Once Observation Haki was cultivated to an extremely high level, it became possible to glimpse the future.
Though it only lasted a few seconds...
It allowed one to see not only what would happen, but also hear the sounds.
Katakuri's Observation Haki was at this level.
In an instant, he could see and hear the events that would unfold over the next few seconds.
Just now, he had personally "seen" Stron and Snaman unleash the combined attack they had practiced countless times, striking at Maud's vitals from both sides.
Facing the combined assault of the sisters Stron and Snaman, Maud seemed completely unresponsive. His entire body was still, and he showed no intention of drawing his sword to counterattack.
Then, under the moonlight, the shadows visible all around surged toward Maud from every direction like subjects answering a summons from all eight sides.
That frozen scene--
Clusters of shadows had transformed into sharp pillars, skewering Stron and Snaman into bloody sieves.
Although it had not actually happened, that cruel and bloody scene had already been etched deeply into Katakuri's mind.
Because he had seen an unquestionable future, he had acted in time to stop Stron and Snaman's reckless move.
Otherwise...
At the moment he spoke up to explain, Stron and Snaman would have been swallowing their last breaths.
"More precisely, it would have been less than a second..."
Katakuri glanced at his two younger sisters, whose faces were pale with despair, and muttered inwardly.
Before that man, these two sisters, born of the same mother as Smoothie, would not have lasted even a second.
But it was not because they were too weak. Their enemy was simply too strong!
Katakuri had no time to comfort them. He strode forward and walked straight toward Maud.
As he moved, the metal ornaments