A few minutes earlier.
"Well... the distance is farther than I expected."
Ozz exhaled a breath of white mist.
With his current physique, temperature no longer affected him at all, but the endless field of white was another matter. It looked fine at first, but after staring at it for too long, even he started to feel visual fatigue.
"Teleportation really is more convenient."
Under Kuina's puzzled gaze, Ozz lightly snapped his fingers.
The scenery around them rapidly changed.
They arrived inside a research facility.
Ozz did not keep his future sight active every second of the day. With his current warrior instincts, along with the passive power of all three types of Haki, it was almost impossible for him to be hit by those rule-based Paramecia Devil Fruit abilities.
So the instant he appeared inside the research lab, he had already sensed that he was inside the ROOM of the Op-Op Fruit.
He had also sensed a strange force coming toward him.
With only a fraction of a second to think, Ozz immediately figured out the situation.
Then the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Thump.
Thump.
As the Op-Op Fruit's power took effect with a few taps of the blade tip, Law instinctively clenched his hand.
Their consciousnesses began to swap bodies.
Everyone was startled by the two figures that had suddenly appeared.
Sanji and the others, who had been running, hurriedly stopped.
Soon after, they quickly realized that their bodies had been swapped.
"I... I turned into Miss Nami!"
Spurt!
Nami, whose mind was currently Sanji's, sprayed a towering fountain of blood from her nose.
The others were all shocked by their own changes.
But Law's expression changed drastically in an instant. Kikoku slipped from his hand and fell to the ground as he staggered back several steps.
Looking at Ozz, who had suddenly appeared and whose body had now been swapped, Law broke out in cold sweat.
"Mr. Ozz!"
Was this a joke?
He looked at his own hands.
He had actually swapped Ozz's body...
Hearing that shout, Sanji and the others, who had been shocked by the body swap, suddenly came back to their senses.
That name cast far too large a shadow over them.
"Father?"
"Where?!"
"Nami" shouted and turned toward the two figures who had suddenly appeared, her face lighting up with surprise.
"Is it Father?!"
The others were also startled and uncertain, frozen in place by that legendary name.
"Nami" walked forward.
But when she saw Law's strange expression in the distance, along with Ozz and Kuina seemingly frozen where they stood, a bad feeling rose in her heart.
"What happened..."
At that moment, "Kuina" slowly opened her eyes and clenched her fist.
"Swapping bodies? Interesting..."
On the other side, "Ozz" seemed unable to react for a moment and stood there blankly.
"Huh? I... I became a man..."
Hearing this, "Nami" froze.
"Father, don't tell me you also..."
"You are... Sanji?"
"Nami" walked forward in a daze, staring at "Kuina," whose expression was filled with amusement.
"How could even you be hit by this?"
Sanji found it hard to believe.
Although Ozz had put the Straw Hats through many moments of despair, he was still Sanji's foster father. In the end, he had not driven them into total ruin either.
In Sanji's heart, Ozz was still his father.
But someone so invincible and perfect, how could he possibly be...
"Well... I was careless for a moment, I suppose."
"Kuina" wore Ozz's unique calmness, with a faint curve at the corner of her mouth.
Even after having his body swapped, he remained unhurried and composed.
A calm life had finally gained a slight ripple. Ozz simply treated this as a brief and novel experience.
After all, if one asked honestly...
If given the chance, who would not be curious about what it felt like to have one's soul briefly swapped into a beautiful woman's body?
And Kuina?
After realizing this was Ozz's body, she did not show the slightest girlish embarrassment.
Instead, she clenched her fist in disbelief. Her heart surged wildly, and she was almost excited to the extreme.
What kind of body was this?
Right now, she even had the illusion that she could destroy the whole world with a single punch.
That feeling of holding all creation in her grasp was like becoming a true god.
No wonder her father had once said women could never surpass men in swordsmanship.
Kuina instinctively clenched her fist.
Her curious gaze fixed on it as waves of pitch-black power began to emerge.
Crack, crack, crack!
Space began to shatter.
The entire research facility...
No, all of Punk Hazard began to tremble.
Even Luffy and the others, far away on the Ice Peninsula, were thrown into chaos by the sudden earthquake.
A crimson, intensely concentrated form of flowing Armament Haki, spatial distortion, world-class monstrous strength, and countless other forces surged within that single fist.
Punk Hazard and the surrounding sea began to shake.
The Straw Hats, Law, and the Marines led by Smoker were all horrified by this disaster-like scene. Their pupils trembled violently as they grabbed nearby objects to steady themselves.
Kuina's entire worldview began to twist completely.
How could a human being be this powerful?
Was this a god?
Ozz stood firmly in place, watching his own body stare in shock at the power being released. He secretly shook his head.
This was still nothing.
The most important power, Conqueror's Haki infusion, had not even been used yet.
But this was also the limit.
Unlike Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities, Conqueror's Haki was the coordination of spirit and body. Its primary vessel was the mind and soul.
Even if someone swapped bodies, it was impossible to use it.
"Stop playing. Let's go."
"Kuina" carried Wado Ichimonji and walked toward the door.
Ozz wanted to test the limits of this body.
Kuina was very obedient.
At this point, she had been completely conquered by Ozz's strength and quickly followed.
Law naturally saw "Kuina" walking toward him.
Sweat broke out across his face.
"Mr. Ozz, this is a misunderstanding..."
"Law, you've grown rather bold."
"Kuina" slowly drew Wado Ichimonji from her waist, a faint smile on her face.
"This is not something a single apology can settle."
"Ozz," following "Kuina's" order, obediently stood to the side.
"Watch carefully. This is the strength this body can bring out."
The real Kuina nodded. Her gaze was extremely serious.
She also felt that her own body, when controlled by Ozz, looked unbelievably cool.
Then "Kuina," draped in a black cloak, arrived before Law, Smoker, Tashigi, and the other Marines, who were standing in confrontation.
She slowly drew Wado Ichimonji.
"Let me see the limits of this body."
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