204 204. Queen Mystique

The man leading the hundred men spoke politely, however his voice was ice cold.

Shinobu simply glanced at the men. All of them were wearing protective suits and had a gas mask.

"You came prepared."

The man smiled, "Of course, against Queen Mystique, we have to atleast show this much courtesy."

After Shinobu's battle with Big Mom's subordinates she was nicknamed Queen Mystique by her enemies because of her diverse and unimaginable abilities.

The man raised his hand and signalled for the men to move.

With the others already occupied Shinobu was facing a hundred enemies alone.

However the man didn't see any panic in her eyes. If anything there was a hint of teasing flashing through them.

Why is she so confident?

The man was cautious. He didn't attack directly and ordered his men to surround her and attack from all sides.

Rows of guns were pointed at Shinobu from every direction.

"It's a good time."

She suddenly said which surprised the man.

Before he could understand what she meant Shinobu moved.

"Fire!"

Bang! Bang!

Shots after shots were fired.

Like a butterfly Shinobu dodged the bullets gracefully. Soon she reached an enemy closest to her.

Her opponent raised his gun and was about to shoot when he suddenly lost control of his body. His eyes got dizzy and soon he lost consciousness.

"Not bad."

She flicked her finger and jumped back.

After her retreat dozens of bullet struck where she was and left egg sized holes on the ground.

The man leading them watched from the distance as one of his subordinates fell, his eyes narrowed and a faint premonition of danger shrouded his heart.

How did she kill him without even touching him? We are wearing the latest set of protective suits!

His kenbunshoku haki was focused to it's extreme as he followed her movements.

Enemies fell with each passing second. Shinobu never touched them, she gracefully moved around to dodge the bullets.

However her enemies fell with no sign of getting attacked.

The man leading the attack was drenched in cold sweat. Only after half of his men fell did he realise how she had done it.

Each time one of his subordinates fell Shinobu would move her fingers, the range of movement was very slight, if not for his excellent eyesight and kenbunshoku haki he wouldn't have noticed it.

Following her finger movement needles as thin as a hair strand would shoot towards his men and pierce through them. Very thin strings almost invisible to the naked eye connected the needles to her fingers.

At first her movements were a little sluggish, but with each falling enemy, she got better. She was like a silent reaper, no one knew who would be the next to fall.

The man's eyes were getting bloodshot. He never expected his target to be proficient in throwing weapons!

He was well prepared considering the nickname she had, they were all wearing air tight suits and masks which would effectively block out her poison. They even took several drugs that suppressed any foreign elements intruding into their body.

So the only way for her to attack was close quarter combat or long range weapons, and from the information they collected she wasn't strong in either aspect.

The man was hesitating, he knew it was over the moment Shinobu started killing his men. However he couldn't retreat, Joker would kill him if he did!

Shit! I don't believe you can take all of us together!

"Cover me!"

The man broke out into a mad run towards Shinobu. He pulled out a dagger and coated it with busoshoku haki before jabbing it at Shinobu.

"Such a cruel man."

Shinobu lightly commented and smoothly avoided the dagger.

At this moment a bullet was shot at her by one of the surrounding men.

Ting!

Something clashed against the bullet and broke it from it's original path.

The man gave no breather and attacked with abandon. It's either he dies or she dies, there was no third option.

"Well, I got a good feel to it, thanks for your help."

Shinobu suddenly smiled very sweetly. Her smile was particularly bright, she was genuinely happy when she said those words.

However the the leading man felt a chill down his spine when he saw her bright smile.

Run!

He didn't hesitate and jumped into the dense collection of trees.

Shinobu spread out her arms and tapped the air like she was playing a piano.

The men surrounding her aimed their guns at her, however before they could pull the trigger their bodies lost control and limped on the ground like a dead fish. A second later their eyes lost colour forever.

She shot a look at the woods and flicked her finger. A needle hummed and floated around her, it's pristine body was coated in busoshoku haki as it shot forward at the dense collection of trees.

A second later a faint thud was heard and the needle was pulled back to her side.

Some of the marines caught a glimpse of her battle and shivered.

A beautiful lady was standing gracefully among a hundred corpses. What kind of sight was that?

Shinobu tapped her foot on the ground and went towards the marines who were holding off the pirate fleet. A few of them were dead and many of them were severely injured.

Violet, Flare, Dali and the marines immediately retreated when she got close. They didn't want to burden her by being in her light of sight.

The pirates had also seen what happened to those hundred men. They subconsciously took a step back.

Shinobu glanced at the dead bodies of her crew and raised her head towards the pirates.

"Since you had the courage to attack... die."

Her fingers danced across the air.

Some of the pirates were brave enough to raise their swords and rush at her. However they fell down almost at the same time they took a step forward.

Like a crumbling castle the pirates fell, their bodies lost it's warmth and lay on the ground with shock and fear in their eyes.

The entire fleet was cleared out in a minute.

More than hundred men lay ice cold on the ground.

Diamante felt as if he fell into an ice hole when he caught sight of her looking at him.

Guhah!

It was at this moment he heard Jack's wretched scream. He turned around, only to see Issho sinking his sword into Jack's heart.

"You are one of Doflamingo's crew, right?"

A sweet but chilling sound reached Diamante's ear.