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"It is good!"
Katakuri listened to Wilhelm's plan with a serious expression, showing no objection.
He was not so prideful as to insist on fighting the enemy alone. This was no child's play, but a cruel battle of life and death.
This fight was crucial—it determined the fate of the Charlotte family. If the BIG MOM Pirates lost, he dared not imagine what would happen to his brothers and sisters.
"Cough cough..."
Smoothie looked serious.
Without hesitation, her entire body transformed into lightning, disappearing from the battlefield. "I'll go ahead!"
She understood that despite possessing the Logia-type Thunder Devil Fruit, she was still too inexperienced. Her swordsmanship and Haki cultivation were too weak, making her unqualified to participate in this level of combat.
Rather than wasting time and causing trouble here, it was better for her to utilize her abilities where they would be most effective.
The BIG MOM Pirates faced not only these three formidable Admiral candidates.
"Hey, look..."
"Admiral candidates are exactly what I want!"
"Yehahaha~ Is this the highest combat power of Naval Headquarters?"
"Then let's begin!"
Shiryu of the Rain, Ryuma the Swordsman, Kuer the Feathered Serpent, and Musashi Miyamoto all had blazing eyes and fighting spirits burning within them.
As Wilhelm's current "Four King Kong," they couldn't wait and rushed forward without hesitation, charging toward Aokiji, the Admiral substitute.
"Ah la la~, what scary little monsters. He's gathered some incredible fighters without making a sound!"
Aokiji remained expressionless.
Of course, he could sense the threat from Shiryu and the others.
But thinking about Smoothie who had just vanished into lightning, he grew suspicious: "That long-legged girl's ability is not simple... Is it Logia?"
An astonishingly cold air surged throughout his body, causing the surrounding temperature to drop sharply.
His outstretched right hand condensed an ice blade at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Admiral candidate rushed forward fearlessly to face Shiryu of the Rain, Ryoma the Swordsman, Kuer the Feathered Serpent, and Musashi Miyamoto.
"Such blatant distribution of combat power... Are you arrogant enough to think you can defeat all three of our Admiral candidates, each fully capable of serving as Headquarters' Admiral?"
Several meters away on the ice, Kizaru tilted his head, looking at the two brothers Wilhelm and Katakuri, speaking in a leisurely manner.
In the next instant, dazzling golden light began to shine all over his body, making it difficult to look directly at him.
Suddenly, a red light flashed in Katakuri's eyes.
As if foreseeing something, his expression changed.
"Wilhelm, watch out!"
"Speed becomes weight..."
The golden room shone brilliantly.
Kizaru's playful voice came directly into Wilhelm's ear: "Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light, Charlotte Wilhelm?"
"Tch!"
Wilhelm needed no warning from Katakuri.
The moment his instincts flared, he relied on his special Observation Haki. Though unable to foresee the future yet, he sensed the imminent danger.
The blade in his hand tore through the atmosphere as he slashed upward without hesitation.
"BOOM!!"
But Wilhelm was fast.
Katakuri beside him refused to be outdone.
His fist, wrapped in Armament Haki, compressed and expelled the air around it.
Foreseeing the immediate future, he lifted his right foot just as Kizaru appeared beside Wilhelm like lightning, aiming to kick Wilhelm's head violently.
"Boom..." Kizaru's pupils froze.
In an instant, he transformed into countless particles of light.
He retreated violently.
"What!?"
Almost immediately, Kizaru's expression changed drastically as a chill ran through him.
His gaze turned serious—his Observation Haki had predicted a fatal crisis.
"Sigh, chirp, chirp..."
Moving with incredible speed, Wilhelm's silver-white figure appeared behind Kizaru in an instant.
The gorgeous blade glowed red, intertwined with electric light and strange combinations of Haki, demonic energy, and ghost energy.
He slashed at the Admiral candidate who possessed the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit.
"Swish!" Katakuri, the strongest fighter of the Charlotte family, followed closely.
In an instant, he appeared before Kizaru as if teleporting.
"Whoosh!" His violent fist, wrapped in Haki and shining with dazzling white light, shot forward.
It penetrated the atmosphere without resistance, rushing forward relentlessly.
"Swipe!" In a dangerous moment, Kizaru's entire body transformed into photons again, causing Katakuri's fierce attack to miss as he rushed skyward.
But he was still one step too slow.
His cheek was caught by Wilhelm's blade.
A shocking bloodstain appeared.
"Hey!" The shimmering blade, intertwined with astonishing electric light and glowing with frightening red brilliance, slashed down toward the top of his head in a blink.
Simultaneously, Katakuri's figure rushed toward him as if teleporting.
Violent, blazing fist strikes pierced the air, densely packed, covering the sky.
It was chilling.
With his future-seeing Observation Haki, Katakuri coordinated perfectly with Wilhelm.
The two brothers fought like soulmates.
Kizaru wasn't given any chance to breathe.
"BOOM—" He barely avoided the extremely sharp blade chopping down from above.
But in the blink of an eye, Katakuri's intensive barrage of punches continuously penetrated his body.
Large and small holes appeared all over Kizaru's form, overflowing with golden brilliance so intense it was difficult to look at directly.
He actively elementalized, dodging Katakuri's attack.
Kizaru suddenly materialized, crossing his arms wrapped in Haki in front of him.
With the force of the opponent's bombardment, his entire body flew backward like a cannonball.
"Swipe!" Wilhelm's figure appeared behind Kizaru like lightning.
The gorgeous blade in his hand, entwined with energy, stabbed forward unceremoniously, piercing through Kizaru's body.
It brought forth bursts of golden light.
"Pre-emptive elementalization?"
Wilhelm stared coldly.
But it wasn't surprising.
Kizaru was a few years older than Akainu.
The power of the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit was in no way inferior to the Logia-type Magma-Magma Fruit—it might even be stronger.
This meant that Kizaru was likely stronger than Akainu if their talents were similar.
Among the three Admiral candidates, this man was the most mysterious.
Normally, he appeared lazy and carefree.
Though he seemed careless and lethargic in everything he did, his Observation Haki might already be able to foresee the future.
In the future, he would be reprimanded by his teacher "Black Arm" Zephyr, the former Admiral of Headquarters (with whom he had the worst relationship), for relying too much on his ability. Eventually, he would use powerful swordsmanship to challenge opponents head-on, never losing his edge.
Even against "Black Arm" Zephyr—old, frail, and with a heavy mechanical arm—he maintained the upper hand.
"What a terrifying ability, but that guy..."
Kizaru looked solemn.
Staring at Katakuri before him, his eyes were full of surprise.
What was happening with the other man's extraordinary speed? It almost rivaled his own.
It was incredible.
Could the Paramecia-type Mochi-Mochi Fruit really perform like this?
"Whoosh..." Full of doubts, Kizaru transformed into a shower of light and disappeared from Wilhelm's sight.
But almost the moment Kizaru turned into golden light, a scarlet gleam flashed in Katakuri's eyes.
He directly predicted where Kizaru would materialize.
"Over there!"
"Swish..."
In the air, countless compressed air punches became visible to the naked eye, directly targeting where Kizaru was materializing.
Wrapped in Haki, they densely attacked Kizaru, who had just transformed into light and hadn't fully reformed yet.
Dazzling.
"BOOM..."