Bethany vs. Gunko

"A kobold? No, Mink Tribe. It's actually Six Powers...!?"

When he saw Lycaon kick out with Rankyaku to repel Momousagi, he immediately looked like he'd seen a ghost.

The Six Powers of Rankyaku is a move that even he doesn't know. He currently only knows the two most commonly used Six Powers: Shave and Tekkai.

Suddenly, a strange scene appeared in the telescope.

A section of the surging sea rose up, and a huge amount of seawater converged from all directions, transforming into a giant water man over a hundred meters tall.

The water-man raised a palm and slammed it down on the warship he was on.

"Enemy attack!"

The colonel immediately put down his binoculars and turned to yell at the sailors on deck.

The marines immediately assumed fighting stances, guns drawn and swords drawn, their fighting spirit high. But soon, all of them showed expressions of doubt.

"Colonel, where is the enemy? Weren't they being suppressed by Vice Admiral Momousagi?"

"At sea...!"

The colonel pointed to the sea ahead, but upon looking, he was momentarily stunned to find that the enormous water figure that should have been on the surface of the sea was nowhere to be seen.

He rubbed his sore eyes, and, still not believing it, picked up the binoculars again. There it was, the terrifying water creature, its enormous hand already descending upon him.

What exactly is going on?

Put it down, and the water figure disappears.

Pick it up, and you can see it through a telescope!

The colonel was in a state of bewildered confusion, questioning the meaning of life. Could it be that he could only see through the lens, or was he a Devil Fruit User?

"Can you please take a look...?"

The colonel turned around again and looked at the group of marines behind him.

However, a horrifying scene unfolded: his men, like ice cream cones exposed to the scorching sun, gradually melted into a puddle of mud before his very eyes.

"Colonel, I'm in so much pain."

"Help me, Colonel! Help me!"

"Ahhh! My hands, my hands are melting!"

The naval captain felt a chill run down his spine; a cold shiver rose from the soles of his feet. He quickly gripped the hilt of his sword at his waist and shouted sharply:

Who is it!

After he finished shouting, what he saw suddenly shattered, like glass being hit by a baseball.

The naval captain found himself still holding his binoculars, still using them to observe the situation of the combined naval fleet in the distance.

The water figures on the sea surface no longer exist.

Everything that had just happened seemed to occur only within his mind.

"Ability user!"

The naval captain didn't believe this was a hallucination caused by overwork; he was absolutely certain that someone with the ability was behind it.

Without a second's hesitation, he drew his sword from his waist and abruptly turned to look at the deck behind him.

Upon seeing this, they were completely stunned.

The soldiers on the ship squatted on the ground, their expressions like those of lecherous toads, as if they had seen their goddess.

The young woman, dressed in a long white dress, who was surrounded in the center, had appeared on the ship at some unknown time.

"Who... who exactly are you?"

The colonel was terrified. This guy was clearly no small fry; he had somehow managed to take control of the entire warship without anyone noticing.

Bethany opened her eyes, her blood-red pupils falling on the naval captain's face, who was drenched in sweat from the shock of what she saw.

"What did you do to my men? How are they?"

"My name is Bethany, I come from the Seven Deadly Sins, and I have been sent here by my Lord to investigate the situation."

Bethany looked directly into the other person's eyes, spoke slowly, her voice calm yet carrying an unyielding domineering air:

"Your people are simply lost in a beautiful dream, on a date with the one they love. Now that you're awake, look me straight in the eye... I ask, you answer."

It's an ability activated through those eerie eyes!

The colonel immediately lowered his head, focusing only on the opponent's feet, attempting to avoid the interference of the ability.

However, it was all in vain.

Having gotten the answer she wanted from the colonel, Bethany ignored everyone on deck and stormed into the warship's cabin.

The entire ship was filled with her scent; no one could escape her fragrance. She walked into the lower storage room as if no one else was there.

Pushing open the door to the storage room, the first thing that catches the eye is a small treasure chest placed in the very center.

"... It really is here."

Bethany stepped over and noticed the dark magic circle on the floor.

This strange pentagram magic circle, and the treasure chest placed in the center... is it clearly a trap?

"Who would fall for that? Would anyone be that stupid? Just opening the treasure chest or taking it would immediately trigger a trap, right?"

Bethany remained vigilant, retreating to the doorway and softly calling out to the air, "Ain, my mission is complete. Please tell my master that there are indeed Devil Fruits here, but it is also a trap."

Above the sky, Dimon sat in the captain's cabin, observing with the help of Ain's abilities.

This familiar magic circle is a teleportation circle used for summoning. I never expected the World Government to set up such a trap.

To take it or not?

Once you take the treasure chest, the Holy Knights will descend upon you in the next moment, and perhaps even the Five Elders will come in person.

If you're unlucky, Imu might even appear.

"What's there to be afraid of? If I've taken it, I've taken it."

Dimon didn't take it seriously. The World Government was using Devil Fruit bait; wouldn't it be disrespectful if he didn't take the bait?

He was about to give the order when the scene suddenly changed.

Boom!

Above the sky, a bolt of jet-black Inazuma struck the warship, piercing the deck and hitting the center of the pentagram magic circle.

At the same time, a thick black smoke billowed out, accompanied by bursts of black Inazuma, and a faint figure appeared in the magic circle.

It was a young girl, her head tilted slightly, her heterochromatic eyes quietly watching Bethany.

"I've been waiting for you for so long, The Seven Deadly Sins."

Chapter 96 Bethany vs. Gunko

The young woman who appeared had short, dark blue hair and heterochromatic eyes; her left eye was red, and her right eye was light blue.

She was not tall, her mouth was wrapped in a white bandage, she wore a hat with goggles on her head, and she wore an oddly matched oversized long-sleeved coat. She didn't have a skirt or pants, but the hem of the coat just covered her thighs, and below her two smooth legs were a pair of black boots.

"It was a trap after all. Who are you?"

Bethany observed and asked questions in a low voice, while silently releasing more scent. She couldn't leave until her master gave the order.

"The Holy Knights, the Saint Manmayer Gunko"

Gunko has a mysterious and aloof demeanor, and looks like a typical teenage girl with no connections or emotional attachments.

As she announced her name, she glanced at the treasure chest at her feet out of the corner of her eye. With a light kick of her left foot, the chest was sent flying into the air, Devil Fruits inside fell out.

In that instant, the bandages on Gunko's left hand came undone on their own, and in the blink of an eye, the fruit was wrapped around her hand and pulled back into her palm.

"When the plan was formulated, the higher-ups didn't expect you would fall for it so easily."

Gunko held the fruit in his left hand. In truth, the quality of the fruit was not important, nor did he care whether it was taken away by the other party.

Her mission was simply to defeat the Seven Deadly Sins who were attacking, capture them, and try to capture them alive.

"There's no information about you in the intelligence. Which of the Seven Deadly Sins are you?"

"Contrary to your appearance and demeanor, you seem surprisingly talkative?" Bethany's lips curled slightly, unconcerned about stalling for time. "My name is Bethany. Perhaps I'll disappoint you, but I'm just an insignificant character among the Seven Deadly Sins."

"Sniff sniff~"

Gunko twitched his nose and smelled a peculiar scent, a light and delicate fragrance, much like a woman's perfume.

An ordinary person might subconsciously think that way, but she, a veteran of countless battles, immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Lost Ribbon Restraints!"

The ribbon wrapped around her arm suddenly lengthened, its head like an arrow, piercing straight towards Bethany.

With a "thud," the arrow bandage pierced Bethany's abdomen and emerged from her back.

The imagined scene of bleeding did not occur; the attack did not feel like it pierced through the thickness of a human body, but rather like it passed through a thin layer of paper.

Gunko paused for a moment, then subconsciously used his Observation Haki to sense his surroundings.

However, no.

I felt nothing; it was emptiness, silence. There was no sound coming from nearby.

"Could it be 'Observation Haki Killer'?"

A look of surprise flashed in Gunko's eyes, but he immediately dismissed it.

Such a powerful technique as "Observation Haki Killer" should not be something that someone who calls himself "an ordinary nobody" should be able to master.

"Is it the scent! Her ability?"

A powerful Haki of dominance emanated from Gunko, with streaks of black Inazuma crackling across his body.

The next moment, the scenery before my eyes changed.

The woman pierced by her attack was like a doll whose colors had been washed away, her whole body fading until cracks appeared in the image, like a shattered mirror exploding with a loud bang.

It was just a hallucination!

Gunko looked down at her left hand, only to find that the Devil Fruit in her hand had vanished without her noticing.

Once again using Observation Haki to detect the opponent's presence, Gunko discovered that the opponent had already appeared on the deck. He extended his right palm, and the bandages wrapped around his arm untied themselves, transforming into ribbons with arrowheads that pierced directly through the deck above his head.

"Arrow Path Dash!"

She wanted to use the bandages to give chase, but her body was unable to move.

Gunko's heterochromatic pupils narrowed sharply as he finally understood his opponent's ability: attacks launched using scent could not only create illusions but also directly affect the bodies of others.

"Neurotoxins?"

Although her body was immobile, Gunko's mind was still working. She used her Haki to suppress the opponent's abilities while pulling herself up with the bandages.

With a bang, Gunko crashed through the deck and arrived in the upper space.

The next instant, numerous marines on the deck charged at her, and a series of gunshots rang out.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The barrage of bullets was easily stopped by Gunko with his bandages.

Suddenly, a figure approached at high speed, wielding a blade and slashing down at her head.

As soon as Gunko had a thought, a bandage seemed to have eyes and shot out with a whoosh, instantly piercing the attacker's chest.

"Even Marine Headquarters Colonel has been detained... Where are they hiding?"

Gunko was completely unconcerned about casually taking down a naval captain; however, the smell on the deck was several times stronger than in the storage room, and the effects of his abilities were far more potent.

"Oh!"

Suddenly, the marines on deck seemed to be on stimulants, their eyes glowing with an eerie red light.

Their muscles were expanding, and those who were originally 1.78 meters tall were breaking through to 2 meters, becoming muscular monsters, and even their clothes were being torn apart.

The closest person suddenly threw a punch at Gunko; the ordinary marine in his berserk state displayed extraordinary fighting power.

This is a really troublesome ability; the more people we have, the more soldiers the enemy seems to have... Gunko is having a headache.