Chapter 371 Olive Branch! (Two in One)
Katakuri's attack was broken by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni. The terrifying slash flashed past his side, sank into the wall, and then disappeared without a trace.
When the black slash flew past him, Katakuri could feel the terrifying power from it. With his level of Observation Haki, he could clearly know one thing: he could not block such a slash.
What Ji Guoyuan said was not a lie.
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Are you going to retreat in the face of a powerful enemy?!
This is obviously not Katakuri's character. What's more, the person in front of him, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, is the one who stretched out his "claws" to his family. Such a person cannot be allowed to move freely among the nations under any circumstances.
"I won't lose."
"No matter what kind of opponent I face, I won't lose, and I can't lose!"
Katakuri stood up, his tense face relaxed at this moment, and the uneasiness and astonishment in his heart disappeared without a trace at this moment.
The moment he stood up, he had confirmed what he felt in his heart.
Katakuri has prepared himself mentally to face a strong enemy like Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
“.”
Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze fell on Katakuri, his smile still lingering, a hint of admiration in his eyes:
"Yeah?"
"I have sensed your awakening."
Facing a pirate, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi rarely showed the emotion of "admiration". It was a long time ago that he showed such emotion in front of a pirate.
When he personally killed Senior, a cadre under Doflamingo, Tsugakuni Yoriichi had once felt this way.
After killing Senior, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi still felt a little regretful in his heart.
If he could have met Senior before he became a pirate, if Senior had not participated in Doflamingo's "stealing the country" operation, Tsugikuni Yoriichi would have wanted to introduce him to the new navy.
All the qualities in the other party's heart are very valuable to the new navy, and the qualities deep in Senior's heart are also valued by Ji Guoyuanyi.
The Katakuri in front of him has some similarities with Señor.
If Katakuri was not the son of BIG MOM, but the son of an ordinary person, then his love for his family would definitely make him a truly righteous person.
Only those who have strong emotions in their hearts can empathize with ordinary people at the bottom of society.
It is difficult for an indifferent person to become a qualified navy.
Although Yuichiro Tsuchikuni appears to be a cold person, in fact, his heart has always been passionate. Even after so many years, the fire in his heart has not been extinguished.
"Charlotte Katakuri, huh?"
"You are a very good man."
Facing Katakuri, Yoshiichi Tsugakuri praised him generously. As soon as he finished speaking, Katakuri's powerful observation Haki seemed to sense something. His pupils shrank slightly, and he jumped back quickly and dodged from the spot.
However, as soon as he moved, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's figure suddenly disappeared in the open space in the distance.
Katakuri, who had jumped into the air and had not yet landed, only felt a flash before his eyes. A figure suddenly appeared in front of him and quickly reached out to grab Katakuri's collar.
"It's too fast. No time to dodge!"
Katakuri was startled when he saw Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's outstretched hand. Before he could do anything, Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's hand grabbed his collar.
"Boo——"
However, the moment Yoshiichi Tsugakuin's hand touched Katakuri's collar, Katakuri's clothes quickly turned into a white sticky ball. Yoshiichi Tsugakuin tried to grab it, but he found nothing.
"Um?"
The sudden change made Tsugukuni Yoriichi let out a strange murmur.
At this moment, the opponent's body turned into a sticky ball. This "elementalization" ability, which only appears in natural ability users, actually appeared in a superhuman devil fruit ability user. Such a scene made Tsujikuni Yoshiichi feel a little surprised.
Katakuri's observation Haki is very powerful. After realizing that he could not dodge, he immediately took the initiative to "elementalize" to avoid Tsugikuni Yoriichi's grabbing action.
There is also a difference between elementalization and elementalization.
Taking the natural devil fruit as an example, after eating the devil fruit, the human body has actually become a natural "elemental body". When this body is subjected to a severe attack and deformed, the body will become an elemental state.
Because of this, people with natural abilities are invincible in the eyes of many ordinary people, because ordinary abilities cannot attack the "body" in the elemental state.
However, the existence of domineering power allows people to attack the body in the elemental state.
The "elements" and "body" here need to be considered separately. "Elements" can be created infinitely through abilities, but there is only one "body" and it can never be replicated. When attacking a person with abilities, it is meaningless to only attack the "elements"; the "body" must also be attacked.
Generally speaking, after a person with special abilities eats the fruit, their "element" and "body" are fused together.
However, after the devil fruit is developed to a certain extent, the "element" and "body" can be separated.
For example, during the Battle of Marineford, Aokiji was able to block Whitebeard's attack in the heart not because Whitebeard did not use Haki.
Aokiji's active elementalization caused his "body" to move away from its original position, thus achieving the desired effect. The reason Aokiji was hit by Diamond Joz and vomited blood was because the opponent used Armament Haki to bombard his "body," and Aokiji was unable to dodge the attack by using elementalization.
At this time, Katakuri, who was fighting with Yoriichi Tsugakuni, was a superhuman devil fruit user, but he had already awakened his fruit ability and possessed powerful abilities like those of a natural ability user. Combined with his powerful observation Haki, his personal combat power could no longer be summarized by the word "star general".
In the BIG MOM Pirates, Katakuri is the strongest fighter after BIG MOM.
Tsugakuri Yoshiichi's palm was embedded in Katakuri's body. Tsugakuri Yoshiichi wanted to pull his arm out, but the strong pulling force from his arm prevented him from breaking free immediately.
As Katakuri and Yoriichi Tsugakuni fell rapidly to the ground, Katakuri held the three-edged spear in both hands and stabbed Yoriichi Tsugakuni in the lower abdomen.
“Bang—”
The moment the spear hit Ji Guoyuan's abdomen, a muffled sound instantly filled the entire treasure house.
The next moment, Jiguo Yuanyi's figure turned into a stream of light and flew backwards, hitting the ground that had completely become sticky. The moment Jiguo Yuanyi's figure fell, two "sticky waves" suddenly rose from the ground on both sides and directly covered Jiguo Yuanyi's body. It seemed that they wanted to bury Jiguo Yuanyi completely in the ground.
The sticky rice balls assimilated by the power of the devil fruit are not comparable to ordinary sticky rice balls in terms of stickiness. Although they are made of the same substance, their material properties are completely different.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's figure was submerged by the sticky rice and disappeared from the sight of Katakuri and Cracker. The treasure house also became quiet at this moment.
"this"
"Did we win?"
A few seconds later, Cracker saw that Tsugikoku Yoshiichi had not yet broken through the glutinous rice ball ground and reappeared in their sight, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Katakuri in the distance didn't say anything, his eyes fixed on the place where Yoshikazu Tsugakuni disappeared, without any carelessness.
Although it was the first time he met Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, he had already witnessed the power of the slash that Yoshikazu Tsugakuni had just made.
Moreover, the feeling of the spear hitting Yuichi Tsugakuten's abdomen just now was very wrong. It was hard to say whether Yuichi Tsugakuten was injured or not under his attack.
If a man with such a powerful aura was not injured, it would be impossible for him to be trapped by such an attack and unable to escape.
“Zizi——”
At this moment, a soft sound was heard in the sealed treasure house.
Cracker heard the sound and quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. He happened to see a golden flame suddenly shot out from the ground where Ji Guoyuan had just disappeared.
Katakuri also saw this scene, frowned, and felt a little uneasy.
The ability of Observation Haki to predict the future is not true prediction of the future.
That's simply because the strong ones, with their powerful Observation Haki, can use their powerful Observation Haki to reflect everything around them in their minds during battle.
After years of training, the brain processes this information and finally infers the "future direction".
Because when the observation Haki becomes strong enough, it can predict what will happen in the next moment.
However, no strong person who uses Observation Haki has ever been able to predict what will happen in a few hours, days, or even years.
Because they didn't have enough information to speculate what happened next.
The future predicted by Observation Haki is not 100% certain.
Of course, such ability is also a very terrifying force in the battle between strong people. After all, the battle between strong people can often decide the outcome in an instant.
However, Katakuri had no way of predicting what was happening in front of him through his Observation Haki.
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The moment he saw the golden flames burning the earth, a corner of the future was reflected in Katakuri's mind.
“It’s coming out.”
Katakuri muttered, holding the spear in both hands and taking a stance.
And just as he finished speaking, the figure of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi slowly flew out from the burning pit.
At this time, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's entire body was wrapped in golden flames, even his pupils had turned golden. The flame-shaped red markings on Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's forehead were covered by several golden feathers, just like an ordinary feather hair accessory.
Apart from this, Katakuri did not see any more changes in his form on Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
"What is that?"
"Devil Fruit power?"
The news that Yoshikazu Tsugakuni has absorbed the power of the mythical beast-type devil fruit and become a power user has only spread within a small range.
The Navy and the World Government did not reveal this news.
The Navy and the World Government have never made public the details of the battle that took place in Impel Down.
When Katakuri saw the look on Tsugikoku's face, his first reaction was shock and confusion.
He had never heard that Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was a person with special abilities.
The opponent relies on the three colors of domineering, which makes him a very difficult enemy to deal with. Now the opponent is actually a user of some kind of devil fruit ability. This news is really not good for Katakuri.
"It's sticky and really uncomfortable."
"I feel a little better now."
When Ji Guoyuan came out of the pit, his feet were not on the ground, but were floating in the air, with a distance of more than ten centimeters from the ground.
Katakuri obviously noticed this, and his eyes became more serious when he looked at Yoriichi Tsugakuni.
Every unknown person with special abilities needs to be treated with caution, let alone the person in front of him is Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze swept across the solemn Katakuri and the surprised Cracker. With a slight lift of his sword, it was instantly enveloped in golden flames, its black blade turning a fiery red.
Katakuri's eyes just swept across the long sword in Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's hand. The next second, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi flew directly towards him, instantly crossed a distance of more than ten meters, came in front of Katakuri, and swung the sword at Katakuri's chest.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni had no intention of killing Katakuri, he just wanted to see to what extent his devil fruit ability could affect a powerful Haki user.
"snort!!"
Katakuri groaned, grabbed the spear with both hands and held it in front of his chest to block Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash.
“Click—”
However, as Tsugikuni Yoriichi's long sword fell, Katakuri's spear, which was clearly infused with powerful armament domineering, broke at this moment.
The tip of the knife quickly slashed across Katakuri's chest, leaving a wound nearly half a meter long in an instant. The golden flames also stained Katakuri's skin.
Katakuri's figure flew backwards and rolled on the ground for several times before stopping. The sticky ground was stained with golden flames.
A sharp pain came from Katakuri's chest. When he stood up, his expression had become a little distorted because of the pain.
However, the pain soon disappeared. As the golden flames burned, the muscles on his chest began to melt. However, when the flames were burning his flesh and blood, Katakuri could not feel even the slightest pain.
But this weird scene makes people feel even more terrified.
"Is this his devil fruit ability?"
"Even if I transform into an element, there's no way to dodge it?!"
Katakuri lowered his head slightly and took a look at the wound on his chest. The golden flame was not burning very fast, but Katakuri knew that if he did not extinguish the fire, his death would be a matter of time.
He did not rashly use his hands to put out the fire. Since it was the ability of the devil fruit, he only needed to have strong enough domineering power to offset the effect of the fruit ability.
This golden flame should be the same!
"Buzz—"
Thinking of this, Katakuri's domineering aura immediately gathered towards his chest. While gathering the domineering aura, a powerful domineering aura also emanated from Katakuri's body. In the quiet treasure house, a terrifying buzzing sound suddenly came out.
However, when the domineering aura gathered on Katakuri's chest, the golden flame burning on his chest showed no sign of extinguishing, and there was not even a sign of shrinking.
Katakuri's domineering output did not stop, but he obviously noticed this. When he saw this scene, Katakuri couldn't help but break out in cold sweat on his forehead.
"There's no way to extinguish it?"
"What the hell is this?!"
Seeing that his efforts were fruitless, Katakuri was quite decisive. He took the broken spear in one hand and quickly scraped it across his chest.
Fire and meat
The golden flame was peeled off from Katakuri's body in this way, and blood flowed from Katakuri's wound, quickly dyeing the ground red.
The intense pain stimulated Katakuri's brain. After the golden flames were removed, Katakuri raised his head slightly, his eyes shining, and looked at Tsugikoku Yoriichi:
"spread!"
"Keep going! Tsugikoku Yoriichi!"
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi glanced at Katakuri and shook his head:
"I have already got what I wanted."
As he spoke, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi slowly put away his sword, and then continued:
"Katakuri, I like you very much. If one day you have nowhere to go and want to join the New Navy, I will give you a chance to reform."
"Don't be too quick to reject this day; it will come soon!"
(End of this chapter)
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