Chapter 87: Beating Tatsumaki Until She Can't Land
[Due to force majeure, many changes were made; this is just an ordinary battle]
In ancient times, it was said that one's arm was thick enough for a horse to run on.
Now, there is an Esper hanging from a club.
Since it was a training battle, he naturally couldn't use the spiked body of the Hassaikai(Kanabo).
Aokiji used the Hassaikai(Kanabo) upside down.
Providing a thoughtful remedial lesson for Tatsumaki, who had neglected the basics.
Even without attaching Armament Haki, weapons condensed from ice crystals had extraordinary hardness.
Tatsumaki's counterattacks caused almost no cumulative damage.
The purpose of this training battle was to get Tatsumaki used to balancing defense while attacking, so she wouldn't lose as she did in the original work.
At the same time, it was to let her experience the dizziness and loss of focus after a strong impact, striving to overcome it as soon as possible.
Aokiji swung the Hassaikai(Kanabo) with great force.
Heavy blow after blow boomed against the Esper's defense.
"This is a training battle, why are you always on the passive defense? Show me some decent attacks," Aokiji said softly in her ear.
"Uuu—"
Tatsumaki let out a soft groan.
She couldn't help but roll her eyes and glare at him.
Subsequently, under the heavy, hail-like offensive...
She tremblingly activated her Psychic Power.
Two pieces of alloy quivered and curled up, trying to wrap around and strangle Aokiji.
But this kind of weak, instinctive counterattack could never pose a threat to Aokiji.
It was easily broken again by the spike-less Hassaikai(Kanabo).
Tatsumaki, who had always been proud and unruly, still couldn't adapt to the feeling of being suppressed, barely managing to hold up her defense.
"Feeble attacks and defense," Aokiji warned sternly. "You don't want to lose to such a low-level weakness again, do you?"
"Concentrate and feel it; balance your attack and defense simultaneously."
"Next is a full-force offensive, get ready to defend!"
"Hentai, uuu—!!"
Tatsumaki's faint curse wasn't even finished...
When the powerful chain of hits instantly became incredibly fierce!
Just as Aokiji said, Tatsumaki needed to be able to maintain an adequate defense under any circumstances.
She had to experience it deep in her Soul to form an instinct.
Tatsumaki, in the Early Stage of training, was very clumsy; her forced defense was almost non-existent.
Her petite, youthful body was knocked into the air by the successive attacks.
Like a female character in a fighting game, she was hit by her opponent's skilled combos and couldn't touch the ground.
Her figure looked exceptionally slender, yet had a soft, fleshy feel.
Under the merciless attacks, it caused constant ripples.
The somewhat familiar feeling of her Psychic Power going out of control surged again after the intense strikes washed over her brain.
Aokiji immediately noticed her state.
While the offensive continued, he said:
"Remember this feeling, feel it carefully, and work hard to adapt and overcome."
Guh—how, how is it possible to uuu—adapt... her chaotic mind barely pieced together a sentence.
But she had no chance to speak at all.
Under the violent impact of Haoshoku Haki...
Tatsumaki's consciousness gradually crumbled into a void.
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(T/N: What an intense battle!)
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Chat App.
Aokiji: [I've persuaded your sister]
Fubuki: [Really!!]
Fubuki: [Great! So can I use the technology left by that organization to become stronger now?!]
Aokiji: [Don't be in a hurry, I need someone to verify the safety and feasibility, and also pick which ones are suitable for you]
Fubuki: [I see... it's okay, I can wait!]
Fubuki: [By the way, Aokiji, how did you persuade sister? It took so long...]
Fubuki: [It wouldn't be what I'm thinking, would it?]
Aokiji: [...]
Aokiji: [It did take quite a while, but persuading Tatsumaki was actually finished very quickly. As for the rest of the time...]
Fubuki: [You, you're really only thinking of yourself]
Fubuki: [After so much time, sister... is she okay?]
Aokiji: [Don't overthink it]
He turned his head to look at Tatsumaki lying beside him, only showing a tiny bit of the edge of her pupils.
Aokiji felt a fleeting bit of guilt and replied:
[She still has her eyes open; it's just training to help her overcome her weaknesses]
Fubuki: [Still has her eyes open? What a strange description]
After tilting her head and thinking it over...
Fubuki's face flushed red very quickly.
This guy is clearly an Esper too.
How can his physical body be so strong?!
Sister... Fubuki couldn't help but feel worried for her sister.
At the same time, a prickly, flustered sense of transgression welled up from knowing that her sister was right beside Aokiji while she was chatting with him.
Fubuki, who had always had an inferiority complex as if she were receiving charity...
Felt a forbidden pleasure akin to secretly snatching her sister's things.
There was both rational resistance...
And an instinctive, addictive pursuit.
After a long time, once Aokiji had settled Tatsumaki down...
Fubuki, who he thought wouldn't reply again, seemed to have gone through an intense internal struggle and sent another message:
[Watching a movie this weekend, I want to go too]
Seeing the message, Aokiji couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
She was much more frank than her sister.
[Okay]
He gave a short reply, agreeing to it.
Aokiji selected some technologies regarding the amplification of Psychic Power intensity and sent them to Genus.
He let the other party research and conduct detailed analysis and experiments.
Then he went to deal with the damage to the residential area from the battle.
Finally, he returned to the base.
The training ground was in ruins, and nanobots were slowly decomposing and repairing the bulges and fragments.
Aokiji activated his fruit ability again.
In his Oni Dragon Form, he began a new round of Training...