Pirates: I Can Repel Anything

Luo had thought it over carefully. Chris was strong. He decided not to sneak away after all.

Soon, everyone withdrew to the side, leaving the space to Chris and Doflamingo.

"Talking is pointless now."

Chris was as calm as ever. "Let's fight first. Our strength can do the talking."

Doflamingo broke into a wild grin.

"It's been a long time since I met a brat this arrogant. The Great Pirate Era really has arrived. Fuffuffuffu..."

"Dance all you want, brat. Just don't die too quickly."

"Five Color Strings!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Doflamingo whipped out his right hand and launched a fierce attack.

Chris stood still. He made no move to dodge, his expression composed.

As the five threads closed in, he slowly raised a hand.

"Mirror Repulsion!"

A transparent mirror appeared at an angle above him, shielding him from the attack.

Bang...

Before the Five Color Strings could even touch the mirror, they rebounded and whipped through the air.

Boom!

Doflamingo sent the threads into the ground. The impact exploded, scattering dust and leaving deep gashes.

At the sight of the slashed-up ground, the onlookers couldn't help but marvel.

"No wonder he's a Shichibukai. Even a casual strike hits that hard."

Belo Betty took a drag on her cigarette, an unusually grave look on her pretty face.

Baccarat swept back her dark red hair and smiled. "They don't call him a Shichibukai for nothing."

"But no matter how strong he is, he's no match for Chris. I'm sure of it."

Honey Queen nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Our captain's the strongest man there is."

Burgess laughed, looking as though he'd expected this all along.

"Just like the captain said, this guy attacks with threads and stuff."

Lafitte nodded and said with a faint smile, "He ate the Paramecia String-String Fruit. Of course he uses strings to attack."

Doflamingo curled his fingers slightly, moving them back and forth as though they were dancing.

"Repulsion?"

"So you ate the Paramecia Repel-Repel Fruit."

Doflamingo grinned and sneered. "Brat, after eating such a worthless Devil Fruit, you'll never become truly strong."

"If I remember right, the last person who had the Repel-Repel Fruit was killed by a mountain bandit."

"I never thought that worthless fruit would turn up again after hundreds of years, much less that a brat like you would eat it."

"I almost feel sorry for you. Fuffuffuffu..."

Chris wasn't surprised that Doflamingo had identified his Devil Fruit.

After all, the man was one of the Celestial Dragons and a major figure in the Underworld. Of course he'd seen the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

"Doflamingo, let me tell you something."

Chris folded his arms and said calmly, "Villains tend to die because they talk too much."

"You certainly love lecturing people, brat."

Doflamingo covered his face, looking almost crazed.

"You've made me so angry I have to laugh. Fuffuffuffu..."

"Bullet String!"

Without warning, Doflamingo flicked his right index finger. A thin, transparent thread slipped from his fingertip and shot toward Chris like lightning...

"My turn."

Chris didn't meet the attack. With a whoosh, he vanished from the spot.

He reappeared above Doflamingo.

His right fist hardened with Armament Haki in an instant, then came crashing down.

The speed. The force.

It was breathtaking!

"Such incredible speed."

Doflamingo had no time to dodge. He hurriedly raised both arms, crossed them, and hardened them with Armament Haki to defend himself.

Bang...

A thunderous impact rang out. The ground caved in, and dust rose all around them, swallowing both men.

No one could see what was happening inside.

"They really are in a different league. So strong."

Burgess shook his head in amazement.

Doc Q said enviously, "So that's what happens when Armament Haki clashes head-on. What power."

Lafitte adjusted his top hat. "They've only just begun. Neither of them has gone all out. The best is yet to come."

"Captain, he's so strong!"

Bepo looked at Luo beside him, unable to hide his surprise or his admiration.

Luo frowned and said coolly, "His Armament Haki is strong, but if that's all he has, he's no match for Doflamingo."

Honey Queen bristled at the doubt cast on Chris and immediately shot back.

"Chris isn't as weak as you think. Doflamingo's the one who's going to lose."

Belo Betty nodded and exhaled a stream of smoke. "If he can't even beat Doflamingo, how is he going to change this world?"

Baccarat smoothed her dark red hair and smiled gently. "Don't worry. Chris never picks a fight he can't win, and he's never let anyone down."

A light breeze blew through, clearing the dust and revealing the scene within.

A huge crater had formed in the ground. The earth around it was cracked, with countless fissures spreading in every direction.

And that had been just one simple blow.

Doflamingo stood in the crater while Chris hovered above, looking coldly down at him.

"Fuffuffuffu..."

Doflamingo looked up at Chris and laughed. "Not bad, brat. You're strong."

"You're fast, and your Armament Haki is impressive. No wonder you dared to challenge me."

"But why are you floating? That's definitely not Geppo. Is it your Devil Fruit ability?"

Doflamingo shook his head repeatedly. "Impossible. How could a worthless Devil Fruit do that?"

"How did you manage it, brat?"

Chris folded his arms and looked down at him. His reply was calm.

"Beat me, and you'll find out."

Rage surged through Doflamingo.

Veins bulged across his face, and his fingers twitched as he laughed. "Not bad, brat. You've managed to make me angry."

"I was going to invite you into my family. Now I think I'd rather kill you. Fuffuffuffu..."

He stamped down hard, cracking the ground again, then shot into the air.

"Athlete!"

Doflamingo hardened his right foot with Armament Haki. Eight transparent threads emerged from his toes as he lashed a vicious kick at Chris's head.

The kick was so fast that the air seemed to tremble, as though even space had been sliced open.

That was how terrifying the technique was!

"Repulsion Fist!"

Chris spread his right hand. White light gathered in his palm as the repulsive force rapidly grew.

Then he clenched his fist.

A massive white fist appeared in an instant.

It slammed toward Doflamingo's kick.

Bang!

An explosive impact rang out, and the scene seemed to freeze.

Doflamingo's kick stopped in midair, about a meter from Chris.

Veins stood out on Doflamingo's forehead as he put all his strength into it.

He refused to let this kick fail.

But no matter how hard he tried, his blackened right foot could not advance an inch.

It was being pushed back!

Chris remained perfectly calm and spoke two quiet words.

"Go flying."

Boom!

The massive white fist surged forward like a rocket engine before Doflamingo could react.

With a whoosh, Doflamingo was sent flying backward.

He tried to steady himself and dart away from the repulsive force.

But Chris had compressed the White Fist too tightly. Its repulsive force was overwhelming, and Doflamingo couldn't break free.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Doflamingo smashed through tree after tree as he flew backward, each collision setting off another crash.

Even the trees couldn't stop him. He kept flying.

"Damn brat! You've developed the Repel-Repel Fruit this far? I can't let you live!"

Doflamingo finally struck a large tree and sank partway into its trunk before coming to a stop.

By then, two hundred meters separated him from Chris.

He had broken more than a dozen trees along the way.

It showed just how powerful that repulsive strike had been.

At the sight of it, the onlookers could no longer stay calm.

Their admiration for Chris's strength had reached its peak...