Arceus's Pirate Journey

He claimed that even the Giant Race wouldn’t wake up for 12 hours, but the unexpected events made the World Government team start to question his reliability.

In their view, these men were the last viable force of the Fur Race; once they were dealt with, the entire Fur Race would be at their mercy.

But just as he finished speaking, Hichugiskhan already swung a hammer at his head, and with a flash of the hammer, his head burst with a boom, exploding into clouds around him.

”Logia-type... who are you people, and why are you attacking Zou?”

Hichugiskhan spun around with his hammer, which had already turned pitch black. Zou had a systematic method for training Haki, and as the Duke here, he naturally knew how to use Haki.

The World Government people didn’t answer him but instead released a large amount of clouds with their hands. Just as Hichugiskhan thought those clouds were vulnerable, his hammer couldn’t disperse them.

”Boom!”

Although it was a cloud, it was as hard as iron; iron clouds only existed on Sky Island and were one of the elements of nature, also within the developmental scope of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit.

After two simple exchanges, Hichugiskhan realized this enemy would not be easy to deal with, but his offensive became even more fierce; if he backed down, who would protect the rest of Zou?

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Zou’s warriors temporarily held the advantage. Though those people were government-trained agents, not all agents could reach CP0 or CP9 standards. Many hadn’t even mastered all the Rokushiki techniques, mostly knowing only two or three styles.

And the Fur Race’s attacks were naturally accompanied by electricity, greatly enhancing their combat power.

On this day, Hatch was unusually energetic, possibly because his future son-in-law was watching behind him, inspiring him to display his strength. After knocking down an opponent who used Tekkai with a single punch, he began looking for his next target.

He soon found his target, a shirtless giant about four meters tall, and many Fur Race warriors had already fallen beside him.

Seeing him with his back turned, Hatch believed he’d found an opportunity. After a quick sprint, he lifted his blade and aimed for the man’s neck. It was a high-quality weapon forged in Wano Kuni, a gift Setsuna had brought him.

”Zzzap...”

The electrically wrapped blade in mid-air cut toward the man’s neck, but it didn’t succeed. The blade hit him just like it hit Tekkai before, without effect, and this time even the electricity failed.

The man swung back and struck Hatch on the head, sending him flying.

He was the Fruit Ability User the World Government prepared specifically to counter the Fur Race, a Paramecia-type Store-Store Fruit User, capable of turning himself into a battery-like existence, nullifying all of the Fur Race’s electric attacks.

Electric currents, flames, cyclones—these intangible things were all within his storage range, but the drawback was that he couldn’t store the force of physical attacks.

So when choosing a user, the World Government specifically picked such a tank-like Ability User; he was a CP Agent specializing in Tekkai, mostly working as a bodyguard.

This ability combined with his physique formed a perfect match, compensating for Tekkai’s insufficient resistance to elemental attacks.