This Is Also a Type of Haki

The two giants, who had been ready to cross blades, had their fighting spirit instantly doused by Brando's words.

They stopped at the same time, then turned to glare fiercely at Brando.

"What did you just say?"

Brogy thought he had misheard.

Dorry, meanwhile, stared at Brando with a dark expression.

Brando happened to be standing atop a tree, at roughly the same height as them, so he did not even need to look down.

"I said, are you two in love with each other, but because the giants would not accept such an abnormal love, you chose to hide on this island and spend the rest of your lives together?"

Brando bluntly repeated himself.

In his view, for them to fight for nearly a hundred years, forbidden love was far more believable than a desire to win.

A draw every time, never seriously injuring each other, huh?

Where could there be so many draws? The only possibility was that they understood each other perfectly and knew the full extent of each other's strength, allowing them to control their force and avoid leaving fatal wounds so they could keep fighting forever.

After all, even men would admit that they had off days. If these two giants had fought for so long and always ended in a draw, then there was only one possibility: love!

"How dare you insult the warriors of Elbaf!!"

"Die!"

Dorry could not take it anymore and drew his sword, swinging it at Brando.

He wanted to smash this foul-mouthed brat directly into pulp.

Boom!

As Dorry's greatsword came crashing down like a club, the enormous tree was reduced to dust.

Even the ground was split open with a deep fissure, proving that Dorry had not held back.

"See? I hit the mark, so he got angry out of embarrassment."

Brando had somehow appeared atop Brogy's helmet and continued fanning the flames.

These two giants had originally been pirates. Who knew how many people they had killed over the years? They could certainly be considered villains. They might look bold and heroic, but that was all.

As someone from the village who had dared to bully even the Hokage's son, and who would bully even a good doctor treating the village, why would he spare two guys with a little swagger? If he caught them, he would bully them to death.

"Get down from there!"

Brogy flew into a rage when he saw Brando still standing on his head.

He reached out to grab him, but he could not catch him at all.

When Brando trained his physical abilities, he had focused almost entirely on one thing: speed and agility.

He easily escaped Brogy's enormous hand, then used Geppo to step through the air around his head. Brogy kept reaching out to grab him, but every attempt came up empty.

It was as helpless as a human being toyed with by a fly. He simply could not catch him.

But Dorry at the side thought he could do it. Knowing it was dangerous to use his sword, he switched to his fist and punched at Brando.

Instead, he hit Brogy in the head, sending him rolling dozens of meters across the ground before he finally stopped.

Even Dorry froze after hitting Brogy.

"Doesn't that seem deliberate? That guy was looking for a chance to hit you."

"Maybe he has wanted to hit you for a long time and doesn't want to keep dragging things out with you anymore."

Brando continued to stir things up.

Just when they had been about to fight, he had drawn their hatred toward himself. Now, Brando intended to reignite the flames of battle.

"That's not it, Brogy. It was just an accident."

Dorry no longer rushed to attack Brando and hurriedly explained.

He had been blinded by anger just now and had lost focus. Otherwise, he never would have mistakenly hit Brogy.

"We warriors of Elbaf would never do something so despicable."

"Humans are too despicable!"

After climbing up from the ground, Brogy spoke angrily.

He seemed not to care much about being punched by Dorry.

"That's right, we warriors of Elbaf are honorable and open."

Hearing that, Dorry perked up and echoed him.

"If you're so honorable and open, you should have let that bearded guy deal with me alone. Why did you launch a sneak attack, then deliberately punch him too?"

Brando found it especially satisfying to make these guys rage with just a few words.

It felt like standing still at the start of an arena match, using Kamui Intangibility to pressure the opponent, then successfully phasing through their skill and beginning to toy with them.

"You!"

Dorry's slightly calmed emotions flared up again.

Ignoring everything else, he raised the Terry Greatsword at Brando.

Hakoku!

He slashed out a massive shockwave that shot straight toward Brando.

But it was still the same problem: too slow.

Brando had started moving the moment Dorry raised his arm and easily dodged the attack.

Dorry was not weak. By the hexagonal chart, his strength had even reached the maximum level. But aside from his physical attributes, his other stats were nothing worth mentioning. His weaknesses were far too obvious.

Hakoku's shockwave tore a huge path straight through the forest.

However, Dorry remained fairly calm this time and did not involve Brogy.

"When facing a true warrior, we warriors of Elbaf will treat them with courtesy. But for a petty villain like you, there is no need to speak of such honor!"

Brogy also swung his axe at Brando.

The mere aftershock of his axe swing directly pulverized the surrounding trees.

"Terrifying strength."

Brando did not dare let his guard down either. If that brushed him even once, he would need to be more careful in his next life.

Finding an opening, he created a Shadow Clone amid the dust cloud caused by Brogy's attack to draw their attention, while his real body took the chance to rise into the air and widen the distance.

"Perfect!"

As Brando dodged Dorry's attack, Brogy saw him hovering right by Dorry's shoulder.

He briefly considered that his attack would hit Dorry, but hadn't he just taken a hit himself?

And by the time he thought of that, his fist had already flown out.

He struck Brando's Shadow Clone, while his fist grazed Dorry's shoulder and smashed into the right side of his face, sending him flying.

Several teeth over half a meter long flew out in midair.

"Brogy!"

Dorry climbed up from the ground and stared at Brogy in disbelief.

He felt that this guy was deliberately retaliating for the punch from earlier.

"I took that guy out. I wasn't trying to hit you; that guy was just too hateful."

Although Brogy said that,

the smile on his face could not be hidden at all. He had killed two birds with one stone, and he had not hit Dorry any extra times. One hit for one hit, so neither of them had lost out.

"You bastard!!"

"Then let's continue the battle that has not yet ended!"

Dorry suddenly felt that this guy was even more hateful.

"Hmph, I was ready long ago. If that brat hadn't interrupted us, you would already have lost, Dorry!"

Brogy said arrogantly.

Then their weapons collided directly, with neither showing any mercy.

But immediately, both of them abruptly looked up. Something above them was making an extremely piercing, skin-crawling sound.

Brando was holding a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, looking down upon them both like a god.