The Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Glint-Glint Fruit were roughly on par, but highly developed electromagnetic power was an absolute hard counter to the Glint-Glint Fruit. Kizaru was the perfect opponent for Vegapunk to test his skills on.
"darling, are you going to deal with that wretched monkey?"
Hancock looked up at Kizaru with a face full of disdain.
"In that case, leave that fat pig to me!"
Kizaru, who was constantly shifting positions in the sky and releasing golden laser attacks at Charlotte Linlin, suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
To be honest, although Kizaru had been quite resistant to this mission at first, after arriving, he found that Charlotte Linlin didn't seem all that scary.
While Charlotte Linlin appeared mostly recovered now, she had actually suffered near-fatal injuries only two days ago.
No matter how strong her recovery ability was, she had only recovered about seventy to eighty percent at most, with a large amount of internal damage still accumulated.
Furthermore, due to the rapid healing, Charlotte Linlin had already consumed most of her stamina. To someone of Doflamingo's level, she naturally appeared as an unstoppable demon god, but to Kizaru, who was in the same tier as her, her current state was actually quite poor.
Moreover, the Charlotte Pirates were not by her side, her Homies were wiped out, and she had fallen into a complete frenzy because of Hancock's provocation. One could say this was the best time to deal with her.
The destructive power she displayed might not have changed much, but in the eyes of a top-tier expert, her threat level had dropped by more than half.
Kizaru even believed that if he just wore her down for a day or two, he had absolute certainty he could exhaust the Queen of Souls to the point of collapse.
At this point, Kizaru was getting excited. If you asked me to fight the Queen of Souls at her peak, I'd definitely wave my hand in refusal. But if you want me to fight this isolated, heavily injured, mentally unstable old hag, then this Admiral is definitely going to strike hard!
As long as I can take down this Emperor of the Sea, I can have as much vacation time or as many bonuses as I want! It will also make my reputation soar. No one will care how I actually won; they'll only see that this Marine Admiral easily cut down an Emperor of the Sea!
Just as Kizaru was feeling smug, his Observation Haki suddenly detected a silver flash of lightning. Then, the lightning arrived behind him and condensed into a human figure.
With a whoosh, intense electricity was condensed into a blade. Mixed with dense Armament Haki, it slashed straight toward Kizaru's back!
Kizaru was startled but not panicked. Although he was incredibly slippery in battle, bullying the weak and retreating from the strong, it didn't mean his combat experience as a Marine Admiral was lacking!
Facing the lightning blade mixed with Haki, Kizaru immediately tried to turn his body into light to dodge the attack. However, the Haki-infused lightning blade expanded rapidly, almost forming the shape of a giant cleaver, and slammed down.
Even more terrifyingly, Kizaru could feel his elementalization becoming incredibly sluggish, as if some special force were interfering with him, preventing him from reacting in time.
Pfft!
"Argh!"
With a pained grunt, the lightning blade slashed across Kizaru's back, carving a wound deep enough to see bone. At the last moment, the pained Kizaru relied on his super-fast reflexes to escape being cut in two, though he still suffered a significant injury.
"Who are you?! What kind of ability is that? Why did it block my elementalization?"
Standing on a rooftop, Kizaru's wretched old face finally took on a serious expression.
Kizaru didn't care if another Marine Admiral or Emperor-level powerhouse appeared in the world; those were problems for Fleet Admiral Sengoku and the World Government to worry about. He was just a soldier earning a paycheck.
But he did care if there was an opponent in the world who could counter his Devil Fruit ability!
The former might threaten the state of the sea, but the latter threatened his life! Because of this, Kizaru, who was usually glib and unwilling to tackle tough challenges, showed a serious expression for the first time, even erupting with terrifying killing intent.
"I won't tell you my name. As for why I blocked your elementalization? It's because I am an Electromagnetism Fruit user!"
"Don't you understand? Light is also a type of electromagnetic wave! Naturally, when you elementalize, I can also directly manipulate your physical form!"
Don't be fooled by Kizaru's unlearned appearance. In the original story, he was the leader of the Marine Science Unit. Although the main requirement for that position was being able to fight, being the head of that unit meant Kizaru himself had some understanding of scientific knowledge.
Kizaru was well aware of the relationship between light and electromagnetic waves, but he was also equally aware that those who could develop electromagnetic abilities to such an extent were as rare as phoenix feathers or unicorn horns.
After all, this wasn't the same as an ability awakening. Every user's direction for developing their Devil Fruit was completely different. Only someone with extremely high scientific literacy would develop the Electromagnetism Fruit's power in this direction.
For someone unlearned, they would basically only be able to develop the Electromagnetism Fruit into a metal-control fruit. Even if they were a bit smarter, they'd at most develop something like a railgun. Even if the fruit awakened, it would just mean more power and a wider range.
Knowledge you didn't know to begin with wouldn't suddenly become clear just because you awakened. If you didn't even know the direction to take, no amount of development would matter.
"Did a top scientist eat the fruit most suited for a scientist to develop and use?"
Kizaru's gaze gradually sharpened, and the killing intent in his heart continued to surge.
"Moreover... you just used elementalization? Can you actually develop the Electromagnetism Fruit to the point of ionizing yourself?"
"Take a guess!"
Vegapunk said to Kizaru with a faint smile, gripping the lightning sword derived from the Chidori Ninjutsu.
"Whew... it seems I have to change my target!"
Kizaru glanced at the now-quiet Charlotte Linlin, as well as Charlotte Smoothie, Katakuri, and Hancock standing before her, and murmured to himself.
Not knowing the relationship between these people, and not seeing Charlotte Linlin's slightly trembling body, it seemed to Kizaru that Charlotte Linlin had calmed down because her sanity had returned upon seeing the arrival of the two Charlottes.
Furthermore, seeing Charlotte Linlin's quiet appearance, she didn't seem to have any will to fight left. This made it convenient for him to deal with this Devil Fruit User who could counter him!
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