President Valentine launched his attack.
Johnny and Gyro did the same.
Steel Balls and Nail Bullets fired in unison, tearing through the light wall once again and striking the charging Funny Valentine.
Bang!
Half his body aged, while the other half was covered in slashing wounds.
Johnny was gradually mastering Ball Breaker as well!
After half a second of stillness, President Valentine's body exploded.
Dead?!
Johnny, Gyro, and Hot Pants were delighted.
But Lin Qing knew it would not be that simple.
Splash!
The sound of water rose beside them.
Two Funny Valentines burst from the sea, one from each side, pouncing toward Johnny and Gyro.
The narrow path they walked on had been forcibly carved through the ocean using the power of the Saint's Corpse. There was barely any room to dodge.
The two clones pulled guns from their coats and aimed them at Johnny and Gyro.
From the stone balls earlier, Valentine had determined that Lin Qing had not yet mastered that bizarre rotational power. He intended to eliminate Johnny and Gyro, his two greatest threats.
Johnny raised his hand, aimed at their guns, and fired Nail Bullets.
"Wrong! Johnny! Don't shoot the guns—shoot them!"
Lin Qing's shout came from behind him.
He saw it clearly. These were the three clones Valentine had summoned when he attacked Hot Pants, only to be swept into the sea by Hot Pants's tail.
Clearly, the Valentine who had just been killed by the Steel Balls and Nail Bullets had transferred D4C's authority away at the very last moment before being hit. The one who died was merely a clone.
In other words, one of the three clones that had fallen into the sea had become the real body.
With firearm technology from 1890, revolvers that had been submerged in seawater for