Forbidden Techniques Domain, Aokiji Is Helpless / Kizaru Arrives Unexpectedly, Deal!

By then, Kizaru had developed his Glint-Glint Fruit to an extraordinary degree. But while pursuing the Roger Pirates, he had heard Rayleigh say that someone claimed to be even faster than him. Naturally, Kizaru refused to accept that, so he followed Rayleigh's lead here.

The three aboard the ship were Dongze, Shi Xuan, and Kuina. Once the Suest Kingdom was running smoothly, Dongze had taken the two of them on another adventure at sea.

But because he was the king of the Suest Kingdom, no one called him a pirate. They never did any of the things pirates liked to do.

The ship beneath them also flew the flag of the Suest Kingdom.

Seeing the still-young Kizaru, Dongze chuckled. "Fine, you're fast! If you can reach your destination in three seconds, I'll admit defeat. I always take more than thirty minutes!"

Kizaru was baffled. Dongze had conceded, yet somehow it did not sound like a compliment.

"No. Let's race!"

"Come on, do we have to? Isn't it enough that I admit defeat?"

"No. How could I accept a victory handed to me?"

"..."

"The Sabaody Archipelago is a hundred kilometers from here. How about we see who gets there first?"

"Suit yourself!"

"Then would the two princesses time us?"

Shi Xuan and Kuina laughed softly and nodded together.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"Yata Mirror!"

Before the words had faded, Dongze shot away on a Flying Sword. In the blink of an eye, he had vanished into the distance, leaving Kizaru standing there, utterly dumbfounded.

"What the hell?!"

Kizaru looked at the two princesses stifling their laughter aboard the ship and found himself at a loss for words. This was ridiculous. Dongze had moved so fast that he had gone beyond the range of Kizaru's Observation Haki.

"Rayleigh, you bastard!"

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