
Chapter 217
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"< Disable Jambe>! "
Sanji rolled in place continuously, the fire immediately encircling his right foot.
This is the technique Sanji learned in Ennis Lobby Arc – which if evaluated by means of canon – will happen in a month from now.
It shows Sanji's growth in this timeline...but does it really matter?
Sanji kicked the ground with his other leg and flew towards the ten guards who were rushing towards him.
They were just ordinary guards patrolling Bidadari Island. So of course they are not as strong as the guards in Shandora.
Sanji's kick fell on the face of the first guard who rushed towards him, who fell back with a scream.
Another guard tried to attack Sanji, but this time, though it sounded surprising – Ussop fired rocks at him.
"Yeah!"
The guard also retreated to see which one, Ussop smiled nervously. "S-sanji! I support you!"
Sanji smiled. "Thank you, Ussop!"
Kicking the ground again, he rushed towards the remaining seven guards surrounding him and tried to attack him from all sides while some others rushed towards Ussop, stopping him from helping Sanji further.
Sanji easily fended off the spear sent to his face with his foot and jumped backwards.
'They're good.'
Sanji shook his head. This is not the time he can be distracted. It was his fault to start the fight here. He had to finish it and run. He couldn't possibly make his crew suffer because of him…
That time,
"Oi, Sanji!"
A familiar shrill voice from his captain entered his ears. He turned his head to the left while grinning, seeing Luffy and Zoro running towards him, preparing to fight.
"I don't know what's going on, but let's go! Yoohoo!"
People began to gather and observe them from afar, among which Honey Queen, Nami and Alice gathered.
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"It's bad .." muttered Queen Honey slowly.
"Darling ... You have to jump now!" Alice muttered in her ear, causing him to almost spit on her face.
'No!' Joining them will prove that he's one of them.
While the current enemy was only an ant to him, even if the Vice-leader of the "Batalyon" came, he would become a bastard. And he didn't even want to think about his sins…
Just then his – eyes became extremely wide as he suddenly felt a strong presence rushing towards this path.
Her legs lost strength as a black-haired girl appeared in the sky with flapping white wings.
"Among all those who can come .." he cursed softly. "This is******* this."
"Oy, troublemaker."
Everyone on the street looked up at the sky. Skypieans cheered while Strawhats frowned.
From the side, Nami, looking at Honey's worried expression, concluded this as one of the worst situations they had ever experienced.
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Sanji looked up, the girl wearing a casual round collared white T-shirt and shorts entered his view.
He almost lost his Diable Jambe heat as the heat flowed to other parts of his body.
"Well, guys look-"
"Focus, you ero cook!! He's enemy!"
Due to Zoro's interruption, Sanji nodded while groaning.
Although it was difficult for him to turn away from his cream thighs and high boots, he had to remain vigilant.
All the guards had been defeated by Luffy and Zoro. Other guards had reached the place, but from what Sanji saw – they did not approach them as they deemed it useless because of this girl.
He knows this girl.
After the Honey Queen revealed Amon's bounty to them, the crew also asked him about the others. She went for a while on the poster of Sin, from there Sanji saw this girl, he remembered her name Raki.
'She's beautiful .. but she's the enemy. I must prepare to avoid his attack.' He calms his spirit. 'Let's wait for the male reinforcements.'
While Luffy was staring at Raki, Zoro noticed Sanji's conflicted and mocking face.
"Don't worry about him. From the looks of it," he stared at the twin swords on his waist. "He's a Swordsman. I'll face it."
"No." Suddenly, Luffy spoke. "He's strong. Back off, you two."
"Well, all right." Stopping their chatter, Raki flew to the ground with his hands in his pocket. "Who wants to die first?"
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Among the crowd, a pair of eyes stared at the fight. Breaking his knuckles. It's gonna be fun.
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Looking in front of him, at the skinny man wearing the Straw Hat, Raki raised an eyebrow.
'He is strong for such a thin-bodied man.'
his had seen through their power level. Zoro and Sanji were on almost the same level while Luffy was one step ahead of them.
Although, of course, he respected his decision completely. He won't kill them, not at all. Maybe break one or two limbs? It's not like a broken limb doesn't heal either.
There was a reason why Raki was so angry. Today was the day when he was supposed to leave for the Happo Navy and start learning «Hasshoken» there. But for some of the non-nobodies, her brother told her to stay and make sure they didn't die.
He shrugged his shoulders. "That's his fault because he didn't determine what to do with them."
Although contrary to his belief – Amon knew this would happen. He believes the luck of the Strawhats bullshit that forced them to face difficult situations to help them grow will happen here again. That was the only reason he asked Raki to "Make sure they don't die".
Breaking one or two limbs is fine in his book. Even though she hates him, she needs Luffy to be strong 'somehow' – he is that paranoid.
He then walked towards her, Luffy, who was standing in front of Zoro and Sanji.
"You're their captain?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Want to die?"
"..."
Raki's staring. "This is my brother's territory. Little fries like you shouldn't cause any trouble here. We have a reputation to look out for."
"Now dead." Casually saying such a thing, Raki kicked the ground, disappearing from Luffy's sharp eyes.
“...!”
Luffy was surprised at such speed. All the enemies he had encountered until now were more or less close to his level. This speed reminded him of Kuro, but he was faster. He could not compare how fast he was because both of them were invisible to his eyes, but he could guess this girl a few steps behind Kuro.
Luffy instinctively crossed his arms in front of him as he felt Raki's fist darting towards his face.
Bam!
A violent shockwave left the point of impact, causing those around him to retreat.
Zoro and Sanji were surprised by the force coming out of the girl's fist . If his punch was this strong, why would he carry two swords…? Does that mean this isn't even his full strength?
“Sufficiently weak.”
Commenting on this, while Luffy tried his best to harden his arm muscles to stop the pain, Raki launched his fist back.
“We have to finish this.”
Surprising Luffy, Raki's arm turned black with a red hue on it. A half-transparent aura-like thing appeared around his fist as he swung his punch forward, dodging Luffy's attempt to block and hit his stomach.
Luffy felt the punch hit not only the outside, but also the inside - he felt his stomach was failing because he was about to spit out the meat he had eaten a few hours ago.
The attack did not stop there, unfortunately. His other fist connected with his jaw caused his body to lift into the air. He twisted his waist and kicked his face, causing one of his teeth to jump out of his mouth.
“Argh!”
Luffy is being handled like a toddler - all happening very quickly to normal eyes. Even though the people who could see this were very surprised.
Zoro, Sanji, and Honey Queen realize that they have messed up.
Thumpish
While Monkey D. Luffy just fell on his back with his mouth open, teeth missing, and eyes empty.
This isn't even a fight.
"Woo-hoo! Let's go, Miss Raki!!”
Ignoring the public cheers, Raki then turned to Zoro and Sanji.
As he started to approach Sanji, Zoro suddenly jumped in front of him. Sanji looked a little surprised, but he did not complain.
"You think you're forgetting someone?" He said with two swords in his hand and one in his mouth. "I need to make sure my Captain doesn't lose in vain."
Ignoring his words, Raki raised an eyebrow towards Zoro. "A good style. Let's see how well you can handle it. ”
Raki pulled out his sword, moving towards Zoro who clenched his jaw while holding his third sword.
There are two types of sword styles. Light style and Strong style. Light Style was mostly used against other sword users - or against small targets. The Strong Style is made to cut through mountains, oceans, and even the sun itself. It is basically made to be destroyed.
Raki has two styles. The Sky Sword Style and the Twin Sword Style. Sky Sword is the Powerful style while the Twin Sword style is the Light style. He was not the best in both, but he was better than most people who used swords.
At the moment,
“”
Raki went for the mountain-breaking skill, contrary to his previous thinking. He was quite interested to see what the three swords could do.
Purple Haki leaped from his sword as they were about to clash with Zoro, almost creating a tornado due to the pressure released by the technique.
Seeing Zoro's eyes widen in front of the pressure, Raki nearly stops his attack because he doesn't want to kill him - but before he can….
Stick up!!
A thorny stick with a trail of black light appeared in front of him, clashing with his sword!! Raki's eyes slightly widened, feeling the baton almost roll him over.
He jumped back with his sword and frowned.
"Yo, another one bothering you?"
He looked at the woman wearing a Kimono who was holding a stick with a dissatisfied expression on her face.
"Hi." The other party smiled, protecting Zoro. “Don't you think that much power is too much for a beginner like him?”
Both Zoro and Raki frowned.
"I'll quit anyway." Raki glared at him. "Who are you?"
“Oh, I'm Yamato. Mind sparring a little? ”
“…”
For some reason, Raki hates this girl. More than that, it was the Advanced Conqueror Haki, right?
'Sparring, yes.'