Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

Monet, hovering in the shadows, quietly peered down as snowflakes accumulated above him.

Let those pirate minions distract her, then wait for her attack to complete before smashing it down and stealing the Devil Fruit!

According to the auction catalog she secretly checked backstage during the chaos, this fruit is...

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit - Spring-Spring Fruit!

"It seems like a very ordinary fruit... Oh well, even if it's ordinary, it's still a treasure worth at least hundreds of millions! I can sell it and save the money to buy a boat later; or I can keep it for now and give it to any new family members who join us!"

Monet, hiding in the shadows, chuckled and her eyes sparkled as she fantasized about becoming the boss of the company, surrounded by a bunch of underlings who would do whatever she was told. How cool would that be!

(〇﹃〇).

……

"So, why is this guy here?"

The naval branch lieutenant commander, who was actually Fung Clay, stood in front of a group of marines and fell silent as he looked at the big guy opposite him.

Meanwhile, a circle of marines and rubble lay on the ground around them.

He was originally going to have these marines take him to a warship whose hull was fitted with seastone, but suddenly a tall man jumped out and shouted in a shrill voice, "I won't let you ruin Dover's plans!"

At first, Bon Clay didn't recognize that this was Pica, one of Doflamingo's subordinates. He only heard the other's voice and excitedly asked, "Are you a transvestite?"

As a result, the big guy on the other side went berserk and launched an attack on them.

Only after the marine next to him told him about Bon Claypica's identity did he remember that Doflamingo had such a person under his command.

"Damn it! You are a disgrace to the transvestite world! A true transvestite should openly admit it!"

"It seems I must teach you the true way of the human-demon today!"

At this moment, Fonker's expression was very solemn, his eyes seemed to be burning with raging fire, and he stretched out his hairy leg and fiercely whipped at Pica.

A group of marines were left standing there bewildered, as it was the first time they had ever learned that the lieutenant colonel was actually a transvestite.

Chapter 021 Doflamingo's Strength

Kazan swung his twin swords, casually slashing a few times at the air around him, instantly sending Doflamingo crashing to the ground.

"You'd better just stick to the ground and face me head-on. Unless you can master the technique of Armored Entanglement on the spot, your lines are really not very intimidating."

Kazan casually severed several of the threads Doflamingo had shot at him, and said with a slightly crazed air.

Kazan had misunderstood before; he thought Doflamingo's line would be classified as "weapon type or body surface type," similar to his dual swords and the Iron-Steel Fruit.

After all, Doflamingo's threads were constantly in contact with his fingers, so theoretically, basic Armament Haki should have been able to harden the threads directly. Therefore, he kept using Observation Haki to dodge Doflamingo's attacks.

However, Kazan's sanity dropped drastically when he was in dual-wielding form. A minute ago, he was too lazy to dodge anymore and charged straight at the incoming lines. He found that although those lines were tougher than most lines and even like ordinary knives, they were no different from ordinary lines under his Armament Haki and steel membrane dual-wielding form.

At this stage, Doflamingo's development and enhancement of the String-String Fruit are not as powerful as they will be eighteen years later.

Yes!

Kazan remembered!

In his battle against Luffy, Doflamingo only used two moves that involved threads wrapped in Armament Haki!

A thousand arrows pierced the heart and sixteen sacred bullets were fired.

In this case.

Then he won't panic anymore~

So this is all Doflamingo is capable of?

"Oh my gosh~ How scary~ Don't look at me like that~ I'm still a child, I can't take it."

Monkey D. Kazan pouted, tilted his head, and glanced sideways at Doflamingo, who was frowning and looking at him with a dark expression.

"Fufufu, you've given me an idea. The stiffness of the thread needs to be strengthened. Thank you so much."

"Let's talk about that later, let's fight first."

Kazan used his Triple Slash to instantly rush to a spot not far in front of Doflamingo.

Mountain-Crushing Strike!

Kazan leaped into the air, raised his twin swords, and transformed his entire body into steel, doubling his weight as he fiercely pressed down with all his might!

Super-strike whip.

Doflamingo stretched out his hands and shot out dozens of white lines, then pulled them forward with all his might, just like Luffy's Gum-Gum Rocket!

Kazan stared at the thick white line surging towards him, his face contorted with madness.

A clash of hard power against hard power!

This is the true contest and dream between men!

When Kazan first traveled to Arad, he planned to follow the path of the Ultimate Martial Emperor, wanting to experience the thrill of visceral combat.

Who would have thought that he would contract Kazan Syndrome and be forced to embark on the path of becoming a Ghost Swordsman?

later.

Fortunately, he met a very powerful sword master and received the sword "Moonlight" as a gift from him.

pity.

He was a disappointment; when he finally transformed into a Sword Soul and tried to conquer the Kazan Factor, he failed. His ten-year-old body was too weak, and he was defeated by the Kazan Factor before he could be, which indirectly led to his utter defeat. By a twist of fate, he became a Berserker and came to the world of One Piece.

When he ate the Iron-Iron Fruit, he was hoping to show off his manly prowess and experience a brutal, hand-to-hand combat life, but he discovered a fatal flaw.

That is, the power of the Berserker is much higher than the upper limit of the Iron-Steel Fruit. Compared with the power of the Red Eyes, the Iron-Steel Fruit can only play a supporting role. Before he developed it to the intermediate level, it only had a pitiful three supporting roles.

Carry heavy loads with you at all times, keeping yourself in a state of high load, so as to constantly hone your physical strength and agility.

To strengthen one's weaponry, the Iron-Steel Fruit is used to compensate for insufficient Armament Haki hardness. For example, in the current standoff with Doflamingo, without the Iron-Steel Fruit, Kazan's level Armament Haki would likely have been disrupted.

Strengthening defense: After activating dual swords and lowering defense, you can use the Steel Fruit to bring your defense back up, compensating for the inherent weaknesses of the Berserker class.

But now!

He realized that even with knives, a thrilling and passionate duel between men could still take place!

"I see. I can understand a little bit about what it's like to have Hawkeye now."

Kazan used his Observation Haki to watch the lines in front of him gradually cracking as they collided, and murmured to himself.

[Rage Burst: Unleashes rage within a two-meter radius at your feet, dealing physical damage to enemies within range and launching them into the air.]

"Ok?"

During the standoff, Doflamingo saw a blood-red circle suddenly appear under his feet, his expression changed, and he jumped backward.

However, the discovery was still too slow. Just as it was about to jump out of the circle, it was hit by the gushing blood energy and shot into the sky.

Bang bang bang bang!

All the blood energy surged against Doflamingo's Armament Haki, which had just reacted, producing a series of dull, continuous impact sounds.

"You seem to possess multiple powers."

Doflamingo looked at Kazan's bloody aura, then glanced at the blood-red armored head in mid-air, and recalled the dark silver color on the other's body during their confrontation.

His face was now extremely pale, not because his outburst of anger had caused him any harm, but because he had discovered a wound in his abdomen that the Thread-Thread Fruit could not stitch up, and it was bleeding profusely.

The only consolation is that the bleeding is minimal and poses almost no threat.

Cross Slash, Mountain Crash, Rage Burst – it took three moves to finally put Doflamingo into a bleeding state.

Kazan smiled as he looked at Doflamingo, whose abdomen was stained with blood: "Curious? Why don't you come and see for yourself... Never mind."

Just as Kazan was about to continue fighting, he caught a glimpse of a snow-white figure flying rapidly through the air out of the corner of his eye.

"elder brother!"

Kazan leaped into the air and reached out, grabbing Monet's outstretched arm.

Perfect teamwork!

"Doflamingo, you're weaker than I thought... I thought we were about the same level, but... I guess I overestimated you. If you haven't improved much by next time we meet, you'll just have to die."

After leaving those words, Kazan was carried away by Monet.

Doflamingo stood there alone, his face dark, staring intently in the direction Kazan had left.

Diamanti and Torrepol, who had been tricked, didn't realize what was happening until they arrived late.

"Dover, how are you? Are you hurt?"

Diamante looked at the bloodstains on Doflamingo's abdomen and asked in surprise.

Doflamingo looked down and lifted his shirt to examine his wound. It had completely healed, showing no signs of bleeding.

Diamanti and Trebol breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Doflamingo had no wounds.

It seems to be the enemy's blood. Sure enough, how could Dover possibly let a mere lackey of the Four Seas hurt him?

"Fufufu, I've found an interesting person... Also, I think I know who took the fruit from before."

Should we go after them?

"Forget it... we're not strong enough yet. Let Corason handle the rest of the business. You two come with me to the Calm Belt."

What are we going to the Calm Belt for?

“Cultivation… If you don’t master Armament Haki, you don’t need to come out. As for me… Hmph.”

Doflamingo walked into an alley first, and Diamante and Trebol could only see Doflamingo's back, not his expression.

……

Monet chattered excitedly to Kazan as she flew through the air.

"Bro! You're amazing! You beat Doflamingo!"

"...Monet...I've never played him."

"Huh? I'm not blind. You're not injured at all, while Doflamingo has blood on his abdomen."

“None of us went all out. Doflamingo isn’t as strong as I thought, but he’s definitely not weak. He’s had the String-String Fruit for over a decade now, and his mastery of it must be quite profound. But in this fight, he barely revealed any of it. Besides, he didn’t even use Conqueror’s Haki…”

"What is Conqueror's Haki? Is it the same as Haki?"