While I was in my own little world, thinking about how strong I'd become, I was once again hit in the face by Luffy, snapping me out of my thoughts as I eyed him in slight annoyance; clicking my tongue, I reached forth and grabbed his outstretched hand, preventing him hitting me.
"Can you stop? It's getting annoying, and you're not even harming me." Remarked Diddy in annoyance as he glanced at Luffy, who promptly shook his head before taking a big breath, only to bite his tongue.
Watching Luffy blow air into his arm, causing it to rapidly expand as it reached a size similar to that of a giant's arm; following that, he coated his fist in haki and punched me.
"Gum gum no: Elephant Gun!" Stated Luffy as he aggressively punched Diddy, who released his other hand before clenching his fist.
Punching the incoming fist, forcing it to an immediate halt before I overpowered Luffy's haki with my sheer strength and launched his arm into the distance, causing him to go along with it.
"Huh, wonder how far he'll go." Muttered Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he watched Luffy flying through the sky, only to shrug his shoulders before looking at the rest of the Strawhat pirates.
"So, anyone else stupid enough to attack me or what?" Asked Diddy with a blank expression as he looked at Strawhat pirates, only to nod when no one stepped forward, causing him to faintly smirk.
"I'll go get Luffy." Said Sanji with a slight frown as he leaped into the air, using geppo to fly through the sky while heading after Luffy.
"What do you do about this group of Fishman?" Asked Franky curiously as he pointed to tens of thousands of Fishman, who were all too scared to move, not wishing to garner the attention of Grand or Diddy.
"Nothing; no point in continuing to fight if our opponents have already lost their will." Said Zoro lightly as he sheathed his swords while approaching Shirahoshi, prompting everyone to nod as they lowered their weapons.
"Huh, you've changed quite a bit over these two years, Robin. Didn't know women continue to grow even in their late twenties; tch, why the hell didn't Trenza grow then?" Said Diddy lightly as he stood atop Robins's shoulder while down at her, eyeing her impressive assets, only to click his tongue in annoyance.
"Have you perhaps met someone named Lindbergh?" Asked Robin lightly as she glanced upwards at Diddy, seemingly uncaring that he was standing on her shoulder.
"Heh, Lindbergh? Now that's bringing back memories; did you happen to meet that fool? If so, that means you were with the Revolutionary Army. Hehe, tell me where it is! I want to fight Dragon! That bastard must be powerful!" Remarked Diddy with a smirk as he rubbed his chin while looking at the sky, only to grin as he dangerously eyed Robin, who faintly chuckled.
"Hehe, I couldn't even if I wished to; I have no way to contact them, nor do I have much of a clue where they are located. Though, if I did, I wouldn't tell you; I wouldn't send such a chaotic and dangerous man to my friends." Said Robin softly with a faint chuckle as she glanced at Diddy, who sported a feral grin while landing on the ground in front of her.
"Heh, that's bold of you; oh well, since you're telling the truth, there's no point in trying to force it out of you. Besides, you did help Trenza." Said Diddy lightly with a faint smirk as he glanced at Robin before snapping his head towards Brook.
Appearing before the talking skeleton, who was called Brook, I intently observed him, finding his mere existence quite fascinating; even though he was merely alive because of his devil fruit, it was still interesting.
"Huh, if I were to crush your skeleton, would you die?" Asked Diddy curiously as he forcefully grabbed Brook's boney arm, freaking him out while he tried to back away, though that proved impossible.
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"I-I don't know. P-Please don't kill me!" Said Brook with a fearful expression as he cautiously looked at Diddy, who raised an eyebrow before releasing his arm, prompting him to back away.
While my theory was quite interesting, I decided to hold it off as I had come here mainly for Jinbe; I hadn't met him at all these past two years. He's always somehow evading me, and it's quite annoying, but not anymore; I'm finally going to see how skilled of a Fishman karate master he was.
"Alright, Jinbe, this is two years too late, but let's finally put it to the test. Whose Fishman Karate is superior." Remarked Diddy with a grin as he stood in front of the angry Jinbe while entering a specific stance, causing him to narrow his eyes.
"Are you willing to wager?" Asked Jinbe as he took a second to calm himself before opening his mouth, eyeing Diddy with a cold look while the straw hats quietly watched.
"Heh, wager? What are we talking about, money? Well, even though we just beat the Big Mom Pirates, we didn't get to raid her island. Oh yeah, don't they have a road poneglyph? Eh, whatever, I don't really care about Raftle or whatever that island is called." Said Diddy lightly with a faint smirk as he unknowingly dropped a bomb, his words causing every Strawhat to widen their eyes in shock.
"W-What the hell!?" Exclaimed Zoro in shock as he spat out his booze while eyeing Diddy, who tilted his head in confusion.
"Hmm, why are you guys looking so surprised? I beat up Blackbeard a few months ago; this shouldn't be surprising. After this, I plan to fight either Shanks or Kaido next, preferably Kaido; I don't like the title he has; it should be mine." Stated Diddy lightly with a nod as he rubbed his chin with a thoughtful expression, his words causing Luffy, who had just arrived with Sanji, to erupt into a fit.
"NO! I'm defeating Shanks!" Yelled Luffy aggressively as he punched Diddy, who simply backhanded his fist, causing him to once again be flung far into the distance.
"Your arm, Chaos Kong. Just like what you did to Prince Fukaboshi. If you lose, you lose your arm." Stated Jinbe solemnly as he entered the same stance as Diddy, who wildly grinned at his words.
"Hehe, my arm? I like that; even though my arm will grow back after some time, that'll leave me with a few months weaker than usual. Hehe, deal!" Said Diddy with a feral smile as he chuckled in amusement before suddenly punching forward, utilizing fishman karate to attack from a distance.
Jinbe wasn't recognized as the greatest master of fishman karate for nothing, seeing how easily he was able to dispel my attack with a punch; yet that didn't stop me; in fact, it only spurred me on as it's been so long since I meet someone who had equal or greater skill than me in the form of hand-to-hand combat.
With a massive grin, I attacked Jinbe one after another, utilizing every fishman karate technique I know, along with several ones I've created over the years, yet he responded in kind by perfectly counterattacking all of my attacks; however, that wasn't the end as he began attacking me as well, though I couldn't be happier since only when I'm in a battle, can I quickly learn my opponent's skill set, and that's what I exactly did.
Every single attack of Jinbes only furthered my mastery of fishman karate, and like a master, he quickly caught onto what I was doing, causing him to bring out his strongest moves, yet, at this point, it didn't matter; he was never strong enough to defeat me fast enough to the point where I wouldn't learn from him.
We hadn't even been fighting for that long, ten minutes at most, yet no longer was I on the defensive; we were entirely even; actually, I was beginning to force Jinbe back.
"Hehe, I think the winner has already been decided." Said Diddy with a grin as he punched through Jinbe's attack, causing him to widen his eyes before crossing his arms and protecting himself.
"Monster." Muttered Jinbe with a scowl as he eyed Diddy, who simply chuckled while grinning.
"Woooo! I never doubted you, Captain!" Stated Grand with a large smile as he cheered from the sidelines, causing Diddy's face to twitch as he suddenly hit him with his bo-staff, flinging him across the ground.
"Heh, that was fun; it's been a while since I've fought someone with such superb martial arts. I hope you weren't the last one, Jinbe." Said Diddy with a faint smirk as he glanced at Jinbe, who sported an unsightly expression.
"Anyway, I'm bored now, so I'm leaving." Said Diddy lightly as he prepared to leave, only for a massive shadow to encompass nearly all of Fishman Island.
Glancing upwards, I expected to see a sea king blocking out the light, but what I didn't expect was to see the massive ship floating towards Fishman Island.
'What the hell?' Mused Diddy in pure confusion as he gazed at the massive ship.
"Welp, not my problem. C'mon, Grand, let's go." Said Diddy calmly as he turned around and approached Grand, who suddenly emerged from the earth with a smile.
"Alright! Woah, what the hell happened to the Noah?" Said Grand with a smile, only for him to notice the massive ship heading towards them.