"Marine Headquarters."
"Was Aokiji's true objective in coming to the Alabasta Kingdom really me?"
Crocodile quickly put some distance between himself and Kuzan. He glanced from afar at the two brats, Sabo and Ace, his expression turning incomparably grave.
Ace and Sabo had merely tested the waters, yet Crocodile had already determined that they were Devil Fruit users. Moreover, the Devil Fruit powers these two brats possessed were no ordinary abilities—they were the rarest Logia Devil Fruit powers.
The strength of a Logia Devil Fruit user could not be judged by age.
If he was deceived by their age and underestimated them, he would likely suffer a huge loss.
"Whew—"
The vortex of flames released by Ace gradually dispersed, revealing Daz Bones, who had taken Ace's attack head-on.
What surprised Ace was that Daz Bones had not immediately lost his ability to fight after receiving the attack head-on. Though he had suffered some burns, wounds of that degree were not enough to affect his movements.
Ace noticed that Daz Bones's body gleamed with a metallic sheen beneath the sunlight. The arms he had raised in defense had actually transformed into sharp blades.
"A Devil Fruit user?"
Ace muttered softly. Reaching behind him, he swiftly drew his father's heirloom—the famous blade, Ace—and gripped it tightly in his hand.
With the longsword in hand, Ace felt somewhat reassured.
On the other side, Mr. 2 Bon Clay was not as fortunate as Daz Bones. When Sabo attacked, he used the power of the Goro Goro no Mi to increase his momentum, and at the instant he struck his opponent, he coated his attack in Armament Haki.
Although Sabo's Armament Haki had only awakened recently and was fairly mediocre in strength,
it was more than enough to utterly overwhelm Bon Clay, who had not