The Charlotte family's greatest masterpiece, the foremost of the Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri.
The newly appointed Shichibukai, Deathly Lightning, Satellite Shining.
With two such formidable fighters facing off, the Marine soldiers wisely followed their survival instincts and withdrew from the area.
But for the two men involved, the situation was somewhat different from what the soldiers imagined.
Sephiroth and Katakuri both possessed special forms of Observation Haki, but their abilities were completely different in nature.
Before the actual battle began, Katakuri could repeatedly simulate different combat scenarios. Sephiroth's Emotion Absorption, however, was not mind reading; it only sensed emotions and intentions.
When the "simulation results" frightened Katakuri, Sephiroth only knew that his opponent had "looked into the future, then become extremely rattled." He had no idea what Katakuri had actually foreseen.
Thus, the instant they faced each other, there was no so-called "clash of consciousness" like those found in worlds of high-powered martial arts.
"What did you see?"
Sensing Katakuri's violently shaken state of mind, Sephiroth had asked out of simple curiosity. But apparently, that only made his opponent's mental state worse.
"-How on earth did you do that!?"
As though experiencing a stress response, Katakuri abruptly covered his entire body in Armament Haki, completely disregarding the wasteful expenditure.
Moreover, Katakuri's body seemed to be "arguing with itself." The intentions to "close the distance" and "widen the distance" arose almost simultaneously, leaving him frozen in place.
It was Sephiroth's first time sensing anything like this. Did the ability to foresee the future come with drawbacks like that?
"What are you asking? You're not giving me any context."
Even with the physique of an awakened Mythical Zoan, according to Sephiroth's latest tests on himself, his current physical abilities should have fallen somewhere between Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral level.
He was