Sparking arcs of electricity spread across the dirt like a nest of startled snakes. The black humanoid, with the sunlight at his back, cast an even broader shadow.
Just looking at this pitch-black humanoid... creature? made Diamante feel a little dizzy.
The pirates fought back hysterically, but the instant their bullets passed through an invisible barrier, sparks burst out. With crisp, glasslike cracks, the bullets veered off to one side.
-Type IV Artificial Angel: Emperor's Guard.
Based on Sephiroth's personal interests, the mass-produced Type IV Artificial Angels had been modeled after the Ursus Guards from a certain Arknights game.
A whisper like scraping metal came from beneath his full-face respirator mask. He raised his hand, and lightning gathered, taking the shape of wildly dancing silver snakes and sounding like a thousand chirping birds.
"...This thing! Could it be?!"
As a top executive, Diamante knew some of the inside story.
-Was this a product of Babbage and Satellite Shining's collaboration? Damn it! That useless Monet! How could she not know about intelligence this important?!
Chaotic lightning bolts shot out in a conical fan, filling the air with the distinctive smell of lightning breaking through the atmosphere. The ordinary members of the Diamante Army fell beneath the electric barrage, trailing black smoke.
Diamante was still quite agile and easily escaped the Imperial Guard's attack range.
His bounty might only have been ninety-nine million Beli, but that was because it had stopped increasing once he came under a Shichibukai.
(Although it was never shown in the story, the official character cards confirmed that both Diamante and Trebol could use both types of Haki. Their proficiency was probably only average, though.)
"Yaaah!"
Dellinger, who wore a baseball cap and had two horns on his head, let out a strange cry. As a human and