A shrill alarm reverberated through the deep sea.
The three Seraphim stood back to back as the skin over their chests turned transparent.
Green Lineage Factor solution churned through clear tubes, bubbles striking the alloy walls.
The temperature of their Core Energy Reactors passed the critical threshold in two seconds.
Dazzling red light pierced their skin, staining the surrounding seawater bloodred.
Gurgle, gurgle.
The heat rapidly brought the water ten thousand meters below the surface to a boil.
Great clouds of steam bubbles rose, only to be crushed by the immense pressure.
Jinbe felt the rock beneath his feet growing hot.
"Chief of Staff Sabo, get back!"
"They're going to detonate the cores inside them! The energy will vaporize the nearby seawater, and the shock wave will sweep across this whole area!"
Jinbe shouted, raising both arms to shield himself.
Sabo did not retreat.
He kicked through the water in rapid succession, propelling himself above the three machines.
"Trying to blow yourselves up?"
"You're Eclipse's spoils now. You don't get to make that call!"
Sabo drove his right claw down, coating his hand completely in jet-black Armament Haki.
His fingertips pressed against a Seraphim's head as he tried to force the surging destructive energy back down.
But the Green Blood inside the Seraphim had already reached a full boil.
Haki alone could not contain that power.
Blistering energy surged up Sabo's fingers. His Armament Haki shuddered violently, sizzling under the heat.
The backlash threw his hand aside.
"Tch. Too hot."
Sabo shook his reddened fingers, his expression grave.
Tony's mocking voice came through the communicator right on cue.
"Hey, blondie. What were you thinking?"
"Trying to plug a nuclear reactor with your hand?"
"If brute force could stop a chain reaction, what would you need scientists for?"
Sabo snapped back