Chapter 75: Roar! Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!
In the center square of Loguetown, the sky looked as if a giant hole had been punctured through it.
Rain poured down in torrents, the dense curtain of water shrouding the entire world in a hazy gray.
Thunder rolled, sounding like a deathly countdown for the scene about to unfold.
"Wahahaha!!"
Atop the towering execution platform, Buggy stomped his foot ruthlessly onto Luffy's head, holding a cold, glinting saber high in the air.
Ignoring the torrential rain, he let out a Tatsuya's maniacal laugh toward the dense crowd gathered in the square:
"You red-eyed brat!! Watch closely!"
"This is the consequence of daring to oppose this great lord!!"
"It's all over! Straw Hat! You want to be the Pirate King?! Keep dreaming!!"
Below the execution platform, a sense of despair began to spread.
"Get out of the way!!"
Zoro held the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, his eyes bloodshot as he frantically swung the Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri, cutting down two pirates blocking his path.
"Luffy!! Dammit... I won't make it!!"
He was too far away, and ahead of him was a thick wall of people composed of the Buggy Pirates' acrobatic troupe and countless Marines.
"Luffy!!"
Sanji kicked a Marine away, but more enemies immediately filled the gap.
It was a distance defined by despair.
However, at this moment of life and death.
Luffy, trapped in the pillory and unable to move, looked through the curtain of rain at his companions who were desperately trying to charge over.
There was no fear, and no begging for mercy.
The corners of Luffy's mouth curled up, revealing his usual wide grin:
"Sorry, Tatsuya, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp..."
He shouted with a smile:
"I'm going to die!"
That smile was pure and serene, as if death were merely a new adventure.
...
"Die my ass!!!"
The instant Luffy shouted those words.
Atop a towering clock tower at the edge of the square.
A black figure was using Chakra to adhere to the slippery wall, ascending rapidly like a gecko and reaching the top of the clock tower in an instant.
Tatsuya was soaked to the bone, his black hair plastered to his forehead.
Those crimson Sharingan glowed with a heart-palpitating red light in the cold rain, locking onto the scene on the execution platform.
He looked up at the abnormal thunderclouds in the sky, which were gathering terrifying energy.
As someone familiar with the plot, his logic was clear—that was Dragon's doing.
In the next second, that bolt of lightning named "fate" would strike down and save Luffy.
Theoretically, he just needed to watch.
But.
When Tatsuya looked down and clearly saw, through the superhuman vision of the Sharingan, that Buggy's cold blade had already touched Luffy's neck.
"Boom!"
An uncontrollable rage instantly burst through the dam of his reason.
Tatsuya's face, which usually wore a smiling expression, now became incredibly distorted.
Leave a companion's life to someone else?
He couldn't do it.
"Are you kidding me..."
Tatsuya no longer waited for that so-called "Lightning of Fate."
He kicked off the top of the clock tower, his entire body like a black falcon leaping down from the heights!
While in mid-air, the storm and gale whistled past him.
Tatsuya's hands turned into a blur, moving so fast it was dizzying.
Forty-four seals were formed in just a few short seconds!
"This torrential rain... this standing water everywhere..."
Tatsuya felt the water elements around him, which were abundant to the extreme, and the Chakra within his body poured out like a bursting flood.
This was the perfect battlefield for Water Release!
Still in mid-air, Tatsuya let out a roar that shook the square toward the execution platform below:
"Get the hell away!! Buggy!!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!!!"
Rumble—!!!
The water didn't just spray from his mouth.
At this moment, Tatsuya mobilized the power of heaven and earth.
The torrential rain seemed to receive a monarch's command, instantly halting and converging in the air.
The water on the ground surged upward like a reverse waterfall.
Countless streams of water compressed and condensed frantically in front of Tatsuya, transforming in the blink of an eye into a massive, ten-meter-long, ferocious dragon of water!
"Roar!!!"
The water dragon let out a deafening roar, carrying massive force as it traced a terrifying arc through the air.
It struck first, slamming violently into the towering execution platform!
"Wha... what is th—"
Buggy, who was about to carry out the execution, looked up in horror at the blue dragon that blotted out the sky, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
Before he could finish his sentence.
"BOOM————!!!"
A devastating collision occurred.
The execution platform that had stood for twenty-two years, symbolizing the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, was as fragile as a paper toy before this violent water dragon.
It shattered instantly!
The massive wooden pillars snapped, and wood chips flew everywhere.
"Waaaaaah!!!"
Buggy and Alvida let out shrill screams as they were hit head-on by the terrifying water pressure.
The two were like stones being washed away, sent flying hundreds of meters until they disappeared at the end of the street.
And just a second after the execution platform was smashed by the water dragon and water splashed everywhere.
"CRACK!!!"
The green lightning that had been gathering in the sky finally fell, a step too late.
This bolt of lightning, which was supposed to hit the execution platform, now slammed into the ruins already scattered by the water dragon and the water spray flying through the air!
Zzzzzzt—!!!
Water is the best conductor.
The violent lightning instantly spread along the water, forming a massive high-voltage grid that covered half the square.
"Aaaaaah!!"
"Numb! I'm numb!!"
"Get away from here!"
The surrounding Marines and pirates who were trying to approach were instantly struck by the terrifying current.
One by one, they foamed at the mouth, their bodies twitching as they collapsed into the rainwater.
To onlookers, this scene was nothing short of a miracle—
The youth in black had descended from the sky, summoned a water dragon to destroy the execution ground, and simultaneously drawn down lightning from the heavens!
It was as if a god of thunder and rain had descended!
Splash...
Among the ruins, Luffy fell along with the broken wooden boards.
Because he was a rubber man, the lightning had no effect on him.
Though he wasn't charred by electricity, he was thoroughly soaked by the water dragon from earlier.
"Puh-ha!"
Luffy scrambled up from the standing water, spat out a mouthful of water, and giggling, picked up his Straw Hat from the ground and put it back on his head.
"Heeheehee! I survived!"
Before he could even celebrate.
Thump!!!
An iron fist wrapped in Chakra unceremoniously slammed into Luffy's head.
"Ow! That hurts!!"
Luffy clutched his head, tears spurting from his eyes.
Tatsuya stood before Luffy, soaked through.
He shook the water droplets off his hands; though his Sharingan had faded, the expression on his face remained terrifyingly dark.
"Laughing? You can still laugh?"
Tatsuya grabbed Luffy's cheeks and pulled them hard to both sides, roaring through gritted teeth:
"Don't just casually talk about 'dying'! You bastard Captain!!"
Luffy's face was being stretched as he looked at Tatsuya's expression, which was filled with both anger and lingering fear.
A few seconds later.
He held his Straw Hat, and even with his face being pulled, he still revealed an even more brilliant smile:
"Heeheehee! Sorry! Tatsuya!"
"Because I knew..."
"You guys would definitely come to save me!"
"..."
Tatsuya's hand stiffened slightly, then he helplessly let go and sighed:
"I really can't win with you."
At this time.
The dust around them cleared, and although many had fallen, more Marine encirclements were closing in again.
"Crimson Lotus Victor..."
Not far away, Smoker held his Jitte, the cigar in his mouth already soaked by the rain.
His sharp eyes pierced through the rain, staring gloomily at Tatsuya's back:
"Was that... a Devil Fruit ability? No, it seemed like some kind of water manipulation trick... and he can draw lightning too? Add that to his flames..."
"Just who... is this guy?"
In a dark alley at the corner of the square.
A tall figure wearing a deep green cloak was quietly watching it all.
Rainwater slid down his cloak.
Under the hood, the man with red square tattoos on his face had the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
"Truly... a good look in his eyes."
Dragon glanced at Tatsuya, then at Luffy, and turned to vanish into the darkness:
"Luffy, you've found a very reliable man."
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