"What happened?!"
Even Saint Nasjuro's tone had changed, and the usual calm was gone from his face. The Gorosei were linked in mind and spirit; they needed no excessive communication between themselves. Every one of them already knew what had happened to Saint Nasjuro.
Saint Saturn, who was fighting Issho and the others, was distracted for an instant. Mihawk seized that fleeting opening, and a blue-green slash suddenly shot forth, cutting straight into Saint Saturn's Gyuki-like body.
"Buzz—"
Mihawk's slash pierced completely through Saint Saturn's body, leaving behind a massive fissure in the ground that stretched beyond sight.
Yet black flames blazed from the severed surfaces of Saint Saturn's wounds. The body that Mihawk had cut into two swiftly reconnected. Under Mihawk and Issho's watchful eyes, Saint Saturn's injuries healed at incredible speed. In just a few seconds, he had fully recovered.
Saint Saturn glanced at Mihawk in the distance after his wounds healed. He gently rubbed his now-uninjured chest, his expression grave as he looked toward Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who was fighting Kong nearby.
"Saint Nasjuro's wounds have not healed after taking Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash."
"Now it seems not all New Marines possess the ability to suppress our accelerated regeneration."
"At the very least, this powerful swordsman before me does not possess such power."
"Only Tsugikuni Yoriichi!"
"What is it? The power of a Devil Fruit? Or something else?"
Saint Saturn studied Tsugikuni Yoriichi closely, but for the moment, he could not determine what exactly Yoriichi had done.
Mihawk gave Saint Saturn no time to think. Seeing his opponent effortlessly repair his wounds, a faint smile actually appeared on Mihawk's cold, composed face.
"So this is the accelerated regeneration Yoriichi spoke of."
"It truly is impressive. A wound that pierced through the entire body can be fully repaired in mere