Dragon's appearance was shocking enough, but the Black Cat Pirates aboard were all South Blue elites with considerable combat experience. After their brief surprise, people around him had already aimed their guns at him and pulled the triggers without hesitation.
[Bang!]
The first sharp gunshot directly kicked off the battle. More shots rang out from all directions, bullets pouring down like a torrential rain.
Seeing this, Dragon frowned slightly and forcibly suppressed his instinctive urge to use Haki.
To him, if he used Haki or overly powerful Physical Arts, this battle would lose its meaning. He had to ensure that he dealt with them using only the Hurricane Fruit's abilities.
In an instant, the hail of bullets closed in, only to be blocked by a pale green whirlwind that appeared out of nowhere and slowly revolved around Dragon. The bullets, stripped of their force, clattered down and covered the deck.
"So it really is a Devil Fruit power, but it looks very different from ours, meow!"
Fishing Kitten had somehow leaped over from his White Ship and was now crouching atop the Black Ship's mast, looking down at Dragon.
He and Three-Legged Cat had come from the very bottom of South Blue society, so they had never received much of an education. Two kind old men had only taught them to read and write for three years. They had even less opportunity to learn anything about Devil Fruits, so all they knew was that they were "treasures of the sea."
Furthermore, they had only heard of other Devil Fruit Users in the South Blue and had never actually seen one. They had assumed everyone possessed different animal forms like the two of them.
"He seems able to turn into wind and control it too. He must have blown the cannonballs