Leopard Cat Kaden was a tall middle-aged man with golden hair, a golden beard, and a blade scar across his face. His eyes were vertical like a beast's.
He stood at around 2.7 meters tall, always hunched like a golden leopard on the prowl.
A savage and violent light glinted in his eyes.
As soon as Kaden spoke, the pirates around him grew even more excited. They pounded tables, clanged cups, and roared in encouragement.
"Kill that brat! Show us your Devil Fruit powers!"
"Hahaha, Kaden won't let this brat die easy. He's a leopard cat, after all!"
"Yeah! He loves torturing his victims to death!"
"I heard he's so brutal, he's wiped out multiple villages in the West Blue just to satisfy his bloodlust!"
"..."
"Damn… is this kid insane?!"
At the next table over, the pirates who were planning to kidnap Naruto and Robin all gasped.
"Boss, should we… still go through with it?" one of the lackeys asked, pale with fear.
"Uh…"
The pirate leader hesitated for a few seconds before gritting his teeth and nodding.
"Yes! These two brats are worth forty thousand Beli! And if we help Kaden out, he probably won't turn on us."
Having made his decision, the pirate boss suddenly stood up and shouted:
"You brat! How dare you insult Lord Kaden! Looks like you've got a death wish—allow me to teach you a lesson on his behalf!"
He stormed toward Naruto and Robin, reaching to grab them by the hair.
A cruel grin crept across Kaden's face.
He could already picture it—two little brats screaming in pain as they were slammed into the floor by their hair.
But reality turned out very different.
As the pirate's hand came sweeping in, Naruto just raised an eyebrow… and casually swiped his hand through the air.
"Kūki no Mon! (Air Door)"
A transparent doorway appeared out of nowhere.
The pirate didn't notice anything wrong—until his arm vanished into thin air.
His eyes widened in confusion, and then in terror, as he instinctively tried to yank his arm back.
But Naruto simply smirked and—SLAM!
The invisible door snapped shut.
The door vanished.
So did the pirate's arm.
"AAAAAGHHHHH!!!"
The pirate boss who had tried to grab them now rolled on the ground, screaming, clutching his cleanly severed stump.
His arm had been sliced with surgical precision—as if by one of the finest blades in the world.
Blood gushed like a fountain, quickly dyeing the bar's floor bright red.
"My hand! My hand!! AAAAGHHH!! You're a Devil Fruit user!!"
The pirate writhed and howled in pain, soaking in his own blood.
The entire bar went dead silent.
All laughter stopped. Every pirate turned to stare at the blond boy in utter shock.
"Wait… he's a Devil Fruit user?"
"What the hell just happened?"
"I didn't even see what he did! How'd he cut the guy's arm off!?"
"This kid's not normal. No wonder he said he'd take down Kaden…"
"..."
Under everyone's gaze, Naruto looked down at the squirming pirate, nodded in satisfaction, and said:
"Dōa Dōa no Mi (Door-Door Fruit) has solid killing power too."
He'd always thought so, even in his past life watching anime.
That CP9 agent had the Door-Door Fruit and barely scratched the surface of its potential. A spatial-type Devil Fruit, and all he did was sneak around?
What about using it offensively!?
A door is an opening—but closing it? That's a weapon.
Getting caught in a door hurts. Getting caught in this door… kills.
"Opening an air door then slamming it shut—it's a space-based kill move. The slicing force might be sharper than a swordsman's blade."
Naruto smiled and turned to Robin, gently patting her head.
"Robin-chan, scared?"
Robin, seeing such gore for the first time, looked pale. But she still shook her head firmly.
"No. Those guys are evil pirates. Naruto-kun is doing the right thing."
Naruto chuckled softly, then looked at the two pirates who had planned to kidnap them.
"Robin-chan's right. These guys are criminals—they deserve no mercy."
"Like those three. They were gonna sell us to the Mafia."
"I handled one. The other two… Robin-chan, they're yours. Let's see how your training's coming."
Robin's gaze sharpened.
"I understand."
She looked at the two terrified pirates, drew a deep breath, and crossed her arms.
"Dos Fleurs: Clutch!"
Before the pirates could react, dozens of hands bloomed across their upper bodies. Two of them hooked their jaws—
Crack! Crack!
Their necks snapped backward with a gruesome crunch.
Thud… thud…
Both pirates collapsed in lifeless heaps.
The surrounding pirates gasped, inhaling sharply.
"Another Devil Fruit user!?"
"Wait, what the hell?! Are Devil Fruits worthless now?"
"A hundred million per fruit, and both of these kids each have one?"
"Both are Paramecia… and they're both ridiculously powerful! Not even adults can touch them!"
"..."
Even in the pirate-heavy West Blue, Devil Fruit users were rare.
Kaden's eyes widened in shock too—but quickly shifted into excitement and cruelty.
"Hahahaha! Two Devil Fruit users, and just kids? What luck!"
He licked his lips like a beast, stalking toward them.
"If I capture you both and sell you to the Mafia, I'll make at least two million Beli…"
"Hahaha!"
"Get ready, brats. I'll make sure it hurts."
As he spoke, he equipped his weapons—twin clawed gauntlets shaped like leopard paws, the tips glinting coldly.
Around him, the pirates no longer looked stunned—they now stared with envy and greed.
"Kaden's so lucky… two Devil Fruit kids handed to him."
"The Mafia loves training young fruit users—they're easier to brainwash."
"Those two could fetch two million at least… maybe more."
"If Kaden wasn't here, I'd be all over this myself…"
(End of Chapter)
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