One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

He wanted Giger to realize this in advance, so that Giger wouldn't be overconfident just because he was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, and would pay more attention to physical training.

Kizaru kindly reminded Giger,

"Gig, be careful later, you might get hurt."

Gigg seemed unaware of the power of Haki, remaining calm and composed, implying that Kizaru could do whatever he wanted.

Kizaru pushed up his sunglasses, his body radiating golden light, and he transformed into a streak of light, appearing in front of Giger and delivering a sweeping kick to Giger's waist.

He was incredibly fast; by the time the people on the field reacted, Kizaru's right leg had already struck Giger.

However, the scene of Giger being kicked away as imagined did not occur; Kizaru's right leg, covered in Armament Haki, actually passed straight through Giger's body.

Kizaru was completely unprepared for this situation. Stunned, he was spun 360 degrees in front of Giger due to inertia, and nearly fell over before stumbling.

After regaining his footing, he glanced at the Armament Haki that had not yet dissipated on his right leg, then looked up at Giger with an incredulous expression.

Not only him, but even Zephyr on the sidelines was stunned. With his rich combat experience, he quickly realized that Giger had anticipated Kizaru's attack and transferred his elemental body in advance.

This realization shocked Zephyr even more, because it meant that Gigg had awakened Observation Haki, and that it was quite powerful!

Because Kizaru's ability grants him terrifying speed, ordinary Observation Haki simply cannot keep up with his speed.

Zefa couldn't help but recall the scene at the entrance of the training ground where Giger grabbed his arm, and he became even more certain.

When Zefa thought about Giggs' age, he didn't know what to say.

Even without the Dark-Dark Fruit, Gigg is a true genius!

What he didn't know was that Giger's situation was completely different from what he had imagined.

After becoming a user of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Gigg discovered that the Dark-Dark Fruit can also transform into an element. However, due to the nature of darkness, attacks received are automatically absorbed and ultimately fed back to the user at the cost of double the pain.

To avoid this weakness, Giger developed another form of "elementalization," which involves concealing the elementalized body into a dark space to evade attacks.

The advantage of this method is that it can avoid almost all attacks, even those of overwhelming power.

Of course, the downside is that once in this state, Gigg is also unable to attack others.

Furthermore, even though Gigg himself is darkness, if one places their body in a dark space for too long, it is still easy to get lost in the endless darkness. Each time one enters, the time should not exceed ten minutes.

However, as Gigg develops his Devil Fruit abilities, the duration will gradually increase.

This method was inspired by Obito's Kamui in Naruto, so Giger named this special element Kamui.

Kizaru, unwilling to give up, wanted to test the waters a bit more, but Giger didn't give him the chance.

A black vortex appeared in Giger's palm, and Kizaru instinctively felt a sense of crisis, his body instantly turning into photons and dissipating backward.

Giger slowly raised his right hand and said softly,

"All things are guided by heaven."

The countless points of light that Kizaru had transformed into suddenly stopped, then all flew back in the direction they had been, finally coalescing into the shape of Kizaru.

His shoulder was gripped tightly by Giger, and a rare look of panic appeared on his face.

Because he discovered that he couldn't activate his abilities!

Chapter 27: Giving Kizaru a Lesson

Looking at the flustered Kizaru in front of him, Giger slowly spoke,

"This is the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit. It is darkness that devours everything, including Devil Fruits. As long as a user of a Devil Fruit is captured by me, they will lose their power."

"Nani!?"

Upon hearing this, not only Kizaru but everyone else gasped in astonishment, unable to believe that such a Devil Fruit could exist in the world.

Even Zephyr was encountering this situation for the first time. He had originally intended for Kizaru to teach Giggs a lesson, but the result was the opposite.

Just a few days ago, he said that Kizaru would suffer a loss due to his abilities, but he really didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

After all, the Glint-Glint Fruit is just too versatile. Not only is its destructive power amazing, but it also has high mobility, so even if you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, you can still run away.

He originally thought that darkness and light should be opposites, but what is happening now has completely overturned his understanding.

The speed of light seems so powerless in the face of the gravity of darkness. In addition, the Dark-Dark Fruit has the property of suppressing the abilities of Devil Fruits. The Dark-Dark Fruit is simply the natural counter to the Glint-Glint Fruit!

Kizaru realized this as well, and he quickly calmed down. He immediately covered his arms with Armament Haki, preparing to engage in a physical combat contest with Giger.

His thinking was very clear. He had indeed suffered a great loss in terms of Devil Fruit abilities, but he did not think he would lose to Giggs in terms of physical combat.

Do you really think he was just slacking off all day at the naval academy?

With one shoulder held by Giger, he concentrated all his strength in his other arm and punched Giger in the stomach.

In this position, Gigan has no way to dodge. If he uses Kamui, he will lose control of Kizaru. It seems that he can only choose to take Kizaru's punch head-on.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a burst of blue lightning suddenly erupted from the hand that was gripping Kizaru's shoulder. Kizaru's fist had only been halfway through its swing when he was electrocuted and his whole body convulsed.

"thump!"

Kizaru knelt on his back, a wisp of white smoke rising from his mouth.

This time, not only Kizaru was paralyzed, but Zephyr and all the trainees were also paralyzed, as if they had been electrocuted as well.

Kizaru was only momentarily dizzy and quickly regained consciousness. Giger reached out and pulled him up, brushing the dust off his clothes, and asked with concern,

Borsalino, are you feeling alright?

Kizaru tilted his head weakly, and after a long while, he managed to utter a sentence.

"Gig, the Dark-Dark Fruit also has the ability to generate electricity?"

Giger explained casually,

"Of course not. The ability to generate electricity comes from the Mink Tribe; it's a racial talent."

Kizaru suddenly realized,

"So that's how it is! You're from the Mink tribe!"

As he spoke, he looked at Giger with a puzzled expression and asked,

"But your skin looks so smooth, where did all the hair go? Could it be...?"

Kizaru's expression suddenly turned lewd as he glanced at Giggs's pants. Giggs's face darkened, and he said irritably,

"What are you looking at? My parents are human!"

"Huh? Then how come you...?"

Giger fell silent, tugging at his shirt to reveal the crisscrossing scars on his chest.

Kizaru's expression froze for a moment, then gradually turned serious. He didn't ask any further questions, but instead silently patted Gig on the shoulder.

Giger acted as if nothing had happened. He beckoned to the bear, who immediately used its ability to appear beside Giger in a flash, a move that once again amazed everyone.

The unspoken understanding between Kuma and Giger goes without saying; Giger merely glanced at Kizaru, and Kuma immediately understood Giger's meaning.

Under Kizaru's puzzled gaze, Kuma raised his hand and placed it on Kizaru's chest. Then, a red, translucent fleshy ball emerged from behind Kizaru.

To everyone's astonishment, something else happened again. Just moments ago, Kizaru was listless, but in an instant, he became energetic and full of life, as if he hadn't been the one who had just been electrocuted.

Kizaru felt incredibly refreshed. He did a few stretches on the spot and said with a look of surprise,

"What a relaxing feeling! How did this happen?"

Kuma patiently explained his abilities, and after listening, two golden crosses appeared in Kizaru's eyes, and his gaze towards Kuma changed.

The ability to expel pain and fatigue—anyone in the know understands just how outrageously valuable that ability is!

It can be said that from the moment Kuma displayed the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit, he became an undisputed treasure of the Navy!

Zephyr clenched his fists tightly on the sidelines. Heaven knows how excited he was. He even wanted to hug Sengoku and give him a big kiss!

If the bear was previously considered a "gift" from Gigg, now that this ability of the bear has been demonstrated, its value has become completely independent.

Bear, a creature with explosive damage output and maximum healing, is someone Zefa has completely disregarded regarding Bear's past as a slave. He believes that Sengoku won't dwell on it anymore once he finds out.

Such talent belongs to the Navy! The Celestial Dragons can go to hell!

So far, the performance of Giger and the others has completely exceeded his expectations, especially Giger and Xiong, the two biggest surprises! He can't wait to tell Sengoku what happened today.

Back at Gigan, Kizaru was twisting his waist, performing a graceful relaxation exercise, when the red fleshy mass behind him suddenly twitched and then slowly approached Kizaru.

Kizaru immediately sensed something was wrong and instantly teleported to the side in photon form, but the fleshy ball continued to drift toward him at a steady pace, gradually increasing in speed.

Giger shouted at Kizaru, who had already flashed to the edge of the arena.

"Borsalino, if no one takes the hit from this bear projectile, it will eventually come back to you!"

Kizaru shouted as he dodged.

"So what should we do now? Am I just supposed to keep dodging around like this?"

Giger stretched out his hand, and several streams of darkness gathered in his palm, eventually transforming into a black Bible.

A gentle breeze swept by, and the Bible flipped open with a rustling sound. A dark tornado surged out from it, throwing out a man who looked half-dead. This was an unfortunate pirate that Gigg had captured in the Kingdom of Sorbe.

This man was the last one imprisoned in the Gigg Bible. He was a pirate, so his physical condition was relatively good. The other unfortunate ones had long since starved to death inside and been decomposed by the darkness.

Items left near Logia-type Devil Fruit users for extended periods can be transformed by elements; this can be seen in the rose worn by Akainu later on.

Giger has already successfully transformed his Bible into a storage space.