Chapter 26: Hyakuretsu Ken is for Exploding Bodies, Rasetsu Ken is for Little Girls
"Enemies, huh..."
The black-robed man's voice was devoid of any emotion. "To think enemies could infiltrate this place. What a bunch of useless trash."
Sag flexed his five fingers, his entire body emitting cracking sounds as his bones adjusted. He twisted his neck and grinned menacingly: "Soon, I'll turn you into scrap too."
It was one thing for this black-robed man to make him take the blame, but the main thing was that he didn't get a single Berry of profit!
How could he tolerate that?
Everything this guy had stolen had to be returned!
*Boom!*
Without a word, the black-robed man attacked directly. The wide cloak suddenly billowed, carrying a whistling sound as it swiftly struck towards Sag.
*A physical attack?*
Sag loved this kind of opponent.
He didn't dodge, and punched straight at the object billowing from within the cloak.
As long as he touched it, his Fist of the North Star would certainly...
"Tekkai!"
Just as his fist made contact, Sag's expression changed. He immediately retracted his hand, steadied his feet, and shouted.
*Dong!*
The bulge within the cloak slammed into Sag, producing a dull thud like two heavy objects colliding.
Sag withstood the attack, reached out, and pressed on the bulge. He quickly shifted his body forward, his legs like the wind, making a large sweeping motion, kicking at the black-robed man's head.
*Clang!*
The tremendous force, far greater than that of the five-meter-tall black-robed man, kicked the black-robed man sideways with just one kick, clearly unable to withstand this force.
But the sound that came from the kick, and the feel of the punch he had just landed...
*Ka.*
A strange sound came from the black-robed man, and another bulge emerged from his chest, emitting a bright light from within...
*Boom!*
A cannonball flew out of the cloak, hitting Sag, carrying his body backwards, exploding directly, creating a large crater in the ground, and raising a cloud of smoke.
"Sag!"
Lily raised her hand to block the flying debris, shouted in surprise, and aimed her rapier at the black-robed man.
"Rankyaku: Ran!"
But just as she was about to move, a voice sounded from within the smoke, and a series of pale blue slashes blew away the smoke, flying out in a disorderly manner.
The smoke dissipated, and Sag walked out, brushing the dust off his clothes.
Thanks to *Tekkai*, he could withstand cannonballs.
As for the opponent...
The slashes of *Rankyaku* had completely missed dodging by the black-robed man, slicing open his black cloak. Beneath the cuts, a metallic gleam was revealed. Under the barrage of *Rankyaku* slashes, the cloak was torn into fragments.
"Steel?!" Lily exclaimed in surprise.
Revealed before them was not some tall being, but a five-meter-tall... steel robot.
This steel machine had no head, only a body like an iron can. Above the body was a footprint-shaped dent.
Below it was something like a track, which could change height by extending and retracting. The elbows of its long arms had rollers, and at the front were huge steel fists.
In the abdomen of this can-like body, a large cannon barrel extended.
"A robot!!"
Pearl, who was still fighting the pirates, his eyes lit up. He looked at the iron shields hanging on his body, and then looked at the huge robot, his eyes full of envy and admiration.
Who doesn't like giant steel robots?
"I knew it was a lump of iron. The feel wasn't right," Sag sneered. "Hiding your head and tail. Watch me dismantle you!"
*Whoosh!*
Sag stomped on the ground and disappeared from the spot. In an instant, he appeared below the steel robot, directly facing its cannon barrel.
*Bang!*
With just one punch, Sag's fist left a dent in the barrel, and even twisted the barrel open. After landing the punch, his fist slid along the iron lump's abdomen, and he punched the iron lump's abdomen fiercely, leaving a deep fist imprint.
The steel robot extended its arms, and its huge metal fingers slammed together towards the center, trying to crush Sag.
"Too slow!"
Sag bent his knees and quickly jumped up, dodging the steel robot's hand clap. At the same time, he pressed one hand on the huge metal fingers, using the force to kick like a sword straight at the elbow roller of one arm.
*Bang!*
*Crack!*
A muffled sound was mixed with a teeth-grinding noise. The roller shook violently and detached from the elbow, falling to the ground along with the disassembled half-arm.
"Again!"
Sag's offensive continued. He used his palm to leverage off the metal fingers he was pressing, making a large sweeping motion, and kicked like a whip at the elbow of the other arm.
The metal arm was kicked, creating a dent. It shook for a while, and then the roller and the front half of the arm fell off.
With just two kicks, he had disabled the steel robot's arms.
This thing, as steel, was certainly not weak. But in Sag's eyes, it was too slow.
Apart from the first punch where Sag was a little careless, mistaking it for a slightly taller person, and using Tekkai to withstand a punch, and getting hit by a cannonball once to confirm whether it was really human, this thing had no chance of hitting him.
This thing was just huge. In terms of actual combat power, it was completely inferior to Lily's stepfather.
After all...
*Whoosh!*
The front half of the arms detached. The steel robot raised its upper arms, and two swords extended from the elbow positions. It was unclear if it was because a part of the weight had been lost, or for some other reason, but the speed of the two swords falling was significantly faster, and in the blink of an eye, they stabbed at Sag's body.
"Tekkai."
*Clang!*
The sword tips jammed on Sag's shoulders. He looked up at the iron lump, the corner of his mouth curling into a mocking smile. "Just a lump of iron."
*Pa!*
He extended his two hands and struck the blades fiercely, shattering them with one punch. Then he jumped high, spread his arms wide, clenched his fists, and like a peacock spreading its feathers, drew fan-shaped fist shadows on both sides, striking the steel robot's body.
"Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!"
*Dong dong dong!!*
Sag's fists seemed to multiply into countless fists. As his body descended, they accurately hit the steel body. Each punch left a deep fist imprint.
*Tap...*
Until Sag's feet landed on the ground, the punches had just finished. He turned around, no longer looking at the steel robot, and said to Gin, who had arrived, "Steal the ship. This ship is mine."
"Sag, it's still moving!" Lily shouted.
The steel robot, with countless fist imprints on its body, froze for a moment, and then waved its forearms again, like two huge iron rods, smashing down.
"No..."
Sag said淡淡ly, "It's already dead."
*Crack!!*
Just as the steel robot moved, it suddenly tilted to the side, and its two thick arms detached from its shoulders and fell to the ground.
Then the screws on its body, like springs, popped out from the body, breaking the body into sections. Its tall body collapsed completely, crashing to the ground with a *boom*, turning into a pile of scrap metal.
His Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken not only hit the human body. This fist technique also contained the power of 'Gō Ken'. Besides Kenshiro's Jū Ken (Soft Fist) pressure point technique, there was also Raoh's Gō Ken (Hard Fist), the power to crush steel and break rocks.
It was called Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, but it was actually Hokuto Rasetsu Ken. After all, the opponent had no flesh and blood, just a pile of iron. There was no way to target the pressure points, so he could only destroy it with brute force.(The names are just for show. The author says that his actual technique is Goken, the "Strong Fist", the opposite of Juken).
If his strength wasn't great, how could he survive on the sea?
"Cough, cough cough!"
A clear cough suddenly sounded from within the scrap metal. The sound made Sag's brows furrow, and he turned his head to look.
He saw a small girl with pink hair, wearing overalls, crawling out of the wreckage. She looked about ten years old and had freckles on her face.
A little girl?
The little girl gave him a ferocious grin. "I won't let you steal the ship!"
She quickly took out something that looked like a microphone and shouted into it, "Don't come to inspect, come and help me!"
With that, she pressed the button on the back of the microphone. Several steel cables suddenly descended from the top of the area where the ship was docked, directly hooking the bottom of the ship, and lifting the black ship.
"Hmm?"
Sag's legs were just about to move when the little girl suddenly took out a tool hammer. She didn't know what she did, but the handle of the hammer quickly extended, the tail end of the hammerhead became pointed, and the hammerhead expanded outwards, transforming it into a long hammer.
"Dynamic Impact!"
The little girl slammed the hammer on the bottom of the ship. The slowly rising giant ship seemed to be inexplicably given a boost of force, and with a *whoosh*, it went up and disappeared into the cave.
At the same time as the ship disappeared, the little girl slammed the long hammer on the ground. The speed was so fast that it almost became an afterimage.
*Boom!!*
The hammerhead hit the ground, and the ground cracked. The ground either sank or flew up, splitting into countless pieces, raising a large amount of smoke.
"Ugh..."
Lily raised her hand to block her face, her pupils contracting, staring intently at the smoke opposite.
As the smoke dissipated, the sea had spread between them and the little girl, separating them.
"Is her strength that great?" Lily murmured.
"No."
Sag shook his head. He, who had studied the human body to its utmost limit, could naturally tell if the little girl had hidden strength. She was just an ordinary girl, nine or ten years old.
But that inexplicable dynamic wasn't fake. When the hammer swung, and when the ship rose, a strange force was applied...
Sag looked at the little girl and asked, "Devil Fruit user?"
"Hehe!"
The little girl stood on a small piece of land, holding the long hammer in one hand and rubbing her little nose with the other, saying proudly, "I'm a *Dō Dō no Mi* (Motion-Motion Fruit) user, a Dynamic Human. I can add momentum to anything. The ship has been sent up by me, and now you can't steal it even if you want to!"