Perona, Hogback, and Absalom, whom Barn had captured, cried out excitedly when they saw the enormous eyeball appear in the hole, as though they had spotted their last hope of salvation.
Barn's lips curled upward. He slowly turned back to the three excited captives and shook the chain in his hand.
The three immediately fell silent. In their eagerness just now, they seemed to have forgotten who had reduced them to this state and taken them captive.
Once the three stopped their babbling, Barn turned back toward Oars, of whom only a single eyeball was visible.
"This wall is in the way..."
"Slash!"
Barn spoke calmly with a faint smile, but the First-Generation Onikiri moved in his hand. A red light flashed, and the wall concealing the rest of Oars instantly crumbled!
"Waaah! That was dangerous, you know! You White Hair bastard!"
Barn's swift slash startled Oars. Once he saw that only the wall had been destroyed and he was unhurt, he shouted angrily.
Barn ignored Oars's angry words and smiled at the enormous body finally revealed before him.
"Seeing you with my own eyes... You really are an impressive sight, Oars the Demon!"
Angered by Barn's indifference, Oars shouted.
"I already finished off the Straw Hat Pirates! You're the only one left, you short White Hair bastard!"
With that, Oars raised his extraordinarily massive fist and hurled it toward Barn!
"Heh."
Barn neither dodged nor flinched. He slowly sheathed his sword, then extended his hideous, terrifying Ghost Hand toward Oars's fist as it came hurtling at him with a fierce rush of wind.
Bang!
"Aaaaaah!"
The two fists collided hard, but Barn did not retreat even half a step. His smile never faded as the fierce wind whipped past his sides. Barn was fine, but the three behind him