One Piece: Chaos Kong

Chapter 164: Mysterious Masked Man

Dashing toward the man, who was flying in the air while wearing a large tiki mask, I dodged his cannon fire from the weird-looking gun on his shoulder that reminded me of an RPG and spun in the air, swiping my legs as I fired a rankyaku at him which sliced right through the small cannons and continued toward him, but, he was quite agile, I had to give them that, and he managed to dodge out of the way at the last second.

Chasing after him, I launched a few more rankyaku's at him, forcing him to move a predetermined path until I arrived, standing right before him; he tried to back away, but I punched my fist through his stupid tiki mask and grabbed his head. Staring right into his hatred and anger-filled eyes, I titled my head in slight confusion, as I had no idea why he would look at me with such hatred, though the anger was understandable.

'Eh, don't really care.' Mused Diddy as he shook his head and squeezed the man's head, though before he could inflict any harm, he shot his gun point-blank range at Diddy, engulfing the two of them in a fiery explosion.

"Haa, t-that's what you get, o-outsider." Said the man with heavy breaths and various injuries as he escaped the cloud of smoke while floating in the air, smirking at his victory.

"Heh, don't tell me, that's all you've got? Well, I suppose the first line of defense is always the weakest." Remarked Diddy with a smirk as he waved his hand, blowing the smoke while eyeing the man, who was sporting an ugly expression, seemingly taking no damage whatsoever.

Glancing at the man, I smirked before kicking the air and lunging toward him; he once again fired at me while trying to fly through the air with his skate-looking shoes, but not only was he slow compared to me, I evaded every shot, once I neared him, I punched him in the face, and while he went to block it, he was too weak compared me, yet, for to my complete surprise, he managed to block my punch.

"What the?" Muttered Diddy in confusion as he furrowed his brows and looked at the man's hand, which was holding a weird shell with numerous tiny holes.

"Heh, is that all you've got, outsider?" Asked the man with a smirk as he moved his hand out of the way and swung his weapon at Diddy, who caught it with his hand, piercing the sides of it with his sharp nails.

Holding the man's weapon with my left hand, I reeled my other arm back and punched him once more, this time even stronger than before, yet, just as I was about to hit him, he moved his hand, which was holding that weird looking shell, in front of his face and when I hit the shell, I should've broke it, or at the very least, my hand should be in pain, but no, there was absolutely nothing.

'It's almost like the shell absorbed my punch, like a sponge. Hmm, if that's the case, does it have a limit?' Pondered Diddy thoughtfully as he inspected the reddish shell with his vertical slit eyes, only to punch it again.

While I believed it had to have some sort of limit to how much it could absorb, my assumption so far was proving wrong; no matter how much I punched the shell, it stayed the same: no shaking, no signs of cracking, no noise, nothing, and it was honestly starting to annoy me as I was learning nothing from this, I was just punching while gaining no insights.

"Tch, this is boring." Muttered Diddy with a slight frown as he yanked the weapon out of the man's hands before crushing it and tossing it into the distance, though just as he was about to attack, the man suddenly pointed the shell at him.

"D-Don't move, outsider; this thing right here is called an Impact dial; it can absorb any blunt attacks and store it for later to be used in an attack; the only problem is, all the stored energy will be released in one blast You've just punched this impact dial numerous times with enough strength to kill me, do you think you could survive receiving your own attack combined into one?" Remarked the man, sweat dripping down the side of his face as he grinned while provokingly glaring at Diddy, who furrowed his brows and eyed the dial.