Roya's Scheme, a Difficult Dilemma

That smile had not even lasted a second.

Akainu discovered that his body could not move at all.

Six shards of light had bound his waist, making it impossible for him to take another step forward.

"Damn it! What the hell is this?!"

"Why can't my body move?!"

"Move already!!!"

Akainu shouted madly in the alley.

He looked utterly deranged as he yelled.

His target was right ahead, yet he had no way of taking even one more step.

The gap in strength created by that bizarre ability

made Akainu feel as though his entire worldview was collapsing!

Why was it that no matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he trained his abilities,

he could not create even the slightest gap between himself and the man before him?!

He refused to accept this!!!

But no matter how unwilling Akainu was, it was useless.

Trapped by Rikujōkōrō, he had no way to break free for the moment.

He could only watch helplessly as Roya vanished from before his eyes.

Roya did not take Kizaru and Akainu seriously at all.

Those two simply could not cooperate properly.

Kizaru was always slacking off, while Akainu was far too hot-tempered.

Their personalities made them all too easy to exploit.

Just like that, Roya easily escaped from the alley.

He then took a deep breath and called out to everyone, "Citizens, please head to higher ground immediately! Before long, an unprecedented super tsunami will make landfall in Water City!"

Roya shouted those words with all his strength.

At least a thousand people could hear Roya's voice.

Yet none of them believed him.

Robin and the others had notified them earlier, but they had not believed them either.

Even if it was the leader of Dawn-and-Dusk Bird speaking, they still would not believe