Door-Door Fruit

East Blue,

After flying over the sea for a day, Senga spotted a small island and decided to rest there for a while.

Landing slowly, Senga surveyed his surroundings and found the vegetation fairly dense. He thought,

"There should be some animals on this island. I'll find something to eat first."

Senga searched the island and eventually hunted down a massive tiger. He came to a clearing, started a fire with Fire Release, and prepared to feast.

Looking at the huge chunk of meat in his hands and thinking of the characters who would appear later in the Pirate World, Senga remarked,

"The animals in the Pirate World really have one defining trait: they're huge. The meat is packed with nutrients too. No wonder everyone here has such ridiculous physiques."

After finishing his food, Senga stood up, ready to take a short nap. Suddenly, the sound of cannon fire caught his attention.

"Hm? Someone came to the island? Could it be a pirate crew?"

"If it's a pirate crew, I hope they're a stronger one. That'll make things much easier when I join the Marines."

With that thought, Senga casually tossed aside the roasted meat, used Repulsion Force to fly into the air, and shot toward the source of the sound.

On the other side of the island,

A massive pirate ship was moored along the shore, and a group of pirates were cheerfully carving up the corpse of a wild beast.

"Haha, it was so weak! Compared to the Grand Line, the animals here go down from a single ordinary cannonball."

"Exactly. The Marines have deployed most of their forces to the Grand Line. Our Brand Pirate Group is unbeatable here!"

At the prow of the pirate ship stood the captain of the Brand Pirate Group, Brand. That was right—the crew had been named after him, showing just how arrogant he was. He was an Ability User of the Paramecia-type Door-Door Fruit.

This was the Devil Fruit that CP9's Bruno would eat later, which meant this guy was also short-lived. In the end, he still could not escape his fate of death.

However, relying on this Devil Fruit, he had thrown his weight around in his hometown, believing himself invincible. Before long, he formed his own pirate crew and set sail for the Grand Line.

As it turned out, Ability Users like him were hardly rare on the Grand Line. He quickly realized how insignificant he was, and during one naval battle against fellow pirates, his crew had nearly been wiped out. If his ability had not truly excelled at escaping, he would probably be feeding the fish by now.

Brand sighed and composed himself. After all, he had returned from the Grand Line. Though his return had been rather humiliating, he had at least experienced it. Like some people from Blue Star who had visited big cities, he had gained a certain sense of superiority after coming back.

He shouted at the lackeys below,

"Alright, boys! Carry the prey to the clearing. We're throwing a feast tonight! Tomorrow, we'll pay a visit to the countries and villages in these waters. I'm sure they'll welcome us warmly! Hahahaha!"

The pirates below grew even more excited and heaved the prey up, preparing to head deeper into the island.

Just then, an untimely voice rang out,

"So, you're a bunch of pathetic losers. I just hope your captain's bounty isn't too low."

The pirates immediately flew into a rage at those words. They looked around in every direction, shouting that they would find the speaker and tear him to pieces.

Yet after searching for quite a while, they still could not find anyone.

"Stop looking, you idiots! He's in the sky!"

Brand, having spent time on the Grand Line, noticed Senga floating in the air with his arms crossed as soon as he heard the voice.

He can fly... Is he a Devil Fruit user too? Damn it, a flying ability is really troublesome! Brand thought as he watched Senga in the sky.

"A bounty? Are you a bounty hunter?" Brand asked Senga in the air.

"A bounty hunter?" Senga shook his head.

"Wrong. I just need your heads as my admission offering to join the Marines."

"What? You damned brat, don't think you're invincible just because you can fly! Do you dare come down and play with us?!" one lackey shouted arrogantly.

"You're too noisy." Senga raised a hand toward the one shouting the loudest. "You come up and play first."

Banshō Ten'in

Buzz! The lackey who had just spoken discovered in horror that his body was being pulled into the sky by some inexplicable force. Before long, he had been drawn up until he was level with Senga's shoulder.

"Now I'm standing right in front of you. What do you want to do?"

Gulp. The lackey swallowed, just about to speak, but Senga had already grown impatient.

"Forget it. You should go back down. You're too ugly to look at."

With that, Senga released the ability on him, and the lackey fell straight down from a height of one hundred meters.

Splat! A crisp sound rang out, and there was now a pile of mangled flesh on the ground.