"Whew!"
Capone Bege drew a deep breath, thick smoke curling from the cigar in his mouth and drifting into the sky.
The atmosphere was tense, heavy, suffocating.
Having witnessed a Supernova pirate being taken down with a single kick, even Capone Bege, known as the Godfather, felt his scalp prickle.
More terrifying still, he had no idea who the man before him was.
The Navy actually had someone this terrifying in its ranks!
"How would you like to die?"
The casual words left the other man's mouth, making Capone Bege's gaze shift slightly.
"Talking about life and death before we've even fought."
"That's rather rude of you, Marine!"
He took a puff of his cigar and spoke calmly.
The very next second, his eyes abruptly sharpened.
"I'm not that little girl. As long as I stand here, I'm an impregnable fortress!"
As he spoke, countless doors appeared across his face, body, and clothes in the blink of an eye. Tiny figures pushed out cannons, shouting as they lit the fuses.
"Enjoy the excitement of ten thousand cannons firing at once!"
Capone Bege's voice was cold.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Deafening cannon fire erupted. Black cannonballs roared forth, growing larger in an instant as they hurtled toward River.
Almost immediately, they were right in front of him.
The two stood only a few dozen meters apart, well within the cannons' range and close enough for exceptional accuracy.
"Oh?"
River merely raised his eyebrows and smiled.
The next second, he took a step forward.
Hum!
Space itself trembled. Everything within several dozen meters of him seemed to fall still.
The cannonballs stopped, and Capone Bege froze in place.
At that moment, everything was paused.
Only River moved. He walked slowly forward, covering more than ten meters with each step.
One second,