Journey to One Piece

227. Fear the strong, bully the weak

Now Luffy and Ken were the only ones in the Archipelago, while the rest of the Straw Hats were on Merry, which was on a different mission altogether. After Ken and Luffy left the ship, Zoro became the essential Captain of the ship, but only the Captain and not the Navigator.

God knows where he would end up if he had control of the Merry. Nami already had the charts to the place they needed to go, and they were already on their way there, flying silently and invisibly.

As expected, within a few hours, Kizaru had arrived. And his arrival started with a bang. No, sorry, lots of bangs. Kizaru swiftly landed on the Archipelago after riding a cannonball. But after landing, he started rounding up the pirates and every scum in the Archipelago.

Chaos and mayhem ensued as the marines started converging at the center of the Archipelago. Kizaru wasn't alone; he had arrived with one of his friends too—Sentomaru.

Sentomaru had also arrived at the Archipelago along with the Pacifistas. Kizaru went on his 'slow' rampage. At first, the pirates ran away from him, fearing him. But seeing that running didn't actually bother him and they were getting pummeled nonetheless, they started attacking him.

He beat down Hawkins like a dog before uttering those famous words.

"Have you ever been kicked by light?"

Next, Urogue was pummeled as well. It was during the confrontation between X Drake and Kizaru that something changed. X Drake already knew that Kizaru was here, so he made a run for it, transforming into his Allosaurus form. But obviously, this wasn't enough as he was instantly KO'd.

It was at this moment that Kizaru heard a clapping sound. The clapping sound was loud and clear. Even amidst the chaos of the pirates' hollering and running away in fear, Kizaru heard it, and even X Drake, lying in pain, heard it.

Kizaru turned his head in the direction of the sound, only to see Ken sitting on the edge of the roof, clapping his hands.

"Ooo... Punisher Kenny... I have been looking for you."

"And you are an idiot if you are looking for me and still couldn't find me. I could use my Haki and lightning abilities to hear the people all around the Archipelago, but you with your Logia still couldn't feel or see the people around with Haki. You are a huge disappointment, Kizaru."

Kizaru, who had a long, smiling face, slowly twitched a little upon hearing Ken's words. He elementalized into light and kicked right at Ken's head without any warning. But then something amazing happened.

After Kizaru kicked Ken, his body suddenly turned into a log of wood, which broke down instantly. Ken had used his Body Substitute jutsu. Kizaru's face didn't change much when he saw the technique. He turned his head to look at Ken, who had appeared on the roof of the opposite house.

"Oh my... You get butthurt quite easily, it seems. You are the classic example of 'bully the weak, fear the strong.' If tomorrow one of the Yonko were to come and take away a Celestial Dragon, they would send you not to kill them, but to negotiate with them because you very well know that you will be killed if you face any of the Yonko," Ken said with apparent sarcasm in his voice.

"Where are the Celestial Dragons?" Kizaru didn't seem to be in the mood to reply and attacked Ken once again.

"Yasakani no Magatama."

He crossed his hands, and instantly several light beams fired from his hands, full of deadly light particles. But Kizaru was once again surprised. He was able to dodge all of the attacks without even looking stressed.

By this time, Drake had gotten up and was almost ready to run, but seeing how the famous Punisher Ken was able to dodge the attacks of an admiral like a seasoned warrior made him choke.

"Punisher Kenny... It seems you have progressed a lot in Haki."

"It's because I don't sit around bullying the weak, Kizaru. And your acting needs to change. Everyone here can tell that Drake belongs to the Navy and he is an undercover agent. You need to think before you act, banana man."

Both Kizaru and Drake, who had been hiding, trembled. This was a top secret. A very high-level top secret. Drake was sent to infiltrate a Yonko's crew and act when the time was required, but here somebody just spoke of the secret quite openly.

Many people were still around and heard what Ken was saying.

"Punisher Kenny... Where are the Dragons?" Kizaru asked, trying not to be affected by his words, but he side-eyed the people present there. He needed to remember them and get rid of them once he handled Ken.

"Why don't you fight me and find the answer," Ken said as he slowly pulled out his Stormbreaker.

Ken's eyes crackled with lightning as he called forth the fury of the storm. He swung his Stormbreaker in a sweeping arc, unleashing a whirlwind of howling winds and electrifying bolts hurtling toward Kizaru with an unstoppable force.

Everyone around started to run because Kizaru's attacks were more specific, but this guy just called upon the winds and lightning to attack, destroying everything indiscriminately. Drake had to take a few steps to escape.

Undeterred, Kizaru smirked and invoked his own power. "Photon Nova!" he exclaimed, focusing a concentrated beam of searing light from his fingertips. The beam collided with the storm, creating an explosion of elemental forces that illuminated the entire archipelago.

But Ken wasn't done. He summoned the power of the Bifrost, causing the air around him to shimmer with rainbow hues. With a single mighty throw, he launched Mjolnir towards Kizaru, who barely had time to react. Over time, Ken had been experimenting with Bifrost summoning and wanted to see if it could be used as a weapon, like Odin used it to gain a foothold in the Nine Realms.

And he had succeeded in creating such an attack.