Hestuser/Abilities and Powers

## Charlotte "Shefu" Hestuser

### Affiliations:

Olympian Dreamer Pirates (Current); Shefu Family (Current); Charlotte Family (Former); Big Mom Pirates (Former)

### Doriki:

431 (Normal); 446 (Chivalry Boost); 605 (Normal Enrobage D'épices); 620 (Chivalry Boost Enrobage D'épices)

## Address

### Residence:

The (Sailing) Pantheon (Current); Shokupan Island (Former); Tabemono Island (Former)

## Overview

As the cook of the Olympian Dreamer Pirates, Hestuser provides an extremely valuable service to his crew mates. He is one of the crew's top three fighters along with Athermos and Vhagar. Despite his great strength, his own family, with very few exceptions, views him as a weakling. For a brief period, along with Al, Hestuser has been the only Olympian to fight without a Devil Fruit. However after the events of the Treasure Island Arc, Hestuser has acquired a Devil Fruit power.

While Athermos often fights the strongest enemies, Hestuser and Vhagar often end up fighting against enemies considered the second or third primary threat. On occasion, the trio do swap opponents for the strongest/second/third strongest, to keep the fact that they are incredibly close in power to one another. One example of them swapping is when Hestuser ended up fighting Bendis and Jaspar, while Vhagar fought Arawn, Lynx, and Golatzar. However even though Bendis and Jaspar had more Doriki and Seitaru than the enemies Vhagar fought, Vhagar did fight more of them. So whenever they exchange opponents, it's often made up in quantity to keep who is stronger than who in the same order.

Interestingly, Hestuser's and Vhagar's opponents could be often characterized as matching(or countering) their particular fighting styles, such as his fight against another martial artist in Jaspar and Bendis, during the North Blue War Arc, while Vhagar fought against Lynx, Golatzar, and Arawn, all Swordsman. There is a small, but nearly unnoticeable rivalry between the duo, evident by not only the names they call each other but the way they fight. However, when they work together, they have incredible synergy and have taken down every foe with relative ease. Granted, they have only faced one together, that being Gugir.

As a member of the Charlotte Family, Hestuser was raised and trained from an early age by his family and in a private school. Due to this training, Hestuser acquired beyond reasonable abilities for a child, and was even able to use Busoshoku Haki. Because of this, Hestuser was able to keep up with some of his family. Not to mention, this head start on training allowed him to have incredible durability and strength. After abandoning the Charlotte Family and being adopted and taken in by the Shefu Family he was taught a kick-based martial arts. This allowed his mind and body to regain some synergy, enhancing his already great strength to the next level. After joining the Olympian Dreamer Pirates, he could defeat fishmen like Jaspar and Torrent, powerful giants like Gugir, and Marines like Bendis. All of which wielded Haki.

## Culinary Expertise

Self-taught since childhood and somewhat by Katakuri, he was then personally trained by the Shefu Family. Hestuser is an exceptional culinary master to the highest caliber, possessing immense knowledge and the capability of preparing almost any kind of delicious and aesthetically pleasing meals. In addition, he is able to create large amounts of foods in a short span of time. He cooks with amazing speed and dexterity, and his sense of taste is also not lacking. Often, he is able to deduce the qualities of aspects(such as ingredients) involved in a prepared dish in a very short period of time. In addition to preparing food, Hestuser is also extremely skilled in writing and teaching recipes, as seen in one of the Cover Stories. His Culinary Expertise is so good that Mihawk has been a regular customer of his for several years.

## Devil Fruit

*Main Article: Gara Gara no Mi*

As a 20 year old, Hestuser found a Devil Fruit on Treasure Island, though was unsure of what it was. Due to the matter being a life or death situation, Hestuser consumed the Gara Gara no Mi after finding it on the floor. The fruit gave Hestuser the properties of spices, condiments, herbs, and seasonings, allowing him to generate, control, and absorb them. Despite just gathering the fruit, Hestuser was able to quickly adapt and control his abilities with the Devil Fruit. Over the course of the North Blue War, Hestuser gained greater control over his abilities.

Hestuser is able to generate, absorb, and control spices from any part of his body. He can generate any spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings that he himself has come into contact with and absorbed since consuming the fruit. The spices, condiments, herbs, and seasonings allow Hestuser to amplify his attack power. Similarly, Hestuser can change the properties of the spices, condiments, herbs, and seasonings Hestuser has absorbed for specific effects.

Despite just obtaining the fruit, Hestuser has quickly adapted his Spice-Leg Style to be usable and compatible with the fruit, altering his techniques at their core in order to better use them. The adaptation and evolution of the Spice-Leg Style has allowed him to raise his strength, being able to combat stronger and stronger opponents. Hestuser can also use his Devil Fruit defensively by generating spices as armor or projectiles to deflect incoming attacks.

### Enrobage D'épices

*Main Article: Enrobage D'épices*

During the Shadows of the North Blue Roleplay Movie, Hestuser revealed a new ability: **Enrobage D'épices**. This allowed him the spices, condiments, herbs, and seasonings his body stored to be released around his body and then concentrated to his legs by spinning around and focusing them. This allowed him to have much more powerful attacks both in general, and a lot more precision and alterations of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings properties once they were around his leg before he attacked. "Enrobage" is french for the term coating or enrobing, while "D'épices" was the french term for spices. The Kanji used, 調味料の足, means "leg of seasoning"(in reference to the name of the fighting style and the primary focus of the ability).

All of his attacks while it is active focus on his Spice-Leg Style, while changing their english naming conventions to that of a French one(ex. **Salt** becomes **Sel**). The general spices, condiments, herbs, and seasonings stored and released around his legs naturally affect his performance, allowing even basic attacks and movement speed to be vastly enhanced and much more effective than normal. Hestuser used this ability during his fight with Torrent after his body had adapted to his Devil Fruit proper and he needed the power to overcome the fishman's strength and durability. With the enhanced speed and power along with the ability to instantly alter the properties of the spices, herbs, seasonings, or condiments and prioritize which one was at the forefront of his legs without having to release them from his body, Hestuser was able to overcome the fishman. By using the technique **Épices Entières**, Hestuser was able to almost immediately kill Torrent to protect Ainya.

His tolerance and ability to endure the rapid built up spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings around his legs without letting it slow him down and allowing it to enhance his body is also astonishing. Even despite only just using it for the first time, he was able to utilize Enrobage D'épices with great efficiency and manipulate it to protect his legs from backlash of the attack. When asked by Torrent what he was doing, Hestuser merely told him that he was forcing the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings around his legs to like armor. As revealed immediately after combatting Torrent, the usage of this technique puts extreme stress on Hestuser's legs when using repetitive high-level, or even what would typically be normal-level, techniques. After a repetitive usage of just a few short attacks, Hestuser's body could no longer support itself enough to stand up on its own, and then some for several minutes after that.

## Traits & Skills

*Main Article: Traits and Skills*

Hestuser has a collection of traits that both aid in supporting his overall power, and just is a collection of different traits that provide more minuscule support to him as a person.

The following are the current traits Hestuser has: **Trainee Chef**, **Basic Martial Arts / Boxing**, **Gluttoned Eater**, **Super Durability**, **Experienced Chef**, **Basic Chivalry Trait**, **Basic Armament Haki**, **Innate Armament Haki**, **Greater Martial Arts / Boxing**, **Advanced Durability**, **Basic Devil Fruit Mastery**.

Similarly, the following are the Skills(and their stages) Hestuser has: **Cooking [Stage 2]**, **M.A./Boxing [Stage 2]**, **Devil Fruit** **[Stage 1]**.

## Physical Abilities / Doriki Breakdown

**❝** *That strength is quickly leaving our gap wider and wider!* **❞** *— Jaspar comments on Hestuser's strength and how it's growing during the North Blue War.*

Hestuser has extraordinary superhuman strength, resiliency, speed, perception, and agility due to years of arduous training thanks to the Big Mom Pirates, Kyo, and his time spent on Shokupan Island with the Shefu Family. All of this combined enables him to use an array of different flexible and mobile positions for kick-based martial arts that can also implement spices, making him immensely versatile in combat.

### Strength

Hestuser has immense physical strength. Even as a child, he had enough strength to, when coupled with Busoshoku Haki, land a devastatingly powerful attack on Mascarpone. The attack was so powerful that Mascarpone even struggled to stand up. In his first chapter appearance, Hestuser with his **Pepper** attack was strong enough to defeat Boar Grimsbane’s(a Warlord of the Sea) lesser henchman with a single attack. Similarly, the force behind his kick was strong enough that it had completely gouged out his eye, leaving the fighter incapable of any other form of contact.

During the Shokupan Island Arc, Hestuser revealed one of his stronger kicks: **All Spice**. The kick itself held enough power to completely stop The (Sailing) Pantheon from crashing into the island and the buildings there. Similarly, it should be noted the ship was sent flying onto the island by a single non-serious slash from Mihawk, who intended to kill Sea Kings and send the ship crumbling into the island. His kick was powerful enough that it caused a large enough crater that completely halted The (Sailing) Pantheon’s momentum. As a result, the ship immediately came to a halt with minimal damage from Hestusers’ part.

During the North Blue War Arc, Hestusers’ strength feats continuously increased, and he got to showcase his full strength against his first true opponents. Prior to that fight, upon arrival on Treasure Island, the Olympian Dreamer Pirates ran into Arrow Trees. Noting they had to all be disabled at once, Hestuser had Raijin supercharge salt with electricity. Despite targeting the weakest points in the Arrow Trees, after leaping into the sky and using his **Salt** attack, he was able to pierce through the trees so the salt could seep through and disable them. A feat that would require incredible precision and power considering the Trees have bark comparable to a thin plate of iron. This is suggested to be a consistent feat, as they run into several other Arrow Trees that they seemingly have Hestuser deal with on their way toward Rogers’ Treasures’ location. In the same arc, Hestuser displayed incredible physical ability as after using his **Whole Spice** attack, his kick was able to burn into Gugir's shoulder. Despite the kick itself leaving a burn, it was also one of the more effective attacks as it dealt enough damage for Gugir to switch targets to Hestuser temporarily. Then again, when he went for his second attack shortly after eating the Gara Gara no Mi, he used another **Pepper** attack. Despite **Whole Spice** doing moderate damage the first time, **Pepper** ended up being effective enough that along with Athers' Gum Gum War Fist, they ended up successful in knocking the Giant over.

Before the War began proper, Hestuser was carrying around roughly 21 bento boxes minimal. Each one weighed about 11 to 15 pounds, and was mostly copper, showing that his upper body strength is at the lowest capable of carrying 231 to 315 pounds with ease. Similarly, Hestuser was able to throw all 21 into the sky at once with little effort far above his head. Then, with a single unnamed kick, he showed that he had the power to completely pulverize the bento boxes to dust. Not to mention he has been hoarding around meals that would have lasted several days prior as well, suggesting that he could hold at least in the lower 300 pounds minimal. This proves he has formidable upper strength, even if he never uses it, and his lower strength is just as formidable. Pancho himself stated that what Hestuser did was simply a warm-up, impressed by it. When the War began proper, Hestuser showed formidable strength as he fought against Marine Captain Bendis, Crossbone Pirates, and Kurogaru Pirates alike, and the Trove Pirates Captain, Jaspar the Great White Shark Fishman.

When Bendis, Crossbone, and Kurogaru Pirates had charged the crew, Hestuser decided to single-handedly deal with them. However, Jaspar, a fishman who at the bare minimum has over 10x the strength of a human, used his Sweat Bullets attack. However, with his **Salt** attack, Hestuser was not only able to stop the attack, but completely deflect it right toward his opponents. This itself was a feat that was pointed out to be done without Haki, causing his opponents to give him praise for having that much strength. Such a feat was so impressive that Captain Bendis himself believed Hestuser to be the First Mate and second strongest fighter on The Olympian Dreamer Pirates crew, despite not having a bounty at the time. During this war, Hestuser immediately faced off against 4 Crossbone and Kurogaru Pirates as he used his legs while in handstand position to block their Haki-infused Slashes. Despite the carving into him slightly, such a feat without Haki suggests his strength at the very least rivals theirs with Haki.

He then easily used his **Party Table Kick Course**, causing the swords to be pulled out of his legs and delivering a rapid barrage of kicks that sent the pirates flying, dealing significant damage as they coughed up blood. This was after they coated their bodies in Busoshoku Haki as well to increase their strength, suggesting once more he at the very least had enough strength to rival their durability with Busoshoku Haki and then surpass it as well. Despite this being the last time he faced off against, in his words, “small fry”, the single attack was enough to prove his strength. His true test of strength was first brought against Captain Bendis and Jaspar after the trio had disposed of the Crossbone and Kurogaru Pirates who were trying to weaken or kill them. During the war, Captain Bendis had taken his strength through his Hunters' Power Steal. Hestuser's strength reached only a fraction of his original power, and without his full strength back still had enough power to cause a massive crater that displaced and made Jaspar and Bendis temporarily lose balance with **All Spice**.

Bendis even commented on the power by asking how he still had that much strength left in reserves when it should have severely weakened him. Prior to his strength returning, Hestuser had enough power that with a **Poitrine Shoot** he had the power to severely damage a Haki-Coated Bendis. Then, he also used his **Head Chef Drop** which had the power to completely deflect Jaspar Fish-Man Karate Hard Boil Combo, which was also infused with Haki, showing only a fraction of strain due to his strength still returning. Though, with his strength fully back and a **Collier** attack, Hestuser was able to deliver a powerful kick in Jaspar's neck that sent him spinning away despite the Fish-Man using Busoshoku Haki to block the blow. Then, when using **Mustard Dash** and the variety of **Mustard** attacks Hestuser had, he was significantly damaging Bendis and Jaspar, who had constantly been using Busoshoku Haki to increase their defenses. After Vhagar had acquired Roger's Sword, Ace, Hestuser commented that he wasn't holding back anymore and would go all out. Similarly, his strength had already been increasing due to the incredible fighting and limit-breaking he needed to conquer Jaspar and Bendis's Haki.

With a single **Côtelette** attack,  he had broken through Bendis's Busoshoku Haki and Defenses, with power so great it even made Bendis think he was growing stronger exponentially faster. Then, with a **Selle**, he had delivered drastic damage to Jaspar as well and sent him tumbling right toward Bendis. With **Pepper Dash** and his assortment of **Pepper** attacks, he had enough strength to completely overpower and take down Jaspar. The **Pepper Dash** itself had enough strength that Hestuser completely shattered Bendis's throat, kept him alive, and caused a massive crater in which he buried Bendis. Then, with a single unnamed kick, he had sent Bendis flying hundreds of feet away. Afterward, even after remarking he was running out of strength, Hestuser said he would use his strongest Food-Leg Style attack(**Mouton Shot**), channeling all his strength into one leg as he delivered a flurry of kicks that were so strong it completely knocked Jaspar out and sent his body flying across the battlefield. Though, Hestuser admitted such an attack had taken the last bit of strength he had, and fell unconscious shortly afterward.

During the Polarhaven Arc, Hestuser's physical strength has increased dramatically once more. Hestuser's physical strength allows him the ability to drag a fully-grown Sea King with relative ease, In addition, he was able to carry several dozen bags on top of this with ease as well, showing no struggle. Immediately following this, Hestuser showcased enough strength that he was able to send Bendis flying with a single kick, something that was previously a struggle to do. When he went on to attack Butley, the latter commented that his physical strength would have damaged him if he wasn't made of smoke. He was also able to kick Al and Pancho away without injuring them, showing he had excellent control over how much brute force he put into his attacks.

During the Shadows of the North Blue Roleplay Movie, Hestuser's physical strength once more continued to grow and rival even the other two who made up the Primordial Trio. This was first evident when he delivered a kick that was so powerful it propelled Athermos and Vhagar into the sky and toward a wave that towered their ship, with little difficulty. Then again Hestuser's strength was, prior to any real power ups and only with his anger, able to deal damage to Torrent and force him to change his focus from Ainya to himself. With his rage and over the course of the battle, by using his techniques and kicks as appropriate, Hestuser was able to drastically wear down and concurrently damage Torrent. Hestuser's upper strength was also capable of easily carrying another person and flying through the sky with his **Sky Walk**, while his lower strength was able to support and continually propel himself and the person he was carrying even while in the midst of fighting. After obtaining **Enrobage D'épices**, even basic attacks became so much more powerful that they were initially confused as Haki-infused even after Hestuser explained his ability. Similarly, he was then able to quickly overwhelm and kill Torrent after acquiring this physical strength.

### Durability and Endurance

Hestuser has incredible durability and endurance, much like his mother and the majority of his family. Even as a child, despite Katakuri holding back, Hestuser was able to take one of his Mochi Punches head-on. Given, it was also a sucker punch. However, it still had enough power to allow him to ascend high into the air and he was free falling. Even though he coupled it with his Haki, he was able to descend to the ground with only discomfort and mild pain. Then, in his trials to show off his Haki, he battled Mascarpone and took a devastatingly powerful kick. Despite this, it didn’t do anything more than temporarily propel him through the air before he came to a stop. And even though his forearms were coated with Haki, he was able to completely block and halt the Naginata Mascarpone wielded. And after Mascarpone stopped holding back, using his Nagabow Twin Shot, he was able to completely defend himself from Mascarpone's strongest attack of the time with a Haki coating, taking no damage. All of this happened within a short span of time, showing that his stamina was also up to the task of continuing to perform.

In his first chapter appearance, he showed incredible durability, being able to shove his foot through someone's eye and then pull it out without a hint of strain. Then again, when he used **All Spice**, his body was durable enough not to take any damage despite creating a crater large enough to halt an entire ship’s worth of momentum. During their time on Treasure Island during the Treasure Island Arc, Hestuser was able to take a Giants Haki-coated punch and he seemingly only had very minimal injuries. Though he was struggling to get up until he took a bite of the Devil Fruit he found. Then again during the North Blue War Arc, Hestuser was able to take attacks from Kurogaru and Crossbone Pirates who had their swords coated in Busoshoku Haki with only minor injuries. Then while the North Blue War was still going on Hestuser was able to take several attacks from the fishman Jaspar, and the G-4 Marine Branch Captain, Bendis. Similarly, when his strength and durability were sapped, he was still able to take several hits from the two and consistently get up to keep fighting. Unbeknownst to him, several days were going on during the war, though for him it only felt like several hours. Granted, after he used a **Mouton Shot**, he did go unconscious shortly afterward.

On Polarhaven, Hestuser showcased an increased amount of Durability and Endurance, as he was able to not show any signs of being pushed when someone bumped into him. Instead, the person bumping into him ended up falling to the ground and was slightly injured as a result. His true Durability and Endurance was shown when he and the crew ended up fighting against G4. Hestuser was attacked with 10 Busoshoku Haki kicks that were backed by Shave, being sent flying through a building and crashing into another. While it did significant damage, Hestuser was able to push himself out of the crater, showcasing only strain but not much physical injury. When Hestuser had taken a Dual Finger Pistol head on from Butley, instead of dying he was simply buried deep through the building and into the ground, nearly fainting from the attack blunt force. However, he was still able to fight and move about even with two gaping holes in his shoulder, though he was unable to move them. After a few short minutes, he regained feeling in his arms and were able to move them again.

During the events of the Shadows of the North Blue Roleplay Event, Hestuser was able to survive and take being banged around the ship and a crash landing with relatively low injuries, more annoyed and strained than anything else. Then again he was able to take attacks that he had compared to kicks that Butley had attacked him with, and Fishman Karate that he had claimed was above that of even Jaspar. Along with this, his body was consistently able to take high-level attacks from Torrent and continue pushing himself to get up, even when his body was on the verge of breaking down. Then, Hestuser's body was able to consistently upkeep with, albeit for a brief duration, the cost and strain his legs were constantly under. Even when being overwhelmed by Torrent while he was fighting with Fishman Karate underwater, Hestuser was able to still take the attacks and keep fighting.

### Speed and Agility

Hestuser is not only strong and durable; he was the second fastest member of the crew prior to the North Blue War and is now the third fastest consistently across the board. His agility, reflexes, and speed are tremendous, with his reflexes being the greatest of the crew even if his actual speed and agility are only the third greatest. Even as a kid, in his battle against Mascarpone, he was able to react fast enough to activate his Busoshoku Haki when being attacked by his brother; similarly, against his brother's strongest attack, he was able to activate Busoshoku Haki just as the arrow was about to hit him. In his first appearance, he was able to quickly use his **Pepper** attack before even being noticed. During his introduction to the crew on Shokupan Island proper, he was able to use **All Spice** and slow down and completely halt the ship before it was able to crash into the island. This was despite the fact Mihawk had sent the ship careening into the island and it was destined to crash in less than 30 seconds. During his time on Treasure Island when the North Blue War Arc began, Hestuser showed incredible feats of speed and agility, along with significant reaction time.

After stating they had 10 seconds for everyone to get to the other side after he leaped in the air, Hestuser delivered his **Salt** attack. With only 2 seconds to spare, his **Salt** attack was successful in temporarily disabling all the Arrow Trees that surrounded them. Then, he got to the other side in 4 seconds, showcasing his tremendous speed. Against Gugir the Trove Pirate Giant, Hestuser was able to deliver his **Whole Spice** attack before the giant could react. Granted, after the attack was over, Hestuser was hit by Gugir. Though, Hestuser noticed Ather coming out of the cave he was launched in before anyone else and immediately got in front of Gugir’s face to deliver his **Pepper** attack seconds before Ather attacked the Giant's face. During the initial stages of the War wherein he was able to counter and deflect the Sweat Bullets before Bendis, Jaspar, and some Crossbone and Kurogaru Pirates before they attacked the rest of the crew. Then, while battling the Crossbone and Kurogaru Pirates, he was able to quickly deliver several blows through his **Party Table Kick Course**. When his strength speed and durability were sapped, Hestuser still had the physical capacity to rush Bendis and Jaspar, halting their attacks with his **All Spice**. Finally, his latest speed feats included being able to blitz Jaspar and Bendis several times through his **Mustard Dash**, **Pepper Dash**, and **Mouton Shot** respectively.

Hestuser's speed increased once more by the time he arrived on Polarhaven, able to quickly make meals that would seemingly be impossible to make within a short amount of time. Similarly, his attack speed has drastically increased as well, as he was able to blitz Bendis with a single attack. He was then able to consistently keep up with and even on a single occasion outspeed a suppressed Butley, who was using Shave, an ability that increased his speed several fold, to try and kill his comrades. With his **Sesame** technique, the oil on his body simply increased his speed enough to even outpace him on a single occasion, though just barely.

After the events of Polarhaven and while on Verdant Isle, Hestuser was able to use his speed to head to a waterfall at the very north of the island in a matter of minutes, while carrying another person. He was then able to rapidly catch up and on some occasions outpace Torrent, with this only increasing in occurrence with his **Sesame** technique. After developing and using **Enrobage D'épices**, Hestuser's speed consistently outpaced Torrent, and when he used **Sésame** Torrent could no longer keep up with him. His ability to travel long and short distances with immense speed along with his consistently above average speed only continue to grow with each instance he is put under.

### Food-Leg Style

*Main Article: Food-Leg Style*

Under the Shefu Family, Hestuser became a master of the Food-Leg Style, though he doesn’t like to use it. Instead, he branched it to make it his own by inventing the Spice-Leg Style, which became enhanced after he acquired the Gara Gara no Mi. The fighting style resembles a unique combination of Brazilian Capoeira, French Savate, and Korean Taekwondo. It has been stated and implied numerous times that he doesn’t use his hands outside of aiding in his acrobatics for actual physical attacks, as to keep them undamaged for cooking. So instead, he incorporates handstands into the Food-Leg Style. The handstands allow him to augment the force and range of his kicks. Using this Martial Art, Hestuser has been seen overpowering numerous enemies, even finishing off a Fishman who is notable for having over 10x the strength of a typical person.

Due to his tremendous mastery of the Food-Leg Style, Hestuser can defeat powerful and dangerously skilled martial art masters, such as Jaspar of Fish-Man Karate. His training in kick-based martial arts has granted him colossal leg strength, enabling him to break even the hardest materials and defeat the toughest enemies using the tremendous power of his kicks. When throwing 21 bento boxes that weighed between the mid-200s to early-300s in pounds, he was able to completely pulverize all 21 of them into dust with a single unnamed kick. Similarly, it was claimed as a warm-up by his crewmate, Pancho, which Hestuser didn’t outright deny. To add to this, Hestuser effortlessly did it. This is further supported by the fact he is able to kick several people away at once with minimal difficulty, even if his attacks themselves aren’t super effective. When combatting Torrent, Hestuser's attacks once again increased in strength as he was able to produce shockwaves from the ground to fly, and also consistently damage and knock down Torrent with attacks from this style.

As for his named attacks, Hestuser fights with a vast number of specific kicks and techniques. Most of his attacks are said in French and are usually cooking/food terms related in some way to the particular portion of the opponent's body that he is targeting or to the nature of the attack itself. Standard attacks include but aren’t limited to, **Selle** and **Party-Table Kick Course**. His most powerful attack in this Style at current is his **Mouton Shot**, wherein he defeated a Fishman with it while having been tremendously weakened and strained.

### Spice-Leg Style

*Main Article: Spice Leg Style*

After acquiring considerable understanding and control over the Food-Leg Style, Hestuser went on to invent and master his own version of fighting that involves the principles of the Food-Leg Style and actual spices. This, later on, became enhanced after acquiring the Gara Gara no Mi. The fighting style resembles Food-Leg Style at its core in terms of kicks and acrobatics, though the difference is that it uses spices for unique effects or to increase the dynamics of his kicks. Using this Martial Art, Hestuser has been seen overpowering a Marine Branch Captain who was extremely versatile and skilled in not only his devil fruit but also Haki.

Due to his tremendous mastery of the Spice-Leg Style, Hestuser can defeat powerful and dangerously powerful enemies, such as Bendis the Marine Branch G-4 Captain. His training in kick-based martial arts has granted him colossal leg strength, enabling him to completely shatter through someone's throat and cause large-scale attacks. Not to mention he was able to break through someone’s skull to gouge out their eye. Similarly with this style, along with Athermos’ Gum Gum War Fist, he was able to completely knock down a Giant who stood 43 feet tall and weighed over 300 pounds. Along with this, he had enough power to completely halt a ship in its tracks and make it lose momentum instantly by creating a large enough crater to stop it.

When combatting Torrent, Hestuser was able to consistently combat and on occasion overpower Torrent with techniques from this style. His strength was only fueled with his rage, able to overpower someone he was struggling with the longer they fought and the more he was able to use his Devil Fruit abilities. Even when clashing attacks, his techniques were able to break through or deflect Torrent's, showcasing his incredible expertise with this fighting style. Once he obtained **Enrobage D'épices**, Hestuser was able to effortlessly kick around and badly damage, before eventually killing, Torrent.

As for his named attacks, Hestuser fights with a vast number of specific kicks and techniques. Most of his attacks are said in English and based on spices, and are usually themed around certain body parts that Hestuser is targeting. Similarly, he is also actually placing the spices on his body in some way before delivering the attack. Standard attacks include but aren’t limited to, **Salt** and **Pepper**. Several powerful attacks in this Style at current are **Pepper Dash**, **Mustard Dash**, and **Whole Spice**. Through this, he defeated Bendis while being tremendously weakened and exhausted.

## Tactical Abilities / Seitaru Breakdown

Besides his physical abilities, Hestuser rivals even the smartest of his crew and has proven to be extremely resourceful when it comes to strategy. This so far has been most evident during the North Blue Saga, wherein he was responsible for getting his crew to the sword and setting up a strategy for getting around Treasure Island. Likewise, he was able to counter Captain Bendis and Jaspar, both of which were seasoned fighters and intelligent in their own right. Not to mention, he was able to out will them to counter their Haki numerous times. Similarly, even as a kid, he learned how to walk and talk before becoming 1, and he was strategic and intelligent enough to find ways to sneak off during his own 5th birthday party despite the many Kenbunshoku Haki users present. Not to mention, he quickly found clever ways to use Haki as a child and counter Mascarpone who was a much stronger and more experienced fighter.

Part of his Tactical Abilities / Seitaru is his chivalry, which is taken to such a sense that he physically and mentally gets better when surrounded by women. It’s not entirely clear how he became chivalrous but the assumption can be made it was after meeting Rayne on Shokupan Island, and during the week's travel to Treasure Island. Though, this was a recent development and can be a weakness. The main part is that his strength can be significantly weaker if he tries to attack an enemy, and his chivalry shows no signs of decreasing. This could potentially be part of why he avoided Sergeant Arawn during the war, as he knew his actual effectiveness would be too weak to do his job successfully. Similarly, as part of his Tactical Abilities / Seitaru, Hestuser has shown tremendous stealth feats. Most notably, his ability to sneak away from dozens of Kenbunshoku Haki users almost completely unnoticed. Not to mention, he was able to evade the Big Mom Pirates for over a decade and a half, though it’s not entirely clear how he was able to do that as of yet.

Hestuser's ability to consistently come up with combative plans allowed him to accurately counter and help formulate teams to fight against the Shadow Tides. This was especially effective when he was able to continuously plan and counter Torrent, one of the biggest adversaries he had ever faced up to this point in time since joining the Olympian Dreamer Pirates.

### Busoshoku Haki

Hestuser is an inactive, inexperienced yet powerful user of Busoshoku Haki. In Chapter 1 of the Hestuser Light Novel, Hestuser was revealed to have a very basic understanding of Busoshoku Haki. Although, in his own words, he claimed to be a very weak and ineffective user of it. Similarly, Hestuser revealed this is the only form of Haki he could do even after all of his time spent training. Though the training he endured to gain this form of Haki has yet to be revealed, the reason he acquired it so early in his childhood has been.

It has been stated, and shown during the same chapter, Hestuser is only able to maintain Busoshoku Haki for a few seconds. However, testing his Haki in a battle against his brother Mascarpone, a much more superior Haki User, Hestuser managed to overpower Mascarpone’s Busoshoku Haki. A feat that, if his claims about being a very weak Haki user were true, would have most certainly resulted in death when they collided.

Interestingly, during the North Blue War, specifically when facing Marine Branch G-4 Captain, Bendis, and Trove Pirate Captain Jaspar, Hestuser noted his own Haki was no longer usable. This implied that despite his practice, he has somehow lost the ability to use Haki. However, Hestuser also noted that even if he himself couldn’t do it, the fact he has in the past and has the potential to will allow his Haki to continue to improve while inactive. Ironically, this statement has been proven not through Hestuser, but through Marine Branch G-4 Sergeant Arawn, who had her Haki growing stronger while battling Lynx, Vhagar, Golatzar, and some Crossbone and Kurogaru Pirates.

## Stats

Following the events of Verdant Isle, these are Hestusers' current stats:

* CoC: N/A (Not Unlocked)
* CoA: 50 (Innate)
* CoO: N/A (Not Unlocked)
* DF: 60 | 80 (Enrobage D'épices)

### Spice-Style Techniques

* Stage 2 Techniques: Pepper (Black Pepper & Chili Pepper), Allspice, Whole Spice, Ground Spice, Mustard (White Mustard, Brown Mustard & Black Mustard), Salt, Sky Walk
* Stage 1 Techniques: Pepper Dash, Mustard Dash, Caraway Seeds, Sesame, Chili Pepper Shoot

#### Enrobage D'épices Techniques

* Stage 3 Techniques: Sel (Normally - Salt), Poivre (Normally - Pepper), Épice Moulue (Normally - Ground Spice), Épices Entières (Normally - Whole Spice)
* Stage 2 Techniques: Sky Walk, Sésame (Normally - Sesame)

### Food-Leg Techniques

* Stage 2 Techniques: Collier, Poitrine, Mouton Shot, Sky Walk
* Stage 1 Techniques: Iron-Fire Shoot, Head Chef Peg-Leg Kick, Head Chef Drop, Collier Shoot, Épaule, Côtellete, Selle, Poitrine Shoot, Gigot, Party Table Kick Course, Lancer de Fer