Kaguya gripped the sandai kitetsu tightly, his gaze calmly fixed on Buggy.
“Buggy, today is the day you die.”
“Hahaha!”
Buggy burst into laughter, as if he had heard something ridiculous.
“Just you?
A wet-behind-the-ears brat?”
Before his voice had even faded, Buggy’s body suddenly split into several pieces, attacking Kaguya at extreme speed.
Kaguya was well-prepared, quickly activating “Shave” to dodge while simultaneously swinging his blade at Buggy’s torso.
“Clang!”
The sound of metal clashing rang out as Buggy’s flying daggers blocked Kaguya’s attack.
He grinned.
“Decent speed, but unfortunately, you’re still far off!”
Kaguya ignored Buggy’s taunts and continued his offensive.
He knew Buggy’s Chop-Chop Fruit ability was tricky, but it wasn’t invincible.
As long as he found an opportunity, it would be a one-hit kill!
“Tempest Kick!”
Kaguya suddenly leaped up, his leg drawing a sharp air blade that headed straight for Buggy’s face.
Buggy hurriedly split his body to evade.
“Damn brat!”
Buggy touched his nose, the fire of anger in his eyes growing stronger.
“Chop-Chop Festival!”
Instantly, Buggy’s body split into countless small pieces, pouring down toward Kaguya like a rainstorm.
Kaguya’s pupils constricted as he quickly retreated, parrying with his blade at the same time.
However, Buggy’s attacks were too dense; even with Observation Haki, several wounds were soon carved into Kaguya’s arms and shoulders.
Meanwhile, behind a wooden crate not far away, Nami poked her head out to watch Kaguya fight the Buggy Pirates.
“This idiot!
Doesn’t he know Buggy is a Devil Fruit User?
How could he possibly kill Buggy!”
As for this man who had helped her once, Nami couldn’t bring herself to watch him go to his death.
Kaguya had just saved her life, so she planned to save him as well when the moment was critical.
Kaguya felt the stinging pain from his wounds, but instead, a cold smirk appeared on his face.
He suddenly sheathed his sword and struck a peculiar pose with his hands.
“Finger Pistol: Flurry!”
His fingertips instantly turned into afterimages, accurately striking every single piece of Buggy’s split body.
Buggy’s fragments vibrated violently in the air, unexpectedly unable to reassemble for a moment.
“Six Powers?”
Buggy’s head fragment cried out in alarm, his red nose twisting in shock.
He hadn’t expected this brat to have mastered physical techniques at the level of a Marine officer.
Buggy didn’t fear blades, but he feared this kind of physical technique.
Kaguya seized this brief moment of stalemate, his feet suddenly exerting force as he charged toward Buggy’s head like an arrow from a bow.
“Finger Pistol: Piercer!”
The force concentrated at his fingertip tore through the air, aimed straight for the center of Buggy’s forehead.
At the critical moment, Buggy’s hat suddenly flew up, blocking this fatal blow.
Amidst the flying scraps of cloth, Buggy’s head quickly retreated and reassembled with the rest of his body.
“You’ve got some moves!”
Buggy gnashed his teeth while flexing his newly reattached wrist.
“But if you think that’s enough to—”
Before he could finish, Kaguya suddenly changed his move, and the sandai kitetsu swept out, carrying a sharp sword qi.
“Iai: Swallow Reversal!”
The blade’s light carved three intersecting arcs in the air, once again slicing through Buggy’s newly reassembled upper body.
This time, Kaguya deliberately controlled the angle of the slash, forcing Buggy’s torso fragments to scatter in different directions.
Watching from a distance, Nami’s eyes widened.
She saw Kaguya’s figure flickering in and out under the Moonlight, hitting a fragment of Buggy’s body with his fist every time he reappeared.
Although that red-nosed pirate could continuously split and reassemble, his movements were clearly starting to become sluggish.
“This, this!
He’s so strong!
Maybe…
no, no, Arlong is a Fishman, his strength is ten times that of a human…”
Nami shook her head, dispelling the thought from her mind, and returned her focus to the battle in the field.
“You bastard!”
Buggy’s roar echoed through the camp; he was being completely suppressed by Kaguya’s physical techniques, and if this continued, he really would be finished here.
Moreover, in the midst of the fight, he discovered his subordinate officers were actually just standing there watching, which nearly made him die of rage.
“Buggys subordinate Kabaji!
What are you still standing there for!”
The unicycle-riding swordsman finally snapped out of it, brandishing his long sword as he joined the fray.
Kaguya caught the cold glint of an attack from the side in his peripheral vision and suddenly leaned back, Kabaji’s blade grazing past the tip of his nose.
At that exact moment, Kaguya propped himself up with his right hand and whipped his left leg toward the unicycle—”Tempest Kick: Sky Slasher!”
The spinning air blade sliced the unicycle clean in half, and the off-balance Kabaji fell clumsily into a pile of wine barrels.
Seeing this, Buggy was furious; his split-off right hand suddenly clutched a dagger and attacked from a blind spot.
Kaguya seemed to have anticipated it, swatting with his blade and sending Buggy’s right hand flying away.
“Observation Haki?”
Buggy’s pupils contracted violently.
This discovery finally made him realize that the young man before him was by no means an ordinary person.
Under the Moonlight, Kaguya’s blood-stained clothes fluttered in the wind, the tip of the sandai kitetsu steadily pointing at Buggy’s throat, his voice terrifyingly calm.
“I told you, today is the day you die.”
“Brat, don’t think you can be so arrogant just because you know the Six Powers and Observation Haki!”
Buggy’s fragments spun frantically in the air, suddenly firing dozens of daggers from all directions.
“Chop-Chop: Dagger Feast!”
A sharp light flashed in Kaguya’s eyes as the sandai kitetsu traced a perfect arc in front of him. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“One-Sword Style: Waltz!”
The blade’s light formed an impenetrable Barrier, and the sound of metal clashing rang out like a rainstorm.
Just as the daggers were all deflected, Kaguya suddenly lunged forward, his blade aimed straight for Buggy’s chest.
“Useless!”
Buggy sneered and actively split his body, only to see Kaguya’s wrist flick, his sword stance changing abruptly.
“American Iai!”
“Bang!”
Before Buggy could react, Kaguya pulled the trigger of a hidden flintlock pistol, the lead bullet piercing through one of Buggy’s body segments.
“Gah!”
Buggy spat out a large mouthful of blood.
“Brat!
You!”
“I never said I only used a sword,”
Kaguya said quite shamelessly.
“Captain, hurry and go!”
Kabaji rushed over with some pirates who had just been woken up, attempting to buy time for Buggy to escape.
Kaguya’s eyes turned cold, and he swung the sandai kitetsu, which was wreathed in demonic energy.
“One-Sword Style: Swallow Reversal!”
The blade’s light, like a swallow spreading its wings, instantly cut down the three leading pirates.
Although Kabaji’s unicycle was destroyed, his swordsmanship was indeed remarkable.
He rolled to his feet, his long sword piercing toward Kaguya’s throat like a venomous snake.
“Unicycle Sword Dance: Snake Bite!”
The tip of the sword glinted coldly under the Moonlight, its angle extremely tricky.
Kaguya raised his blade to block, sparks flying from the metal collision.
In the moment they were deadlocked, Buggy took the opportunity to reassemble his scattered body.
“Brat!
The next time we meet will be the day you die!
Kabaji, retreat!”
Buggy pulled out a lit cannonball from somewhere and threw it fiercely at Kaguya’s feet.
“Boom!”
The shockwave of the explosion kicked up a cloud of dust; Kaguya quickly retreated but was still knocked over by the blast.
By the time he stood up again, Buggy and Kabaji had already used the smoke as cover to make their escape, leaving behind only some useless low-level pirates.
“Damn it…”
Kaguya sheathed his sword and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Although he hadn’t been able to completely finish off Buggy this time, he had heavily injured him.
The frustration in Kaguya’s heart also dissipated quite a bit.
“Next time we meet, you will surely die.”
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