Although I would've loved to rest while my body healed itself after that tough, challenging, and deadly battle, I unfortunately wasn't done; after all, I intended to kill her. Rolling onto my side, I slowly stood up while glancing down at my wounded body, noticing that all of the stone that had covered my body had vanished, though the injuries my stone body had sustained were still present, leaving me badly wounded.
'Hancock really packs a fucking punch, I have to hand it to Freyja to think she survived a fight against her; she must've not been trying to kill her if so.' Mused Diddy lightly as he leaned against his bo-staff while glancing down at Hancock, only to lick his lips while eyeing her exposed upper body.
Thanks to my final attack, I had destroyed most of Hancock's clothes, leaving her with just a little bit of covering her waist, and while she was no Freyja, she didn't previously hold the title of the Most Beautiful Woman for no reason, just the sight of her bare breasts excited me.
"Tsk, if only you weren't a sex slave, I wouldn't have hesitated to claim my reward. Alas, I'll just have to make do with my hand like always." Muttered Diddy with a click of his tongue as he gazed upon Hancocks' body before regretfully sighing while raising Naga-sa into the air.
Coating Naga-sa in a layer of lightning that illuminated my surroundings during this night sky, I was about to give the finishing blow to Hancock, yet before I could, I was forced to leap to the side at the last second as a halberd swung right where I was previously standing; I didn't need to look at my attackers to know who they were, after all, they've long since been within my range of observation haki.
While in the air, long, green hair surged towards me and attempted to ensnare me, but with a wave of my bo-staff, I swatted them away while landing on the other side of Hancock as I eyed her two sisters: Fatso and big head. They probably had actual names, but I didn't care enough to remember them; hell, I don't even remember what I had previously called them during the beauty contest.
"Tch, always interfering, whatever, I'll kill the both of you along with Hancock." Said Diddy in annoyance as he eyed Marigold and Sandersonia, who instantly transformed into their snake forms while slithering in front of Hancock.
"Do you really think you can take us both on with those injuriessss?" Asked Sandersonia viciously as she glared at Diddy while Marigold threateningly swung her halberd.
I couldn't help but chuckle at her words; she may have been correct about these injuries, I was grievously wounded, but I had quite the powerful endurance, and these injuries weren't nearly enough to put me down for good. Smirking, I lunged towards them and swung my bo-staff at them, which the fatso tried to block with her halberd, but she greatly underestimated my strength as I broke right through the shaft of her weapon before hitting her in the stomach, causing her violently cough blood as she was flung into the distance while skidding across the ground like a rock; halfway through, she had even reverted to fat appearance.
"Hehe, I don't know how it's possible, but you actually looked better as a massive snake." Said Diddy with a faint chuckle as he glanced at Marigold, who struggled to stand up in the distance.
Kicking the air, dodging an entrapment of hair, I shifted my focus to her sister, and when I saw her large chest, I subconsciously whistled in awe. Dodging her steel-like hair, I swiftly approached her and kicked her massive head, breaking her face as she was flung towards her sister while also reverting to her normal appearance, causing me to faintly frown as I landed on the ground.
'Huh, is it just me, or do I find their snake forms more attractive? Hmm, maybe it's because I'm a Mink, so I prefer a woman who is more in tune with their animalistic side. Or maybe I'm just horny from fighting the second-most beautiful woman in the world for several hours straight? Yeah, that makes much more sense.' Pondered Diddy with a thoughtful expression as he glanced at Marigold and Sanderosnia before shifting his focus to Hancock while coating his bo-staff in lightning.
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Getting rid of my horny thoughts, I was about to deal the finishing blow, but just like before, I was interrupted, though this time, it was by a massive fiery fist, causing me to swiftly turn around as I blocked the attack, which forced me back somewhat but I had still held my ground.
"Heh, are you also trying to get involved, Fire Fist? I wouldn't mind fighting you as well; just because I helped rescue you doesn't mean I'm on your side." Asked Diddy with a feral grin as he intently eyed Ace, who slowly approached him while wisps of flames emitted from his body.
"I already know; Marco told me about you and called you a chaotic battle junkie. I personally don't have anything against you; hell, you've even helped my brother out once, and I'm thankful for that, but I can't let you kill Hancock; she played a big part in rescuing me, and I also owe her a lot." Said Ace calmly with a faint smirk as he eyed Diddy before glancing at the unconscious Hancock, only to harden his expression while shifting his focus back to the golden-brown Mink.
"Hehe, that only makes me want to kill her more." Remarked Diddy with a feral smirk as he tightly clenched his bo-staff while lunging towards Ace, who lowered his stance and imitated a pistol with his hands.
Deflecting Ace's rain of fiery bullets, I leaped into the air and spun around before throwing a powerful lightning bolt at him, forcing him to raise his arms as he blocked my attack, which pushed him back; seeing that, I continued with my attacks as I struck him with a non-stop onslaught of lightning bolts.
Yet, I was forced to stop as a massive fiery fist smashed through all of my lightning bolts and headed right for me, prompting me to hold Naga-sa in front of me as I attempted to block his fiery fist; however, even though I managed to do so, I had still received injuries, nothing severe, but it still showed how he managed to bypass my haki.
'He has better armament haki, and our observation haki seems to be about equal considering we're suppressing each other.' Thought Diddy as he landed on the ground while intently eyeing Ace, who seemed relatively unphased by his earlier attacks.
Fighting Ace with the way I am right now would be certain defeat, not that I really cared whether I won or not all that much, but with him here, killing Hancock would prove to be incredibly difficult, although, if I'm being honest, I don't care too much if she lives. She was a strong opponent, and I tend to keep strong enemies alive so I can fight them sometime later; after all, if I kill too many strong opponents, there'll eventually be none left for me to fight against. Besides, I didn't have any personal vengeance or hate against her; I didn't mind if she lived, not like Akainu, though.
'Hehe, I'm going to kill him for taking my arm and tail.' Mused Diddy with a bloodthirsty expression, only for him to raise an eyebrow as he turned and looked at Freyja, who had just landed.
Glancing at Freyja, I saw her drop Rayleigh onto the ground beside her after carrying him, causing me to frown deeply as I eyed her.
"Hmph, it's always something. What do you want, Freyja?" Asked Diddy with a scoff as he stabbed his bo-staff into the ground while eyeing Freyja, who rolled her eyes.
"So, are you deadset on killing, Freyja? 'Cause if not, you should just let her live; she was clearly a strong adversary, seeing as you and she fought for 9 hours and 32 minutes, and I know how much you love strong opponents, seeing as I'm still alive. Besides, if it's not too much to ask, I'd like to be the one to personally kill her in the future; we've got a little vendetta against each other." Remarked Freyja lightly as she folded her arms and looked at Diddy while standing to the left of him, causing him to frown as he shifted his focus to Rayleigh in the distance.
Eying Rayleigh, I turned to look at Freyja, then at Ace, only to click my tongue as I glanced back at my Vice-captain; I knew what she was doing, and I didn't like it, though I couldn't complain, as ironic as it was, she was preventing my death. If I were dead set on killing Hancock, Rayleigh would most likely get involved and stop me, and the thing I hate the most is being told what to do; I'd rather die than ever listen to someone's orders ever again in my life.
"Heh, finally putting that Noble background to use, aren't we, Vice-captain Freyja?" Asked Diddy mockingly with a smirk as he eyed Freyja, who narrowed her eyes while staring at him.
"Hehe, sure, whatever, I'll let her live, I don't mind. But first, where's Janet? Now that we've got a photographer on our crew, I'm going to need her to take every picture of my victorious battles." Added Diddy with a faint chuckle as he holstered his bo-staff onto his back, causing Freyja to sigh in relief while Ace lowered his guard.
"I'll bring her back. So, about that raid-" Said Freyja as she spread her wings while glancing at Diddy, who rudely interrupted her.
"It's called off, obviously; besides, fighting Hancock was better than any raid. Now hurry and bring Janet; I'm injured and in pain, and I'd like to take a nap soon." Stated Diddy calmly as he dismissively waved his hand at Freyja while sitting on the ground, causing her to scoff in annoyance before shooting off into the night sky with a mighty flap of her wings.