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Smashing your fist into your palm you grin.
"Bring it!"
With surprising speed he disappears from sight and the next thing you feel is his fist lodged in your ribs. You cough as his armament reinforced knuckles dig in your side.
"Sloppy-gao."
Swinging wide with your arm you strike him in the chest and send him sliding backwards but he simply dusts his stomach area off and adjusts his glasses.
"You rookies are all the same. All brawn but no skill."
It's hard to figure out what exactly happened. You felt him using armament but even still his flesh was much harder than what it should've been. And his "voice" changed just before the moment of impact.
"I thought your tummy hurt."
"Even with a bad stomach I can mop the floor with you kid-gao!"
The lion moves on the offensive again but this time you don't underestimate him. When he shows up you parry his blows one by one even as he jumps up to kick you. His blows are heavy and each carries a tinge of armament with it. It looks like he doesn't use it as liberally as others you've faced before, only cladding his fist fully when it' guaranteed to make a hit. But as long as you can keep blocking him that shouldn't be a-
"GAO!"
Suddenly he throws a heavy, much more direct punch. Naturally you manage to grab it but before you could grin about it you feel it. Pain. Your arm goes numb and you get blown back by... something.
"Hmmmm. This kitty is harder than the last I fought. Well time to- Huh?"
As you try to raise your right hand you realize that you don't feel it. What's more, something smells burnt. Looking down you see that you palm is smoldering.
"Uh oh."
"GAOOOOOO!"
Jumping up in the air Pekoms spins around in the air before kicking you in the shoulder. The ground cracks underneath and you actually feel him getting heavier mid hit. But the real problem is the pain that runs through your whole body, scrambling your thoughts and heating you up. As you fall to the ground Pekoms feels gracious enough to pause his assault for a moment.
"Well? Started learning your lesson yet-gao?"
Feeling burning in your shoulder you get back up and try to touch the afflicted area but now both your arms feel numb.
"That your devil fruit?"
"No-gao. I am a zoan user like yourself. That is a little Mink specialty that we call Electro. How does it feel?"
"Bad."
"I bet."
Pekoms raises his fists.
"Now imagine if I can do this to you then what will Mama do if you piss her off..."
"Kekekekeeke! INTERESTING!"
"G-Gao?"
