One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 70 I'll let you die a quick death (710, please subscribe!)

The ear-piercing sound of slashing was almost everywhere.

The ceiling, the floor, the windowsills, the paintings, and even the treasures in the vault—the entire corridor, and even the entire palace, were erupting with countless slashes!

"Ahhhh!"

Kalamiro III screamed in terror before quickly losing consciousness.

Judging from the stench emanating from him, he could no longer convince himself that the dampness in his pants was just sweat.

But compared to him, Snag beside him had a deathly pale face.

"He's an ability user."

His gaze swept over the countless slashes, finally discerning the source of the attacks throughout the corridor—blades that seemed to grow out of every part of the corridor like hands.

But the problem is
"I have absolutely no idea where he's hiding!?"

This is something he can't understand.

As one of the Four Sweet Commanders, his training in Haki is certainly quite good—although not as good as his strongest brother, he is still quite skilled in using Observation Haki.

Logically speaking, he should at least be able to roughly determine the location of anyone who attacks him based on their hostility and the source of the attack.

But now, he feels nothing at all.

It was as if the relentless attacks came from another dimension.

But
"You think this is the only way I can do it?"

He reached out and grasped the greatsword behind him.

"No matter where you're hiding... just cut them down!"

"Buzz!"

He covered himself with Armament Haki and swung his sword!

His blade struck everything except for Caramilo III, who was already lying on the ground.

The entire corridor wall, along with the roof of the palace, was instantly split in two.

"Boom!"

Huge pieces of building debris fell from above to the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

Almost all the coverings in the corridor were completely destroyed by this one strike.

But
"Hey!" "Hey!"

Snag, however, discovered...

Even after that strike, there was nothing left to conceal him.

But he still couldn't see the enemy.

And the slashing... continued.

The countless arm-like blades continued to grow without stopping.

"What exactly is this guy's ability?"

Snag gritted his teeth.

Meanwhile...
"What exactly is this guy's ability?"

In the alternate dimension, the rat also had the same doubts.

His gaze was fixed on Snag and Calamiro III, who were standing right in front of him outside the alternate dimension.

"It can be confirmed that the slash hit its mark."

He could clearly see that his 'Air Slash - 1800 Blades' attack had indeed hit the two men—he could even feel the blade cutting into their skin as an extension of his arm.

But the problem is
The slash hit, but it did not cause any damage.

"Judging from the names of this guy's moves, he ate a defensive Devil Fruit?"

"It's so insane that it doesn't do any damage at all?"

The mouse murmured.

The main issue is that although Charlotte Snag is one of the Four Sweet Commanders, in the original story he was stripped of his title because he was defeated by "The Strange Monk" Urouge before he even appeared, so he really doesn't know what the other's abilities are.

However, despite having some doubts, the Rat did not panic.

because
He'll eventually find out about Devil Fruit abilities, whatever he wants to know.

Meanwhile, outside the alternate dimension.

"Stopped?"

Snag noticed that the slashing attacks around him seemed to have suddenly stopped.

The blade-like arms no longer grew around them; all that could be heard was the piercing weeping of Calamiro III, still in his unconscious state.

"Hmph, so you finally realized it?"

Snag sneered: "You cowardly coward, although your abilities are impeccable as an assassin, they are completely ineffective against me, the 'strongest shield'."

"On the contrary, it's you—if I discover your whereabouts, then..."

His harsh words were cut short before he could finish them.

Because at this moment
"Buzz!"

He could clearly see the end of the corridor in front of him.

A figure wearing a rat-head mask slowly emerged from the air.

"The strongest shield?"

He tilted his head and looked at Snag: "These days, it seems like any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to call themselves the 'strongest'."

"The Year of the Rat?"

Upon seeing that figure, Snag's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Recently, 'Rat' has become quite famous in the underground dark world, and as a high-ranking officer of the Big Mom Pirates, he has obviously heard of him.

Even BIGMOM had heard of it and was quite interested in it—especially the 'Zodiac' organization itself.

"So that's how it is. Someone hired you to kill this idiot?"

Therefore, he could reasonably deduce the source of the matter.

then
"I'm so lucky!"

A smile appeared on his lips: "I actually ran into one of the top officials of the Twelve Constellations."

He could almost picture how happy his mother would be when he brought the baby mouse to Bigom!

"Hahahaha!"

Laughing excitedly, his eyes were fixed on Zishu as he raised the great katana in his hand.

He applied Armament Haki. Then, he unleashed a slash!

Interestingly, the location where he struck with his sword at that moment, both in terms of direction and distance, did not seem to be aimed at the rat at all.

But
"Cutting point!"

As his words fell.

"Buzz!"

A sharp, slicing sound suddenly came from beside the rat.

Upon closer inspection, one will notice a small red dot that has appeared on the baby rat's abdomen.

"laugh!"

And at this time.
Snag's blade slashed out from the red dot out of thin air!

"You idiot, it would be fine if you kept hiding—but daring to show yourself in my sight is the biggest mistake you've ever made!"

Seeing this, Snag's laughter grew even louder.

"You are the best birthday gift I could give my mom, right!?"

But it wasn't until he had finished imagining his mother's praise that he realized...
The expected blood did not splatter, and the rat's figure did not fall.

On the contrary, he simply looked at Snag calmly.

"No, it's impossible!"

Snag's expression changed abruptly, then he immediately continued swinging his knife.

"Cutting Point - Nine Consecutive Slashes!"

He swung his broadsword repeatedly, making a total of nine strikes.

Thus, nine slashes instantly flew out from nine directions, centered on the red dot on the rat's abdomen.

But
"I see."

At that moment, the rat murmured a sigh.

He seemed completely unconcerned about the powerful slashing attack coming from beside him.

The next moment proved that he really didn't need to care.

because
"Click."

At that moment, the sound of a door opening could be heard in the air.

Nine spatial gates opened out of thin air, and the nine slashes also struck through the gates and disappeared without a trace.

"This is."

Upon witnessing this scene, Snag's pupils suddenly contracted.

He couldn't understand at all—what had happened?
Isn't this guy's ability to create slashing attacks?

No, thinking about it carefully, the other party's sudden appearance just now was also... what exactly is his ability?!
But it was precisely at Snag's moment of disbelief that Snag was incredulous.

The mouse, standing still, remained calm.

Because at this moment, what the mouse sees is completely different from what Snag sees.

In his perception, he could still sense the alternate dimensions opened up by those Door Fruits.

Meanwhile, his hands grew all over that alternate dimension.

Those hands, like a series of safety locks, surrounded him without anyone noticing.

Whenever Snag's slash comes, a door will open from another dimension.

The slash flew into another dimension, and then naturally disappeared without a trace.

This is the source of Snag's shock just now.

That's another way to use the Rat's clone ability.
【Sky Slash Defense - Thousand Doors】.

But clearly, what Zishu cares about most right now is not how cleverly his ability has been developed.

But
[The Devil Fruit user 'Charlotte Snag' has been identified]

[The Devil Fruit has been confirmed as a 'Paramecia-type Mark Fruit', and is currently being analyzed and stored in the 'Devil Fruit Encyclopedia'.]

[Devil Fruit Ability - Can mark objects and redirect attacks from enemies to allies]

[Effects at Each Level]

[LV3: Gain all fruit effects. By touching a physical object or creature, a 'marking point' is created, which can redirect all nearby attacks to the vicinity of the marking point. Requires 8 million Berries to unlock.]

[LV4: Fruit Deep Development, can mark points without touching, only by sight. The number of marking points is increased to two, and the maximum marking range is 1000 meters. Requires 22 billion Berries to unlock]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Giant Mark, the number of marking points is no longer limited, the maximum marking range is increased to 5000 meters, continuously consumes stamina, the more marking points used, the more stamina is consumed, requires 103 billion Berries to unlock]

[Note: Once a marker is selected, it cannot be changed within five minutes.]

[The marker can be discovered and destroyed, and cannot be remarked for ten minutes.]

[Current parsing progress: Completed]

"What kind of strongest shield is this? It's all made to look real. It's just a simple punctuation mark placed somewhere to transfer the damage."

Zishu looked at Snag: "Did you even give it a name like 'Guardian' to confuse people?"

It's a disgrace to the brutes of the One Piece world!
But after such a rant, Zishu's tone became strange again.

“However…you just said that meeting me was lucky—now I think the opposite is true.”

"I was lucky to accept this commission."

Beneath the mask, Roy's words were sincere.

Because Snag's ability is not only quite strong.

More importantly, Roy has now discovered that this ability seems to be the perfect piece of the puzzle to complete the ability of his next clone!
so.
"As a reward—I'll let you die a quick death."

Upon hearing this, Snag's expression instantly became uncertain: "What have you been saying all along?"

At that moment, the rat completely ignored Snag's words.

"Click."

He simply reached out and opened another door, stepping once more into the alternate dimension.

In front of him, several hands were offering him a pair of gloves.

The gloves were sprinkled with fragments of some kind of yellow pill.

At this moment, it is wriggling, seemingly swallowing the fragments.

then
The mouse picked it up and put it on its hand.

　From now on, except in necessary situations, all fruit descriptions will skip LV1 and LV2, as the protagonist rarely uses them anyway, and it's purely for padding the word count.
　　By the way, what are the protagonist's pseudonym (the leader's role) and future general's codename within the twelve constellations? Readers are welcome to offer suggestions if they have any ideas. I'm currently struggling with this; I'm really bad at coming up with names, and the few I've thought of are all a bit cheesy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)