"Yo~ I guess we have no choice but to start, right?"
Borsalino leaped off the iceberg, crossing his arms and forming two circles with his thumbs and index fingers. Golden light began to shimmer within the circles.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
His strongest move came first. A barrage of golden light particles shot out from the two circles, forcing Alucard to retreat.
BOOM!
The light particles exploded on the ground, each one creating an earth-shattering tremor.
When the smoke cleared, Borsalino's expression hardened. Before the other Marines could react, he formed a sword of light to defend himself.
Clang!
The moment he created his sword of light, Alucard suddenly appeared in front of him, pressing down with his greatsword. A deep gash appeared on the left side of Borsalino's face, and blood trickled from the wound.
"How scary~ If I had been a second slower, my head might have been cut off." Borsalino's expression became a bit more serious, but coming from his face, it still seemed so lecherous.
"You talk a lot for someone who hasn't been cut in half yet," Alucard said, pressing harder on Borsalino's light sword, forcing it away. He let go of his greatsword and pulled out his black and white pistols.
Bang!
The black gun, Jackal, fired. Even though it wasn't a Seastone bullet, Borsalino instinctively used his sword to block, but the immense force of the bullet knocked him down.
When the smoke cleared, Borsalino walked out casually, his hands in his pockets. "This is... really troublesome now~~"
"I told you this mission was extraordinary. You can't handle it with your usual attitude." Kuzan suddenly leaped up, and with a swing of his arms, he launched a massive ice pillar. "Ice Age!"
"It's rare for you to be so fired up, Kuzan." Borsalino turned into a flash of light. The two of them, forming an inverted triangle with Alucard on the ground, simultaneously launched their attacks, concentrating them on one spot.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
"Ice Age!"
The combined power of two of the strongest Vice Admirals' ultimate moves was not to be underestimated. Everyone present, aside from Garp and a few other elite Vice Admirals, was left trembling from the shockwaves.
Strawberry, who always kept his eyes closed, suddenly opened them slightly, a gleam in his eyes. He shouted, "He's regenerating!"
Though his eyes were usually shut, his vision was sharp. He instantly saw that Alucard, who was caught in the center of the attack, had been reduced to a bloody pulp, but he was regenerating at an insane speed.
Swoosh!
Strawberry drew the two katanas at his waist, aimed in Alucard's direction, and unleashed a rapid flurry of sharp sword slashes. "In the name of the absolute justice of the Marines, we absolutely cannot let that man leave this island alive." After his final attack, Strawberry said this with a calm expression.
However, as the dust began to settle, Alucard's voice, full of mockery, rang out from within. "So? Is it a good idea to use all your trump cards right from the start?"
Rumble...
The already overcast sky seemed to sense something, and the clouds grew even darker and blacker.
From the smoke, countless arms extended outward, like a Thousand-Armed Kannon, but with a darkness and bloodlust it lacked.
"Hreaaahh!"
With a scream from Alucard, the countless arms began to grab at everything, like hordes of zombies reaching out to harvest the lives of the few humans who had survived the initial attacks.
"That reminds me of you, Onigumo..."
Momonga drew his katana from its sheath. To his right and slightly behind him, Onigumo was already in a fighting stance. Several arms, each holding a katana, extended from his back.
"Less talk, more fighting!"
Onigumo's voice was low and raspy. His aggressive nature was not far behind Sakazuki's, and he would not back down even against a stronger opponent.
Countless Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals began to counterattack, while the regular soldiers raised their guns and began to fire. The war had just moved from the prelude into its first chapter!
"What a strange ability... I still think Tsuru's suggestion to find out what his power is first was better. The government just got too impatient..."
Garp muttered to himself absentmindedly as if he were suffering from dementia, ignoring the tidal wave of black arms rushing toward him.
"Vice Admiral Garp! The attacks are coming!"
From behind Garp, a soldier saw the strange arms just a few feet from Garp's face and couldn't help but shout a warning.
"..."
Garp let out a heavy sigh, then slammed his fist into the ground.
Instantly, the entire area shook as if an earthquake had hit. Alucard's arms changed direction, and Garp seized the opportunity, soaring into the sky and diving toward Alucard, who was at the center of the mass of arms.
"In any case, I want to find out what that kid's power really is."
Sensing the immense pressure from the sky, Alucard, at the center of it all, looked up and smiled. "Oh~ The Hero of the Marines has come out to play?"
"..."
Garp let out a light breath. His fist wasn't coated in Haki, yet it carried the power to crack mountains and part rivers.
In the eyes of all who watched, Garp threw a straight punch and landed on the ground. For a fleeting moment, space seemed to stop functioning, and the wheel of time stopped turning.
Crack... crack... crack...
When everyone came to their senses, they saw spiderweb-like cracks spreading across the ground beneath their feet. As they looked down, the ground began to rumble like thunder.
The power of his attack was far greater than the combined power of Kuzan and Borsalino's attack from moments ago!
"Garp-san, we're on the same side!" a soldier complained, pulling another soldier out of the deep crack Garp's punch had created.
"Ah... my bad..."
Garp blinked and then blocked an attack with his arm. He grabbed at the air, catching three of Alucard's hands that held a pistol aimed at his forehead.
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