Chapter 199: A Battle Of Physical Strength! 

Although judging from Mikita's situation.

Rifan seems to have a super guiding ability, and has the power to quickly strengthen his partners.

But in Tsuru's view, this should be limited to Haki, Taijutsu and even swordsmanship.

As for Devil Fruit, even Rifan does not have the power to awaken it quickly.

Therefore, some people think of Nojiko who has followed Rifan for a long time.

Of course, she also thought about Rifan handing over the Bubble Fruit to Kalifa and others.

But if this is the case, Rifan has more than just the ability to make his partners quickly improve their abilities! 

He may also have the power to quickly awaken Devil Fruit! 

Such a situation is really too scary and unreal! 

So Tsuru subconsciously denied such a possibility.

"Don't look at Nojiko like that, she is not the person with the ability of Bubble Fruit."

"And shouldn't you be more concerned with your own situation now than with my companion?"

Rifan pointed to the soap bubble that had completely wrapped Tsuru, and said with a smile.

"I know my situation, and I also know that your Bubble Fruit won't be able to break through my defensive shield so quickly."

"Also, you said that Nojiko is not the person with the ability of Bubble Fruit?"

"But I think, apart from her, none of your partners are likely to awaken the Bubble Fruit so quickly."

Tsuru said while thickening her defensive shield.

"Don't be too absolute, Vice Admiral Tsuru,"

"Although Paramecia Devil Fruits lack a will like Zoan Devil Fruits and don't actively choose users," he continued, "maybe, in some cases, a Paramecia Devil Fruit can be exceptionally compatible with someone."

"Perhaps," he added with a smirk, "under such rare circumstances, one of my partners awakened their powers immediately after consuming the Bubble Fruit."

"Such a thing is unheard of, and there is no possibility that it will happen."

Tsuru shook her head, apparently not believing what Rifan said.

"Hehe, I've already said what I think, and there's nothing I can do if you don't believe it."

"That's the end of the conversation, Tsuru Vice Admiral."

"Next, let me clean it up for you."

"You who have the fruit of washing, you should have no experience of being washed."

"So relax and enjoy it, maybe it will make your shrivelled skin regain its lustre."

Rifan said, raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the supporting bubbles under Tsuru's feet dissipated.

A huge hole with a diameter of 1 metre and a depth of more than 10 meters was exposed.

Then, after pushing it to only one meter away from the bottom of the cave.

Rifan clasped his hands together.

All of a sudden, all the soap bubbles formed by Rifan's abilities squeezed towards Tsuru as hard as possible.

Tsuru felt the feedback brought by the defensive shield, and her heart became more serious.

Even if it's just a fragile bubble, under Rifan's control, it has a terrifying impact.

What troubled Tsuru even more.

After each bubble is squeezed and popped, it will release a cleansing power similar to the cleansing fruit she has mastered.

But this power is not compatible with her washing fruit! 

Immediately after the two different fruit forces came into contact, they began to cancel each other out.

This also forced Tsuru to use more physical energy to build a more powerful defensive shield.

However, she soon discovered that the speed she constructed could not match the speed of her energy consumption.

"Troublesome, it looks like I'm really going to be cleaned up if it goes on like this."

Tsuru sighed, raised her head and looked at Rifan's figure reflected on the bubble.

About half an hour later.

Around the arena.

"Really, how long do we have to wait?"

"Is it interesting to fight like this?"

Bonney crossed her arms, impatiently watching the scene of Rifan and Tsuru's standoff battle.

It is different from the fierce battle before.

At this moment, the battle between Rifan and Tsuru has completely become a battle of attrition between the two different forces of Bubble Fruit and Wash Fruit.

In other words, it is pure mutual consumption of physical energy.

And this kind of battle obviously can't arouse the interest of Bonney, who has a carefree personality.

"Captain Rifan has his plan."

"Here, let's act as spectators and prevent these navies from disturbing Captain Rifan."

Nojiko glanced at Bonney and said with a smile on her face.

"But this is too boring."

"It's much more boring than watching you and that guy Rifan being having s*x."

Bonney waved her hand, and dared to say things that ordinary girls couldn't say.

Fortunately, Nojiko is used to Bonney's bold speeches from time to time.

So she wouldn't blush with embarrassment because of Bonney's words at the moment.

"Speaking of which, Nojiko, did you use my appearance to do something like that with Captain Rifan?"

Bonney put her arm around Nojiko's shoulder and put it on her face. After pulling her to her side, she asked in a low voice.

"Who knows." Nojiko shrugged her shoulders, "However, if you are interested, you can come and watch us."

"At that time, I can become like you."

"However, if you can, please change Captain Rifan back to how he was when he was a child."

"Such a scene must be very interesting~"

Thinking of Rifan's petite body being held in her arms.

Some strange elements in Nojiko's heart began to awaken.

"Tch, you look like an honest woman."

"But it seems you're also a pervert."

Bonney shook her head, glanced at the pretty female vice admirals who were nervously looking at Tsuru, and then turned to look at Tsuru again.

Suddenly, the corners of Bonney's mouth parted into a big smile.

"Nojiko, didn't Captain Rifan say earlier that he want to let those female soldiers accompany him tonight?"

"That's right, but Captain Rifan must be joking, Bonney, what are you talking about?"

"Hehe, I don't know if it's a joke, but are you not going to record their data with your devil fruit ability?"

"Hehe~, I'll do it without you telling me."

Nojiko raised the corner of her mouth and said with a smile.

For Nojiko, whose heart is already filled with Rifan.

Making Rifan happy is her happiness. 

And to make Rifan happy, her Clone-Clone Fruit is her greatest weapon.

For the current Nojiko, she doesn't mind collecting more data of a few beautiful girls.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Rifan doesn't mention it, if she meets a girl who she thinks Rifan will like.

Nojiko will always look for opportunities to record their data. 

As early as when Rifan told Tsuru a joke about letting those female soldiers stay with him all night.

Nojiko had already set her sights on them.

"It seems that I still underestimate your accommodations to that guy Rifan."

"Speaking of which, I have another proposal, why don't you cooperate with me then."

As Bonney spoke, she put her hand next to Nojiko's ear, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

At the same time, the battle between Rifan and Tsuru has come to an end.

"Tsuru Vice Admiral, this is too boring."

"It's almost time for me to end this fight."

When Rifan took advantage of Bubble to surround and squeeze Tsuru, he was already in front of Tsuru.

Although Tsuru wants to take advantage of the opportunity of Rifan getting closer to her to use the power of washing the fruit on him.

But Rifan, who has the level of Observation Haki for predicting the future, naturally dodged it easily.

Even Rifan took advantage of Tsuru's hands to clean Tsuru with bubble fruit.

It's just that Tsuru's Washing Fruit can neutralise the brilliance effect of Bubble Fruit.

So now she has not lost the power to act.

"Although I am old, I will not give in until the end."

"And we set the fighting time to be two hours.

"As long as I persist until then, the victory will belong to me."

The corner of Tsuru's mouth raised, and she spoke to Rifan.

"You're really stubborn. Is it true that people are like this when they get older?"

Rifan sighed, and suddenly stretched out his hand to use the power of Dark Fruit to grab Tsuru.

Although Tsuru sensed it, she had consumed a lot of energy and was blocked by the surrounding soap bubbles.

This time, she couldn't escape Rifan's grasp after all.

As Rifan's right palm condensed with 'dark water' touched Tsuru's neck.

The energy of Tsuru's Washing Fruit disappeared instantly.

Then the surrounding bubbles surged up, directly covering the whole body of Tsuru.

After a while, wait until the bubbles dissipate again.

Tsuru's body has become extremely smooth and turned into a large toy-like existence and lost most of her strength.

Also, because of being controlled by Rifan's 'Dark Water'.

At this moment, even if Tsuru wants to use her ability to cleanse her body, there is no way to do it.

"How about it, Tsuru Vice Admiral, do you want to admit defeat now?"

"If you still persist, I don't mind beating an old woman~"

Rifan put his left hand in front of Tsuru's eyes and said.

While speaking, a dazzling thunder light began to shine on his left hand.

Just by looking at it, one can understand the large amount of destructive power contained in it.

Seeing this scene, Tsuru couldn't help but stare in shock. 

'Darkness, bubbles, lightning!'

'This man can use these three different Devil Fruit powers at the same time?!'

'What is the limit of this guy's devil fruit ability?'

'Is it only possible to use the power of three Devil Fruits at the same time?'

'Or, even if it is Flower-Flower Fruit, can he use it at the same time?'

Thinking that Rifan might be able to use four devil fruit abilities at the same time, Tsuru's evaluation of Rifan became more and more elevated.

In Gion's report.

Although Rifan showed the power of Thunder, Darkness and Flower Fruit.

But in the same period of time, Rifan only used the combination of Thunder and Flower or the combination of Darkness and Flower fruit.

Originally, Tsuru thought that although Rifan could use various Devil Fruit abilities.

But probably only two can be used at the same time.

But now, after seeing Rifan's performance on the spot, she has no choice but to overturn her original assessment of Rifan.

"You bastard! Let go of Tsuru Vice Admiral!"

"Asshole, take your hands off Sister Tsuru!"

A group of female sailors were already worried about Tsuru's safety.

Now they see that Tsuru is completely controlled by Rifan.

And even her body is in a strange state because of the power of the Bubble Fruit.

The female soldiers could no longer restrain their worries about Tsuru and rushed forward.

Unlike Gion, they don't know Rifan's character well.

At the moment, they only thought that Rifan might threaten Tsuru because she couldn't move.

They are so desperate that even Gion, who is in a state of anaesthesia, has no way to stop them.

Hearing the conversation of the female soldiers, Tsuru just wanted to make them retreat.

But before she could do that, thunderbolts of golden and blue-white colours that contained terrifying energy suddenly fell from the sky.

Accompanied by a violent roar, the female soldiers who had just run a few steps fell to the ground due to the power of the thunder.

A stronger female soldier just wanted to get up, but was also controlled on the spot by Robin's ability.

When Nojiko saw this scene.

She raised her eyebrows and immediately rushed forward to start copying the data of the female soldiers, especially the bodies of some beautiful female soldiers.

"Stop Rifan, don't attack them!"

Tsuru said worriedly, while struggling violently.

"Tsuru Vice Admiral, I didn't do anything."

"Also, it's your subordinates who violated the agreement."

"Since this is the case, it is only natural for my crew to attack."

Rifan turned around with Tsuru in his hand so that she could see Nami who had unknowingly used Thunder Fruit and the magic weather stick to gather dark clouds in the sky that were constantly rushing with thunder power.

The thunder that contained terrifying power seemed ready to fall at any time.

Ready to hit the female soldiers who were firmly pressed to the ground by the arms stretched out from the ground.

Because Robin accurately grasped the structure of the human body, the position she grasped was just enough to prevent the female soldiers from exerting their strength.

It can be said that Robin used the smallest force to control the female Marine at this moment.

Tsuru naturally also saw Robin's tricks.

But even so, she was amazed by the strength Robin showed.

How powerful are her subordinates?

She knows better than anyone else! 

Nami's Thunder is strong though.

But it is not enough to incapacitate those female soldiers with strong strength.

And Robin can control so many female soldiers at the moment.

Her strength will definitely not be inferior to Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral!

'Is even Robin's power underestimated?'

'That's right, Mikita, who became a member of the Rifan crew almost at the same time as Robin, has that kind of power.'

'Since Robin is the type of woman Rifan likes, it is impossible for him not to let Robin also gain a strong power. '

'Rifan can use Flower-Flower Fruit to exert power like a demon clone. '

'This Robin may also be able to exert that level of power!'

'I just don't know if her strength is only as good as she is currently showing or, did she even reach Mikita's level?!'

Tsuru frowned.

While she was thinking, she didn't notice that Jewelry Bonney and Nojiko, who had copied the body data of the beautiful female soldiers, were already approaching her.

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