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  "Admiral Zephyr! I hear that the rising stars of the Marines were all trained by you. Could you give me some pointers on Armament Haki?" Arthur asked early, no longer dwelling on the previous issue.

  His words were genuine. He desired to learn about Armament Haki.

  His csh with the sunflower-masked man had been a loss due to his ck of Armament Haki. His hand still throbbed faintly. If he had known Haki, defeating the two agents would have been effortless.

  Hearing Arthur's words, Zephyr's eyes lit up. He immediately felt that this person could still be saved, could still be pulled back to the right path.

  "Teag you Armament Haki is not out of the question. But as I said before, as long as you're ready to join the Marines, anything is possible."

  "Oh? It seems I was mistaken."

  Arthur was disappointed, but it was within his expectations. Although Zephyr was benevolent, he clearly wouldn't help an enemy.

  Besides, Arthur was likely to bee a pirate.

  "It doesn't matter if that avenue is closed. There are plenty of people on the Grand Line who know Armament Haki. If worst es to worst, I'll just capture one and interrogate them. That'll solve everything."

  Arthur thought it through, then fixed his burning gaze on Zephyr. His fighting spirit began to boil. "Admiral, would you allow me to experiehe might of the Marines' stro fighting force? Let me see how far I am from the summit?"

  "....." Zephyr squirying to dis whether Arthur was an idiot or fident.

  Kizaru leisurely lit a cigarette, stepping out from behind Zephyr. "Hey, brat—let me be your oppo!"

  "You? Very well." Arthur twisted his neck, lig his lips, a cold smile on his face. "Be careful not to get killed! Electricity is more suited for offehan light!"

  Devil Fruits had superior and inferior terparts, and there were also mutually reinf cycles. Fire and smoke, for example. Without using Haki, they wouldn't be able to harm each other.

  But the retionship between the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Glint-Glint Fruit was strictly superior and inferior!

  What was light? Aromagic wave. If Arthur trolled Eleagic waves, he could definitely harm Kizaru, even if he didn't know Haki.

  "Don't talk big, kid!" Kizaru shrugged, indifferent to Arthur's words. "There are many pirates who want to kill me, but I'm still alive and well, while they... are all in Impel Down!!"

  That was y boast. With the Glint-Glint Fruit's speed, it was unlikely anyone on the Grand Line could kill him, except for Arthur!

  If he could influehe movement of Eleagic waves, it was equivalent to disabling Kizaru's ability, rendering him helpless.

  Then, relying solely on physical teiques, Arthur's ces of victory were very high.

  One day, he would wave his hand and make Kizaru crumble, f him to sing his praises.

  However, Arthur was still too young.

  Kizaru was about twice his age. So this time, Arthur was only trying to uand the power of the peak. Although Kizaru was far from the peak at this point.

  Arthur wao know how far he was from the summit. He needed a parison.

  "You'll soon find out if I'm talking big!" Arthur lowered his head. Lightning crackled around his body. The muscles of his steel-like body bulged.

  "Oh! The Rumble-Rumble Fruit. so scary!" Kizaru still looked crooked, but his eyes were serious.

  "....."

  He was smooth and sophisticated, well-versed in the ways of the world. Although he was flippant, he wouldn't uimate anyone.

  "Eleagism—Iron Sand Sword!" Arthur shouted in a low voice. The scattered iron sand reformed in his hand.

  This time, as he took his first serious oppo, the Eleagic waves on the Iron Sand Sword were deo an unpreted degree.

  "Ama no Murakumo!" Seeing Arthur using a sword, Kizaru extended his hands, pulling. Golden light gradually took shape.

  "Hahahaha! Be my stepping stone, Kizaru!"

  "Lightning—Teleport!" Arthur's blood began to boil. He instantly vanished from the spot.

  The instant, he appeared in front of Kizaru, sshing down with the Iron Sand Sword.

  "Your movement speed is indeed fast, but pared to me, you're still g!"

  Fag the oning sword, Kizaru's body gradually faded into photons from its inal spot.

  The trajectory of light was traceable. Arthur, with his strengthened reflexes, immediately discovered Kizaru's form appearing on his left.

  Without panig, he vanished again, telep into the sky.

  The sky was vast, expanding the range of movement.

  "My Eleagic waves 't get close enough to him to cause any harm." Arthur's mind raced, his brow furrowed.

  Kizaru probably had the Glint-Glint Fruit for a long time. His bat methods and experience were abundant. It was extremely difficult to get close to him, if not ht impossible.

  "Kid! Have you ever been kicked by light?" Asking a nonsensical question, Kizaru raised his right leg, aiming it at Arthur.

  His foot shoh a starlight-like glint. His leg transformed into a beam of light, kig out fiercely.

  Kizaru's light-beam attacks were horrifying. Through a special method of densation, they became ser beams, not only capable of inflig burning damage, but also exploding upon impact.

  "Divine Judgment—Thunder Dragon!"

  "Roar..."

  The Thunder Dragon roared. Blue electricity and a golden beam of light collided violently.

  "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!"

  The massive explosive shockwave shattered the already ruireet once again. All the nearby houses colpsed pletely.

  Fortunately, two members of bsp;had evacuated the civilians earlier. Otherwise, everyone nearby would have died.

  "Hhtening! To be able to fight me to a standstill at such a young age?" Kizaru spat out the cigarette butt on the ground.

  He retracted the Ama no Murakumo, pg his hands in a praying position, crossing them in front of his chest.

  He squinted and said softly, "—Yasakani no Magatama!"

  "Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"

  Photons densed into tless light particles in front of him, then instantly uowards Arthur, c a vast area in a fan shape.

  "When it es to area of attack, you'll never be able to pare to me, Kizaru!!" Arthur ughed loudly.

  "—Rain of Thunder!!"

  'Rumble'

  The Lightning accumuted in the clouds to its limit, smashing down towards this area.

  All the rubble was shattered into powder uhe immense pressure. Blue electric light ultimately drowned out the Yasakani no Magatama and Kizaru!

  A few seds ter, both the Lightning and the light beams disappeared pletely.

  Kizaru emerged slowly from the ruins. His clothes were still , showing no signs of distress, but the white hat on his head had vanished without a trace.

  The Rain of Thunder and the Yasakani no Magatama. It seemed Arthur had a slight edge!

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