Rodney vs Ace

Outside, a flurry of chaos erupted, accompanied by Luffy's loud shouts. Rodney immediately thought, "System, exchange for 'Konoha Style Swordsmanship', 'Dance of the Camellia', 'Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere', 'Water Release: Water Surge'!"

The eight hundred task points that had just arrived were spent: five hundred for Konoha Style Swordsmanship, fifty for Dance of the Camellia, one hundred and fifty for Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, and one hundred for Water Release: Water Surge.

Eight hundred and ten task points, just like that, gone.

At this moment, Luffy charged back in, about to attack, but Ace quickly stepped in front of Rodney, stopping him, saying, "Wait, Luffy, you're no match for him."

It would be difficult for the current Luffy to defeat Rodney. Even with Garp around, Luffy would still get beaten up by Rodney. Ace couldn't stand by and watch his brother get bullied without being able to do anything.

"Get out of the way, Ace! I'm going to avenge you!" Luffy said angrily. They were brothers, sharing blessings and hardships together!

"I know, but you're no match for him!" Ace shook his head. Rodney was a decent guy, just a bit greedy. From the battle just now, it was clear that Rodney hadn't used his full strength against him. Luffy would only get beaten up now.

"But..." Luffy wanted to say something more, but Garp interrupted him, saying, "Alright, Luffy, Rodney's physique might not be as good as yours, but his brain is better, so you'll easily be at a disadvantage in a fight."

"Grandpa, he hit Ace!" Luffy was stubborn and single-minded. Once he decided on something, even Garp couldn't do anything about it. For example, he wanted to become the Pirate King. Garp had been beating him since he was a child, but it was useless, which was very much in line with the Monkey family's bloodline.

"Since that's the case, I was originally planning to beat you up, so you'd know that blindly charging ahead only leads to death. But now, I'd rather try out my new abilities." This Luffy would never change his mind once he set his mind on something, even if society beat him up ten million times, so beating him up was completely useless.

Persistence is a good thing, but it's annoying when the enemy is persistent with you.

"Hey, Luffy, quickly find a way to untie me. You're no match for him alone." Ace saw the tomoe spinning in Rodney's eyes, and after a moment of daze, he continued, "Quickly find someone to untie me."

Rodney thought: The system has made a lot of changes to adapt to this world. Genjutsu has even been weakened.

The Sharingan, in addition to its ability to observe and copy, also has the ability to cast and see through Genjutsu.

The release of Genjutsu relies on disrupting the enemy's Chakra, thereby deceiving the enemy's five senses, but this world doesn't have Chakra, so how can it be used?

Therefore, the system has modified it to be mental energy. Genjutsu can only be successfully cast on enemies whose mental strength is weaker than his own. People with comparable mental strength will only experience a daze, and people with higher mental strength will not be affected at all.

The appearance of the Three Tomoe Sharingan greatly increased Rodney's Chakra and mental strength, from 0.8 Kakashi to 1.4 Kakashi.

Because the Sharingan is compatible with him, he can control it freely, and the Chakra consumption will be greatly reduced, unlike Kakashi, who suffers from chronic Chakra deficiency because he doesn't have the bloodline of the Uchiha clan.

"Oh, oh, I'll beat him up first and then..." After Luffy's eyes met Rodney's, he fell into a Genjutsu. The fourteen-year-old Luffy was no match for Rodney in terms of mental strength, and his Conqueror's Haki was far from awakening, so he could only obediently enter the Genjutsu and dream.

"Hey, hey, Rodney, what did you do to my grandson?" Garp was surprised by Luffy's immobility and didn't notice the appearance of Conqueror's Haki.

Rodney hid his Sharingan, and his eyes turned pitch black again, saying, "Just a little trick of mine, he'll be fine after a sleep." After saying that, Luffy fell down and began to snore on the ground, giggling, "Meat! Meat! So much meat! Hehehe..."

"Hahaha, is that so? Let's go, I'll take you to another place, Ace, you come too." Garp carried Luffy and led the way.

"Let's go." Rodney strode away, and Ace reluctantly followed behind them.

Garp took them to Bogard to get the key to the Seastone handcuffs and unlock Ace. Ace, freed from his restraints, felt the strength returning to his body, and flames immediately ignited on him.

"A Logia Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit? What an amazing fruit ability. Vice Admiral Garp's grandson is really impressive," Bogard said sincerely.

"Hahaha, it's nothing, nothing, haha!" Garp was a little smug, very proud that his grandson was promising.

"Rodney!!" Ace, once freed, wanted to get his revenge and attacked Rodney.

"Fire Gun!"

Tiny sparks shot out from his fingertips, easily dodged by Rodney, and landed steadily on the empty sea.

"Standing... on the water?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"Is he a Devil Fruit user?!"

The Marines watching the show exclaimed in surprise, and even Garp and Bogard's eyes flashed with excitement. This ability would be very convenient for chasing pirates.

"Fire Fist!"

A fist of flames came with a scorching aura.

Rodney quickly formed hand seals at a speed honed over decades of being single: "Water Release: Water Surge!"

A large amount of water flowed out of his mouth, like a relentless river in the rainy season.

The flames and water collided, producing white mist. Rodney quickly formed hand seals: "Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!"

"Tu tu tu!"

The air, compressed by Chakra, formed extremely fast air bullets that were spat out of his mouth, breaking through the mist and directly hitting Ace's body, creating several holes and leaving marks on the ground behind him.

"Water Clone!"

Seawater condensed into five Water Clones, running alongside him, charging towards Ace, each pulling out a short sword from their legs, surrounding and attacking Ace.

Having suffered once, he naturally wouldn't give the Water Clones a chance to scheme against him, using ranged attacks to shatter four Water Clones, only to find that no one was left.

Where did they go?

"Here!" A figure suddenly jumped out of the ground under his feet, the short sword in his hand flashing with dazzling cold light under the sunlight, continuously stabbing at him!

Dance of the Camellia!

The attack method of Kimimaro of the Kaguya clan in Naruto. The attacks are soft, yet swift and fierce. Once one becomes careless, they will be killed.

Unfortunately, Ace's Logia Fruit was really a bug. Even if his body was pierced, it would be useless.

A punch slammed into Rodney's body, flames raging, only to find that he hadn't hit his target, or rather, his target had turned into a pool of liquid.

Splash!

His ankle tightened, as if something had grabbed his foot. Then, his body went limp. He looked down and saw the Seastone handcuffs he had just taken off himself, now locked on his ankle.

"Damn it!" Ace knew he had lost again, and in a one-on-one fight. He hadn't even used his full strength, and he had lost like this, which made him feel very frustrated.

"Hahaha, Ace, fruit abilities don't mean everything. Although Rodney's strength isn't as good as yours, his methods are obviously much better." Garp said with a loud laugh, seeing Rodney crawling out of the ground. He smiled and said, "Rodney, good job. Do you want to join the Marines?"

"Thank you for the praise, Vice Admiral Garp. Shouldn't you honor your promise now?" he said with a smile, completely ignoring Garp's recruitment.

"No problem, what do you want to learn?" Garp said magnanimously.

"I've already learned Soru, so naturally I should learn the evolved version, Geppo, and then Rankyaku."

"Vice Admiral, is teaching Mr. Rodney so many Rokushiki a bit against the rules?" Bogard, as his adjutant, had to appropriately remind Garp, a Vice Admiral of the Marines.

Rodney said sternly, "Adjutant Bogard, you're wrong. Marine Six Styles isn't exactly a secret in this world, is it? Many pirates in the New World know a few tricks of Rokushiki. Besides, I'm not a pirate, so there's nothing wrong with learning it."

There were also Marines who defected from the Marines. These Marines had more or less learned Rokushiki, and after becoming pirates, they would pass it on to their subordinates. It might not be common in the Four Seas or the first half of the Grand Line, but there were quite a few people in the New World who knew it.

So, this was a secret that wasn't really a secret. If you really wanted to be strict about it, there wasn't much to be strict about.