To Perona, this was only natural. Even if Michelle and Fujita were outstanding Rear Admirals from Army Headquarters, neither was a match for her.
After all, her Soul-Soul Fruit was practically a cheat. In the original story, Luffy had a bounty of 300 million, and Zoro and Sanji stood beside him. Yet the three strongest fighters in the Straw Hat Pirates had all been taken down by Perona with ease. Did that mean they were weaker than her?
Quite the opposite. At the time, Luffy ranked among the best of the Supernovas. His bounty was second only to Eustass Kid's, yet he still could not beat Perona.
It had nothing to do with strength. Perona's ability was simply that overwhelming.
Abilities like hers were rare in the world of One Piece, but anyone who encountered one would find it troublesome.
Ain's Return-Return Fruit and Jewelry Bonney's Age-Age Fruit, for instance... their abilities were no joke either.
In a physical fight, Perona was not strong at all. She could not even last a single exchange against Tyrant Kuma.
Zoro and Luffy could at least hold out for a while. Even when Zoro was almost out of strength, he had managed to land a Rashomon strike on Kuma.
At first glance, Zoro and Luffy seemed far stronger than Perona. But faced with her, bluntly put, all they could do was drop to their knees and "repent."
Luffy's bounty had already reached 300 million then, and he had stood no chance against her. No matter how strong these Rear Admirals were, they could not surpass a 300-million-bounty Luffy. They had no chance to fight back against Perona.
"Who... who are you?"
Jero stared at Perona in shock and involuntarily took two steps back.
"How rude. I'm Perona, and I'm—"
Perona was about to