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  "Whoosh!"

  A massive burst of fmes erupted from Rojen's mouth, scorg the air around him and dist everything in its wake. The fmes carried immense heat aructive force, rushing aggressively toward Dragon, who was still suspended in midair.

  The fire surged like a tidal wave, engulfing Dragon in an instant. In mere moments, his figure was swallowed by the bzing inferno. The fmes flickered wildly, ing around his arms, torso, and legs. Three seds ter, the fire dispersed, leaving only residual heat in the air.

  "Tap."

  Rojen's feet eadily on the ground. His three shadow es stood back-to-back with him, sing the surroundings with sharp vigihe Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly, and soon, Dragon's figure reappeared in the air, unharmed. His clothes were immacute, showing not even the slightest trace of fire damage.

  Likewise, Dragon desded slowly, nding gracefully on the ground.

  "Devil Fruit? Fmes? And the ability to create three identical copies of yourself."

  At this point, Dragon had raised his evaluation of Rojen several times.

  Despite the brief duration of their battle, this young man had tinually surprised him. His terrifying close-bat swordsmanship, his ability to dissolve into tless crows and emerge unscathed, his creation of identical es, and finally, the powerful fire attack— all of these were beyond ordinary prehension.

  These abilities dispyed characteristics of both Paramecia and Logia-type Devil Fruits. For the first time, even Dragon found himself unsure how to subdue and capture this enigmatic oppo quickly.

  "I admit it. I uimated your abilities." Pausing briefly, Dragon's eyes gleamed with sharp i.

  "You are toe! Far toe!"

  "Strange?" Rojen smiled faintly upon hearing this.

  Ihe bloodline abilities and ninjutsu from the Naruto world would seem bizarre and otherworldly in the One Pieiverse. Yet what he had shown so far was merely a fra— perhaps only three-tenths— of Uchiha Itachi's full capabilities.

  The true power of this legendary ninja y in his unmatched Genjutsu and the innate abilities granted by his Kekkei Genkai.

  "So, what do you io do, Rear Admiral Dragon?"

  "What do I io do?" Dragon's expression turned serious, and he spoke each word with deliberate gravity.

  "Of course— I will capture you!"

  "A dangerous individual like you ot be allowed to roam freely!"

  "How b!" Rojen sneered mogly.

  "Do you really think that you alone stop a man from chasing his dreams on the open sea relying on your strength?"

  Dragon froze momentarily, but in that brief instant, Rojen's figure flickered.

  All four of Rojen's bodies moved simultaneously, their forms twisting and shifting uably in midair as they hurled kunai in unison.

  The kunais were densely packed, linked closely together, f an unbreakable barrage that hurtled toward Dragon with incredible speed.

  However, faced with the overwhelming assault, Dragon made no effort to dodge. His figure flickered once, phasing directly through the kunai barrage without harm. With another rapid fsh, he had already crossed the distance.

  Rojen's expression ged; he hadn't expected Dragon to unch su aggressive breakthrough.

  In the blink of an eye, Dragon closed in, his outstretched right hand f a cw as it shot toward Rojen's head.

  "Dragon Cw! Hook!"

  The move resembled the talon of a colossal dragon desding from the skies. The sheer force caused the surrounding air te violently, and in that instant, the very space around Rojen seemed to freeze. Time appeared to slow down, log him ih no ce of escape.

  "Not good!"

  Rojen's heart pounded, sensing the overwhelming dahe cw came crashing down mercilessly.

  With its fierentum and oppressive aura, Dragon's attack resembled the strike of a grand dragon from the heavens, utterly unstoppable and fearsome beyond measure.

  "Ka Ka Ka Ka!"

  tless crows scattered in all dires as Rojen's body dissolved into a flurry of shadowy birds. The figure that had been struck dispersed into nothing more than an illusion of ravens, only to reform a breath ter into Rojen once more.

  "As expected of a Marine Rear Admiral— your attacks are indeed fierce." Rojen praised him calmly.

  "However, as long as you ot see through my teiques, you won't be able to harm me at all!"

  Dragon's gaze grew more focused, studying Rojen carefully.

  "Is that so?"

  At this moment, Dragon's mind was rag, repying every detail of their fight from the beginning until now.

  "Something's off. He 't be invincible!"

  "Devil Fruit? No, it's impossible! There isn't any Devil Fruit capable of granting so many different abilities!"

  Dragon was well-versed iure of Devil Fruits. He khat no matter how bizarre or overpowered a Devil Fruit might be, it always had a single defining characteristied, a Devil Fruit user could only have one specific power. What Rojen had dispyed so far defied that rule pletely.

  "In other words, the abilities he's using aren't from a Devil Fruit at all!"

  Suddenly, Dragon's eyes widened, his expression turning even graver.

  With his right hand f a ce more, he swung fiercely at the void ahead, as if tearing through the very fabric of space.

  "Whoom!"

  The air rippled, and Rojen's body once again disied into a cloud of crows. Meanwhile, his three shadow es dashed toward Dragon, leaping and weaving rapidly.

  Dragon's eyes gleamed sharply, and his cwed hand moved in swift arcs.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Each shadow e burst into white mist upon being struck. Watg this, Dragon's eyes flickered with realization.

  "They're not real bodies. As soon as they suffer a powerful hit, they disappear."

  "In other words, only one of them is the main body!"

  A faint smile gradually appeared at the er on's lips. Slowly, everything was being clearer. His oppo's once-mysterious teiques were beginning to unravel before his eyes.

  "Whoosh!"

  A light breeze stirred, and Dragon's figure abruptly vanished from Rojen's view.

  "Such terrifying speed!" Rojen's Sharingan spun rapidly as he instinctively swung his kunai toward his rear.

  "g!"

  The sound of metal g echoed as Dragon's cwed hand collided with Rojen's kunai, produg a sharp, metallig.

  The immense force behind Dragon's strike sent Rojen skidding backward several steps. With a loud crack, the hardened kunai shattered into pieces uhe pressure.

  "How terrifying!" Rojen stared at Dragon in shock. Only by experieng such power firsthand could oruly uand how overwhelming and fearsome it was.

  Just as Rojen was reeling from the impact, Dragon's figure blurred once more, vanishing in an instant.

  A razor-sharp gust of energy swept past Rojen's body, freezing the astonished expression on his face. In the moment, his form once again dissolved into a mass of shrieking crows, scattering in all dires.

  "Again with this!" Dragon frowned, his irritation growing.

  He had discovered something troubling— no matter how powerful his attacks were, there seemed to be some hidden trick Rojen was using to avoid any real damage. If he couldn't uhis secret, this battle would drag on endlessly.

  "This is pointless!"

  The crows once again verged, ref into Rojen's figure. As Dragon moved to strike once more, Rojen's body promptly scattered into crows yet again.

  (End Of Chapter)