Victor closed his eyes, he immediately knew how to use the power, there was no adjustment period. He felt it, if he wanted to he could summon its prowess as easy as flexing his biceps. Before he could fully immerse himself in the newfound power a hoarse voice resounded throughout the compartment
"Hey Vic! I've heard eating devil fruits comes with scary power, why don't you show us how scary you are!?" Behind Pipping a tall dark-skinned man with sharp metal cuffs on his middle, index and ring fingers, known as the 3 fingered fox, Damm, he was also the one who'd come to Pipping with the idea to use the zipper fruit as a reward.
Damm believed his strength second to only the Boss, so overtime he'd gotten continuously more jealous of Victor, who grabbed the Underboss position nearly as soon as he arrived. The zipper fruit idea was an attempt to get Victor humiliated and in rage, so that he could teach the kid a lesson himself.
Victor opened his eyes, glanced at Damm the Three Fingered Fox indifferently, and looked at Boss Pipping. He sat on on the couch lazily with a lit cigar in mouth, with no intention to stop Damm, instead he looked at Victor with a small smirk.
Who'd want to stop an entertaining show anyway?
Victor let out a playful smile and turned to look at Damm: "You want to see a good show? It's no fun by myself, how about you play with me?"
Pipping, who was busy puffing clouds, raised an eyebrow at his words. Was he so confident his abilities? Interesting. He let another another puff, 'Has his ride been too smooth? Damm will teach him a lesson'
Damm on the other hand didn't anger when he heard the words, instead he smiled and almost laughed, he'd been trying to get this kid riled forever now. He strode forward, moving his shoulders and grinning
"You're right, how inconsiderate of me, let's go out to play. Uncle Damm will let yo…"
Before he could finish speaking, a fist appeared in front of him! He could barely raise his arms and protect his face before he got hit head on by the fist, his body flew back and it felt like he'd just been hit head on by a Rhino running full speed.
The stone wall of the Bar shattered and Damm kept rising now with the rubble fragments of stone. Still in the air, Damm, with numb arms and broken bones felt a massive pulling force from his chest, he suddenly reversed directions and started accelerating towards the ground, before he could react, a second heavy punch connected directly with his head.
Click..Crack..Click
With a series of dull cracks and dense bone shattering sounds, Damm fell limply at Victors, his eyes bloodshot and blood leaking from his orifices as he lay in a pool of blood.
Pipping face turned ugly, his subordinates might have missed it but he saw it unfolding clearly. When Damm was in the air a long Zipper appeared on his chest with the other end tied to Victors hand!
He used Damm like a yo-yo and with to death!
"Hahahaha…! I'll admit Victor, I've underestimated you! But I am still far stronger than you!" Pipping roared as he kicked the luxurious round table in front of him, forcing Victor to dodge, jumping out of the way he landed on the streets outside.
Civilian passersby's out on the street felt the ground beneath them tremble as a continuously enlarging and smoky figure followed Victor out of the Bar.
When the smoke cleared what stood there was a massive beast towering at 5 meters, it had a Tauren body and the black jacket and jeans Pipping loved to wear were pulled to their absolute limit, his dark horns stretched towards the sky and his blood-red eyes stared at Victor.
The 'War Bull' Talma Pipping, Buru-Buru no mi, Model Buffalo!
"You've planned this you bastard! Do you really think you can me?" The towering-Tauren exhaled and a burst of white air followed from his nostrils. "For the sake of your achievements, I'll give you option, kneel down and repent or die!"
With Damm already dead any more fights would leave them fully vulnerable to the other gangs on the island, so Pipping really didn't want to fight, he's earlier attack had come from a place of anger when he realized how much he'd been played and how much strength Victor had hidden from him.
'I have no need for rats, I'll take care of him later either way'
Standing in front of the massive Minotaur like Tauren, Victors response lacked its normal obedience, "I've already made my decision, Talma Pipping, from today onwards 'Coral' will be under new leadership!"
"Bastard!" Pipping roared, lowered his head aiming his horns at Victor, and rushed forward. The ground trembled with his steps, his form deceivingly fast as he quickly arrived before him
"Warbull Shock!"
Just as he was about to get hit, as if being pulled by puppet strings his body jerked to the right a few meters and watched as Pipping flew by him.
"You might seem invincible to to untrained eye, but you don't even understand the treasure you hold" Victors voice held distain as he watched Pipping tumble through 2 buildings before coming to a stop
Pipping even more furious turned to look for Victor, just then he felt a strong wind blowing from his left, on instinct he raised his arms and felt full force punch, but it barely moved him, as Pipping cocked his fist to retaliate against Victors blow, he could only watch as he used that same pulling technique to move back 10 meters
"Victor! are you just gonna run around like a ghost?"
"I see you like my technique, I call it 'Spark Parade!, it's quite convenient isn't it?" As he said that, Victor avoided a few more heavy punches from Pipping with tiny sparks flashing at the soul of his feet.
That's when Pipping realized that two golden zippers appeared on Victors shoes as well as on the ground beneath his feet when he dodged, he was using the zippers to move around fast then he could by himself.
Pipping who had been in countless battles on his way to the top knew that chasing him around would be pointless, so he raised his hoof and stomped on the ground
Boom!
The ground shattered beneath them and Victor lost his footing as the zippers under his foot disappeared
Pipping grinned…sure enough no matter how talented you were, within 3 minutes of gaining the devil fruits abilities, how good could your control truly be?
Pipping seized the opportunity and twisted his whole body as he smashed his fist into Victor
"War Bull: Impact hammer!"