Delta Island, central lake.
High in the sky, Sephiroth looked down from above at the dumbfounded Bullet below, a teasing expression on his face.
"Oh!? Roger's Great Treasure is actually an Eternal Pose?
Could the direction it points to... be Laugh Tale?"
"..."
Bullet said nothing. With a "snap," he closed the treasure chest again and gripped it tightly in his hand.
At this moment, his muscular but not particularly bright little brain was full of question marks.
Buena Festa had clearly said before that he would use an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale as the prize for the competition, making the pirates compete and slaughter one another over it.
And yet...
What was this situation now?
Laugh Tale = Marineford?
Pah!
Although Bullet and Buena Festa were partners, both were seasoned pirates, so naturally neither could trust the other without reservation.
Thus, Buena Festa had never once shown Bullet the Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, so Bullet had no idea whether the thing even existed or whether it was simply something the other man had made up.
After seeing the Eternal Pose in the treasure chest, Bullet instinctively felt that Buena Festa had probably deceived him.
Fortunately, it wasn't a big problem. Bullet's main goal was to fight the world's top powerhouses and prove that his strength had surpassed Pirate King Roger's. Therefore, whether the Eternal Pose pointed to Laugh Tale or Marineford made no difference to him.
Now, as long as he didn't say anything, no one would know he had gotten a fake!
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"That's right! What I'm holding is the Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale.
Come duel me!
As long as you defeat me, it's yours!" Though Bullet felt guilty, his words did not waver. His face still wore that wildly arrogant expression.
Seeing this,