Why Can't It Bite Through?

"Don't come any closer!" The Fish-Man slave traders were terrified out of their wits. "Ikaros, stop him!"

A giant squid Fish-Man held several red-tasseled spears, their spearheads resembling squids. He hesitated fearfully. "That sword looks sharp. We'll get sliced into calamari!"

"Ka ka ka! We will create Fish-Man Island's future!" A little monster with a mouth full of sharp teeth suddenly burrowed out of the ground behind them and pounced at Shyarly. "I'll bite you into mincemeat!"

Shyarly screamed. It was Daruma, a cigar shark Fish-Man. Those teeth could chew through even steel!

"Vajra!"

With a crisp crack, Shyarly opened her eyes and saw Daruma's teeth clamped down on Miming's arm. Miming stood in front of her, his arm reinforced with Armament Haki, producing a metallic clang beneath Daruma's fangs.

"Why can't I bite through it?" Daruma gnawed frantically at Miming's arm like a rabid dog.

"Urgh!" Miming's hand had not been bitten through, but the bubble around him had burst. With a pop, he was submerged in water, and his entire body immediately went limp. Under Daruma's savage biting, blood spurted from his arm.

"This is bad!" A string of bubbles rose from Miming's nose. He could no longer maintain Vajra!

"An opening!" Overjoyed, the giant squid Fish-Man Ikaros immediately lunged forward and stabbed Miming in the back. The spearhead suddenly came alive, violently drawing the water from Miming's body. In the blink of an eye, it became a living squid, while Miming's body shriveled slightly.

"Squid Spear! Hahaha!" Ikaros repeatedly thrust his red-tasseled spear into Miming's body. At the same time, Daruma bit down on Miming's neck, producing violent cracking sounds as though he had snapped the bones.

"Gun Wave!" Throwing caution to the wind, Shyarly launched a powerful water wave at Daruma, forcing him away from Miming.