One Piece: The Door-Door Fruit Unleashed
Chapter 23

New Move Spinning Door, Take You to Destroy the Arlong Empire!

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At this moment.

Arlong and his crew, along with Nami and the others, were all stunned.

Natsuya had actually crossed the hail of bullets time and again, and under the watchful eyes of hundreds of Marines, he had seized the leader, Colonel Mouse!

What kind of ability was this!?

The corners of Natsuya's mouth curled up.

Without a doubt, what he had just used was the power of the Door-Door Fruit.

In addition, there was Paper Art.

However, Paper Art ultimately had its flaws and could not completely evade bullets that were dense to a certain degree, so he had activated the Door-Door Fruit's ability, utilizing the different dimension to block the gunfire.

Come to think of it.

This simple act of opening a door to a different dimension was Natsuya's strongest defensive move.

Because the different dimension possessed the characteristic of containing all things, it was equivalent to being able to swallow everything!

Of course, Rashomon was not entirely useless.

There is a saying that one can never have too many skills.

With a few more defensive moves, Natsuya's defense naturally became more flexible and versatile.

In short, it was about using the right defensive move for the right situation.

For instance, in this case, using Rashomon would naturally have been overkill, and it would not have been conducive to Natsuya crossing the hail of bullets to capture Colonel Mouse.

Therefore, Natsuya did not use Rashomon this time, but instead opened the different dimension directly.

While the different dimension swallowed all the bullets, he also captured Colonel Mouse alive.

At this very moment, looking at Colonel Mouse before him, the smile on Natsuya's face gradually turned cold.

"Heh, who gave you the courage to provoke me?"

As his voice fell, the pressure from Natsuya's hand intensified.

Colonel Mouse's eyes widened instantly, and his rat-like face began to flush from red to purple.

His body was lifted off the ground, his legs kicking wildly in a desperate struggle, but it was to no avail.

Seeing this, Nami and the others' expressions changed once again.

Arlong and his crew, lurking nearby, had their expressions darken.

"Arlong, what do we do!?"

"Boss Arlong, should we make a move!?"

Kuroobi and the others asked Arlong one after another.

They all understood the arrangement between Arlong and Colonel Mouse.

It was nothing more than wanting the other party to act as a vanguard to test Natsuya's strength first.

But now, one could say it was a success, or one could say it was a failure.

The success was that Colonel Mouse and his men had indeed forced Natsuya to reveal an incredible power!

That power must be the Door-Door Fruit ability mentioned on the bounty poster, right!?

But the failure was that Natsuya's ability had only revealed the tip of the iceberg at this point; it didn't count for much at all!

So, should they make a move or not?

Arlong frowned.

Logically speaking, now was a good time for them to strike.

A hundred Marines were definitely a force to be reckoned with.

But if they waited until Natsuya killed Colonel Mouse, the Marines would be leaderless, and it was hard to say how much combat effectiveness they would be able to exert.

However, since they hadn't fully tested Natsuya's abilities, Arlong didn't dare to act rashly.

Don't forget, this was a village, and it was all land around them.

Fighting here wouldn't necessarily diminish their combat power significantly, but against Natsuya, a Devil Fruit user, they clearly didn't have much of an advantage!

"We're retreating!"

Thinking of this, Arlong immediately gave the order in a low voice.

Hearing this, Kuroobi and the others had no objections and immediately withdrew from the scene.

On the other side.

Despair gradually appeared in Colonel Mouse's eyes.

It was normal for the Marines to be hesitant and not take action after he was captured by Natsuya.

But why hadn't Arlong and his crew, who were lurking in the shadows, made a move to save him!?

At the same time, Natsuya also shook his head.

In fact, he had also been waiting for Arlong and the others to make a move.

When he and Nami first arrived at Cocoyasi Village, he hadn't noticed Kuroobi and his crew.

But over the past few days, a sneaky fish-man had appeared in Cocoyasi Village from time to time; how could he have failed to notice that?

Thus, Natsuya understood that Arlong definitely knew he had arrived.

Therefore, Colonel Mouse coming here with his entire force of marines was highly likely instigated by Arlong!

Given this, it wasn't hard for Natsuya to guess that Arlong and his crew were lurking nearby.

However, since they hadn't made a move yet, perhaps they had already left?

Thinking of this, Natsuya hesitated no longer and exerted a sudden force with his hand.

Snap.

Colonel Mouse was dead!

The expressions of the marines changed drastically.

"Colonel Mouse!!"

"Fire!"

The marines cried out in alarm, and then, not knowing who had shouted, a massive volley of gunfire erupted once more.

Bang, bang, bang!!!!

A hail of bullets formed, raining down upon Natsuya!

Seeing this, Nami and the others' expressions shifted once again.

Natsuya, however, remained calm.

This time, he didn't bother to defend; instead, he activated another technique.

"Spinning Door!"

Natsuya extended his right hand and spun in a circle on the spot!

Under the influence of the Door-Door Fruit, air-based portals suddenly manifested all around him.

Without a doubt, this was a new move.

A new support-type technique.

The principle behind this move was to use a different dimension to redirect enemy attacks and reflect them all back.

Just as it was at this moment.

Those bullets vanished into the air portals, only to fly out from other portals shortly after!

Thwip, thwip, thwip!!!

Then, a series of sounds followed as bullets tore into flesh.

The bullets fired by the marines were all reflected back, striking them instead!

"Ahhh!!!"

"What is happening!?"

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the hundred marines were dead or wounded.

The remaining marines were stunned by this bizarre sight.

They looked at Natsuya with eyes full of fear, no longer daring to fire.

This situation was simply too eerie!

Under their combined assault, the opponent remained completely unscathed.

In contrast, not only was their commander, Colonel Mouse, dead, but more than half of their own forces had been wiped out!

Faced with this, the marines completely lost their will to fight; some even dropped the guns from their hands.

Natsuya chuckled.

The combat ability and quality of these branch marines were truly nothing to write home about.

Of course, with his power, even if the elites of the Marine Headquarters were here, they wouldn't be worth looking at.

Shaking his head, Natsuya ignored the marines and turned toward Nami, who was not far away.

"Hey, Nami, do you know where the Arlong Empire is?"

Hearing this, Nami was momentarily stunned.

In her field of vision, the young man was walking toward her step by step, as if a beam of light had appeared in a pitch-black world.

Due to the shock they had just witnessed, Genzo, Nojiko, and the others instinctively stepped back as Natsuya approached.

Just like that, Natsuya arrived in front of Nami with a smile on his face.

At that moment, looking at the smile on the youth's face, Nami nodded as if possessed: "I know."

Natsuya let out a soft laugh.

"Let's go. Take me there to wipe it out."

As his words fell, Natsuya grabbed Nami's small hand, took a single step, and miraculously vanished before everyone's eyes!

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