Lightning crackled over Enel's body, hissing sharply as he prepared to make his move.
Boom!
Bullet slammed down from the sky.
"I'll go. There should already be some movement over at Knock's side."
"Everyone, get into position. Prepare for battle."
Enel withdrew the lightning and nodded.
"Fine."
Zzzt—
He turned into lightning and vanished.
The others, too, were sent off one by one by Karol's teleportation to the fleets they'd prepared in advance.
...
On the battleship.
The teleported Doberman looked slightly dazed… Talent, huh…
Honestly… he felt a bit crushed.
Throughout the previous fight, he'd basically been useless. His attacks had barely made any difference.
If not for Law's help, he wouldn't have even been able to dodge in time.
Getting crushed by Bullet's talent was one thing—but even Drake and Law had overtaken him. Their strength had surpassed his…
After a moment of frustration, he pulled himself together.
"Set sail. Head to the target sea."
Whether you've got talent or not, pirates still need to die…
...
On a desolate island.
Only two figures, like wild beasts, were left facing each other.
Bin Black's body shone brilliantly under the sunlight, like a golden god descending from the heavens.
"Starting a war?"
"Sakazuki's ambition is really something."
"They've barely stationed themselves in the New World and they're already making a move against us."
"Have they not thought about the consequences?"
"Letting them all leave like this…"
"Seems like you've really decided to take me on."
Bullet's aura swelled as his energy leaked out, dense Haki coiling around him as the shadow of a demon continuously flickered behind him.
His scarlet eyes narrowed into a feral grin.
"You said Sakazuki's name too casually."
"You should be showing respect, you sea trash."
Smack!
A flash of blue light cut through the air.
Bin Black didn't even have time to react. Bullet, moving at multiplied speed, appeared right in front of him and sent him flying with a slap.
Boom——
He smashed into the mountain behind him.
A blinding ray of light shot out from within the mountain, but Bullet simply brought down his ghostly Haki-coated hand in a single slap.
The laser beam as thick as his arm was knocked off course, streaking past him at an angle.
The next moment, from within the mountain, a massive diamond shot toward Bullet at high speed.
Bullet's grin widened as he entered his Ashura King form, his arms tripling in size like those of a giant ape.
He raised his right shoulder, taking the stance of an iron mountain, and stomped down hard.
BOOM!!!!!
The ground quaked violently, and the sea surrounding the island surged upward from the impact.
At the island's center.
The shockwaves from their clash spread outward like flames.
Bin Black's face remained expressionless.
"You… not bad…"
His voice was low, but the killing intent emanating from him was unmistakable.
Anyone familiar with the Steam Pirates would know that when their Commander looked like this… it meant he was truly furious.
After all… who could tolerate being slapped in the face and sent flying like that?
Especially someone as high-ranking as Bin Black…
Bullet only grinned wider.
"You're not bad either. That actually hurt."
"This ability of yours is pretty damn good…"
The destructive impact of the Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit coursing through his flesh made Bullet's blood boil even more. It had already boiled once during the fight with Garp not too long ago…
But who would complain about getting fired up like this? Still grinning, Bullet continued.
"As for those consequences you mentioned…"
"You're overthinking it."
"There's nothing to consider when killing sea trash."
"Dead men have no value."
Bin Black suddenly laughed.
"Yeah… dead men have no value."
"Then go die!!!"
With a roar filled with killing intent, Bin Black's body swelled, and the pressure he exuded grew geometrically. Bullet was forced back several steps under the weight.
Bullet's expression sharpened, and his left leg suddenly stomped deep into the ground.
"You're the one who's going to die!!!"
His left arm stretched to its limit, then swung out hard.
His tripled ghost-arm and massive fist slammed straight into Bin Black's chest.
Bin Black's body trembled. Fully diamondized, he wasn't injured—but that terrifying force kept hammering into him, threatening to knock him away.
He sneered coldly and stared straight into Bullet's eyes.
Sunlight, refracted and compressed over and over, gathered into twin laser beams that shot from Bin Black's eyes directly at Bullet's.
The instant Bin Black met his gaze, Bullet sensed what was coming.
Whoosh—
The twin beams pierced through Bullet… or rather, his afterimage.
His opponent's figure was gone, and Bin Black's own body, carried by inertia, shot forward for several hundred meters before stopping.
Boom!
The ground shook violently.
Where Bullet had been standing, a massive crater opened up.
Then, Bullet reappeared in the sky after accelerating a hundredfold, and walked slowly out of the crater with an even bigger grin on his face.
Bin Black's expression tightened. This speed… troublesome…
Suddenly, the light from his body flared so brightly it hurt to look at. Countless shimmering afterimages radiated out from all directions, encircling Bullet.
The countless phantoms refracted from the sunlight, infused with emitted Haki, came crashing toward Bullet like a meteor shower.
Bullet didn't dodge.
He stood firm as the afterimages and Haki slammed into him from all sides… then felt something.
His right arm came up to block.
Hidden among the afterimages, Bin Black revealed his true form.
His brow furrowed. His reaction time was that fast too…?
Sensing it is one thing.
Reacting in time is another entirely…
Seeing his strike fail, Bin Black stepped back—
Bullet grinned.
"Goodbye."
Smack!
A blue streak flashed by.
Once again, Bin Black was hit squarely by an unavoidable slap, sent flying, and crashed into a small hill.
"Die!!!!!"
The furious roar echoed out.
That humiliating attack finally broke Bin Black's composure completely…
The hill was blown apart, coated in Armament Haki, and hurled straight at Bullet.
Bullet pulled out a small flail, instantly enlarged it with his ability, and coated it with Haki.
He swung it toward the flying hill, shattering it with a single strike, then charged toward Bin Black with unstoppable momentum as the latter raised his fist to meet him.
BOOM!!!
The black flail and Bin Black's diamond fist collided, triggering a violent explosion. The blazing heat licked at Bin Black's body.
But with his thick layer of Armament Haki, the damage was minimal.
Bullet didn't care. He pulled another small flail from his pouch and enlarged it again…
BOOM!!!
The heatwave spread out once more.
Inside that pouch, the flails were split into two groups—one burning hot, the other freezing cold…
...
Three days later.
Marineford.
WEE-OOH—WEE-OOH—WEE-OOH—WEE-OOH—
The piercing alarm echoed across the entire island. The stationed soldiers, surprised for only a moment, quickly went into full battle readiness… as if they were already used to it.
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office.
"Report! Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"Admiral Sakazuki has begun a large-scale troop mobilization in the New World."
"He's launched simultaneous attacks on the territories of Emperor Knock and Emperor Kaido!"
"According to intelligence, Knock has assembled a fleet. Their heading is toward the G-14 branch where Admiral Sakazuki is stationed."
"Red-Haired Shanks has also set out. Based on their direction, it's inferred their destination may also be the G-14 branch."
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