Shuzo shouted, his hands clamped around Barn like iron pincers. Not far from them, a submarine suddenly surfaced. Its hatch slowly opened, water still pouring out, and a strange-looking sheep emerged from the pitch-black doorway. It looked like a goat, yet also like a cannon shaped like a goat.
Of course, Barn could see none of this. He only heard the strange creature let out a cry.
"Baa!"
Barn diverted a sliver of his attention, directing his Mind's Eye toward it.
The goat-like creature quickly assumed a strange stance, spreading all four legs and lowering its head until its whole body formed a straight line.
Bins opened his mouth, and a cannonball actually shot out of it!
"What?"
A trace of surprise showed beneath Barn's tightly knitted brows.
But the cannonball showed no sign of slowing down. It kept hurtling toward Barn!
"Heh heh! Bins is a cannon that ate the Sheep-Sheep Fruit using Dr. Vegapunk's technology! Barn! Have a taste of this Haki-coated cannonball!"
Shuzo shouted, his hands still gripping Barn tightly. His voice carried the brazen delight of someone whose scheme had succeeded.
Barn's brows drew even tighter, not out of worry, but anger!
Just as the cannonball was about to strike him, Barn turned his restrained hands and seized Shuzo's hands, which were twisted at strange angles!
"Wave burst!"
Barn's aura suddenly surged, then erupted the instant it reached its limit!
A demon-like figure burst out of Barn's body, forcibly stopping the cannonball and its tremendous energy in midair.
Shuzo immediately let go, trying to get away from Barn, but the situation had completely reversed. Now Barn held him fast, leaving him unable to take even a single step back. The demon that erupted from Barn passed through Shuzo, and the face that had worn such a