At some point, the underground corridor began to become noisy, and the noisy sound echoed in the corridor.

"Whew~Whew~"

Blood spilled down the soaked clothes, leaving a patch of crimson on the stone floor, and next to the gradually cold corpse, Takita, who was panting, leaned against the stone brick wall.

"Are you almost at the limit? I didn't expect my body to be so weak, but just a few battles made me so unbearable. ”

After all, he is not a person in this world, no matter how hard he tries, he can't break through the shackles of his body. The people who live in this world are really perverts, who can fight against weapons with just their flesh and blood, and can also fight against the whole world with their own strength.

Although Takichen has always thought that outsiders like himself are not as good as the physical fitness of people in the One Piece world, he doesn't know that he has already surpassed most ordinary people. It's not a famous party, but it's not a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch, what he lacks is the courage to abandon this concept and lack confidence in himself.

This era is the age of Whitebeard, and the person who is recognized as the strongest in the world is New York Ter Edward, who is also the one with the ability to shake the Fruit. It was Whitebeard who made the Shock Fruit, not the Shock Fruit that made the White Beard.

The natural system, which is called the strongest of the three major systems of Devil Fruits, has the ability to represent natural disasters There are not many people in the whole world, unless the ability is too useless, otherwise it is enough to make this ability grow to the point of affecting one side of the world.

"Whitebeard... It would probably be nice to meet that man. If you were invited to 'be my son', it would have been a less pleasant experience. ”

Takichen held on to the brick wall with one hand, and then took a deep breath, he didn't compromise with fate so easily, his fate should be in his own hands, and no one could touch it.

Although the direction of the development of the Takichen Fruit's ability is not mass destruction, if it really reaches that point, it is not impossible to directly destroy the atmosphere and extinguish the life of the entire planet.

"What the hell am I thinking? Seeing the strongest person in the world, I'm afraid it will be a long time later, so let's find Airi first. ”

In those six years, it was not that Takichen was unwilling to strengthen the training of physical fitness, but the container had reached saturation and almost reached the limit of the body, and even if he continued to exercise, there would not be many liters, and he had to go to sea to find a way to break through.

It's also strange to say, his body seems to have changed at some point, if there is anything suspicious, it is that the speed of strength improvement is no longer as obvious as the physical fitness of earthlings. In this case, of course, it is a good thing for Takichen, and maybe the genes have changed.

"Maybe it's not me... Maybe I don't exist either..."

The effort is proportional to the gain, and it is because of this that it seems suspicious. But even so, it barely surpassed the limits of ordinary human bodies, but the Devil Fruit contributed a lot.

Denial of self, this is something that Takichen dare not imagine, at least for him now, the necessary condition for the existence of life is to recognize the self.

Due to physical limitations, the development of fruit ability has also reached the top of the bottle, but what is this? Brought into this world for no reason, but restricted everywhere, is it just to in applause?

"Airi must be found as soon as possible, only alive can save her, and only alive can find the answer. I underestimate this high-martial world, and I underestimate the people in this world too much. ”

Anxious as he began to feel anxious about what was in his heart, the negative emotions charged at Takita's reason again, and the sound of his knuckles clearly reached his ears, and Takichen left the cold stone brick that had residual warmth.

"However, if you compromise like this, then what is there to talk about saving her, what is talking about the freedom of the sea and the sky!"

The black pattern on the neck began to spread, slowly spreading along the collarbone to the chest.

It was a pattern that Takijin had never seen before, as strange and beautiful as the texture on this knife, but it was like a demon hungry for itself.

Fall or give up? Or choose to die like this.

"Again..."

In an instant, the scene that Takitaki saw returned to its original appearance again, and after feeling the abnormality from his body, he couldn't help but laugh.

"When did this sick smile take over my body?"

At this moment, Taki Chen chose to accept it and accept everything that this demon knife brings. Unfortunately, everything he saw was nothing but vanity, and the curse had taken effect from the moment he touched the demon sword.

There was no choice, because the choice had been made at the very beginning, from the moment he pulled out the demon sword.

"I feel it, it's eating away at my life force, and the black pattern that spreads on my body is the best proof of that."

The smell of death is extremely strong, revealing that painful greed erodes, pervades, and occupies like a virus.

"The hallucinations are a bit severe... In that case, let's look for them one by one. ”

I don't know if it's the influence of the black pattern, or the desire that has been invaded, Takichen even saw a delusion that shouldn't be, it was an illusion that violated Takichen's heart, and it was also himself that he could never forgive.

Reduced to a slave of power, with a blood-dripping demon sword, he finally stood on the highest peak of the world, and at his feet was the person he knew lying in a pool of blood. Fiction and reality, whether this is an illusion or the ultimate reality, the only thing Takichen has to do now is to find Airi.

There are not many rooms in a large underground space, but unfortunately, in such an underground space, it is difficult to get rid of enemies. Although the road is spread across half of the city, it is a slightly winding circular space when viewed closely.

"When did I become so cold-blooded, killing so many people, and my heart didn't fluctuate."

The distinctive sound of the wooden shoes echoed through the depths of the hallway, and the area that Takitashi passed through was almost a pool of blood.

"Well, I'm the one who chose to come here, and I'm the one who decides how to use my power. Human life is really worthless at some point! ”

The sound of hurried footsteps filled the space, and these people pounced on Takichen in groups like locusts, although there were only about twenty people at a time.

"Stop!"

A group of people appeared in front of him, holding flintlock pistols and aiming the swarthy muzzle at Takita.

He was tired of the fact that groups of people appeared in front of him, blocking his way. Are these miscellaneous soldiers so not afraid of death?

Takichen sincerely admires Luffy and them, and when they are hunted down, they are still happy to run around, is that the charm of the protagonist's aura?

With his heart beating strongly, Takijin ran down the hallway, quickly closing the distance between him.

I can't take care of that much, after the previous battle, my position has been exposed to the enemy's vision, even if the physical exertion is very high, I have to fight quickly.

The longer you stay here, the more dangerous it becomes for Airi, the mafia already knows that someone has broken into here, so what awaits Airi is only a merciless abandonment after the value is squeezed dry.

Bullets whistled past Takichen's ears, and for him who could be elementalized, the group of people was just snuggling up to the weapon in their hands to deceive themselves.

The difference in purpose is destined to only become an enemy, and there can be no mercy in dealing with the enemy.

The fruit power was activated instantly, and the fear of not being able to breathe bound them in a space without oxygen, struggling powerlessly and fearfully.

The bright red of the blade in his hand was a warm liquid splashed on the placket of his clothes. At this moment, they couldn't even speak, and the poignant blood flowers bloomed behind them along the graceful arc of the blade, and Takitsu walked forward again with the blood-stained demon knife.

Human desires are like rolling stones in a high mountain, once they start, they can never stop.

I don't know if it's my own delusion, after every killing, Takichen feels his strength increasing, although it is very weak, it is like a long-called desire to cinch his heart tightly, and every breath he takes, it becomes so heavy.

"Is this the price..."

Strength has become the inner desire of many people in this world of the jungle, and those who are lost in power will eventually become slaves of desire, and then wait for the fate of being abandoned by the world.

The sharp demon knife blooms not only a bright and gorgeous flower, but also a beautiful and deadly flower of desire, once it tastes the sweetness, it will make people sink into it with all their might.

At least, for those who crave power, they can't help themselves like an addictive poison.

The hustle and bustle was scattered in every corner of the space, and in addition to the urgency and anxiety in the air, there was also a hint of fresh blood. People who can't bear it are looking around, searching for all suspicious information.

The iron door was ruthlessly kicked open, and the wall was warmly embraced, and on the opposite side of the door, which was sunk in the wall tiles, the little girl lay quietly on the machine, and a pair of small hands were densely connected to the electrical wiring.

"Human experiments?"

"No, no, no, it's just a machine that collects data."

From behind the blue-glowing monitor came a middle-aged man in a white lab coat, holding a stack of seemingly thick but not much data.

The gloved index finger pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and walked to the simple iron table where the research materials were placed.

"I'm just a helpless doctor, if you're going to take her away, please."

"You're not afraid I'll kill you."

"No one wants to die, and I'm no exception, if you're going to kill me anyway, please let me put this pile of information in order, it's my life, it's the only proof that I'm alive."

Takichen walked to the little girl's side, looking at the scarred arm, he couldn't help but be a little angry, how much pain did she suffer to do such a cruel thing to a young girl?

While Takichen examines Airi's vital signs, the helpless doctor injects an unknown liquid hidden beneath the papers.