"He seems a bit disobedient, Wang..."
Just then, a man with a strange 'V'-shaped smile stepped forward, extending his thumbs and forefingers with both hands, forming the shape of a pistol, then joining them together to form a frame, which he placed over his right eye and aimed at Kuro.
"I'll let you behave for a while!"
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly blinked.
Subconsciously, Kuro felt a chill run down his spine, and his figure flashed, leaving a trail of afterimages.
The statue behind him was blinked at by that eye, but it seemed to have no effect.
Kuro stepped aside, glanced at the statue, and frowned slightly.
"My name is Richard."
The man with the V-shaped smile released his hand and said, "I am the 'Photographer' who ate the 'Photograph Fruit'. As long as I take a picture, you will be frozen in place like a photograph."
Kuro was cursing under his breath.
Another superhuman.
They're all troublesome rule-based superhumans!
Among the Paramecia, the ordinary ones are merely altering and shaping the body, while the more powerful ones create things. But the most troublesome are these bizarre and varied rule-based beings.
They may not seem to have much fighting power, but if they really unleash their abilities, you'll fall into their trap if you're not careful.
That's five already, two more to go...
Kuro glanced at the people around Edmund. One of them, like Marlos, was an old man dressed like a charlatan, whispering something in Edmund's ear and glancing in his direction from time to time.
Seeing Kuro looking over, he smiled mysteriously and said, "I am Vader."
Then he stopped talking.
Then what?!
Kuro's eyes widened. "You damn well better explain your abilities!"
With someone as smart as you, it's really hard for me to get things done!
As for the other one, he did not disappoint him. The man had a head of long hair combed back in an explosive style, a confident smile on his face, and he stepped forward, took a deep breath, his chest and abdomen bulging, and suddenly opened his mouth and roared.
"ah!!!"
The intense, shrill sound waves caused the entire room to tremble.
The shriek lasted for a while before the person finally stopped, satisfied, and then said, "My name is Brummer, and I am..."
"I know, the Sonic Man!"
Kuro said, "You are a 'Sound Wave Person' who ate the 'Sound Wave Fruit,' and you can emit sound waves."
Brummer paused for a moment, then shook his head. "No, I am the 'Off-Key Person' who ate the 'Song-Song Fruit - Difficult Singing Form'. I was singing just now."
Kuro: "..."
A vein bulged on his forehead as he roared, "Is that what you call singing?! You're clearly shouting! There's no tune at all!"
“Yeah, I just sing terribly. No, no, if I don’t sing in tune, that’s my tune. Why do I need a tune to sing? Why do I have to use someone else’s tune? Can’t I sing my own tune?” Blumer said matter-of-factly.
"I freaking, I..."
Kuro took a deep breath and stared at Brummer, saying, "Your style is off, you know? You're acting like an idiot!"
"What do you mean the art style is off?! This is my ability, if you don't like it, then kill me!"
Brummer retorted defiantly, then ran behind the Mountain of Flesh Hansa, saying, "Otherwise, I'll keep singing!"
Kuro rubbed his forehead, not wanting to get entangled with this seemingly idiotic person, and instead looked at Edmund, "What exactly do you want? My patience is running out, and I want to kill you right now, you know that!"
"Of course, in this situation, everyone would want to kill me, but unfortunately, I am immortal."
Edmund smiled and said, “This is the power of the seven people around me. Outside, I have many more Devil Fruit users. This is the power of the Devil Fruits I have collected over the years. My goal is simple: you serve me, become my servant, give me your soul, and become my strongest sword. In return, I will provide you with many Devil Fruit users and my kingdom's army. With your strength, we can conquer Mary Geoise, we can bring down the Celestial Dragons, and let them witness the deepest fear in this world.”
"Sorry, not interested. Why are you telling a navy guy this?"
Kuro then took out his cigar case, lit a cigar, and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, saying, "I'm a Marine. Never heard of the Celestial Dragons' lackeys?"
"That's a pity. There's another way."
Edmund maintained his aristocratic smile: "That is to give me your body. You see, I have the ability to exchange. As long as my soul is transferred to your body, I will be you, and I can inherit the powerful strength and abilities contained in your body. In this way, I can still achieve my goal. As for you, of course I will not let you die."
Edmund chuckled: "I have a dog, but I haven't named it yet. Maybe it could be called Kuro?"
Kuro's expression turned cold, and his body transformed into a blur in a flash. In the instant he moved, George, the charging man, had already taken a stance and charged forward, colliding with the direction the blur had passed.
But this collision with the afterimage caused George to pass right through it.
The Hansa, a mountain of flesh, blocked most of the people, spreading his arms wide to block them, and shouted: "Reflect!"
"You really don't think I'm going to attack you, do you...?"
Kuro's voice rang out from behind Hansa, his hand radiating an aura of dominance as he thrust directly at Malos.
This person is the most troublesome. First of all, it's right to get him out of this damn sealed space.
In a sealed space, neither the [Heavenly Treasure Vault] nor his Autumn Water could reach his hands.
If all material existence can be arbitrarily transformed into space, then holding a knife in his hand is useless, and even if the Heavenly Treasure Vault were to descend, it wouldn't reach this place.
Take him down first!
Just then, the charlatan-looking Vader suddenly spoke up: "Hansa will block Kuro's attack on Malos."
The moment he uttered those words, Hansa, whom Kuro had bypassed, suddenly sped up, cutting between Kuro and Marlos with an unusually fast speed, thus lengthening the distance between the two.
Kuro's hand slashed directly into Hansa's body.
Immediately, a powerful force reflected back from Kuro's own hand.
He frowned, and with another swift movement, dodged Kayla's hand that was attacking from behind.
Kuro floated above the banquet hall, frowning as he stared at the charlatan-like Vader with an inscrutable expression.
Wade chuckled: "I am a prophet who has eaten the 'fruit of prophecy,' and what I say will surely come true."
"Then just tell him not to move!"
The photographer, Richard, said, "He's very difficult to freeze when he moves, and I can't freeze him either. The king can't do anything about it."
Wade shook his head and said, "No, he's too strong. My prophetic abilities are useless against him. I need to weaken him before I can unleash my power."
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