What do you mean?

"Trying to escape?"

Clang!

Vice Admiral Momonga used more than a dozen consecutive Six Powers: Geppo steps to reach the spot where William's real body had appeared, then slashed down without hesitation.

Sensing danger and having no time to dodge, William instinctively coated both arms in Armament Haki and crossed them to block Vice Admiral Momonga's slash.

"A man?"

Only after attacking did Vice Admiral Momonga realize that the masked figure was actually a man.

He was puzzled. Men were forbidden from approaching Amazon Lily. Even two years ago, when Empress Boa Hancock was still one of the Shichibukai, the Marines had been prohibited from entering the waters within three kilometers of the island.

Why had a man appeared here now?

Even if this man had ties to a woman on Amazon Lily, surely he could not have obtained intelligence about the Marines launching a Buster Call against the island?

"You know Geppo? Who exactly are you?"

Another Marine Vice Admiral noticed that William was using Geppo, one of the Marines' Six Powers, which came as quite a surprise.

Whether or not he was a Marine, he must have had some connection to them.

But William had no intention of answering. Wasn't concealing his identity the whole reason he wore a mask?

"This man's a Devil Fruit user, isn't he? Knock him into the sea..."

Vice Admiral Hōshō and Vice Admiral Onigumo hurried over as well, but Admiral Kizaru, Borsalino, the strongest among them, seemed to have no intention of intervening again.

"William, take them down..." Nami shouted at William. There was no other reason—seeing the current state of Amazon Lily had simply reminded her of her hometown's past.

Back then, Captain Nezumi had colluded with pirates to prey on the people.

Although the Marines had been founded to fight