The information Kizaru let slip was a bit too terrifying!
Whether it was Kizaru colluding with the Konoha Pirates, or Kizaru having personally seen the Goddess of Rabbit, it all left everyone present deeply shocked!
Right now the entire sea was abuzz with heated discussions about the Konoha Pirates and the Goddess of Rabbit who had escaped the seal on the Final Island more than twenty years ago!
Kizaru ignored the others' shock, merely smiling as he looked at Akihara Kagura: "The one who once defeated me, that was the legendary Goddess of Rabbit, right?"
In fact…
Kizaru had already confirmed his own speculation.
As an Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Kizaru's combat power could be counted among the very top tier on this sea; he had once been a monster from the Navy Training Camp, and he knew that the strong in this world ultimately had limits…
If someone broke through those limits…
To the point where even someone like him could be treated like an ant…
Then that person would undoubtedly no longer be considered human, but a higher species altogether, a species often praised as "god" as a mark of reverence!
No matter how shocking Kizaru's guess was, no matter how much unease lay hidden in his heart, he still kept that same smile on his face, as if he didn't care about anything.
"It's her."
"You guessed right."
Akihara Kagura smiled and nodded at Kizaru.
"!!!"
Before he heard Akihara Kagura's definite answer, the corner of Kizaru's eye finally couldn't help but twitch; the heart of this Admiral suddenly started beating faster.
The one Kizaru was asking about seemed to be the Goddess of Rabbit…
Yet what Kizaru truly wanted was to deduce Akihara Kagura's identity from the identity of the Goddess of Rabbit, to verify his own conjecture about Akihara Kagura!
Kizaru was a smart man.
Back during the Alabasta incident, Kizaru had already figured out who the strongest in the Konoha Pirates was; even within the Konoha Pirates, not many could actually deal with a man like him who possessed the Glint-Glint Fruit Ability. With the ability to turn into light in an instant, escaping was practically unsolvable.
However…
Otsutsuki Kaguya could use that kind of instantaneous spatial-transfer ability!
This instantaneous spatial-switching ability was even more terrifying. Even the Konoha Pirates' Captain Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara had never used it; the two of them should not possess this power, otherwise Kaguya wouldn't have needed to act back then!
Otsutsuki Kaguya was the world-creating Goddess of Rabbit…
And Akihara Kagura, who used this same ability…
His identity…
Just how astonishing could it be?
"This is really…"
"Quite unexpected…"
After his mood passed through heaviness and shock, once he completely confirmed Akihara Kagura's identity, Kizaru instead felt a strange sense of relief inside.
"You guys…"
"What on earth are you talking about!"
"Goddess of Rabbit? That nonexistent person?"
Vegapunk rubbed his big head.
This scientific genius was ignorant of worldly affairs and only loved his own research. He had once seen the history of the world in the archives of O'Hara, and had never believed in the Goddess of Rabbit; he hadn't even understood the real riddle Kizaru and Akihara Kagura were playing at.
"Dr. Vegapunk…"
"Please be a bit quieter here for now!"
"I have personally seen the Goddess of Rabbit, you know!"
Kizaru pursed his lips in a smile, quieting Vegapunk down. His gaze was still fixed on Akihara Kagura, and he continued with a laugh: "If you want to stay alive, you'd better show as much respect toward Kagura as you're capable of understanding. His strength and identity are far more shocking than anyone we've ever met…"
"Old man Kizaru…"
Sentomaru stood beside Kizaru, a bit taken aback.
"He is…"
Bartholomew Bear stared fixedly at Akihara Kagura in front of him.
The body of this member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea was currently in the middle of being remodeled; his consciousness and emotions were almost gone, and he could only try his best to think about the man's identity.
A man whom even Kizaru treated with extreme respect!
A man who had ties to the Konoha Pirates!
The man everyone on this sea was watching!
The one standing behind the strongest Pirate crew in history, Konoha, supporting that bunch of monsters as they rampaged across the sea!
Under that man's direction, those monsters of the Konoha Pirates attacked the Holy Land Mary Geoise; even the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, who fancied themselves the descendants of the Creator and rulers of the world, had become prey that could be hunted at will, and they were even planning to hold a grand Heavenly Celestial Dragon slave auction on the Shampodi Archipelago!
"Let me do the introduction…"
Kizaru pressed his lips together, then chuckled as he began to speak: "Standing before you all is a true god, a god who truly once saved the world's Creator…"
Kizaru's face was still all smiles, still wearing that breezy calm; only the beer glass clenched tightly in his hand testified to the trepidation in his heart.
"Even that real bunch of monsters in the Konoha Pirates, even an Admiral of the Navy Headquarters like me, are merely under his command…"
"!!!"
Vegapunk stared at Akihara Kagura in disbelief!
Was this a joke?
This was the true Leader of the Konoha Pirates in every sense?
Ever since the Konoha Pirates' emergence, they had stirred up storm after storm across the world, leaving the World Government at its wits' end and helpless, forced to turn to him, a scientist…
The World Government had been constantly urging him to speed up his research into ancient technology, continuously providing ever-increasing funding for his scientific work, pushing him to quickly transform ancient technology into practical weapons, all just to deal with the threat of the Konoha Pirates!