Chapter 150: [Repel] Cleaning
(T/N: I'm back, guys! Thesis defended! 🎉 I can finally focus on updating for a while now. Well… mostly. My thesis has been defended, so I just need to do a few minor revisions.
Hmm? Did I already mention my thesis was defended? Oh well—MY THESIS IS DEFENDED! 😆)
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Aokiji transformed back into a tireless machine for executing justice.
While waiting for Genus to breed enough low-quality Monsters, he also continuously performed hero activities to build up his progress bar.
Relying on his current exaggerated movement speed,
nearly 70% of Monster incidents were resolved by him alone.
Those with self-awareness who could communicate, those with Training value, or human Monsters who mutated due to obsession but had little desire for destruction—
these were brought back to the Monster Association.
Through a brainwashing device, their memories of Aokiji bringing them to the Monster Association were erased.
Furthermore, these Monsters were strictly forbidden from leaving the base until their strength improved and their appearance changed.
This was to prevent them from being discovered after going out, which might lead people to associate their appearance with Monsters defeated and taken away by Aokiji.
"Roar, roar, roar!!!"
A Monster formed by countless rats roared.
It was roughly the size of a truck and mixed with disgusting fluids from the sewers, leaving Mizuki with no way to attack it.
"Wahhh, so gross, so gross!"
A swarm of rats erupted from the Giant Rat's body, biting at her.
Mizuki dodged in a panic.
Her thigh muscles were clearly defined, bursting with power like a sprinter at the start of a hundred-meter race as she evaded the incoming swarm.
Seeing their attack dodged,
the separated rat swarm scurried back into the Giant Rat.
Mizuki had a conflicted look of disgust on her face.
She held a specially made baton that could switch into various forms like a javelin or a vaulting pole.
This weapon suited the techniques she had developed as a former athlete.
However, she was helpless against the Giant Rat Monster before her.
Because it wasn't a single individual, stabbing a javelin into it would kill a few dozen rats at most.
For the massive swarm that composed the Giant Rat, it was insignificant.
"I can only stall and wait for a Senior with enough firepower to come and support me."
Mizuki gripped her baton tightly.
She wore a short-sleeved sports shirt and shorts; her wheat-colored skin added charm to her smooth muscles, and her athletic, slender body lines radiated vitality.
But all Mizuki wanted was to change her clothes.
This Monster was too disgusting!
The mucus stained from the sewers, containing unknown components, emitted a heavy stench.
She didn't want to touch it at all!
Blood or sweat would be acceptable.
But this thing was completely beyond her limit!
The Giant Rat Monster was like a spring, its massive body compressing as the rats inside squealed and shrieked.
In the next second, it was about to erupt!
Mizuki watched with a tense expression, determined to dodge this disgusting attack.
At that moment of heavy atmosphere—
A demon god descended from the heavens!!
A colossal humanoid Azure Dragon, enveloped in an air barrier compressed into white mist, moved at a terrifying speed that the optic nerve couldn't even react to!
He boldly swung down the Hassaikai(Kanabo)!!
BOOM—!!!
The swarm forming the Giant Rat couldn't even let out a scream.
They were all smashed into meat pies!
Under Aokiji's deliberate control, the road remained intact; as long as the Monster corpses were cleared, it could be used again immediately.
Mizuki froze.
After her brain processed the incident that happened in an instant, she cheered joyfully:
"Senior Aokiji! Thank goodness you came!!"
She looked at Aokiji's current form with adoration.
These scales! These muscles!
So perfect!
Not a single flaw could be found in the muscle lines across his body!
The sense of power even radiated into the air!
She had felt some regret about not seeing it with her own eyes last time.
Finally, she could appreciate it up close in reality!
It really is the perfect muscular form I imagined!
Mizuki scanned every inch of Aokiji's massive body's muscles with envy and adoration.
Aokiji raised the Hassaikai(Kanabo), which weren't stained with a single drop of blood.
The upper limit of the Giant Rat Monster was very average; the rats forming its body only had the physical strength of ordinary rats.
Even if more rats were integrated,
the physical strength wouldn't change. Forget about whether it would be crushed by its own weight; even dousing it in gasoline and setting it on fire could solve it.
It had no Training value.
It was ugly and disgusting.
He didn't even have the interest to turn it into an ice sculpture exhibit.
His dragon tail flicked as Aokiji turned to look at Mizuki and fell silent.
At this moment, Mizuki's gaze followed the movement of the thick, powerful dragon tail, then slowly moved to the muscular form displayed on Aokiji's front.
These muscles are too perfect... Aokiji asked Mizuki, who couldn't stop her appreciative gaze:
"Don't you need to take care of the blood on your leg?"
Mizuki looked down.
On her full, rounded thigh, filthy blood mixed with the stench of the sewers was flowing.
It was the blood that splattered when Aokiji smashed the Giant Rat Monster just now.
"Uwah! So gross!"
Mizuki hurriedly tried to wipe away the blood with her hands.
As a former athlete, she often trained until she was covered in sticky sweat, but this blood with the sewer stench was still too disgusting.
Mizuki patted and wiped,
but it only caused the bloodstain to smear over a larger area.
Aokiji couldn't bear to watch and stepped forward.
"My mistake. Let go of your hands, I'll help you get rid of it."
Mizuki obediently did as told.
Watching Aokiji's massive body crouch down, her eyes couldn't stop appreciating the perfect muscles up close again.
A broad palm pressed against her thigh.
That well-trained, rounded thigh, compared to Aokiji's dragon-transformed palm,
looked visually even more slender than a young girl's.
However, the tactile sensation of the elastic muscles after exercise would not disappear.
Mizuki also felt the warmth of the palm's touch.
She felt a bit bashful, but thinking that Senior Aokiji was just helping to clean up, she forced herself to relax and continued to admire the perfect muscles right before her eyes.
The Paw-Paw Fruit activated.
The [Repel] ability erupted!
With a wave, the blood stained on her left leg was repelled away.
"Alright, now for the right leg... what's wrong with you?"
Aokiji looked strangely at Mizuki, who had suddenly bent over slightly and taken a few steps back.
Mizuki's gaze shifted with a hint of panic.
"No, nothing, I just... I just got startled."
"What's there to be afraid of? Have you used a massage gun after training before? It's similar to that, just with a bit more power to help Repel the blood."
A bit more power... it seems like it's a bit too much, Senior Aokiji... it even reached... Mizuki lowered her head slightly, her tied high ponytail leaning forward, hiding her slightly flushed face.
Aokiji beckoned and continued:
"Come on, it's time for the right leg. After helping you clean up, I have to go deal with other Monsters."
The usually straightforward Mizuki actually hesitated for a few seconds.
Between the choices of [Opening her mouth to explain to Senior Aokiji to reduce the force] and [Making an excuse to refuse, saying she would clean it herself later],
she silently chose to remain silent and continue accepting Aokiji's [Repel] cleaning.
Mizuki tried to persuade herself internally.
It's just Senior helping to clean... don't think too much, Mizuki!
Senior Aokiji definitely doesn't know either!
He's just being kind and helping me; delaying any longer will affect Senior Aokiji's work!
Mizuki watched nervously as the large dragon claw approached.
It's, it's okay!
It was too sudden just now, I didn't realize this would happen.
This time I'm prepared, it won't be like that!
Buzz————
The Devil Fruit Ability penetrated and transmitted.
Waves surged.
The last of the blood was repelled away.
"Cleaning complete. If you still feel a bit dirty in your heart, go back and wash up."
"Mm-hmm..."
Mizuki lowered her head, responding in a low voice.
Wait until the hurricane roared and Aokiji used Shave to fly to the next location where a Monster appeared.
Only then did Mizuki stop forcing her weakened legs to stay straight and slumped onto the ground.
"Ugh, being prepared actually made me feel it more clearly..."
Mizuki stared blankly at her sports shorts.
"I should go back and wash up."
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"Mr. Aokiji." Genus dialed the phone, "The breeding quantity has reached the target."
"Good, I'll be right over."
Inside the bubble high in the sky,
Aokiji clenched his palm slightly, wiping away the residual body heat and fragrance.
Who will the next template be?