Chapter 55: Silva's Past, Difficult Battle
Because the figure in front of him was extremely familiar to Akaitis.
"What's going on?" Luke frowned and asked Arcatis.
"He... he is not Rodan, he is Silva, the vice-captain of the Lion Pirates, known as the Fire Lion, who once massacred an entire naval branch in the Grand Line." Arcatis said in a trembling voice.
"what?"
The other sailors nearby were all stunned. As an internal secret of the navy, they had never heard of this incident, but the massacre of an entire naval branch was too horrifying.
"You...were you not wiped out by the Navy Headquarters? Why are you here!" Arcatis asked, still trembling, suppressing his fear.
"Navy Headquarters!" Silva's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Back then, the three of us brothers ventured into the Grand Line and formed the Lion King Pirates. It was so glorious, but I didn't expect that your Navy Headquarters would actually send out two vice admirals to hunt us down.
"We had no chance to resist at all. If I hadn't escaped the disaster due to the sudden storm, I would have died long ago. How could I be here?"
"Do you think you are very strong?" Shiba ignored Akaitis and looked at Luke, telling him the secret that he had suppressed in his heart for a long time and dared not tell anyone.
"But you have no idea how terrible this world is. The two vice admirals of the Admiral Headquarters were surrounding us. One of them was Zephyr, the 'Black Arm' who had become an admiral, and the other was Garp, the 'Iron Fist' who was known as a naval hero..."
Even just reading those two names could make Shiba feel a chill all over his body.
“After experiencing that incomparable power up close, I knew that I would never be able to take revenge in my lifetime.
“My big brother, who was so powerful, couldn’t even withstand Garp’s punch and his head was shattered on the spot.
"My second brother was also knocked unconscious by Zefa's punch and sank to the bottom of the sea."
Shiba continued: "You can't imagine how terrible it was, it was like two tigers entering a flock of sheep.
"Our entire pirate group had more than 200 people, but they were completely wiped out in the hands of just two people in less than five minutes. That scene can't even be called a battle."
"Since then, I have kept my identity secret and for more than ten years I dared not let anyone know that I was still alive.
"I am even thankful that I used the devil fruit to transform into different forms in every battle. No one has ever seen my face before the transformation, and the bounty order also shows my appearance after the transformation.
"I returned to the West Sea in disgrace, suppressing my resentment towards the Navy and living a low-key life, just to avoid attracting the attention of the Navy Headquarters."
Xiba suddenly changed the subject, looked at Lu Kai like a cannibal, and said fiercely: "But you, why did you force me? Why did you force me?"
"Because you deserve to die!" Lu Kai found Shiba's experience ridiculous and said harshly.
All the so-called suffering that this person is experiencing is nothing but his own fault.
“Since no one knows you are still alive and no one has ever seen your true appearance, you could have found a place to live in seclusion, but you chose to continue being a pirate, looting and killing people everywhere.
“When you slaughtered those kind villagers again and again, you should have died a thousand times.
"General Zephyr and Vice Admiral Garp should have punched you to death like your two damn brothers, rather than letting you live like a disgusting insect repellent now."
"Go to hell!" When Xiba heard Lu Kai's words, he seemed to be stimulated by something.
He pushed the ground hard with his feet and rushed towards Lu Kai like a cannonball.
Shiba's speed at this moment was far faster than before, even faster than when Lu Kai used the "Shave" that had been improved several times. He immediately started fighting with Lu Kai.
Lu Kai knew that after an animal-type Devil Fruit user transformed, all of their physical qualities would be greatly improved.
But this was the first time he truly felt this change, and for a moment he found it difficult to adapt, because the aura emanating from Shiba at this moment was almost twice as strong as before.
In the battle with Silba just now, Lu Kai had a clear upper hand, but now after fighting for dozens of moves, Lu Kai was being suppressed and was at a complete disadvantage.
Moreover, without using weapons, Silva is much stronger with bare hands. After being entangled with the Armament Haki, Silva's claws and fists become his most powerful weapons.
Using a knife was not something Chief Shiba had ever done. After arriving at the West Sea, he chose to fight with a knife just to conceal his identity.
When the difference in strength between two people is not big, and one of them can use Observation Haki while the other cannot, Observation Haki can then exert its greatest effect.
Now Luke knows how to use Observation Haki, but Silva does too, which directly leads to the gap between the two of them always existing, putting Luke at a disadvantage.
"Paper painting, nothingness!"
Facing the unavoidable claw from Silva, Luke immediately used 'Paper Drawing', one of the six styles that he had improved upon.
Originally, Luke wanted to use the iron block covered with the armament color for defense.
But at that moment, his beast-like instinct made him sense a hint of danger, so he quickly changed his tactics.
In an instant, Lu Kai seemed to have turned into a thin piece of paper, dodging continuously, and each time he managed to avoid Silba's fierce claws and fists.
Silva has the domineering power of Observation Haki, so paper painting is actually useless to Silva.
'Paper drawing' is a clever dodging technique, but the observation Haki is an advance prediction, which can restrain 'paper drawing'.
'Paper drawing' is a technique to improve control over the body by releasing all the strength in the body and making the body completely relaxed and light.
Just like a painter painting on paper, he controls his body with ease and freedom as he swings a brush, and uses it to dodge.
Once entering this state, people's reactions will be sharper and faster than usual.
But Lu Kai is different from others when using 'paper painting'.
The first is that Luke used it while his Observation Haki was activated, which allowed him to predict his opponent's actions in advance.
Secondly, Lu Kai's intuition is extremely sharp. His beast-like intuition allows him to sense danger before others and start dodging in advance.
When facing many attacks, you can rely on your body's instinct to avoid them in advance. When the three are combined, the effect is surprisingly good.
This was a new way of using the device that Luka came up with temporarily when he encountered an emergency in the Carlson Jungle, and the result surprised Luka.
Because he was really able to avoid the attacks of powerful beasts through this kind of colored paper painting.
At this moment, Shiba was similar to the beast that Luke had encountered before. He fired a round of attacks but failed to attack Luke.
Silba was obviously anxious and stopped attacking, panting.
But he suddenly changed direction, completely ignoring Lu Kai, and rushed directly into the group of navy soldiers behind Lu Kai and began to massacre ordinary navy soldiers.