Because he himself was a Logia Devil Fruit user, he was very sensitive to the ability Haku used. However, when Haku used Ryujin Jakka earlier, he had indeed behaved like a fruit user!
Did this cause Aokiji to not be entirely certain of Haku's lightning ability for a moment?
At this, Haku instead played it coy and said, "You'll figure this out tomorrow when I get back to Marineford. Besides, you guys were going to find out about this sooner or later anyway!"
Hearing Haku say this, Aokiji did not run his mouth any further.
Bruru-bruru-bruru! Bruru-bruru-bruru!
Right at that moment, the Den Den Mushi Haku had tossed to Aokiji rang out once more, and it didn't take a genius to guess who was calling.
Haku resolutely tossed the mess at hand to Aokiji and directly flashed away himself.
As for the Den Den Mushi, Aokiji would handle it as well. Before long, Haku returned to the side of the ark.
He saw Rayleigh on the deck, having found a lounge chair from somewhere and lying on it to sleep.
Haku descended from the air, then while using Lightning Metallurgy to turn all the gold on the deck into gold bricks, he said to Rayleigh, "I'm telling you, is this how you look after my ship for me?"
Rayleigh picked up the newspaper draped over his face and said, "Nothing I can do! Even though I'm helping you guard the ship, you went and electrocuted all the pirates who climbed aboard yourself. With no work to do, I can only sleep."
"Hmph! You're full of excuses!" Haku gave a cold snort and said with displeasure.
Immediately afterward, seeing something within his Observation Haki, he said to Rayleigh, "You should head back to the bar first. There are several CP Agents running over here. That'll keep your identity from getting exposed!"
Rayleigh grew interested at that. He heard from Haku's words that the other party knew Shakky's Rip-off Bar!
However, thinking of the trouble CP Agents brought, he ultimately chose to leave Haku's flying ship a step ahead of time.
Watching Rayleigh leave, Haku amplified his voltage to turn all the gold on the deck into gold bricks all at once! Afterward, he stored all the gold bricks inside the System Space, to take out whenever he needed them!
Then, Haku walked over to the bow of the ship!
Those CP Agents sensibly hid themselves as they approached Haku's ark, secretly monitoring Haku!
Anyway, Haku didn't have any fondness for these agents, so he wanted to test out an idea of his! And these agents happened to serve as his guinea pigs for the time being!
Haku's gaze scanned for a suitable target, and he soon locked onto one of them. Under his enhancement, the gold coin in his hand shot toward one of the CP Agents like a Railgun!
Boom!
A huge explosion rang out, and that CP agent targeted by Haku successfully survived!
"Oops! Looks like I missed!" Haku said with a slightly exaggerated expression.
And those CP Agents looked at Haku's gaze as if they were looking at a devil!
In truth, Haku really had missed! After all, this was indeed the first time Haku was using this move. To perfectly replicate this technique, Haku still needed to spend a lot of practice!
That's right! What Haku had just used was precisely the Railgun of a certain anime heroine!
As for why Haku wanted to learn this move? The reason was actually really simple! This move was truly straightforward, brutal, and possessed massive power!
Coupled with the fact that Haku himself was a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, he could use it to replicate the electromagnetic force generated by his own lightning to correct the flight trajectory and accelerate the coin, giving the coin extremely high accuracy and destructive power when fired.
As for what the actual destructive power was like, during the experiment just now, Haku had already begun to summarize many thoughts!
For example: because the gold coin was continuously accelerating before hitting the target, it could even leave an afterimage in the air, and the orange beam of light looked just like a laser.
The power of this Railgun was immense, capable of even carving open the concrete ground along its trajectory, and the strong wind generated by the aftermath alone could easily blow people away!
However, the flaw of this move was that it couldn't strike the target he aimed at with absolute precision!
Haku had just used enhanced Observation Haki to constantly correct his attack coordinates, and yet he still failed to hit the opponent.
Not lingering on the thought, he jumped off the flying ship and headed toward Shakky's Rip-off Bar. After all, the hour was no longer early, and Haku had been delayed by the Celestial Dragons so much that the time had long since reached night!
As for those CP Agents, after this intimidation by Haku, they wouldn't dare to continue monitoring him, at least for a while.
Before long, Haku quickly entered his destination for this trip!
Looking at the tall, slender woman standing in the center of the bar with one hand supporting her chin and the other propped on the counter, Haku said, "Where is Rayleigh?"
Shakky said to Haku with a beaming smile, "Judging by this little brother, you must be a Marine Admiral, right? There's no one named Rayleigh here!"
As an intelligence broker, the moment Shakky saw Haku, she had already recognized his identity!
Haku rolled his eyes, walked up to the bar and sat down, saying, "This bastard! Taking his sweet time!"
Shakky could tell that Haku wouldn't leave until Rayleigh returned!
She smiled beamingly at Haku and said, "How about a drink, handsome little Marine brother?"
Haku looked toward the liquor cabinet behind the bar and said, "Give me a glass of the best wine you have here! You do have it, right?"
Shakky's smile grew even wider as she said, "Of course! I happen to have the best liquor in the entire Grand Line."
Soon, Shakky mixed a drink for Haku.
Haku picked up the glass, took a sip, and said, "Tell me, how much longer are you going to hide? Don't you want to chat with me!"
Rayleigh entered the bar from the front door and said to Haku at the bar, "Yo! You've arrived!"
Haku glanced sideways at him and said, "Hiding by the door for so long, were you afraid I'd cuff you and take you to Marine Headquarters?"
"Haha, young man, you joke! This old man is not a criminal, so you shouldn't have any need to arrest me, right?" Rayleigh said with a smile.
Haku had no intention of continuing to chatter nonsense with the other party; he went straight to the point with Rayleigh: "All right, cut the banter. Let's talk about serious business."
Haku set his wine glass down on the counter, and then said to Rayleigh, "Do you know a person named Portgas D. Rouge!"
Although puzzled, Rayleigh still nodded to indicate he knew her!
"Since you know her, it's simple! In about two years, I want you to help me save someone! That person's name is Portgas D. Ace!" Haku looked at Rayleigh with burning eyes.
Rayleigh laughed and said, "Little brother, how are you so sure I'll step in to help you save someone? Besides, I'm already retired!"
Haku said noncommittally, "I am sure you will step in!"
Rayleigh's gaze tightened, and locking eyes with Haku, he said, "Reason!"
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