Chapter 218: Luffy Vs Fukurou, Continued
“Ouch, that hurts!”
Luffy crawled up from the rubble and broken bricks, touched his face, and the fresh blood on his fingertips proved that the pain was real; he was indeed injured. The Rubber Human wasn’t afraid of ordinary physical impacts and blunt weapon strikes, but sharp weapons like swords could still hurt him.
Fukurou wasn’t carrying any swords or weapons.
However, as former CP9 agents, their bodies themselves were the strongest weapons.
Since the Iron Body series of Rokushiki derivative techniques he developed himself were useless against Luffy, Fukurou naturally changed his combat style. He knew Finger Pistol and Tempest Kick too; mastering Rokushiki was one of the standards for passing the assessment to become a CP9 member.
However, he didn’t forget the order not to kill the Straw Hat kid. Finger Pistol and Tempest Kick were just to add pressure to Luffy, not to actually kill him.
“Straw Hat kid, is that all you’ve got? If that’s all your ability, forget saving your companion—you’re staying here today! Chapapa chapapa!!”
Fukurou was having a lot of fun.
The Rubber Human’s durability extended the game time dramatically; this was the first time he’d encountered such a useful punching bag.
“I’ve figured it out!”
Luffy wiped the blood from his face, revealing a faint smile.
“What?”
“That high-speed movement technique of yours—I’ve figured it out. It’s by rapidly stepping on the ground dozens of times in succession to generate explosive reaction force for high-speed movement, right?” Luffy flexed his fist, and his feet on the stone suddenly moved. “Like this!!”
The moment the words fell,
Luffy disappeared from his spot.
“Huh?!”
Fukurou was stunned for a moment but instantly moved as well. Just as he vanished from his spot, Luffy appeared behind him and swung a fierce punch, but it was slightly too late—his fist missed. Fukurou instead appeared above Luffy’s head and swung a fierce punch down.
“Beast Strictness.”
A derivative technique of Finger Pistol—not attacking with fingers, but a variation using punches. It lacked Finger Pistol’s powerful piercing force but enhanced area strike power.
Under the premise of not killing Luffy, using Beast Strictness to fight was much more useful than Finger Pistol for training the kid.
The fist hit Luffy’s nape squarely.
The fierce punch wind stirred up sand and dust on the ground. That punch would have blasted the brain out of a normal person, but this Rubber Human merely flew out, crashed through two broken walls and an abandoned house, then shook his head as if nothing happened and crawled back up.
“Damn! Was my movement still too obvious?”
Luffy annoyedly touched his head, reflecting on his mistake.
The motion for using that move was too conspicuous, and the preparation time was a bit long, allowing the opponent to easily dodge his attack and counter with a punch of his own.
However,
At this time, cold sweat was also beading on Fukurou’s forehead.
That earlier move… was the real deal Rokushiki: Shaving. Had this Straw Hat kid learned Shaving through some channel before? Or… had he learned one of the Rokushiki techniques—Shaving—in this short time? That speed, that efficiency—was it too terrifying?
How long had it taken him to learn Shaving back then? There were instructors personally teaching them, yet it still took him a full three days to master it, which was the second fastest among his batch of CP colleagues, only behind Lucci who took a day and a half.
And the Straw Hat kid?
It had only been half a day so far?
“I kind of get why His Highness gave that order.” Fukurou touched his big head, somewhat understanding Elus’s strange command.
Polishing— no wonder he used the word “polishing.”
This must be it, what’s it called—Gems? Or raw stone? Once polished, it would shine with its own brilliance!
The combat lull lasted only a few seconds.
In an instant, Fukurou and Luffy clashed again. Unlike before when Luffy was passively taking hits, Luffy, now having mastered Shaving, could barely keep up with Fukurou’s movements and was continuously familiarizing himself with Shaving’s properties through actual combat, with his speed gradually improving.
As his opponent, Fukurou could feel that astonishing improvement speed more clearly than Luffy himself—like a rocket up his butt, skyrocketing!
He, known as “Owl,” was gradually feeling the strain. Luffy’s Shaving was getting better and better, making him feel powerless…
“Your speed has slowed down!”
Suddenly,
Luffy spoke up.
“Bastard, who’s slowing down?! Chapapa chapapa!” Fukurou puffed out his cheeks in anger. Was this damn Straw Hat kid mocking him on purpose?
“Hey, if you have no other tricks, I’m going to take you down!”
Luffy declared.
This made Fukurou even angrier. Looking down on who? Did he really think he was easy to bully? If not for His Highness’s order…
“Ah!!!”
A punch fierce to the extreme landed squarely on Fukurou’s face. The heavy force, mixed with a familiar feel, sent Fukurou spinning away.
He crashed through three abandoned houses in one go, the falling stones smashing into the sand and dust, kicking up clouds of smoke and dust.
Fukurou felt his face go numb.
If he hadn’t reinforced his facial muscles with Iron Body, that punch would’ve knocked him out cold.
“My… this is my Beast Strictness?! Chapapa chapapa!!!” Fukurou crawled out from the rubble and shouted.
“That’s right, that’s definitely my Beast Strictness! You stole my Beast Strictness, chapapa chapapa!”
Fukurou was unhappy.
It was one thing to have the basic Rokushiki learned from him, but Beast Strictness was his unique technique—even Lucci didn’t know it. He never expected it to be stolen by the Straw Hat kid here.
“Hee hee! This move of yours is pretty good. It’s called Beast Strictness, right? Then I’ll call this Rubber Beast Strictness Gun!” Luffy said with a grin.
The utterly casual naming left even Fukurou speechless. Adding “rubber” in front and “gun” at the end—his ultimate technique was thus transformed into someone else’s.
But—
Getting angry was useless!
Fukurou felt the lingering pain on his face and realized the upcoming battle wouldn’t be as easy as before; a single mistake could lead to capsizing.
Earlier, they had discussed finding suitable situations with prepared excuses to withdraw for better mission completion… Now it seemed completely unnecessary. He probably wouldn’t get to use those pre-planned preparations this time!
“Rubber Beast Strictness Gun!”
Luffy, brimming with fighting spirit, charged again relentlessly.
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