Battle of Natural Disasters
The three Admirals were not watching the live broadcast, so they reacted even faster.
On the battlefield, they generally kept their Observation Haki active, but in ordinary times, they would not.
In other words, an ultra-long-range, high-powered sniper rifle could potentially kill them before they noticed it.
It was just that no one had ever verified or attempted such a thing. Once that shot was fired, it was either you died or they died—either an Admiral died, or the Admiral came after you and beat you to death. Before ordinary snipers possessed the ability to escape alive from an Admiral's hands, they would never attempt something like this—yes, that meant you two, Michael and Van Augur.
So the two of them were not here this time. But even without them here, Enel could still fight beyond visual range.
To the sharp-eyed Den Den Mushi, those Warships were no more than tiny specks the size of sesame seeds or green beans. To human eyes, they might have been only slightly larger than needlepoints, too small to even make out what they were.
But Enel's Mantra was a supercharged Observation Haki combining Observation Haki with electromagnetic wave radar. It might not have matched Katakuri's ability to see several seconds into the future after concentrating, but the range of his Mantra was clearly beyond comparison with any other Observation Haki.
This was radar!
So Enel could fight beyond visual range. Such combat was simply too novel. If not for Sengoku's shouts and roars, the Marines might not have reacted even when the attack was already upon them.
And Enel's greeting had gone straight for Sengoku's largest and strongest flagship.
A greeting had to be as grand and as warm as possible!
But the Marines were incredibly fortunate. Not only