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Chapter Fifty-Three: Arriving with Anticipation

The bear who was assassinated twice by the same trick, his thick shawl and curly hair was blown up horribly.

The highly recognizable clothes on his body are also torn.

However, there were not many serious burns on his body.

"Can you react like this, and use domineering protection?"

He didn't pop his own "pain" again.

Although Wayne seems to have beaten the bear badly, the undeniable fact is——

He was not mortally wounded at all.

Neither did Wayne, of course.

Neither side used a big move that could determine the outcome.

With the combat power shown by Xiong, he can't absolutely suppress Wayne like Kuzan.

With Wayne's physical strength, physical skills, arrogance and ability, even if Xiong is stronger than him, it will take at least a few days and nights to really defeat him.

What's more, when it comes to physical strength, Wayne has never been afraid of anyone.

If you really fight for a few days and nights, the high probability of being consumed to death may be a bear.

So, Wayne was testing new abilities developed during this time.

As for Xiong, apart from showing several directions for developing his own abilities, he didn't launch any powerful attacks.

just like……

He just keeps watching Wayne.

Now, the bear extinguished the flames on his body, turned around, and faced the flames that were still spreading.

He opened his arms and gave him a big hug!

"Om..."

There was a scalp-numbing howling sound, and Wayne silently watched the airflow of the entire island being crazily compressed by the bear's embrace!

A bear-shaped compressed air ball containing terrifying energy appeared in the bear's hand.

"Boom!"

The compressed air ball flew above the sea of flames that had spread to half the island.

"Bear paw impact!"

"Boom—"

Wayne raised his hand to block the howling wind, and the mere wind pressure uprooted many big trees on the island!

Bombarded by this level of compressed air, even a sea of fire of this size cannot continue to burn.

Well, it's probably the same as blowing out candles with your mouth.

"So, even with the same move, the effort is really different."

Wayne applauded slowly.

The strength of the bear, this trick can be seen first.

Although Wayne didn't try his best, but in terms of ability alone, it does need further development.

Because... His face was reddish, and he was drunk.

Time is up.

"Hey, it's a good thing I have this baby."

Wayne quickly took out the metal flagon and took a sip.

But it's not wine, but William spent a lot of time and finally concocted it, Nine Snakes' secret hangover medicine.

This thing was originally invented for brewing wine koji, which is unique to the Amazon Lily of Kusnake Island.

In a simple communication with the Nine Snake Pirates, Wayne learned that the specialty wine of Nine Snake Island is not only white wine.

Rice wine and rice wine, these two are not available in the outside world.

These three kinds of wine are the three kinds unique to my own country in the previous life.

Distilled wines account for the majority of the various wines that are mainstream in the world, and a few are fermented wines and prepared wines.

Among them, liquor and the so-called "six base wines" belong to distilled wine, and rice wine, wine, beer, etc. belong to fermented wine.

Cocktails prepared with base wine belong to the configuration wine, in addition to the famous sherry, liqueur and so on.

Baijiu, rice wine and rice wine are not well-known, mainly because Jiushe Island is located in the windless zone and is isolated from the outside world.

The biggest difference between them and outside wines is the brewing process - brewing with koji.

Distiller's koji makes wine, and the koji determines the aroma of the wine, and the longer it is aged, the more fragrant it will be.

The vast majority of wine in the outside world is fermented and brewed using the raw materials themselves, and then distilled.

Most of their taste and flavor come from the oak barrels used for brewing.

Even with the exception of a few,

Most wines are not aged.

This is also the reason why Wayne's wine club, apart from his ability, was able to open in a short period of time.

Most of the wine can be completed in a few months from feeding to production.

Wayne's "fine brewed wine" is inspired by distiller's yeast.

Then the white wine and rice wine brewed from koji will have great characteristics different from other non-jiuji brewed wines——

The taste and flavor are extremely rich, far from the single and list taste of most wines that are widely circulated in the world.

Compared with non-jiuqu wine, jiuqu wine is less likely to "top".

That is, it is less likely to get drunk.

That's why the female warriors of the Nine Snakes robbed William and Carl of the good wine on the ship, got drunk and caused trouble, and Hancock ordered a three-month ban on alcohol.

He also ordered Hancock to keep the ancient hangover medicine with him.

This is a magical formula invented by the Nine Snake ancestors who discovered the magical effect of distiller's yeast.

Quite a bit like "Where poisonous snakes haunt, there must be an antidote within seven steps".

Maybe it's because the Nine Snakes are all women, and they can't get drunk easily?

Amidst the confusion of thoughts, the hangover medicine played a role.

Although still drunk, but not directly drunk.

"I didn't expect that your ability actually has sequelae."

Xiong walked over step by step, still with that paralyzed face, but there seemed to be a hint of a smile in his tone.

"If ability becomes a burden, there is no way to develop it well."

Wayne sighed when he heard the words, put away the wine jug, and cried if he said too much:

"The physique is special, when I was drunk, I encountered this devil fruit, and I ate it on impulse, and almost died of it.

"But it's much better now. In the beginning, I could only use my abilities for a minute."

"So that's the case. In just a few months, the progress is very great."

There was some surprise in Xiong's tone.

"Then, taking advantage of the gap between my ability activation, it is a good time to completely defeat me."

Wayne sat directly on the ground, still bleary-eyed:

"Would you like to try it?"

"The root of ability development is imagination."

The bear walked up to Wayne and stopped.

"You have developed your ability to this extent, and you must have noticed this truth."

"Ah, indeed."

Wayne looked up at the other's expressionless face:

"However, I'm really puzzled. Why do you believe that something like a meat ball can pop something like a 'feeling' into a solid body?"

"..."

Bear was silent for a moment.

"Your combat power is already comparable to some of the Seven Martial Seas."

Xiong took out gloves from his pocket and put them on slowly, and sat down directly.

"Did you use your ability to cheat Kuzan?"

"right."

Wayne nodded:

"While I wish he could read some of his past affection, he clearly knows where he stands."

"You just said that 'feeling' is 'nothingness'."

After getting an affirmative answer, Xiong slightly turned his head and looked northwest.

"I was told by someone that 'feelings' actually exist in the human body."

"Um?"

Wayne was taken aback for a moment, then his expression changed slightly.

The direction the bear was looking at should be Upside Down Mountain.

No, to be more precise, perhaps... the new world?

Not paying attention to Wayne's vigilance, Xiong continued on his own:

"In his terms, human 'feeling' comes from changes in the body's nerve signals, which can be actually observed.

"The ability of the meat ball fruit, according to this line of thinking, is to convert nerve signals into tangible energy and eject it from the body."

He glanced at his gloved palm:

"Concrete abstract things, but abstract things themselves are real."

"..."

Unknowingly, Wayne leaned forward.

He felt that there seemed to be cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

"That person...is Dr. Vegapunk?"

"..."

The bear seemed to turn to look at him.

"Maybe it's because I'm special, but that person once said, 'Everything comes into the world because of expectations'."

Xiong didn't answer Wayne's question directly, but threw out a big news that made him feel dizzy.

"Are you looking forward to..."

Wayne's breathing became short of breath.

Whether it's true or not, but if it was really Dr. Vegapunk who told the bear, no, it must be Dr. Vegapunk...

Well, if this genius whose scientific and technological power has surpassed the world for 500 years thinks so, it must be very close to the truth, even if it is not complete!

Is this the nature of the world?

【Could he realize one day that he is a paper man in a comic? 】

But the world now is obviously impossible to be the world "as it should be".

Because of Wayne's existence!

【Is my appearance also due to anticipation? 】

[Then if so, what is the most fantastic setting in this world——Devil Fruit? ! 】

"'Dragon Slayer' Wayne."

The bear's voice woke Wayne up.

The other party stood up slowly and took off the gloves again.

"!"

Wayne's brows were tightly furrowed. He thought the bear was being friendly after all the key information he said just now.

"Do you want to continue fighting?"