Amid Saint Shepherd Sommers's praise, Aokiji could take no more. His low growl, forced through gritted teeth, carried on the freezing wind.
"Enough bullshit-I'm going to-smash you to pieces!"
Ice flowers burst from the ground beneath Aokiji's feet. He became a Freezing Gas afterimage, crossing half the platform in an instant as his Armament Haki-coated ice fist drove toward Bondrewd, trailing bitter cold.
"...Mr. Kuzan, you really are...enthusiastic."
Beneath Bondrewd's helmet, 'Sephiroth' felt a little embarrassed himself.
...I've wound Aokiji up so much that his personality's starting to feel like something out of Sea Tiger. Throw in a few 'yeh, yah, gwa, hee' sounds, and he'd fit right in.
-What a sin...
"...Tch."
Gunko activated her ability too. Arrows appeared beneath her and Sommers, tracing paths toward Bondrewd.
"Hey-Aokiji. Leaving aside whether you can actually do it, even if you can, we're supposed to take him alive!"
Standing on an arrow and letting it carry him forward, Sommers scratched his bushy beard.
Bondrewd couldn't be killed for good, nor could he be kept locked up. That was why the Five Elders had settled for less: for now, disrupting his plans would suffice.
On the other side...
"Ulti! Page One! Let's go!"
Black-and-red lightning wreathed Yamato's kanabo as she charged forward in great strides, heading straight for Bondrewd.
What had happened to Chabō's family genuinely disgusted her. But fighting a powerful opponent excited her even more.
"Oooh-let's beat 'em to death!!"
Ulti grinned. Her voice was quite cute; her choice of words was considerably more vicious.
"Yeah..."
Page One sighed and got to work.
Ace and Marco exchanged a glance. No words were needed.
Marco beat his wings, streaking straight toward Bondrewd with a brilliant trail of blue flames.
Ace lowered his body and followed close behind, Conqueror's Haki coiling around