Chapter 198: Coby, the Hero!
Splash!
The sound of something heavy dropping into the water was heard, but no one could react as they could only fall into a state of confusion, anxiety, fear, and even worship.
Kuroyagi.
This was the strongest Vice Admiral in the Marines, and probably one of the strongest.
No, they knew themselves that Shinra was the strongest, but deep inside, they couldn't admit that.
Shinra didn't care what they thought as he knew well that even if he was powerful, each of the admirals had their own advantages, especially those who had a Logia type of Devil Fruit.
'Well, only Kizaru is troublesome.'
As for the rest of the Marines, he had never thought much of them.
Only Kizaru, this guy, who had the speed of light, and even manipulated light to create a hologram. The famous Zefa and many others often scolded him for wasting himself on the development of the Devil Fruit, and didn't train as hard as others in physical ability.
Yet, even if Kizaru's physical ability wasn't as strong, those masters of physical abilities definitely couldn't be his opponent, since their speed definitely couldn't match his, no matter how proud they were of their physical ability.
"Well, it's quite a difficult battle."
Shinra felt that Garp was okay, but as expected, Garp was old. Aging. This was the problem of every person in this world. In their youth, they were all mighty and could do whatever they wished, but when they grew older, they were frail and couldn't do anything.
Even if Garp was powerful now, in the future, he would be powerless, but unfortunately, none of his family could take care of him, considering the nature of the professions of his son and grandson.
The fact that the World Government didn't kill Garp and publicly executed him in front of everyone to draw out Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, an organization whose purpose was to overthrow the World Government.
'Well, that guy is useless, though.'
Shinra had never paid much attention to Dragon, the guy, who could only sweat as he looked into the ocean. Moreover, while Dragon's purpose might appear good, he was incompetent since all he did was just to overthrow the nobles in certain countries, then let the people govern themselves.
Yet, how could people who spent their days on the farm, or those simpletons whose advantage was just their muscles, govern the country?
While it might be frightening, Shinra had a feeling that Dragon, the creator of the Revolutionary Army, was similar to Garp and Luffy, an idiot.
Then again, their existence didn't really matter to him since all he needed was the power of Nika.
As long as he gained the power of Nika, everything would be all right.
There was no need to wait for the savior of this world to come, since Shinra would be their savior.
As he thought so, Garp had been blown away by him, so Shinra had no need to pretend anymore and just walked toward Luffy, who was unconscious due to Garp's beating. Yet as he was about to activate his Eye of Usurp on Luffy, someone tried to block him.
"Vice Admiral Kuroyagi, what are you planning to do?"
Coby stood in front of Luffy, trying to make himself as big as he had been in front of Shinra, trying to block him. He wasn't sure why he did this, but somehow, his body subconsciously moved, and all of a sudden, Shinra was standing before him.
"Oh, you can notice me?" Shinra asked with a gentle smile.
Gulp!
Coby didn't know why, despite Shinra lacking that brutality, beastliness, or a monster-like aura, he exuded a darker and more fearsome aura that made him tremble and fall on his own as his body was drenched with cold sweat.
"What's wrong, Shinra?" Kuzan came to Shinra's side and asked curiously, "You are not going to kill that grandson, right?"
"Of course not." Shinra shook his head softly. "I don't like trouble, so how can I provoke that Marine Hero?"
"...was that sarcasm?"
"Why did you say that? I am telling the truth." Shinra looked speechless at Kuzan.
"Because you defeated him, okay? You have become the strongest Marines now~! How scary~!"
"I think that you are the most frightening since you have the speed of light. Moreover, as you are close to Vegapunk, you can also ask him how to develop your Devil Fruit."
"Hmm..." Kizaru rubbed his chin as he was in deep thought. "Now that you mention it, I haven't asked him about how to develop my Devil Fruit, but that's a good idea. I will do it later."
"Go and become the Fleet Admiral, Admiral Kizaru! Make us, the subordinates, only work for eight hours a day!"
"I will do my best!"
To become the Fleet Admiral, Kizaru knew that he had to defeat Kuzan and Akainu, and because of that, he had to become stronger. He felt that instead of developing his physical ability, which was tiring, painful, and took a lot of time, as Shinra had said before, it was better to ask Vegapunk, the smartest man in the world, how to develop the Pika Pika no Mi.
"By the way, what's wrong with this boy? Oh, my, you scared him that he even pissed himself!"
As Kizaru had said, Coby, who had fallen on the ground, pissed himself, as he showed his cowardly and scared face.
"Don't make me sound like a bully." Shinra was speechless as he patted Coby's shoulder. "He might look like this, but his Observation Haki is awesome. He can even notice me when I erase my presence."
"Geez, say it like you mean it, okay? I know that you aren't even serious about hiding your presence."
If Shinra was serious about erasing his presence, especially with his ninja knowledge, Blink, a martial art that made him able to move in the blind spot, Iro Iro no Mi, which turned him invisible, and also his mastery over the Observation Haki, and also the Supreme King Haki, who could find him?
If somehow Shinra was able to take the Suke Suke no Mi, then he would simply be undetected.
Yet, even if he didn't have the Suke Suke no Mi, with the rest of his abilities, he believed that he could become undetected, especially since it was rare to see someone master the Observation Haki.
Still, as Shinra left with Kizaru, Helmeppo quickly came to Coby's side!
"Coby!"
Yet, Coby couldn't respond as he passed out.
Was it due to fear?
Or was it due to something else?
Still, Shinra had used his Eye of Usurp on Coby.
Also—
"Give me the swords of that green-haired swordman on Vice Admiral Garp's grandson's crew."
"Yes, Sir!"
Zoro, whose swords were taken, couldn't do anything as he passed out from the impact of the battle between Garp and Shinra, which blew him up, and also wasn't protected by Kizaru and Kuzan.
Still, Shinra might not be able to gain the power of Nika, but his gains weren't bad at all, especially when he also gained Nami~!