This Is the Scallion

"Hey, Green, how's that human?" Arlong asked casually. His voice was grating, and as he spoke, his mouthful of interlocking fangs made him look especially hideous.

Well, he might be ugly, but his sister was beautiful!

She was even an elegant older woman, just without any legs...

Ahem. Rodney shook the water off his body and said with a grin, "Of course I took care of him, Arlong. He was only a human. How could he possibly be a match for us fish-men?"

"Shahaha, well said!" Arlong laughed heartily and said, "Humans resisting merfolk is the same as defying the laws of nature. Why can't these humans understand that they should submit to nature's laws?"

That was the creed Arlong believed in. He thought fish-men were nobler than humans, and that humans should submit to fish-men. That was the law of nature, and it could not be defied!

"Shahaha!" His shrill laughter echoed through Arlong Park. As he laughed, the other fish-men began laughing aloud as well, and the entire Arlong Park brimmed with a cheerful atmosphere.

Under the sunlight, a flash of cold light suddenly gleamed. Like a white rainbow piercing the sun, it stabbed toward Arlong!

Arlong was shocked. He immediately opened his fang-filled mouth and clamped down hard on Rodney's White Fang.

The blade atop White Fang was coated in a thin layer of wind-aspect Chakra, cutting open part of the corner of his mouth.

Despite the pain, he did not let go. Instead, he turned his pain into strength and bit down with all his might.

Crack!

White Fang, which was not especially sturdy, shattered.

Damn, I really shouldn't have expected much from White Fang.

White Fang was not particularly powerful among ninja tools. It was merely exceptionally sharp and only somewhat sturdier than an ordinary blade. He had never expected Arlong's teeth to be this strong.

Next time I want to stab him, I'll stab him in the heart!

He had originally intended to slit Arlong's throat, but his weapon had been shattered instead. It seemed he had underestimated Arlong's strength.

"Green!! What are you doing?! What did you just do?!"

Arlong spat out a mouthful of fragments. The corner of his mouth had been sliced open, and blood dyed his teeth red, making him look especially ferocious.

The fish-men were utterly shocked. They had never imagined that the honest and simple Green would launch a sneak attack on their leader. Everyone knew that Arlong was the strongest person here!

Doing something like this was obviously suicide. Even though Arlong cared for his subordinates, Green would not get off lightly.

Rodney's attack had failed, so he retreated at top speed and landed on top of the wall. He dispelled his disguise and revealed his true appearance.

"A human?! Who are you?! Where's Green?!"

Arlong shouted.

"Green? You mean that fish-man I killed? I took care of him in the woods. Hopefully, some wild beast hasn't dragged him away." Rodney shrugged and revealed his red eyes.

"Bastard! Despicable human! You actually killed my comrade using such a method, and then tried to ambush and kill me! How despicable, despicable!" Arlong valued his comrades highly. Enraged by Rodney's words, his eyes filled with blood, and he wanted nothing more than to tear Rodney into pieces with his own teeth to vent his hatred!

"Is that so? Are you angry, Arlong?" Rodney's hands began moving. In only a few seconds, he formed the final seal.

"Leave him to me, Arlong, kissu!" The speaker had blue skin, short golden hair, pursed, elongated lips, and a blush on each cheek.

Kissu, the kissing fish-man and one of the officers of the Arlong Pirates, was strong enough to rank among the top three in the Arlong Pirates.

Well, counting the fighters and MooMoo the Sea Cow, there were only five of them in total.

"Kill him for me! Kissu!"

"I understand, Arlong! Water Gun!"

As he spoke, he spat out a long stream of water!

It flew toward Rodney.

"Water Style: Water Turbulent Wave!"

A thick torrent of water collided with the water arrow and quickly swallowed it, knocking Kissu and the other fish-men off their feet.

Arlong and Kissu remained completely unmoved. Arlong said without hesitation, "Shahaha, human, we're fish-men! Water is useless against us! Shahaha! Human! I'll tear you apart!"

Kissu said nothing. He lowered his head to the seawater, leaned over, and gulped down a huge amount of it. His body swelled like a ball, and then he sprayed wildly at Rodney!

Water Cannonball!

Countless water arrows flew toward him at bullet-like speeds, easily capable of piercing trees.

They pierced through Rodney's body as well.

"Useless human!"

Just as they thought they had succeeded, Rodney's body turned into a wooden stake riddled with holes from the water arrows.

"How could this be? Where is he?!"

Kissu widened his eyes. A figure burst out of the water and slammed into a group of fish-men nearby.

Boom!

Smoke billowed everywhere. Then a fish-man suddenly shot into the sky.

"Explode!"

Everyone heard Rodney's low shout, followed by an explosion. The fish-man in the sky was blown to pieces by the sudden blast and fell into the pool, fresh blood dyeing the seawater red.

"Bastard! Humans really are a despicable bunch! Everyone, retreat! Jump into the sea!"

The smoke had not even cleared when this happened, leaving them utterly shocked. They could only retreat for the moment to reduce their casualties.

At Arlong's command, the fish-men leaped into the sea one after another. When the smoke dispersed, not a single person remained.

"Don't come back up. I refuse to believe he can keep it up for that long!" Fish-men could breathe freely underwater, something humans could not match. Even if that human had mixed in with his comrades, he could not hold his breath underwater for long.

One minute passed!

Two minutes passed!

Three minutes passed...

Ten minutes passed!

A figure burst out of the water, eyes filled with killing intent, and charged toward Arlong, intending to kill him.

Arlong did not move. Instead, Kuroobi, the soft-boned fish-man beside him, blocked the attacker. Kuroobi had two buns of hair, wore a martial arts uniform, and had an iron-gray body. He raised one leg and kicked straight at Rodney's abdomen.

"Fish-Man Karate: Sea Speed: Lower Abdomen Kick!"

The kick struck Rodney's abdomen with pinpoint accuracy. Such a heavy blow would have shattered an ordinary human's ribs and spine, killing him on the spot.

Yet in the next instant, Kuroobi discovered that his target had turned into a puddle of seawater.

Water Clone!

"Water? This... how is that possible?!"

Kuroobi and the others had never seen such a bizarre ability.

"Could he be a Devil Fruit ability user?" Arlong immediately rejected his own guess. "How could a Devil Fruit ability user enter the water? They'd only become useless in the water! But how else can his ability be explained?"

This world had no ninjutsu. Even the techniques from Wano Country were merely methods similar to sleight of hand. Compared with Rodney's genuine ninjutsu, they were worlds apart.

"Arlong, look!" Kissu suddenly shouted. Arlong followed the direction he pointed and saw fresh blood welling up in the pool again. Clearly, someone had been injured underwater.

Splash!

An injured fish-man emerged from the sea, panting heavily. "Arlong, Arlong, he's down there!"

Without a second thought, Kissu jumped in. Worried about his comrades, Arlong followed him into the water. Kuroobi, however, stared at the man sternly and said, "Ted doesn't sound like that, human! Upper Palm Blast!"

He thrust a palm toward Rodney. Rodney returned to his original appearance, and his Sharingan immediately captured Kuroobi's movement. He struck with the exact same posture.

"Upper Palm Blast!"

Bang!

A tremendous boom rang out. Rodney and Kuroobi both retreated, but Rodney was pushed back farther.

"How is this possible? That posture... was that really Upper Palm Blast? How could a human know Fish-Man Karate?!"

Kuroobi was a Fish-Man Karate master of the fortieth dan. He recognized at a glance that Rodney's movement was the very technique he had just used.

He could not possibly know that Rodney had copied his movement with the Sharingan and reinforced his own strength with Chakra, allowing him to unleash power no weaker than Kuroobi's.

After all, a fish-man's physical abilities far surpassed Rodney's!

"Why should I tell you?" Rodney felt that Fish-Man Karate was excellent. Once he learned monstrous strength, his power would increase dramatically. For now...

If he remembered correctly, humans could learn Fish-Man Karate too. He was living proof. Moreover, the Revolutionary Army had a Fish-Man Karate master who taught it to the revolutionaries, and Sabo's little girlfriend knew it as well.

So this was an extremely powerful form of Taijutsu.

In other words, it was a crop of scallions ready to harvest!