Kizaru said, "Anyways, whatever may be your reason, that still doesn't give you the right to kill a Celestial Dragon."
He casually placed his hands inside his pockets while speaking, his tone relaxed as if they were merely having a normal conversation instead of standing in the middle of a destroyed battlefield.
"How about this? I have a good suggestion for you which will make things easier for both of us."
Kizaru glanced at the wreckage of the Pacifistas scattered everywhere before continuing.
"You are quite strong, so if I fight you, it will take quite a lot of effort from me to subdue you. But you will be defeated at the end."
A faint smile appeared on his face behind those translucent yellow sunglasses.
"So how about this? You just, on your own accord, follow me to Impel Down and wait for your judgment."
The moment Gojo heard this, he suddenly laughed.
It was the kind of laugh someone gave after hearing an unbelievable joke.
"You got to be kidding me."
Gojo lightly adjusted the grip on his black blade while smiling.
"You must clearly know what my answer would be, right?"
The smile on his face widened slightly.
"That's never gonna happen."
The moment Kizaru heard Gojo's reply, he let out a small sigh.
Then he disappeared.
No warning.
No buildup.
One moment he was standing there casually, and the next moment he had already appeared directly in front of Gojo in the blink of an eye. Golden particles of light scattered briefly through the air where he had vanished from.
Kizaru's leg was already inches away from Gojo's face.
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
The kick descended instantly.
BOOOOM!
The moment Kizaru's leg should have struck Gojo's face, the entire surrounding area exploded violently from the sheer force behind the attack. The ground cracked apart while shockwaves spread outward, sending debris and dust flying everywhere.
Sentomaru instinctively shielded his face from the pressure.
A massive cloud of dust rose into the air.
For a brief moment, visibility disappeared completely.
But when the dust slowly settled and Sentomaru finally managed to see clearly again, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Kizaru's leg had stopped just a few inches away from Gojo's face.
It had never touched him.
The invisible barrier of Limitless stood between them like an untouchable wall.
Even an Admiral's light-speed kick could not cross that distance.
Seeing this, Sentomaru immediately shouted, "Uncle, use Haki! Or else you can't reach him!"
Sentomaru clenched his fists tightly while speaking.
"You have to use Armament Haki against him if you want to breach his barrier!"
At the same time, Gojo was not someone who would silently take an attack either.
Almost the instant Kizaru's kick stopped before his face, Gojo's black blade had already moved.
The sword in his right hand, already coated with invisible Armament Haki, was swung directly toward Kizaru with terrifying speed.
SHING!
The slash tore through the air violently.
But Kizaru's reaction speed was equally monstrous.
At the very last moment, his body transformed into streaks of golden light as he stepped backward several steps, barely evading the blade.
Even so—
RIIIP!
A clean cut appeared across Kizaru's yellow three-piece suit.
The fabric split apart from the slash, fluttering lightly in the wind.
However, despite how close the attack had been, no blood appeared.
No skin damage.
No injury to Kizaru's body at all.
Golden light particles slowly drifted around Kizaru as he glanced down at the cut on his suit.
Then he looked back at Gojo again.
"Ooh..."
For the first time, the relaxed expression on Kizaru's face seemed to fade ever so slightly.
"That was dangerous."
Kizaru had also felt Gojo using Haki to coat his sword with Armament Haki.
"Ooh, Haki... that is scary."
Although Kizaru used the word "scary," his tone remained completely nonchalant, almost careless, as if he did not particularly mind it at all.
Golden particles of light slowly drifted around him.
Then, in the very next instant, Kizaru disappeared from his location again.
His speed was terrifying.
Even Sentomaru, despite being experienced enough to follow high-level battles, could only barely catch traces of golden light moving across the battlefield.
Kizaru instantly appeared in front of Gojo once more.
And again, he spoke the same sentence in that relaxed tone.
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
This time, however, things were different.
To ordinary people watching from afar, the kick looked almost identical to the previous one. But both Gojo and Sentomaru could clearly tell the difference immediately.
This time, Kizaru's leg was coated with Armament Haki.
Armament Haki covered the glowing leg while golden light continuously radiated around it, combining both overwhelming speed and destructive force together.
Gojo's eyes narrowed slightly.
He had already sensed Kizaru's movement.
But sensing it and reacting to it were two completely different things.
Kizaru's speed was simply too fast.
Before Gojo's body could fully respond, Kizaru's Haki-covered kick had already torn through the Limitless barrier and slammed directly into Gojo's chest.
BOOOOOOM!
The impact was monstrous.
The surrounding ground exploded apart instantly while a massive shockwave spread outward in all directions. Gojo's body was launched away like a cannonball, blasting through multiple buildings one after another.
CRASH!
The first building shattered apart completely.
CRAAASH!
Then the second.
Then the third.
Walls exploded into rubble while glass and debris rained everywhere. Entire buildings collapsed one after another as Gojo tore straight through them from the sheer force of Kizaru's kick.
Smoke and dust rapidly filled the area.
The people who still remained around those parts of the Sabaody Archipelago immediately started running in panic.
"Run!"
"Get away from here!"
People screamed while fleeing desperately from the collapsing buildings, fear visible on their faces as debris crashed onto the streets around them.
Meanwhile, deep within the ruins of the last destroyed building, silence briefly lingered.
Then suddenly—
BOOM!
The pile of rubble exploded outward violently.
Broken stones and shattered wood were forcibly pushed away in every direction as an invisible force erupted from within.
Gojo stepped out from the destroyed rubble.
He had used his Limitless to push all the debris away from his body.
Dust drifted around him as he slowly stood upright.
Then he lightly coughed.
A small trail of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
Clearly, Kizaru's kick had landed perfectly.
Gojo wiped the blood away with his thumb while frowning slightly.
"Damn..."
His chest still hurt from the impact.
"His speed is very fast."
Gojo rolled his shoulders slightly while speaking, feeling the lingering pain spreading through his body.
"Even after I used Armament Haki and Iron Body simultaneously, the impact from his kick was huge."
Despite the damage, however, there was no fear on Gojo's face.
Instead, the excitement in his eyes seemed to grow even stronger.
But at this very moment, Kizaru was already in front of him again.
The Admiral moved so fast that golden streaks of light were still lingering in the air behind him.
Kizaru's punch was already moving toward Gojo at full speed.
The glow from Kizaru's left fist illuminated both of their faces at close range. His fist, coated with invisible Armament Haki and surrounded by blinding light, looked like a miniature sun descending directly toward Gojo.
Before Gojo could fully stabilize himself—
BOOM!
Kizaru's punch tore through the Limitless once again and slammed directly into him.
The impact exploded outward violently.
Gojo was sent flying another time, his body crashing through several more houses in succession. Walls shattered apart while rooftops exploded into fragments, dust clouds rising everywhere as debris scattered across the streets.
CRASH! BOOM! CRACK!
The civilians who had not yet escaped screamed and ran even further away in panic.
But this time, things were different.
Gojo adjusted himself midair and quickly regained balance instead of helplessly tumbling through the buildings. The moment he landed and slid backward across the ruined ground, his feet dug deep grooves into the street before he finally stopped.
Dust drifted around him.
Gojo exhaled slowly.
I have to focus. I can't go on like this.
The gap in raw speed between him and Kizaru was simply too large. If he continued reacting normally, he would keep getting overwhelmed before his body could properly respond.
So Gojo immediately entered complete concentration.
His Observation Haki expanded to its fullest.
The world around him seemed to slow down slightly.
And then—
A vision appeared in his mind.
Kizaru would appear directly in front of him again, this time attacking his stomach with a kick.
Gojo's eyes sharpened.
Future Sight.
The instant the future became clear to him, Gojo moved without hesitation.
At the perfect timing, his body shifted sideways.
And exactly as he had seen—
Golden light exploded in front of him as Kizaru appeared at that exact location. His glowing leg, coated in Armament Haki, swept horizontally toward Gojo's stomach at terrifying speed.
But Gojo had already started moving beforehand.
WHOOSH!
Kizaru's kick barely missed him by inches.
For the first time since their battle began, Gojo had perfectly dodged one of Kizaru's light-speed attacks.
Even Kizaru's expression changed slightly behind his sunglasses.
And Gojo did not waste that opening.
The moment he dodged, his counterattack was already prepared.
Gojo immediately swung his black blade toward Kizaru. Invisible Armament Haki coated the sword heavily as the blade sliced through the air with deadly force.
However, Kizaru was also a master user of Observation Haki.
Whether he could use Future Sight or not was questionable, but his reaction speed was still monstrous.
The instant he sensed Gojo's sword approaching, Kizaru reacted immediately. He shifted his leg from the horizontal kicking position into a vertical defensive stance at unbelievable speed.
CLANG!
Kizaru's Armament Haki-covered leg collided directly against Gojo's Haki-coated sword.
A violent shockwave erupted from the collision.
The surrounding air exploded outward while the debris around them was blasted away in every direction. Broken walls, shattered stones, and building remains were flattened instantly under the sheer pressure released from their clash.
BOOOOM!
The ground beneath them cracked apart further.
Dust storms spread throughout the ruined street while golden light and black Haki sparks exploded from the point of impact.
For a brief moment, both of them remained locked against each other.
Gojo's blue eyes stared directly into Kizaru's hidden gaze behind the yellow sunglasses.
And Kizaru slowly said in his usual lazy tone,
"Ooh... now you can react to me."
But clearly, Kizaru was physically stronger than Gojo.
The moment their clash continued for more than a second, Gojo could feel the overwhelming force pressing against him. Kizaru's Armament Haki-covered leg pushed against Gojo's sword with terrifying strength.
BOOM!
Gojo was forced backward several steps, his feet dragging across the broken ground while cracks spread beneath him.
And Kizaru did not give him even a moment to breathe.
The instant Gojo was pushed back, Kizaru was already upon him again.
Golden light flashed.
Kizaru's fist, coated in invisible Armament Haki, shot directly toward Gojo's face at blinding speed.
Gojo's eyes sharpened.
Future Sight activated once more.
The future image appeared in his mind a fraction of a second ahead, and Gojo immediately reacted in time. He tilted his body sideways just enough to dodge Kizaru's punch as it blasted past his face.
The pressure from the punch alone distorted the air beside him.
Without hesitation, Gojo jumped backward and created some distance between himself and Kizaru.
Dust scattered beneath his feet as he slid to a stop.
This time, however, Kizaru did not immediately launch another simultaneous attack.
Instead, he paused.
Golden particles slowly drifted around him while he looked at Gojo through his translucent yellow sunglasses.
Then, as if he had suddenly realized something, Kizaru spoke in his usual lazy tone.
"You can use Future Sight?"
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"Ooh... that is scary."
Gojo remained silent, keeping his sword raised while focusing completely on Kizaru's movements.
Kizaru then paused for another brief moment before speaking again.
"But..."
His body began glowing brighter.
"How long can you react to the speed of light?"
The instant those words fell—
Kizaru vanished.
Gojo immediately used Future Sight again.
He saw the incoming attack.
But this time, even after seeing it, his body did not have enough time to fully react.
Kizaru's speed was simply too overwhelming.
BOOOM!
Kizaru's kick slammed directly into Gojo once again.
This time, however, the angle of the kick was downward.
The force smashed Gojo into the ground violently before sending him rolling across the ruined street. His body bounced multiple times against the shattered ground, creating deep craters and scattering debris everywhere before finally stopping at some distance.
Dust and broken stones flew all around him.
But Kizaru still did not stop.
Not even for a second.
Golden flashes of light erupted from every direction simultaneously.
Kizaru moved around Gojo at terrifying speed, appearing from different angles one after another while continuously attacking him with punches and kicks coated in Armament Haki.
BOOM! BAM! CRASH!
Each attack landed with monstrous force.
A kick struck Gojo's side.
Then a punch slammed into his shoulder.
Another kick crashed into his back before he could properly stand.
Gojo tried using Future Sight repeatedly, but Kizaru's relentless speed and continuous barrage gave him almost no room to fully react. Even when he saw the future, his body could not always keep up in time.
Kizaru attacked from every direction like a beam of living light.
The battlefield was filled with countless golden flashes.
Shockwaves continuously exploded outward while nearby ruins collapsed further from the pressure of their battle.
At this moment, Gojo almost looked like nothing more than a punching bag being assaulted from all sides.
Sentomaru watched this scene from the distance with a tense expression.
Even he could barely follow Kizaru's movements anymore.
Only flashes of golden light and violent explosions could be seen everywhere around Gojo's position.
And amidst those endless attacks, Gojo clenched his teeth while forcing himself to stay focused.
Damn... his speed is insane.
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