The man who slowly emerged from the flames looked at the slightly startled Kizaru and spoke calmly.
"Your wounds healed already? Looks like the lesson I gave you last time wasn't enough..."
The newcomer was none other than Barn. Unlike the Supernovas, who had braced themselves for a formidable enemy when Kizaru arrived, Barn looked at him with undisguised contempt.
At Barn's arrival, the corner of the previously unruffled Kizaru's eye twitched. His wounds felt as though they had split open, twisting his mouth into an ugly grimace. Even his trademark teasing voice trembled as he looked at Barn and spoke.
"Hey, hey... Old man Sengoku never told me you were here too, Barn Bashut... My wounds are still aching, you know."
Hearing Kizaru's words, the three Supernovas present-"Red Flag" Drake, "Mad Monk" Urouge, and "Tsunami Voice" Apoo-all stared in shock at the man who had just walked out of the explosion with a faint smile.
"The great pirate with an unheard-of bounty of ten billion..."
"The one who destroyed a country in the East Blue..."
"Asura... Barn Bashut?"
"Someone like him is here in the Sabaody Archipelago too?"
Disbelief filled their faces, but then they breathed sighs of relief. They knew that with Barn here, they would no longer have to fight the Marines' greatest fighting force.
Barn laughed at Kizaru's words, but after a single chuckle, he exhaled.
The breath teemed with wild lightning, and a flash of lightning passed through Barn's pale eyes...
Thunder God's Breath-the ultimate combat form that cast aside all emotion and transformed him into the Thunder God!
Barn addressed Kizaru in a voice devoid of emotion.
"If your wounds haven't healed, stay in the hospital and recover, Kizaru..."
Kizaru's mouth twitched at Barn's words, and he answered with a bitter smile.
"Now I