Unlike the campaign against Jonathan.
Although Jonathan was strong, he was on an entirely different level from Count Red!
In the past, whenever the Marines encountered Count Red, they basically left no survivors.
Count Red was ruthless!
Therefore, the Marines were deeply wary of Count Red!
"Are you afraid?"
Just then, Victor's voice came from behind Eric, Kennard, and the others.
"Colonel Victor."
"Senior Victor."
When Eric and the others saw Victor, their uneasy hearts suddenly calmed.
Victor looked at Eric and the others and said calmly, "He's only Count Red. I'll deal with him."
"Colonel Victor, the enemy is Count Red..."
Eric wanted to remind Victor.
Although Eric knew Victor was powerful, Count Red was a Great Pirate who had been famous for many years!
Victor ignored him and stepped forward with his right foot.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Victor sprinted through the air, heading toward the forest.
Nearly a hundred Marines stood around the forest's perimeter, not daring to enter.
The Marines who had gone in moments earlier had let out only waves of screams before none of them returned.
With a smack, Victor landed in front of them.
"Colonel Victor!"
Just like Eric and the others, the Marines outside the forest felt as though they had taken a reassurance pill when they saw Victor appear.
Without turning his head, Victor said, "Don't get too close, or you might get caught in the crossfire."
"Yes!" The surrounding Marines nodded instinctively.
Victor gave a grunt, then strode into the forest.
The ground was covered in corpses. They were far from intact; Redfield's slashes had chopped them into pieces.
A rough count put the number of corpses at over a hundred.
"You've cost me so many subordinates," Victor said calmly. "How do you plan to atone?"
Redfield stood directly in front of Victor.
At that moment, both of Redfield's hands rested on his umbrella's handle as he studied Victor expressionlessly.
"If you want to avenge your subordinates, then come at me."
A smile appeared at the corner of Redfield's mouth.
"As you wish."
Victor removed the Justice Cape from his back and flung it into the air.
The instant he threw off the Justice Cape, he raised his foot and kicked hard toward the front.
His black foot, wrapped in Armament Haki, slammed solidly into the tip of the black umbrella.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
Their Armament Haki ground fiercely against each other.
"You're stronger than I expected," Redfield said with a frown.
The moment Victor had thrown off his cape had actually been an opening.
Redfield had seized that opening, intending to kill Victor with a single strike.
However, Victor had not only predicted Redfield's move, but was also incredibly fast.
"Then your judgment was wrong again," Victor said calmly.
"???" Confusion appeared on Redfield's face.
"I'm stronger than you," Victor said. At that instant, tremendous power burst from his right foot.
Crash, crash, crash...
Redfield failed to react in time and was pushed back a distance by the tremendous force.
Redfield had only just steadied himself when Victor transformed into afterimages and lunged forward.
"What incredible speed. What explosive power."
Redfield felt that Victor's explosive power could even rival Whitebeard and Roger's.
And Victor looked so young!
"Surprised?"
"Do you think I'm too young?"
With a whoosh, Victor appeared in front of Redfield. At the same time, he raised his leg and delivered a downward chop.
Victor's downward kick was like a guillotine blade. It descended with terrifying speed, and its power was even more frightening!
Redfield raised his umbrella sword to block.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
Amid the grinding of Armament Haki, the trees around them snapped in half under the impact of the shock wave.
"This kid is incredibly strong!" Redfield's heart surged like waves crashing against the shore, unable to calm down.
He had once fought Kong and Sengoku in their youths, but their strength back then had definitely not been this great!
"Don't think I'm weak just because I'm young."
As Victor spoke, he lashed out with another high roundhouse kick. Like a cleaver, it went straight for Redfield's neck.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
At the forest's perimeter, the Marines had no idea what was happening inside.
All they could see was row after row of trees collapsing.
"This is the result of Senior fighting Count Red!"
Leit and the others were stunned!
They had not seen Victor's battle with Jonathan earlier.
Thus, they knew only that Victor was strong. They had never realized that he was this strong!
At that moment, another tremendous boom rang out from the forest, and the entire Gal Island trembled.
No one knew what had happened inside.
Inside the forest, Redfield glanced into the distance.
The dust and mist cleared.
A deep crater was revealed.
Victor was still inside the crater, maintaining the posture of having punched downward.
If Redfield had not dodged in time just now, that punch would have landed on him.
"How disappointing. I thought you'd meet my punch head-on."
Victor spoke calmly.
"Is this guy a monster?" Redfield stared coldly at Victor.
"Still, Garp was right."
Victor suddenly smiled.
As a transmigrator, he knew that Sengoku had exaggerated Count Red's strength, claiming that Count Red had stood on equal footing with Roger, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion through his own power.
In reality, Count Red's strength was not that terrifying.
Garp, meanwhile, had said that Count Red was someone who was not worthy of leaving his name in history. Count Red himself also believed that he was inferior to Roger, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion.
Setting everything else aside, Redfield's lack of nerve alone made it obvious.
How could a true powerhouse shrink from a head-on clash?
"What did Garp say?" Redfield asked.
"It doesn't matter." Victor shook his head. "Although you're inferior to Roger and the others, if I defeat you, I'll not only get promoted, but also make a name for myself across the seas."
The last time he captured Jonathan, Victor had not been promoted either.
Fortunately, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and the others had not been promoted, either.
Now, if he captured Redfield as well, promotion would be secondary. Making a name for himself across the seas was what mattered.
"You think you can capture me?" Redfield snorted. He did not deny that Victor was strong, but he was not weak himself.
"Death's Kiss!"
In an instant, Redfield launched his attack, thrusting his umbrella sword repeatedly.
The umbrella sword seemed to transform into hundreds or thousands of venomous snakes, viciously biting toward Victor.
However, Victor remained calm and dodged every single thrust.
Moreover, he dodged them in advance.
His movements seemed to have been seen through and neutralized by Victor.
This greatly surprised Redfield.
"Can you see the future?"
Redfield spoke coldly.
Having roamed the seas for many years, Redfield had seen plenty.
He had heard that Observation Haki could foresee the future, but reaching that level was extraordinarily difficult.
Katakuri, for example, could see several moments into the future. During his battle with Katakuri, Luffy had also raised his Observation Haki to the point where he could see fragments of the future.
Dodging attacks and predicting attacks, however, were merely basic applications of Observation Haki, not true foresight.
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