INIIDF-Chapter 45 Rokushiki

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Before long, the originally wave-like golden-haired floral beauty had incarnated into a humanoid shape with sharp horns resembling those of a... beast.

Clang, clang...

Swords dropped onto the deck.

The pirates who had stormed onto the flower boat could barely hold their guns steady; their hands were trembling uncontrollably.

The "Monster's" body had become more robust, especially her arms and legs covered in fur, contorted like those of an animal, filled with a beast-like explosiveness as if she could burst out like a cannonball at any moment.

What kind of Monster was this woman?

A demon?!

The pirates paled with fear, almost wetting themselves.

In contrast, the other women on the flower boat's deck, whether sneaking out to play or accompanying guests for a breeze, all turned into starry-eyed fans at the sight, incarnating as various sizes of fangirls.

"Wow, ~ Shiori Nee Chan is so cool!"

"Seeing Shiori Nee Chan get angry again is so exciting~!!"

Zoan · Ox-Ox Fruit · Gazelle Form!

"Fu..."

Like a humanoid gazelle "Monster," her eyes gleaming red, she took a deep drag on her pipe, exhaling a thick smoke.

Fu, Fu, Fu, smoke rings floated...

And the humanoid gazelle disappeared from the original spot on the deck.

She turned into an afterimage invisible to the naked eye, darting among the foolish pirates on the deck.

Dah, her high heels stopped at the edge of the flower boat's hull, her "hooves" lightly tapped, halting her movement.

Fu... the humanoid gazelle held the slender pipe in her mouth, gently blowing out another smoke ring.

And behind her, those pirates, some with blood holes in their chests, some with wounds like they'd been slashed by swords, blood gushing out.

Pū Tōng, Pū Tōng... the pirates collapsed weakly onto the deck.

"Wow~!! Shiori Nee Chan is so cool!!!" The women on the flower boat who witnessed this scene screamed and cheered like the most loyal fangirls. 

"Shiori Nee Chan is really amazing!!" 

"Wuwuwu, how dazzling and beautiful..." 

Some fangirls were so moved that they cried on the spot, made crashing sounds, and howled. This startled the male guests nearby; damn, this woman is so terrifyingly strong, what's there to be moved about? Did she make you cry?

"Quick, run! Run away!"

At that moment, the pirates on the pirate ship who hadn't boarded the flower boat panicked; this woman was truly terrifying.

"So powerful indeed," Shanks said while holding his straw hat in one hand and looking up at the "gazelle-human" on the hull of the flower boat. "Zoan's fruit, huh..."

Liam exclaimed beside him, "She's so fast, I can't even see her!"

He turned to the B.I.B., which shook its head; being a complete replica of the original, it couldn't see either.

Liam then pulled out the green Den Den Mushi, making it exclaim, "Boroboro!" It also shook its head repeatedly.

"I thought you were special!" Liam scoffed, casually stuffing it back into his backpack for a nap.

At that moment, the terrified screams of several pirates beside him filled the air.

Suddenly, Liam felt a lightness beneath his feet; it turned out that Shanks had lifted him up to his shoulders and jumped high off the deck of the pirate ship.

With his backpack slung over one shoulder, Liam turned his head in mid-air and just missed the "gazelle-human" leaping from the flower boat to the pirate ship.

Dah dah, with Shanks lifting him up, they landed right on the railing of the flower boat.

On the Deck filled with bloodstains lay a pile of pirates soaked in pools of blood, shocking everyone who saw the two figures jump onto the ship.

Liam looked back.

The 'gazelle-human' was leaping in the air, with occasional 'crack' and 'crack' as the air beneath her feet seemed to explode, suspending her in mid-air.

The rest of the pirates on the pirate ship were terrified; those with guns aimed desperately at the airborne monster.

"Remember this in hell... you trashy pirates, this is the ship of the 'Pleasure District.'"

Shiori, in gazelle form, lifted her foot in the air.

Whoosh...

The air around her hooves was enveloped in a strong wind, accompanied by the sound of a tearing wind.

Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh...

Shiori slashed with both feet, even the two sword-like horns on her head shimmered with cold light, continuously releasing slashes like "air blades".

In an instant, storm-like flying slashes rained down on the pirate ship below like a downpour.

"Ah...!!"

A visible mist of blood erupted from the pirate ship, followed by a bang as if the entire ship had been slashed hundreds of times; masts broke, decks were shattered, and hulls were riddled with countless holes, instantly decaying beyond recognition.

"Wuwu..." In the fog of blood on the deck, pirates lying in pools of blood dared not move.

"Crack!"

With a burst of air under her feet, Shiori in Gazelle Form seemed to step on an invisible staircase in the air and leaped back onto the deck of the Flower Boat.

Fu... she held the slender pipe in her mouth and exhaled another ring of smoke.

"Shiori-Sama!" A woman with green hair raised her hand, pointing to the black-haired boy with a backpack slung over his shoulder and the red-haired man with a straw hat on the deck. "There are two more pirates that jumped up here!"

Liam said, "Hey, don't misunderstand, we're not with these pirates."

"Really?" The woman with the green hair obviously didn't believe it. "But I clearly saw you two jump from the pirate ship!"

"That's right." 

"Everyone saw it!" 

"Little brother, even though you are both pretty and cute, lying is not good!" 

The other women on the flower boat nodded in agreement.

"Bunch of foolish women!"

Shiori shouted loudly, her sword-like horns retracting from her head, the animal features on her face fading, and her body and limbs returning to their normal proportions. The fur on her arms and legs vanished, revealing smooth and tender human skin.

She held the slender pipe between two fingers, exhaled a puff of smoke, and looked at Shanks and Liam. "Didn't you notice... how scared those pirates were when they looked at you two?"

"Are you pirates, or pirate hunters who infiltrated the pirate ship?" Shiori asked, shrouded in smoke as she walked back into the crowd of women on high heels, immediately having a fangirl drape a long cloak over her.

Shanks chuckled calmly, "This is the Pleasure District's flower boat, so of course we are just guests."

Fu... Shiori looked back and exhaled smoke, not continuing the conversation as she entered the cabin amidst the admiration of the colorful flowers.

The green-haired woman approached warmly, "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding... but such a young child cannot be considered a guest!"

Shanks shrugged, "What difference does it make? I've seen younger ones on the flower boat before! Liam..."

He turned to see Liam standing at the railing, staring at the departing, battered pirate ship.

"I deliberately didn't destroy the ship completely, just left 1-2 survivors..." Shanks kindly explained.

"Yeah, I know. After all, they also have to spread the reputation of the 'Pleasure District' flag across the sea..." Liam said, turning around and looking up with an innocent face, "Shanks Nii San, what technique did that Gazelle Nee San just use?"

Shanks said, "You are very curious! All right, I'll tell you later..."

"What Gazelle Nee San?" The woman with the green hair crouched down and rubbed Liam's head angrily, warning sternly, "You must address her as Shiori-Sama, or Shiori Nee Sama!"

Liam ignored her and hurriedly stopped the **B.I.B.** who was about to move behind the green-haired woman.

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