One Piece: I, a scum of the navy, became an admiral Chapter 219

Released on May 29, 2025

“Golden Lion” Shiki hovered in the air.

His iconic golden long hair fluttered wildly, like burning flames. A cold arc curved at the corner of his mouth as he coldly stared at the somewhat disheveled Borsalino below, a hint of a smug, mischievous grin flashing in his eyes.

“Borsalino, why aren’t you talking? You usually love to talk, don’t you?!”

Shiki’s voice was deep and沧桑, tinged with a playful mockery, as if taunting Borsalino.

“Kekekekeke, why aren’t you talking? Don’t you like it?!”

As soon as his voice fell, Shiki extended his right hand, slightly open, and an inexplicable energy surged forth with his movement.

Surrounding him, boulders, broken tree trunks, shattered earth, and other debris seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force, lifting off the ground and slowly floating into the air.

These objects gathered more and more, rapidly rotating around Shiki, forming a massive vortex of debris that emitted a sharp whistling sound.

Looking at the objects floating in the air, Borsalino’s voice remained slow and lazy as he spoke:

“The ‘Golden Lion’ Shiki really doesn’t hold back, does he~”

He then lowered his head to look at the shallow wound on his body, scratching his head and secretly clicking his tongue.

“He’s really a troublesome enemy. I’m just a working man, you know~”

Seeing Borsalino mumbling to himself while leaning against a tree trunk, Shiki decisively launched his attack.

Immediately after, Shiki roared, clenching his right fist.

All the objects in the vortex seemed to have found their target, shooting towards Borsalino with incredible speed.

Looking at the sky-obscuring scene, Borsalino sighed helplessly.

“So scary~ Looks like I’m forced to work~”

Just then.

A broken log plunged directly into Borsalino’s body, and countless碎石 swarmed in.

His body instantly shimmered with a dazzling golden light.

Although Shiki’s move was immense in both power and range, as a Logia Devil Fruit user, such attacks without Haki coating could not cause substantial damage, at most, they would only consume more stamina.

The next second!

The whistling objects heavily impacted Borsalino’s position, creating a series of deafening roars.

Each impact made the island tremble violently, and even the air seemed to shake non-stop.

Borsalino elementalized, transforming into countless light particles, and flew towards mid-air.

These light particles reformed into a human shape not far in front of Shiki.

“ε=(´ο｀*)))Sigh~” Borsalino sighed, looking at Shiki with a complex expression.

He was just short of raising his hands and saying, “As long as you dare to leave, I promise I won’t stop you.”

Of course, his current identity as a Marine prevented him from saying so.

But seeing Shiki’s attitude, Borsalino couldn’t help but understand that the other party truly wanted to get rid of him, otherwise, he wouldn’t feel at ease leaving.

Shiki was also very wary of the Glint-Glint Fruit’s ability; if the opponent were to follow and pursue, it would be too dangerous.

So he could only endure the risk of being held back and continue fighting!

With their own thoughts, the two began their second round…

The two exchanged blows, and the battle grew increasingly fierce.

Shiki, relying on the Float-Float Fruit’s ability, manipulated surrounding objects to attack Borsalino, occasionally using flying slashes;

Borsalino, having learned his lesson this time, utilized the Glint-Glint Fruit’s light-speed movement and long-range attack methods to maintain a safe distance from Shiki, making it difficult for Shiki to track his movements.

It was as if he had written on his face: “I’m just stalling you, if you sense something is wrong, hurry up and run!”

After an unknown amount of time.

Shiki, seeing that he couldn’t defeat his opponent, grew anxious.

“This won’t do!”

“This brat Borsalino is clearly stalling me; it’ll be troublesome if Marine reinforcements arrive!”

Shiki now understood that Borsalino was buying time.

“In that case, I’ll have to go all out!!” His gaze sharpened.

“—Lion: Valley Scroll!!”

Instantly, countless powerful sword slashes erupted from the twin blades on his legs.

His golden long hair floated up, like an enraged lion roaring, sweeping madly towards Borsalino.

Borsalino felt the pressure of this move, dropping his playful expression and becoming serious.

He knew that Shiki was going all out, and if he continued to slack off, he might really be finished here today.

Immediately, he quickly crossed his hands and chanted:

“—Yasakani Sacred Jewel!”

Instantly, countless golden light bullets shot from his hands, like a torrential rain, meeting Shiki’s countless flying slashes.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!!”

The light bullets and slashes collided in mid-air, creating a continuous series of explosions, forming a dazzling light and shadow, like countless flashbangs detonating, illuminating the entire sky.

The intense light forced Shiki to squint his eyes, unable to look directly, while Borsalino, wearing sunglasses, seemed unaffected…

The slashes that weren’t obstructed by Shiki directly landed in the sea, instantly splitting the seawater like tofu into countless strands, and the sky also seemed to be torn apart by these powerful slashes.

After an unknown amount of time.

Amidst this dazzling light, Borsalino and Shiki’s figures flickered in and out of view as they constantly dodged each other’s attacks while searching for an opening.

Shiki looked at Borsalino rushing towards him, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

Then he swung the twin swords on his legs and once again engaged Borsalino in battle.

Their figures moved rapidly in the sky, colliding fiercely with a loud crash.

Borsalino had almost all his attention on Shiki, unaware that the seawater previously struck by Shiki’s “Lion: Valley Scroll” had begun to float…

Just as the two were in a stalemate.

Shiki seized the opportunity and activated his Float-Float Fruit ability, gathering all the tofu-like seawater to form a gigantic water cube.

As the water cube continuously contracted, attempting to squeeze the two of them, the immense water pressure caused Borsalino to feel tremendous strain.

“‘Golden Lion,’ are you crazy?”

“Both of us will lose our Devil Fruit abilities this way!!”

Borsalino felt a hint of panic for the first time, as he was currently being severely suppressed by Shiki’s Armament Haki.

He truly couldn’t understand why Shiki would use such a mutually destructive move.

Shiki’s face curved into a disdainful arc upon hearing this, and he sneered:

“Kekekekeke, you’re wrong, it’s you who will lose your abilities!”

“What?!”

Under Borsalino’s puzzled gaze, the water cube actually passed through Shiki’s body without a hitch, as if he had donned a water-repellent shield.

The next second.

Borsalino felt a sense of weakness and suffocation wash over him, as the water cube had already trapped him within.

Meanwhile, Shiki, seemingly unaffected, slowly floated away from the water cube.

Looking at Borsalino, who was imprisoned and had lost his abilities, Shiki couldn’t help but burst into laughter.