Sengoku had imagined that the island would be engulfed in fierce fighting by now.
Instead, it was eerily peaceful.
Something unexpected had happened, and Sengoku knitted his brows.
He immediately extended his Observation Haki to investigate the island.
"...What's going on?"
Hadn't the soldier reported that Bullet had already entered the island's vicinity?
Then where was he?
There wasn't a single person on the island!
What was going on here?
Sengoku hurriedly pulled out his Den Den Mushi and called back the personnel assigned to surveillance.
But the Den Den Mushi rang for a long time without anyone answering.
Sengoku's heart sank.
Damn it, something's happened!
He immediately shouted, "Stop advancing!"
Though everyone looked puzzled, they faithfully carried out his orders.
By then, however, the warships were already close to shore.
Sengoku's order had come a little too late.
A second after the warships stopped, a rumbling rose from beneath the sea.
Then a powerful submarine burst out of the water and rammed straight into the side of a warship.
It wasn't an ordinary submarine, but one coated in Armament Haki.
The collision tore a massive hole even in the steel-built warship, leaving it on the verge of sinking.
"Damn it! It's Bullet!"
Sengoku glared fiercely at the submarine.
But with the submarine still embedded in the warship, he hesitated to attack for fear of harming his own men.
Then the submarine moved again.
Its propeller spun furiously, pulling it free of the warship before it submerged once more.
Seeing the submarine separate from the warship, Sengoku immediately unleashed his power.
He roared, golden light blazing over his body as he grew rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, he became a golden Buddha.
Mythical Zoan—Human-Human Fruit, Buddha Form!
In his Buddha form, Sengoku looked solemn and majestic, yet his