"Vice Alliance Leader!" The First Fleet was being beaten back step by step. Seeing him arrive, they all cried out excitedly.
"Hm?" Katakuri turned to look at Jinbe, abandoning his pursuit of Perona and the others. He spun around, raised his weapon, and swung it straight at Jinbe's face.
"Fish-Man Karate: Six Thousand Pound Cannon!"
Jinbe raised his hand and struck Katakuri's weapon with his palm. A massive blast of force swept out, sending many people nearby flying...
"Bang!"
Katakuri's weapon came crashing down, only to be struck squarely by Jinbe's palm. Their immense power churned into a violent vortex, and the deck beneath their feet cracked loudly as it shattered inch by inch.
"You've got some skill!" Katakuri snorted coldly, continuously increasing the strength in his hand as he tried to crush Jinbe through sheer force.
But Jinbe's expression did not change in the slightest. His hand suddenly clenched around one end of Katakuri's weapon, and he began competing with Katakuri in raw strength.
The difference in their brute force became obvious at once. Though Katakuri's strength was ferocious, how could he possibly match Jinbe, a Whale Shark Fish-Man?
Jinbe immediately seized Katakuri's weapon and forced him back step by step.
"Damn it!" Katakuri swept his other hand, sending a string of Candy beans wrapped in Armament Haki streaking toward Jinbe's face like a dozen black flashes.
Jinbe frowned and quickly twisted aside to evade them. Then, both hands yanking hard on Katakuri's weapon, he hurled Katakuri's entire body away.
In that brief instant, the two rapidly evaded, defended, attacked, and retreated. After several exchanges, Jinbe held a slight upper hand, filling Katakuri with rage.
"Attack!" After separating, Katakuri issued the order to attack.
On the battlefield, with two Sweet Commanders missing from command, the Star Alliance once again