"Hm?"
Kaos, who was watching the show, suddenly turned his head towards the Sabaody Archipelago. In his Observation Haki, a golden light was shooting towards him at an incredibly fast speed, covering ten kilometers in just over ten seconds.
Brilliant photons condensed in mid-air, finally forming a figure.
Kaos's eyes narrowed slightly; this man's appearance was unexpected.
Wearing a black round hat, a white pinstriped suit, and a blue tie, with a Marine coat fluttering behind him, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and black gloves, Borsalino at this time was a bit roguish, and his appearance hadn't yet developed into the lewd one he would later have.
"Oh my, isn't this the Golden Emperor Gaia Kaos, with a bounty of 783 million?"
Borsalino spread his hands, blowing out a smoke ring.
His tone was somewhat sarcastic.
He had been minding his own business in the Sabaody Archipelago when he received a notice that the Golden Emperor was robbing the celestial tribute being offered by the Gilgamesh Kingdom, and that reinforcements were needed.
He was just a step ahead; Vice Admiral Tsuru was already following in a warship.
The order from above was to capture the Golden Emperor.
"Oh my, isn't this Borsalino, one of the three monstrous new stars of the Marine?"
"I feel so much pressure."
The Golden Throne shifted, and Kaos, with his legs crossed, looked at Borsalino with a half-smile, his eyes full of disdain.
"That truly is my honor."
Borsalino extended his index finger, a cross-shaped golden light flickering on it, and casually tapped.
Instantly, a laser shot through, not holding back at all.
Boom!
A huge explosion echoed under the sky. Kaos sat on the Golden Throne, tilting his head slightly as a wisp of black hair fell.
The Golden Throne behind him and the chest of the Goddess of the Sky were pierced through, followed by a massive explosion behind them.
"How dangerous!"
Kaos, with his legs crossed and his golden small-sword earrings swaying, tilted his head and mimicked Borsalino's tone. The halo behind the Goddess of the Sky flew to her head, forming various swords, spears, and halberds, all aimed at Borsalino.
Facing such a dense offensive, Borsalino remained calm and unfazed.
But when all those swords, spears, and halberds turned black and gold, his lazy expression became somewhat rigid.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The air tore and swirled, and dense swords, spears, and halberds, accompanied by the sound of tearing air, charged straight at Borsalino.
All were covered in Armament Haki.
Borsalino instantly turned into photons and disappeared, reappearing above Kaos.
He crossed his fingers in an orchid-like gesture, shining with a cross-shaped golden light, dazzling like a golden sun.
"Yasakani no Magatama."
A large number of golden light bullets formed a meteor shower, overwhelmingly crashing into the swords, spears, and halberds.
Immediately, the entire sky exploded repeatedly, forming a line of thick smoke.
The battle between CPO and Crocodile was forced to stop, while all survivors on the sea below clung to the wreckage to avoid being swept away.
The rolling smoke and shockwaves rushed towards Kaos, who still maintained his kingly disdain, not moving an inch.
However, the Goddess of the Sky reached out to block in front of Kaos, and those storms could not get close to him at all.
When everything dissipated, Borsalino reappeared as photons in the distance.
Seeing Kaos unharmed, he narrowed his eyes and scanned the Goddess of the Sky.
"Borsalino, being a Marine has no future. Come and follow me!"
"Wealth, power, women—you can have whatever you want!"
"Let us join hands and become the most arrogant men in the world."
Kaos's thought process was unique; he actually began to recruit Borsalino.
He remembered many forums speculating that Borsalino was actually an undercover agent for the Revolutionary Army, but it was hard to say whether Monkey D. Dragon had even established the Revolutionary Army yet.
Furthermore, this recruitment declaration was a bit embarrassing.
The wealth, power, and women part was fine, but 'joining hands to become the most arrogant men in the world'—upon closer inspection, it seemed quite grand.
And very fresh and unconventional.
In any case, Borsalino's expression was slightly startled.
"Very tempting!"
Borsalino, with a cigarette in his mouth, suddenly appeared as photons in front of Kaos, his right leg raised high, shining with dazzling golden light, his Marine coat fluttering in the strong wind behind him.
Very nonchalantly and lazily, he asked, "But have you ever been kicked by light?"
Boom!
A small mushroom cloud rose into the sky, filled with thick smoke and flames, and a swirling pit instantly formed on the sea below.
CPO and Crocodile in the distance stared intently at the smoke.
After a gust of wind swept through, everything inside was revealed.
"Now I've been kicked."
Kaos was golden all over, tilting his head. The delicate hand of the Goddess of the Sky in front of him was broken off at the wrist, and a large chunk was missing from the back of the Golden Throne, but the black-gold arm firmly blocked in front.
Borsalino's gaze turned cold, and he reappeared as photons ten meters away, his face somewhat uncertain.
Kaos straightened up, and the hand of the Goddess of the Sky and the Golden Throne were restored to their original state.
"There's about a minute. Then let's properly experience the speed of the fastest man in the future!"
Kaos withdrew his gaze from the direction of the Sabaody Archipelago, feeling a very dangerous aura.
Standing up from the Golden Throne for the first time, Kaos began to be covered in black and gold from head to toe, with a large amount of steam drifting around him.
This was going all out from the start.
Whoosh!
The air beneath his feet exploded, and Kaos suddenly vanished from his original spot.
The next second, the wind whistled past Borsalino's ear as Kaos, with icy eyes, swept a kick, as if sucking all the air out of the space.
Borsalino instantly turned into photons and disappeared.
In an instant, a large fan-shaped shockwave surged and roared.
At this moment, the sky darkened.
Borsalino, re-condensing his body, looked up, and all the hairs on his body stood on end.
The ribbons and halo of the Goddess of the Sky had all transformed into swords, spears, and halberds, falling like a rain of swords.
Borsalino again crossed his fingers in an orchid-like gesture, intending to use Yasakani no Magatama.
But just then, a huge crisis struck. Kaos appeared with a dangerous expression, his black-gold foot sweeping across like a mountain range.
Borsalino tried to block it immediately, but his face turned green the moment of impact.
The immense force made his hands smash back into his face.
With a spray of blood, he instantly transformed into a golden beam and shot away.
But before he could control his body, a massive storm came from behind him.
The Goddess of the Sky just happened to appear in that direction, as if specifically waiting for him.
But the most terrifying thing was the changed form of the Goddess of the Sky.
Although her size had shrunk to twenty meters, countless arms suddenly extended from her back, like a Thousand-Armed Guanyin pushing everything aside, breaking through all obstacles as she slapped towards him.
And all her palms were covered in Armament Haki.
"Damn it!"
With the Golden Emperor in front, the Goddess of the Sky behind, and the Gate of Babylon above, there was only one way to escape: downwards.
It must be said that Borsalino's speed was very fast, and the Goddess of the Sky's attack missed.
However~
"I was specifically waiting for you!"
Not good.
Borsalino didn't even have time to turn into photons; Kaos was waiting, lying in ambush.
And Kaos was also insidious, no longer empty-handed, but holding a black-gold long sword in his right hand, striking straight at Borsalino's neck.
A chill shot straight to Borsalino's crown, and he smelled the danger of death.
However, Borsalino was no ordinary person.
In a flash, he forcefully leaned back, narrowly dodging the blow, but a cut opened on his left cheek, and hot, crimson blood beads splattered.
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