While Zoro was fighting hard against a CP0 agent, Sanji's battle was going entirely differently.
"A Logia Devil Fruit! You have such great luck." Looking at Sanji, who could run at the speed of lightning, the CP0 agent spoke with envy.
Even though they were trained vigorously, they were still human beings. They felt envy and jealousy towards others who could achieve great strength with little effort.
Sanji pulled out his cigarette and shook his head.
"No, I have a great Vice-Captain. But I am surprised that a CP agent like yourself would have such emotions. I thought you were cold-blooded killers."
The CP0 agent nonchalantly replied.
"I am. But I feel unbalanced because I put so much effort into my training to achieve my power, while you can gain such power through eating a Devil Fruit."
Hearing that, Sanji narrowed his eyes and said.
"You are not a Devil Fruit user."
"Not all CP agents can become a Devil Fruit user, especially a newcomer like me. My colleague who is fighting your swordsman just ate his Devil fruit a few months ago."
The expression of the CP0 agent was hidden by a mask, but Sanji could still hear the thrilling joy in his tone.
"But if I kill you here, I might get a Devil Fruit as a reward. After all, your crew is on the must-kill list of the Five Elders."
Hearing that, Sanji simply smirked.
"You have such great confidence."
"Yes, of course! So, I will give you a simple demonstration."
The CP0 agent pulled out his tie and wrapped it around his fist. The next moment, he disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was behind Sanji, launching a sweeping kick at Sanji's head.
But Sanji easily dodged it by turning into lightning.
The blue lightning got split into two halves before moving next to the agent. It attached itself and turned into Sanji, who had raised his right leg.
[Lightning Beast]
A powerful bolt of lightning emerged from Sanji's shoe. The bolt transformed into a massive lightning dragon that charged towards the agent.
"Argh!"
The agent was unable to dodge the lightning at such a short distance. He was bombarded by the lightning dragon, frying his skin and breaking his clothes.
"Cough! Cough! Damn it! I underestimated the speed of lightning and his Observation Haki. I can't make a similar mistake again."
The Agent muttered before rushing to the side. He knew Sanji was already observing him, so he didn't try to hide.
He just tried to create some distance.
'Interesting! His speed is not even close to mine, but he has some kind of confidence. Either he is too ignorant, or he truly has something up his sleeve.'
'So, what could it be?'
The Agent narrowed his eyes inside the mask. He gritted his teeth, contemplating the idea of revealing his secret weapon at this stage.
But he couldn't take this risk. He had not fully explored Sanji's strength. So, until then, it was better not to use his secret weapon.
'Let's try something else.'
[Soru]
The agent instantly disappeared like a teleportation, but he quickly appeared a few steps away from Sanji.
He instantly covered his entire arm with Armament Haki and punched forward. But just before his punch could even touch Sanji, he released his tie.
The tie moved out like a whip.
"Oh no!"
Even Sanji was stunned by this move as the whip instantly surrounded him by elongating itself. Before Sanji could use his Devil Fruit, he was captured by the whip coated with Armament Haki.
The agent clenched his other fist, pulled himself forward with his tie, and punched forward.
Sanji saw the punch coming. His eyes shrank as he quickly started spinning, completely forcing the agent to either give up the tie or the punch.
Because the agent couldn't maintain his position while spinning.
'How can this guy be so powerful? He is swinging me like I am a kite. I must stop him, but I can't give up my advantage.'
'Wait! I can do that.'
Since Sanji wasn't trying to break the tie, nor was he going to stop spinning, the agent jumped into the air and whipped out his leg as fast as he could.
His move created a powerful slash of compressed vacuum that moved towards Sanji.
But Sanji simply coated his right leg with Armament Haki and raised it. His feet struck the slash and broke it apart.
"Compared to that guy, your slash is too weak. Now, let me give you a ride."
[Diablo Jambe]
[Final Shot]
Sanji used the spinning momentum to jump into the air. While both were in the air, he pulled the agent with his chest and kicked forward with all of his strength.
'No, no, I can't take this attack. I mustn't take this attack.'
The agent panicked and quickly let go of the tie. He kicked the air and pushed himself away from the kick, dodging it on time.
But he forgot just how powerful Sanji's Observation Haki was.
Everything he did was within Sanji's calculation. As soon as he released himself, Sanji turned into lightning and rushed in front of the agent.
While he couldn't launch the same attack as before, he did have another attack.
He covered his leg with lightning and kicked the agent with an insane force.
[Lightning Kick]
The agent felt a strong shock on his back before he was sent flying several meters into the house and crashed into the walls.
Bang! Thud! Thud!
Upon launching this, Sanji frowned. He touched his heart for a moment and thought.
'What's going on? That feeling is coming once again. Could it be that awakening? Although Liam reassured me about my bloodline, I still can't help but worry.'
'If this force turns me into an emotionless killer, I'd rather not have this kind of power. With Lightning Devil Fruit, Physical Skills, and Haki, I can have strength greater than the Admiral.'
'But, it also doesn't feel like that. It feels a bit different, and it appears every time I hit this guy. So, what's going on?'
Sanji asked himself in confusion.
But he couldn't remain confused for long.
The agent rushed out of the house towards him at full speed. The agent instantly punched forward upon reaching closer.
A powerful force gathered at his fist. The armament Haki only made the force stronger as it burst out of his fist in the form of a shockwave.
[Six King Gun- God's Destruction]
When the agent punched forward, he released so much shockwave that even Sanji had to think twice before he could make any move.
Gritting his teeth, he looked at the radius of the attack and the distance between them before making his move.
As soon as he understood the situation, he released a massive amount of lightning from his hands.
[Lightning Net]
These turned into several smaller lightning bolts that weaved into a massive net that covered Sanji completely.
Bang!
The shockwave collided against the lightning net. Before it could destroy it, the lightning net suddenly moved and contained the shockwave into a sphere.
Boom!
The next moment, it exploded. The power of the lightning explosion disrupted and destroyed the shockwave before it could even reach Sanji.
Sanji turned into a lightning bolt and suddenly rushed behind the agent. Just before he could hit, though, the strange changes occurred in the agent's body.
His chest began to grow while his height began to shrink. His clothes remained the same, but he instantly pulled the mask down and turned around.
He didn't even bother using Armament Haki on his face, even though the lightning kick was coming directly to his face.
Because at this moment, the agent wasn't a man. When the mask was dropped, an amazingly looking female with pale skin, beautiful black pupils, and long flowing black hair came into Sanji's sight.
Even though Sanji had already released the kick, he instantly changed the direction of his kick by a few inches and went straight to the building.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Unlike before, Sanji wasn't able to control his body in mid-air. He crashed against the building and broke a few walls before coming to a stop.
"B..b..b..b…beauty! I almost hit a beautiful lady."
Sanji felt ashamed. If he hadn't reacted on time, he would've kicked a beautiful woman in the face.
But the next moment, that face was replaced by an ugly-looking male face that he created out of his imagination.
"No, no, that wasn't a lady. I was fighting a guy. This person doesn't have a Devil Fruit. How can he turn into a lady? It must be a misunderstanding. Yeah, that guy must've looked like a woman, but shouldn't be a woman."
Sanji reassured himself as he tried to get up from the rubble. But the next moment, he heard a sound coming from the front.
When he raised his head, he saw the same beautiful agent in front of him.
Instantly, Sanji's eyes turned into the shape of a heart.