Twin Wolves

"Hellfire Annihilation!!"

Jet-black flames erupted from Sirius's mouth, surging forth as a black dragon that slammed directly into Jaki's chest.

"Namuji Hyoga!!"

On Yamato's side, white mist coalesced into a streak of white light, arcing across the sky in an instant, swallowing Goki's head whole before he could even react.

The black flames exploded across Jaki's chest, spreading in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, they had engulfed his entire upper front half.

And this was only the beginning. The black flames Sirius now spat were completely different from before—they carried a strange, sticky quality. After bursting on Jaki's body, they didn't dissipate quickly but clung to him, blazing fiercely!

In an instant, he was turned into a man of fire!

"Waaaaah!!"

Jaki let out a bloodcurdling scream, immediately falling onto his back and frantically slapping at the flames on his body. But instead of going out, the fire spread to his arms.

He began rolling on the ground, and the flames spread to the earth around him, turning his surroundings into a sea of fire in moments.

The nearby pirates recoiled in terror, not daring to come close.

"Th-this is hellfire, isn't it?"

One pirate shouted, "Blazing, unquenchable hellfire!"

"Muhahahaha! That brat's really cooked up some impressive flames!"

On the platform above, Teacher Queen watched Jaki writhing and screaming below, laughing heartily with amusement. "That idiot Jaki's gonna get burned alive! I've never seen such a big roast before!"

While Jaki was reduced to nothing but screams, his comrade Goki wasn't faring much better.

After the white mist that had enveloped his head dissipated, half of his skull was frozen solid into ice, and the remaining parts were covered in a layer of frost.

In this state, Goki had long since lost consciousness, and his massive body crashed to the ground with a thud.

"That's a pretty impressive ability!"

Sirius and Yamato had just landed, and Sirius studied Goki's frozen head with a smile.

"Of course it is!"

Yamato puffed out her chest, hands on her hips, lifting her chin with a hint of pride.

The Mythical Zoan Okuchi-no-Makami Fruit that Yamato had obtained granted her the power to transform into the legendary wolf god Okuchi-no-Makami, a mythical beast capable of storing cold air within its body and releasing it.

In other words, a bootleg version of the Ice-Ice Fruit's ability.

"But Sirius is amazing too!"

Yamato looked at the still-blazing flames, which Jaki's rolling couldn't extinguish at all. "How did you do it?"

Sirius grinned. "That's the result of evening tutoring."

"Huh?"

Even though what he spat out was fire, it wasn't just fire.

Sirius had mixed something else into it.

The chemistry lessons he took every night weren't for nothing.

Under Teacher Queen's guidance, Sirius had gradually mastered the ability to modulate his own venom, and he'd actually created several new types of poison.

One of them had properties close to gasoline. By spraying this poison along with his flames, he created a hellfire that clung like a persistent curse.

As for why Sirius could secrete so much venom at once, that came back to Fenrir himself. In mythology, during Fenrir's imprisonment, the venom dripping from his mouth gathered into a poisonous river named Von.

In other words, Sirius could not only breathe fire but also spew poison.

"Anyway, let's put out the fire first."

Sirius looked at Jaki, whose screams were gradually fading as he remained wrapped in raging flames. Even the Numbers, with their thick hides, couldn't withstand this burning forever.

It wasn't yet time to kill him.

"Yamato, I'm counting on you."

"Huh? Me?"

Yamato was a bit surprised.

It was a little embarrassing to admit, but Sirius could breathe fire but couldn't put it out. It wasn't like he could just go over and eat the flames back up.

"Use that move from before," Sirius said. "But make the range bigger. Freeze him!"

"Okay, I get it!"

Yamato nodded solemnly. "If it needs to be bigger, then—"

Her body began to expand, and in an instant, she transformed into a white wolf wrapped in ribbons of white freezing mist.

But even though they were both wolves, Yamato's size was far smaller than the black wolf Sirius turned into—only a few meters long, looking quite petite.

Of course, that petite body held immense power. Yamato leaped up, her mouth wide open.

"Namuji Hyoga!!"

A pillar of white air, far more magnificent than before, surged forth, heading straight for Jaki, still covered in flames.

The freezing air initially had parts burned away by the flames, but soon, an endless surge of cold air howled in, directly enveloping Jaki entirely within.

By the time Yamato landed, the flames had already been extinguished, and a layer of ice, not too thick, covered Jaki and the ground around him.

The watching pirates murmured in amazement.

"This is the power of a Mythical Zoan! Is this the power Lady Oni-Hime has obtained?"

"Incredible! It's the ability to control ice!"

"Now, with Boss Kaido, we'll have three Mythical Zoans!"

Perhaps driven by a strong sense of collective pride, the pirates weren't disappointed at all; instead, they seemed somewhat excited.

"How about that, Sirius!"

Yamato reverted to her human form and eagerly approached Sirius, grinning as she asked, "My ability is pretty impressive, right?"

"Yeah, it really is."

Sirius nodded. The ability to control freezing air was indeed formidable, and with Yamato's talent, she might one day rival the original Ice-Ice Fruit.

He also returned to his human form, looked up at the sky, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Teacher Queen, shouldn't you announce the results?"

"Muhahaha!"

With a burst of laughter, a massive black shadow plummeted down—it was Teacher Queen, leaping directly from the platform above.

Boom!

With a thunderous crash, Teacher Queen landed heavily, shattering the ground beneath him. The shockwave from the impact was so strong it nearly forced Sirius's eyes shut.

"Not bad, kid!"

Emerging from the smoke, Teacher Queen's bulky figure slowly came into view. He laughed heartily, "I didn't waste these three years teaching you for nothing."

Sirius rolled his eyes. This fat man really had some nerve saying that. What did he mean, "teaching for nothing"? Every time he wanted poison, he acted like Sirius's mouth should be a fountain.

"Anyway, Teacher Queen,"

Sirius pointed at Jaki, who was lying unconscious nearby, his body already encased in ice, "I'll leave the detoxification to you."

The flames fueled by poison didn't just cause burns; there was also poison damage to deal with.

"We'll deal with that later,"

Queen said, holding up a Den Den Mushi as his mechanical arm scooped up Yamato and lifted her high. He laughed loudly, "Cheer, you scumbags!! The victor has been decided!"

"Our Lady Oni-Hime! Boss Kaido's daughter, Yamato, took that fruit from me! She is the master of the Mythical Zoan!"

The surrounding pirates erupted instantly.

Even though they had barely contributed to the fight, that didn't stop them from cheering enthusiastically for the winner.

"Lady Yamato!"

"As expected of Boss Kaido's daughter!"

"With Lady Oni-Hime and Lord Sirius, our crew will be unstoppable in the future!"

"The White Wolf and the Black Wolf! They are the Twin Wolves of the Beasts Pirates!"

Amid the cheers, Jack and Maria also ran over.

"Well done, Sirius!" Jack praised loudly. "Not only did you snatch the fruit, but you also took down a Numbers head-on!"

"And that new ability of yours is beautiful, Yamato. You're like a spirit of frost,"

Black Maria said with a smile. "You and Sirius, one black and one white—the Twin Wolves of the Beasts Pirates. That's what everyone's saying now."

"Twin Wolves?"

Yamato blinked, then grinned. "That sounds pretty good, doesn't it, Sirius?"

She tugged at Sirius's sleeve. "From now on, we're the Twin Wolves duo!"

"Not bad either. It sounds nice."

Sirius replied with a smile. Nicknames in this world were always straightforward and crude, but he didn't mind. It was still better than something like Whitebeard or Straw Hat, right?

But suddenly, amidst the celebrating pirates, Sirius spotted an unexpected sight.

"Oh, looks like someone's about to run into trouble."