Lying on Pipi Shrimp's back beside the speeding Warship, Loa could sum up how he felt in one sentence.
Show off, then run like hell. What a rush!
That was Monkey D. Dragon, one of the strongest people in the One Piece World and the world's most heinous criminal! Loa had escaped right under his nose, and only after provoking him! He was going to brag about that for the rest of his life!
The encounter had also given Loa a bold idea.
For now, though, it was only an idea. Whether he could pull it off depended on how things developed. He put it aside and closed his eyes to recover.
It was Loa's first time fighting someone at the very top, even if Dragon had only been testing him. The wall of wind Dragon had raised immediately afterward, strong enough to block the cutting shards of ice, made it clear he had never intended to fight Loa to the death.
But Dragon had underestimated Loa. His ship had been damaged, his plans delayed, and Loa had left a mark on his people that could never be erased.
That mark was the fusion of Loa's ice and Death Power.
Its name was Enemy of All Life!
Yes, Loa, who was terrible at naming things, had simply borrowed the name of a passive skill he had seen before. Edith still couldn't communicate with him, so even if she objected, she would have to keep it to herself.
The name fit because the technique's main effect resembled Loa's Death Power perception. Anyone bearing the mark would find their senses far sharper than they could imagine if they practiced even a little Observation Haki.
Often, awareness mattered more than attack or defense. For people in the [Censored] Army especially, it could mean