"Even with Lord World's hundredfold speed boost, that Marine could still counterattack. Was he really human?"
"Impossible. I've been in the New World for so many years and seen countless so-called Strong individuals, but I've never seen freaks like those two, whose attack trajectories couldn't even be followed."
"Lord World was a Great Pirate with a bounty of five hundred million, a legendary pirate once ranked alongside Roger and Whitebeard. How could he possibly be about as strong as some teenage brat?"
Unlike those pirates, Smoothie, who had a rough understanding of Longinus's strength, said gravely, "That Marine is a monster capable of matching Brother Katakuri. For World to fight him to a draw, perhaps he isn't the complete failure the rumors made him out to be."
"World was still a Great Pirate who once contended with Roger and Whitebeard. Without some real strength, he would have faded away in that cruel era long ago," Perospero said, licking his candy cane.
"Of course. Mama wouldn't cooperate with useless trash that had no strength," Cracker said from within a Biscuit Soldier.
"It's just a pity that ten years of freezing caused irreversible damage to his muscle tissue." Katakuri folded his arms. "Forcing himself to use his full power will only bring his body closer to collapse."
"Get ready to act. A crippled World won't be worth much anymore."
Cracker and the others naturally did not doubt Katakuri's assessment. They merely laughed sinisterly. "What a shame. I wanted to see what kind of might a Great Pirate from the previous era would display at full strength!"
"We'll find out. Since he intends to take revenge on the World Government, he should be prepared to die. Let him save his final chance to go all out for the World Government."
As Katakuri spoke,