Meanwhile with Sanji, he could be seen looking at his opponent, who was bloody and clearly beaten.
Yet the man looked rather tired and beaten — this was 100% due to Sanji. Sanji now felt like the power of CP9 was quite low.
He expected something stronger, something better, but so far, this guy felt weak, and while yes, Sanji knew his past self would have gone like high to extreme diff with this guy...
That was his past self post-Drum Kingdom.
Well, he didn't care much, he would beat this guy.
"If this all the government has to offer... I feel offended," he would say, taking in some of that good shit.
Jabra, wiping the blood from his lips, would smile.
"You may laugh now, but not for long." The man would then go into a hand seal.
"Henge." As those words left his lips, he would change, his form growing more muscular, his appearance looking like a feral wolf.
"Now... I am going to crush you," he roared. Sanji's brow furrowed — he didn't remember the wolf devil fruit being able to do that.
Sanji would rush toward the man at full speed, about to knock this man out. After all, his glorious queen Nami-swan needed all the help she could get.
{Iron Body + Stone Defense}
As Sanji's kick landed, the ground behind Jabra would crack.
Jabra looked unfazed. Sanji was confused... this kick, from what he predicted — from beating Jabra's ass for a solid 5 minutes earlier — should have been enough to one-shot this bum, but yet he still stood there.
Not damaged in the slightest.
Jabra would swipe his claw, aiming to slash this man in half.
Sanji would Soru away, avoiding the slash.
Something was off — someone doesn't randomly get that durable without an explanation. Something was off.
"Why the confused face? I told you, you would regret mocking me." The man dropped to all fours, what seemed to be demon fire all around him.
"Don't worry, I will have a fun time gutting you." Jabra would then use Soru at full speed, going even faster than before.
Sanji would jump in the air, only to be met by Jabra mid-air.
"Got you." Jabra aimed to kill Sanji right there with a Pistol.
However, Sanji would manage to twist his body in the air, looking like prime Ronaldo... Jabra's head being the ball.
Kicking the man so hard, he was sent flying through the walls, creating quite a mess.
Jabra would get up as if nothing happened, as if he didn't get his shit absolutely rocked by Sanji.
"That tickles," the man said...
Sanji watched as blood poured out of the man's nose, then more.
Then from his mouth.
"You are a horrible liar," Sanji said, looking at the man.
Jabra coughed up blood, gasping for air.
Sanji finally saw it — the demonic form Jabra took began to flicker a tiny bit.
Something was definitely up.
Sanji, not willing to let him recover, rushed at Jabra, keeping the man away with so much force the ground beneath them cracked.
"What a bother," Sanji said, inhaling his smoke.
Suddenly, his Observation Haki turned on, causing him to jump forward just in time to avoid a surprise attack.
A sneak attack aimed at his neck.
"Dammit, I was so close," Jabra said, annoyed.
Sanji was confused.
He turned around, and the Jabra he had kicked was still there. Something was off.
"You must be confused — well of course you are, you've never fought such technique," Jabra said.
"Don't worry, you will be dead before you figure out the secret behind my technique." The man got his claws ready to pounce on Sanji.
Sanji took a deep inhale of his smoke.
"Your technique? As if someone like you could make such a thing."
Sanji then put his cigar away, placed both hands in his pockets, before looking at Jabra and saying:
"You are using the basic Henge technique, where you twist the perception of others to change your form by manipulating their observation haki/senses."
Jabra began sweating.
Yo, how the fuck did he know that?
It was a secret technique.
"You're doing it so horribly it feels like an offense to the creator," Sanji said.
Jabra looked annoyed, as if to say you dick.
Sanji meanwhile just looked relaxed.
"While the technique does change one's appearance, it changes nothing about their strength," Sanji said calmly.
"Which means all the blows I landed on you earlier are still there." And as if fate wanted to confirm his thoughts...
Jabra puked out blood like no other. He felt like his insides were being destroyed — which wasn't far off. While Sanji didn't learn Ryou, his training focus was more on Observation Haki and training his speed and durability.
He was still a chef, and thus aware of weak points in the body to cut — in this case, hit.
Another person who would be better at this would be Chopper, but his ass was busy right now.
"I didn't think I would need this," Jabra said, weakened. He felt like he was about to die.
The man reached into his pocket and pulled out four red pills.
And without waiting a second, he tossed all four into his mouth.
Sanji's brow furrowed — yes, he could have reacted to that, yes, he could have stopped this.
However, he still wanted to test out his new strength. It was like getting a brand-new cut and wanting everyone to see it.
Since Jabra took so many pills, his power would continue to grow even past 10x. His skin turned red, his pupils white, his fangs sharper, his nails longer — he looked like a wild animal.
"Let's see you tame this... Pirate."
A/N vote with powerstones