One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

"Oh dear, being so irritable isn't good, you hairy handsome guy."

Iron Rod Alita's charming voice came through.

"Alvida!"

Bucky was so scared that his red nose turned white.

She stood in front of Buggy, and the moment Goss's lightning-wrapped claws touched her skin, her skin, which had become frictionless after eating the "Smooth-Smooth Fruit," came into play.

Slurp—!

Goss felt his grip suddenly go limp; his hand, strong enough to crush steel, felt like it was gripping an ice surface covered in grease, and he slid to the side.

"it's useless."

Alvida, carrying her spiked club, confidently puffed out her chest and leaned back, dodging Goss's follow-up attack.

She looked at Goss, a smug smile on her face:

"Although your lightning is terrifying, in this world, no attack can leave a mark on this 'most beautiful skin in the world,' you know? As long as you miss, it's completely..."

zizi.

Before she could finish speaking, a burnt smell suddenly wafted into her nose.

Alvida's smile froze on her face.

She felt a burning stinging pain on the skin where Goss's hand had just brushed against her.

She lowered her head, her pupils dilating instantly.

On her once flawless, porcelain-like skin, a dark and ugly scorch mark was now visible, still emitting black smoke.

Although the physical attack was deflected, the violent lightning on Goss's hand burned her skin the instant it made contact.

"This...this is..."

Alvida's hands trembled as she touched the charred skin, her fingertips smeared with black ash.

Immediately following, a scream ten times more piercing and shrill than Bucky's earlier one nearly shattered everyone's eardrums:

"Aaaaaaaahh ...

"My skin!! My most beautiful, smoothest skin in the whole world, skin that even a speck of dust wouldn't dare settle on!!"

The composure, charm, and playfulness she had just displayed vanished completely.

At this moment, her face was distorted like a demon crawling out of hell, and her originally beautiful eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.

"Unforgivable...Unforgivable!!"

She stared intently at Goss, the spiked club in her hand creaking from the force of her grip.

"How dare you sully my beauty!!"

"I'm going to smash every single bone in your body... inch by inch, into powder!!!"

"Go to hell!! You filthy man!!"

With a piercing roar, Alvida slammed her bare feet against the deck.

Using the zero-friction property granted by the Slip-Slip Fruit, she glided like a cannonball, instantly appearing in front of Goss.

The massive iron bar, covered in spikes and weighing hundreds of pounds, slammed down on Goss's skull with terrifying wind pressure capable of shattering rocks!

This attack, launched in anger, was so fast that it left a trail of afterimages in the air.

A beautiful, silvery cross-shaped light bloomed before Goss could react.

Clang!

A sickening clang of metal rang out, sending sparks flying in the night.

That unstoppable spiked club was actually held aloft in mid-air, unable to advance even an inch further.

In that instant, the originally murderous battlefield seemed to momentarily become hazy.

Alvida felt the girl who had been blocking her way disappear, replaced by a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

With her left hand, she held up a pale, clear moon; with her right hand, she raised countless crimson petals that fluttered down from the sky.

The cool moonlight and the poignant red snow intertwined and collided in mid-air.

Like a proud, snow-covered ailanthus, it blooms sadly under the lonely moonlight of the sixteenth night.

Those were Mia's two famous swords, which Bucky had left on the deck during the chaos.

now.

Mia's figure appeared and disappeared between the "moonlight" and the "sea of ​​flowers," her eyes colder than the blade in her hand.

"Your opponent is me."

……

Goss didn't pause for a moment, nor did he even turn his head.

He knew Mia's strength very well. Now that she had obtained the real famous sword, Alvida, who only relied on the Devil Fruit, was no match for him.

"Next..."

Goss stomped his foot, his figure transforming into a winding bolt of lightning, instantly bypassing the two women who were facing off, and rushing straight towards Bucky, who had just pieced together his body and was preparing to slip away.

"Your good luck... is over, Bucky!"

The claw, crackling with violent electricity, aimed straight for Bucky's heart with the help of Shave.

Bucky froze, his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out, and his mouth agape at an unbelievable angle.

Even that signature scream was abruptly swallowed back down, like a screaming chicken being choked.

"Extra Large Service - Candle Barrier!!"

Mr. 3 slammed his hands down on the ground beside Bucky.

Rumble!

Large amounts of white wax gushed out like a fountain, instantly solidifying in front of Bucky into a white steel wall several meters thick, as impenetrable as a city wall.

boom! !

Goss's lightning claws slammed heavily against the candle wall.

This time, the advance was not as unstoppable as before.

That blow, powerful enough to shatter rocks, only created a shallow crater in the wall, sending white wax shavings flying, but it blocked Goss's path.

"Huh? It's...it's blocked?"

Bucky, hiding behind the wall, paused for a moment when he heard no sound of breaching.

Immediately afterwards, a set of candle armor was wrapped around Bucky.

The rigidity of the candle should have immobilized Bucky, but Bucky's act of tearing his body to pieces made up for it.

Despite wearing tough armor, Bucky was still able to float and move freely in the air.

Then, that confidence, which I don't know where it came from, surged up again.

"Hahaha! It's blocked! It's blocked!!"

Bucky peeked half his red-nosed head out from behind the wall of candles, looked at Goss who had stopped moving on the other side, and immediately put on a smug, arrogant expression, mocking him relentlessly:

"Idiot! Fool!"

"Mr. 3's candles are as hard as steel! Most importantly—they're immune to static electricity!!"

Bucky patted the thick candle armor, laughing so hard tears almost streamed down his face, and wiggled his butt, making a face: "Your lightning is powerful, but against an incredibly hard candle, it's practically useless... uh?"

His laughter suddenly caught in his throat.

Because he noticed that the surrounding air... suddenly became scorching hot.

That kind of heat wasn't just heat; it felt like fire was burning right up to your eyebrows.

On the other side of the wall.

Goss remained with his hands pressed against the wall.

He lowered his head, and the roar emanating from the raging heart in his chest had never been so intense, even emitting a shriek on the verge of its limit.

Goss slowly raised his head.

In that instant, Bucky and Mr. 3 were horrified to see that Goss's body was covered in purplish-black lightning.

The violent power became increasingly refined, and Goss completely transformed into a dazzling ball of lightning.

The extremely high voltage caused the candle in contact to emit white smoke, and the surrounding space to be visibly distorted due to the high temperature.

What happened next became a nightmare that Bucky and Mr. 3 would never forget.

The enormous candle-shaped barrier, touted as being "comparable to steel," was sliced ​​through by Goss's hands as easily as a red-hot knife cutting into butter.

It turns red quickly, softens, and boils!

"No...impossible!!"

Mr. 3 was so frightened that his glasses shattered, and he screamed, "My candle... my artwork... it's evaporating?!"

They were not given time to be surprised.

Goss's claw, flowing with scalding hot molten lava, "pierced" through the several-meter-thick wall of candles, shattering it in one swift motion, and appeared before Bucky and Mr. 3, accompanied by a spray of scalding wax.

That face, made of lightning, had only a pair of eyes that were as cold as death itself.

"Eek!! Help me!!!!"

Bucky and Mr. 3 leaped into the air and hugged each other tightly. Their jaws dislocated and crashed to the ground, their eyeballs popping out half a meter long. They were so terrified that they lost all strength and couldn't even muster the energy to run away.