Moria's Death

"Khishishishi! Die, Bullet!"

Moria's face twisted with madness and the fury of humiliation as the giant scissors in his hands suddenly snapped shut.

However.

The expected snip of a severed shadow never came.

The scissors' sharp blades were blocked by an invisible force and could not cut any farther.

Moria's pupils contracted.

"Is... is that Armament Haki?"

"You even coated your shadow in Haki? Damn Devil's Heir!"

Moria released Bullet's shadow, then gripped the giant scissors with both hands. Refusing to believe it, he put all his strength into trying to break through that invisible Armament Haki defense.

Crack!

With a sharp snap, Moria's eyes nearly popped from their sockets as he stared at the chipped blade of his scissors, beginning to question his life.

"This... this..."

Thud!

Thud!

Heavy footsteps slowly approached, like a death knell sounded by the Grim Reaper.

They jolted Moria out of his daze.

His tiny eyes widened in panic as he looked toward the outer perimeter guarded by the Marines.

There, the burly Bullet wore an indifferent expression as he walked toward him, one step at a time.

Moria's face twitched, and fear warped his voice.

"Marines! Move! Stop him! That demon is coming!"

"Damn it, Gecko Moria! Can't you do something? You're one of the Shichibukai, for crying out loud! You're completely useless!"

"When you lost to Straw Hat Luffy, we thought it was only because you were arrogant. But now it seems your strength really no longer deserves the title of Shichibukai."

Vice Admiral Momonga looked at Moria with utter contempt, tightening his grip on his long sword.

"What did you say, Momonga?!"

Having his sore spot struck, Moria's enormous face twisted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

At that moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and Moria's fat body shuddered uncontrollably.

He saw Bullet's mountain-like body leap high from the ground before slamming a fist into it.

The earth instantly roared and ruptured, splitting open into a massive abyss-like crack that swallowed dozens of Marines standing before him.

"That guy is an unbeatable monster, just like Kaido. If I stay here, I'll only be waiting to die!"

Overwhelming terror made Moria cast aside the dignity of a great pirate.

His bloated body suddenly turned pitch-black.

Before the shocked and furious eyes of Vice Admiral Momonga and the others, the black shadow shattered and dissipated from where it stood.

Moria himself vanished from the spot and appeared farther away.

"Khishishishi, Momonga, you can welcome Bullet yourself! I won't be accompanying you."

Moria let out a strange laugh, turned around, and ran.

Bullet slapped a Marine Headquarters rear admiral flying, his face dark as he watched Moria flee.

"Jinbe!"

He suddenly threw back his head and roared.

The instant his thunderous voice exploded, a nimble blue figure turned around from in front of Moria. Without another word, he clenched his fist and smashed it toward Moria's huge belly.

"Jinbe! You dare ambush me? You're courting death!"

"Zombie soldiers! Come out!"

Panic filled Moria's heart. Afraid that Bullet would catch up, he immediately turned his body into shadow, scattering in all directions beneath Jinbe's punch.

He was a Paramecia Shadow-Shadow Fruit user.

He could switch the positions of his body and his own shadow.

It was an extremely powerful ability. Used well, it could even change the outcome of a battle.

But clearly.

Moria only used it to run away.

As he shrieked, the ground beneath Jinbe's feet trembled and the soil split apart.

Rotting, damaged corpses burst through the earth and crawled up from underground, baring their fangs and claws as they surrounded Jinbe.

Moria himself took the opportunity to switch bodies with Shadow Mage again, appearing dozens of meters away.

Jinbe ignored the zombie soldiers closing in around him.

A massive mass of viscous water appeared in his outstretched palm, and he flung it out with force.

"Fish-Man Karate! Water Shot!"

"Swordfish Charge!"

Smack!

The ball of water in his hand shot out with a howl, transforming into a swordfish racing forward at tremendous speed.

Pfft!

The swordfish was incredibly fast. In an instant, it plunged in through Moria's back and pierced out through his front.

"Waaah!"

Moria's eyes bulged as searing pain pierced his heart. His bloated body pitched forward and crashed heavily onto the ground.

"It hurts! Damn it! Jinbe! I'll kill you!"

The agonizing pain drove him mad.

Moria split the giant scissors in his hands into two massive cleavers and swung them at the charging Jinbe.

Jinbe paid them no heed. Armament Haki covered his arms as he directly blocked the attack.

"Fish-Man Karate! Sharkskin Palm Thrust!"

Bang!

Jinbe's blue hand stopped Moria's slashing scissors.

Jinbe shot into the air from the ground, clenched his right fist, and drove it straight forward.

"Fish-Man Karate Secret Art!"

"Buraikan!"

His right fist, wrapped in a tremendous gale of force, struck Moria squarely in the belly. It blasted his entire body off the ground, blood spraying from all seven openings of his face.

His massive, flabby belly caved in completely.

A large mass of liquid pierced through his arched back.

Jinbe's Buraikan made use of water's penetrating properties.

Using Fish-Man Karate techniques, he launched water from his fist through the enemy's body, unleashing a powerful internal impact.

This move was especially effective against Devil Fruit users.

Moria's bloated body, over seven meters tall, flew backward more than ten meters before crashing heavily onto the ground.

Clutching his deeply sunken belly, he let out a miserable cry of pain.

His body struggled and rolled endlessly across the ground.

But soon, a huge foot stepped onto the back of his head, pinning him firmly to the ground.

"Let me go! Are you humiliating me?! Jinbe! I'll kill you!"

Thinking it was Jinbe, Moria immediately began cursing.

The next moment.

A familiar, icy voice sounded beside his ear.

"I hate people who don't know their place. Especially when they're worthless trash."

Bullet's face was ice-cold, one foot planted on the back of Moria's head.

The weight of that foot was like a mountain.

No matter how Moria struggled, he could not move his head or rise from the ground.

"Bullet!!"

Moria instantly felt as though he had fallen into an icy abyss.

Without a second thought, he activated his ability to switch his shadow and body.

But immediately, his face turned deathly pale.

Because an invisible Armament Haki had already completely sealed and restrained his body.

"Bastard! What are you doing?! Aaaah!"

Crack!

Bullet's massive foot was like a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press, slowly pushing down.

Amid Moria's screams, it crushed and deformed his head until it burst apart like a rotten watermelon.

Under the fearful gazes cast toward him.

Bullet slowly withdrew his foot.

"Such a powerful Fruit, yet it was eaten by a piece of trash. What a waste."