"This guy, huh!?"
Trafalgar Law carefully studied Uchiha Shisui, but the longer he looked, the deeper his frown became.
"So weak. Way too weak. Even if he knows these so-called 'ninjutsu,' what kind of power can he actually bring out with such a frail body?"
The pirates behind him were equally puzzled.
In their world, whether a Devil Fruit user, a swordsman, a sniper, a navigator, or even a doctor—there was always a common baseline: a powerful body.
And if someone wasn't naturally strong, they would master Armament Haki to strengthen themselves.
Because in the seas, the body itself was the strongest weapon—without exception. No one could imagine a second kind of combat system.
"I'll go!"
From the pirate crowd stepped out a towering man nearly three meters tall, his fists the size of sandbags, darkening to pure black as Armament Haki coated them.
Seeing this, the other pirates nodded slightly:
"Right, that's Regula, captain of the Bullfighting Pirates. I remember his bounty is four hundred million berries. In the New World, he's considered a powerhouse…"
"He's mastered Armament Haki—he can represent us in this fight."
"And I recall he ate the Bull-Bull Zoan Fruit. His strength is monstrous. Once, he lifted an entire battleship on his own…"
Under countless eyes, Regula's body swelled, black fur sprouting, two pairs of sharp horns growing from his temples.
He transformed into a half-man, half-bull beast.
Shisui clicked his tongue in wonder. The other world truly was incredible.
He couldn't sense any chakra in the man, yet he could become such a monstrous creature—something akin to the Inuzuka clan's secret techniques.
"Oi, ninja! Ready yourself!?" Regula roared, barely able to contain his eagerness to charge. Excitement steamed from his nostrils in twin jets of white mist.
"Come then! I want to see just what you pirates are capable of!" Shisui answered without fear.
Once the strongest of the Uchiha clan, he would never allow himself to lose to some ordinary pirate.
"Urrraaaagh!!!"
Regula bellowed, stomping forward like a raging bull, his Armament-coated fist swinging down.
In his view, Shisui displayed incredible speed, slipping left and right, never once letting Regula land a hit. Instead, his punches cratered the ground, leaving pit after pit.
Frustrated and embarrassed, Regula went full beast-form, horns covered in Armament as he charged wildly, smashing through everything in his path.
Yet instead of cheering, the pirates watching grew pale.
Law's eyes widened in shock.
"What's going on? I can't even see him making a move…"
Before their eyes, Regula rampaged like a mad bull—smashing rocks, toppling trees—while Shisui stood calmly in the center, untouched.
And all Shisui had done… was glance at him.
"Genjutsu. Regula's caught in an illusion." Law narrowed his eyes, realizing the truth.
He muttered in awe:
"So this is the power of these ninjas. Terrifying—turning people into puppets with a single look…"
He thought of Doflamingo's Parasite Strings. Those could control a victim's body like a puppet.
But compared to Shisui's illusion? Doflamingo's ability wasn't even worth mentioning. They weren't on the same level at all.
"Hmph! I have Observation Haki! I won't be fooled by some illusion trick!" Another pirate stormed forward angrily.
Shisui cast a genjutsu on him—but the pirate shrugged it off with his Haki.
"See!? It doesn't work on me, you weakling ninja!" he roared smugly, clenching his fist as he charged.
He believed that one solid punch would knock this fragile man unconscious.
He only worried about controlling his strength—not killing him outright, or else Lord Naruto might be upset.
But the moment his punch landed on Shisui's chest—
Bang!
Wood exploded into countless splinters.
The pirate's face went blank with confusion. Why had the man turned into wood!?
"Careful!" Law barked a warning.
"That's the legendary Substitution Jutsu! He's nearby!"
The pirate's scalp prickled as he spread his Haki, finally spotting Shisui perched on a tree trunk nearby.
"When did he get there!?"
Shisui's hands blurred into seals as he said coolly:
"You pirates may have strong bodies—but don't underestimate the power of shinobi. Otherwise, you might die here."
His chest expanded—and then he spat forth a raging fireball.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu! (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!)"
The searing blaze roared into a massive sphere, slamming straight into the pirate's chest and blasting him back.
He tumbled across the ground before crashing into a wall, face pale as he stared at his scorched chest.
If not for hastily using Armament Haki, that fire would have left him critically injured—or worse.
Law muttered in disbelief:
"Flames… In the seas, only the Mera Mera no Mi can create something like that. Yet these ninjas wield it freely…"
One after another, more pirates tried challenging Shisui.
But none prevailed.
Illusions, substitution, fire, lightning, water—he overwhelmed them with one strange, terrifying ninjutsu after another.
Before long, every pirate had been humbled.
"That guy's insane. Besides fire, he even shot lightning at me—I almost got fried alive…" one muttered, still shaken.
Another nodded grimly:
"You think that's bad? I'm a Devil Fruit user—he spat out torrents of water! I nearly drowned on the spot…"
A third, pale as a ghost, whispered:
"You're lucky. He dragged me underground, left only my head sticking out. I thought I was going to be buried alive…"
(End of Chapter)
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