As the tree where she stood was torn and fell, the woman didn't waste a moment and ran away, feeling panicked.
How?
They were too far away from each other, and as the day became the evening, it would be hard for Shinra to notice her, but unexpectedly, he pinpointed her position accurately, and his attack almost hit her!
Yet, no matter what, she cursed her curiosity, which couldn't be stopped.
If she could have stopped her curiosity and just lived normally like an ordinary person, with her Devil Fruit, everything would have been possible, but unfortunately, she didn't do that and chased after the dream that everyone told her not to.
And this was why she couldn't stop herself from wondering what Shinra wanted to do with Sarquiss and Bellamy.
Was he a bounty hunter?
Yet, was there even a Marine Base on this Mock Town, the island where mostly pirates resided in the Grand Line?
As for why she came to this place, it was said that there was a historical record about a certain subject that she was interested in, and somehow, she met Shinra, who was young yet powerful. However, unexpectedly, this young man gained the ability of Bellamy.
'It's not an illusion.'
The ability to turn a limb into a spring.
The fact that Bellamy could gain 58 million berries due to this Devil Fruit showed that he was strong!
Yet, Bellamy had died, and his power was taken by Shinra!
Would that happen to her, too?
With her childhood experience, she was pragmatic and cared about her safety more than anything, since, as she was still living, she had a duty and a dream that she had to do. It was impossible for her to give up, be caught, but—
Bang!
As such, loud noise echoed, and her body felt weak.
'A gun?!'
Instead of chasing her, did he attack her with a gun?!
No, Shinra attacked this woman with his newly gained ability, the Bane Bane no Mi, which turned his limb into that of a spring. In the modern world, the spring has many applications, including a weapon, whether it is a bow, a slingshot, an airsoft gun, or even a harpoon gun. Those weapons might not be the strongest, but even so, as it was created by using the special ability and the strong physical ability of the people of this world, they created powerful damage.
More importantly, his opponent wasn't that strong since, with his eyesight, he could tell that his opponent would run away instead of trying to face him.
By turning the middle part of his hand into that of a spring, he pulled that spring to the limit, then put a stone as ammunition before launching it like that of a harpoon gun or a ballista mechanism.
In the world of Kengan, he had trained with all types of long-range weapons, including a bow, hidden weapons, and firearms, as they were handy and easy to master due to his Sharingan.
'If I use ninjutsu, it will be more interesting.'
Using the elements or objects created by using ninjutsu, such as an earth shape of a spear, Shinra felt that this new technique of his could become more interesting, but it wouldn't be the most exceptional since the launching ability of this technique was limited.
If he had to say, it was quite similar to a bow or a slingshot, which was compared to a gun, was far weaker, but cheap and quiet.
Regardless, he continued to shoot out those pebbles and other objects that he discovered nearby, without hitting his target directly, and just stopped her from moving around, playing around like a cat, who just wanted to have fun before it bit down on the mice that it had chased around.
As expected, this woman seemed to notice his intent that wasn't going to shoot her to death, which made her raise her hands and say, "I give up. I am sorry for following you. Please don't kill me."
If Shinra had come close, then a chance might have existed that she could do something to change this situation, but he just attacked her from a distance, never thinking to get close, which made her helpless.
While he only used a small object to attack her, if those things really hit her, then she was afraid that she might get broken bones.
She might be eating the Devil Fruit, but it didn't mean that she had become so powerful that she could ignore everything, and fighting also wasn't her forte.
Only, while she gave up and appeared powerless, showing her charm to the limit as she begged for him to let her go, her mind was far deeper than other thoughts.
Her experience in childhood had made it impossible for her to trust others, and she definitely wouldn't entrust her life to the kindness of others unless that person were quite stupid.
Instead, she would use this chance to take Shinra down!
Her ability in a fight might not be the best, but she wasn't weak, and her Devil Fruit allowed her to make a discreet, and assassination-like attack. It also helped her to find her enemies, walking without being noticed, as she could observe the others from a distance, and from a place that they had never thought of.
At the same time, her curiosity got the better of her as she tried to follow someone that she shouldn't, and peeked at what he was doing.
Shinra, who had been observing from a distance, felt like this woman was quite familiar, and the memories of Sarquiss and Bellamy helped him understand the basics of this world. The two might not have the brightest minds, but they were better than Luffy, whose mind was as good as brain-dead, and with their memories, he knew who she was.
'Is it her?' If so, then he hesitated to erase her.
His Eye of Usurpation was a secret, and no one could definitely know about this ability, but when he looked at this woman, he didn't really want to kill her.
Why didn't he kill her?
Because he was a man.
He thought for a while, made up his mind, but he wasn't stupid enough to approach her, since he knew well that she wasn't a naive woman who thought that everything would be okay as long as she said that she gave up and apologized. He was sure that this woman would attack him when he let his guard down.
Unfortunately, instead of coming and walking toward her, he turned his arm into that of a spring, stretched it from a distance, twisted around her, and trapped her inside the middle of his coil spring like arm, which her alluring, womanly body tightly wrapped inside the coils, and made her unable to breathe before she was dragged, realizing his opponent was more dirty than her. In her deepest despair, she realized her end was near, especially when she saw his deadly, scarlet eyes that stared at her like a predator toward his prey.