One piece : A Lotus

If you could be free, what would you want to do the most?

Nami is only sixteen years old. She imagined being able to escape from the fishmen pirates, avenge Bell-mere, save everyone, and fulfill her dreams.

But faced with harsh reality, all fantasies seem so illusory.

Perhaps her best future is to do everything she can to help kill her mother's enemies and humbly protect Cocoyasi Village from their hands.

But on this day, a strange guy appeared.

He stood there calmly, with an almost invincible presence, and shattered her nightmare with a single blow.

The light piercing through the world made it impossible for her to open her eyes.

"Are you a god? If so, why save me as a sinner?"

Nami's eyes blurred, and tears couldn't stop streaming down her face.

"Who are you?! Damn it!" At that moment, an angry shout came from nearby, and a large group of fishmen rushed in at an extremely high speed. Leading them was Arlong, who looked somewhat embarrassed. His clothes were damaged, hanging in tatters. He sneered, baring his teeth fiercely, and yelled at Ezekiel , who stood next to Nami:

"Is it you, kid?!" he was almost hysterical. In this huge base were important supplies that he wanted to take with him to the Grand Line! "You dared to throw explosives at our base?! Damn you!"

Kuroobi, the fishman ray, stood up, assumed a karate stance, and resolutely stared at Will.

"Kill him!" roared the furious Arlong.

"Fishman Karate - The Brick-Breaking Punch of 1000!"

Kuroobi let out a low growl, and his body dashed toward Ezekiel, his fist fiercely twisting as a spinning whirlwind of air rushed along with his hand toward the target.

This guy is dead! He unexpectedly made Kuroobi very angry, and he used his special technique! The Brick-Breaking Punch of 1000!

"The skinny man probably can't even withstand the wind from the fist, right?" thought Arlong's Crew when...

A sharp sound echoed, catching everyone off guard.

Ezekiel didn't move as Kuroobi's fist aimed directly at his cheek, but it didn't reach its target as expected... the fist suddenly felt sharp pain. Smashing into a piece of unbreakable hard steel with terrifying force, his fist was almost completely shattered; only due to the physical characteristics of the fishman ray did he not die from the pain.

Nami stared blankly at the enraged Arlong, who she once thought of as a great mountain, but he was bewildered by this very sunny-looking boy, so easily, with just one blow... Let him die!

But who is this guy?

"Hey, boy... who the hell are you?! Is this the Marines?" asked one of the fishmen with a trembling voice.

Ezekiel didn't answer; he saw fear and hatred in the eyes of the surrounding fishmen.

"Nami, do you want to kill Arlong?"

"He's to blame for everything... I can't forgive this!" Nami gritted her teeth.

Ezekiel smiled. Nami, she's still such a kind girl, meaning that besides Arlong, she didn't blame the other fishmen.

In fact, none of those present knew that this was his first true killing.

Although he killed fishmen with his explosion.

There's no so-called nausea, probably because he's too powerful; it's easier than killing an ant. For him, it was easy to take someone's life—the reason why the Devil Fruit is called devilish lies in this true reason. So... if you have power but lack the corresponding experience, it's easy to stray off the path.

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