Swish!!
The spearhead pierced flesh, blood splattering like blossoms.
The cold steel blade pierced through the chest of the slave beneath Luo, blood gushing out like a fountain.
He tightly gripped the spear shaft, his lips trembling as if trying to shout something, but only a mist of warm blood sprayed from his mouth.
Before collapsing, his gaze traveled over Griffin's shoulder toward some distant place.
Kuma, who had experienced the same before, knew...
This was the look of someone gazing toward their family.
...
In the Holy Land, aside from the Celestial Dragons, only slaves had families. Those like the CP organization were all orphans selected from childhood.
"Mr. Griffin..." Kuma began, wanting to say something.
"Kuma, we agreed." Griffin pulled out the spear, its tip gleaming with an eerie red light under the moonlight.
"I'll handle things here. You deal with that guy."
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...
"I understand..." Kuma took a deep breath, slapped his own chest, and vanished as if teleporting.
The Paw-Paw Fruit could send people flying to locations known by the ability user, with the distance determined by the life energy intensity of both parties.
It was only years later, when Kuma traveled across the seas seeking medical treatment for Bonney, that he became familiar with all places and could send the Straw Hat crew to suitable locations.
During these years, apart from the Sorbet Kingdom, he had only visited countries liberated by the Revolutionary Army.
He certainly couldn't send Chrysanthemum Face to densely populated nations.
Chrysanthemum Face was very powerful - Moonwalk was basic for fighters at that level. If left unchecked, he could return quickly.
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Luo showed no concern for the fallen slave, stepping on his body as he spoke with chilling coldness.
"Daring to attack a World Noble..."
"You lowly commoner, you've truly gone mad!"
His voice was shrill, carrying innate arrogance and the fury of being offended.
But notably absent was any trace of fear.
No matter what happened, Celestial Dragons would never be harmed - this was his firm belief.
...
This was Griffin's first time looking directly at him.
The face resembled an over-preserved doll that had lost all vitality, skin unnaturally pale.
The forehead was disproportionately broad, eyes small and narrow, nose bridge high but overly sharp, lips so thin they were almost invisible.
Layers of jewelry hung around his neck, failing to serve as decoration but instead making the face appear even more abrupt and distorted.
Luo's appearance could be described in one simple word.
Ugly.
If one had to add something...
Extremely ugly.
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"The more someone lacks something, the more they pursue it..."
Griffin slightly raised his eyes, a faint mocking smile curling at the corner of his lips: "You're truly hideous, Luo.The calm words carried more lethality than any roar.
"You..."
"You... you... you!"
Luo raised his hand adorned with golden rings, fingers trembling slightly from the force as he pointed at Griffin.
"Trash wearing human skin, have you lost the ability to speak?"
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"Enough!!"
"Enough!! Kill him!!"
"Chop that face to pieces! Tear his mouth apart!!!!"
At Luo's command, a group of CP members in white suits swarmed from all directions, gunfire accompanying flashes of blade light.
Boom!!
The first guard who charged forward was swept aside by the rifle shaft, sent flying across the deck before crashing against the mast and sliding down limp.
Immediately after, a second attacker swung his blade from the flank, aiming directly for Griffin's lower abdomen—only to have his wrist precisely struck by the rifle's tip.
Boom—
An overwhelming force shattered both his arm and the deck beneath, sending him crashing through to the lower level.
Griffin's footsteps were as steady as a pendulum's swing. With each step forward, an enemy fell. The whistle of the spear cutting through air intertwined with the crack of breaking bones, weaving a brutal war hymn.
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The spear was a relatively uncommon weapon on the high seas. Those seeking extended reach typically favored long-handled blades like the one Whitebeard wielded.
In terms of explosive power, the spear couldn't match a long-handled blade; in agility, it fell short of conventional swords.
The supposed advantage of "an inch longer, an inch stronger" hardly held up—not only against supernatural abilities like those of Devil Fruit Users or Haki, but even against something as simple as a pistol.
Yet the spear was the first weapon Griffin had learned, and the one he had devoted the most time to mastering.
Not for any lofty reason—only out of sheer necessity.
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As a child, no one had taught him swordsmanship, and he couldn't afford a pistol. His survival, fighting stray dogs for scraps, had depended on a simple stick.
After awakening the Sharingan and gaining his Devil Fruit ability,
his mastery of the spear only grew more fluid and instinctive.
The spear's true strength lay in its unparalleled piercing force.
The physical power granted by his Zoan-type abilities, combined with the extreme perceptiveness of the Sharingan,
created the situation unfolding now…
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Whether they employed Iron Body or Paper Drawing, any CP member touched by Griffin's spear instantly lost the ability to fight.
This was especially true for the Devil Fruit Users among them, who fared even worse.
A closer look would reveal a faint, dark glint at the tip of his unadorned spear.
It was Sea Stone!
Like seawater, it could render a Devil Fruit User powerless—and it possessed a hardness rivaling that of diamond.
This was an exceedingly rare mineral, with high-purity samples being even more precious.
There was no ordinary means of obtaining high-purity Sea Stone; the fragment Griffin possessed had been given to him by Smoker, who'd removed it from his own weapon.
Within the Marines, only Smoker knew that Griffin's true expertise lay not with the sword, but with the spear.
If Smoker knew that the Sea Stone he'd gifted was now being used against the Celestial Dragons…
He'd probably be pleased.
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The Sharingan's crimson glow blazed unrestrained, its dark tomoe spinning rapidly. To Griffin, the world became unnervingly clear.
Iron Body—a technique honed through rigorous training, tensing the muscles and accelerating blood flow to achieve a steel-like hardness.
It was a practical skill commonly used by World Government agents and Marines alike.
But through the lens of the Sharingan, Griffin could clearly track the path of accelerated blood flow. By applying force at a critical node, he could dismantle the defense with ease.
To him, this incomplete form of Iron Body was no different from a stationary target.
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Paper Drawing, another defensive technique, operated on the principles of "redirecting force" and "anticipating attacks"—making the body as light and pliable as paper to evade strikes at the last possible moment.
Useless.
The Sharingan's fundamental abilities included observation, replication, and insight into energy flow.
In short: I can anticipate your anticipation!
And moreover…
As the battle wore on, every CP member began to feel the temperature plummeting rapidly, their movements growing sluggish.
Unnoticed by any, snow had begun to drift down from the sky.
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Ice Release – Ice Heaven and Snow Land.
The Snowfall White Wolf Fruit was an ability perfectly suited to Griffin's Ice Release, the two combining to produce an effect far greater than the sum of their parts.
By combining Devil Fruit abilities, Griffin could release his Chakra into the surrounding space, forming a low-temperature domain with a radius of several dozen meters.
Within this area, freezing snowflakes continuously drifted down, reducing enemies' attack speed and reaction capabilities. Prolonged exposure could even freeze their bodies.
Moreover, the snowflakes severely obstructed vision. Apart from experts proficient in Observation Haki, ordinary people couldn't clearly see where their opponents were.
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Griffin's original purpose was to sever the Uchiha clan's millennium-old entanglements of grudges and bonds.
As everyone knew, the Uchiha would only listen to those stronger than themselves.
Persuasion was useless—they adhered to nonviolent non-cooperation.
To change such a clan, one must possess overwhelming power!
This body, combined with a soul that persisted through interdimensional travel and childhood experiences, formed the present Uchiha Griffin.
Even among the countless geniuses of the Uchiha, he could be called a monstrous existence!
The dominance he exhibited against peers was too extreme.
...
Insight, speed, physical strength, lethality, bizarre and powerful abilities...
This guy...
Does he have any weaknesses?
The expressions of the Celestial Dragons' guards gradually shifted from initial ferocity and coldness to being replaced by fear.
They discovered that no matter how many of them gathered, they couldn't stop that chilling figure moving through the wind and snow.
Crimson eyes flickered amidst the snowflakes, like a vicious dragon peering out. The spear tip that struck always claimed a life...
This guy...
Is he really human?!
A m-monster!!