The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Is the final solution to the problem still power and speed?"

Zefa burst into a dumb laugh for a moment. Since the opponent's 'partner' has controlled the impact of the battle within the scope of the volcano, it shows that while pursuing his dream, this kid also considered not to affect ordinary people as much as possible.

For the strong in this world, this is already very rare! Originally, Zefa's intention was to teach Luffy how to show his domineering armed colors during the battle, but the result——

This kid didn't calmly use skills to defeat the enemy, but directly activated the extremely violent 'transformation' skill, which made Zefa dumbfounded.

"Yes, in many cases absolute strength and speed can indeed solve most problems,"

"But human beings are inherently unable to compare with those ferocious beasts, Neptunes, and even many monsters with extraordinary talents. Skill is the trick for the 'weak' to win."

Faced with Luffy, who has opened the 'fourth gear', possesses the speed of 'second gear', the strength of 'third gear', and the burly body of four meters, Zefa is not only fearless, but disappointed shook his head.

"Come on, boy!"

"Your moves, at first glance, consume a huge amount of hole cards! Let me teach you a good lesson——"

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Boom!

Boom! !

Boom! ! !

"Luffy, is he alright?"

Constantly maintaining the 'freezing ability' to stabilize the volcano in front of him, and wiped out a natural disaster that could destroy the city of Sekken at the foot of the mountain, which is famous for its hot spring tourism. Nami looked at the top of the mountain worriedly:

The explosion soaring into the sky, the roar of the earth trembling!

If it weren't for Roman and Nami's freezing ability to stabilize the mountain and gravity ability to control falling rocks, the number of casualties would have been unknown.

"no problem,"

On Nami's admiral's cloak, the white dove squatting tilted its head.

"Not to mention that Instructor Zefa and Luffy's grandfather Karp are old comrades of the same generation, but based on what Luffy has done, I don't think Instructor Zefa will kill him."

Of course, Luffy is not a perfect saint, but in this sea, it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that he is a "good guy".

It can even be said that compared to the "Pirate", Luffy is more like a "knight" who stabs his friends for the sake of his friends and draws his sword to help when the road is injustice.

You must know that when most of the powerful 'strong' in this world deal with problems, their first reaction is: 'Have you eaten? I punched me without eating! '. It can be said that there are very few 'pirates' who do not have the blood of ordinary people on their hands. after all:

I can strangle you to death, why should I listen to your nonsense?

If you want something, bring it to you!

It's not that everyone is Shanks, who can laugh and slap his face after being cut off by a beer bottle of the Bandit King.

"Don't worry, Instructor Zefa was originally half to test Luffy and half to teach him domineering skills. It's just..."

Roman didn't expect that Luffy would directly drive the 'fourth gear'. Well, anyway, Roman is ready to save the field at any time. but:

"This is a brute force developed to deal with wild beasts, right? It can't deal with me!"

In the center of the rumbling explosion was Zefa standing still.

"Defense against the sky alone!"

The invisible armed domineering Qi released by Zefa envelops himself like a tough ball, which is the pinnacle of defensive moves! Especially with the huge Hailoushi weapon in his right hand, it is even more unbreakable, and the consumption of his domineering energy is not high.

"Your explosive skills must consume a lot of domineering and physical strength,"

Facing the fourth gear of Luffy's attack with infinite power like breaking mountains and breaking seas, Zefa still defended tightly. The whole person seems to be rooted in the earth, no matter how Luffy charges up and attacks violently, he still doesn't take half a step back.

"Damn, what kind of ghost skill is this?!"

The fourth gear state is powerful, but if you encounter an opponent with high defense, Luffy will be a little helpless. ——For example, Kaido, who was drunk, commented on Luffy’s set of four-stage ults as ‘Sorrowing Punch’...

Of course, Zefa doesn't have Kaido's perverted physical defense, but his pinnacle of armed domineering can also deal with this kind of direct attack.

"Watch it, kid!"

"This is the advanced application of armed domineering, don't underestimate the wisdom we humans have accumulated for thousands of years."

As the battle progressed, Zefa's whole person looked more and more hazy, like looking at flowers through a fog, and his face and figure began to 'distort'. This is caused by the distorted light caused by his extremely thick and domineering armed color, which looks like a 'shielding fruit ability'.

Of course, unlike the regular 'shielding fruit', the domineering spheres around Zefa have no absolute defense, but they can greatly reduce all attacks that approach him! No matter what kind of strange ability it is, it is extremely difficult to penetrate the armed domineering that he puts out.

"Gather the armed color on the hand or weapon and release it, which will directly evolve into a substantial attack or defense power. It can hit the enemy with a powerful impact, and it can also form a protective wall."

"Stop looking down on people, uncle—"

"Rubber Great Ape King Gun!"

Boom! ! !

The punch that broke the mountain and the sea hit Zefa's Hailoushi weapon again. For a moment, the solid ice-covered volcano trembled like waves, the sky shook, and the landslides and ice cracked! Thousands of strands of black light radiated densely in all directions.

It seems inconspicuous at first glance, but the actual power contained inside is absolutely terrifying! Just a small section of hair thickness is enough to shatter an elite naval officer to death on the spot. Even a school officer will vomit blood and be seriously injured when he comes. Just the aftermath, at least the level of a general can resist it!

Obviously, no matter in terms of momentum or size (4 meters), Luffy has the advantage, but there is no trace of relaxation on his face.

"In front of my 'Defense Over the Sky', no matter how powerful the pure power is, it will be weakened. Even an old man like me can easily take your fist. ——If you still only use brute force, Your journey ends here, One Piece!!"

With his left hand clenched into his waist, Zefa is not only good at being beaten, the name "Black Wrist" comes from his powerful armed domineering:

"Walk alone!"

Following Zefa's distant punch towards Luffy, obviously the fist hadn't touched Luffy yet, but a domineering tsunami like a monstrous tsunami and a collapsing mountain had already struck in the air!

When it reaches the body, there is no substantive sense of impact or shock. Instead, it bypassed Luffy's armed arrogance invisibly and intangibly, and permeated his whole body wantonly, even rushing straight into the bones and internal organs.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, even Luffy's strong physique couldn't withstand this punch! In addition to the previous battle, his burly body quickly shrunk and evaporated like a leak, and turned into a 'third-class disabled' who was 1.7 meters tall and fell half kneeling on the battlefield.

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

Luffy, who coughed up a bunch of blood clots, raised his head and looked at the burly old man in front of him without fear.

"You are amazing, uncle."

"Isn't it too late to speak softly now?"

Facing Zefa's words, Luffy stood up again and wiped the corner of his mouth.

"I'm just telling the truth—but our battle isn't over yet!"

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"interesting,"

click, click,

As Zefa nodded, the Hailoushi arm in his right hand made a series of blunt rubbing sounds, and finally:

clang!

The huge weapon fell to the ground, exposing Zefa's right hand. ——Of course, it is also a mechanical arm.

"I didn't expect that you would actually learn to 'extend your domineering spirit' during the battle."

"Hee hee hee, after receiving so many punches from the uncle, even a monkey should understand it, right?"

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I'm sorry, it's impossible for any normal person to suddenly comprehend the opponent's domineering advanced skills just by hitting it?

The white dove in the sky turned around, and the battle in other places was over. After all, Sauron and Sanji were much stronger than Ain and Binz. As for those 'pacifists', they are obviously not opponents of the rest of the Straw Hats.

The rest is the battle between Zefa and Luffy——

Soon, the rapidly depleting physical strength turned the battle into:

Boom!

Boom!

You punch, I punch.

"Huh~~"

"Hoo~~Hoo~~"

Although Zefa seemed to be lifting weights lightly when facing Luffy before, in fact he is already old. Unlike Luffy, a young man who is "gasping and recovering blood", Zefa is 74 years old after all, and:

Unlike normal wheezing, Zefa's wheezing had obvious phlegm sounds, which was a sign that his 'asthma' had started to attack.

"Boy, you already got the straw hat, why are you still fighting me?"

The speed of the two figures facing each other is getting slower and weaker, one is old and seriously ill, and the other is exhausted; the two are not so much fighting as they are a collision of beliefs.

"Are you a pirate? Even if you defeat me, no one in this world will thank you!"

Take it when you see it, and judge the situation, that's what a pirate looks like.

"So what? I just want to do things my way!"

Luffy, who staggered back, replied without fear.

"If I don't beat you, I won't be the Pirate King."

"...Is that really all there is?"

Zefa's old voice seemed to be questioning, and it seemed to be asking and answering himself.

What a nice little guy, enthusiastic, unyielding, responsible, and kind-hearted... What's more rare is that his strength and understanding are definitely the first person I have ever seen in my life! Even his grandfather Garp was never so good at this age. but:

"Do what you want to do?"

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"Hahaha, all I want to do now is:"

The casserole-sized fist was covered with armed domineering, but Zefa had a smile on his face.

Boom!

Facing Luffy who got up again, Zefa strode forward and swung his fist again! Even the stinging pain in his chest was not enough to shake him one iota.

"Beat you!"

Boom!

Boom! !

Boom! ! !

In hand-to-hand combat, Luffy is not Zefa's opponent at all, but even if he staggers, even if he staggers, even if he takes a few punches to fight back, Luffy still doesn't fall down until:

Snapped,

Luffy, who lost his strength and fell forward, firmly grasped Zefa's belt, not letting himself fall to the ground completely, even if he couldn't even raise his fist, but his raised face and unyielding eyes remained firm .

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Boom,

Before Luffy fell to the ground, Zefa fell backwards, and the sunglasses fell aside, revealing a pair of old but peaceful eyes.

"It seems... I'm getting old too,"

Not just physically, but mentally too!

Seeing such an excellent junior, the former "black-armed" general couldn't shake his fist anymore.

"It's a pity that the happy times are always fleeting..."

Sitting up slowly, looking at Luffy standing up in front of him, Zefa has no motivation to fight anymore.

"If you want to pursue your dreams, you must remove all obstacles and move forward persistently."

Teaching newcomers has gone deep into the marrow of Zefa. If the sea can really be calm, then:

"Take the hat with my life!"

Facing Zefa who was ready to face death calmly, Luffy just smiled.

"I don't want your life, I'm already happy!"

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"If you still want to fight, I will accompany you."

Facing Luffy's hearty smile, Zefa, who was stunned for a few seconds, shook his head.

"No, I have no reason to punch anymore."

"Luffy!" X7

"Teacher Zefa!" X2

As others from both sides arrived, the battle of beliefs came to an end.