Kuina's Battle

"No, no, how could he possibly do something like that? Even if you gave him several extra lives, he wouldn't dare."

The man behind him gave an awkward laugh.

He tried to explain, "He would never dare do something like that."

But how could the Fish-man possibly believe such an explanation? He immediately flipped the man over. "Did I let you speak? What, are you trying to die in his place?"

"What do you want? Take it out on me!"

The man struggled to his feet.

They had been oppressed by these Fish-men for far too long. They couldn't go on like this.

The Fish-men would never care about such trivial matters between them.

As long as someone provoked the Fish-men, they deserved to die ten thousand deaths!

"Why is it so noisy here? What happened?"

Captain Nezumi came over with his men.

He seemed to be in a rather good mood, and the Marines following behind him were carrying a large chest.

However, no one in the crowd said anything.

Everyone in the town knew that Arlong and the Marine captain were colluding. No one was coming to save them.

"Oh, it's the captain. These people insulted me and didn't even apologize. I was just teaching them a lesson."

The Fish-man spoke in a carefree manner.

"I see. You bunch of troublemakers, you'd better accept your punishment properly."

"Captain Nezumi, what's that behind you?"

Moyun approached with two people, smiling warmly.

The Fish-man looked the silver-haired youth up and down.

"Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

A dark glint flashed through the Fish-man's eyes.

I'll have to report this to Captain Arlong later. An outsider actually came here. What on earth has Moo-Moo been doing?

"I'm just here traveling, and I happened to come teach someone a lesson."

"Who?"

Captain Nezumi questioned him in return.

Why did he always feel that this kid was somewhat hostile toward him?

"You."

"Me? Hahahaha, are you crazy, kid? You actually want to teach me a lesson? Do you know who I am?"

Captain Nezumi burst into laughter at Moyun's words.

A mere brat actually wanted to teach him a lesson. He truly didn't know his own limits!

Besides, this was Arlong's territory. Arlong definitely wouldn't allow anyone to cause trouble here.

"What's with you, kid? Do you need me to teach you a lesson?"

The Fish-man roared.

He knew that Captain Nezumi and his boss were partners.

"Teach me a lesson? We can certainly give it a try."

Moyun walked over to the Fish-man.

He wasn't afraid in the slightest of the Fish-man's enormous size, even though he looked incredibly weak standing before him.

He also gave the two men a meaningful glance.

Why are those two unlucky men still standing around watching? They should hurry up and leave.

"You..."

The man hesitated.

Could they really leave a young boy behind to deal with these two vicious men?

"Why aren't you leaving? Are you planning to stay here and get beaten?"

Moyun spoke coldly.

"I never allowed those two to leave!"

The Fish-man roared and swung his enormous palm toward the man.

Moyun narrowed his eyes.

A ball of white energy rapidly gathered in his palm, and he raised it to meet the Fish-man's strike.

The two men closed their eyes.

The pain they expected never came.

They slowly opened their eyes and saw that the Fish-man, who had been so imposing moments ago, was now attacking wildly in every direction.

Even Captain Nezumi, who was standing to the side, was unable to escape.

"Damn it, what's going on? Could you be a Devil Fruit user? Why can't I control my body?"

The Fish-man smashed a fruit stand with one palm.

Fruit scattered all over the ground, with juice flowing everywhere.

"Hey, calm down! What exactly is happening?"

Captain Nezumi was also beginning to panic.

The Fish-man was about to attack them, but they couldn't shoot him.

If Arlong blamed him, he couldn't bear the consequences!

The Fish-man scattered the Marines' formation.

The chest they had been carrying also fell to the ground in the confusion.

Large amounts of gold coins and Beli spilled out of the chest, causing the surrounding crowd to cry out in shock.

"Where did they get so much money?"

"They probably got it from Arlong."

"I knew it. Arlong must have some kind of deal with the Marines."

When Moyun saw the Beli scattered across the ground, he immediately understood.

This must have been the money Captain Nezumi had taken from the Tangerine Grove.

It seemed Arlong had finally grown restless.

He knew Nami had saved up one hundred million Beli, so he had sent Captain Nezumi to steal it.

The Fish-man was still rampaging through the street.

Moyun didn't want him to hurt any innocent people, so he said to Kuina, "Go deal with that Fish-man. It'll also let me see how strong you've become recently."

Kuina nodded and drew her sword from its sheath.

It was a high-quality blade that she had brought with her when she left her hometown.

Although it couldn't compare to Wado Ichimonji, it was still quite comfortable to use.

The Fish-man watched Kuina walk toward him step by step, but he still couldn't control his own actions.

"What are you trying to do? If you dare hurt me, Big Brother Arlong definitely won't let you off!"

A tall and powerful Fish-man was actually afraid of a woman.

If the other Fish-men found out, they would probably laugh themselves to death.

But he couldn't worry about that now.

As long as he survived, that was all that mattered!

"Captain, I want to fight him fair and square. In his current state, I can't bring myself to attack."

Kuina stopped when she was about a meter away from the Fish-man.

Moyun thought for a moment and snapped his fingers.

"All right. I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong swordswoman. Go ahead boldly. If you can't beat him, I'll help you."

"That probably won't be necessary."

Kuina spoke calmly.

Seeing that the Fish-man seemed to have returned to normal, she raised her sword and charged at him.

"You little brat, you're asking to die!"

The Fish-man had only just regained control of his body when he saw Kuina attacking him with a sword.

His anger flared even hotter.

He had actually been toyed with by a group of children. Today, he would definitely teach them a lesson!

The Fish-man's skin was incredibly hard.

Kuina's sword struck him, yet it didn't leave even a mark.

"What? How is that possible?"

"Hahaha, now you know how powerful I am!"

Seeing the calm mask on Kuina's face finally crack, the Fish-man became even more arrogant.

"I'm not going to let you off!"

The Fish-man gave a sinister grin.

He held his palms facing each other, and the liquid on the ground slowly vanished, gathering between his palms and forming several tiny water droplets.

"You'd better savor this technique!"

This was a unique Fish-man karate technique that allowed him to manipulate water to a certain extent.

Although its power was far inferior to Big Brother Arlong's, it would certainly be enough to deal with a little girl.