"Captain!" Yelled Trenza as her head suddenly emerged from the top of Nimbus while upside down, causing Diddy to lift his head.
"What?" Asked Diddy lightly as he casually dodged the onslaught of attacks from the numerous minks, only for his figure to suddenly vanish, appearing somewhere completely different.
"I can see Marineford!" Stated Trenza loudly as she glanced at Diddy, only to quickly retract her head, just in time to evade a mink from slamming into her face.
"Careful!" Added Trenza in annoyance as she eyed Diddy, who dismissively waved his hand, causing her to grumble under her breath.
Shifting my focus to the numerous minks attacking me since we were nearing Marineford, I decided it was time to finish things up here.
"Alright, I'm going to attack… Try to at least last for a few minutes." Stated Diddy with a feral grin as he licked his lips while suddenly raising his arms, blocking a kick and a punch from a Kangaroo and Bull Mink, respectively.
Pushing my two attackers back, they skidded across the ground, only to quickly regain their bearings as they immediately lunged at me with ferocity like that of a cornered rat, which, funnily enough, despite heavily outnumbering me, that's exactly what they were.
Pushing off Nimbus, I speedily dashed through the air, reaching the two minks before kicking one of them into the other, knocking them both unconscious with a single attack; pushing off their bodies, I dodged three more attacks from behind, only to launch three bolts of lighting at my attackers, causing them to collapse onto the ground while smoke emitted from their bodies.
However, while still in the air, several minks from all angles attacked me, blocking any path for escape, not like I planned to in the first place; slamming my palm onto the air, I spun in the sky, using my momentum to hit one of them with my tail, slamming them to the ground while also using their head to propel me to the left, allowing me to grab ahold of three more attackers, which I then tossed into the direction of my final four attackers.
Falling to the ground, the instant I landed, hundreds of bolts of lightning arced through the sky while heading right for me, causing me to smirk because it was merely a decoy. Punching the air, I used one of my seventy-two bian to create a vacuum of air, dispersing the hundreds of bolts of lightning, only to reveal Carrot dashing through the sky in a similar manner to me.
"DIE!" Yelled Carrot with a bloodthirsty expression as she swiped her sharp nails at Diddy while arcs of lightning danced across her hand.
Knocking her hand to the side with a kick, I slammed my tail onto the air and brutally punched her in the stomach, causing her to violently cough blood, though compared to everyone else so far, she wasn't immediately knocked unconscious.
"NOW!" Added Carrot with a ferocious grin as she suddenly held onto Diddy's arm, allowing Wanda, Shishilian, Concelot, and Giovanni to attack him.
Seeing the four of them approach me, I licked my lips with a smile, satisfied with their improvements, yet it was far from enough to allow a cheap trick like this to work on me. With Carrot holding down one of my arms, I allowed the four to get close, only to narrowly weave all their attacks, moving my body with a level of fluidity akin to that of water, making it nearly impossible for them to touch me unless I actually wanted them to.
"Hehe, too slow." Muttered Diddy with a smirk, punched and kicked his four attackers, causing them to skid across the ground, though surprisingly, they were still conscious, though heavily injured.
Tossing Carrot in their direction, I swiftly turned around, only to see a large ape mink raising his arms into the air, intending to smash me into the ground.
"Heh, I'm part ape as well." Said Diddy lightly with a faint smirk as he raised his arms, catching the mink's hands before bringing him closer, only to headbutt him, knocking out several of his teeth.
Kicking the mink away, I sensed two of the strongest present speedily dash towards me from opposite directions; raising my arm and leg, I blocked a swipe from Nekomamushi's claws and a kick from Inuarashi, bringing them to an immediate halt.
"Heh, I'm honestly surprised that among the thousands of Minks, you two showed the most progress; it seems you really wish to kill Kaido… An Impossible feat for you two, but one I won't interfere with." Said Diddy lightly with a faint smirk as he glanced between Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, causing them to hiss and growl, respectively.
Neither of them used the common language to speak, but as a Mink, I was clearly able to understand them, causing me to smirk as I growled in response, though what I said only served to anger them.
Pushing them back, they quickly lunged back toward me, kicking and swiping with fierce intensity, seemingly with no regard for their safety; however, no matter how fast or how hard they attacked, they were always a hair's breadth away from touching me, a small yet massive gap, one they would never be able to reach.
Leaping into the air, I dodged their punch only to land on their arms, prompting me to growl again before kicking them off into the distance.
"Hehe, c'mon, that isn't all you guys got, is it?" Asked Diddy with a feral grin as he lowered himself onto all fours while eyeing the thousands of Minks, only for them to all lunge with unrivaled ferocity.
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Wiping the blood off my fur, I glanced at Trenza, who was purposefully keeping her distance, causing me to scoff in annoyance.
"It's just blood; you're not going to die." "Yeah, says the person who is practically immune to every disease on this planet." Remarked Diddy and Trenza, respectively, as the latter scooted further away, causing him to roll his eyes.
"Not every disease… Just most." Muttered Diddy lightly, his words causing Trenza's expression to twitch, though she refused to get any closer, prompting him to grumble.
Grumbling at Trenza's stubbornness, I leaped off Nimbus, falling through the sky as I headed for the ocean nearly ten thousand meters below; using geppo to increase my speed, after several seconds, I finally plunged into the ocean, diving down hundreds of meters until I eventually came to a stop.
'Good thing I don't have to worry about the bends.' Thought Diddy lightly as he swiftly swam upwards, moving faster than any aquatic creature that has ever lived.
Exiting the ocean, I rapidly propelled myself higher into the sky, and after several more seconds, I returned to Nimbus, which was floating above Zunesha, who had just arrived near Marineford.
Approaching Trenza, I squatted down beside her, and after she sniffed me a few times, she reluctantly climbed onto my back.
"You still stink, but fine; next time, use soap." "No, I dislike it; besides, water is more than enough." Stated Trenza and Diddy, respectively, as the latter leaped overboard once more, though this time he had luggage.
"Hmph, you say that, but you know the rules. No soap, no pussy." Said Trenza sternly as she folded her arms and eyed Diddy, who clicked his tongue and grumbled under his breath.
"Tsk, I should just find a sex slave." "Go ahead, I don't mind; just know they won't be nearly as tight as me, nor will they last long." Said Diddy and Trenza, respectively, as the latter shrugged her shoulders with a faint smirk, causing the former to scoff.
Using geppo to stop my rapid descent, I approached Pandemonium in the distance, though while doing so, I noticed a familiar set of ships besides Kaido's.
"Blackbeard?" Asked Diddy in slight confusion as he tilted his head while landing atop the fortress on Pandemonium, setting Trenza down right beside him.
"Hmm, Blackbeards ship's? What's that fat, black bastard doing here? Come to beg for your mercy, probably." Remarked Trenza with a curious gaze as she glanced at Blackbeard's ship, only for her to proudly raise her head.
"Zehahahaha, beg who for mercy little missy?" Asked Blackbeard with a wicked smirk as he walked up the stairs and eyed Trenza, who quickly hid behind Diddy.
"C-Captain said it!" Stated Trenza without an ounce of shame as she pointed at Diddy before quickly leaping off the roof and landing in Pandy's mouth.
Rolling my eyes at Trenza's antics, I turned and glanced at Blackbeard since, although I wouldn't entirely put it past him, he's smart enough to know I'd just kill him if he ever begged me for my mercy.
"What do you want? If it's to actually apologize or something, then just save me the trouble and kill yourself." Said Diddy lightly as he dismissively waved his hands while walking down the stairs, prompting Blackbeard to follow him.
"Zehahaha, not at all!" Replied Blackbeard with a faint chuckle while watching Diddy enter the lounge, where the rest of the Frenzy crew resided.
"Then what is it?" Asked Freyja with a raised eyebrow as she eyed Blackbeard while playing go seaking with Kuzan, Grand, and Laffitte.
"Zehahaha, let us join your Grand Fleet!" Stated Blackbeard with a feral grin while raising his arms into the air, his words slightly surprising everyone except Diddy.