Foolshout Island.
Borsalino had elementalized in advance, evading Bullet's heavy punch wrapped in Conqueror's Haki as golden photons gathered in the distance and re-formed into his human shape.
His exquisite gray suit had become wrinkled, a trace of blood lingered at the corner of his mouth, and obvious bruises covered his face. Even the lenses of his signature sunglasses had cracked.
"This is terrible, Mr. Borsalino!"
A Marine soldier suddenly appeared at the edge of the battlefield, his face full of panic.
"We just received an urgent report! Punk Hazard has been attacked, and Dr. Vegapunk has been abducted by an unidentified powerhouse! Mr. Sentomaru asked you to hurry back and provide support!"
"Oh, how troublesome~ Why didn't I get any notification?"
Borsalino muttered lazily as he instinctively reached for the Den Den Mushi in his pocket. But when he took it out, he froze—what he held was a black Den Den Mushi, with a small strip of cloth stuck to it. Two words were clearly written on it: Wiretap.
Borsalino's expression instantly turned rather grim.
"This is bad..."
His heart sank as he realized that he had taken the wrong Den Den Mushi again. He did not hesitate any longer. Bringing his hands together, he condensed a dazzling ball of light between his palms, and his entire body instantly turned into photons and merged into it.
"[Yata Mirror]!"
A yellow beam of light was about to reflect toward the shore.
Whoosh—!
An arrow formed from pure golden lightning struck the tip of the beam with perfect precision!
Boom!
The lightning arrow exploded, and its powerful impact forcibly drove Borsalino out of his elemental state. He had no choice but to raise an arm to block, and was sent crashing heavily back to the ground.
Looking up, he saw that