[center][h1]Zepp Kisaragi[color=8B0000][i]?[/i][/color][/h1]
Drum Island, Muron Prison
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[color=8B0000][i]”It seems our inmate has managed to pick up quite a few new tricks somewhere. Perhaps he’s a bit desperate?”[/i][/color] Mumyoumaru thought as his attack met air. Through some peculiar mechanism, Xerxes had managed to increase his speed and reactions to a greater degree. How troublesome. So much of what had happened wasn’t in the reports. But such was combat. Not everything could be accounted for on paper. As Xerxes reached his back, Zepp also heard the click of a finger a trigger through the rippling whipcrack of the explosive man’s supersonic punch and the hum of electricity arcing over the surface of Xerxes’ skin. Zepp didn’t even turn around, instead reaching a hand around an snapping his fingers. [color=8B0000]”Shigan: Firew-”[/color] as a spread shot of air bullets flew out at the snap of his fingers, Zepp felt a sharp pain run through his body as he was starting to be pierced with an innumerable amount of…. Needles? Turning his crimson eyes towards Bogard, he took note that the boy was holding his hand out like he had earlier. However, once the young man attempted to block Zepp’s Rankyaku by sacrificing his metal prosthetic, Zepp’s clothing visibly spiked outwards, starting to pierce him deeper, but apparently straying away from the Marine’s vitals due to a break in the Sunlit Gladiator’s concentration. Zepp’s plan to bounce Jax’s gunfire between his Shigan air bullets to pierce Xerxes’ extended arm was a bust due to his own short concentration break, instead sending the bullet careening off into the distance without a target. Knowing there wasn’t a lot he could do at this point, Zepp took a deep breath. [color=8B0000]”Tekkai”[/color]

Gritting his teeth and tightening his muscles, Zepp managed to stop the hundreds of spears his clothing had become from skewering the entirety of his insides while also making his exterior incredibly hard at the moment Xerxes’ punch connected. There was a blast of wind as the Captain of the 99th Division was launched off of his feet with extreme speed, but he had managed to block most of the force of the attack’s potential damage to his person. As Zepp was sent flying, he pondered what the heck the Red Hoods’ captain’s ability could be. The power to manipulate fabrics? The idea that the boy might have had to be fought stark naked to avoid becoming a pincushion was an irritating thought. He would have to think more on it later, but it at least confirmed that it was a power Bogard possessed, rather than a property of the coat. [color=8B0000]”Ah, the cavalry’s here. I suppose I should lay low now.”[/color] Zepp remarked as the whirlwind-like form of Marxo appeared to clash with the souped-up Xerxes. As he once again reverted to his typical appearance as friendly “Zepp Kisaragi” of the 99th, a shadow loomed over his airborne form. It was Anaru….. And he was descending towards him with a rather large cone of stone, apparently unable to see past the makeshift spear as he used his Nail Guns to boost himself into the ground. With a sigh, Zepp poked the tip of the stone spear as it came towards him and melded onto its surface, crawling along it until his two-dimensional form eventually found a cozy hiding place in the furry back of Lieutenant Kahurangi. As a result, the only trace that Zepp was even there was the rather impressive blood trail that stained the snow on the flight Xerxes sent him on. [i]”I’ll just take a quick breather on Lt. Gorilla for a bit.”[/i] he thought as the hulking gorilla man smashed the “Nail” he made and created a wide area of destruction, only to be shown up by the sudden, surging growth of an absolutely massive tree. If Zepp didn’t know better he might have thought that he’d lost the Devil Fruit ability lottery. Kids sure were growing up fast these days.