"Hmm!? Huh!? HUH!?"
Kizaru's eyes almost bulged out of his skull, staring at the golden-haired youth in pure terror.
He never expected Naruto to come up with such an utterly shameless tactic.
Everyone who had eaten a Devil Fruit knew one absolute rule—no one could eat a second one and survive.
From centuries ago until now, not a single person had ever managed to live after consuming a second Devil Fruit.
The second one was guaranteed poison.
"Damn it… this is really bad…"
Cold sweat poured from Kizaru's forehead.
"Why… why didn't the Marines ever think of doing something like this!?"
If the Marines had thought of it, Kaidō's grave would already be overgrown with weeds by now.
But today, he was the one staring death in the face.
Kizaru racked his brain desperately and finally came up with a solution—he threw his head back and screamed:
"KUZAN!!! SAKAZUKI!!!"
"HELP ME!!!"
Say what you will, Kizaru was a Marine Admiral. His voice alone was like ten megaphones blaring at once.
Outside, the Worst Generation pirates were the first to hear his cries.
Every single one of them gasped in horror.
Whatever kind of torment the Admiral was enduring inside… it had to be hellish.
Uzumaki Naruto—was way too terrifying.
Thinking that, they immediately turned and ran.
Anyone with half a brain could see that the auction house was about to become the eye of a storm.
None of them wanted to become collateral damage.
Aokiji: "???"
Akainu: "???"
Aokiji looked forward, filled with question marks.
"What the hell is Borsalino doing?"
Veins bulged on Akainu's forehead.
"That slacker bastard. If he can't win, why isn't he retreating!?"
But Kizaru's screams were growing more desperate.
The two Admirals had no choice but to abandon their current cleanup operations and rush over.
Before leaving, Akainu glanced at the dozens of pirate ships docked nearby. With a cold snort, he said:
"There's no time to destroy them all, but we can't let them escape either. Kuzan, freeze the sea."
Aokiji nodded, placed his hand into the ocean, and called out:
"Ice Age!"
In an instant, a pure white frost spread from his palm, freezing the entire sea into a solid sheet.
All the ships on the water were locked in place.
The freezing spread so far that it even reached the Sabaody Archipelago's shores, stunning the civilians and pirates alike.
Seeing the land and sea coated in white, many gasped in fear.
"Let's go see what that idiot is doing," Akainu growled as he stomped toward the auction house.
Inside the auction house…
"Sir, this is the Zoan-type Devil Fruit: Sheep-Sheep Fruit, Alpaca Form. Eat it and you'll transform into an alpaca…"
The auctioneer's hands trembled as he offered the fruit forward.
Naruto gave him a glance and made no move to pay.
"If you want money, ask your boss Doflamingo."
The auctioneer shivered in terror.
Naruto, however, focused only on Kizaru. With a cheerful smile, he said in a voice as sweet as a wolf tricking Little Red Riding Hood:
"Borsalino~ come on, open up and take a bite. This stuff's delicious~"
Kizaru broke out in cold sweat, clenching his mouth shut and shaking his head like a rattle drum.
He didn't dare utter a word, for fear Naruto would take the chance to shove the fruit down his throat.
To most, a Devil Fruit was a priceless treasure worth 100 million Berries.
To him, right now, it was pure poison.
A harbinger of death.
After a few failed attempts, Naruto didn't give up. He spat into his hands and gripped Kizaru's jaw with full force.
"OPEN UP, YOU BASTARD!!"
"MMMMPH!!"
Kizaru's eyes bulged as he used all his strength to keep his mouth shut.
By the time Aokiji and Akainu arrived, they were greeted with this… bizarre scene.
Naruto straddling Kizaru, trying to pry his mouth open, while Kizaru flailed like a captured beast.
Akainu's temple twitched furiously.
"BORSALINO!!! What the hell are you doing!? You're a Marine Admiral!!"
Upon hearing them, Kizaru's eyes lit up as if he'd seen salvation.
He struggled frantically and began blinking and winking at the two.
"MMMMPH!!"
Akainu was livid.
"Why the hell aren't you saying anything!? You lose your voice or something!?"
Kizaru almost snapped.
Of course he couldn't speak—there was a damn Devil Fruit right next to his mouth!
Thankfully, Aokiji remained calm. He took one look at the fruit in Naruto's hand and his pupils shrank.
"He's… he's trying to force Kizaru to eat a second Devil Fruit."
Akainu inhaled sharply. Without another word, his fist flared with magma and he threw a punch.
"WAIT, DON'T—!!"
Kizaru couldn't hold it in anymore and shouted.
Naruto's eyes lit up.
The moment Kizaru opened his mouth—bam!—Naruto shoved the Devil Fruit in.
"MMMPH!!"
Kizaru's eyes bulged again as he did everything he could to stop himself from swallowing.
BOOOOM!!!
Akainu's magma fist crashed down.
In the instant before it hit, Naruto vanished using Hiraishin.
Then—
"AAAAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!"
Screams like a slaughtered pig echoed through the air.
Kizaru jumped three feet into the air, writhing as magma burned his body.
"SAKAZUKI!! YOU BASTARD, ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?"
Tears welled up in Kizaru's eyes.
He shifted his Busoshoku Haki from his mouth to the rest of his body, finally resisting the heat.
Then he dropped to his knees and began vomiting violently.
Just to be safe, he even shoved fingers down his throat to induce more vomiting.
Aokiji and Akainu both grimaced.
"What the hell happened to you? Why didn't you use your elemental form?"
Kizaru's face was ashen.
"Didn't you see the golden chains wrapped around me!?"
"Chains?"
"Chains?"
The two Admirals looked around, confused.
"…You don't have any chains on you."
Kizaru froze.
He looked down.
The golden chains—had vanished.
His face darkened like a storm cloud.
Murderous intent erupted from his eyes.
He turned toward the distant golden-haired youth.
His body transformed into light.
And he roared:
"UZUMAKI NARUTOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Before their stunned eyes, the usually lazy, apathetic Kizaru erupted with unimaginable fury and power.
"Yasakani no Magatama!!! (Eightfold Jewel Beads!!)"
(End of Chapter)
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