Chapter 214: Symphony of Water and Fire! The Shocking Collision of Dragon Claw and Sharingan.
Along with a steady and rhythmic sound of footsteps, a slender figure slowly walked out from amidst the swirling sand and wind.
The newcomer wore an iconic black top hat, with goggles casually resting on the brim, and was carrying a seemingly ordinary steel pipe in his hand.
It was none other than the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, Chief of Staff Sabo.
Seeing their superior appear, the surrounding patrol members, who were on high alert, immediately quieted down and respectfully stepped back to both sides, clearing a wide path.
Sabo stopped, a glint of interest in his azure eyes as he looked up and down at Tatsuya, who was holding his hands high in front of him.
"Oh? That's quite surprising."
A playful smile tugged at the corners of Sabo's mouth.
"The famous Crimson Lotus Victor, actually cooperating so willingly to surrender in the face of a few ordinary muskets?"
Tatsuya lowered his arms with a composed demeanor and gave a light chuckle, his deep black eyes looking straight at the other man:
"After all, I'm on someone else's turf; I have to be polite, don't I?"
"Wouldn't you agree, Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Sabo's face stiffened imperceptibly.
He considered his movements secret, and his status as a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Army was considered top secret by the World Government.
Yet this fledgling pirate Vice Captain was able to call out his background in one breath!
This feeling of being seen through, as if everything was transparent, made Sabo feel secretly alarmed.
To test the true strength of this six-hundred-million-berry pirate, the smile on Sabo's face vanished instantly.
"Whoosh!"
Without the slightest warning, Sabo's figure disappeared from the spot, exploding with terrifying, world-shocking speed.
The five fingers of his right hand curled, instantly transforming into the fierce and peerless "Dragon Claw" posture, striking straight at Tatsuya's face!
Facing this lightning-fast surprise attack, Tatsuya showed not a hint of panic.
His footwork shifted, his body moving like a leaf drifting with the wind, dodging the sharp edge with a composure that was barely a hair's breadth away.
In an instant, he leaped backward, creating a safe distance for battle.
While in mid-air, Tatsuya's hands had already turned into a dazzling blur, rapidly completing hand seals.
His chest swelled, and after taking a deep breath, he violently exhaled forward.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
In an instant, a terrifying sea of fire, like a tsunami, surged out of thin air, covering the sky and earth.
The scorching heat instantly ignited the entire battlefield, causing even the air to distort violently.
Faced with this large-scale inferno comparable to a natural disaster, Sabo had to stop his pursuit, switching from offense to defense, and used all his strength to fend off the scorching heat wave.
Just as Sabo had managed to block the onslaught of the sea of fire with Armament Haki, and at the moment when the flames and the surrounding moisture intertwined to raise a thick fog.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a massive water dragon surged wildly out of the steam and mist.
The water dragon, carrying immense force, opened its bloody maw and crashed straight into Sabo, who had not yet regained his footing.
Faced with this interlocking, deadly combo, Sabo not only felt no fear but instead looked up and let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.
"Well done!"
He met it head-on without flinching, his right hand once again transforming into an indestructible Dragon Claw.
With a loud shout, his powerful force clashed violently with the roaring Water Dragon Jutsu in mid-air.
With a loud "Boom," Sabo actually used pure physical technique strength to shatter the huge water dragon on the spot, turning it into a torrential downpour of rain!
Watching Sabo being forced back a few steps by the residual power of the water dragon, Robin, who had been watching from behind, let out an imperceptible sigh of relief.
The arms she had originally crossed over her chest, using her Hana Hana no Mi ability, were also quietly lowered.
However, Robin's gaze remained as cold and vigilant as ice.
She stared fixedly at the surrounding Revolutionary Army soldiers, who were constantly marveling and even becoming restless due to the bizarre abilities Tatsuya was displaying.
Robin was ready to handle any emergencies for Tatsuya at any moment.
Having taken these two high-momentum combos head-on, Sabo was not having an easy time.
His iconic blue coat had obvious scorch marks from the flames, and his body was completely soaked by the impact of the shattered water dragon, with water droplets continuously sliding down his short blonde hair.
He stood panting in place, but in those azure eyes, an unprecedented light of excitement burned.
"What an incredible ability! First it was fire, and now it's water..."
Sabo reached out to wipe the water from his face, his fighting spirit soaring.
"It seems I have to get serious too!"
Sabo gripped the seemingly ordinary steel pipe tightly with both hands.
As his fighting spirit boiled within him, pitch-black, deep, high-level Armament Haki gushed out like a broken dam.
It instantly covered the entire water pipe, emitting a chillingly dangerous aura.
Facing the serious second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, Tatsuya's eyes narrowed slightly, and he gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist with his backhand.
"Clang—"
The famous sword "Shusui" was unsheathed.
Deep blue Lightning Release Chakra instantly attached to it, emitting a harsh screech like a thousand birds chirping, with violent currents dancing wildly on the pitch-black blade.
In the next second, both of them turned into blurred afterimages!
The black sword wreathed in lightning and the steel pipe covered in high-level Haki collided violently in the center of the battlefield!
"Dong—!!!"
A terrifying shockwave rippled out like a physical entity, instantly clearing the surrounding wind and sand.
The parched earth beneath their feet could not withstand this immense force and began to crack and collapse inch by inch.
Just in this close-quarters struggle and stalemate, Tatsuya's originally deep black eyes instantly transformed into an eerie blood-red.
Three black tomoe spun rapidly in the blood-red pupils, and a powerful, eerie spiritual pressure was released along with the intersection of their gazes.
Sabo's gaze collided with this pair of scarlet Sharingan without any preparation.
In an instant, the powerful spiritual fluctuations contained in the Sharingan, like a sharp, peerless dagger, inadvertently stabbed deep into the depths of Sabo's mind.
That line of memory defense that had been tightly sealed for over a decade due to the shelling back then!
"Argh—!"
Sabo's forward movement stiffened abruptly, as if all his strength had been drained.
The steel pipe wrapped in Haki in his hand slipped powerlessly, falling to the shattered ground with a "clang."
Subsequently, he clutched his head in pain, his knees went weak, and he fell to his knees, a suppressed and shrill scream erupting from his throat.
Deep in his brain, that sealed door of memory was forcibly shattered.
The towering fire, the thick smoke of the trash heap, a worn-out straw hat, a freckled black-haired boy, the crisp sound of clinking cups in the forest.
And those three sworn-brother sake cups that carried their brotherhood...
Countless fragmented, chaotic, yet incredibly precious memory images flooded into his mind like a broken dam.
Meanwhile, a crisp system notification sounded in Tatsuya's mind:
["Ding! Detected a major deviation in the world line, plot deviation rating: S-rank!"]
["Congratulations to the host for successfully awakening the memories of the key plot character Sabo, obtaining a huge Ninja Points reward: 30,000 points!"]
Listening to the generous credit notification in his mind, the scarlet three-tomoe in Tatsuya's eyes gradually slowed their rotation, eventually fading into pure black pupils.
He sheathed his sword and looked down at Sabo, who was kneeling on the ground gasping in pain, a subtle, pleased arc curling at the corner of his mouth.
Not only did he get a huge favor from the Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff and future successor for free, but he also harvested a massive amount of Ninja Points along the way.
This effortless deal was absolutely worth it.
However, the surrounding Revolutionary Army patrol did not know what had happened.
Seeing their invincible Chief of Staff suddenly collapse to the ground clutching his head, the soldiers were instantly terrified, and emotions of anger and panic spread through the ranks.
"Chief of Staff Sabo!"
"Bastard! What kind of evil magic did you use on our Chief of Staff!"
Accompanied by angry roars, countless pitch-black gun barrels were aimed at Tatsuya once again, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing in an instant.
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