As Kizaru pursued Pryce with full force, although Kizaru had developed the Pika Pika no Mi for many years and was naturally faster than Pryce, who had only recently awakened the same fruit, Pryce had the advantage of the Magu Magu no Mi.
Whenever Kizaru was about to catch up, Pryce would immediately summon a pillar of magma or a thick slab of molten rock to block Kizaru path! Before long, Kizaru who was accustomed to slacking off and taking it easy, began to grow impatient!
Coincidentally, Luffy and his crew, the original targets of Kizaru mission arrived at the small square.
'Let's deal with these brats first!' Kizaru thought frowning.
"If I fail to catch Pryce and also miss Strawhat, the main culprit behind the attack on the Celestial Dragons, Fleet Admiral Sengoku will definitely lose his temper!"
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"This young man seems quite strong too!" Law exclaimed in surprise.
"He managed to escape Kizaru full pursuit so effortlessly!"
"That guy is also quite famous!" Killer chimed in. "He's Pryce from the Whitebeard Pirates!"
"Pryce? The inventor of the Senzu Beans?" Law was shocked.
As a doctor, Law naturally knew about the Senzu Beans and deeply admired their inventor. He never expected to meet Pryce, the creator of the Senzu Beans today! However, given the urgency of the situation, there was no time to exchange pleasantries with Pryce.
Soon, Kizaru abruptly changed direction and charged toward them!
"Be careful!" Zoro shouted, drawing his swords.
"These brats are nothing but trouble!" Kizaru muttered, pursing his lips.
"Hey, move out of the way! You're about to get hit!" Luffy yelled as he ran.
Even Zoro couldn't help but facepalm. Luffy really was as carefree as ever!
Kizaru couldn't help but laugh. Originally planning to subdue Luffy first, Kizaru decided to target the others instead after seeing Luffy antics.
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" Kizaru asked with a smile, adjusting his glasses.
In the next moment, he appeared like a ghost in front of Killer. Caught off guard, Killer didn't even have time to draw his sword before Kizaru kicked him in the stomach. Killer was sent flying, blood spurting from the small holes in his mask.
"Killer!" Kid shouted, his eyes wide with shock.
"Kid, you should worry about yourself first!" Kizaru said, standing on one foot and picking his ear.
Kid eyes turned bloodshot as he glanced around.
"Mechanical Arms!" he roared, noticing the surrounding debris and scrap metal.
Countless fragments and pieces of metal rushed toward Kid at incredible speed. In an instant, Kid arms grew enormous, and he swung his massive steel fists at Kizaru.
"With that speed, do you really think you can hit me?" Kizaru sneered.
The next moment, Kid massive mechanical arm slammed down on the spot where Kizaru had just been standing! The terrifying force even caused the ground to collapse! Dust and debris filled the air.
"Got him!"
Kid face lit up with excitement as he exclaimed.
"I told you your speed wasn't enough, but you didn't believe me!"
Kizaru voice, like a ghost, suddenly appeared behind Kid. Kid heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat instantly dripped down his back.
"When did he—?!"
'He actually got behind me!' Kid thought in shock.
The next moment, before Kid could even react, Kizaru fist, glowing with golden light, struck him squarely in the back at an incredible speed!
Kid didn't even have time to scream before he was sent flying with tremendous force! His body crashed through four or five buildings before finally coming to a stop.
"Kizaru speed is insane!" Law, standing nearby, exclaimed with a look of shock on his face.
His astonishment towards Pryce only grew! Even with Kizaru speed, he couldn't catch Pryce!
How terrifying is that?!
But the next moment, Kizaru smug, sunglasses-wearing face appeared right in front of Law.
"Young man, you're distracted while fighting me, huh?" Kizaru said as he delivered a powerful kick with his glowing foot!
"Room: Shambles!" Law expression changed as he immediately activated his ability.
The next moment, Kizaru glowing kick struck a massive boulder instead! The enormous, incredibly hard rock was shattered into pieces by Kizaru kick!
"What a strange ability!"
"But it seems to drain a lot of your stamina!" Kizaru remarked curiously.
Though intrigued by the ability that allowed Law to swap places with objects, Kizaru quickly pinpointed Law location. Seeing Law panting heavily, Kizaru analyzed the situation with sharp insight.
Law face turned cold, but he remained silent.
"Let's see how many more times you can use that!" Kizaru vanished once again.
Law immediately activated his ability again, swapping places with a metal statue. Sure enough, even the sturdy metal statue was reduced to shards by Kizaru kick!
"Straw Hat crew, what are you waiting for?!"
"If you don't act now, none of us are getting out of here!" Law shouted at Luffy and the others after using Shambles to reposition himself again.
Luffy and Zoro exchanged a glance and then charged at Kizaru!
Kizaru frowned. "You youngsters really don't know how to respect your elders, do you?" Kizaru pouted in dissatisfaction.
But the next moment, Kizaru seemed to enter a godlike state, effortlessly dodging Zoro barrage of slashes! Not a single one of Luffy Gum-Gum Gatling attacks landed on Kizaru either!
"Hey, isn't that Ace little brother?"
"I should go help him!" Marco, recognizing Luffy face, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to step in to hold off the seemingly invincible Kizaru!
"Don't rush in yet. The people coming to save them should be here soon!"
"If they can't make it in time, you can step in then!" Pryce directly stopped the eager Marco and spoke earnestly.
"Save them?"
"Who would dare to get involved in this mess?" Marco asked in confusion.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be someone!" Pryce chuckled and sat down, looking at the battlefield in the distance.
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