Chapter 21: The sexy burglar vs the lost swordsman II
The infamous Cat Burglar 6
The sexy burglar vs the lost swordsman II
Nami was not skillful with guns compared to her staff. It was the same Kitty staff she had gotten as a gift from her mother. She has done many modifications on the main weapon, never changing its core mechanism and material. Staff was not a well known weapon. Mostly it is considered a civilian weapon due to its limited lethality. That's why Zoro, despite his long career as a weapon practitioner, had zero experience in fighting skillful staff users.
In terms of strength, Zoro was leagues above Nami. It was due to his monstrous physical strength that he could send his slashes flying. There was no technique behind it. It was just his raw strength. That's why despite not being able to cut Steel, Zoro could easily send a knock off version of flying slash.
And that exact reason why despite being outmatched in terms of strength and speed, Nami managed to deflect Zoro's initial strikes.
Zoro dashed towards Nami unseathing his second sword. Nami on the other hand was planning to retreat before Zoro takes out his third sword. So she didn't hesitate to throw her tricks.
Deflecting Zoro's two simultaneous slashes, Nami found it odd that despite the strength behind the deadly slashes, she was managing to parry them without much difficulty. Her main fighting style was a defensive type staff play. It was the first thing she had learn from belli. Later on she had added her on moves into that style. So she has build up a solid base for defensive type fighting style over time.
Nami slid back from the force of a combination attack made by Zoro. This time a sword wound appeared on her hand. Nami ignored the stinging sensation as she rotated one end of her staff. The heavy metal balls from both the sides of her staff dropped on the ground. Both of them were connected with steel chains.
Both of them moved as quickly as before. This time Nami concentrated solely on Zoro's movement trying to exploit his openings. Zoro has an aggressive fighting style. So most of the time his moves ignore defense and solely focus on offense. This fighting style was completely opposite to Nami's. But it has a rather big flaw. When facing opponents more skillful than him, Zoro will lose his momentum.
The same thing had happened during his childhood many times when no matter how hard he tried he never managed to pull a win against Kuina.
Now facing Nami who was using a completely unfamiliar weapon, Zoro found it difficult to deal with it while focusing on offense alone.
Nami and the other hand was using the laws of physics to her advantage and using the build up momentum hit zoro really hard. She has been using this weapon for the last 5 years. So she was very skillful with it. The previous advantage of Zoro in terms of speed and strength became meaningless with Nami's new found agility and weapon skill. Along with her staff she was moving her own body in odd angles dodging Zoro's attacks while counter attacking.
Despite lacking visible muscle mass, Nami was very strong. Her body was built for more flexible movements and agility. And she was using these traits to fight against Zoro.
As the fierce clash continued between the two future crew mates, Zoro grew more frustrated. Fighting the woman in front of him he was reminded of his childhood when he used to fight Kuina. Although initially he managed to push back Nami due to his obvious advantages, now he was getting cornered by the woman in front of him.
Unlike Zoro, Nami was not aiming to kill. Otherwise she would have brought out her more dangerous weapons instead of fighting with her staff and the deadly balls. The deadly balls were designed to fight against physically stronger opponents. It was created by Nami in order to deal a lot of damage to the body of her opponent instead of ending them quickly.
Zoro felt the bones in his body protesting against getting more damage. Due to his stronger build quality, Zoro has been tanking the attack without getting any major injuries. But if the assault continued it was evident that Zoro might earn serious injuries.
He had tried to pull out his third sword. But Nami was relentless with her attacks. She knew that, whether it is a head on fight or a battle of attrition, he would lose to Zoro the moment he decided to use his full strength. That's why Nami was not giving him any chance to recover.
The situation might seem bad for Zoro, but in reality it was Nami who was in an actual tight spot. Despite her strength and stamina being way more than any average person it definitely fell short in front of someone like Zoro. And even with the short fight, due to its intensity, Nami could already feel that she was reaching her limits in a fast pace. So continuing the fight for long was not an option.
At the moment of desperation, Nami made a decisive choice and slowed the pace of her assault. It was clearly a gamble on her part. Zoro might take this chance to attack back using his two swords or he will retreat and unseath his third sword to unleash his full power.
Fortunately for Nami, Zoro chose the second option. In reality it was a trap setted up by Nami.
As soon as Zoro tried to retreat and unseath his third sword, Nami folded her staff while rotating the other half in an anticlockwise direction. It caused a long steel wire to shoot at Zoro.
But Zoro, as usual, chose to completely focus on his attack instead of dodging.
*Zazzzzzzzzzzp !*
"Arrrrgghhh !"
Zoro greeted his teeth as electricity coursed through his body. For a normal human it was enough to paralyze them for the rest of their life. But Zoro's vitality and resilience was on a whole other level. The electric shock paralyzed his entire body. But the effect was not permanent. And Nami was smart enough to not underestimate Zoro. She immediately went forward and kicked Zoro in his balls with all her might.
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