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  <"Tekkai!">

  Speed ower. Uhe extreme speed of the lightning, the smiling-face mask man had no time to reao pce to dodge. He could only harden his body to withstand Arthur's all-out kick.

  "BOOOOOOMMMMMMM"

  Even though he used Tekkai tthen his body, he was still sent flying backwards, crashing into a building on the side of the street.

  "Cough, cough!"

  Aire row of houses was destroyed. Dust filled the air. The smiling-face mask man staggered out of the rubble—spitting up two mouthfuls of blood, his expression sinister and venomous.

  The cross-shaped ssh he had sent flying earlier pletely destroyed the distant shops, ly slig them in two.

  "Don't look at me like that. Hatred is just an excuse for a ck of power. Who you bme if you're weak and I beat you?"

  Arthur grinned down at him, twisting his neck, making crag sounds. It seemed like the fight had just been a warm-up, not satisfying at all.

  He had now pretty much firmed where his Physical skills stood.

  Maybe he was still some distance from the very top of the world, but he was fident he could catch up quickly. If he learned [Armament Hak.

  <"Tempest Kick!!">

  The sunflower-masked man appeared out of nowhere, using Moonwalk to fly into the air. A ssh flew from his foot, cutting down with a sharp, pierg chill.

  "Don't bring out this useless attabarrass yourself. Give me something useful!"

  Arthur tilted his body, not even moving his feet, letting the Tempest Kibsp;graze his cheek and slito the ground.

  This move was nothing more than using leg muscles, rapidly trag aending, geing kiiergy, and then kig out quickly, surpassing the speed of sound and causing the air in front of the leg to press, creating a "vacuum" and sending out a sharp ssh.

  Even if it owerful and fast, so what? As long as it eed, it could be dodged.

  If this attack were seen often, many people could predict it from the leg movements and dodge it easily, let alohur.

  "Let me show you what a 'Real' ssh is!"

  Arthur's tone was indifferent. He reached out and grasped. The iron sa around his waist reformed, bit by bit gathering in his hand, f a stantly flowing Iron Sand Sword!

  <"Lightning Ssh!">

  He sshed downwards. Lightning fshed. The blue electric current transformed into a crest-shaped bde, speeding towards the sunflower-masked man at lightning speed.

  The speed of lightning was such that even if oed, the body couldn't keep up. But at the instant Arthur raised his hand, he had already sehe threat of death.

  After all, he was a member of the stro intelligence agency, CP0, hohrough life-ah struggles. His body couldn't dodge, couldn't make any movements, but his thoughts were still very fast.

  <"Tekkai!">

  He made the best response he could to this lightning ssh. At the same time, his body moved to the side as slowly as a turtle.

  Arthur could evehe blood rushing to the surface of the sunflower-masked man's hand.

  He watched the electric ssh pass by, disappearing without a trace. The sunflower-masked man sighed in relief, gd to have dodged this fatal blow.

  Before he could celebrate—

  "Ssshh..."

  His entire arm fell from his body. Blood spurted out several yards, staining the ground red.

  This lightning ssh was so fast that it severed the sunflower-masked man's arm before he even realized it. He didn't even know he had been hit.

  The blood tio spray. If it tinued, he would be severely damaged.

  The smiling-face mask man naturally couldn't watch his panion die in front of him. Otherwise, not only would the mission fail, but he would also be punished for his ina.

  <"Shave!!">

  His figure fshed out of the ruins. He grabbed the sunflower-masked man, who had lost too much blood and passed out, the smiling-face bsp;agent pnning to escape.

  "You think you e and go as you please?" Arthur smiled coldly. He swung the Iron Sand Sword without hesitation.

  A blue electric light sshed out from the tip of the sword, dazzlingly beautiful!

  ....

  <"Yata no Kagami!">

  Just then, Kizaru's creepy voice reached them.

  Before the bsp;agents could engage, Zephyr and Kizaru, resting at the Marine branch base, had sehe otion. They knew something was wrong and immediately rushed over.

  Kizaru—with his Glint-Glint Fruit, was the fastest, arriving first. He used Yata no Kagami to reflect Arthur's electric light, saving the lives of the two bsp;agents.

  Afterward, the robust and imposing Admiral Zephyr arrived betedly, standing in front of the two injured men, staring gravely at Arthur.

  "Admiral Zephyr, be sure to capture him. This person is extremely dangerous, another unstable element on the Grand Lihe smiling-face mask man said through gritted teeth.

  As the Wover's stro intelligence agency, he had never been so miserable, forced to flee i. It was a disgrace.

  "You take him back to the base for treatment first..." Zephyr waved his hand without turning his head, his eyes still fixed on Arthur.

  Because the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's speed was too fast, one careless moment could result in being hit. He couldn't be distracted.

  Fighting against someoh extreme speed, one couldn't be distracted. Once distracted, one might be hit. This had nothing to do with bat experience or awareness.

  "Well, well, this young fellow is quite scary!" Kizaru made his scared face, but he casually lit a cigarette, not showing any signs of fear at all.

  "You must be the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user who sank an isnd, Seabury D. Arthur, correct?" Zephyr asked sternly.

  Arthur squi the two, shrugged, and said, "That's me. Admiral Zephyr, do you have any advice?"

  "I don't know if those two told you, but the Wover wants to invite you to join the Marines!" Zephyr's tone was filled with anticipation.

  "With your ability—If you learn [Armament Hak, you could easily bee the Marines' stro fighting force!"

  It seemed he was used to being a teacher. When he saw someoh potential, he wa them to the path hteousness.

  "Join the Marines? What a joke. I am free. No one restrain me. Besides, I 't stand taking orders!" Arthur stared at Zephyr and Kizaru standing beside him. He realized he had uimated the stro fighting force of the Marines.

  With his current abilities, unless he flew into the sky and used ratacks, there was no way he could defeat Zephyr. This was his intuition, without any basis, but he was very sure of it.

  Even though Zephyr had lost his family to Pirates and had lost his fhting spirit, he was still not someone ordinary people could defeat.

  And, even if he flew into the sky, there was a Kizaru with flight ability watg him ily.

  "'t stand taking orders?" Zephyr's muscles instantly bulged, his aura fierce. He was about to explode in anger. Because those who said such things, eighty pert of them became Pirates.

  In his view, Pirates, these wless individuals, should all be locked up in Impel Down.

  It was a matter of differing viewpoints!

  In a world where power was supreme, who wouldn't want to be anded and ordered around? Who wouldn't want to live freely? Most Pirates were like this, and so was Arthur.

  But the Marines wao maintain order on the seas.

  Different viewpoints, so flict arose.

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