Chapter 199: Slaughter, Rouge
Enel's pupils widened. He suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Very wrong.
It wasn't the feeling of powerlessness from having half his body submerged in seawater. It wasn't because that "bug" had just landed a solid punch, injuring his body and leaving the Satsui no Hado to deal continuous damage.
It was that he could feel something... spreading... inside his body.
Enel fought against the weakness from the seawater. He had been lucky; the punch hadn't sent him directly into the ocean, or he would have drowned. This was the greatest weakness of a Devil Fruit user.
Hah... Hah...
Enel gasped for air. The ferocious bug hadn't pursued him.
He suddenly felt an intense itch on his back. He pulled himself from the water, his mobility returning. He reached back to scratch, only to find the itch was behind his thunder drums.
He sent a current of electricity through his back, but the jolt had no effect. The itch only grew more intense.
"What's going on..."
Enel had a bad feeling. He reached up over his shoulder, slipping his fingers behind the drum, and his fingers suddenly stung. Something had bitten him.
In that moment, a profound, chilling wrongness filled Enel's heart.
The next second, his body shuddered. A black mist began to seep from his back...
Critical Point's team tried to steer their speedboat around the main fleet, only to see a golden-red light slam down from the sky, followed by a world-ending tsunami.
Skuld Island was instantly split in two. The black fog vanished with it.
[Michelin] gritted her teeth against the psychic backlash, her eyes rolling white. She tore her hands apart in front of her, and a howling gale ripped the 10-meter-high tsunami wave in two, saving them from capsizing.
"What in the world..."
Michelin didn't dare use her psychic senses to check the island again. She could only guess that Garp had engaged someone. Was it Enel?!
Could Enel push Garp to this extent?
But just then, Critical Point suddenly re-established his link with [Untouchable]. He realized his Stand was at a very high vantage point. Below, the three-meter-tall Flame Dragon exploded into a shower of blood and gore.
That ugly-faced Mercenary Tao, bathed in dragon's blood, instantly pounced on another monster, only to be intercepted by Garp.
Then, he saw Mercenary Tao turn into a white line, shooting toward the sea. He ran across the churning waves, his arms trailing behind him.
Critical Point's pupils shrank. Through his Stand, he could see the fleet's location... and his own team, a tiny black dot, directly in Mercenary Tao's path.
"Watch out! Mercenary Tao is coming!"
Critical Point's warning was urgent. His two-meter-long [Gauss Sniper Rifle V2] was instantly shouldered. He spun and, in less than 0.5 seconds, aimed at his own Stand.
The electromagnetic pulse whined.
Bang!
A round was fired.
The others on the speedboat were still confused.
Mercenary Tao is coming? What does that mean?
Isn't he the guy Moon Fiend was hunting? He's still alive?
The next second, they heard their captain fire again, his posture grim.
[Obsidian] shoved Michelin aside and moved to the bow, his muscles swelling. He produced a piece of black, special-grade alloy. As he gripped it, his body began to turn into the same material.
This was [Obsidian]'s superpower. He could change his body's composition to match any special material he touched, gaining its properties.
Seeing the state of her teammates, Michelin also shrank down. Only the ponytail-wearing woman, [Rouge], remained standing at the stern, still holding her katana's hilt between two fingers, perfectly balanced against the waves.
"You psycho, don't space out. Be careful."
But the woman just smiled, her lips curling cruelly. The next moment, she spun, leaped, and drew her sword against the sea.
In that direction, a white line had appeared.
The instant he came into view, the wind of his passage hit them. The speedboat was violently thrown back. Obsidian, his center of gravity shifting, felt an immense force strike his front.
Boom!
The black, tyrannical Conqueror's Haki pierced Obsidian's body. The special black-gold, immune to fire and ice, could not block the Haki. Michelin, hiding behind him, was hit by the shockwave again, her face pale, her limbs trembling, unable to even unleash her psychic storm.
Kaito Shirogane threw the punch, then instantly ducked.
Obsidian's pupils shrank. An electromagnetic round, deflected by Critical Point's distant Stand, was ricocheting back.
Bang!
Sparks flew from Obsidian's chest as he was blasted away, revealing Critical Point's position behind him.
Critical Point's pupils shrank. So fast! How is he so fast!
How did he dodge my deflected shot this time? Observation Haki?
His thoughts raced. In the chaos, a crimson sword-light exploded from behind him.
[Rouge]. Another once-famous "Cataclysm-tier." This woman was addicted to slaughter. After her teammates died one by one, she had faded into obscurity, joining his team two months ago.
In this instant, she seemed to have found her old self. With razor-sharp instincts, she had anticipated Kaito's trajectory, her sword-strike a stroke of genius, as if Kaito was throwing himself onto her blade.
[Tiger Eye Meteor]!
This terrifying secret technique, which used an almost impossible method of force-generation, could unleash a swing that surpassed the body's limits. It was a vicious strike, one you could smell.
Kaito looked up, just in time to see the crimson sword-light fall. The woman's cruel smile, that killing intent... it wasn't something you got just from killing a few Reincarnators. This woman was probably a super-maniac in the real world, too.
Keng!
Kaito turned, throwing a punch. Magma exploded. The speedboat was instantly vaporized. In the fireball, the crimson sword sank into Kaito's body.
But with a terrible sound of grating metal, Rouge's katana shattered on contact.
Hooo-ssh!
The [Blazing Flame] instantly ignited Rouge's body.
The woman finally felt the searing pain, but her smile only grew wider. She reverse-gripped the broken, flying blade, spun in mid-air, and dove back into the explosion.
Nearby, Michelin and Critical Point, who had been blown away, felt their hearts sink. Critical Point, ignoring the danger, raised his rifle and fired at Kaito's position in the flames.
Bang!
"You lunatic, don't!" Michelin screamed in despair, slamming her palms together.
Boom!
Countless wind blades slashed into the explosion, blowing the smoke away.
In the flames, Rouge's clothes were gone, revealing a slender body covered in scars. She was like a demon of war, twisting to stab the broken blade into Mercenary Tao's eye socket.
Did she win?!
But Critical Point looked at Kaito, who had just taken another shot to the shoulder, and saw the smile on his face... a smile even more cruel than Rouge's. His heart sank.
"Urk... Go... Cap..."
The woman's voice was barely a whisper. Only then did Michelin see: Rouge's chest had been completely pierced by a terrifying arm. In its grip, amidst purple-black fluctuations, was a crushed heart.
Beep... beep... beep...
A bomb in Rouge's left hand had been activated. The murderous woman smiled, as if in relief. But Kaito just lowered his gaze, and his right hand, moving like it had disappeared, tore her left arm from her body and threw it.
BOOM!
The explosion swallowed them. Kaito pulled his arm back. The woman's body sank into the sea.
He watched her corpse fade into crimson light and shook his head.
Tsk. So this is the [Heart]? Fragile... and yet, unafraid of death.
(End of Chapter)
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