One Piece: I Understand It Now

Chapter 21: Not Strong Enough!

'Get serious!' Ken shouted in his own mind as he activated his brian to its maximum power and analyzed the movement of the wolves.

From what he could see, they weren't that strong, and with his current power, even if he couldn't kill them, he shouldn't have much difficulty escaping. But this was because he had been training hard.

If all that effort had been for naught, that's where shit would have hit the fan.

"AWOOOOOOOOO!" One of the wolves roared as it launched itself head-on at Ken.

The young man jumped up to evade and to get a better look at the area, as his eyes had already adapted to the fog, not causing him any problems anymore.

He counted their numbers and came to the conclusion that there were a total of 4 currently, but they were far too little.

The way they were coordinated means they're most likely part of a big pack and that if he were to kill them, he might be chased by the others.

'Heh!' He chuckled as he prepared his body for impact.

*BOOOM*

"Ugh!" It had to be said that the jump earlier was a bit of a mistake, as one wolf took advantage of it to launch itself at him, making him unable to evade, and thus he was thrown all the way back till he hit a tree.

And before he could even get up.

"AWOOOO!" Anothe Wolf jumped at him, intent on pinning him to the ground and biting his head off.

"Not today!" Holding the wolf with his katana, the hot saliva smashed onto his face, making it sizzle and turn red. But the wolf was also not unscathed, as the katana was sharp and it made it whimper as blood slowly dripped out.

*Tuff*

Ken spat at the wolf and scanned his surroundings. Only a few seconds had passed since the start of the fight, and right now the other three wolves were rushing towards him to make sure he couldn't escape.

while scanning, he was still putting some effort on holding off the wolf, and barely a second passed before the wolf fell down with a *THUD*

The other wolves couldn't understand why their companion had fallen down until they saw him spasm and die with foam filled with blood on his mouth.

Ken got up, tapped himself, and pointed his sword at the wolves.

"You've wasted your chance. Prepare to die." He said.

Until now, he has been studying the movements of the wolves, and he had to say, no matter what they tried to do, they couldn't win against him.

His devil fruit's ability was showing more and more potential, surprising even him.

As the battle unfolded, he noticed how it was more useful during combat, and the experience he was so looking forward to gaining seemed like content on an open book that he could read with ease.

The wolves finally came back to their focused state, not giving their dead comrade a second look, and started circling around Ken.

But the young man didn't even need to look at them. He was waiting patiently, as if he had fought against them a thousand times.

He smiled in confidence and stood there waiting.

One second passed, and then two, and then three, and the moment a wolf decided to move its body forward.

*Thud*

Ken hit the ground with full power, his body's muscles exploding with power as his legs used their maximum output, and he launched himself at the wolf before it could even do so itself.

*AWOOOOOOOOO* 

The other two wolves shouted on their turn, but the young man had his focus solely on their other comrade. 

He was speeding up, going faster and faster sword in hand, ready to use one of the many slashing techniques he had learned until now.

"Say goodbye, little wolf."

*Slash* *Slash* *FWSHHHHHHHHHH*

*THUD*

In one swift motion, a blur of slashes that looked almost straight from a page of fiction fell down on the world, cutting its limbs one by one before smoothly removing its head from its place.

The move was so precise and masterful that all body parts fell at the same time, making a united noise.

Ken stopped in his tracks and raised his sword to look at it.

'This...' 

This was far beyond what he thought he was capable of doing.

"Hmm?" Suddenly he turned his head.

And there, a wolf larger and more ferocious-looking than the other 2 was coming down at him with bloody claws.

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