Chapter 387: Wanze vs Honey
Wanze got out of the purple liquid net. It felt sticky. "I got tricked," Wanze said.
Honey dropped down. Wanze looked up at her. "I am Wanze, a member of CP7, do you know what that is?" he asked.
"My Captain already said to take everyone down who gets in our way to save Robin, even if that is the World Government," Honey replied.
"Sasasasasasa, you are truly foolish," Wanze responded. "There are 10,000 people on this island all working for the World Government," he added.
"We will save Robin," Honey stated.
"You are a wanted criminal for stepping foot on this island. You are already a pirate, Honey Queen with a 7,800,000 Beli bounty," Wanze said. "You are so weak yet you are here, you might as well surrender," he laughed.
She thought surrender. Honey thought back to when she ran away from everything, even when to save Nami and Nojiko but she thought about Ben and how he believed in her, how he gave her strength and trusted her. She thought about being his lover and helping him. "You will be surrendering," Honey replied.
"Sasasasasasa," Wanze joked. "Cipher Pol never loses," he added. "You have a devil fruit, don't get cocky," he said.
Wanze looked behind him and saw a kitchen. He smiled and rushed back towards it. Wanze saw ramen noodles and flour on the counter and smiled. "Ramen Beam," Wanse said he swallowed a large amount of flour, then covered one of his nostrils. He put some noodles in his other nostril. He fired it out of the other towards Honey. The sharpened noodles went flying towards Honey.
Honey saw the noodles coming. "Liquid Air Blast," Honey said as he raised her hand and launched a torrent of purple liquid towards the noodles. The noodles got hit by the liquid and were knocked off course.
Honey then followed up with another attack. "Liquid Bullet Barrage," Honey said as she made her hand look like a gun. She fired purple liquid bullets from her fingertips. The purple bullets went towards Wanze. Wanze saw something coming. He grabbed a large knife from the kitchen and deflected a couple of bullets but he was pushed back. He quickly jumped over the counter and hid behind as Honey destroyed the kitchen with the purple bullets.
Wanze smiled. "For you I need to get a bit serious, your devil fruit is annoying," Wanze muttered. He got up and said, "Let me show you Ramen Kenpo."
"Ramen Kenpo Ultimate Technique: Japanese Noodle Formal Battle-Suit," Wanze swallowed an entire sack of flour and used it to produce a large amount of noodles from his nose, which he shaped into a giant noodle armour for him to wear. He wrapped the noodles around his hand and feet. It looked like a Noodle Mech. Wanze's head stuck out.
"This is my ultimate technique," he yelled. Wanze rushed towards Honey. Honey kept firing her purple bullets. The bullets seem to be absorbed by the armour. "Pork Bone Spank," Wanze said as he tried to punch Honey using the noodle armour's arm. Honey jumped out of the way, avoiding the attack.
She was still surprised by how he created such an armoured suit so easily . He moved towards Honey again. "Japanese Noodle Potsticker Set - Clapping," Wanze said as he clapped the arms of his noodle armour one against the other, attempting to catch Honey. Honey jumped out of the way.
Wanze grinned as he continued his game of cat and mouse with Honey. He brought his massive noodle hands together with a loud clap, trying to catch her between them. Honey, quick on her feet, darted to the right just in time to avoid being caught.
Wanze immediately shifted his weight and clapped again, this time to the right, but Honey anticipated his move. With a swift spin, she dodged left, narrowly escaping his grasp. Wanze, growing frustrated, adjusted his stance and clapped to the left with even more force. Honey, ducked low and rolled to the side, evading his hands.
"You can't keep running forever!" Wanze sneered, his eyes narrowing as he tried to predict her next move.
"Who says I'm just running?" she said, getting to her feet.
"Double Air Blast," Honey said as she raised both her hands. She launched a two handed attack. Both hands shot a torrent of purple liquid at Wanze. Wanze armour got hit and he slid back.
"You have to do more than that," Wanz shouted. Honey launched her purple liquid and she saw the noodle armour getting wetter. Honey kept going as he slid back. "Enough," Wanze said.
"Thousand-Noodle Whip,"Wanze said as he turned his noodle armour's arms into long strings of noodle. He then whipped it towards Honey.
Honey saw the noodle whip coming. "Liquid Whip," Honey said as she created a liquid whip using her hands. She whipped and hit the noodles whip with it. They deflected and hit they ground.
"You are annoying," Wanzu said.
"You are in my way, I need to go and help the others to save Robin," Honey responded.
"She is as good as dead, no one has made it out alive from here," Wanze responded.
"I trust my Captain and my sisters," Honey said. She knew Ben would not let them down. She needed to do her path and make sure they stay down so they don't get in the way again.
She looked at the wet noodles and thought they looked shrivelled. "Liquid Trident," Honey said as she started to generate the purple liquid from her hand. She formed a sharp, trident-like projection. She launched it at Wanze`s armour. The spear impaled the armour and got stuck. The liquid started to go all over the noodles.
"Was that meant to hurt?" Wanze taunted with a big grin on his face.
"Liquid Ignition," Honey said as she started to create red liquid from her hand. She intensified the heat into the red liquid. Honey shot it at Wanze where the trident hit. Wanze looked at the different colours. Honey then caused it to spontaneously combust upon impact. There was a large fire, the noodles got burnt, his armour caught on fire.
"What are you doing?" Wanze shouted as he watched his armour catch on fire. He jumped out however he was caught in the explosion and went flying. He went into the kitchen and hit his head on the counter. He started to bleed. "No my ultimate technique," Wanze said, looking at the pile of fire.
Honey walked inside. "You will pay for this as he reached into the cabin drawer and pulled out a large knife. He pulled out a container from his pocket and poured it over his large knife. "Japanese Noodle Most Secret Technique: Noodle-Cutting Poisonous Kitchen-Knife," Wanze said.
Wanze threw flour at Honey's face. Her vision blurred as the flour stung her eyes, blinding her temporarily. Wanze seized the opportunity, moving with surprising speed as he slashed across her body. Pain shot through her as she dropped to her knees, gasping.
"Even if you are a Devil Fruit user, the poison has already entered your bloodstream. You won't survive this," Wanze taunted, a wicked grin spreading across his face.
Honey's body felt like it was on fire, the poison burning through her veins. She could feel her strength waning, blood trickling from the wound. For a moment, despair crept in. She failed, she thought. But then, images of Ben, their chats, their time together came to her. She couldn't let it end here.
Suddenly, Honey felt a strange sensation inside her. She felt her Devil Fruit merging with the poison. She could sense the two substances intertwining. Her hands trembled as she pushed herself off the ground, her legs unsteady.
Wanze stared at her in disbelief as Honey slowly stood back up. "How can you stand?" he asked.
Honey could feel the toxins being absorbed, converted into something she could control. "I'm not done yet," Honey said. Green liquid started to form in her hand. "Liquid Snake," Honey said as she created green liquid from her hand. A serpent-like head started to form around her hand. She shot it at Wanze. The green liquid with the head of a snake raced towards Wanze and hit him. He could not react in time. The green liquid went into his body. He could feel his arm burning as he dropped to the ground. He spat blood and collapsed.
Honey thought that was close. She almost died but her devil fruit saved her. He was still injured from the previous encounter, so he was not at 100%, though that did not matter. She thought she needed to get with the rest of the crew and save Robin. She sprinted down and saw the drawbridge was down. She rushed across and entered the Tower of Justice. She looked to the right and rushed down the corridor and spotted Nero.
"You made it this far," Nero commented as he clapped. "But this will be your end," he added.
"You must have a key," Honey stated
"Do I?" he asked.