As Mora spoke, circular light membranes appeared around him, surrounding him entirely in spheres of light, as if he were preparing for a sudden attack or perhaps planning an escape route. This made Vic think to himself, "This pirate is incredibly cautious. What has he been through?"
"Reconciliation? Are you kidding me? Have you ever heard of the Navy and pirates reconciling? You only talk about reconciliation now because you've run into us. What about those people you betrayed before? How innocent were they?"
"They'll return to normal as long as they defeat you; that's a characteristic of Devil Fruit, so you don't need to worry about that. The real question is whether you can actually escape!"
Vic was not going to compromise. He was simply unaware of the other party's escape methods, not that he lacked the ability to kill them. How could he possibly reconcile? Did he even care about the reputation of Vice Admiral Dark Dragon of the Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral?
After Vic finished speaking, he threw a dart at Mora. However, Mora was surrounded by a semi-transparent light membrane, and to hit him, one had to pass through the membrane. Vic's dart was too fast and passed through the membrane instantly, but it disappeared after passing through the membrane.
No! It didn't disappear, but became extremely small, like a hair. The dart was already small, and after being shrunk by the light membrane, it became even smaller, almost invisible to the naked eye. Mora instantly covered her neck, staring at Vic in disbelief.
When Mora removed her hand, a smear of blood appeared on her palm, and a bloodstain appeared on her neck.
This time, Vic's attack didn't pierce Mora's throat. Instead, it passed through the edge of Mora's neck, then through the light membrane behind Mora, reverting to its original form and disappearing into the wall of the house behind him.
Although the darts have become smaller, it does not affect their speed or straight-line lethality; it's just that the smaller size makes the wound too small to cause a fatal injury.
Vic was also stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to throw another dart, Mora sensed something was wrong and flung away all the surrounding light membranes.
The circular light membrane shot out in all directions, ignoring air resistance and moving at incredible speed. Rebecca only saw that everyone who passed through the light membrane disappeared!
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that they hadn't disappeared; just like the darts from before, the people had shrunk to tiny sizes, no bigger than a palm.
By the time she realized something was wrong and tried to dodge, the light membrane had already flown in front of her and passed through her body. She was also affected and turned into a Tontatta about ten centimeters tall.
This greatly alarmed Rebecca, because Barnett and the other marines had all been affected and turned into Tontatta. She could only place her hopes on the most reliable person, Vic, but she was stunned when she turned around.
In her eyes, Vic was still the same person he always was, which meant that Vic had also shrunk. Ain, in his arms, seemed completely unfazed, looking around with curiosity on her face, probably because she saw things from a completely different perspective.
Barnett and Wendy looked back with a glimmer of hope after being infected, but their hopes were dashed as their hearts sank. The entire Marine force had been infected; this was the first pirate crew they had encountered since accepting the Shichibukai mission, and yet they had been wiped out on their very first attempt. What kind of mission was this? They might as well go home and farm.
It was only then that Rebecca and the others realized how the people on the entire island had turned into Tontatta, just like them now—monsters made of that light membrane.
Even after being shrunk, they still possess some fighting ability, surpassing even the real Tontatta. However, if ordinary people are shrunk, they become completely at the mercy of others. Shrinking people doesn't take up much space and makes them easy to transport, making it an effective method for human trafficking.
"Is this also your Devil Fruit ability? No wonder there are tiny figures in the ship model; I thought they were from the Tontatta!"
They're probably all people who disappeared from the town. I'm really curious what kind of Paramecia Devil Fruit you ate! The Shrink-Size Fruit?
Vic was also shrunk. It wasn't that he couldn't dodge it; it was intentional. Or rather, he had deduced Mora's ability from the small figures in the ship model, Mora's enlarged arms, and weapons.
He wasn't afraid of shrinking; even if he shrank, Mora wouldn't be a match for him. He could recover once he killed Mora. He was still on guard against Mora using spatial abilities to escape. He was only passively caught in the trap to lull his opponent into a false sense of security. In short, he wanted to extract information from Mora.
After being shrunk, Rebecca and the others stopped confronting anyone and returned to protect Vic from behind. They hadn't expected Vic to fall for Vic trick, and now they were looking at Mora with serious expressions.
"Hahaha! I never thought that the famous Headquarters Vice Admiral Dark Dragon would fall into my hands. I feel really accomplished!"
I can't tell the world this now, or I'll be the next great pirate! It's such a shame. Since you wanted to know my Devil Fruit ability before you died, then I'll let you die in peace!
Hahaha! Listen up, I ate the Paramecia Mirror-Mirror Fruit, which allows me to use any kind of mirror!
Mora had truly fallen for Vic's trap. Looking at the group of little ones in front of her, Mora finally became complacent. This is probably the real reason why villains talk so much—they feel they have everything under control and want to reveal all their plans and tricks.
" The Mirror-Mirror Fruit? So it's the Mirror-Mirror Fruit! I see! No wonder..."
Vic finally understood after hearing Mora's words. It wasn't that he hadn't recognized the familiar Devil Fruit before; it was simply that Mora's development of the fruit's ability was quite sophisticated.
This Devil Fruit was originally the power of Charlotte Brulee, the daughter of Big Mom, Four Emperors. However, she didn't develop it very well; aside from being able to travel through the Mirror World, she only had the ability to create and copy other things.
Mora also used the illusion ability just now. The fact that everyone turned into fishermen was created by using this ability to copy the real fishermen. However, with just this one ability, Vic couldn't tell that it was the Mirror-Mirror Fruit. Mora had never used a physical mirror before, which was the main reason why Vic couldn't tell.
Little did Vic know that the Mirror-Mirror Fruit could also be used to magnify the body! Not only could it enlarge the body, but it could also enlarge weapons, and conversely, it could shrink people.
Mora is indeed quite clever, far surpassing Charlotte Brulee in terms of development. In Brulee's hands, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit was merely a support ability.
However, in Mora's hands, it became an ability that could be used for offense, defense, support, and transfer. A convex lens is also a type of mirror, and it was even simulated by using the light membrane released by the ability. This was already at the level of being able to create a mirror out of thin air. Mora's development of the fruit's ability was probably not far from the Devil Fruit Awakening.