APJ CHAPTER 164 KUROZUMI OROCHI, I HATE YOU….

However, a dark figure shot into the air from within the flames, his body becoming much fatter than before.

As he burst out of the sea of flames, his entire body was engulfed in flames. However, the burning substances quickly fell off, revealing his original appearance.

It seemed that Stone Edge hadn’t caused any significant damage. It appeared to have been evaded using some method, and the flames left by Fire Spin were also blocked by something.

“Devil fruit user?”

“CP0, huh? It’s not surprising for them to be devil fruit users. Although these guys are annoying, they’re not weak. But it seems like he wants to escape, and he’s quite skilled with Geppo.”

“Then let’s chase him. We can’t go to Mariejois, so there’s no way we can let someone who has delivered himself to our doorstep leave.”

Two figures, one red and one black, simultaneously chased into the sky, initiating a pursuit.

Rokushiki is the basic skill of CP0, but although Geppo grants the ability to walk and jump in the air, it falls far short of true flight.

Aerodactyl was the ruler of the sky in ancient times, and Shayna had already buffed herself up during the fight just now. With her developed leg strength and Blaziken’s traits, she possessed the power to leverage the air, flying at a speed that was neither slow nor fast compared to King.

At this moment, the CP0 member had a stomach full of curses to greet Kurozumi Orochi and his relatives.

【I have a close relationship with Kaido, and he supports my actions.】

【I have the Beasts Pirates behind me. They won’t agree to this price.】

【With the Beasts Pirates guarding this place, you won’t be able to break in.】

Orochi’s confident tone from earlier resurfaced in his mind, and he could only respond with two words: “Bullshit!”

If their relationship had been good, it would have been impossible for them to act like this. Initially, the other’s attacks were only filled with murderous intent, but after revealing himself as Kurozumi Orochi’s partner, the opponent seemed to want to tear him apart.

What collaborator; they were clearly enemies.

While he was escaping, he took out a Den Den Mushi. Analyzing the current situation, he felt it would be difficult to leave this place, but he needed to at least relay the situation in Wano Country. They have seriously misjudged the situation of Wano Country.

However, for some reason, the Den Den Mushi in his hand didn’t react and he couldn’t establish contact with the outside world.

At that moment, on Onigashima, Arceus, who had been playing with Yamato, looked towards the direction of the Flower Capital. From so far away, he could only see two small dots engulfed in flames, but it was enough to indicate what had happened—intruders.

Otherwise, such a battle wouldn’t have unfolded. Therefore, Arceus interfered with the signal frequency over Wano Country. Water Pulse, Dark Pulse and Dragon Pulse—there were many among Pokémon’s abilities that were pulse-type.

The working principle of the Den Den Mushi is to translate human voices into Den Den Mushi’s voice for long-distance transmission. It operates on a unique wave frequency.

With the power of the waves combined with the electromagnetic waves from the Zap Plate, the  signals over Wano Country’s airspace were completely disrupted, making it impossible for his phone to make calls.

Moreover, these waves specifically targeted snails. If anything happened within the Beasts Pirates, they could still make calls using a Smart Tanishi.

“Chanseyy? Fly? Fire?”

Watching the specks of light in the distance, Yamato mumbled a few words intermittently, seemingly quite interested.

“Kaido, wasn’t there supposed to be some kind of fireworks display in Wano Country? Let them have one tonight. Yamato seems quite interested.”

“Whatever you want. But how about we make a bet? Let’s see how long it takes them to deal with that bug.”

“Not interested. From the moment he exposed his back to the hunters, his death was already a foregone conclusion. The amount of time it would take means nothing. After all, this is our headquarters.”

To Kaido and Arceus, the intruder was of no significance whatsoever, at most he was a source of entertainment.

The member of the CP0 angrily threw away the Den Den Mushi in his hand. The Den Den Mushi fell from the sky with a bewildered and confused expression, finally landing in a canal near the Flower Capital. By this time, King and Shayna had already caught up with him.

Although there was still some distance between them, the attack had already arrived.

“Burning Meteor Emperor!”

In King’s Aerodactyl form, he formed rock blades on his back, with Lunarian’s flames attached to them. At this moment, King was like a high-speed fighter jet.

The transformation occurring on the CP0 member’s body was similar to when he rushed out of the Fire Spin. His body became slightly fatter, and Haki was enveloped around him. However, this transformation slowed down his speed, allowing all of King’s rock projectiles to hit, but the resulting effect was limited.

Then his hair rapidly grew, and controlled by the power of Seimei Kikan, they transformed into a large net aimed at King. Naturally, an attack formed from hair couldn’t stop King.

Although he imbued Haki into his hair, the area covered by Haki was limited. Before he could injure King, King had already freed himself from the constraints. However, the CP0 member once again revealed a slightly smug expression, as if he had achieved some kind of goal.

Crossing his arms, he took Shayna’s kick head-on. The things on his body started to fall off again, revealing brand-new skin underneath.

“I am a proliferation human who has consumed the Proliferation Fruit. I can freely grow things inside my body, hair, keratin layer, and skin. Of course, it includes growing viruses inside the body.

Those viruses were specially injected into my body and remain dormant on regular days. However, in the recent battle, you have inhaled a sufficient amount of virus powder. Now, as long as I activate my ability again, you will immediately fall ill!”

Upon hearing his words, Shayna’s body stiffened, but not because of the so-called virus.

According to his explanation, the way he blocked her attacks should have been by rapidly proliferating the skin on his body, forming a layer of dead skin as a buffer. This was also how he rushed out of the Fire Spin.

This also meant that she had just kicked a pile of dead skin. As this thought crossed her mind, a nauseating feeling came over her. She was a girl too, and upon realizing what she had kicked, she immediately felt unclean.

Flames enveloped her entire body, increasing her speed by a few notches. Flare Blitz, even if this move causes some recoil damage, it doesn’t matter. She wanted to cleanse herself with fire and quickly send that disgusting guy to his death.

Seeing that Shayna showed no intention of stopping, he immediately activated his ability,  intending to let the viruses inside their bodies take effect. However, even when Shayna’s kick pierced through his chest, his ability didn’t work.

It wasn’t because the flames had killed the viruses. The things inside him were bioweapons specially cultivated by the World Government, so they were naturally resistant to high temperatures. The reason for his failure was the Lunarian’ bloodline.

Their bloodline had extremely strong resistance, immune to all bacteria and viruses currently known to humans.