With the System by his side, Taro could dispel toxins, so naturally, he did not fear Magellan.
As the highest combat power in Impel Down, Magellan bore the mission of suppressing countless evil-doers, and he certainly had enough confidence to defeat Taro.
The two faced off for a moment before Magellan suddenly opened his large mouth. Purple-black poisonous gas continuously spewed from his mouth, quickly filling the entire room.
[Toxin detected approaching. Dispel?]
Taro naturally chose to dispel it. His Internal Energy surged wildly; as soon as the approaching poisonous gas got close, it was immediately separated by the Internal Energy. The residual toxins turned into poisonous liquid and dripped onto the ground, making a "hissing" corrosive sound.
After this fight, your office is going to be ruined, brother!
The continuous outflow of Internal Energy eventually formed a cyclone around Taro, pushing back the encroaching poisonous gas and protecting a range of about one meter around him.
However, the pervasive poisonous gas also obstructed Taro's vision, making it impossible for him to see Magellan's position clearly.
Fortunately, Taro's Internal Energy was still automatically operating Observation Haki, so he could confirm that there were no anomalies within a 5-meter radius.
Magellan, standing within the poison cloud, was not affected in the slightest. He could clearly see Taro's movements and, of course, saw the cyclone appearing around Taro dispelling his poison cloud.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and Magellan's expression became much more serious as he thought to himself:
"This young man named Taro is indeed not simple. The results of the previous probe were certainly no coincidence."
He took a deep breath.
"Toxic Pufferfish."
Immediately after, he spat out a purple poison ball from his mouth, which flew rapidly toward Taro.
Taro heard Magellan's voice, and his Observation Haki sensed the vibration in the air almost at the same time. Without thinking, he stepped to the side.
Following that, increasingly dense poison balls flew over. Taro dodged and maneuvered through the poison cloud, constantly evading Magellan's attacks while charging forward.
"There!" After rushing forward for a while, Taro finally discovered Magellan's position. After dodging another attack, Taro leapt into the air.
"Rankyaku: Katori!"
With a horizontal sweep of his right leg, the blue-white Internal Energy transformed into a bird-shaped slash, cutting through the poison cloud and striking toward Magellan.
At this moment, the distance between the two was less than 5 meters, and the attack arrived in an instant. However, Magellan did not panic.
"Poison Dragon!"
With a low shout, a dragon-shaped poisonous liquid suddenly extended from Magellan's back. The Poison Dragon opened its large maw and swallowed Taro's attack whole.
"Bang!"
The Poison Dragon exploded, and poisonous liquid splashed everywhere, but Taro's attack was blocked just like that.
[Poison Dragon learned successfully.]
Taro was stunned for a moment upon receiving the prompt, then felt a surge of wild joy. This was beyond his expectations—could he even learn Moves from the Doku Doku no Mi? Wouldn't that make him invincible!
However, the System's next prompt brought him back to reality.
[Lacking necessary toxin conditions. Poison Dragon Move converted to Non-toxic Qi Dragon.]
Taro was speechless. What's the point if there's no poison? A Qi Dragon? This is freaking annoying me!
I'm so pissed off!
One of Magellan's Poison Dragons was destroyed, but he quickly condensed three more. His entire body was also wrapped in poisonous liquid, which continuously dripped onto the floor.
If they kept fighting like this, this place would truly be unusable.
Taro looked at the increasing amount of poison on the ground, his mouth twitching twice.
Then, with a sudden burst, he rapidly closed in on Magellan, clenched both fists, and shouted,
"Six Powers Profound Truth: Rokuogan!"
Powerful force emanated from his fists, instantly hitting Magellan's massive body. Simultaneously, the three Poison Dragons lunged down at Taro from above.
Magellan's Doku Doku no Mi is a Paramecia-type type, not a Logia-type type. Although his whole body was covered in poison, he could not turn his body into an element like a Logia-type user.
Therefore, the powerful impact of Taro's strike hit Magellan's body squarely. He let out a muffled groan, forcefully resisting the force.
Ultimately, his body swayed violently several times before he retreated several steps in succession.
Meanwhile, the three Poison Dragons bit Taro into their mouths. A large amount of poisonous liquid gathered toward Taro along the bodies of the Poison Dragons, surrounding him completely.
Having stabilized himself, Magellan looked at the poison-wrapped Taro, hesitating whether to withdraw his ability. Suddenly, the poison splashed outward, and Taro's figure actually broke through the liquid and rushed out.
Taro took two deep breaths of fresh air, shook his hands, and said crossly, "I'm done fighting. Magellan, are you trying to suffocate me?"
When he was wrapped in the thick poisonous liquid, Taro frantically channeled his Internal Energy. But no matter how much he dispelled, the poison kept appearing continuously. That one-meter radius of space around him almost suffocated him.
Seeing Taro emerge from his poison completely unharmed, Magellan's eyes gleamed. After a long silence, he finally spoke slowly,
"You indeed have a way to be immune to my poison attacks. I had my suspicions from the moment we met!"
Taro blanked for a moment, then smiled. "Warden Magellan, if I didn't have some skills, wouldn't I have been poisoned to death long ago?"
"Don't worry. After all, we are colleagues. Even if you were poisoned, I would have given you the antidote."
As Magellan spoke, he waved his hand, and the Poison Dragons behind him were instantly retracted into his body. He then opened his mouth and took a deep breath, and the poison cloud filling the room was quickly sucked into his stomach.
"I agree to your request. Let's go..." As Magellan was speaking, his stomach made a series of gurgling sounds. He clutched his stomach with his hand. "Wait a moment!"
He then ran into the toilet at high speed, followed immediately by a series of "refreshing" sounds.
Taro: "..."
As expected of the iron-gut shut-in, my Warden Magellan!
No one knew how much time had passed before the sound of flushing finally rang out from the toilet. Taro, who had been tormented by the series of sounds to the point of wanting to die, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A completely relieved Magellan walked back out and said to Taro with some embarrassment,
"The soup I had this morning seemed like poison soup; it made my stomach a bit uncomfortable. Sorry. Now, let's go."
It's clearly because you sucked in too much poisonous gas just now, okay?
Taro complained in his heart as he followed Magellan out.
Hannybal, who had long since grown impatient waiting outside, began to shout.
"Magellan, it's useless even if you threaten the Special Envoy. The position of Warden is mine! Ah, I misspoke..."
"Thump!"
Magellan directly punched Hannybal, interrupting his nonsense. "Having such a subordinate is truly a headache!"
"I think Vice Warden Hannybal is actually quite excellent," Taro laughed.
He knew that Magellan actually valued Hannybal very much, and the two had a good relationship; after all, they had been together for 20 years.
Moreover, in terms of being devoted to his duties, Hannybal was actually quite good. Magellan's position as Warden was indeed handed over to Hannybal later on.
Hearing Taro's praise, Hannybal was instantly overjoyed, as if he had already obtained that long-dreamed-of position.
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