Code Name "D"

"No Haki? That puts me at a disadvantage!"

Potent Neurotoxin seeped through Jiang Lin's hands and spread rapidly through his body. His once-clear vision began to cloud.

"One minute has elapsed. Venom-Venom Fruit replication complete."

The system's voice rang out in Jiang Lin's mind just as the Neurotoxin left him aching all over.

"Finally got it."

Now that he had the Venom-Venom Fruit, Jiang Lin had no reason to keep fighting Magellan. He was here to rescue Ace, not challenge Magellan.

"Chief Warden Magellan, what's that up there...?"

Jiang Lin suddenly pointed overhead with his left foot, looking puzzled.

"What is it?"

Magellan looked up, utterly baffled. There was nothing there but hot fumes and a maze of passages.

"A load of... crap!"

Jiang Lin smiled. His hands, still trapped inside the Poison Dragon, fired Laser Beams backward. The dazzling beams punched through it, freeing his hands and sending them flying back to his sides.

With his body whole again, Jiang Lin wasted no time. He used Yata Mirror! to slip past Magellan and raced toward the Level 5 passage.

"Poison Passage!"

Realizing he had been tricked, Magellan sped through a passage formed by his Poison Dragon and cut Jiang Lin off.

"I was going to let you go. Why are you so determined to stop me?"

Jiang Lin looked at Magellan helplessly. If he did not reach Level 5 soon, he might be too late. But Magellan refused to give up the chase, and it was becoming a real headache.

"Brat! This is Impel Down—my territory!"

Magellan drew a deep breath and spat a stream of potent venom straight at Jiang Lin.

"Fine! Let's see whose Venom-Venom Fruit is stronger!"

Jiang Lin removed the fused Glint-Glint Fruit card and equipped his newly acquired Venom-Venom Fruit card.

"Venom-Venom Fruit equipped. Duration: ten minutes. Cooldown: thirty seconds."

As the system's voice sounded in his mind, the Neurotoxin stopped hampering Jiang Lin's movements. His clouded vision cleared once more.

"The Venom-Venom Fruit really is powerful. But this side effect..."

Jiang Lin had barely used it before his stomach began to gurgle.

"That power... Are you the mysterious pirate Admiral Kizaru himself just issued a bounty for? The one worth six hundred million and one hundred Beli—code name D?"

Seeing Jiang Lin use the same Devil Fruit power as his own, Magellan recalled the wanted notice he had received not long ago. This new pirate, worth six hundred million and one hundred Beli, was strong enough to stand against a Marine Admiral and possessed the terrifying ability to copy other people's Devil Fruit powers. He was the pirate known by the mysterious name "D."

D?

Jiang Lin's eyes narrowed at the code name. Though his name contained a D, he had never told Kizaru that. He did not know whether Kizaru's choice was a coincidence or whether the Admiral had realized something.

Still, six hundred million and one hundred Beli is pretty funny.

When Jiang Lin fought Kizaru, he had said his strength was worth "six hundred million Beli." Now that the wanted notice was out, Kizaru had set his bounty at six hundred million and one hundred. That extra hundred was clearly Kizaru's last act of defiance.

"D, why are you in Impel Down? Are you working with Straw Hat and his crew?"

Pale purple mist curled from Magellan's mouth as he glared at Jiang Lin.

"Guess for yourself. You can't stop me, so how about we leave each other alone?"

Jiang Lin spread his hands helplessly and strode toward Magellan. Ace was still waiting to be rescued. He could not waste any more time here.

"You may be able to copy my power, but that doesn't mean I can't beat you!"

Poison Dragons writhed behind Magellan. Several lunged at once, heading straight for Jiang Lin's head.

"Poison Cloud!"

After unleashing the Poison Dragons, Magellan followed with another powerful move. Sheets of pale purple mist poured from his mouth. A strange "living creature" made of poisonous fog circled Jiang Lin, constantly giving off more mist.

"Your vision's blurry, isn't it? Your hearing's off too, isn't it? None of your senses are working properly!"

Magellan's voice carried through the fog. He sounded calm and composed, as though he had the battlefield completely under control.

"Oh, come on! Poison's no fun when I'm immune to it."

Jiang Lin stood calmly in the middle of the fog. His eyes were as sharp as ever, and his hearing remained just as keen.

"How is that possible? Can your copying ability even change your body's structure?"

Magellan stared at Jiang Lin in shock. His power had always served him well because poison was both fiercely corrosive and deadly.

But after Jiang Lin activated the Venom-Venom Fruit, his body, like Magellan's, naturally became immune to its poison.

"Look, you can't kill me, and I can't kill you. Just stop getting in my way."

Jiang Lin walked out of the Poison Cloud, exasperated. He did not even want to use his power now. Their abilities were identical, and unlike other fruits, the Venom-Venom Fruit offered no difference that could turn the fight around.

With poison, no matter how elaborate the moves became, everything still came down to the poison itself.

"Poison Dragon!"

A hint of urgency crossed Magellan's face. His hands liquefied into two Poison Dragons that shot straight for Jiang Lin's head.

"I'm telling you, why are you so stubborn?"

Jiang Lin liquefied his own hands to meet the attack. His Poison Dragons were almost identical to Magellan's, and they lunged to tear the incoming dragons apart.

Splat! Splat!

Venom sprayed from where the four Poison Dragons collided. Harsh hissing and violent explosions erupted one after another between Jiang Lin and Magellan.