28 Reiju

Walter Benson stood with an arrogant expression in front of Reiju.

„What a beautiful young lady", said Benson with a grin. „Don't you want to join our side?"

Reiju laughed.

„You know, first I thought I was a noble princess that lived in a strong kingdom full of technology that could make the whole world jealous. But then a little brat dropped down from the sky and he made my father, that I feared since I was young, look like a pathetic clown"

Reiju smiled.

„But your little ambitious group isn't even even worth mentioning. Do you know how ambitious the brat is I call my boss? Hah, he dreams of things you couldn't even speak out loud without shitting your pants"

Then Reiju pointed with her finger at Benson and tendrils with thorns shoot out off the ground and attacked him.

But they didn't hit Benson because at the place where he stood was now a big stone.

„Behind you", said Benson and attacked Reiju with his fist.

But he didn't hit Reiju because she transformed in more than hundred petals that where flying in all directions.

A distance away from Benson the petals transformed back to a beautiful woman.

„Oh, so do you have some fruit that can teleport you? This is interesting. But this can't help you against me"

Benson frowned. He ate the swap swap fruit and can swap anything that he touched once, even himself. This island was his territory so he touched everything in case he had to fight against a strong enemy. The problem was his enemy, she ate a logia fruit that could control plants.

Maybe plants weren't as terrible as fire or ice, but only the foolish would think so. While fire and ice can only destroy and freeze, plants have many more uses.

Benson swapped his own body and was nowhere to be seen. Reiju smiled.

„So you want to play hide and seek? You think you can kill me with a sneak attack? That is so stupid"

After a short amount of time Reiju heard a scream from the distance.

She slowly walked towards the screaming guy and when she arrived, she saw a man who was captured by thorny tendrils.

„You know, plants are everywhere on this world. Most of the islands on the Grandline are full of plants and I am like a goddess who controls all of them. Every flower, every tree, every grass stalk… They are like my eyes and ears. Like my arms and feet. Do you think you can hide from me?"

Bensons face took a blue color at this moment. He wanted to swap himself to a distance so he can escape from this demon. But he couldn't move.

„Ah, did I mention that I had a special affinity with poison? Even before I ate this fruit I used poison in every fight. My boss told me that I and this plant plant fruit had a very good affinity with each other. I have to say, this guy is sometimes a little immature, but when he gets serious, he is smart"

Benson looked at Reiju and had the feeling this charming woman was a poison demon. It was hard to find someone in the Grandline who could beat him, but this girl was playing with him like he was a little child.

„Oh, did you realize how weak you are?", asked Reiju with a curious look. „This is the power of people from the New World. In front of them, you are a little bit lacking. Your little group is like a warm up for our team. My boss had things to do on the Grandline, this is the only reason we are here. This guy likes to show that he is a weak rookie but in reality he is a monstrous devil. Even your boss will learn this lesson"

Reiju laughed.

„I have the ambition to be one of the commanders under the rule of this ambitious devil. This guy was talking some nonsense, he said something about the power of the first hokage and that the plant plant fruit is really strong. Who is this first hokage? Well, it doesn't matter. He said that I can even rival with Hancock if I train enough, but at the moment I'm not at her level. Oh, this girl is such a monster. It will be hard to be as strong as her"

Reiju realized that her target lost conscious because of the poison.

„I promised Ezio that I wouldn't kill this guy. Why is he collecting people with devil fruit powers? Swap swap fruit isn't bad, but this guy isn't really strong. Ah, this is annoying. This guy had nearly 200 million belly? What a waste…"