Chapter 381: Buggy vs Shiki
Shiki flies at a high speed toward Buggy who has landed on the ground and attacks using his sword legs. Now, Shiki finally uses his Armament Haki on his sword legs because, without it, he will never be able to injure Buggy using swords.
Buggy also uses his swords now because even if Shiki has gotten weaker, the old guy must still have the skills that have been engraved into his bones. So Buggy thinks he'll be able to learn a few things by fighting Shiki. Buggy treats this as a battle of swordsmen for now.
Shiki is floating while he attacks Buggy, so he can make unusual moves while maneuvering freely. He sends a high sidekick slash with his right sword leg which Buggy dodges by ducking a little. But then Shiki spins his body and sends a vertical slash kick with his left sword leg as Buggy ducks.
Buggy's body gets cut by Shiki's haki-coated left sword leg. But he doesn't get any damage because Buggy was splitting his body when the sword slashed him. His advanced Observation Haki made it possible for him to split his body right when the sword cuts him.
Shiki is surprised by it, but he stays calm and keeps focusing on Buggy who now sends a side slash. So he evades it by flying higher and then he attacks Buggy again by stabbing both his sword legs down at Buggy who raises both his swords from above.
Buggy blocks Shiki's sword legs with the sides of his swords. Then Buggy uses more strength and pushes Shiki back up. After that, Buggy sends a cross-slash attack toward Shiki who gets pushed quite hard.
Shiki evades the cross slash by flying sideways at the nick of time. But then he widens his eyes when he sees Buggy has arrived in front of him right after he evaded the cross slash. He sees Buggy swing the left sword upward diagonally, so he uses his right sword leg to block it.
Buggy had more physical power than him, so he gets pushed even further. He widens his eyes in disbelief when he sees Buggy send another attack while descending to the ground. Buggy spins his body while slashing his swords to create a slashing tornado like Zoro's skill. This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell--Bjjn site.
But Buggy's slashing tornado is bigger & stronger than what Zoro ever displayed so far, and it's dark blue. It also moves very fast, so Shiki doesn't have any chance to evade. The only thing Shiki can do is cover his body with Armament Haki in a defensive stance.
The dark blue slashing tornado hits Shiki and grinds him from all sides. It's like he's being trapped inside a spinning washing machine that had blades on its walls. Well, not like he knows what a washing machine is, and surely he isn't a step-pirate just because he is a pirate trapped in a washing machine.
It takes a while until the slashing tornado disappears. Shiki comes out of it in a rather bad shape. He has many cuts on his clothes, skin, and even his hair is getting cut, including the top part of the ship steering wheel stuck on his head.
Shiki's expression also changes now. He looks very serious and his gaze is very sharp. He looks very different from before when he still showed some expressions and talk while being angry. But now, he only has this cold serious expression.
Buggy's last attack has made him fully realize that there is a big gap between them. If Buggy decides to go all out, then he would get defeated instantly. But Buggy doesn't do it, so Shiki knows that Buggy is either playing with him or just testing him.
"DESTROYING THE EARTH: FALLING MOON ON THE LAND!" shouts Magnus while posing with one hand on the ground and the other in the air. Then he jumps quite high and curls up before falling among the enemies.
Meanwhile, Enel jumps at his opponent at a slow speed and sends his feet first. His opponent catches his feet, but then Enel parts his legs very wide and crosses his hands. "Take this attack taught to me by the Lord himself! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!"
"CRUSH MINE ENEMIES: HAMMER OF JUDGMENT DAY!" shouts Palu while striking his Warhammer down at his opponent.
Everyone is competing on who can make the cheesiest attack names. Cricket isn't interested in that though, he just wants to use a martial art that Buggy showed a few times, the Drunken Fist Kung Fu. Buggy showed it to the crew a few times when they were drunk at parties.
Cricket thinks that it's interesting so he trains it many times. Now he wants to test it against a real opponent. He has a gourd filled with alcohol in his left hand while fighting his opponent like the Drunken Master. All The Clowns are just messing around in this war.
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