One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 38
Bins, Ain, and Shuzo.
Ain liked to use swords, specifically two short swords.
Bins was a Devil Fruit user who could cultivate plants, ensnaring his opponents or using them for defense.
Shuzo was a long-arm tribe member, a future master of martial arts.
Though, for now, he wasn’t.
Bins charged forward, performing his bizarre Dance of Groves. Hals summoned a long water blade in his hand, effortlessly slicing through the vines.
“They’re quite resilient,” Hals noted.
The water blade met some resistance, but it did not cut smoothly.
“But, this Devil Fruit ability is still underdeveloped,” Hals shook his head.
If it were him, he’d alter the shape of the vines, perhaps adding barbs and spikes, trying to infuse them with Haki, or transforming them from entrapment and defense into whips for striking.
But Bins was simply not skilled at developing his powers.
“Besides, your vines are too slow to catch me.”
Seeing the vines about to touch him, Hals used his leg strength to leave the encirclement of vines instantly.
“So fast,” Bins exclaimed, seeing Hals had already escaped the vine enclosure.
His vines weren’t as weak as they appeared, or rather, they were quite strong.
At least, against his peers training to become Marines, they were invincible.
The vines were fast and strong enough to prevent escape.
“By the way, your Dance of Groves is truly bizarre,” Hals remarked, looking disdainfully at Bins, who had tied a scarf around his neck.
“Damn you,” Bins growled.
“Negative emotions from Bins +300”
“Negative emotions from Bins +300”
“Negative emotions from Bins +300”
Bins seemed about to explode.
Hals looked at him with disdain. Bins already wasn’t very handsome, with arms like an orangutan and sausage-like lips. Who knew if he liked spicy food?
“You said my Dance of Groves is ugly? Die!”
Hals seemed to have angered Bins. In the movie, Bins wasn’t this hot-tempered, perhaps it had something to do with Instructor Zephyr.
Bins’ Dance of Groves became faster and more erratic, occasionally choking himself.
The bizarre dance became increasingly frantic and weird, making Hals feel like he was looking at something indescribable. He wasn’t scared, just disgusted.
More vines appeared, thicker, longer, and tougher.
It seemed Bins took Hals’ earlier advice about the potential of his Devil Fruit powers. The vines coalesced into a spear and thrust at Hals.
Although it was a vine spear, it didn’t look weak. The tightly woven vines were sharp and resilient.
Hals wasn’t afraid but didn’t want to be careless. Who knew what kind of damage it might cause? Hals stepped back and then punched the spear from the side.
It wasn’t the time to reveal his true abilities.
There was no known Devil Fruit that controlled water. Such a fruit might attract the attention of a mad scientist with technology 500 years ahead.
After all, they were major government figures.
Why call them mad scientists?
Instructor Zephyr mentioned it in the movie.
The seastone arm was installed by a mad scientist.
Only a few people needed to know. Just Grandpa, Instructor Zephyr, Aokiji, and Sengoku.
They were trustworthy.
Hals forgot what he had just done.
A full-force punch shattered the vine spear. Hals sidestepped to face the broken spear and punched again.
“Tear.”
The sound of tearing was heard twice. Bins felt immense pain in his heart.
Was he really this weak?
A fellow Devil Fruit user is not even using their abilities.
So frustrating.
Bins was speechless.
Hals took advantage, lightly punching Bins’ stomach, making him vomit. Hals looked at the vomit disdainfully and moved aside, leaving Bins in his own mess.
“Ugh, disgusting.”
“Negative emotions from Bins +300”
“Negative emotions from Ain +300”
“Negative emotions from Shuzo +300”
“Negative emotions from…”
Hals distastefully stepped further away. His sense of smell was still quite sensitive, and the stench made him feel like he was in an outhouse.
“Honestly, I’m not targeting anyone specifically. I’m just saying that everyone here and those not present are all trash.”
Hals pointed at everyone with his finger.
“Negative emotions from Ain +350”
“Negative emotions from Shuzo +350”
“Negative emotions from…”
This might be the limit.
Everyone glared at Hals angrily. Hals’ behavior was excessive. Now, mocking them, his restraint was minimal, but making someone vomit and lie in it was too much.
“Hey, long-arm guy, you’re ugly, dark, and weak. Why are you glaring at me? Want a beating?”
Hals deliberately provoked, using his ultimate taunt.
Marine Admiral Kizaru’s sleazy face.JPG
“Bastard, did you call me trash?”
Shuzo was a pitiful kid who was also harmed by pirates. Most of the kids here had similar stories.
“Didn’t you hear me? I said everyone here and not here is trash.”
“You’re trash, a long-arm tribe trash. Just to be clear, I’m not saying the long-arm tribe is trash, just you.”
“Bastard, die!”
“Negative emotions from Ain +350”
“Negative emotions from Shuzo +350”
“Negative emotions from…”
Shuzo charged at Hals and threw a punch. The long-arm tribe’s strength was in their arms.
But to Hals, it was still not enough.
“See, I caught it with one hand, easily.”
Using Kizaru’s ultimate taunt again, Hals looked at Shuzo’s fist in his hand and continued taunting.
“Negative emotions from Shuzo +350”
“Negative emotions from Shuzo +350”
“Negative emotions from…”
Hals then knocked Shuzo out.
“If you’re not satisfied, come fight me. I’ll be right here, not moving.”
Hals decided not to use the Kizaru face anymore. Though effective, he feared he might permanently adopt it. Ending up looking like Kizaru would be a nightmare.
Ain, too angry to hold back, used her Devil Fruit ability.
“Revert, revert.”
Pink flames appeared in Ain’s hand. Hals, startled, dodged.
That ability would regress him by 12 years.
12 years, what a concept.
At seven, it would nullify him.
“You said you wouldn’t dodge.”
Seeing the sandy ground change where Hals had been, Ain was even more determined to dodge.
“Did you think I don’t know your ability? Reverting 12 years would kill me.”
“You just said…”
“What are you doing?”
A strand of purple hair fluttered behind Hals.
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