The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

He has the head of a yellow elephant on his chest.

He is Babanuki, the warden of this prison and the one who gave him the artificial Devil Fruit power of the elephant.

However, the warden was in very poor condition at the moment.

His entire face was covered in blood, and although the elephant trunk on his chest was soft, it was bent to one side at a very strange angle. His eyes rolled back and he was unconscious.

Babanuki lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily.

He desperately wanted to stand up and do something, but the burnt smell and excruciating pain made him completely powerless.

As for the other guards protecting this quarry prison...

The ordinary soldiers of the Beasts Pirates were all lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Meanwhile, the three deputy guards, including the hippopotamus giver Dopon sitting in the hippopotamus's mouth, lay on the ground, their bodies exuding the smell of burnt meat, a blackened mess.

Davego and Solitaire are two beings: one is a scorpion gifted with a scorpion tail and six legs, and the other is a monkey gifted with six arms and a chirping voice.

The two deputy wardens did not have any burn marks, but...

Sunlight shone on them, reflecting a crystalline sheen that refracted 360 degrees off their icy bodies.

Yes, their bodies have been transformed into ice sculptures.

Not only their bodies, but most of the prisoner quarry was also turned into a frozen wasteland!

"[Props Master]...々~..."

Babanuki stared intently at the two figures in the arena, his gaze lingering especially on the second one:

"And the admirals of the Navy Headquarters..."

His eyes still held an expression of disbelief: "Aokiji?!"

"Why would a former Marine Admiral be associating with pirates?!"

"And they're the Straw Hat Pirates, who just fought the Marineford War and have a deep grudge against the Navy..."

Babanuki was deeply shocked, bewildered, and incredulous.

He couldn't understand why these two opposing positions were mixed up together!

Moreover, judging from their formation, they are clearly on the same side, attacking them together...

Before Babanuki could fully process this idea, he was surrounded by a vast expanse of white ice sculptures.

Kakakka~

His entire body was instantly covered in ice, and he was frozen into a sculpture once again.

At least this time, the burn turned into frostbite.

"Now, all the guards at Udon and the Beasts Pirates have been taken care of, right?"

Aokiji stood there with his hands in his pockets, his expression calm, as if he had done something trivial.

Completely ignoring Babanuki, Link used his Observation Haki to scan the entire scene and understand the situation.

"Yes, they've all been taken care of."

he said with a smile.

Even the guards inside this venue are quite formidable.

But that depends on who you're comparing it to.

With Aokiji and Link working together...

Let alone these guards and deputy guards, even if Kaido himself came, he probably wouldn't be able to leave.

"You have excellent control over your freezing abilities!"

Link glanced at the scene and saw that those frozen were all members of the Beasts Pirates, while the prisoners were all unharmed.

It can't be said that they are all safe and sound; it's unclear whether they were frightened or frozen.

They huddled in the corner, trembling with fear.

“Ah la la~”

Aokiji also glanced at the situation of the prisoners in the area.

"Your control over Conqueror's Haki is also extraordinary."

Well, after Link blasted the door open with that punch and barged in so arrogantly.

The first thing to do, of course, was to use Conqueror's Haki, the perfect weapon for clearing the field, to knock all those lowly soldiers unconscious.

As for the remaining survivors, Link dealt them all a divine punishment from the heavens.

Or perhaps Aokiji finished them off, turning the land and the ice into an ice sculpture.

From beginning to end, from Link's intrusion to the conclusion of the battle, the enemy was completely wiped out.

The entire process took less than three minutes.

Yes, it's more than enough for Ultraman to fight a small monster.

“That kappa, Kawamatsu, should be in…”

Link looked in a certain direction, then lifted his foot and walked directly towards it.

The feedback from his Observation Haki just now showed that he had successfully found the person he was looking for on this trip.

"Right here~"

Ignoring the terrified and inquisitive gazes of the many prisoners, Link went directly to a secluded, dimly lit cell.

"You must be Kawamatsu, one of the Nine Red Scabbards, the Kappa?"

Link looked at the figure bound by chains in the shadows and asked.

"Um?!"

The figure in the dim light raised its head upon hearing this.

"The Nine Red-Sheathed Swordsmen, He Song... I haven't heard of these two names for many years."

Two sharp gazes involuntarily shone over, "Have the people outside not forgotten me yet?"

"Of course~"

As Link nodded, he lightly tapped his finger and kneaded the iron fence into a flat disc, then tossed it aside.

Only by going inside and looking at it up close can one see the full form of Kawamatsu.

(Li Hao) has a huge body, webbed hands, and looks like a frog and a kappa, with green skin.

She wore a straw hat on her head, a red scarf around her neck, a green kimono with rope-shaped patterns, and a yellow sash.

In stark contrast to his enormous physique is...

Kawamatsu is very cute, with rosy cheeks, a bird-like beak, and long, unruly orange hair.

Yes, although he calls himself a "Kappa", he is actually a red-finned pufferfish.

As a child, he and his mother accidentally entered Wano Country and were bullied by the island's inhabitants, who thought they were monsters.

Before his mother passed away, she told Kawamatsu to call himself a "Kappa" to avoid being discriminated against by humans.

Even so, he was almost mistaken for a monster and burned to death along with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi.

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that although this member of the Nine Red Scabbards is a skilled swordsman, he is also the strongest warrior in Wano Country, nicknamed "Yokozuna Kawamatsu".

At this moment, the foreign fish-man, known as the strongest warrior of Wano Country, was staring intently at Link as he walked in.

This man, Sun, was a complete stranger to him, yet also extremely dangerous.

602 Kawamatsu and Hyogoro, that familiar trio, with their unruly red hair!!

Kawamatsu is a character who appears later in the story and doesn't have a lot of screen time.

However, the strength he displayed was undoubtedly impressive, even making Link look at him differently.

First, in terms of physical fitness, Kawamatsu has an extraordinary resistance. Despite being fed a poisonous fish every day in prison, he did not experience vomiting and diarrhea until thirteen years later, and he did not die from poisoning.

Moreover, he can accurately and rapidly eject projectiles; anything sharp could be a weapon.

Therefore, the jailers were instructed to remove the fish bones before he ate the fish, and any jailer who forgot this would have the fish bones he spat out pierce his neck.

Secondly, there is his extraordinary creative talent in combat.

The high-level Haki in Wano Country is called "Ryuo," and Kawamatsu created "Yaguru Ryuo," a Haki technique suitable for himself, based on this.

It is a combo attack in which the opponent gathers the Ryuo (flowing cherry blossoms) in both hands, releases a powerful aura, blasts the opponent into the air, and then suffers another heavy blow while in the air.

Moreover, as a highly skilled samurai swordsman, he created his own swordsmanship style, a reverse-handed sword technique called the "Kappa Style Swordsmanship".

It is a move that bursts forth like a torrent in a great river. Its characteristic is that the sword is held in a reverse grip. It requires not only strength but also skillful technique. The move is built up beforehand and will instantly injure the opponent.

These are moves from the Domineering Aura and Sword Technique 503 that Hesong successively comprehended and developed based on the characteristics of his Fishman race.

It can be said that the merfolk truly possess extraordinary talent in combat.

Of course, while God opens a window for you, He will inevitably close a door.

Kawamatsu possesses such exceptional combat talent...

Conversely, he wasn't very bright.

Hmm, to what extent does it not work?

He took care of Hiyori, but couldn't even find food. While ensuring Hiyori was well-fed, he himself went hungry.

Overwhelmed with guilt, Hiyori Kozuki, not wanting to become a burden to Kawamatsu, left a letter and departed alone.

Later, Kawamatsu joined Komako Onimaru in another robbery, and afterwards they were searching for food again.

He was caught stealing fried tofu and sent to this rabbit bowl quarry, where he was imprisoned for more than ten years.

He was caught partly because he was too hungry to exert any strength, and partly because the other party had set a trap for him.

Because this silly guy always manages to catch one family stealing fried tofu every time...

How could people not be wary of this?

It has to be said, with this level of intelligence, he's probably only slightly better than Luffy, or rather...

The two are simply evenly matched.

The phrase "all brawn and no brains" perfectly describes people like them.

"A powerful stranger..."

Kawamatsu stared intently at Link and said seriously:

"What brings you here to see me, cade?!"

After Link and his group defeated Babanuki and the others, they came to find him immediately. Kawamatsu wasn't so stupid as to be completely foolish.

The main purpose of learning about these two unfamiliar powerful individuals was for his own benefit.

At the same time, the scene outside, which was overthrown in an instant, also secretly alarmed Kawamatsu.

"These two strangers have so easily overpowered the entire quarry's security force..."

"That's really strong!!!"

While Kawamatsu was pondering, Link stepped forward and took out a small bottle.

My purpose in coming here is very simple.

Link poured the unlocking sesame seeds onto the sea stone shackles on He Song's hands.

“I have my eye on Komako Onimaru, and he is thinking about you, so I plan to take you back to Ringo.”

Komatsu? Onimaru? !

Kawamatsu was slightly taken aback, and then felt his hand loosen.

Click.

The sea stone handcuffs were easily opened.

Upon seeing this, Kawamatsu's gaze once again turned somewhat surprised.

"What it is?"