NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39: 039 Promoted To Rear Admiral
For example, the Phoenix Fruit or the Buddha Fruit have obvious traits.
But Lynch's mythical beast isn't as clear.
It looks somewhat like Kaido's Blue Dragon Fruit.
"Thunder Fist!"
Lynch flew into the air, his fists crackling with lightning, and punched Kizaru, sending him flying.
Unfortunately, Dragon Slayer is too short. Once Lynch transforms into a giant, it's no longer suitable as a weapon, so he has to fight bare-handed.
"It feels wrong. Did he elementalized in advance?"
"Yo~ What a scary monster."
Kizaru landed on the ground as scattered light and transformed into a human form, raised his finger, and fired several laser beams at Lynch.
Boom~
The laser hit Lynch and exploded.
However, Lynch remained unscathed.
The skin broken by the laser healed itself instantly.
Lynch landed hard like a comet, shaking the ground like an earthquake.
He threw a straight punch at Kizaru, but Kizaru dodged by elementalizing again.
Despite also being a Logia, Lynch could hit Smoker every time but always missed Kizaru. Kizaru's Haki was simply too high.
"That's why I don't like fighting against Mythical beasts. They're really tough to beat,"
Kizaru murmured, opening his arms in mid-air, and dozens of laser arrows chased Lynch as if they had eyes.
"Fire fist!"
Lynch punched out, and a pillar of fire rising dozens of meters into the sky intercepted the laser arrows.
So, dogs don't eat the Mera-Mera Fruit.
He manipulated electromagnetic force to pull a meteorite from deep within the earth, holding it on his fingertips and charging it with electricity.
"Super electromagnetic gun!"
Boom!
The charged meteorite streaked across the sky, slamming into Kizaru's head with a powerful blow before exploding in the air.
Like a nuclear explosion, a mushroom cloud billowed up, drawing the attention of everyone at the Marine Base.
Kizaru's head shattered into yellow particles but quickly regenerated. He turned to look at the explosion behind him, a drop of cold sweat trickling down his temple.
"Hey, hey, hey, calm down. It's just a spar, no need to go overboard."
"We agreed to spar, are you really trying to take my life?!"
"I'm sorry, Kizaru-senpai, I can't hurt you unless I go all out."
"You kid... forget it, maybe I should start seeing you as an equal,"
Kizaru muttered, almost acknowledging Lynch's strength.
But it would be embarrassing if he couldn't defeat someone younger.
If Aokiji or Akainu finds out, they'll definitely tease him for weeks.
"I guess I'll have to show my trump card."
"Kizaru-senpai, don't hold back. You haven't even used Armament Haki."
"Huh? How did you figure that out?"
Lynch noticed the difference. One moment, Kizaru was trading blows from a distance, and the next, he appeared in front of Lynch without warning.
Kizaru had always been fast, but this time he had teleported directly.
Sengoku silently removed his glasses and chuckled, "Kizaru, he actually used the light refracted by my lenses to teleport."
"Eternal Frozen Purgatory!"
Lynch naturally would not miss the opportunity to get close to Kizaru, and opened his mouth to spit out a blast of cold air.
The cold spread swiftly, turning the air into frost and freezing the ground.
The effect of this move is no less than Aokiji's Frozen Fruit.
"Gamma rays!"
Dark black light condensed on Kizaru's fingertips.
Unlike the previous yellow light, Lynch sensed a deadly presence comeing from those light.
"Enough. Galactic Shock!"
At the crucial moment, Garp abruptly intervened, halting both attacks with an iron fist.
"Ouch."
"it hurts."
"Mr. Garp, your fists are still as strong as ever."
Garp's unexpected punch sent both of them flying, even breaking Kizaru's elemental form.
Lynch wasn't sure how Garp managed it, but it hurt like hell.
When they got up, one of them had a big bump on his head, grinning through the pain.
"Kizaru-senpai, I lost." Lynch said humbly.
If it weren't for Garp's intervention, he wasn't sure how things would have turned out against Kizaru's attack.
On the contrary, his move made Kizaru embarrassed at most.
"The young man is impressive. He's so young yet already as strong as an Admiral. It's incredible," Kizaru remarked, rubbing his sore waist.
He shot a resentful glance at Sengoku. "Fleet Admiral, next time something like this happens, please send Akainu instead. Thank you."
"I'm sorry to trouble you this time, Kizaru." Sengoku apologized.
The battle between the two was witnessed by everyone.
It is undeniable that Lynch really has the strength of Admiral.
Among them, Zephyr was the most astonished.
He had personally witnessed Lynch's growth.
In just over two years, he went from nobody to having strength comparable to an Admiral.
It's scary.
"Okay, Fleet Admiral, I'm leaving first. Don't forget to send my overtime pay to my home,"
Kizaru said with a wave.
He returned to his lazy look, and turned into golden light and left.
"Colonel Lynch, in recognition of your meritorious service, on behalf of Naval Headquarters, I hereby promote you to the rank of Rear Admiral. You'll receive your insignia and items from the legal Department later," Sengoku said formally.
Sengoku said in an official tone. "Yes, Fleet Admiral."
"Lynch, congratulations on your promotion." Zephyr sent his blessing.
From Colonel to Commodore to Rear Admiral, upgrade two levels in a row.
"Thank you, Teacher Zephyr."
"You kid, you rose from an ordinary Marine to a Marine Rear Admiral in two years. I envy you; it took me much longer just to become a Vice Admiral."
"Mr. Garp, please stop teasing. We all know you don't want to become an Admiral."
"Bwahaha, is that the case?"
"Okay, we old guys don't bother Lynch. He has been at sea for more than a year, so he should have a good rest."
"I'll give you half a month off and have a good rest." Sengoku said kindly.
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As soon as he was free, Lynch rushed to find Momousagi.
Unfortunately, the nanny at Momousagi's home informed him that Sister Momousagi hadn't returned from her sea voyage yet.
He had no choice but to head to the commercial street behind to find something to eat.
That crazy girl Hina had disappeared ever since she returned; she probably went to catch up with her sisters.
After eating and drinking, realizing he hadn't brought any gifts for Momousagi-san this time, he started browsing for gifts in the shopping street.
"Remember Momousagi likes cats. Should I buy her a cat?"
"No, no. Momousagi said that ever since meeting Tom, other cats seem too stupid."
Momousagi isn't into superficial things. She doesn't like what typical women usually do.
While he was thinking hard, he suddenly remembered that Momousagi-san liked to have many perfumes and hairpins at home.
But he doesn't understand perfume.
So Lynch focused on hairpins.
He walked past one store after another, and there were many good-looking ones, but nothing particularly catching his eye.
Just as Lynch was about to give up, he heard shouting from nearby.
"Come take a look! This special hairpin from Alabasta is made entirely of white jade, with eighteen unique Alabasta gemstones in it."
"Today's big discount, you don't need 100 million Baileys, you don't need 9,000 Baileys, you only need 999 Baileys!"
"Yes, you heard it right! Come and buy it!"
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