Amid the roar of colliding energy, Gern rapidly processed the information Sengoku had revealed, his brow tightly furrowed.
Then he lowered his voice and pressed on. "So, the fact that you're here now...
means those five old bastards have decided to pin everything that happened here on Fisher Tiger down south?"
Maintaining his shock wave, Sengoku nodded slightly, his voice low and hurried. "Saint Nusjuro gave the order himself. Once we've 'reached an agreement' here,
the main CP0 force will immediately withdraw from the northern front and head south in full force to crush Fisher Tiger and the slave uprising. Kill on sight!
We have to hurry..." But before Sengoku could finish, Gern's expression abruptly darkened, and a flash of resolve crossed his eyes.
He cut Sengoku off with a low shout. "Sorry, Fleet Admiral!"
"Huh?! What?" Sengoku froze, not yet understanding what that apology meant.
The next instant, Gern abruptly pulled back the left hand that had been holding off the shock wave!
Pitch-black Armament Haki instantly coated his entire fist and forearm. His muscles bulged, and his stance became as solid as a mountain!
He gave Sengoku no time to react. The instant he drew back his fist, his fully charged left punch blasted straight forward like a shot from a railgun!
At his knuckles, the highly compressed vibration particles no longer spread out as shock waves. Instead, they condensed and spun to their absolute limit, forming a near-solid, pure-white drill-shaped shock wave that hummed at high frequency!
"Black Quake Piercing Drill!"
That strike was fast! Precise! Vicious! He held nothing back!
And it caught Sengoku completely off guard!
"Fuck!!! Gern, you!!!"
THUD!!!!
The heavy impact drowned out even the lingering roar of the colliding energy!
Transformed into the Golden Great Buddha, Sengoku had no time to mount