Fist against fist

"Bullet! In that much of a hurry?"

Xia Le laughed.

"But!"

As those words left his mouth, his expression abruptly turned cold.

"I'm not Roger!"

"With every passing day, I grow stronger!"

Then a black-and-red aura burst forth, spreading across the sky in the blink of an eye and crashing violently into Bullet's presence ahead.

That savage Conqueror's Haki instantly swept over Marineford, making countless Marines pale.

Inside the Fleet Admiral's Office.

Sengoku abruptly raised his head, shock written across his face.

He immediately rose, went to the window, and looked toward the plaza.

When he saw Xia Le and Bullet standing face-to-face, their Conqueror's Haki clashing, he froze briefly before shaking his head.

"Those two lunatics!"

"Do they actually intend to fight here?"

The next second, the door to the Fleet Admiral's Office was pushed open.

"Sengoku."

"The West Blue Branch under Xia Le's command has arrived at headquarters. Bullet brought a large number of elite troops!"

"And a mysterious Scientific Robot Unit, too!"

Listening to the voice beside him, Sengoku kept his eyes fixed below without turning around.

"I've seen it all, Zephyr!"

"Those two are about to start fighting!"

Zephyr was taken aback, then hurried to the window. When he saw Bullet below, he couldn't help frowning.

"He really is a lunatic!"

Sengoku nodded, but a smile appeared on his face. "But with Xia Le here, he'll have to rein in that madness!"

"Instead, he'll become that boy's most loyal right-hand man!"

Zephyr narrowed his eyes, gazing down at the two figures, and nodded lightly.

"Xia Le, before we fight, there's something I have to tell you. Something you might find hard to accept!"

Bullet grinned.

"Oh?"

Xia Le looked at him.

"If you lose this fight..."

"From then on, you'll have to acknowledge me as