On World's giant ship in the distance.
The Railgun falling from the sky was so dazzling in the night that it was impossible to miss. Kizaru glanced back in that direction and smacked his lips.
"Hey, hey, you'd better hang in there, Ron! I... can't get away over here for the time being."
"You dare get distracted while fighting me? Who do you think you're looking down on, brat?!"
As his words fell, a projectile that looked like a bullet yet was as large as a cannonball shot toward him at a speed that broke the sound barrier.
Kizaru merely frowned and transformed into a streak of golden light, leaving his original position.
Boom!!
The projectile struck a huge chunk of metal where he had been standing. Amid a grating shriek of twisting steel, the iron plate, over twenty centimeters thick, caved outward with a basketball-sized circular dent. Its power spoke for itself.
Whoosh!
Kizaru flashed behind World, light particles gathering around his foot as he kicked hard.
Thud!
World refused to be outdone. He turned and threw a punch into Kizaru's shin, sending the golden beam soaring into the sky.
Under the acceleration of the More-More Fruit, even Kizaru's Light Speed Kick failed to seize the initiative.
Kizaru pursed his lips in that wretched manner and spoke in a slow tone.
"What a terrifying, terrifying fellow. You can actually keep up with the speed of light... But using the More-More Fruit's power on yourself must be an enormous burden on your body too, Senior."
"Hmph, it's enough to kill you!"
World snorted defiantly. After knocking Kizaru away, he reached into his coat with one hand and scattered a large mass of pitch-black pellets.
"More-More [50x Shotgun]!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Dozens of pellets accelerated fiftyfold instantly ravaged the