Veins throbbed on Marimo's forehead as he said, "Didn't I tell you? Bonney used her ability to turn him into a child. He didn't originally look like this."
"Your memory is so good. Just what I'd expect from my subordinate," Kizaru said to Marimo.
"It's your memory that's never been any good."
Kizaru turned his gaze toward Chen Fan. "So you're the one who hit a Celestial Dragon. If we don't take you back, Navy Headquarters will lose all face before the Celestial Dragons." As he spoke, his body flashed with a "Whoosh...!" and turned into a streak of golden light, appearing beside Chen Fan. His leg was already raised, his foot gleaming with a cross-shaped golden light. Kizaru gathered a massive amount of photons around his shin before releasing a powerful blast of light from his foot at his target—one of his techniques, Light Speed Kick.
Bonney's expression changed as she cried out in alarm, "Watch out!"
"Speed is power. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" Kizaru asked Chen Fan.
A faint smile appeared on Chen Fan's lips. "Then have you ever been kicked by yourself?"
Kizaru froze for a moment, unable to understand what Chen Fan meant, but his foot collided with Chen Fan's arm.
"...!"
A blinding golden light flared up, then gradually expanded outward. "Boom...! Boom...! Boom...!" Thunderous explosions rang out.
"Whoosh, whoosh...!" Clusters of golden light appeared beside Marimo. First came a foot, then light descended over it as Kizaru's body gradually took shape.
Kizaru stared at the explosion in astonishment. "Well, this is eye-opening. Those rookies all looked like monsters, but I never expected there to be someone like this too!"
"Didn't I tell you already, Old Man Kizaru? This guy can even reflect the Pacifistas' lasers, so you'd better