Fifty kilometers outside the trading city of Yuba.
The desert had completely disappeared.
In its place was a land covered in ice and shimmering glass.
When Hammer arrived and saw the desert transformed into glass, the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"I'm saying, you two…"
"Fight if you want to fight, but why did you destroy someone else's desert like this?!"
Meanwhile, the two culprits behind all this were currently stuffing their faces with food.
Seeing Hammer arrive, they even waved for him to come eat together.
That instantly pissed Hammer off.
If the Alabasta royal family found out about this, they'd definitely file complaints against them.
Then he'd get lectured by old man Sengoku again.
"Stop eating, you two idiots!"
"Look at the mess you made!"
Hammer exploded.
Invisible Slaker's Haki instantly surged outward, giving the two of them a very physical "cooling treatment."
The moment Lance saw Hammer angry, he hurriedly swallowed his food while giving Kuzan a meaningful look.
Kuzan immediately understood and quickly got up to stand beside Hammer.
"Ah la la, Hammer-san, don't be angry."
"After all, we're both Logia users."
"Some destruction is unavoidable."
That statement would've been fine, if Kuzan hadn't actually said it.
The moment he did, Lance covered his eyes.
Hammer narrowed his eyes.
"Oh?"
"Really?"
"Then explain it to my hammer, idiot!"
"Vibration Hammer Strike!"
DUANG!
The atmosphere instantly shattered as terrifying vibrational force exploded directly in front of Kuzan.
"What?!"
Feeling the sudden vibration power at point-blank range, Kuzan was horrified and immediately transformed into his elemental state.
Under the terrifying vibrations, Kuzan instantly exploded into countless ice shards.
Before Kuzan could reform, Hammer coldly turned to Lance.
"Uh… don't look at me, Hammer."
"I didn't do it on purpose."
"I just got this ability recently, my control isn't good yet."
"This isn't my fault. It's all Kuzan's fault."
To save himself, Lance immediately threw Kuzan out to tank the blame.
The principle of "better the dead friend than me" was something Lance understood very clearly.
"Damn it, Senior Lance!"
"You're too shameless!"
"You were the first one to turn into a lightning beast, so I copied you!"
"You clearly caused more destruction than I did!"
Kuzan had just reformed his body when he realized Lance had sold him out instantly, so he immediately fired back.
"Don't make excuses, Kuzan."
"A true man admits his mistakes and seeks leniency."
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"Lance, I think you need cooling down!"
The two of them immediately started blaming each other right in front of Hammer.
The arguing made Hammer's head hurt.
"You two idiots!"
"Shut up!"
"Armament! Air Hammer!"
DUANG!
DUANG!
One Armament Haki strike each,
And the world instantly became quiet.
The price was that both of them now had giant lumps on their heads, making them look incredibly ridiculous.
"Alright, Kuzan."
"I'm too lazy to keep scolding you."
"Anyway, I'm leaving soon."
"This is your exclusive weapon."
"Take it. I don't want to see you anymore."
"As for the Alabasta royal family, you're handling that."
"If old man Sengoku dares trouble me, I'll chase you down and beat you up!"
Hammer sinisterly pulled out Kuzan's exclusive weapon: Glacial Ruyi.
The moment he saw the Ruyi, Kuzan's eyes lit up instantly.
Completely ignoring Hammer's threats, he rushed forward and grabbed the weapon before carefully examining it.
"What is this?"
"It looks incredible, Hammer-san!"
"I love you to death!"
"Glacial Transformation Ruyi."
"The materials are the ones you helped create: Jewel Ice Mountain, Ice Crystal Stone, Mithril, and Black Hammer."
"The attributes are: Cold Aura Amplification and Creation."
"Based on the command phrases you speak, it can create objects made from ice."
"And they're all practical too."
"There are three command phrases."
"They represent three objects and three different abilities."
"'Ruyi Ruyi', summons a bicycle."
"The bicycle possesses extremely high speed and self-repair abilities."
"When combined with ice, it can activate a boosted acceleration state again, though with some wear and tear."
"'According to my will', summons suspenders pants."
"Black suspenders pants."
"Mm, Chicken Bro exclusive."
"Absolutely exclusive."
"After putting them on, your current emotions are amplified."
"They also possess extremely powerful defensive abilities and autonomous defense functions."
"They can emit sonic waves to counter incoming attacks."
"'Reveal your magic quickly', summons a freezing ball."
"It's primarily an offensive ability."
"It massively boosts ice-element strength."
"Absolute Zero beyond Absolute Zero."
"Probably nobody except Kuzan can use it."
After hearing Hammer's explanation, Kuzan completely froze.
'A bicycle?'
'Suspenders pants?'
'Why did this all sound so unreliable?'
"No, Hammer-san…"
"You really want me to ride a bicycle?"
"I thought you were joking…"
Hammer remained expressionless while looking at Kuzan's devastated face.
"I always keep my promises."
"Once I become Logistics Chief, you can say goodbye to your warship."
"From now on, the bicycle is your transportation tool."
"And Kuzan-san, with strength like yours, solo travel isn't a problem."
Kuzan instantly felt like his whole life had become miserable.
'How did I offended Hammer this badly?'
'Sigh… what am I supposed to do now?'
Hehe, at least he had an exclusive weapon now.
Thinking about that made Kuzan feel slightly better.
He immediately raised the Glacial Ruyi high.
"Ruyi Ruyi!"
As the first command phrase was spoken,
The Frozen Ruyi instantly emitted dazzling blue light.
Very quickly, an ice-blue vintage bicycle appeared before everyone.
Aside from Hammer, everyone stared at the bicycle in shock.
"Holy crap!"
"It can really summon a bicycle!"
"Kuzan, you hit the jackpot!"
Looking at the ice-blue bicycle, Lance only had one thought: 'So cool!'
Even Kuzan himself thought it looked pretty awesome.
"Woooow!"
"This is awesome!"
"I've decided!"
"I'm riding this from now on!"
Kuzan immediately jumped onto the bike excitedly.
"What was the second command phrase again?"
"Oh right!"
"According to my will!"
"Awoooo!"
"I am the most handsome guy on this street!!!!"
"Sing! Dance! Rap!"
As blue light erupted once again, Kuzan instantly became fired up, shouting slogans that only Hammer could understand.
Even Hammer, who was still angry moments ago, instantly lost it after hearing those familiar Chicken Bro catchphrases.
"HAHAHAHA!"
"Chicken Bro!"
"It really is Chicken Bro!!"
As the blue light faded, Kuzan's appearance had completely changed.
Three-meter-tall body.
Black suspenders pants.
The entire look radiated pure nonsense.
"Ohhhhhh!"
"Check it out!"
"Hammer-san!"
"I feel like I'm burning with passion!"
"I think I can beat ten Sengokus now!"
"You little bastard, come try it and see if I don't feed you a Shockwave!"
Watching the emotionally overexcited Kuzan, Hammer knew this was the emotional amplification effect of the suspenders pants.
"The final phrase!"
"Reveal your magic quickly!"
The final burst of blue light shone.
An ice-blue patterned sphere instantly appeared in Kuzan's hand.
The moment Kuzan caught the ball, he immediately dribbled it between his legs.
That sight completely broke Hammer.
The Chicken Bro of One Piece!
He, Hammer himself, was way too talented!