Chapter 22: Chapter 22: One-Sided Beating of Whitebeard Jr.
"What… the hell?"
Even Kizaru was stunned. Everything he'd seen today was slowly tearing apart his understanding of reality. A man who used his own bones as a weapon? That wasn't something he'd ever expected.
"Just a little trick," Noah said casually, brushing it off like it was nothing.
Kizaru looked at him weirdly. Why did all these outrageous things sound like child's play when they came out of Noah's mouth? What had this guy been researching lately?
And… could he grow that bone back? Or did he just pick up the old one? Either way, Kizaru was starting to get seriously curious about how Noah's body worked. He was beginning to suspect Noah wasn't even human.
Doflamingo, still breathing heavily, stared at Noah with a mixture of fear and awe. This man… always so unpredictable. Was he some kind of creation from the World Government? Or was that just his own power?
Noah's eyes shifted toward Weevil.
Bakkin's death had clearly triggered something. For the first time, Weevil's expression twisted with real pain.
"Mama!" Weevil howled. A strange surge of power exploded from within him. His muscles bulged, swelling rapidly, veins throbbing as every bit of his strength flowed into his arms. The man looked like a balloon about to burst.
With a thunderous snap, the [Wood Dragon Technique] wrapped around him shattered to pieces. His eyes burned crimson, locked with hatred onto Noah.
The man in front of him had just killed his mother.
Whether or not she was his real mother didn't matter to Weevil. He'd never questioned it.
"He broke free?" Noah muttered. But then again, they were still on the ship. He hadn't gone all-out. Unleashing his full power for someone like Weevil? Not worth it. Noah wasn't that foolish.
"You're gonna pay for that!" Weevil roared and charged, his blade raised high like a reaper's scythe. A sinister aura surged from it, spreading across the deck like a haze of death.
"Looks like he really is an idiot," Noah said, shaking his head. He rotated his wrists in the air and summoned a gentle ripple of energy around his fingertips.
Weevil swung.
Noah didn't dodge.
The massive blade came down—and was stopped. Two fingers. That's all it took. Weevil stared in disbelief as Noah calmly pinched the blade between his index and middle finger.
No matter how hard Weevil yanked, the weapon didn't budge.
Noah hadn't even moved. He stood there like a mountain, unshaken.
"All brute force," Noah scoffed. "What a waste, giving this kind of power to a fool like you."
Some people were born monsters, sure. Weevil was one of them.
But his brain didn't work. If someone like Doflamingo had this power, there'd probably be more than four Emperors ruling the sea by now.
"That's impossible! I'm Whitebeard's son!" Weevil stammered, stunned. This man—how could he block the strength flowing through Whitebeard's bloodline? His father was the strongest man in the world. That made him, obviously, the strongest heir.
"Whitebeard never had such a dumb son," Noah said with a sneer.
He pressed his fingers together.
Crack.
A sharp sound rang out from the blade.
Cracks webbed across the entire weapon like spider silk.
Then, boom!.
Metal fragments scattered across the ground.
Weevil, who had been gripping the hilt with all his might, fell backwards onto the deck. He blinked, dazed for just a second, before scrambling up again and lunging toward Noah.
This time, Noah's stance shifted. His hand formed a new shape, changing from the gentle flow of [Flowing Water Crushing Fist] to a more brutal technique.
[Underworld Phoenix Rising Fist]
His eyes glowed red with bloodlust. Brilliant light surged around his clenched fist, and as he punched forward, the air twisted in its path. Space itself seemed to ripple from the force.
"RAAAHHH!"
Weevil screamed, ignoring the danger completely. His entire body was coated in Armament Haki, clearly intending to take the hit head-on.
But he underestimated Noah.
The punch hadn't even landed yet, yet a deep imprint had already formed on Weevil's back, as if struck by a ghostly fist.
"You ready to taste death?" Noah snarled, and the real blow finally landed.
Boom.
Weevil's body shot backward like a cannonball, flying off the ship and skipping across the sea like a stone before finally crashing into the waves far in the distance.
Silence fell over the warship.
Every single Marine stood frozen, mouths agape.
They looked at Noah.
Then at Weevil's body bobbing in the ocean.
That was Weevil. One of the most terrifying pirates in the New World. And yet… he hadn't even lasted two moves against Vice Admiral Noah.
Not even two moves. Just straight-up launched off the ship like a ragdoll.
"You've gotta be kidding…"
"Holy crap! What did I just watch?"
"That guy, he took down Captain Hina in seconds, and now Vice Admiral Noah just sent him flying?!"
"He's too strong…"
"This is Vice Admiral Noah's true power…"
"He's insane. This guy's definitely going to be an Admiral someday."
"Hahaha, lucky me! I'm on his crew!"
"Being Vice Admiral Noah's subordinate is the biggest honor of my entire life!"
The Marines were still dumbstruck.
Most of them had never seen Noah fight.
They only joined his unit because they had followed Hina.
This… was their first time watching him go all out.
They never expected a one-hit kill.
It was like he didn't even see that pirate as human.
And honestly? They loved it.
This was the kind of power they could rally behind.
The other Marines who used to look down on them, wait till they heard about this.
They were going to brag about this for weeks.
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