Hera watched Aokiji, who had just finished accusing Kizaru of slacking off, only to immediately pick two soft targets whose stamina was nearly exhausted; she gained a new appreciation for the thickness of these two Admirals' skin.
Garp looked at Hera, who wanted to rest, with a look of disappointment. He patted her on the back and shouted, "The Gorosei are all fighting, how can you rest?"
"Also, you are both Admirals. How can you let Kuzan face two enemies alone? Go and support Kuzan immediately."
Hera stared at Garp, who said this with such righteous indignation, completely dumbfounded. Were Jack and Charlotte Smoothie, who had been exhausted by Aramaki, really enemies that required two Admirals to take down?
Seeing Hera still standing there in a daze, Garp patted her shoulder again: "What are you standing there for? Go, quickly."
Hera quickly nodded, grabbed 'saikū', and joined the battle that Aokiji had surrounded.
Garp looked left and right, then finally decided to raise his sandbag-sized fists and charged toward Ulti and Page One.
He chased Ulti, who had transformed into her Pachycephalosaurus form, and Page One, in his Spinosaurus form, all over the place.
Saint Peter watched the Admirals find their respective opponents, and a hint of anger appeared on his beast-transformed face; such a matchup was simply rubbing his intelligence into the ground.
But for a moment, he felt helpless. Looking at Akainu, who was gradually fighting with real intensity against Patrick Redfield, with a quarter of the island flowing with lava, a hint of admiration appeared in his eyes.
"Sigh, if all the Admirals were as worry-free as Akainu, that would be great. Once this incident is over, I'll contact him and see if I can get him to join CP0."
Distracted, Saint Peter sensed a hint of danger and quickly refocused his attention on the battlefield; Kaido's kanabo was already right in front of him.
Kaido's kanabo was coated in his Conqueror's Haki. Facing an enemy who had already awakened their Mythical Zoan Type form, he had no intention of testing the waters; his first move was the classic 'Thunder Bagua'.
Bullet, using his own strength, tangled with the boar-transformed Saint Warcury and the gyuki-transformed Satan Saint.
Flying in the sky, Saint Mars, transformed into the Itsumade, intended to take advantage of the clash between Kaido and Saint Peter to sneak attack Kaido from the air.
Big Mom leaped up and intercepted him with the emperor sword in her hand.
Looking at the Itsumade flying in the air, Big Mom intended to summon her 'Zeus', but after scanning with her Observation Haki, she discovered that her 'Zeus' and 'Prometheus' were currently surrounding Nami.
Nami's Clima-Tact, formed of spiritual energy, was inserted into her two special Homies, and 'Zeus' and 'Prometheus' even wore expressions of enjoyment.
Having lost 'Prometheus', Big Mom immediately lost her ability to fight in the air. She angrily pointed her emperor sword at the sand-worm-transformed Saint Peter.
"You go deal with that bird flying around, I'll take care of this sand worm."
Saint V. Nusjuro did not join the battlefield of the other four; his gaze was drawn to the'Sandai Kitetsu' in Zoro's hand.
"Oh, is this the master chosen by the third generation? I wonder if you, having been chosen by it, are worthy of the sword in your hand."
Zoro felt Saint V. Nusjuro's murderous gaze and felt no fear. Instead, he bit the sword in his hand into his mouth: "Whether I'm worthy or not, why don't you try and find out?"
Luffy's figure reappeared: "Hey, you guy, don't you dare insult Zoro's dream."
Saint V. Nusjuro looked at Luffy, who had transformed into Gear 4 again: "Straw Hat, is it? Let me end your dream right here."
Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Nojiko engaged him simultaneously. The four of them circled Saint V. Nusjuro, but within a short while, they fell into a crisis.
For the current group of four to fight against Saint V. Nusjuro, one of the Gorosei, was still a bit too much of a stretch. Moreover, Saint V. Nusjuro, wielding the shodai kitetsu, could be considered one of the five with the strongest attack power.
In his hands, the shodai kitetsu reached a realm where it could cut through anything. The mechanical arm Nojiko formed with the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, even when coated with Armament Haki, could not withstand Saint V. Nusjuro's slashes.
Zoro, who was being focused on by him, was the first to fail to hold out. The 'cherry ten', one of the Ryo Wazamono swords in his left hand, snapped upon impact with the 'shodai kitetsu'.
Before he could even recover, Saint V. Nusjuro's second blade slashed toward his chest. Even Kuina, who was on the side, couldn't help but want to intervene to save him.
Hera's Observation Haki stopped Kuina: "Don't intervene, it's not the time yet."
Nojiko and Sanji's attacks struck the 'shodai kitetsu'. Nojiko's iron fist, coated with magnetic power and Armament Haki, along with Sanji's 'Diable Jambe', blocked the attack of the 'shodai kitetsu'.
But the two of them did not come away without paying a price. Even with the reinforcement of Armament Haki, the fingers of Nojiko's right fist were severed at the root, and the injury even spread to her right arm.
Sanji's modified body was also unable to withstand this blow. A crisp sound of a fracture came from his right leg. If someone were observing with Observation Haki, they would see that the bone in his right leg had suffered a comminuted fracture.
A deep, bone-visible sword mark also appeared on Zoro's chest. From this wound, one could almost see his beating heart.
The three of them were knocked flying by this strike and fell to the ground, life or death uncertain.
Hera, who was playing around with Jack and Charlotte Smoothie in coordination with Aokiji, had two shadows separate from under her feet, transforming into two clones. The powers of Zafkiel and ability were simultaneously applied to the three who had been knocked down.
Treating their wounds, the wind howled even more violently, wrapping around the three of them, as if protecting the severely injured trio from further harm.
"Sanji, Zoro, Nojiko."
Luffy only saw that splash of blood and the sight of the three of them falling from the sky like birds with broken wings. A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.
"It was like this two years ago at the Sabaody Archipelago. Is it still going to be like this two years later? Am I just going to watch helplessly as my companions are defeated by others?"
Bullet, who was fighting two of the Gorosei simultaneously, did not forget to mock Luffy. He recognized the Straw Hat that Luffy always carried, the Straw Hat that belonged to Roger:
"Kid, companions will only make you weak. Only the strength of being alone is the truth of this sea."
Luffy's eyes were filled with rage. He thought back to two years ago at the Sabaody Archipelago, the deep sense of powerlessness they all felt when facing Kuma,
That feeling of only being able to watch as his companions were sent away one by one, the hand he reached out but couldn't catch when Robin disappeared—he never wanted to experience that again in his life.
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