Chapter 28: The Best Way to Go

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BOOM——! ! !

Deafening explosions echoed over this sea area, and a huge mushroom cloud filled the air.

At least covering a radius of dozens of miles.

"This is the signal from the captain!"

Lafitte's eyes lit up, and he immediately spread his wings and took Van Augur into the sky.

"I'm counting on you too! Doc Q!"

Burgess also jumped behind Doc Q, onto the back of the sick horse Stronger.

Stronger two front feet suddenly staggered and he fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".

"Isn't he too weak?!"

The female pirates of the Kuja Pirates complained.

"Burgess...don't jump up so suddenly... Stronger can't hold it..."

Doc Q weakly said.

But after he said that, Stronger hurriedly raised his body and activated the ability of the Pegasus Fruit.

Then he Fly to the sky.

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...

Back at the sky

The Golden Lion wasn't as attacked as imagined.

"Huuuh! This is!?"

Golden Lion's complexion changed suddenly.

He has noticed the problem.

In this environment, he couldn't tell where the Rhine guys were.

Although for the users of Observation Haki, this level of blindness is a joke,

but...

Golden Lion gritted his teeth and reached out to caress the rudder stuck in the back of his head.

Because of this thing, he can no longer use Observation and Conqueror's Haki.

In this environment, he no different from a blind man.

"no way!"

In desperation, Golden Lion could only find a random direction and fly away from this area at the fastest speed.

boom! boom! boom!

In an instant, several gunshots can be heard.

Although at the last minute, Golden Lion dodged by reflexes from his decades of experience.

But one of the bullets still entered his right knee.

"Only hit one, and missed the rest..."

At this time, less than a hundred meters away from the Golden Lion, Van Augur's figure gradually appeared, frowning and saying:

"As expected of a big pirate known as the 'Legend', he can avoid it under such circumstances."

"Mudderfvker!"

Golden Lion was furious and didn't care to leave this blind spot.

He suddenly changed his direction and rushed towards Van Augur.

And after firing a shot, Van Augur's immediately want to activate his transparent fruit ability to disappears from Golden Lion perspective.

However, Golden Lion's sword has already been swung.

Van Augur quickly turned his head to dodge.

Swooss!!

It's a pity that there was still a bloody cut on his right shoulder.

Golden Lion still wants to pursue.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

However, he heard a horse honking sounded from above.

Golden Lion looked up.

He saw Burgess and Doc Q jumping off Stronger's back.

The two of them waved their fists and scythes and attacked Shiki together.

"Small tricks!"

Golden Lion roared angrily, raised his foot, and blocked the attacks of the two from below.

Golden Lion clenched his right hand into a fist, ready to activate his Fruit's ability to control the rest of the island to launch an attack toward them.

However, at this moment, there was a piercing pain in his lower back.

He turn around and look.

Just in time to see Lafitte's pale and sickly smiling face.

"It's not okay to ignore what's behind you, Shiki-san."

Lafitte smiled with a half smile.

"Golden Lion's momentum has weakened."

In the peripheral area, Hancock sensed it with her Observation Haki, and stroked her black and beautiful hair.

"The victory and defeat have been decided."

"Ughhhhh!!!"

However, at this moment, Golden Lion roared furiously, and a dark red arc shone from his body, and the overwhelming Conqueror's Haki covered the surroundings like a boundless ocean tsunami.

Slash Wave! ! !

That is, Conqueror's Haki! ?

Rhine's expression changed suddenly, and he rushed out suddenly.

Lafitte, Burgess and others who were fighting Golden Lion only felt a deadly air pressure as if it's about to crush them.

And Golden Lion's sword was about to cut off their necks.

However, at this critical moment.

A strong gravitational force pulled them all together.

Plop!

Lafitte and the others staggered and fell to the ground.

Looking at the back of Rhine standing in front of them

They immediately realized that it was Rhine who saved them.

"Many, thank you, Captain."

Burgess and the others chatted.

"What's going on? Isn't he out of Conqueror's?"

Van Augur covered the incision on his shoulder and said in disbelief.

"This is the last time he will use Conqueror's in his life."

When Rhine finished speaking, the Golden Lion also slowly fell from midair to the ground.

Everyone stared.

It was found that the back of the opponent's head with the rudder stuck was already dripping with blood.

Apparently, the forced use of Conqueror's Haki just now hurt his brain!

"This junior will send you off for the last time, do you have any objections? Mr. Golden Lion."

Rhine stepped forward.

"Stinky boy... You are so full of yourself."

Golden Lion grinned, and blood gushed out of his teeth uncontrollably.

Dark energy rose from Rhine's body surface, and a dark red arc appeared on Golden Lion's body surface again.

His final Conqueror's coating !

...

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in a few minute.

[Mission: The End of an Era is Completed]

[Mission Reward Announcement: Conqueror's Infusion (coating) ]

"It is a better way to go, isn't it?"

Rhine asked the Golden Lion standing in front of him.

Unfortunately, the other party has been unable to answer.

....

"Congratulations, Captain!"

Burgess came up and grinned:

"Just spread the word about us defeating Golden Lion, and we'll be famous all over the world."

"No, no need to do that."

Rhine calmly said:

"Now is not the time to be in the limelight."

Rhine will not be like some idiots protagonists, who obviously enjoy the convenience brought by fame and falsely express that they are a very low-key person.

Rhine also like to show off, especially in front of beautiful girls like Hancock or Nami, that would be even cooler.

However, now is not the time to brush up on your own presence.

Rhine doesn't want to be too eye-catching before the Impel down jailbreak begins.

"It is true what the captain said,"

Lafitte stepped forward and said:

"If us too eye-catching now, it is not conducive to our plan."

"What about the Shiki's Devil Fruit? Captain."

Van Augur closed his eyes half-emptyly, and asked for instructions:

"Same as Thunder Fruit, just keep it for now"

Rhine turned his eyes to the Golden Lion who died heroically in front of him, and after a short thought, he asked Hancock sideways:

"Hancock, have you considered replacing your Devil Fruit ability?"

replace?

Hearing these two words, it's not just the crew of the Kuja Pirates headed by Hancock.

Even Rhine's own crew were taken aback.

"Captain, can this kind of thing be done?"

Lafitte couldn't believe it.

"It's just an idea."

Rhine's idea comes from the ability of a priest in "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure".

Although it is said that after extracting the "devil's fruit" from the body of a person, he will die.

But what if another Devil Fruit is put in immediately at the moment of extraction?

Will that be able to replace Devil Fruit's abilities?

Mainly after the battle that just happened, Rhine also saw some disadvantages of Hancock's combat mode.

Although she has developed the ability of her fruit to the point of proficiency.

But helplessly, the upper limit of this Devil Fruit is not high.

Facing Logia or float Fruit, Shock Fruit and other large-area attacking Devil Fruit abilities.

It seemed a little helpless.

As the female pirate who is the most able to fight and has the best relationship he know so far.

Rhine was determined to tie Hancock in the same boat as himself.

Therefore, he certainly hopes that Hancock's strength will be as strong as possible.

For example... replace it with a soul soul fruit?

"Replacing Devil Fruit ability?"

There was a look of astonishment on Hancock's beautiful and delicate face, she had never thought of such a thing.

"There is no need to rush to answer, after all, I still have to test whether this idea is achievable."

Rhine smiled slightly, and then turned his eyes to the Golden Lion's body.

"Mr. Golden Lion, don't worry, your power will be inherited by the most suitable person."

The moment his words fell, an ominous dark energy rose from the palm of Rhine's right hand.

Immediately afterwards, he slapped Golden Lion's heart with a slap.

This is the first time Rhine has demonstrated his abilities in front of the Kuja Pirates.

Many female pirates headed by the three Gorgon sisters were naturally dumbfounded.

Immediately, Rhine's black hand could only forcefully pull a soul-like translucent object out of the Golden Lion's body.

"Captain,"

With an apple in his hand, Lafitte walked behind Rhine with ease.

Rhine then did what he had done with Enel before, and did it again with Golden Lion.

Gulu~

Seeing an ordinary apple turn into a Devil Fruit, Sandersonia swallowed and whispered:

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe it..."

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...

"Captain, if you can replace the ability of Devil Fruit, can you count me in?"

After setting sail again, Lafitte begged with a smile on his pale face.

"Ok?"

Rhine, who was training with weights, looked slightly sideways, but wasn't surprised.

After all, in his opinion, Lafitte's bird fruit ability is indeed a little useless.

Except for flying, it feels like it doesn't help much in combat.

"From what you said, it seems that there is a Devil Fruit you like?"

"Yes."

Lafitte's eyes were rarely filled with fanaticism.

"Zoan·Bird Bird Fruit·Mythical Zoan·Phoenix Form."

When Lafitte announced the name of the Devil Fruit, Burgess and others who were also training around him couldn't help being surprised.

Good Lord.

The target is actually the second in command of the Whitebeard Pirates! ?

The whole world knows how protective the old man Whitebeard is.

If someone dared to attack his son, and Marco was also the captain of his first division.

There is no doubt that this is will making an enemy of the entire Whitebeard Pirates.

Rhine was silent for a moment, and then laughed.

"Well, if the opportunity presents itself, I will consider it."

Lafitte nodded and stepped back, a satisfied smile on his face.