"You really think I don't dare to hit you?! You Ice Cube Bastard!!"
Being teased about her appearance—the point she cared about most—Tatsumaki instantly erupted.
She lifted the numerous magma blocks that had fallen earlier, which were still emitting high heat and the smell of sulfur.
In her annoyance, she smashed the large field of magma blocks toward him!
They were even more fierce than when they had erupted from the volcano!
Towering ice spikes abruptly rose from the ground, piercing and intercepting the magma blocks.
Tatsumaki snorted coldly but didn't continue the attack.
Compared to teaching this rude guy a lesson, Tatsumaki wanted to know the whereabouts of her disobedient younger sister more.
"When did you meet her?"
"A few days ago, during the Hero Association's first recruitment test."
Was she actually serious... Tatsumaki thought of Fubuki, who had disappeared a few days ago after leaving a note saying she wanted to live independently.
Tatsumaki couldn't understand it at all,
and she even felt a bit of irritability.
"Without talent, why bother making such pointless efforts?
I clearly gave you the best of everything; wouldn't it be better to just enjoy life?
What could she even achieve by running off to become a hero?
She's simply overestimating herself."
Aokiji arranged the human-shaped ice sculptures into their respective poses and pieced them together.
Finally, he looked at the finished product with satisfaction:
"Fusion complete! Pirate No. 3 · Big Emperor !"
If Robin hadn't refused to integrate back then, Luffy would have become the Pirate King long ago!
To think that such a world-shaking ultimate move would finally be completed in my hands!
As the torso of the Big Emperor , the old man from the Assassination Alliance didn't even dare to open his eyes to see himself like this.
As a human being, such a pose was too shameful.
Bang leaned in: "What kind of pose is this? It's quite unique."
Watchdog Man: "Is this modern art?"
After observing, Flash gave a suggestion: "The integration of the legs isn't very stable. Although the limbs are all using Espers, there's no need to waste extra power to stabilize the structure. It would be better to change to a different fixed pose."
"Makes sense."
Aokiji nodded, thinking about what pose to change to.
Seeing these guys pondering some weird Fusion while she was worried about her disobedient sister, Tatsumaki's eyelids twitched slightly.
If the Hero Association is full of guys like this, it would be better to disband it sooner.
I should bring Fubuki back as soon as possible.
"Hey, rare animal, stop researching that nonsensical Fusion. Get me in touch with Fubuki and tell her that her 'Big Sister' is taking her home!"
Tatsumaki emphasized the word "Big Sister" on purpose... Silence... No one paid her any attention.
Aokiji called over the martial arts Grandmaster and the Ninja, who were exceptionally familiar with human anatomy,
to study which pose had the best stability together,
and he had the experienced Watchdog Man imagine a second form where the Big Emperor crawled on all fours.
"Ignored...?"
Several veins bulged on Tatsumaki's forehead.
She flew directly to Aokiji's side and roared loudly into his ear.
"Are your ears blocked by ice too, you bastard?! Get me in touch with Fubuki, do you hear me!!"
Aokiji picked his ear: "I got it, go play."
After saying that, he condensed a Snow Globe and threw it to Tatsumaki.
Tatsumaki found it baffling, but she controlled the Snow Globe and took a look—
The surface of the sphere was made of transparent ice crystals, the 'snow' inside was extremely fine ice shards, and the model standing in the middle was the integrated Big Emperor with Aokiji as the main body!
The legs were the high-mobility Watchdog Man and Flash!
The left and right hands held Garou and Bang, performing a double Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist!
The one forming the head was none other than Tatsumaki!
The version of her made of tiny ice blocks was straddling Aokiji's neck, with both hands raised as if she were releasing her psychic powers.
Tatsumaki turned visibly red!
Of course, it wasn't because a member of the opposite sex had given her a gift for the first time.
"What is inside your head?! Is it some ancient virus sealed in the Arctic glaciers?!"
"How—how dare you put me in such a shameful place! And make that kind of pose...!!"
Tatsumaki was almost laughing from anger;
she had never met such a speechless guy in her life.
Amidst the noisy bickering, the Association's plane finally appeared again.
"I still have to search and deal with the remaining branches of the Assassination Alliance. I'm leaving first," Flash said.
"It's fine, I have to deal with them too. Come with us to Z-City first."
Aokiji spoke to him while simultaneously using one hand to block the stones thrown by a certain irritable loli.
Perhaps the System judged that the event had come to an end,
as it had already settled the growth of the progress bar.
The progress, which was already about to Breakthrough 10%, now directly reached 13.6%.
A progress growth more than double that of defeating the Sky King.
And that was just from destroying two Assassination Alliance branches.
If the entire Assassination Alliance were uprooted, it would be the largest growth of the progress bar yet.
Watchdog Man got off the plane at Q-City.
Leaping down from high altitude, he returned to his dog plaza to continue guarding his city.
Aokiji and the others arrived at Z-City.
"So, why did you follow us?"
Aokiji looked down at the curly-haired loli who stood with her hands on her hips and a cold, proud expression.
Rolling her eyes impatiently, Tatsumaki mocked him mercilessly:
"Your head is made of ice, so your thinking is also this slow. What a pathetic guy. I told you earlier, get me in touch with Fubuki!"
"I don't have her contact information." Aokiji spread his hands.
"Huh?? Didn't you say you were guiding her psychic powers?!"
"I said she begged me to guide her; I didn't say I agreed."
"You Ice Cube Bastard! What right do you have to refuse my sister?!"
Gwah! It's a Crazy Siscon!!
Better leave quickly and grind the progress bar.
"If you want to contact her, why don't you just join the Association? The higher-ups will definitely not refuse your request."
Aokiji wanted to leave after saying that.
Tatsumaki, however, floated and followed him.
She spoke with disdain:
"The Hero Association invited me, but I thought they were too useless and refused."
"Looking at it now, since they let you guys join, the Hero Association is clearly not a proper place."
Aokiji spoke calmly: "Then, the proper strongest Esper Young Miss must handle even her family relationships very well."
"Go die!!"
Boom—!!!
Another intense collision.
Bang and Flash had already started to get used to it and moved away early on.
Seeing that he couldn't shake off Tatsumaki,
Aokiji had no choice but to let her follow.
They headed to the Z-City Assassination Alliance branch.
That high-level old man from the Assassination Alliance had long since lost all his spirit and confessed the Alliance's intelligence.
Coincidentally, the Z-City Alliance branch was located in the Old Town.
On the way, the residents of the Old Town greeted him familiarly.
"Master Aokiji, have you eaten? My family is preparing hot pot today; would you like to join us?"
"Do you remember me, Master Aokiji? The day you defeated the Truck Monster inspired me. I've now made many flavors of shaved ice based on the Monsters you've defeated."
"My daughter really loves that small ice sculpture you gave her last time. She keeps saying it's a token of engagement all day, haha... You don't have that intention, do you?"
...Tatsumaki was slightly surprised:
"I didn't expect you to be quite popular. Is this the affinity of a large dog for humans?"
"Don't feel inferior." Aokiji looked her up and down. "Small dogs are very popular too."
"Get lost!!"
As if to teach Aokiji a lesson,
Tatsumaki directly unleashed her boundless psychic power and tore the underground Assassination Alliance out. The massive building floated in the air, with many figures inside in a panic.
[T/N: I'm also confused in this part, it seems the author skip some parts]
She raised her head proudly and said:
"Oops, I didn't control it. Who told your opponents to be such trash? Now you don't even have a chance to strike!"
Aokiji silently looked at the progress bar, which grew as usual.
As long as he participated, the progress bar's growth would not be affected.
"To have someone take the initiative to help for free, there really are many good people in the world," Aokiji remarked sincerely.
"Since it's come to this, let's eat first. Let's go to your Dojo, Bang. We're having hot pot today."
...
(Throw some stones)