Explosion

Inside the abandoned base, Monet sat in a corner of the room, wearing round-framed glasses. She sat at the table, folded her wings, and placed her two bird legs under the table. She held a pen in her hand and was doing serious calculations.

"Monet, I'm going to the lab. Give me the experimental data today," Caesar said, looking at Monet.

"I will complete it, Master."

Monet smiled and turned to continue working.

"That's good."

Caesar opened the door and disappeared down the corridor, while Monet slumped onto the table and continued working.

But not long after, the door exploded with a loud bang.

"I've waited five minutes, is that about right?"

A figure slowly walked into the room, looked at Monet, and said with a smile, "Although I don't want to fight with a woman, the president said your skills are quite good."

"Who are you?"

Monet took off his glasses, looked at the other person, and frowned slightly.

Me?

The figure's owner smiled and said, "Listen carefully, my name is Alken, Mr. 4 of Baroque Works."

Baroque Works?

Monet slowly stood up, staring at Alken with a serious expression, and said, "What are you doing here?"

Alken smiled and said, "The president gave us a mission, so naturally we came. And my target is you."

"Is me your target?"

Monet looked at Alken and asked softly, "Ace here too? And your president, oh right, and that Giant Beast."

"None of them came."

Alken clenched his fist and said with a smile, "Dealing with you is our duty; we don't need them to get involved."

"I see."

Monet smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved."

"Really? Then let's give it a try."

As Alken spoke, his figure vanished abruptly, instantly reappearing beside Monet and throwing a punch.

shave.

Alken used Shave to get to Monet's side, channeled all his strength into his fist, and unleashed a powerful punch.

Punch Gun.

Faced with the punch, Monet immediately lowered his wings and used them to block in front of him.

Bang.

Alken's fist landed on Monet's wing, but the wing instantly transformed into rows of sturdy ice blades.

But the next moment, cracks appeared on the ice blades on the wings, and then spread across the entire wings.

"Such power." Monet's expression changed. Her ice blade, which was as sturdy as iron, was shattered.

But for Alken, these were insignificant.

When he first joined Baroque Works three years ago, he was strong enough to shatter boulders; his hook punch was slightly weaker than Heckle's straight punch.

During those three years, he honed his skills and his strength steadily increased.

More importantly, he mastered the Shigan from the Six Powers and applied it to his fists, thus developing the Punch Gun.

The force of a punch alone could shatter a boulder.

Such force could shatter steel plates, and it would naturally be invincible against the wings that Monet had formed with ice skates.

"So what if you're strong?"

Monet snorted coldly, and a cold wind arose around her, snowflakes danced in the air, and her figure suddenly became huge, transforming into a giant snowbird-man seven or eight meters tall, flying in the sky.

Swoosh.

Alken leaped into the air, took a step in mid-air, approached Monet, and threw a punch.

Swoosh.

Monet spun around and instantly dodged Alken, then, as Alken pursued him, he laughed and said, "You're too slow."

"Again."

Alken lunged forward again and threw a punch at Monet.

Bang.

Alken's fist landed on Monet's body, piercing right through it Monet. The force of the punch scattered snowflakes, but Monet remained unharmed.

"It's no use, I'm a Logia Fruit user."

Monet said with a cold laugh, then closed his body, snowflakes covered Alken's fist, his huge body leaned forward, his wings closed, directly enveloping Alken.

"Die in the cold."

Monet said with a smile, "The snow enveloped Alken, instantly covering his body, and then freezing him little by little."

But just as ice formed on Alken's skin, he smiled and said, "You're such an idiot."

"Um?"

Monet was stunned for a moment. The next moment, a bright light appeared from his body. Then, Monet slowly swelled up and finally exploded.

boom.

The next moment, a huge flame shot into the sky, and the Shockwave spread in all directions. The huge room was blown apart, the walls were blown away, and the ceiling disappeared without a trace.

"Cough cough."

Monet lay prone on the ruins in the distance, his face covered in dust, coughing as he looked into the distance.

"I am Devil Fruit User, and every part of my body can explode."

A figure emerged from the smoke and stood before Monet, smiling as he said, "I really didn't expect you to give me the opportunity to unleash my full potential."

Having obtained the Explosion-Explosion Fruit for three years, he has been developing its abilities, which have been increasing day by day.

The explosive power he unleashed grew increasingly stronger, increasing tenfold or twentyfold compared to before.

Arriving in front of Monet, Alken raised his hand and pointed it at Monet.

"Snow House".

Upon seeing this, Monet immediately retreated, flapped his wings, and countless snowflakes formed a thick Snow House in front of him.

The Snow House's defenses are comparable to steel; it's not something that can be easily breached.

But the next moment, Alken's right hand pressed against the Snow House, and a huge explosion rang out.

boom.

The fire engulfed the Snow House, the explosion blasted a large hole in Snow House, and the extremely high temperature melted the Snow House.

Monet's fruit is a second-tier Snow-Snow Fruit, which allows her to turn her body into snow. Under her development, the Snow-Snow Fruit also possesses extremely strong power.

For example, lowering the temperature, turning snow into ice blades, and continuously solidifying it to form Snow House all provide a level of defense comparable to iron.

However, Alken's explosive ability releases enormous energy in an instant, with extremely high temperature, bursting out with hot gas and generating Shockwave.

High temperatures can melt snow, Shockwave can break up the solidified snow, and high-temperature gases can prevent the snow from cooling down.

Each of these counters Monet's abilities.

"Damn it."

Monet's wings flashed, and a flurry of snowflakes flew towards Alken, enveloping him.

"Call."

Alken exhaled sharply, and a huge explosion occurred as the gas left his mouth.

boom.

The snowflakes were all dispersed, and the temperature dropped instantly.

The Explosion-Explosion Fruit allows the user to detonate any part of their body, including gases.

The original MR5 could cause a huge explosion simply by exhaling a breath.

As Alken continued to develop, the explosive power increased, and the same gas produced different explosive powers.

Alken exhaled, causing the snowflakes to explode. The rising gas melted the snowflakes, turning them into snow water.

But by the time the rising gas dissipated, Monet had vanished.

"Hurry, hurry."

Monet rushed into a room, picked up Den Den Mushi, and dialed a number. "Young Master, something has happened. Baroque Works has come to the island and attacked it."

"Baroque Works? How did they get to the island? Did Law contact them?" A voice came through the receiver, then asked, "Have Ace and Baroque Works shown up? And what about that Giant Beast?"

"No, Ace hasn't arrived, and the Giant Beast hasn't appeared. Otherwise, the island's guards would have already sounded the alarm. I haven't seen the president of Baroque Works; for now, I only have his subordinates. The one I'm fighting has an ability similar to Gladius, capable of causing explosions, except it's a body explosion. It's a perfect counter to me," Monet said quickly.

"Just some small fish?"

A voice came through the receiver, "Vergo is in the nearby waters. I'll send him there. You keep them occupied."

"I see."

Monet nodded. "I will fight to the very end."

After leaving those words, Monet hung up the phone, but the next moment, a voice came from behind him, "Are you done?"

Monet turned around and saw Alken walk into the house.

"Don't worry, you'll all die in a minute."

Monet spoke with a sinister look in her eyes, her wings fluttering, snowflakes dancing in the air, and she herself transformed into a snowflake, carried away into the distance by the cold wind.

With his ability, Monet's speed surpasses Shave's; he just needs to hold out until Vice Admiral Vergo arrives.

But with a loud bang, a figure appeared instantly beside Monet and threw a punch.

boom.

An explosion rang out. Monet shielded himself with his left wing, which was instantly shattered by the blast. He then flew backward, exclaiming, "How could it be so fast?"

"Are you still going to run?"

Alken smiled slightly, and suddenly tiny explosions spread from the soles of his feet. Not only that, but many tiny explosions also appeared on his thighs and calves, accumulating continuously. Then Alken tried to disappear in an instant.

"Explosion Soru".

Alken appeared in front of Monet and placed his right hand on Monet's head.

boom.

A massive flame engulfed Monet, who slowly collapsed to the ground.

Even though she is Logia ability user, the extremely high temperature melted her snow and damaged the element itself, so she would still be injured.

"It's so sour."

Alken looked at Monet and stretched his legs.

The use of Explosion Soru is indeed somewhat inadequate.

The so-called "Explosion Soru" uses a shaving technique to generate kinetic energy through an explosion at the soles of the feet, accumulating it continuously before propelling the body forward.

However, if too much kinetic energy is accumulated, the body will become unstable prematurely. In this case, Alken applies a counterforce above the thigh to suppress the body's undulations.

In other words, an explosion is used to simulate trampling, accumulating greater energy.

Finally, concentrate all your strength in your legs and then launch yourself.

This speed is faster than shaving, and faster than simply using an explosion as the driving force.

However, even with his training, Alken's legs could not compare to those of a strong woman like Cecilia, and after using the technique several times, it would damage his legs.

If you only use it twice, you will only feel a slight soreness and numbness, which will recover after a rest.

However, it can only be used a maximum of five times, otherwise the legs will be injured.

"It's over."

Alken exhaled, a tiny explosion appearing in the gas, then he swayed and looked into the distance.

Pat, pat.

A burly figure emerged, dragging a disheveled figure along.