In Hawkins's tarot deck, the upright "Emperor" signifies ambition and confidence, a confidence that makes a person very strong.
However, his fruit is the 'Straw Fruit', and its related ability is 'Curse'. Whenever he activates his ability, it is always reversed.
When the Emperor is reversed, a person lacks self-confidence, and when a person loses self-confidence, their strength will naturally decline significantly.
The purple aura within the card was drawn away from it.
Effect activated!
Meanwhile, Kuro, who was in the air, felt a little uncomfortable in his nose. He rubbed his nose, glanced at the giant scarecrow phantom, and was somewhat puzzled.
"What is that thing even for? It doesn't fight or move. Is it just for the background of battles?" Kuro clicked his tongue.
"I'll give it a try!"
Seeing that the curse seemed to be working on Kuro, Apoo was eager to try it out and suddenly smacked his head, shouting, "Scrape Plate Slash!"
The sonic wave unleashed a slash that aimed straight for Kuro's neck.
Then, it was blocked by his Armament Haki.
"Um?"
Kuro tilted his head and looked at Apoo on the ground.
"What's going on? Why isn't it working? Scrape plate explosion!"
Ap tried again.
boom!
This time, it triggered an explosion on Kuro.
Then it was blocked by Armament Haki.
"Annoying..."
Kuro took several steps in the air, his body disappearing in a blur, and then appeared behind Apoo in the next instant, slashing down with his sword.
puff!
With a single stab, Apu's back was torn open, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed.
“Why… didn’t you say it was because you lacked confidence?” Ap stretched out his hand, looking at Hawkins.
Hawkins turned his head away and didn't look at him.
The atmosphere was slightly awkward.
Kuro asked doubtfully, "Lack of confidence? What do you mean?"
"ROOM!"
At that moment, Law seized the opportunity, swapping Apoo and Urouge, and his massive body descended in front of Kuro, slamming down with a punch.
Kuro narrowed his eyes and vanished, "One-Sword Style: A Line of Sky".
Before Urki's fist even landed, a beam of light traveled up his arm and down to his chest.
puff!!!
Urouge's arm and chest were split open, gushing out a lot of blood. With this blow, his body shrank completely, and he lay there panting.
This time, it was struck with Armament Haki, so the power was naturally different.
One cut is enough.
Kuro appeared behind Urki, flicked the blood off his blade, and sheathed it. "It's better for you to lie still, why won't you listen?"
"Hey, Hawkins!" Luo said, sounding a bit angry.
"That's impossible..."
Hawkins' eyes flickered with disbelief. "My curse will not fail."
"What curse?"
The voice came from behind him, and Kuro appeared behind him, his blade slightly raised.
Hawkins remained expressionless; he was naturally expressionless and rarely showed exaggerated expressions.
Although he is very scared now.
"The reversed 'Emperor' card will make you lose ambition and confidence, but why... you still haven't changed."
Not only in terms of ability, but also in terms of mentality, there seems to be no change whatsoever.
"Oh, that..."
laugh!
Kuro casually slashed Hawkins to the ground, and the scarecrow phantom above him gradually disappeared. He looked at the crowd and said, "Because..."
"I never had ambition or confidence to begin with."
"?"
Jewelry Bonney tilted her head, staring at Kuro for a long time before finally uttering a single word, "Huh?"
Are you surprised?
Kuro moved swiftly, appearing in front of Jewelry Bonney. He kicked her in the chest, the kick imbued with Armament Haki sending her flying into a distant building, causing it to collapse.
"Well, that's just how I am..."
He moved at high speed again, this time appearing in front of Kira, and slashed upwards with his sword, leaving a trail of blood.
"Never..."
Whoosh!
This time, he leaped into the center of the enormous castle, his blade already sheathed, assuming an iaido stance.
laugh!!!
With a single horizontal slash, the center of the massive castle was sliced open, breaking off more than half of it. The massive castle collapsed backward, and in the instant it fell, it transformed into the short, fat figure of Capone Becky, with a huge wound on his abdomen.
Kuro gently landed on the ground, having uttered his last words.
"There is no such thing as ambition or confidence."
Ambition?
His ambition is to live a safe life.
Is this what you call ambition?
He had been hiding in the East China Sea for ten years, but somehow he ended up leaving the East China Sea by accident.
confidence?
Where does this confidence come from?
Is he capable of shattering the Red Earth Continent with a single stroke? Or can he slice the Four Seas into Eight Seas with a single strike?
How can someone who doesn't have the ability say they're confident in themselves?
Pooh!
Furthermore, he didn't have much confidence in these ability users.
Even when facing four at the beginning, didn't you rely on high-speed movement and then cut them down with one strike?
When has he ever confronted someone directly?
Now, even though he was fighting nine opponents at once and had activated all his Armament Haki, he still didn't dare to take the blow head-on. Instead, he moved at high speed and slashed them down with one strike.
Users with special abilities are too dangerous. If there's any technique that can break through Haki, he'll be in big trouble.
Kuro won't gamble on that probability.
So he never had any confidence to begin with.
"string!"
Kidd wielded his metal arm and attacked Kuro.
"ROOM!"
With a flick of his hand, the wounds of those who had just been cut down by Kuro healed, and their breathing became even.
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