The gunfire erupted without warning, and the rapid shots naturally drew the attention of the two men facing off.
Under the effects of Time Slow Observation Haki, Dawn easily saw several bullets drifting slowly through the air. Judging by their trajectories, they were aimed at his heart and head.
But Dawn made no move, merely folding his arms across his chest.
The next moment, a sky-piercing slash came pouring down, crossing the bullets' trajectories to form a slanted cross. It swept the bullets into the flying slash before continuing toward the source of the gunfire with undiminished force.
Boom!
The slash collided with a fist in a thunderous crash. As the smoke cleared, several familiar figures were revealed.
Those vicious-looking pirates all radiated powerful auras, while Doc Q and Burgess stood at the forefront, right in the center.
Besides those two, three others caught Dawn's attention.
"King of Evil Policies"—Avalo Pizarro!
"Big Eater"—Bacchus Choate!
"Crescent Moon Hunter"—Catarina Devon!
There was no need to say much about Catarina Devon. Dawn had captured her himself. What he was paying close attention to now were the other two.
Soon, Dawn matched their features to the memories in his mind.
First was Big Eater. He stood around five-point-seven meters tall, his massive body resembling that of a small giant.
His neck was so broad that it nearly blended into his shoulders and chest. Looking at him alone, one could hardly see that he even had a neck. His skin was pink, and he wore a perpetually drunken expression.
His sausage nose, larger and longer than Usopp's, even rose higher than his eyes. He wore a black clown hat with two white pom-poms dangling from it.
He was continuously drinking, probably from alcohol taken from the Marine warehouse or the living quarters.
The other was