Chapter 185

You think what you say counts?

And he's even wearing sunglasses!

Unconvinced, Borsalino's fingertip flared with Jin Guang, about to use his laser beam as before to force Lord Sima to drop his blade—otherwise he'd have been frozen stiff by now.

But the move that always worked before......

This time he only felt the light was blindingly harsh, and as he involuntarily let out a "Hoo hoo hoo——" baboon cry, his eyes were also flash-blinded and lost their sight—even the sunglasses were useless!

What Lord Sima said... it actually counted?!

Although he still forced Lord Sima back, breaking the Hundred Percent Empty-Hand Catch Bai Ren.

But the damage Borsalino took was even greater!

"You brat, you're really a Xie Sect!"

Borsalino's face went dark, "Hoo hoo hoo——" he flew back into midair, crossed his arms in an orchid-finger pose, and from his fingertips flashed light as he fired countless dazzling light bombs at the ground, unleashing an ultra-wide-area bombardment!

"Hoo hoo hoo—— Yasakani no Magatama!!"

This guy's getting desperate!

Lord Sima activated the Rabbit Talisman and appeared before Luffy, spreading his bewitching twin wings and standing there with no defense at all.

The vibranium on the Gemini battle suit had near-BUG-level suppression against pure energy, so all the light bombs were directly bounced off, unable to cause him any harm.

Lord Sima was suddenly quite curious about what Borsalino was thinking right now.

【Telepathy!】

His powerful spiritual force let Lord Sima hear Borsalino's inner thoughts at this moment.

He unexpectedly learned an earth-shattering great secret!

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Lord Sima activated Telepathy, intending to hear how Borsalino would roast him, but unexpectedly...

He actually heard an earth-shattering great secret!

【"Yo—— this kid is really a Xie Sect."】

【"Dragon also told me to let them off easy, hold back and wait for Kuma to come send them away."】

【"And the result is my damn eyes got flash-blinded, where's Kuma?"】

Borsalino's muttering made Lord Sima involuntarily widen his eyes!

Borsalino and Dragon seem pretty familiar?

Thinking about it, it's possible.

Borsalino and Dragon should be Marines from the same intake, might even be classmates, having a connection is perfectly normal.

But......

Are Borsalino and Dragon just ordinary acquaintances?

Or......

Is Borsalino, like the Tyrant Kuma, also a Revolutionary Army undercover?

【"Damn it! If Kuma doesn't come soon, I can't keep up the act anymore. Fighting two bounty-300-million pirates this long is way too fake."】

Hm?

Can't keep up the act?

Perfect!

Lord Sima needed a punching bag, and Borsalino—who wouldn't hit back—was just right.

"Admiral Huang Yuan, I didn't expect you could actually force out this move of mine." Lord Sima feigned madness: "Then let me see whether you can survive under this move!"

The Mangekyo Sharingan surfaced in his right eye, black flames ignited within his gaze, and even Borsalino, who had the speed of light, was caught off guard and burned on the shoulder.

"Fwoosh——"

"Hoo hoo hoo——"

Borsalino transformed into light elements to leave, but discovered the black flames followed like marrow clinging to bone—not only could he not shake them off, they showed a tendency to spread!

Having no choice,

Borsalino could only re-activate his elementalization, severing the parts stained by the black flames, revealing his "little fragrant shoulder."

"Yo—— what a pesky ability indeed."

But his actual thoughts were......

【"What the hell? This kid really is a Xie Sect!"】

【"Hoo hoo hoo——"】

【"Uh...... why am I shouting that in my head too?"】

Heh!

That look of words not matching his heart was unexpectedly a bit funny.

But Lord Sima's trump card clearly wouldn't be just one Amaterasu—this was only an appetizer.

With a raise of his hand,

Dense clusters of ink-black longswords poked their blades out from the Golden Treasury. These were weapons Lord Sima had materialized with his Word Spirit ability when bored, their entire bodies forged from Seastone.

Specifically countering Devil Fruit users!

With a wave of his hand,

Ten thousand arrows flew in unison, blanketing the entire space ahead, forcing Borsalino to flee even farther away.

That's exactly what I want — for you to run!

No more worrying about the passive of "Catching a Bare Blade with Empty Hands" triggering a hundred percent of the time.

Sima Di raised the Great Crimson Lotus Ice Wheel high to gather power, fusing the Hegemony's unique blue light with the Ice Wheel's freezing force, then kneading it together with the "Ordinary Punch" technique that concentrates the whole body and mind — and slashed down!

"Cross Flower!!!"

A cross-shaped ice slash over a thousand meters long appeared. Reinforced by the two-winged giant dragon's roaring frost breath, the space along its path was completely frozen, and the light was refracted by the ice crystals into a seven-colored spectrum, surging toward Borsalino as if pushed by a rainbow!

Borsalino could still dodge — that was the advantage of his Glint-Glint Fruit.

But......

The fleet of warships in the harbor couldn't dodge!

"Looks like I really don't have a choice."

Borsalino formed a sword of light in his right fist from his left palm — it was his "Ame-no-Murakumo."

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Borsalino met it head-on, slashing at the "Cross Flower" with a single sword!

"Boom—"

The collision wasn't all that violent, but it caused the entire "Cross Flower" to explode apart, shrouding a thousand-meter radius in ice fog — and Borsalino himself was nowhere to be seen.

Sima Di waved his blade and dispersed the ice fog.

He saw Borsalino still holding his sword-swinging pose, frozen into an ice sculpture standing on the frozen ground.

It seemed that strike just now,

Even Borsalino hadn't taken it easily.

But Sima Di didn't think Borsalino would be beaten this easily, and silently continued to build up his next move.

"Crack— crack—"

Cracks spread across the surface of the ice sculpture, light seeping out from the fissures, growing ever brighter until the solid ice shattered apart. Borsalino, the man of light, moved his limbs a little stiffly.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

"Yo — almost froze stiff there. Your ice is even colder than Kuzan's." Borsalino said lazily.

But in reality......

【"This kid is really from some Xie Sect! He can even freeze light? If Bartholomew doesn't show up soon, I'm going to have to fight back!"】

Fight back?

That depends on whether you get the chance!

"This is the first time I've ever used this move — be ready for it!" Sima Di warned.