"Still, talent truly is something that defies reason. Even as someone who has benefited from talent myself, I can't make heads or tails of it." Longinus suddenly recalled something Lone Red had once told him.
This world had always been unfair. The gaps created by talent often couldn't be made up for, no matter how much effort one put in.
"I was born with Observation Haki, just like Count Red, which allowed me to learn his method of reading memories by analogy. But Big Mom's Iron Body..." Longinus fell silent in thought. Even for him, some hypotheses were simply too bizarre.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The layers of rock were collapsing, darkness was shattering, and more and more light poured in as powerful auras drew ever closer.
"She isn't even willing to give me time to get out. Looks like I can probably claim the top spot on Big Mom's grudge list!" Longinus wasn't nervous in the slightest. He even had the leisure to joke.
Because he had already seen a certain future!
"Big Mom, are you looking for me?" Longinus began speeding up in the darkness. With Observation Haki radiating outward, God's Domain firmly locked onto his target.
"Don't even think about escaping, you brat!" Following the sound of his voice, Big Mom charged through the underground. Every step she took caused the earth below to collapse.
At last, the two met again.
"Elbaf Spear · Great Impalement!" This was the shockwave Big Mom unleashed with her thick arm.
"Iron Fist · Great Explosion!" Longinus didn't retreat in the slightest, either.
Rumble~ rumble~ rumble~
All of Dressrosa trembled. In many places, magma even began bubbling up. That was because the two of them had fought almost all the way down to the depths near the planet's core.
Whoosh~ whoosh~
It