Bang! Bang! Bang…
In the forest of Ruskaina, there was a sound of objects colliding.
Every explosion of sound would be accompanied by a powerful gust of air.
The domineering aura contained in the air waves made the beasts, who understood human nature, feel a sense of suffocation of death. They did not dare to approach the area at all, for fear that their footsteps would disturb the two humans who were fighting.
The scene comes to the forest, where a battlefield full of cracks has been blasted out by the air wave. Dewey and Hancock, who are of similar height, are seen having a physical contest.
Hancock, wearing a cheongsam, stretched out her long, slender, white legs, and with the Nine Snakes' domineering aura and petrification ability, she launched all kinds of kicks at Dewey.
Facing someone who had no special abilities or whose domineering aura was not as strong as Hancock's, even if he was a strong physical fighter, his body would be instantly petrified and shattered, or even killed instantly, Dewey did not dodge at all. Instead, he raised his hands to block Hancock's kick, while "accidentally" appreciating the benefit sent by Hancock, and then fought back with punches or kicks without any mercy.
Facing Dewey's attack, Hancock did not resist head-on. Instead, she used her snake-like flexibility to strike various elegant and exciting postures, dodging Dewey's attacks while striking back, making the benefits greater and greater.
Fortunately, Dewey's state of mind was able to ignore her charm, otherwise, if he was not careful, some part of his body might have been petrified.
Even so, Dewey gradually lost the upper hand.
Because this contest was initiated by him, he asked Hancock to help him practice the defense of Armament Haki and adapt his body's ability to fight.
Dewey's next upgraded ability is Armament Haki.
Dewey was not afraid that he would be accidentally hit and killed instantly by Hancock.
His "Flame-Flame Fruit" and "Observation Haki" have both reached level 30, and elementalization has almost become a passive skill. Even if Haki cannot block Hancock's attack, his body will automatically elementalize to avoid the attack.
But we have to admit that Hancock is worthy of being a top-tier super strong man among the "Seven Warlords of the Sea".
Not only does each kick carry with it the power of domineering, petrification, and instant death, but it is also incredibly powerful.
Dewey had no doubt that every kick from Hancock could break a mountain of rock.
Even the thick-skinned beasts like Ruskaina could not withstand a kick from Hancock.
Even though Dewey's body had been strengthened for the 20th time, his arms felt numb after continuously blocking Hancock's kicks.
This is because Hancock doesn't know how to, or doesn't use, her domineering side, otherwise Dewey's body might not be able to withstand the blow.
The competition with Hancock also calmed down Dewey's inflated heart, which had been inflated by the rapid increase in strength.
His fruit ability, swordsmanship, and perception have all reached the pinnacle of the ocean, but he is still a long way from those super monsters whose mind, skills, and body have all reached the pinnacle.
Although a body that has completed 20 enhancements is strong, it cannot easily withstand the attacks of super strong people like Hancock.
There is a huge gap between it and Barrett.
And there are less than nine months left before the one-year agreement.
I have to speed up!
With this in mind, Dewey fought back more attentively, no longer appreciating the benefit that Hancock had unintentionally given him.
The two men fought from day to night, and the fight only stopped after their domineering aura was exhausted.
Instead of returning to the holy place in the center of the island, Dewey built a bonfire on the spot and roasted a beast that was not the king of beasts on the island, but was considered food in the eyes of the beast kings.
Dewey held up a beast leg that was bigger than both he and Hancock, and started tearing into it.
Hancock, who was sitting opposite, was also holding up a huge animal leg, but she was eating it very gracefully.
By the time Hancock had finished eating half of the beast's leg, Dewey had already gnawed the beast until only bones were left.
Holding his belly that was as big as a ball, Dewey threw it upwards slightly. Immediately, a thick white mist emanated from his whole body. His body quickly returned to its solid shape, and his breath also recovered to almost normal.
"Hancock, thank you for your sparring these days."
After using "Life Return" to digest the food in his body, Dewey finally thanked Hancock.
"No, I also gained a lot."
Hancock threw away the unfinished leg, took out a handkerchief from her body and wiped her red lips, then smiled at Dewey and said, "This is the first time I have met someone who I can attack without reservation. Dewey, your strength is just like your new title, you are worthy of the name of "the fifth emperor of the sea." "
"Forehead..."
Dewey scratched his face in a rare embarrassed manner and asked, "Hancock, are you teasing me?"
"…Did I say something wrong?"
Hancock blinked her beautiful deep blue eyes and looked at Dewey in confusion.
"…"
Looking at Hancock's serious face, Dewey realized that she was indeed praising him just now, and finally broke down for the first time.
Damn, this woman is so cute!
It has to be said that Dewey was really touched by Hancock's naive look.
"Ahem, let me send you back first. Nami and the others should have returned with supplies." Dewey coughed twice, stood up and walked to Hancock.
Hancock also cooperated by opening her arms, wrapping her arms around Dewey's neck, allowing him to pick her up like a princess, and then the man and woman soared into the sky and flew towards the direction of "Amazon Lily".
After spending some time together, Dewey and Hancock have become close friends.
While Nami and the others were returning to the Grand Line to restock supplies, Dewey asked Hancock for help these few days, and it was not the first time that the two of them had hugged each other like this.
After all, it was too troublesome to use the "Perfume Serpent" every time she traveled, so it was Hancock who took the initiative to suggest that Dewey carry her and fly.
Since Hancock didn't mind, Dewey naturally wouldn't be shy about it.
"Boss, read this news!"
When Dewey and Hancock returned to the palace of Amazon Lily, Nami and the other girls, who had already returned from the Grand Line, didn't care where they went or what they did. Nami handed a newspaper to Dewey.
"This is..."
Dewey took the newspaper and before he had time to read it, Hancock, who was standing next to him and glanced at the headline, showed a rare look of surprise.
Dewey also narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth suddenly raised.
The headline of the newspaper had a shocking title: "The Battle of the "Flying Giant Rat" Marshall D. Teach's Rehabilitation, Returning to the Strongest "Whitebeard Pirates"!"
It turns out that when Dewey and others came to the windless zone to practice, the Whitebeard Pirates who returned to the New World were also challenged by pirates from all sides.
Although nearly half of the crew members were lost in the Battle of Marineford, except for a few captains who were either seriously or slightly injured, only the cook Thatch was injured among the top five captains. Marco's injuries from Akainu had long since healed, and the rest of the captains were unharmed because Kizaru and Aokiji were just fools.
Therefore, when facing the challenges of those pirates, they can handle it without Whitebeard taking any action.
But it is an indisputable fact that the Whitebeard Pirates suffered heavy losses in the War of Marineford.
Apart from the Red Hair Pirates, the other two guys more or less have their own little thoughts.
In the end, Kaido lost to Charlotte Linlin and could not help but declare war on the Whitebeard Pirates.
This time, he is not challenging Whitebeard alone, but the "Beasts Pirates" vs. the "Whitebeard Pirates".
The war between the Four Emperors' pirate groups instantly scared back those pirates who were ready to make a move, and also attracted the attention of the whole world.
In this battle, Whitebeard, who had recovered well, personally took action against Kaido, while Marco also faced off against the "Fire Disaster" King.
But Ace and Joz, who were supposed to face "Plague" Quinn and "Drought" Jack, were overshadowed by "Giant Flying Rat" Marshall D. Teach.
Marshall D. Teach, who was not deprived of the title of "Giant Flying Rat" because of the "Light-Float Fruit", but only gained the title of "Light-Heavy Man", fought against two enemies alone with the power of the vice-emperor level, and defeated Quinn and Jack.
On the cover of the newspaper was a photo of Marshall D. Teach turning into a meteorite and smashing Quinn, who had transformed into the "Animal System·Dragon-Dragon Fruit·Ancient Species·Brachiosaurus Form", into the bottom of a meteorite crater, with a dinosaur's face foaming at the mouth.
In another photo, Marshall D. Teach has one hand clenched into a fist, and the other hand, which has only four fingers, is wearing the diamond claw that once left three scars on the face of "Red Hair" Shanks. He uses his armed color domineering to blast Jack away.
In the corner of the second photo, Ace and others opened their mouths wide, shocked and speechless.
Finally, Morgans gave Marshall D. Teach a very high evaluation.
Despite becoming a joke to the world, he is still the "Giant Flying Rat" who once left a permanent mark on the face of the Pirate Emperor and even on his flag, and now is Marshall D. Teach, the "Light and Heavy Man".
"He defeated two of the three disasters with one. I didn't expect that this person could develop the Parahuman Light-Puff Fruit, whose previous owner had a bounty of only 7.5 million, to this extent." Karina exclaimed in amazement, "And it's only been a few months since he ate the Parahuman Light-Puff Fruit. Isn't this person also a monster?!"
"Haha… didn't we expect this a long time ago?"
Dewey put down the newspaper and smiled as if everything was under control: "His life is in our hands. As long as he is not too strong to be defeated, it will be easy for us to take his life."
Hearing this, Kalina and the other girls also smiled.
Yes, the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark.
No matter how strong he is, can he withstand the joint attack of the "Three Natural Elements", the "Float-Float Fruit", the "Ghost Fruit" and the "Copy Fruit"?
Having said that, Dewey did not expect that he would create such a huge butterfly storm.
After Teach's dream was shattered and his character was corrected by his adored father and family, the strength he had suppressed for more than 20 years finally broke out completely.
Teach, who had memorized all the fruits in the "Devil Fruit Encyclopedia", knew that he had eaten the "Paradox-Type Lightness Fruit" and immediately mastered the "power of lightness and weight". His freak-level physical fitness allowed him to immediately increase the weight to more than ten times that of Miss Valentine.
Now even Quinn was foaming at the mouth due to his weight. It was obvious that Teach had increased his weight to more than 100,000 kilograms.
Coupled with his powerful domineering aura, Teach is obviously not inferior to Marco.
Facing two vice-captains and the well-trained Whitebeard, the "Hundred Beasts Pirates" had no chance of winning at all.
"What a pity. If I had known earlier, I would have given him the Explosion Fruit. Maybe he could have become Whitebeard's greatest helper."
Dewey was not at all shocked by Teach's outburst, but rather felt a little regretful.
He really wanted to see what kind of life Teach would have if he became a "double fruit ability user" and stayed with Whitebeard.
As the man who knows Teach and 'King Luffy' best, Dewey is least afraid of these two protagonists and villains.
Dewey even hoped that fate would choose to abandon them or continue to favor them.
Now the "Dark-Dark Fruit" is with Dewey, and the "vice-captain" Zoro, the "navigator" Nami, and the "archaeologist" Robin who originally belonged to the "Straw Hat Pirates" are also with him… Teach's fate has changed, so what about Luffy, who has been blessed with a destiny and is also "prophesied" like Naruto in the Naruto world?
Dewey really wants to know how Luffy, whose level has been lowered to nightmare difficulty before the adventure even begins, will be able to enter the Grand Line next year and become a "supernova"?
Let's get back to the topic.
With anticipation for how bizarre the plot will get next year, Dewey goes to Hancock's private bathhouse to take a bath.
Then he did not return to Ruskaina, but stayed in the palace to rest.
The next day, Dewey took Hancock and Nami back to Ruskaina and continued their training.
After Hancock helped him to coordinate his new body and Haki to the point where his body followed his mind, Dewey finally began to upgrade his "Armament Haki".
boom–!
Almost at the moment when "Armament Haki" reached level 30, Hancock, who was able to suppress Dewey with physical skills, was suddenly blown away by the rebound force of the kick. Her body spun more than ten times in the air, and then fell to the ground in embarrassment.
The most beautiful woman in the world performed a free show for Dewey – it was a bust!