"BOOM!!"
"BOOM!!"
"BOOM!!"
Endless thunder power ravaged the earth, rcilessly striking everything on the ground.
It was as if... divine punishnt had descended!
At this mont, it felt like the apocalypse had arrived!
"Zzzz—"
"BOOM!"
The Pacifistas caught within the attack range trembled violently under the assault before ultimately turning into scrap tal.
anwhile, Sentomaru, who had been kicked away by Kizaru, was in so much pain that his Armant Haki involuntarily deactivated.
As a result, his body endured a portion of the lightning strikes mid-flight, leaving him twitching with his eyes rolling back.
Glancing at Kizaru standing at the center of the thunderstorm, Sentomaru thought bitterly, 'Uncle... the force behind your kick...
...sohow feels even more terrifying than the lightning itself.
A Marine Admiral's kick... hurts like hell!
"Whoosh—"
"BOOM!!"
With a deafening crash, Sentomaru slamd into a distant abandoned house, shattering it to pieces.
"What the hell was that?!"
Charlotte Galette, who had just arrived nearby, stared in horror at the sky in the distance.
What in the world was that enormous Thunder Beast that had descended from the heavens just now?
Divine punishnt?
Even the sunlight seed to dim in comparison... Just how terrifying was that power?
"No way, this can't possibly be a natural phenonon!"
She had never heard of natural lightning taking the form of a Thunder Beast—this had to be the result of so kind of ability!
For so reason, Galette suddenly felt that this might be connected to iser.
After all... he was a ninja, so it would make perfect sense if he knew Lightning Release Techniques!
Thinking this, she glanced at the bridge ahead and muttered, "Let's go take a look. We have to pass through here to get to the First Red Tree anyway."
With that, Galette quickly dashed forward.
If it really was iser, then she wouldn't need to go all the way to the First Red Tree to find him.
"iser... please don't let anything happen to you..."
anwhile, after the terrifying lightning assault raged on for a long ti, it gradually dissipated as if running out of energy.
But the aftermath of the attack had left the land in ruins.
The ground was pockmarked with massive craters, as though it had been bombarded by naval artillery.
So of the boulders and buildings had been completely pulverized by the force!
Many of the dium and small Red Trees in the forest had been struck and set ablaze, with so even reduced to charred husks!
In short, after enduring that apocalyptic onslaught, almost nothing remained intact.
"Pitter-patter—"
The sky began to pour rain at this mont, as if trying to wash away the scars left on the earth.
"Blood-Eyed Ninja..." Kizaru, standing on the ravaged ground, looked up at iser in the distance and remarked, "That was quite the fearso Lightning Release Technique~"
"Tch, a Marine Admiral, huh." iser clicked his tongue. "Logia types are such a pain."
As expected... of light itself!
In just an instant, this guy had rushed to Sentomaru's side and kicked the fat man flying.
Although the opponent was still struck by a portion of the lightning, at least they weren't at the center of the technique, so the mortality rate wasn't as high.
As for Kizaru, who was at the epicenter... he didn't take a single scratch!
That bastard had instantly activated his Elental Transformation when the lightning struck, completely nullifying the attack.
This annoyed iser a little—Logia types were just too damn unfair.
Without using Haki, landing a Ninjutsu on their true bodies was no easy feat.
"Oh~"
"If I weren't a Logia, I wouldn't dare take your attacks so lightly~" Kizaru said with a smirk.
In response, iser rely sneered and said nothing.
"Kid Ninja, you stayed behind alone to deal with Sentomaru... to cover their retreat, right?"
"So what if I did?"
"Then you've miscalculated," Kizaru replied. "I'm not the only one who ca to this island."
iser: ???
Was he... voluntarily giving intel?
Or... was he trying to ss with my head?
After a mont of consideration, iser concluded it was the latter.
No matter what, the man was a Marine Admiral—he wasn't an idiot like Sentomaru, casually spilling secrets.
And of course, he wouldn't deliberately feed information either... after all, we were enemies!
With that in mind, iser said, "I already knew that."
"But... I doubt they'd be unlucky enough to run into that Akainu."
"You sound awfully sure of that."
iser only smiled in response, refusing to answer.
Kizaru shook his head. "Let's see if you can keep that composure later."
"Akainu rushed here at top speed the mont he got word that the Straw Hat Pirates were at Grove 11."
"It won't be long before he catches up to them."
"And against Akainu... the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates stand no chance of survival!"
"Hmm~ Might as well leave the Straw Hats to Akainu. I'll just take this one."
After all... the Blood-Eyed Ninja was a target the World Governnt explicitly wanted alive.
With that thought, Kizaru transford into a streak of yellow light, closing the distance to iser in the blink of an eye.
"You... co with ~"
As he spoke, Kizaru reached out to grab him.
Clang!
"Hmm?"
Kizaru's eyes flickered with surprise as iser caught his wrist mid-motion.
"You... can see my movent trajectory?"
While his actual attack speed wasn't anything extraordinary, his approach had been near light-speed!
Yet this kid had tracked his path?
Could he even perceive light-speed movent?
Noticing the slowly spinning tomoe in iser's eyes, Kizaru's mind raced.
Was it the kid's unique eyes... or had he mastered Observation Haki?
If it was the forr, then his bloodline must be exceptionally powerful—even light couldn't escape his gaze.
That... might also explain the World Governnt's interest in him.
But if it's the latter... then this kid's potential is truly terrifying!
After all, during the battle at Enies Lobby just days ago, this brat hadn't shown any signs of using Haki. Yet re days later, he's already mastered two types of Haki... With talent like that, he'd beco extrely dangerous if allowed to grow!
However... regardless of which it is, he had to capture this kid today!
"Guess~"
iser grinned at Kizaru, who was currently restrained by his Haki. "Guess right and I'll tell you."
By pushing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan's Pupil Power to its limits, he could track Kizaru's movent trajectory even during Elental Transformation!!
As long as his eyes could follow it, his body could react in advance. This was one of his trump cards against this Marine Admiral.
"These rookies nowadays are monstrously strong~"
"Scary~"
"Enough talk, take this!"
His Haki-Infused fist aid straight for Kizaru's kidney, making the Admiral's eyelid twitch as he hastily wrapped his abdon in Haki to block the strike.
"Clang!"
"To think..."
iser frowned as he watched Kizaru block his attack with Haki.
"Of course, as a Marine Admiral, he'd know Haki."
But the hardness of this Haki... was beyond expectations.
"Dirty move, kid."
"Who cares about that in a fight?"
"Hmm, fair point." Kizaru nodded, then said, "Well then..."
"Ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Mid-sentence, Kizaru's long leg was already lifting to deliver a kick. Sensing the attack, iser crossed his arms in front of his body, coating them with Haki.
"Clang!"
"Bam!"
"Whoosh~"
Like a cannonball, iser went flying toward a distant hillside.
"BOOM!!"
The impact cratered through the hillside, embedding him deep in the resulting pit. Dust clouds obscured the area.
The next instant...
"Whoosh~"
Kizaru materialized as golden light, peering into the pit with amusent.
"Oh~"
"Seems we've got the real one this ti~"
Based on his earlier encounter with the clone at Grove 29, the duplicates would uncontrollably explode and vanish after taking heavy damage. But now... this guy wasn't disappearing, and even had blood trickling from his mouth.
aning—this was the real deal!
Kizaru's lips curled into an involuntary smirk.
"Ninja brat, what's your move now?"
Once targeted by soone like him, even light-speed escape would be impossible!!
Instead of answering imdiately, iser wiped the blood from his mouth first. "Asking how I'll run away?"
Seeing not a trace of fear in iser's expression, Kizaru chuckled. "What, you actually planning to fight head-on?"
"Why not?"
After leaping out from the ground, iser coldly stared at Kizaru and said, "I never said I was running away."
"Seems I'm being... underestimated~"
As the words fell, Kizaru raised his leg and stomped down with terrifying force.
"BOOM!!"
The ground shattered under the impact, simultaneously crushing the Shadow Clone that had been rapidly approaching Kizaru from underground.
"Kid, sneak attacks won't work against a Marine Admiral," Kizaru remarked with a faint smile, noticing the shift in iser's expression. "If you don't want to suffer, co quietly."
If this brat willingly followed him, things would be much easier. He could just take the kid straight to the Holy Land to et the Five Elders, and his mission would be complete. As for the other pirates? Let Sakazuki handle them—that guy loved hunting pirates anyway. anwhile, he could openly slack off without a care.
The thought of slacking made Kizaru's lips curl uncontrollably.
"Go with you...?" iser frowned. "So the World Governnt hasn't changed its mind, huh."
After a pause, he spat and added, "I told you, I have no interest in becoming one of the Royal Seven Warlords of the Sea."
He had zero interest in being the World Governnt's lapdog—especially when they clearly had ulterior motives. Who knew if they'd treat him like a lab rat?
"Royal Seven Warlords?" Kizaru blinked, then shook his head. "No, no. The higher-ups didn't ntion giving you that title. They just ordered to bring you back alive."
"But 'alive'... can also an missing a few limbs."
"If you keep resisting, I won't mind breaking your arms and legs first."
The Five Elders' command was clear: bring the Blood-Eyed Ninja back to the Holy Land alive. But... they never specified "intact," did they?
"Tch, so it's force now, huh..." iser instantly understood. The World Governnt had given up on luring him with benefits—they were resorting to brute force.
No wonder they'd mobilized two Marine Admirals at once.
Hah. They really thought highly of him.
But...
"Kizaru, I have no intention of lying down and waiting for death," iser said coldly. "I'd rather die fighting here than beco the World Governnt's lab rat!"
Kizaru fell silent for a mont at the resolve in iser's eyes.
This kid... had truly seen through the World Governnt's intentions.
As a Marine Admiral who often worked with Vegapunk, Kizaru knew exactly what awaited soone like iser in their hands.
But... that wasn't his problem. At the end of the day, he was just a wage slave.
"In that case," Kizaru said, "I'll have to break your limbs first."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, preparing to fire a Laser Beam.
But the mont he moved, sothing felt off.
"Hmm?"
Frowning, Kizaru turned his gaze toward the massive tidal wave suddenly surging in the distance.
"Is this... a Water Release Technique?"
The kid was standing right in front of him, so who had activated that Water Release Technique in the distance?
A clone?
Thinking this, Kizaru imdiately extended his Observation Haki, quickly detecting a familiar presence within the water flow.
"So there really is a clone... When did he deploy it?"
"Earth Release: Earth Travel Technique!"
Boom~
In the split second Kizaru was distracted, iser used the Earth Release Technique to burrow underground, putting so distance between them.
Once beneath the surface, iser swiftly moved toward the location of his other clone. This clone had been left in the seawater earlier, specifically prepared to deal with the Marine Admiral.
And now... it was ti to use it!
"Tch, he's fast." Kizaru glanced at the spot where iser had just stood and smirked. "Slippery as an eel."
Still, Kizaru wasn't too concerned. As long as his opponent remained nearby, his Observation Haki could track him. Even if iser hid completely, Kizaru had ways to flush him out, so he wasn't in a hurry to attack.
The imdiate priority was evading the incoming Water Release Technique.
"Water Release: Water Surge!"
BOOM!!
A terrifying tidal wave surged toward Kizaru.
"Using seawater against a Devil Fruit user... how..."
"Scary~"
His body transforming into light, Kizaru instantly teleported into the air, dodging the wave.
"It's not over yet!"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bite Explosion!!"
BOOM!!
A massive whirlpool ford within the wave, then erupted skyward, transforming into countless water spikes that shot toward Kizaru!
Unfazed, Kizaru calmly turned into light again, effortlessly sidestepping the attack.
But the mont he steadied himself, the scattered water suddenly coalesced into a colossal Water Dragon, lunging at him with a vicious bite.
ROAR!!
"Continuous attacks, huh..." Kizaru remarked. "But... still useless!"
In a flash, Kizaru darted past the Water Dragon at an imperceptible speed, appearing directly above the surging waves in an instant.
Looking down at iser below, Kizaru said, "If I take you out, this seawater will settle down, right?"
"Laser Beam!"
Whoosh~
BOOM!!
A devastating laser shot from Kizaru's hand, striking iser where he stood in the water.
Thud~
The pierced clone groaned, shuddered, and then dissolved into white smoke.
With the Shadow Clone gone, the raging water lost its control and gradually cald.
Whoosh~
Click~
Landing smoothly on a rock, Kizaru narrowed his eyes as he observed the subsiding waves. "Using seawater against a Devil Fruit user is a valid strategy... but if you can't land a hit, it's aningless."
As he spoke, he glanced at iser erging from underground into the water and smirked. "Don't you agree, Ninja iser?"
Honestly, he was quite curious about how many Ninjutsu this ninja had up his sleeve.
However, what surprised Kizaru was that the other party didn't show any sign of disappointnt. Instead, he grinned at him.
What's this kid... trying to do?
Erging back onto the water's surface, iser grinned and said, "Kizaru, I never said my Water Release Technique was only at this level."
"Feel it properly—this... is the cage I've prepared for you!"
As he spoke, the previously calm water around them suddenly began to tremble violently before surging upward, enveloping everything in sight.
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Surge!"
"BOOM!!"
Following iser's words, the surrounding water beca increasingly unstable, rapidly spreading outward.
"What?!"
Seeing this, Kizaru imdiately furrowed his brows. "This kid couldn't possibly..."
At that mont, Kizaru recalled the information he had seen in previous reports.
During the battle at Enies Lobby, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, iser, had used an exceptionally large-scale Water Release Technique to create an enormous water sphere that engulfed ten Navy Battleships, rendering them incapable of executing the Buster Call.
The Devil Fruit users aboard those ships had suffered terribly—had their comrades not intervened in ti, they would have drowned.
And now... was this kid planning to trap him with the sa technique?
Thinking this, Kizaru glanced upward and saw the massive currents gradually closing in from above.
Clearly, the intent was to create a watery prison to drown him.
"Truly... a terrifying brat..."
"Kizaru, do you like the cage I've prepared for you?!"
Watching the colossal water curtain slowly sealing shut, iser burst into laughter.
If he could trap a Marine Admiral with this move... he might just be able to finish him off!
At that thought, iser's eyes burned with excitent!
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