Chapter 135: Armament Haki with Lightning Feathers: Did I Mess Up?
Okama Paradise.
A group of okama surrounded Ren Arakawa, who was lying on the bed, their tears flowing freely. One would have thought Ren Arakawa had died.
Because he had just activated his Gene Lock, Ren Arakawa hadn't even fully registered the extent of the injury to his shoulder. It was only upon returning to Okama Paradise and seeing everyone's expressions that he realized the penetrating wound from Shiryu's thrust had directly sliced off his entire left shoulder. It was so severe that if it had been just a little more off-center, he would have lost his entire arm, becoming like Yang Guo.
Upon hearing the news, Ivankov rushed over. Upon seeing Ren Arakawa's injuries and the antidote he had brought, this Okama King completely lost all semblance of royal dignity, rolling on the ground and weeping bitterly. His cries were so tragic, they made one wonder if Ren Arakawa had truly died.
"King! King!"
A Bunny Girl Okama shouted loudly, interrupting Ivankov's rolling on the ground. "Ren, Ren has something to say!"
"What?! What do you want to say?!" Ivankov scrambled to the bedside.
"I want to eat meat..."
"At a time like this, you still want to eat meat! I understand!" Ivankov's tears burst forth. "You want to die with a full stomach! Waaah! You can't die! If you die, what about your childhood sweetheart?! You still need to get married, you still need to..."
Ivankov saw the knife in the corner. "Why did you steal the knife?"
Ren Arakawa rolled his eyes. "Forgot auto-loot. If you don't give me meat soon... I really won't make it."
At that, the group of okama finally got busy, delivering meat to Ren Arakawa's room...
"You all... don't watch me eat!" Ren Arakawa used every last shred of his strength to chase out the okama, then forced out the Hell Worms from his body and began to eat wildly.
Time, about more than ten hours had passed.
Lightning had already recovered from Magellan's poison, but was still very weak. He was in a wheelchair, pushed by Ivankov to Ren Arakawa's room door, and with a heart full of trepidation, he knocked.
"Knock knock knock."
Lightning dared not knock too heavily, and Ivankov also had a worried expression. Both were very afraid that upon opening the door, they would be met with a cold corpse.
Just then, rustling sounds came from inside the room.
Ivankov wiped away his tears and forcefully pushed open the door.
Ren Arakawa had a black worm hanging from the corner of his mouth; he sucked it back into his body. He turned his head, saw the recovered Lightning, and forced a smile.
"It's good to see you alive."
Lightning also nodded, full of gratitude. "Thanks to you."
"No, I should be thanking you for holding on. With you, a Scissor-Scissor Devil Fruit user, the difficulty of escaping Impel Down will be reduced manifold..."
Ivankov asked in astonishment, "Are you ready? Your Armament Haki..."
Ren Arakawa rolled up his sleeves, frowned, and forcefully threw a punch! His fist was instantly covered by a layer of blackish-blue. This was the application of beginner Armament Haki!
"Just now while eating, I recalled the state of Shiryu of the Rain when he cut me. After trying it, it really worked."
Ivankov feigned composure. "At a time like this, you're still thinking about increasing your strength, you... just rest well!"
With that, he closed the door.
Immediately after, Ren Arakawa heard the continuous loud wails from outside, and dust constantly falling from the ceiling because Ivankov's rolling on the ground was too vigorous.
At the same time, in the outer corridor.
Two high-ranking officers of Impel Down were confronting each other.
Magellan clenched his fists, looking very angry.
"Shiryu, Hannyabal personally told me after he recovered that you were the one who cut him into that state... This is the fourth time this month you've attacked a colleague, and you've been caught red-handed... I suspect that the missing jailers from the Freezing Hell under your jurisdiction, from last week and last month, are somewhat related to you."
Shiryu of the Rain, who no longer had his favorite sword, had already taken a lower-grade substitute. He drew his sword, "Hehehe, so what? If I killed them, I killed them. What's the point of keeping such trash?"
Magellan sighed, "You are bloodthirsty. Having a scoundrel like you in Impel Down is my disgrace."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shiryu of the Rain slashed over!
"Poison Dragon!"
Six consecutive days passed. In the temporary cells of the police station, eight criminals were already imprisoned. They all had one thing in common: they killed while wearing ghost masks.
Now, the entire Team China was completely prostrated before Chu Xuan. According to Chu Xuan's estimation, the North Arctic Team and East Sea Team would not interfere when arresting these criminals. The result was exactly as predicted: the eight criminals were arrested very smoothly. Under the calculations of Chu Xuan's super brain, none of these criminals escaped legal punishment, and all were convicted.
Lifting his Reincarnation Watch, the numbers on it had become 8:10. This also meant that only two more criminals were needed to end this Reincarnation cycle.
Chu Xuan's office was located in the archive room on the second floor. Zhao Yingkong, Zhang Jie, and Zheng Zha were guarding the first floor, while the other idle members on the second floor were discussing animatedly.
Newcomer Li Shuaixi looked at the tightly locked archive room door and said, "How many days has it been since the last criminal was captured? There's been no clue about the ninth and tenth criminals for a long time. I sleep on pins and needles every day!"
The Blond Fat Pig immediately followed up, "Don't even mention it. These past two days have truly exhausted me! I can suddenly understand how my cousin felt during the college entrance exam, no, it's ten times more agonizing than that!"
Hu Yong, the beer-bellied engineer, yawned, "I haven't slept well. Don't know when this will end... Didn't that guy with glasses say he was very smart? What's going on now..."
Hearing the newcomers' discussion, Xiaoye Hui, who had lost Kabutack, walked over. "Hey, you're quick to make sarcastic remarks, but when we were fighting for our lives upfront, why didn't we see you put in any effort?"
After a few days of understanding, the newcomer group also knew the situation of the Team China. Although Xiaoye Hui was a Veteran, she wasn't much different from an ordinary person. Without Kabutack, she might not even be able to defeat the beer-bellied Hu Yong.
The Blond Fat Pig snorted, "What's wrong? With so much pressure, we're not even allowed to talk? Do you want us to become like balloons and explode?"
Li Shuaixi also nodded, "Hmm, I think appropriate emotional release is very correct."
"Alright, alright, I'll go talk to Chu Xuan."
Seeing Xiaoye Hui about to report them, Hu Yong blocked her. "Why do you have to report us? That kid just came here at the same time as us. Are you treating him as your backing? Let me tell you, if we treat him as a person of importance, then he is a person of importance. If we don't treat him as anything, then he's nothing!"
Ren Arakawa, resting on the camp bed in the corner, listened to everyone's noise, silently turned over, and faced the other way.
The newcomers developing such behavior was actually Chu Xuan's fault. This guy recently deliberately displayed a very easily bullied demeanor in front of the newcomers, deliberately creating "flaws" precisely to make these newcomers look down on him, thereby putting them at odds with the Team China Veterans. For this reason, Chu Xuan had secretly done many things Ren Arakawa was unaware of, instilling in the newcomers the view that the terrifying Reincarnation was simple.
Anyway, this was the current state of both sides. The newcomer group even believed that Veterans merely got lucky and enhanced some horror movie elements to gain their current superpowers. If they returned to the Main God Space, then, although they wouldn't be as good as Captain Ren Arakawa, they would at least be at Zhang Jie's Level.
Others didn't understand this maneuver, but Ren Arakawa could. In the original work, Emperor Li Shuaixi was precisely tricked to death by Chu Xuan. This guy Chu Xuan was a master at testing human nature. His current layout was precisely to eliminate the four newcomers who did not meet his criteria as teammates.
Of course, the death of a newcomer would reduce the bonus points gained from group battles, but this guy Chu Xuan never loses out. He would definitely earn back the four "head points" from somewhere else.
Ren Arakawa got up and stretched his shoulders, deciding not to think about these things anymore.
He stretched out his arm and forcefully threw a punch! Blackish-blue Armament Haki adhered to his arm. He tried to scratch it twice with his caudal fin; without applying force, he could only leave a white mark.
The improvement in defense and strength from Armament Haki greatly surprised Main God Ren Arakawa, because he discovered that Armament Haki could even be attached to his caudal fin! His caudal fin, which originally appeared dark red and had a strange luster, was instantly enveloped by a layer of deep and mysterious blackish-blue. This layer of Haki clung tightly to the surface of the caudal fin, making it appear even more solid and powerful. Under the reflection of light, the Armament Haki on the caudal fin shimmered with a faint metallic luster, as if endowed with a layer of indestructible armor.
The caudal fin was already hard enough. With the adhesion of Armament Haki, the power of its spikes far surpassed the destructive power of all Ren Arakawa's previous ninjutsu. Even Ninjutsu: Blazing Wind Dance combined with it wouldn't compare!
"If the caudal fin can be like this..." Ren Arakawa's heart stirred, his wing fins emerged from his body, and he forcefully tensed them. His wing fins indeed also had Armament Haki attached to them. However, when the wing fins were armored, the caudal fin no longer had Armament Haki. At the same time, only two feathers on the wing fins were infused with Armament Haki.
"Still lacking training..."
He said, pulling out a feather and trying to inject Chakra. Initially, the feather only trembled slightly, seemingly resisting this external energy. But as Ren Arakawa continuously controlled the Chakra injection, the feather seemed to awaken. First, a ripple appeared in the Armament Haki on its surface. Immediately after, a wisp of blue lightning-attribute Chakra, like nimble threads, spread along the feather's texture!
The blue lightning-attribute Chakra and the blackish-blue Armament Haki intertwined, weaving a unique and mysterious color that sparkled with a strange light on the feather! The feather, which was already hard and full of strength due to the attached Armament Haki, now emitted an even more heart-palpitating aura. Wisps of electric current jumped on the feather's surface, emitting faint "crackling" sounds, proclaiming to its surroundings the powerful energy it contained!
Ren Arakawa looked at this unimaginable scene before him, his eyes filled with excitement.
Armament Haki Lightning Feather!
He couldn't even imagine how powerful this move would be!
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