One Piece: Devour Fruit, Main Story—The Desperate Blackbeard. Meanwhile, on the other side of Impel Down.
Van Augur was gulping down breaths, but the hands gripping his gun remained as steady as stone.
The moment Blackbeard held Dawn back, Van Augur had been responsible for keeping Shiryu occupied.
But Blackbeard was already struggling just to deal with Dawn's probing attacks and had no spare attention to create an opening for Van Augur. Meanwhile, Shiryu's pressure on Van Augur was immense, instantly splitting the battlefield apart.
Sword energy casually slashed into the wall Van Augur was leaning against. Flying rubble stung his cheeks, yet he remained motionless.
"Little rats really are troublesome..." Shiryu held a cigar between his teeth, his bloodthirsty eyes carrying a hint of enjoyment. "But this feels pretty good. Let me play a little longer."
Bang!!
A bullet tore through the air at terrifying speed, shooting straight for Shiryu's eye.
"Too weak!"
Shiryu flicked Rain in his hand, slicing the bullet neatly in two.
Bang!
Bang!!
Van Augur moved with incredible speed, firing two consecutive shots from Senryu. The instant Shiryu cut apart the first bullet, two more bullets flew toward his leg and throat.
Shiryu bared a bloodthirsty grin. As his blade cleaved down, it abruptly changed direction. A massive slash annihilated both attacks before instantly sweeping toward Van Augur's position.
The hard stone was sliced apart in an instant, and one corner of Van Augur's strange hat was cut off as well.
Van Augur felt utterly stifled. He was an exceptionally skilled sniper, capable of silently hitting targets several kilometers away.
Yet in Impel Down, he had no way to open up that kind of distance. The place was crisscrossed with corridors, prison cells, and corners everywhere, with few places to take cover. Against a great