By then, there were no words between them.
Nika charged forward as he blasted his fists at Shinra, trying to bring him down, but Shinra didn't do much and just dodged as he kept slashing his blade while using the power of Yami Yami no Mi to absorb Luffy's energy.
Nika's power was just too cheating, after all, since no matter what kind of attacks were sent by him, all of them quickly turned into cartoon-like and before they could miss.
If Shinra used his black fire, Amaterasu, which wouldn't die no matter what, somehow, he could imagine Nika would just pluck it up from his body while rolling on the ground like an old American cartoon character, and the fire would be erased even though it should be impossible.
'Cartoon... no, it should be a fiction?'
To make everything that is in fiction become real, to make everyone's wishes come true.
This is the power of Nika.
It was a tempting power, but when he saw how Luffy's face would enlarge, his eyes swelled up, and his body became big, then small, completely unpredictable.
No, it was impossible to guess!
All attacks were meaningless, and nothing could be done, yet Shinra knew that no matter how powerful the Devil Fruit was, the core of everything had always been the physical ability of the user.
Without good physical ability, how could one support using that power for so long?
While some people might be able to reach the "Awakening" of their Devil Fruit without good physical ability, such as Uta, in the One Piece original move, she had the help of a certain demon that could replenish her energy, or she simply became one with it. In such a situation, she could use her power for so long, even though one as weak as her would definitely die if she kept using her power like that without restraint.
At this moment, more or less, Luffy was in the same situation as Uta, but unlike Uta, who got the help of a certain entity, Luffy was supported by the soul that dwelt inside his Devil Fruit, Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, except for experience, and many abilities that were owned by Nika, he was more or less the same.
If Luffy couldn't defeat Shinra at the shortest moment, then he might die.
No, he would die.
From this moment on, as his stamina was drained, where would Luffy get his energy from?
It was the future.
Yup, the future.
By draining Luffy's lifeforce itself, Nika grew stronger.
After this battle, Luffy might not be able to live for so long, which made Shinra sigh, but if Nika was defeated, then how could he bring salvation to the world, right?
'Don't worry, I will take care of this world well.'
There were many important people that he had made in this world, so of course, he would take care of them, but before that, he would defeat Nika to claim his sovereignty over this world.
Many might question him, but if Nika and Im could become the king of this world, why couldn't it be Shinra?
Still, to defeat Nika, Shinra would take his time, slowly, patiently, like a hunter that preyed upon his target, waiting for the right moment to start, yet as Nika met those eyes of his, he shuddered before he continued to laugh bravely and charged forward. "I WILL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!"
"...can you talk about something else?"
As the two had their battle, the others also had their last moment of battle, whether it was the Marines or the pirates, all of them gave their all since the conclusion of this battle was about to be finalized.
"Go and help, Nika!"
"Don't let him lose!"
"He is our hope!"
All the pirates were desperate, and even if many died, many of them continued to stand up, trying to support Nika!
Yes, Nika!
Even if it was their first meeting, they knew that Nika was their only hope.
If Nika was defeated, they would have no hope. All of them would be as good as over!
So, even if it would cost their lives, they would sacrifice everything for their victor!
"DIE MARINES!"
"NIKAAAAAAA!!!"
"WE PIRATES WILL DEFINITELY WIN!"
Yet, the Marines also never lost their spirits, even facing those cruel and desperate pirates!
All of them knew that they stood on the side of justice, and not evil, especially when they were led by Shinra!
Probably, only Coby, who was just a coward, and didn't dare to fight, and just wished for the war to end.
However, besides war, what kind of method could solve the piracy problem?
Talking?
What were you?
A shounen manga protagonist?
If Coby were Luffy or Naruto, he might be able to influence everyone with his words, but he was just Coby, whose talents were taken, and he wasn't like Luffy or Naruto, whose powers were even better than nuclear weapons, so whether others wanted to or not, they had to listen to their words.
Power.
This was the key to everything; without it, nothing could be done, and because of that, Nika, who was weaker than Shinra, lost everything!
As Shinra never tried to face Nika directly, dodging like a butterfly and striking his attack like a bee, he then gave the finishing blow to Nika, whose limit started to be shown.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!
"IT HURTS!!!!!!!!!!"
Nika, who was blown away, had crashed as he screamed in pain as blood gushed out from the large gash in his chest.
Yet, even so, his face was still smiling as if nothing serious had happened.
Still, if someone came so close, they would see how desperate Nika was.
"Well, your power is good, but it has a limit, especially when your user is so weak."
If Luffy had trained first, and combined with the plot power, the result might have changed, but as Luffy didn't have two years of training, it was easy for Shinra to defeat Luffy, no matter how Luffy had been powered up by Nika.
While Nika wanted to say something, Shinra stomped on Nika's chest, causing an earthquake-like impact on the surroundings, which worsened Nika's injury.
"Gah!"
Nika was at his wits' end, but Shinra wouldn't give him a chance since it was known that the villain was defeated when they talked a lot.
"..."
Wait, was he the villain?
Well, probably, in the eyes of the opposition, he might be, but he believed the world would be better under him.
As he thought so, he swung his blade, ready to behead Nika, completely killing him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
"GO FOR IT, VICE ADMIRAL KUROYAGI!"
"THE MARINES WIN!"
While the pirates were in their desperation, the Marines were filled with hope, thinking that victory was just before their eyes, only—
"GALAXY IMPACT!"
As Shinra's sharp blade was about to cut Nika's head, a large, powerful fist smashed him!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!