Chapter 197: Fighting With Tsuru! 

"Rifan, what do you mean?"

Tsuru frowned, her eyes fixed on Rifan.

Rifan smiled and said coldly:

"Hehe, don't pretend you don't understand, Tsuru Vice Admiral."

"I know that Blackbeard became a Shichibukai because he handed Fire Fist Ace to you Marine."

"As for Fire Fist Ace, he is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second team, and the son of Whitebeard."

"Since you Marine have caught Fire Fist Ace, you should be ready to fight the Whitebeard Pirates."

"My boldly guess, you may even hold a magnificent execution for Fire Fist Ace."

"Then attract the Whitebeard pirate group to fight with your Marine, so that your Marine can deal with Whitebeard and deter the pirates in the sea."

"Under such circumstances, Shichibukai will definitely be summoned."

"As for Shichibukai strength, the stronger the better, the more willing to fight Whitebeard, the better."

"Marine and World Government do not take away my credit for Shiki incident."

"And the Five Elders also gave me the green light all the way to make me a Shichibukai."

"It should all be related to the war between Marine and the Whitebeard Pirates that is likely to happen in the future."

"Under such circumstances, will the Marine and World Government really stop letting me become a Shichibukai because of some trivial things?"

"Just because of some small things, do I even become a party that might threaten Marine in the war?"

After finishing speaking, the smile on Rifan's face became even bigger.

And Tsuru's complexion became quite ugly.

It never occurred to her that Rifan had already received the news that Fire Fist Ace was captured by Blackbeard and given to Marine.

He has even been guessed that Marine will have a war with the Whitebeard Pirates.

'This man, apart from his strength, is he also smart?'

He took a deep look at Rifan, only to feel that Rifan's level of trouble had once again stepped up to a higher level.

A powerful pirate is scary enough.

If a pirate is powerful, but also has a smart head.

For Marine, the threat will be even greater.

What Tsuru doesn't know is that Rifan has read the original work of Oda.

And he can also learn about the corresponding news through the reincarnator exchange group.

In terms of certain intelligence, he may even be more detailed than Marine's intelligence.

Of course, Rifan is not so stupid as to reveal that Ace is Roger's son.

Very few people know about it.

If he shows that he is an insider, it will only raise the alarm of many people, including Garp.

Tsuru frowned, she originally wanted to use Shichibukai position to make Rifan compromise.

But now it seems that she was the one who was imprisoned.

As Rifan said.

In this troubled time, as long as Rifan does not go too far, the World Government will still give Rifan the green light.

After all, Rifan has too much value that can be tapped.

Not just the war with the Whitebeard Pirates, but Rifan's blood factor might make for a powerful Second Generation pacifist.

"Tsuru Vice Admiral, just let me talk to Rifan, Hina is fine."

At this time, Hina took the initiative to stand up and spoke to Tsuru.

After hearing Rifan's words and seeing Tsuru's expression.

Being smart, she immediately understood the current situation and she also know that Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't have a good way to stop Rifan.

"Hina..." Tsuru pursed her lips, and looked at Hina with complicated eyes.

Hina, on the other hand, responded with a firm look.

Obviously ready to get intimate with Rifan.

"Rifan, compete with this old woman."

"If you can defeat me within a certain period of time."

"I won't stop you from taking Hina away."

"On the contrary, if you don't want to compete, I won't let you take Hina alone."

Tsuru turned her head and looked at Rifan's eyes with a faint light.

After all, she couldn't just let Rifan take Hina away without doing anything.

Moreover, she is indeed quite curious about Rifan's power.

Since Gion has learned part of the information about Rifan's power through the competition.

Tsuru wants to do the same way.

And, after meeting Mikita's Conqueror's Haki, which can shake entities.

Tsuru also wanted to confirm whether Rifan also possessed this level of Conqueror's Haki.

"Vice Admiral Tsuru, you just want to evaluate my abilities, don't you?"

Rifan raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and looked at Tsuru with interest.

"I have such an idea, after all, Marine is quite curious about your strength."

Tsuru nodded, and generously admitted her thoughts.

"Hehe, well, I happen to be quite curious about the strength of Marine Great Staff Officer."

"Let's go, change the place, let's have a good fight."

Rifan waved to Tsuru, and then walked towards the no man's land in the capital of water 7.

Although beating Tsuru may cause dissatisfaction with Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr, the three powerful Marines who are at the same era as Tsuru.

But since Tsuru came to his door, he couldn't care less about it.

There are rewards for defeating the Marine Admiral alternates.

As for Tsuru, she also holds the dual identities of Marine Chief Staff Officer and Marine Vice Admiral.

Rifan also wants to see if he can get the corresponding initial achievement by defeating Tsuru.

In addition, he also saw it.

If he didn't agree to this fight, his idea of taking Hina to have a good chat may also be disturbed.

Under such various circumstances, Rifan naturally had a reason to fight.

As for whether he can defeat Tsuru, as long as Tsuru does not have the strength of Marine Admiral.

Rifan is confident that he has the power to defeat Tsuru.

"Okay, here it is."

Rifan took Tsuru and others to the place where he had competed with Gion before, and smiled and looked at Tsuru standing a few meters away from him.

And farther away, there are Nami, Robin, Gion and other female marine navies who are close to Tsuru.

As soon as Rifan finished speaking, Tsuru opened her hands and released a pure energy zone like a cleaning agent to Rifan at an extremely fast speed.

Rifan's eyes flashed the red light of Observation Haki, and he dodged Tsuru's attack calmly.

"Oh, you are so old, but you are still so passionate."

"That surprised me, Tsuru Vice Admiral."

Rifan stood a few meters away from Tsuru and said with a smile.

He knew that Tsuru's cleansing fruit even had the power to change people's evil hearts.

Rifan is quite afraid of this kind of power that is equivalent to changing people's will.

Therefore, as early as the beginning of the conversation with Tsuru.

He has launched his Observation Haki, which foresees the future.

Naturally, even if Tsuru were to attempt a surprise attack, there was no way to use her Wash-Wash Fruit ability on Rifan.

"For someone as formidable as you, I don't plan on being careless in the slightest," Tsuru declared.

As Tsuru spoke, she readied herself to unleash another attack on Rifan with her Washing Fruit. She was well aware that Rifan's Dark Fruit granted him the unique power to nullify Devil Fruit users. Consequently, she had no intention of engaging in close-quarters combat from the start.

The corner of Rifan's mouth curled into a smile, and after deftly evading Tsuru's attack once more, he turned his gaze toward Gion.

"Gion, didn't you say last time that you want to see if I can use the Eight Impact Fist strongest technique?"

"Since you want to see it, I will show it to you this time."

"And Tsuru, don't you want to test my strength?"

"This wish, I also grant you."

As soon as his words fell, the advanced Conqueror's Haki on Rifan's body exploded directly.

In an instant, the clouds in the sky were blown away, and cracks began to appear on the ground under everyone's feet.

It is also the advanced Conqueror's Haki, but because Rifan's physique is stronger than Mikita's.

Therefore, Conqueror's Haki after Rifan broke out is also more devastating.

"This! Sure enough, as the captain, you also have this level of Conqueror's Haki!"

Tsuru's eyes were serious, and it swayed a layer of detergent-like defensive shield around her body.

"Hehe, I am the captain after all, how can I be weaker to my crew."

"Tsuru Vice Admiral, you have to defend yourself against this next move."

As Rifan said, the overflowing Conqueror's was collected abruptly.

Then it wrapped around Rifan's right leg that had condensed Armament Haki at high speed.

For a moment, Rifan's entire right leg seemed to be covered with a layer of black and red paint.

"By the way, don't expect your ability to touch me, Tsuru Vice Admiral."

"The Conqueror's infusion attack can damage you even if it doesn't touch you."

Rifan raised his body, and suddenly his body flew into the air.

And from the air, he fell in the direction of Tsuru at an extremely fast speed! 

Tsuru frowned, after her Observation Haki sensed the horror of Rifan's offensive, 

Immediately, more cleanser-like energy condensed in front of her.

After doing all this, she even condenses the powerful Armament Haki on her arms, ready to use for defence.

Although she wanted to dodge.

But her intuition made her understand that if she dodged, it might be even more troublesome.

The same is true in fact, if Tsuru chooses to dodge instead of defending.

With Rifan's Observation Haki that can predict the future, he will find more weaknesses of Tsuru.

By then, perhaps Tsuru will be more impacted! 

Not far away, the female soldiers brought by Gion and Tsuru couldn't help becoming worried when they saw the power Rifan carried in the air.

It's just that at this time, none of them can help Tsuru.

"Eight Impact Fist Secret Technique—Drill Dragon Drill Nail!"

Rifan's eyes were squinted, and when he landed on the top of Tsuru's head, he suddenly gathered the unique shock wave carried by the Eight Impact Fist at the bottom of his feet! 

Then, kicked Tsuru violently! 

Rumble!

Rifan's attack collided with Tsuru's defensive shield, and immediately there was a sound like the ground chirping.

Even though Rifan's feet didn't really touch Tsuru's defensive shield.

The released Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki already carried the powerful shock wave of the Eight Punch Fist and pierced into Tsuru's defensive shield like a sharp arrow! 

Afterwards, the shock wave of the Eight Impact Fist exploded directly inside Tsuru's defensive shield! 

Tsuru's eyes widened, as if she didn't expect Rifan's attack to be so powerful! 

You must know that the defensive shield she made with her washing fruit has the ability to defuse impact due to its softness! 

But in front of Rifan's attack, the speed of dissolving the impact force is simply not as fast as the impact force erodes her defensive shield! 

Originally, Tsuru also wanted to use the washing fruit on Rifan while defending Rifan's power.

But now, she simply can't spare the energy to achieve what she wants to do.

After a few seconds, Tsuru's defensive shield finally could no longer be maintained.

With the burst of strength of Rifan's attack,

She immediately flew upside down.

And when she was in the air, she even spit out a mouthful of blood.

Apparently, Rifan's attack had already had a strong impact on the inside of her body! 

"Hehe, where are you going?"

"Dark Water!"

The moment Rifan's feet touched the ground, he immediately activated the power of his Dark Fruit, attempting to draw Tsuru toward him.

With the potent gravitational force of "Dark Water" emanating from Rifan's hands, Tsuru's airborne body froze in place and then rapidly hurtled toward Rifan.

Tsuru's eyes widened in alarm, and she hastily released a substantial burst of cleansing-like energy toward Rifan.

Her abilities primarily stemmed from her Devil Fruit, and she was determined not to be captured by Rifan, for that would mean forfeiting her opportunity to employ her Devil Fruit abilities.

If she were truly ensnared by Rifan, given that her Haki and physical prowess couldn't match his, she would face an outcome of defeat.

"Tsk, this ability is really troublesome."

"She is obviously an old woman, but her reaction speed is so fast."

"Moreover, she still didn't fall down after being hit by that attack."

"Sure enough, a character of the same period as Garp and Sengoku can't just be a simple Vice Admiral."

Rifan shook his head, and while talking, he changed the direction of Dark Water's casting, and changed the absorbed target to the fruit energy swayed by Tsuru.

"I was the one who was really surprised, Rifan."

"I'm curious, you probably didn't have such power when you were fighting Shiki."

"Why, now you are able to release such a powerful Conqueror's Haki?"

Tsuru wiped the blood stains from her lips, and asked Rifan with a serious face.

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