Faced with such a powerful and violent attack.
Borsalino, seeing this, spread his hands and fired a laser beam at Roya.
However, Roya remained unmoved, even lowering his head with a cold sneer.
"Akainu, Aokiji, are all three admirals here? Interesting!" Roya sneered.
Then.
Boom!
After a deafening explosion.
Sparks flew and thick smoke billowed from where Roya stood.
Akainu Sakazuki and Aokiji Kuzan immediately appeared before everyone as well.
"It's Admiral Sakazuki and Admiral Kuzan!"
"All four admirals are actually here!"
The many Marines began discussing it among themselves.
However.
Once the smoke dispersed, Roya was still standing before everyone, completely unharmed.
Of course, this outcome came as no surprise to the three admirals.
After all, Roya was a powerhouse capable of defeating one of the Four Emperors, Kaido. If he could not even withstand this kind of attack, how could he possibly possess such terrifying strength as to defeat Kaido?
"Oh my!"
"Admiral Roya, this is our first meeting. You truly live up to your reputation!"
The first to speak was Admiral Kuzan. However, Kuzan looked utterly languid, as though he had merely been forced to work overtime and had come to go through the motions.
"Kuzan! You're not bad yourself!" Roya replied with a smile, exchanging a few polite compliments.
"Roya!"
"Don't think defeating Kaido means you can be promoted to Navy Admiral! Even if Sengoku recognizes you, I don't!"
Akainu Sakazuki shouted at Roya.
Sakazuki had always been unhappy about Roya's promotion to Navy Admiral. Now that they had met, he naturally brought it up first.
"What?"
"You're not convinced?"
"Then go beat up Kaido yourself if you're not convinced. What's the big deal?"
Roya paid no heed to Sakazuki's challenge and even mocked him in return.
Sakazuki's face immediately darkened. His tightly clenched fists instantly turned into scorching magma, clearly showing that he was angry.
"Admiral Roya!"
"You've fought enough. Isn't it time to stop?"
Borsalino tried to persuade him once again.
However, at that moment.
Saint Charlos, who had just been rescued, had already regained consciousness. Dragging his bruised, swollen pig-like face, he stormed forward furiously.
"Sakazuki!"
"And Kuzan and Borsalino, you came at just the right time!"
"Hurry up and kill this bastard for me! He actually dared to hit me, and he even stepped on my head with his foot! Kill him now! I'm a Celestial Dragon!"
"As long as you kill him, I'll reward you handsomely!"
With the three admirals from Marine Headquarters all present, that pig-faced Saint Charlos became arrogant and overbearing once more, even declaring that Roya had to be killed.
However.
Sakazuki and the other two ignored Saint Charlos. Whether they hated the Celestial Dragons or not was unknown, but they did serve them.
Their refusal to act did not mean they intended to disobey Saint Charlos. More than anything, they were wary of Roya's strength.
If they acted rashly under the current circumstances, they would not only endanger the Marines here, but also the civilians of the Sabaody Archipelago.
No one knew what Sakazuki was thinking, but Kuzan and Borsalino probably did not want to endanger civilians.
Otherwise, Borsalino would certainly have gone all out against Roya earlier. Perhaps he feared that if he used his full strength, Roya would do the same, and countless residents of the Sabaody Archipelago would inevitably be caught in the crossfire.
After all, Borsalino had personally witnessed Roya's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. It was power capable of slicing all of Marineford in half. If Roya truly unleashed it here, wouldn't the entire Sabaody Archipelago sink beneath the sea?
"Roya!"
"I'll give you one last chance!"
"Will you fight us, or will you surrender?"
Sakazuki questioned him again, his tone now unmistakably aggressive.
Naturally, Sakazuki wanted to fight Roya. From beginning to end, he still did not believe that Roya had the strength to defeat Kaido and receive such an exceptional promotion as the Navy's fourth admiral.
"Surrender?"
"Those Celestial Dragon trash want me to surrender? Do you think that's possible?"
"This fight is happening for sure. But before we begin, I need to settle one matter first!"
Roya shook his head.
"Settle what..."
Just as Sakazuki was about to ask, Roya suddenly vanished from where he stood.
Everyone was shocked by the sight.
Even Kuzan could not help frowning. "This guy..."
"Oh dear, it looks like something serious is about to happen," Borsalino said.
The next second.
Roya reappeared, but the place where he appeared caught everyone completely off guard.
"Y-you... what are you trying to do..."
"I'm telling you, I'm a Celestial Dragon..."
Saint Charlos stared at Roya, who had appeared before him, with terrified eyes. He spoke nervously, his legs trembling uncontrollably and cold sweat streaming down his pig-like face.
That's right!
Roya had used Soru, one of the Six Powers, to flash before Saint Charlos. The sharp blade of the sword in Roya's hand was pressed against Saint Charlos's throat.
"Roya!"
"Stop right now!"
Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino all widened their eyes and shouted at once.
"Admiral Roya!"
"Please, don't!"
Even the other Marines began shouting.
If attacking a Celestial Dragon was a grave crime, then killing one was a capital offense.
After all, Roya was now a Navy Admiral. He had captured so many great pirates, and had even personally thrown Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, into Impel Down. If he had merely beaten a Celestial Dragon, he could at least receive a lighter punishment.
But once he actually killed a Celestial Dragon, the implications would be entirely different.
Unfortunately!
Roya simply did not care!
Seeing this, the three admirals—Sakazuki and the others—immediately tried to rush over and stop Roya from making such a mistake.
"A Celestial Dragon? So what?"
"You're too noisy!"
Unfortunately, before Sakazuki and the other two admirals could reach Roya, he left behind those two sentences and acted directly.
Slash!
With one swift stroke, clean and decisive!
Then, with a thud, Saint Charlos, the Celestial Dragon, fell straight into a pool of blood, dead!
That's right! Roya had killed a Celestial Dragon!
All the Marines stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that what they were seeing was real.
"Roya!"
"Do you realize you've made a terrible mistake?"
"Under the circumstances, no one can save you now!"
Akainu Sakazuki roared.
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