"Black Rope - Giant Tornado!"
As Zoro finished speaking, a black sword aura tornado swept towards Sentomaru and several Pacifista. The fierce wind stung Sentomaru's cheeks even from a distance.
" Roronoa..."
Sentomaru murmured to himself, his eyes filled with solemnity. He then raised the giant axe in his hand high, covered it with Armament Haki, and slashed it down fiercely.
The other Pacifista on the other side were also busy, all accumulating energy in their mouths and emitting beams of light.
"Boom!"
The moment these attacks made contact with the sword energy tornado, they unleashed a tremendous roar and generated a powerful shockwave that spread outwards.
After all the commotion subsided, neither Zoro nor Sentomaru was injured, and they found themselves in a stalemate.
Sentomaru narrowed his eyes, about to rush out again, when a man blocked his way.
"Stop! Sentomaru!" Kizaru shouted at Sentomaru, blocking his way.
"Grandpa, what are you doing! Why are you stopping me?" Sentomaru couldn't help but complain when he was stopped.
"I'd like to ask you what you're planning to do!" Kizaru said irritably.
I want to catch pirates!
"Our mission here is only to capture those imposters from the Straw Hat Pirates and the pirates they've fooled; the real Straw Hat Pirates are not included!"
After saying that, Kizaru turned to Zoro and said, " Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro! What are you doing here?"
Upon hearing this, Zoro raised an eyebrow and said, "As a pirate, I shouldn't need to tell you why I'm here, a Marine, right?"
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, Kizaru frowned, narrowed his eyes, and stared intently at Zoro. After a long while, he suddenly smiled.
"That's true! You're a pirate, so you don't need to answer anything for us, but I still want to ask one question..."
"Since you're here, does that mean your pirate crew is all on this island? To be more precise, is Xia Chen... here too?"
Just as Zoro was about to answer "I don't know" again, a voice rang out from not far away.
"Does Admiral Kizaru really think of me that much? He even went out of his way to inquire about me. I'm truly flattered!"
In an instant, everyone's gaze turned toward the source of the sound, where a handsome, black-haired man dressed in white was slowly walking toward them with a smile.
The moment he saw the person, Kizaru's expression turned serious, and he said, word by word, " Xia Chen!"
The thing he least wanted to see still happened!
Actually, he had a bad feeling when he saw Zoro appear, but now that feeling has come true.
He was now feeling a bit of a headache; if he had known Xia Chen was really here, he would never have come!
Kizaru now deeply regrets his earlier eagerness, rushing over in a frenzy after hearing that someone was impersonating the Straw Hat Pirates.
Now we're in a bind!
However, Kizaru wasn't too worried. Although he hadn't had much contact with Xia Chen, he had a general idea of Xia Chen's personality.
Generally speaking, he won't attack them unless they provoke him!
His biggest fear now is that Xia Chen will use Sentomaru on Zoro as a pretext, which would cause trouble.
Thinking of this, Kizaru couldn't help but want to give his nephew a good whack on the head; he's always causing trouble!
Meanwhile, the remaining pirates who hadn't fallen all widened their eyes upon hearing Kizaru's words, their gazes all falling on Xia Chen.
After a long pause, a pirate suddenly shouted, "It really is Xia Chen the Sovereign! He looks exactly like the man on the wanted poster!"
"And that green-haired guy over there, that's the real Roronoa Zoro too!"
"The real thing is definitely different from those fakes. It looks incredibly Haki!" A group of pirates chattered amongst themselves, seemingly forgetting that they had praised the counterfeit goods in the same way before.
Their faces were filled with joy; they were saved today!
Thinking of this, one of the pirates roared at Xia Chen, "Boss Xia Chen, hurry up and kill these marines! How dare they attack us? They're really asking for trouble!"
"That's right, Boss Xia Chen, let them see your strength! Kill them all, especially that Kizaru! He killed so many of our brothers, we can't let him get away with this!"
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, both Xia Chen and Kizaru turned to look at him.
Being stared at by two top-tier experts at the same time, the pirate instantly felt his legs tremble and cold sweat bead on his forehead. He then stammered and asked:
"Xia... Xia Chen, did I... say something wrong?"
"What do you think?" Xia Chen asked calmly.
Are you teaching me how to do things?
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone felt that the surroundings suddenly became much colder, and then ice crystals began to condense in mid-air.
The next second, the ice crystals surrounding the remaining pirates rapidly climbed up towards them.
In the blink of an eye, countless lifelike purple ice sculptures appeared before the remaining people, spreading a chill that made them feel cold.
"What... what is this?"
Kizaru's eyes widened in disbelief. He then abruptly turned to look at Xia Chen, his throat bobbing involuntarily, and asked:
"This... you did this?"
"Otherwise what?" Xia Chen asked calmly.
"!!!"
Although Kizaru already had the answer in his heart, he was still shocked to hear Xia Chen admit it himself.
He had no idea that Xia Chen could use ice abilities, and judging from the chill emanating from the ice, it was much stronger than Aokiji's.
If he faces off...
Hmm... It's sealed!
ε=(´ο`*))) Sigh!
Kizaru couldn't understand why Xia Chen could use so many abilities all by himself, including all sorts of strange and unusual things. Was he really not human?
But it doesn't matter anymore. Even if Xia Chen doesn't have the ability to freeze, what he has shown in the past is enough to make them despair.
Adding this one more won't have much impact on them, since they haven't had any intention of opposing Xia Chen since the Paramount War.
When the enemy is weaker than Kizaru, Kizaru will make an exaggerated expression with his lewd face and say, "How scary!"
When Kizaru faces an opponent of similar or slightly stronger strength, if he doesn't want to fight, Kizaru simply raises his hands; if he does want to fight, he doesn't waste words and immediately unleashes Yasakani no Magatama.
When facing an opponent far stronger than himself, someone he has no chance against, Kizaru can only say one thing...
I'm just a salaried worker; I don't care about all that fighting and killing!