a two-handed grip. He didn't attack. He observed.
"SHAMBLES."
Law moved—instantaneous translocation directly in front of Itachi, sword already swinging.
Itachi's Sharingan spun. His blade rose.
CLANG!
The impact sent sparks flying.
Teleportation, Itachi realized. Within this space, he can appear anywhere instantly.
They exchanged strikes—fast, precise, lethal. Law's style relied on quick cuts, aiming to sever, to dismember. Itachi's defense held firm, each parry redirecting Law's blade, each counter-threat forcing Law to retreat.
Law's eyes narrowed. This swordsmanship—on par with mine.
He shifted tactics, targeting not Itachi's body but his weapon—attempting to sever Wind Forest Fire itself.
Itachi anticipated this. His blade moved, not to block but to capture Law's sword, redirecting its momentum, and in the same motion—
Wind Forest Fire pressed against Law's throat.
"I mean you no harm." Itachi's voice was calm, controlled. "I only believe you hold the key to understanding this island."
The blade rotated. The back of the blade pressed against Law's Adam's apple—precise pressure, controlled force. One millimeter more would draw blood. Itachi held exactly at the threshold.
Law felt the intention behind that pressure. Not killing intent. Restraint.
His control is absolute.
Law's sword lowered, tip touching the ground.
The G-5 Marines stared.
"Trafalgar... is being suppressed?!"
Law's lips curved slightly.
"You're new to the Straw Hats."
Itachi nodded.
"As I said. I have no quarrel with you. You're Luffy's friend. If you would simply—"
"SHAMBLES."
Law vanished. A stone fell where he'd stood. He reappeared behind Itachi, Kikoku already rising.
"I CAN'T LET YOU INTERFERE WITH MY PLAN."
Itachi's backhand met the strike.
CLANG!
They exchanged again—three, four, five strikes—then Law leaped backward, creating distance. His finger rose.
"ROOM—TACT!"
A boulder lifted from the ground, hovering at his command. His finger dropped. The boulder fell toward Itachi.
He controls objects in this space as well.
Itachi moved, dodging the massive stone. It cratered the ground, dust exploding upward.
Through the haze, Itachi charged.
"KATON: HŌSENKA NO JUTSU!" — Fire Release: Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique!
Multiple fireballs shot from his lips, streaking toward Law like guided missiles.
Law's eyes widened. Fire?! Devil Fruit?
He rolled, dodging the explosive impacts, fireball after fireball cratering the ground around him.
When he recovered, Itachi was already upon him.
CLANG. CLANG. CLANG.
Law parried desperately, retreating step by step. Itachi's offense was relentless, each strike flowing into the next, no wasted movement, no opening to exploit.
Law created distance again. His hand rose, summoning more debris—rocks, rubble, anything he could control.
"You understand my ability now, don't you?"
A green glow gathered in his free hand—a scalpel of pure energy.
"But do you know which direction I'll attack from this time?"
"SHAMBLES—"
Itachi moved first.
He threw a stone. Not at Law—at the debris Law had gathered. The stone struck at an impossible angle, ricocheted, struck again—and in three bounces, it had knocked every piece of rubble from the air.
Law stared.
No ability. No Haki. Just... thrown.
How?!
Itachi gave him no time to process. Throwing stones was child's play—he'd mastered it before graduating the Academy.
Law's hand rose again.
"ROOM—SHAMBLES!"
They swapped positions—Itachi now standing where the boulder had fallen, Law where Itachi had been.
Law charged, sword extended—and this time, the blade glowed with that same green energy.
"Let's see you block THIS! GAMMA KNIFE! "
Itachi raised Wind Forest Fire to parry. The gamma blade screamed against his sword—and Law twisted, driving the energy past the blade, into Itachi's skin.
SZZZZZZZZT!
Gamma radiation flooded Itachi's body. His eyes went wide, then blank. He crumpled.
Law stepped back, sheathing Kikoku.
"Finally."
The G-5 Marines exhaled collectively.
"Trafalgar Law really is impossible to deal with..."
"He had him suppressed, but in the end..."
Law glanced at the fallen form.
"The Straw Hats have some impressive members. You won't die—just be severely injured."
He turned away.
"When your captain finds you, tell him to stay out of my plans."
His fingers rose to dispel the Room—
The body on the ground dissolved into crows.
Law spun.
"KATON: GŌKAKYŌ NO JUTSU!" — Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
A massive fireball roared toward him from the right. Law dodged, mind racing.
Clone?! When?!
Through the flames, a figure charged—sword extended, Sharingan blazing.
Law's eyes darted. There! The real one!
He spotted another Itachi in the distance, hands forming seals.
Two of them?!
His finger rose.
"ROOM—SHAMBLES!"
The charging Itachi lunged—Law swapped positions with the sealing Itachi.
The charging Itachi's blade pierced the swapped Itachi's chest—
And poofed into smoke.
Law's eyes went wide.
The one charging—was the clone?!
The real Itachi—the one who'd been running openly, who'd seemed the obvious target—stood exactly where he'd been, expression shifting to genuine surprise.
He predicted my swap.
Law's finger snapped.
"SHAMBLES."
He appeared before Itachi, sword already cutting—
Itachi dissolved into crows.
Law froze.
A voice behind him.
"Your awareness is impressive."
Law whirled.
Itachi stood outside the Room's sphere. Watching. Waiting. Wind Forest Fire still sheathed.
When?!
During the boulder's impact—the dust, the chaos—Itachi had released three shadow clones. The real body had slipped outside the Room's range.
"You—"
The world went red.
TSUKUYOMI.
Law's Haki exploded instinctively, shattering the illusion—but that moment of distraction was all Itachi needed.
Wind Forest Fire flew—thrown with perfect accuracy, straight toward Law's chest.
"AHHH!"
The blade punched through his shoulder blade, pinning him.
Law's fingers moved, trying to activate Shambles—
Itachi appeared before him, a front kick snapping his chin up. Law's body flew, then hit the ground. He tried to rise. Itachi's foot came down on his hands.
"I anticipated your counters."
Itachi's face loomed above him, Sharingan spinning.
"Normal genjutsu barely affects you. So let's try something else."
Law's eyes met those crimson depths—
And he was gone.
Gray void. Endless. A massive cross, and he was bound to it.
His Haki screamed—but the world didn't shatter. Didn't crack. Didn't even tremble.
He was trapped.
Above him, Itachi's voice echoed.
"Welcome to Tsukuyomi. In this world... I control everything."
Law's eyes, for the first time, showed fear.
(End of Chapter)
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