This Droplet Is Too Hard!

"What on earth is this Droplet!?"

Even Kizaru, Borsalino, watched with a jolt of alarm.

To them, it truly felt rather eerie.

Who would have thought that Gion took quite a beating, and after a moment to catch her breath, Lynn shifted his gaze toward Kizaru and said with a smile, "Admiral Kizaru is curious, so you should come and try it too."

"L-Let an Admiral block it!?"

Onigumo and Chaton were both startled; seeing that Gion had no power to parry and was sent flying, they could not think of anything to say either.

If they called it an Admiral-level attack, could it truly threaten an Admiral?

"Old man won'Golden Divine Punishment be trying..."

Kizaru had no interest in this Droplet-shaped object, but he also knew it would not be easy to deal with.

Yet in the end, before the polite refusal in his mouth could even finish, the droplet slightly vibrated the air!

It had already struck!

"So fast..."

Kizaru truly lived up to being an Admiral; in the blink of an eye, the Droplet came rushing over at top speed, and he also rapidly transformed into points of light, dispersing backward to dodge the Droplet's collision.

Following a straight trajectory, the droplet headed diagonally toward the sky.

Meanwhile, Lynn watched with a thoughtful gaze.

Kizaru was a Logia user and was light itself, but the Droplet seemed to possess an effect akin to Armament Haki; its absolutely smooth surface could carry kinetic energy to a certain extent upon colliding with a Logia body, causing damage.

Did Kizaru subconsciously elementalize to dodge, or did he sense that it could cause a collision?

With such a shred of doubt, Lynn's thought shifted slightly, and his finger moved.

Having dodged the droplet's impact, Kizaru stood in midair with his hands in his pants pockets, turning his head to look at the distant droplet, just about to say something.

The very next moment, the Droplet actually executed a 180-degree turn!

It was bizarre—a turn that defied the laws of physics—and its speed unabated, it still continued rushing toward Kizaru just as fast as before!

Its attacking speed was so swift that Chaton, Onigumo, Gion, and the others below failed to even see how it had turned.

Because of the sheer speed of the Droplet's assault, Kizaru's eyes showed a rare trace of gravity!

"Too astonishing..."

Flashing into light once more, Kizaru relied on his elemental advantage to dodge again, yet the Droplet immediately followed up with an acute-angle turn, nearly crashing right into him.

"This is unreasonable. It's just as unreasonable as my flash."

Kizaru's light was also very fast; in terms of speed alone, even Droplet could not keep up in a straight line.

Yet speaking of turning at this kind of angle, even an experienced Pika Pika no Mi user like Kizaru had to use his Yata no Kagami technique to pull it off.

Thus, by a hair's breadth, Kizaru's entire body glowed with blinding light before he barely managed to dodge Droplet's redirected collision.

At that moment, Gion, Chaton, Onigumo, and the other marine soldiers and CP operatives below watched in utter astonishment, their eyes trembling.

That was Borsalino—a Logia user and marine Admiral who dominated through speed! Was he actually put in such a sorry state by a Droplet invented by the Celestial Dragons!?

"It's slightly lacking compared to the speed of a Pika Pika no Mi user, but its freedom to turn while defying physical laws makes it extremely flexible. It's even more impossible for other Admiral-level fighters to dodge easily."

Watching this scene, Lynn nodded with satisfaction.

Having been attacked three times in a row, Kizaru turned serious at this point and began attempting to counterattack Droplet.

"If it gets destroyed, don'Golden Divine Punishment blame me."

Just as Droplet turned to attack again, Kizaru muttered to himself mid-flight, raised his finger, and fired a laser beam directly!

Beneath the blinding glare, Gion and the others could not help but squint, staring fixedly at just how much damage Kizaru's attack would inflict on this Droplet.

Yet in the end, a scene that exceeded everyone's expectations unfolded.

Kizaru's laser struck the surface of Droplet, but it was like a mirror reflecting light, directly refracted into multiple beams!

Droplet was completely unaffected; Kizaru's beam couldn'Golden Divine Punishment even break its defense!

Some of these scattered, refracted beams shot into the sky, some plunged toward the ground, and they even nearly hit Gion and Chaton, causing a photothermal explosion on the ground that startled the two of them into hurriedly retreating some distance backward.

"It actually has this kind of effect too!"

At that moment, even with Kizaru's laid-back mindset, he suffered a bit of a blow. He narrowed his eyes at Droplet and transformed into light to dodge sideways!

Instantly, the cluster of light converged into a human shape, his slender legs glowing with brilliant radiance as he kicked sideways toward the passing Droplet!

"Speed of Light Kick!"

Speed is power! Kizaru even harbored the intention of directly kicking Droplet down to the ground, putting a tremendous amount of force into this kick.

Boom!

Flames erupted!

Everyone looked up, their jaws dropping in fright.

This was the strength of an Admiral; a casual kick could cause such a fierce explosion, so that Droplet should surely be unable to endure it, right!?

To their absolute astonishment, they didn'Golden Divine Punishment see Droplet fall; instead, they saw Kizaru tumbling and nearly falling out of the air!

After steadying his posture, Kizaru's old face was burning hot, and the eyes behind his sunglasses widened as he stared at the unaffected Droplet!

In truth, his foot had nearly been broken by his own kick! It was faintly throbbing and trembling slightly.

This thing was too hard! Inconceivably hard!

Gion, Onigumo, and Chaton were left staring in tongue-tied, incredulous shock.

With their strength, they could naturally tell that even under this Speed of Light Kick, Admiral Kizaru was the one who had come out on the losing end!

"Impossible. Is something like this really crafted entirely by the Celestial Dragons?"

The three of them looked as though their worldview had been upended, deeply shocked.

Placing such a thing on anyone would probably make them doubt reality.

The Celestial Dragons—World Nobles who were criticized yet enjoyed everything in the world—had actually engineered an ultra-powerful object capable of putting an Admiral at a disadvantage?

"Alright, that's enough. Come back, Admiral Kizaru."

Watching the entire process, Lynn showed no surprise whatsoever at the Droplet's performance and was very satisfied with his completion rate.

An Admiral-level Droplet had been forged by his own hands without a single mistake!

Hearing Lynn call a halt, Kizaru couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help but let out a sigh of relief. It was a good thing he wasn'Golden Divine Punishment asked to fight it out to the end, or he really would have been unable to avoid making a fool of himself.

To be honest, this Droplet had indeed put pressure on Kizaru. At the very least, this test thoroughly proved the Droplet's badass nature, and he hadn'Golden Divine Punishment even probed its bottom yet!

At that moment, the Droplet flew straight back behind Lynn. This thing possessed a receiver controlled by Lynn's mind, allowing it to execute desired actions wonderfully.

However, the way everyone else looked at Lynn had completely changed by now.

Kizaru, Gion, Chaton, Onigumo, and the other witnessing marine soldiers as well, completely believed in the terrifying power of the Droplet.

With a thing like this, even an Admiral had to be careful!