"Are the kids these days all this annoying? Or is it just the brats from the disaster family..."
The smoke cleared, revealing a version of Queen several times taller than before.
At this moment, he had transformed into a large, upright, humanoid brachiosaurus in orange hue, with his originally cannon-platform left mechanical arm now becoming a three-pronged mechanical claw, including a similar mechanical claw growing from his tail and the end of his braid.
Zoan-type Dragon-Dragon Fruit·Ancient· Brachiosaurus Form.
And it's a self-modified Brachiosaurus form.
Queen opened his mouth; a mechanical tube extended from within, along with the mechanical claws on his left hand, tail, and braid tip, each opening up with tubes at their centers, gathering light beams.
"Black Firelight!"
Four laser beams shot out, two targeting Sanji, and the other two aimed at Renedia.
"Lasers?"
Sanji transformed into an afterimage, quickly leaping away.
The awakened 'Scientific Power' significantly enhanced his speed and strength, allowing him to react instantly using Observation, and as he soared, he instinctively intended to rush toward Renedia.
Just as he was about to move, he saw the pink-haired little girl raise her hand, palm facing forward.
Despite being lasers, they mysteriously halted midway, as if all forward momentum was lost, dropping and exploding on the ground.
"No matter what it is, there's always some kind of force present. As long as there's force..."
Sparks danced in Renedia's eyes, "It can't escape my control. Do you think I'm as ignorant as Kid!"
With that, she gripped the handle of a mechanical hammer, twisting it hard. Sparks coursed through her small hand, instantly disassembling the mechanical hammer, turning it into a hovering exoskeleton that floated around her arm and back.
"Infinite Energy State!"
A multitude of sparks flew from these floating exoskeletons, as if grasping the air, allowing Queen and Sanji to keenly feel the compression of the air.
"I'll blow you up!!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
It was a simple Air Cannon, but under rapid compression, it practically solidified, transforming into visible clusters, attacking Queen and Sanji indiscriminately.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The clustered Air Cannon seemed even faster than laser beams, and carried unique momentum, striking Queen and Sanji's bodies in an instant. In unison, Sanji's body caved in with several holes, and Queen instinctively swung his sword, but faced with the barrage-like Air Cannon, he was powerless to stop it, continuously being pushed back.
Renedia was already adept at using Air Cannons by manipulating air, and with the mechanical hammer modified by 'Mother Steel', she could utilize it immensely. Even without favorable terrain, she could bombard endlessly with just air.
Powerful firepower itself is a formidable strength.
Though this form consumes stamina, the firepower coverage achieved by exchanging stamina is better than weapons that pause between attacks.
"This firepower... stop kidding around!"
Queen crossed his arms, sliding backward under the Air Cannon onslaught, and shouted again, "Spark... Queen!"
His small eyes behind sunglasses suddenly flared a fiery red, shooting out a vast amount of flames from his eyes, piercing through the barrage-like Air Cannon, sweeping straight toward Renedia.
"This is..."
Sanji, struck repeatedly and forced into defense, looked astonished. Despite the fierce storm-like assaults as someone with awakened powers, his body could withstand them.
He didn't want to attack a lady either; he had initially thought of simply taking down Queen and swiftly withdrawing, but Queen's technique reminded him of Ichiji.
"Flames?"
Renedia ceased her attack, baring small, sharp teeth, "Perfect!"
She raised her arm, and with the rhythm of sparks, the fast-approaching flames lost their momentum. Then, with a quick absorption by the hovering exoskeleton, the flames were fully absorbed, imbuing Renedia's gear with a layer of crimson.
"Even this can be absorbed!"
Queen exclaimed, incredulous, and then realized something, "It's not an ability causing it, you're an Ability User of the Dyna-Dyna Fruit, it's a metal issue, that metal, could it be Mother Steel?"
A top-tier material appearing every three hundred years on the sea, Super融记忆 Metal, possessing extraordinary resilience and pliability, it carries the sea's aura when thrown into the sea, and becomes steel emitting flames when thrown into fire.
Many renowned weapons from strong people on the sea can unleash lightning and flames, typically containing some Mother Steel elements.
As a scientist, particularly one self-modified, Queen once sought to collect this material for enhancement, but it was too rare to find.
Such rapidly absorbing power... how big a piece would it have to be?
"Seems you do have some insight, fat blockhead. Yes, it's Mother Steel, leftover from making the Power Instrument, used to modify the hammer."
Renedia stretched out her small hand, grinning malevolently at Queen: "Returning it to you!"
No matter the attack type, be it bullets or shells, flames or thunderbolts, they're neutral in nature, merely imbued with kinetic energy. Neutralize that energy, and it's just something you can dispose of as you wish.
Like this firelight, though launched, it inherently lacks personal effects, so it's effortlessly absorbed.
Whew!
With Renedia's shout, the exoskeleton hovering over her shoulder formed a projectile, blasting two arm-thick, high-temperature rays.
"Stop joking around!"
Queen gripped his sword firmly, layering it with Haki, fiercely swinging to block; colliding with the beam, a teeth-gritting sound erupted.
The hardening brought by Haki allowed him to withstand the beam, but two holes appeared on the blade.
The power of Will couldn't touch pure Elements; even hardening only turned things rigid, negating everything was impossible. Under resistance, damage still occurred.
Fortunately, it was striking a weapon. If it hit a person, injury was a certainty.
"In that case..."
Queen casually threw away the sword, his body seeming to vanish at that moment, turning invisible.
"If you can't find me, that solves it! Invisibility Queen!"
"How could you..."
Sanji exclaimed in shock, "That's my invisibility power!"
"Correct! Judge's son, this is your Germa 66's scientific power. I've investigated thoroughly, as we researched in the same place back then!"
"Sparks, electric shocks, invisibility, crushing power."
Queen's voice emerged from another direction, "Germa 66 as Judge's greatest masterpiece, I can do it all too. If only you had transformed, defeating your transformed self would prove my scientific power surpasses Judge's!"
As a former member of MADS, Queen specialized in the chemical field, but as a scientist, he had his pride, striving to prove he was MADS-band second through relentless effort, including modifying himself today.
Surpassing others in their skilled domain is the ultimate evidence of one's scientific power!