Who's-Who's eyes suddenly widened like bronze bells, every muscle in his face twitching wildly from the excruciating pain. His once fairly normal face had now completely twisted out of shape.
He clamped his legs tightly together as if that could ease the pain a little, but it did no good.
Then, as though his body had lost all support, he slowly toppled backward and finally collapsed limply onto the ground, still twitching from time to time.
Seeing this, Shiryu's eye twitched involuntarily.
Only someone who had experienced that bone-deep agony firsthand could possibly understand it.
At the same time, his gaze fell on Catarina Devon once more.
The Devil Fruit this woman had eaten was a Paramecia—the Bouncy-Bouncy Fruit—and its power was exceptionally formidable.
The moves she had displayed at the beginning in particular had been truly astonishing.
For instance, the strike she had used on Shiryu just now could bounce out all the injuries a target had suffered within their body in an instant.
That made her the strongest "battlefield ship's doctor" in the entire pirate crew with ease.
Even more impressively, not only could she turn bounced damage into offensive force, but anyone struck by that force had to endure all the pain suffered by the original target.
And that was not all. This ability was practically heaven-defying!
It could effortlessly reflect any attack other than Haki, as though she possessed an indestructible shield. It was truly astonishing!
Without a doubt, this was an unrivaled ability that combined offense and defense!
Even the powerful user who had consumed the Logia Static-Static Fruit sometimes felt envious of this miraculous power.
After all, such an overwhelmingly powerful Devil Fruit was simply too rare.
"Crackle, crackle..." Accompanied by a shrill burst of electricity, Shiryu instantly transformed into a dazzling bolt of