Twin Wolves

"Hellfire Annihilation!!"

Pitch-black flames erupted from Sirius's mouth, transforming into a black dragon that slammed directly into Jaki's chest.

"Namuji Hyoga!!"

On Yamato's side, white mist condensed into a streak of white light that flashed across the sky, swallowing Goki's head before he could react.

The pitch-black flames exploded across Jaki's chest and spread in all directions, engulfing his entire upper body in the blink of an eye.

But that was only the beginning. The black flames Sirius breathed out this time were completely different from his earlier fire. They carried a strange viscosity; after exploding over Jaki's body, they did not quickly disperse, but instead clung to him and burned fiercely!

In the blink of an eye, he had become a human torch!

"Aaaaargh!!"

Jaki let out a miserable scream and immediately fell backward, desperately slapping at the flames on his body. But rather than going out, the flames spread onto his arms.

He began rolling across the ground, spreading the flames onto the earth as well. In an instant, the area around him became a sea of fire.

The surrounding pirates backed away in terror, not daring to approach at all.

"Th-this is Hellfire?"

A pirate cried out in alarm, "Hellfire that burns fiercely and never goes out!"

"Muhahahaha! That brat really did come up with some incredible flames!"

From the platform above, Queen watched Jaki howl in agony below and laughed with great interest. "That idiot Jaki is going to be burned alive! I've never seen such a huge piece of roast meat!"

By the time Jaki could do nothing but scream, his colleague Goki was not faring much better either.

Once the white mist enveloping his head dissipated, nearly half of his head had been frozen into ice, while the rest was coated in a layer of frost.

Under those circumstances, Goki had naturally long since lost consciousness, and his massive body crashed to the ground.

"What an impressive ability!"

Sirius and Yamato had just landed. Sirius examined Goki's frozen head and smiled.

"Of course it is!"

Yamato proudly planted her hands on her hips and raised her chin with a touch of smugness.

The Mythical Zoan Okuchi-no-Makami Fruit Yamato had obtained granted her the power to transform into the legendary wolf god, Okuchi no Makami. This mythical beast could store freezing air within its body and release it.

In other words, it was a bootleg version of the Ice-Ice Fruit.

"Sirius is amazing too!"

Yamato looked at the flames still burning fiercely. Even Jaki's rolling could not put them out. "How did you do that?"

Sirius smiled. "That's what nighttime tutoring is for."

"Huh?"

Although what he breathed out was fire, it was not merely fire.

Sirius had mixed something else into it.

The chemistry lessons he made time to attend every night had not been for nothing.

Under Teacher Queen's guidance, Sirius had gradually mastered the ability to concoct his own Venom, and he had truly created several new types.

One of them possessed properties close to gasoline. By spraying that Venom out together with his fire, he created Hellfire that clung like a parasite to the bone.

As for why Sirius could secrete so much Venom at once, that went back to Fenrir himself. In mythology, during the days Fenrir was bound, the Venom dripping from his mouth gathered into a highly poisonous river called Von.

In other words, Sirius could not only breathe fire—he could also spit poison.

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

Sirius looked at Jaki, still wrapped in blazing flames, his screams gradually growing weaker. Even the Numbers, with their tough hides and thick flesh, could not withstand being burned like this.

There was no need to kill him yet.

"Yamato, I'm counting on you."

"Huh? Me?"

Yamato looked rather surprised.

It was a little embarrassing to admit, but Sirius could breathe fire and could not put it out. He could not exactly go over and eat the flames back up.

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

"Alright, I understand!"

Yamato nodded solemnly. "If the range needs to be bigger!"

Her body began to swell, and in the blink of an eye, she transformed into a white wolf wrapped in ribbons of freezing mist.

Although she was also a wolf, Yamato's transformed body was much smaller than Sirius's black wolf form. Only a few meters tall, she looked rather petite.

Of course, that petite body contained tremendous power. Yamato leaped into the air and opened her jaws wide.

"Namuji Hyoga!"

A far more majestic column of white air surged forth, rushing directly toward Jaki, who was covered in flames.

When the freezing air first came into contact with the flames, part of it was burned away. But soon, an endless stream of freezing air howled forward, completely enveloping Jaki.

By the time Yamato landed, the flames had gone out. Jaki and the ground around him were covered in a layer of not-too-thick solid ice.

The watching pirates clicked their tongues in amazement.

"So this is the power of a Mythical Zoan! The power Lady Oni-Hime gained?"

"So powerful! It's an ability that controls ice!"

"Now, together with Boss Kaido, we have three Mythical Zoan users!"

Perhaps they had a strong sense of collective pride. Not only were the pirates not disappointed, they were actually growing excited.

"How was that, Sirius!"

Yamato returned to human form and eagerly leaned in front of Sirius, grinning as she asked, "My ability is amazing, right?"

"Yeah, it is."

Sirius nodded. The ability to control freezing air was indeed formidable. With Yamato's talent, she might not be inferior to the genuine Ice-Ice Fruit in the future.

He returned to human form as well, raised his head toward the sky, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Teacher Queen, it's time to announce the result, right?"

"Muhahahaha!"

Accompanied by laughter, a massive black shadow plummeted down at high speed. It was Teacher Queen, who had jumped directly from the platform above.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, Teacher Queen slammed into the ground. The earth beneath him shattered, and the resulting blast of air made Sirius struggle to keep his eyes open.

"Good job, brat!"

Queen's fat body slowly emerged from the smoke. He laughed heartily. "I didn't spend the last three years teaching you for nothing."

Sirius rolled his eyes. This fat guy really had the nerve to say that. What did he mean, teaching him for nothing? Whenever he wanted Venom, he acted as though Sirius's mouth were a spring.

"Anyway, Teacher Queen,"

Sirius pointed at Jaki, who lay to one side with his body frozen over. "I'll leave the detoxification to you."

The flames fueled by Venom did not merely burn; poison damage was involved as well.

"We'll deal with that later,"

Queen held up a Den Den Mushi and scooped Yamato up with his mechanical arm, raising her high as he laughed. "Celebrate, you trash!! The victor has emerged!"

"Our Oni-Hime! Boss Kaido's daughter, Yamato, took that Fruit from my hands! She is the owner of the Mythical Zoan!"

The surrounding pirates instantly erupted.

Although they had been almost useless in the battle earlier, that did not stop them from enthusiastically cheering for the victor.

"Lady Yamato!"

"As expected of Boss Kaido's daughter!"

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

"White Wolf and 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 seize the Fruit, you even defeated a Number head-on!"

"Your new ability is beautiful too, Yamato. You're like a spirit amid the frost,"

Black Maria said with a smile. "One black and one white with Sirius—the Twin Wolves of the Beasts Pirates. That's what everyone is calling you now."

"Twin Wolves?"

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

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

"Not bad. It sounds pretty good."

Sirius smiled. Nicknames in this world were always simple and crude, but he did not really mind. At least it sounded better than Whitebeard or Straw Hat, right?

But suddenly, amid the celebrating pirates, Sirius saw an unexpected sight.

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

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