Five-Turn Illusion, the Girl Breaks Down

As Roya finished speaking, he let go.

But the instant he released her, Kalifa used Soru to appear behind Roya, extending her fingers and mercilessly thrusting at him!

"Touch me again, will you! Shigan!"

Roya sighed. He finally understood just how terrible this girl's temper was.

With a slight tilt of his head, Roya evaded Kalifa's attack.

At the same time, an illusion identical to Roya appeared behind Kalifa and directly restrained her.

Kalifa's pupils suddenly contracted. She reacted at once and said in shock, "You're a Devil Fruit user!"

"You attacked without even knowing anything about your opponent. You really are unbelievably foolish."

Upon hearing Roya's words, the anger in Kalifa's chest immediately flared up.

"Then do you know what my ability is?! Golden Bubble!"

A large number of bubbles instantly surged from Kalifa's hands. Anything touched by those bubbles became incomparably smooth.

Using that, Kalifa slipped free from the restraint of Roya's illusion.

The moment she broke free, Kalifa first kicked the illusion apart, then rapidly tapped the ground with both feet. The powerful recoil instantly propelled her body behind Roya.

"You were too careless! Shigan!"

Her figure flashed as Kalifa fiercely thrust out her index finger.

This Shigan carried even greater force than before.

At this moment, Kalifa had already forgotten that this was only a training ground.

And that she had merely intended to take the chance to test her own strength.

Now, she stabbed at the back of Roya's head with all her strength!

"Pfft!"

The instant her finger pierced the back of Roya's head, Kalifa came to her senses!

Her pupils abruptly shrank.

The anger in her heart seemed to have been extinguished by a basin of cold water.

"H-how could this be?!"

Kalifa instinctively pulled back her finger, staring at the scene before her in disbelief.

She had thought Roya would react, since his reactions had been so fast just now!

"Thud~"

Roya collapsed to the ground, his entire body like a puddle of soft mud.

As if constantly declaring that Roya had died because of Kalifa!

By now, more and more people had noticed the scene, and they gradually gathered around.

Kalifa hurried to Roya's side and said, "Hey, hey, get up already! Don't scare me! I really didn't mean to do it! Wake up!"

Kneeling beside Roya, tears the size of beans rolled down from the corners of Kalifa's eyes.

"What happened here?"

"Looks like Kalifa killed someone!"

"Killed someone? She accidentally killed someone in the training ground?!"

"Seems like it, but why does this feel strange?"

"Strange? What's strange about it?"

"Why didn't that man bleed at all after Shigan pierced the back of his head?"

The onlookers whispered among themselves.

Occasionally, a few louder voices drifted into Kalifa's ears.

This made the sobbing, devastated Kalifa freeze instantly.

"H-he didn't bleed?!"

Hearing that, Kalifa looked toward the back of Roya's head.

Just then, the Roya lying on the ground suddenly shattered.

Just like the illusion Kalifa had kicked apart earlier.

And as the Roya on the ground dissolved into the air, three more Royas appeared around Kalifa.

The three Royas surrounded Kalifa, leaving her no chance at all to use her ability.

Everyone gathered around the training ground was completely bewildered.

"Is that a Devil Fruit ability?"

"It sure looks like one!"

"What kind of Devil Fruit ability is that? It looks really powerful!"

"Those three aren't the real body, are they? Where is the real one?!"

"Soru!"

At that moment, Roya used Soru to appear directly atop the head of a training dummy.

"Five-Turn Illusion!"

Five-Turn Illusion was the name Roya had given this move.

The Five-Turn referred to the number of illusions created when he activated his ability.

Kalifa sat on her knees on the ground, looking up at Roya as she tightly bit her lower lip.

She stared at Roya, gritted her teeth, and asked, "When did you create those illusions?!"

"At the very beginning of the fight."

"So from the beginning of the fight, you were just toying with me?"

Roya merely smiled without answering. He dispelled the illusions and said to Kalifa, "Don't be so impulsive next time. I'm here for the promotion tournament. Fleet Admiral Sengoku can vouch for that."

"You said earlier that this was your first time at Marineford, so why can you use Soru from the Six Powers?!"

Kalifa had sharply noticed the technique Roya used to get atop the training dummy.

"I saw you do it just now, so I learned it."

As Roya's words fell, everyone who heard them froze in place.

"He learned it after seeing it once?!"

"That talent is way too terrifying!"

"That's one of the Six Powers! Many people can't even get started with it!"

Many people believed Roya was simply bragging.

But what Roya had used just now really was Soru!

In other words, Roya's talent really was that powerful!

Kalifa slowly rose from the ground, her beautiful eyes hidden behind her glasses fixed tightly on Roya.

It was as though she wanted to carve his face into her heart.

"I definitely won't let you off. I hope you don't lose too quickly tomorrow!"

After saying that, Kalifa left through the crowd.

She was simply too embarrassed to remain there any longer.

After all, she had started this fight, only to be toyed with by Roya like this. And as a girl, she could be said to have thoroughly developed a grudge against him!

Watching Kalifa's departing figure, Roya did not linger either.

He jumped down from the training dummy, intending to go back and sleep.

As for whether Kalifa would change her habits in the future and stop being so ill-tempered, that was none of Roya's concern.

But just as he was about to walk out of the crowd, a man in a dark red suit, wearing a Justice cape over his back and a military cap, came before Roya!

Roya was very familiar with this man.

The newcomer was none other than Akainu!

"Why aren't you wearing a uniform at Marine Headquarters, Marineford?"

Akainu's expression was stern as he sharply questioned Roya.

"I'm here for the promotion tournament. It's my first time here, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku should know that."

"So you're the person the Fleet Admiral mentioned!" Akainu continued, "I saw the battle just now as well. If you think you can win with that Devil Fruit ability and the Six Powers you just learned, then you have absolutely no hope.

I have no idea why the Fleet Admiral allowed someone as weak as you to participate in this promotion tournament!"

After saying that, Akainu walked past Roya. Without even looking at him, he said, "Don't let me meet you in the first match. Otherwise, I'll show you what the power of 'Justice' truly is!!!"