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Two figures blurred across the oceans of the Grandline's Paradise, one a Golden Yellow followed by another which was a flaming Red. As they flew, several flame projectiles shot from the lagging figure, they were all barely and shakily dodged by the leading one.
Kizaru grimaced in frustration, usually he would have been much faster than the pirate at his heels; but unfortunately he had taken way too much damage from their previous exchange and was unable to go anywhere near full speed anymore.
'Argh.. Damn it… I lost too much blood, I need to get back to G2! Quickly!' Borsalino thought as he tried elementising himself entirely only to fail and spurt more blood from his mouth. The only thing that kept the Vice Admiral moving was his sheer willpower and Haki.
Or so he thought, but Adam wasn't chasing him with a simple blood thirst. In fact, he had a plan; if he could follow the Vice Admiral all the way back to his base, Kizaru would most likely be the highest ranking Marine.
'And if the highest ranking Marine is this heavily injured, the rest should be too weak to be a threat and I could lay waste to the entire base! That'll teach that filthy Monkey for challenging me! 'Supreme Commander' my perfect ass!' Adam thought as he put to use his newest addition to his 'Sky Burst' technique.
Fire ignited all around his body and ignited, using the force of its ejection to push him in any given direction almost like a jet's engines. Adam shot several Dismantles at the weakened Vice Admiral, both to try and weaken him further and also to push him into moving faster towards the Marine Base.
The two of them continued this deadly dance for nearly half an hour; in his panic fueled scramble to get to safety, Kizaru didn't even consider why although he kept losing speed, he was never caught, nor why Adam's usually pinpoint aim only got sloppier and sloppier.
Eventually, the Marine Base finally appeared at the end of the horizon almost like a light at the end of the horizon for Borsalino. Particles of golden light immediately began surging around the Vice Admiral, a second later he burst forward towards the base with Adam close behind.
To the shock of both of them, volleys of cannon fire were immediately fired at them as soon as they got within range. Adam swerved around mid air, dodging and weaving canon balls that detonated in mid air.
The Marine was completely unhindered by this however as the canon balls weren't made of seastone and his Logia abilities made him immune to all non-Haki based attacks.
'I don't know why the base is in full alert, but I'm not going to question it!' Kizaru thought as he sped past the gigantic Marine Base's ramparts which had a huge 'G-2' Logo right at its middle.
Adam tried to follow him into the base but was stopped by a massive shield coated in Armament Haki shooting at him; he slammed a flaming fist against it, causing it to dent and its owner to be pushed backwards.
The two of them landed at the top of the ramparts, the shield moved to the side to reveal a tall and bulky black haired marine, he wore a Rear Admiral's coat. "You'll go no further, Flameborne!"
"Rook-kun! Hold him back!" Siana called out, she was a marine in half hybrid Spider Zoan form with a Rear Admiral's coat on her human upper body. She also looked to be the one that launched Rook into the sky at him using a web sling shot.
"N-Not that I'm complaining, but how did you know that we would be attacked?" Kizaru questioned between bloodstained coughs, drawing concerned looks from his colleagues.
Siana reached forwards with her hands, causing silk to shoot from them and suture his wounds closed, "We received a call from higher up, they told us to keep on maximum guard as well as prepare the biggest fleet possible for sailing to Foolshout, they said that Flameborne was laying waste to it and you were currently facing him."
"Cough cough! Well.. You're not entirely wrong I suppose…" Borsalino answered, for once he was thankful for Saint Figarland's boundless obsessiveness and controlling behaviour as it had saved his life.
Adam clicked his tongue in annoyance, continuing to push forwards through the ramparts, with each step he slammed his fists forwards, causing dents and even cracks to form on the inky black shield of Rook. Then, his Observation Haki picked up nearly a hundred bullets shooting at him from nearly all directions.
He jumped backwards with a backflip, dodging nearly all of the projectiles and incinerating the others. Adam then took a moment to survey the base, the first thing he took notice of is that surrounding him was damn near a thousand lower level Marines.
There were some Captains and Commodores in there as well, but the most dangerous ones that his Haki picked were 4 in particular, each wearing a Rear Admiral's clothing. Kizaru himself was being protected by two of the Rear Admirals, one was the half Spider woman Siana and the other a silver haired bulky man, Kael.
The Vice Admiral was currently getting his wounds closed and could potentially reenter the fight in some way if given enough time. His eyes then squinted, he could see a fourth Rear Admiral approaching in the distance.
A wide grin covered Adam's face as he cracked his knuckles, he locked eyes with the first Rear Admiral who stood in his way and knew he had to take him out before the others could arrive to help. His body tensed as he kept his 'Speed Mode' activated, he would need additional speed if he was to pull this off in time.
The earth beneath the Lunarian shattered to dust in an instant as he Sky Bursted towards the shield wielding marine, in his path were several Marines that each were blasted away with flames. As soon as he arrived, he swung his fist at the shield, causing the dents he had already formed to deepen and the cracks to widen.
Bullets shot at Adam from all sides, causing him to smirk and track them with Haki before slamming his hands on the ground. Cleaves tore the ramparts apart, shattering not on the ground he and Rook stood on, but also the foundations that a good portion of the other Marines were on while also blocking the incoming bullets.
This disruption caused a gap to open in Rook's guard, allowing Adam to blur ahead and slide past it, grabbing onto the unprepared Rear Admiral's foot with a fiery hand. He continued sliding past as a loud agonising scream echoed in the air from Rook.
The shield-wielding Marine dropped to one knee as he had lost his foot from that one mistake, leaving him wide open as Adam came from behind and grabbed him. The pirate then swerved around with the Rear Admiral in hand, using him as both a human and actual shield against the horde of Marines.
Dozens of men hesitated from his unorthodox move, not knowing whether or not to attack him and leaving themselves vulnerable for his next move. Adam put one of his hands on Rook's eyes and began incinerating them while rushing ahead, this painful move caused the marine to unconsciously grip his shield harder and turn up his Armament Haki to max.
"R-Rear Admiral!" "Rook-san!"
The marines watched on in horror as their once proud comrade was used as a battering ram, smashing through their ranks and sending dozens of marines tumbling away with broken bodies. Alarms began blaring in Adam's mind, his Observation Haki picked up that Rear Admiral still rapidly approaching.
"Get away from him!" Rear Admiral Tessa shouted as she jumped towards him from nearly 100 metres away and threw an Armament Haki coated kick at him which he blocked using Rook's shield. The massive shield finally broke into pieces from her kick, sending shrapnels of metal into the nearby marine soldiers.
Adam smirked wildly at the sounds of pain around him as a new idea came to him, he swerved Rook in his hands then kicked him in the abdomen directly at Tessa. This move caught her off guard as she stopped her charge and caught him mid air.
"T-Tess? I-Is that y-you?" Rook murmured as he held his burned eyes, he was pretty sure Adam's flames had robbed him of his sight since he couldn't see a damn thing.
"I got you, Rook! Just hold on!" She replied, using her Observation Haki to orient herself and look for any nearby medics to drop him at.
"Oh how cute~! The little Marine Mutts are inbreeding!" Adam called out mockingly with a deeply amused grin, raising a finger to the sky as an orb flames began forming atop it, within a mere 2 seconds they formed a miniature Golden Sun. "Your filthy Monkey Masters must be so proud!"
"CRUEL SUN!"
With a flick of his hand, the molten star shot at the two Marines at blinding speeds. Tessa used Geppo and Soru to try and get away from it, but it was for naught as the Cruel Sun tracked them through the air. She turned around and shielded Rook from the Sun and tried to block it with her Armament Haki.
"TESS, NO!" Rook cried out, even without Observation Haki, the sheer heat that radiated from the Cruel Sun told him all he needed to know that she could not afford to take that hit.
A radiant flash of light blinded all those present as the two Rear Admirals were overtaken by the Cruel Sun's supernova, a few seconds later the flames cleared up to reveal Rook mostly unharmed. Tessa, on the other hand, was severely burned by the flames with her Rear Admiral coat as well as her upper body's clothes completely incinerated.
The half-spider Rear Admiral Siana surged forward, with a silver-haired Rear Admiral named Kael close behind, both desperately trying to intercept Adam. But they were too late. Adam launched himself with a Sky Burst, closing the distance to the two recovering Rear Admirals in an instant, his arm pulled back and coated in both Armament Haki and roaring flames.
"Dragon Claw!"
Adam's hand tore straight through Tessa's Haki coated back, causing blood to spurt from her chest like a geyser as his hand escaped from her body with her Heart in tow. The sound of lungs filling and choking on blood echoed through the air as a deathly silence sounded through the air.
He had achieved this technique using his experience against the Cipher Poll agents' 'Shigan' and 'Shugan' techniques, creating his own personal derivative – He brought together his pinky and ring finger then index and middle fingers to create a Claw-like technique designed to pierce straight through his targets.
"T-Tess?" Rook called out with a horrified whisper, he couldn't see anything but the sound and feeling of warm blood spurting all over him was unmistakable.
Tessa smiled bloodily at him, "Sorry, looks like it's my time now. Goodbye, Rook."
"W-Wait-!"
Rook was cut off by a spider web sticking onto his back and pulling him backwards away from her, he reached out and was about to scream her name when the words died in his throat at the sound of a loud squelch.
The source of the squelch was the sound of the Rear Admiral's heart being crushed in Adam's hand, along with that sound, the last embers of Tessa's life had been snuffed out.
The battlefield of G-2 was left in complete silence as they all mourned the loss of their colleague while surrounding Adam in hopes of ending the battle soon.
The Lunarian grinned in amusement as a low chuckle escaped him, he dropped the crushed heart from his grasp. He looked around himself for a moment before flames began leaking from the hand that was still in Tessa's body.
"Kuhahaha~! Those are some wonderful expressions you Mutts have! Did you like this one perhaps?" He asked as he began slowly pulling his hand out, the flames cooking her insides as the fire began solidifying. "You know what? I suppose it's time for a History Lesson!"
"Pop quiz! Does anyone know what happened to the Sun God Nika's family and friends following his Death?"
All he got were confused looks as it seemed like none of them had recognised the name, this only widened Adam's grin. He pulled out his hand completely from Tessa's back, but she stayed standing as her body was held up by the solidified flames flowing from his hand.
"Oh don't worry, I didn't expect you clueless Mutts to answer. But allow me to explain in simple terms: They were all hunted and slaughtered by your filthy World Government, just for the crime of being associated with him."
Adam activated his 'Invulnerability Mode' again as he pulled out the pole made of pure flames from Tessa's body, finally allowing her corpse to fall to the ground as both of its ends reformed themselves into razor sharp edges.
"Among them was his Son, and although his name was forgotten to time – We do know that he was executed, by a weapon that once belonged to us Lunarians." He explained while twirling the infernal Spear between his hands with grace before slamming one of its blades on the ground, causing a small explosion of fire.
"The name of that Spear was 'Longinus, The God Slaying Spear.'" The Lunarian revealed as he then lifted that same Spear's replica from the ground and held it with a firm grip near the center vertically at a slight angle by his side, its blazing form, along with the flames at his back cast a flickering shadow over his body.
"Now then, I'll only say this once and never again so you better listen up. Normally, I'd slaughter the lot of you without a second thought, but my Mother taught me to be kind to Clueless Children!" Adam called out as Gold and Black sparks began flowing from his body with the activation of his Conqueror's Haki.
"I'll give you all one chance! Kneel, or Run Away!" The Lunarian was covered by an aurora of sparking Black and Gold Haki, only allowing his silhouette and Golden eyes to be seen from within it. "Obey, and I'll allow you to keep your filthy, Miserable Lives!"
His will then flooded outwards throughout the G-2 Marine Base like a Golden flood, overtaking the entirety of the Ramparts and flowing over all the Marines. Instantly, hundreds of Marines lost consciousness and fell to the ground with foaming mouths.
Many among them were even Captains and Commodores, leaving only about 2 dozen Marines standing excluding Rear Admirals Kael and Siana. Kizaru was prepared to pick himself up from the ground from afar as his wounds had been mostly treated, deciding to stay put and recover as much as possible in case he was needed.
"Tch.. Looks like the reports were accurate, he possesses the Colour of the Supreme King, knocked out damn near all of our forces with it – This doesn't look good, Siana." Kael whispered quietly in an attempt to not worsen the morale of their troops, marching alongside the half spider woman as he did so.
He raised both of his hands as they began seemingly melting; within a second, they reformed themselves into new Silvery-Gray. One was reforged into a double sided hammer and the other a double sided axe, both of which were coated with thick Armament Haki.
This was possible thanks to the power of his Devil Fruit, it was the Logia Iron-Iron Fruit after all.
"We must do whatever it is we can do, Kael-kun. We have no other choice, the webs of fate are undeniable and unstoppable. If it is our fate to fall here, then so be it." Siana answered with a calm face, her 8 arachnid legs carried her forward with purpose, she was the user of the Zoan Spider-Spider Fruit - Model: Phoneutria Fera.
She then raised her hands upwards and began rallying the rest of her still standing troops, "My people, get ready! We can win this, he is but one man! We outnumber him 20 to 1 – all we need to do is hold him till Kizaru-san is recovered enough to join in and finish him."
"You're right, Siana-sama!" "We can win!" "I have your backs, go in!"
Adam stood back and watched on with an amused chuckle, taking in the sight of the Marines' collective movement. He was surrounded on all sides by high level Marine officers, from Captains to Commodores to Rear Admirals.
"Finally done exchanging pep talks, are we? I hope the little moment of breath I allowed you hasn't given you Mutts any unwarranted confidence, your lives were all forfeit for standing against me to begin with."
Adam surged forward at a nearby Captain before anyone could react, driving the flaming spear straight through his chest.
"Shall I deal with the fodder first?" He mused rhetorically, swinging the spear downward at an angle and slicing the Captain cleanly in two. In the same motion, he swerved the spear to block a blade swinging at him from a nearby Marine with Longinus' polearm.
Adjusting his posture, Adam slid the pole of his spear downward, letting it glide along the blade's length until it began glowing red. With a sharp flick upward, he sent the Marine's cutlass spiraling into the air. Without missing a beat, he thrust Longinus forward, piercing his opponent's neck with deadly precision.
Leaving the spear embedded, Adam used Soru to dart to the right, delivering a fiery punch to a Commodore's gut with his right hand. As flames erupted from his fist, he snapped his fingers, and Longinus tore itself free from the first Marine's neck, flying to his left hand. Without hesitation, he drove it through the Commodore's gut with deadly precision.
Sensing an attack from behind with Observation Haki, Adam reacted instantly. A Marine swung an axe, aiming to cleave him in half, but Adam coated his shoulder in Armament Haki. The axe struck and shattered on impact, the broken blade scattering uselessly to the ground.
"Oh~? Were you feeling left out?" The Lunarian asked mockingly as he turned his head around to look the shaken marine in the eyes with a grin before pulling Longinus backwards, causing him to cough up blood by stabbing him in the gut with the spear's other razor sharp infernal edge before twisting it to cause even more damage.
Adam was about to move further, but he was stopped in his tracks as a massive pressure crashed down on him, completely immobilizing him and enveloping him in a blue aura. His Observation Haki detected a Commodore pointing both hands at him and crushing them together, as if trying to contain something.
"A Devil Fruit user? These Rats really are troublesome!" Adam muttered as felt himself almost like moving in ultra slow motion, each centimetre of movement required nearly a 100 times more effort
"It's Commodore Vallis' Still-Still Devil Fruit powers!" "Now's our chance, get him while he's locked in place!"
Several marines attacked the immobilised pirate, yet to their shock although he was unable to actively move, all their attacks only left white marks on his body. Adam smirked with mirth as Crimson and Black sparks of Haki began forming from his body in his attempt to overpower the Devil Fruit's effect.
"You stupid mutts! I may be paralyzed, but I'm far from helpless!" He called out, unleashing a sudden eruption of flames in all directions, intent on incinerating everything around him.
The searing heat surged forward, but just in time spider webs shot out, ensnaring the targets and yanking them to safety, pulling them clear of the deadly inferno before any fatal damage could be done. They crumbled on the ground next to Siana, burned severely but still living.
"As for you… You should know this already, but allow me to illustrate!" Adam muttered as he locked eyes with Commodore Vallis from afar while ramping up his output of Haki. "Only Haki can Transcend All!"
Black and Crimson sparks crackled violently around Adam before exploding into a surge of lightning, shattering the blue aura that encased him. Just in time, Rear Admiral Kael closed the distance, swinging his Haki-coated axe hand down with lethal intent.
Adam reacted instantly, parrying the strike with precision and countering with a flaming punch to Kael's gut. Flames roared from his fist, the impact sending Kael hurtling backward. Adam watched as the Rear Admiral's gut seemed to melt under the intense heat, only to reform and harden moments later. From afar, he caught sight of Commodore Vallis, blood trickling down from his eyes.
'Breaking free from his hold caused his eyes to bleed - a drawback, perhaps? Either way, I must neutralize him before he tries it again,' Adam thought, his mind racing with ideas as he analysed the battlefield.
In an instant, he launched himself into the air with a Sky Burst, soaring out of reach of his enemies. Raising a hand to the sky, flames began swirling at his fingertips, growing into a raging inferno. The fiery storm coalesced, taking the shape of a blazing star balanced at the tip of his index finger.
Feigning an attack, Adam aimed the star directly at Kael. The Rear Admiral immediately braced himself, using his Logia Devil Fruit powers to conjure a massive shield of iron reinforced with Armament Haki, the air thick with tension as he prepared for the impending assault.
"Cruel Sun!"
Before Kael could realise, the Sun was flung 100s of kilometres in the wrong direction, causing him to baulk in horror as it careened towards the still recovering Vallis. Adam tracked the Cruel Sun with a satisfied smirk, one which froze as he felt spider webs shoot towards the Commodore to grab him.
In an instant, as though time slowed to a halt, he snapped his fingers and pointed a finger at Siana who was standing from afar and kept saving the marines he was hunting. In response to this, Longinus shot out of the gut of the dead marine he left it in and right towards Siana.
The half spider woman nearly froze in place as her Observation Haki picked this up but she broke out of this and stopped reaching towards Vallis to protect herself, leaving him to his fate. Her webs shot to the side, grabbing a nearby chunk of earth and bringing it infront of herself to block the fiery spear.
Without someone to bail him out, or any Haki to protect himself, all Commodore Vallis could do was watch on in horror through his strained eyes as he was swallowed by the miniature Sun, leaving only ash to remain.
Adam took this opportunity to look around and scan the battlefield for the moment, trying to find the most valuable target to take out next. His eyes glazed over Kael and Siana who were both rushing at him as well as the several still remaining Captains and Commodores, before landing on one target in particular.
Vice Admiral 'Kizaru' Borsalino, sitting down near the edge of the ramparts, leaning against the outer walls of the compound. A smile covered his face, one which nearly everyone present caught as they followed his line of sight.
"MINE!" Adam shouted as he exploded ahead with a blazing Sky Burst, trying to reach the severely weakened Vice Admiral and finish him off.
"I hate my job…" Kizaru muttered, raising his hands together and crossing them over each other and forming a ball of light within which then exploded into a barrage of countless golden shards shooting at Adam.
"Yasakani Sacred Jewel!"
"Stop him from approaching Kizaru-san!" "The Vice Admiral must live!" "Quick, save him!"
All of the marines around instantly began surging towards Kizaru, some of them being close enough to immediately stand before him in Adam's path as the two other Rear Admirals rushed over.
Adam switched into his 'Speed Mode' mode flight, immediately moving faster than ever before as he shot through the sky like a fiery meteor. The light shards all missed their mark as the Lunarian clashed with 2 Captains standing in his path, each of them swinging their greatswords in his path and forcing him to grab the blades with Haki to avoid damage.
"You won't hurt the Vice Admiral, Flameborne!" "That's right! He is our G-2's greatest Pride!"
"I don't have time for Haki-less Monkeys! PISS OFF AND DIE!" Adam shouted as Cleaved surged from his hands, down through the blades and tore them apart into molten slag. His hands then shot forwards, grabbing hold of both of the marines' heads.
A second later, both their heads were sliced apart into charred chunks, killing them instantly and allowing his hands to pass through. He then turned them around and pointed them behind himself before shooting a twin explosion of flames, sending him flying at Kizaru even faster.
Said Vice Admiral picked himself up from the ground while shooting several laser beams at him, beginning to hover from the ground in preparation to fly away. Adam flew in between them like a threaded needle, closing the distance between them in an instant and trying to run him through with the same technique that killed Rear Admiral Tessa.
His Haki clad hand pierced through solid flesh, but it wasn't his intended target as a nearby Commodore threw himself in between Adam and Kizaru.
"C-Captain Rylan?" Borsalino muttered in horror, taking the sight of Adam's hand reaching towards him through the hole torn into his comerade's gut.
"R-Run away- Hrk! K-Kizaru-san!" He gasped out as the light faded from his eyes.
"Tch.. Damn insects, I gave you all a chance to live and you refused. Don't blame me for your stupidity!" Adam coldly stated as he ripped his hand out of Rylan, letting the quickly dying marine Captain fall to the ground; he tried to ignore the growing wave of tiredness flowing through him, the continuous battling was starting to finally take its toll on his stamina.
He tried to attack Kizaru once again to finish him off, but suddenly he was hit by a veritable flood of molten Iron. The metal quickly solidified around him, locking him in place and stopping him from moving. In a response to this, he immediately switched into his 'Invulnerability Mode' so as to protect himself.
"The hell-?!" Adam exclaimed but was cut off by the metal reaching upwards and covering his mouth and neck, cutting off his breathing. Then, he saw a massive brown spider scurry towards him while shooting a web at Kizaru.
The web latched onto the Vice Admiral before slingshotting him into the sky, far away from his reach. And then the spider spoke with purpose, "Borsalino-kun, run now! We'll hold him still for you and weaken him as much as possible but it's clear we can't win anymore – The Web of Fate is not on our side anymore!"
Kizaru looked like he was about to deny that but stopped when he heard Rear Admiral Kael call out to him, "She's right, Borsalino-san! His flames are too hot, I can't hold him for much longer! Our lives are worthless compared to yours! Escape and become an Admiral, we know you can!"
A conflicted look covered the Vice Admiral's face, but he could not deny the facts – All it took was one look to see that all of the Metal that made up Kael's body was red hot and beginning to melt away. Kizaru grinded his teeth in frustration before shouting out to his comrades for what will be the last time.
"D-DAMMIT ALL! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, I WAS HONOURED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU FOR SO LONG! REST ASSURED THAT YOU WILL BE REGARDED AS HEROES AND YOUR FAMILIES WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE!"
With those final words, Vice Admiral 'Kizaru' Borsalino fully elementised into Golden specs of Light before shooting off into the distance much faster than Adam could hope to catch up.
Siana turned to Kael who's body served as Adam's quickly melting prison with a solemn look, one they both shared. They knew they were both very quickly going to Die, so she went to slow Adam down as much as she could while he was unable to move.
In her full giant Zoan Phoneutria Fera Spider form, she scurried forwards at great speeds towards Adam and grabbed onto the molten metal. She ignored her burning legs and bit the pirate in the neck, her fangs struggling for a moment against Adam's skin as they tried to pierce it.
A few seconds later, she was able to finally pierce through and inject the venom thanks to her Armament Haki and Adam himself having been tired out from his constant battling and abuse of both his Fire and Haki reserves.
She jumped backwards not a second too soon as the red hot molten casing that was Rear Admiral Kael's body exploded outward, reducing both it and Kael to naught but a splatter of ash and molten slag upon the incinerated battleground of G-2.
As she stared at the smokescreen where Adam stood, she returned back to her full human form, revealing severely burned hands as well as her mouth. Despite knowing her death was near, she was still deathly calm, simply running her hands through her long black hair with a sigh.
"...It was an honour to serve by your side, Kael-kun- No, it was an Honour to serve alongside all of you, my treasured comrades. I wish you all a wonderful afterlife…" She whispered quietly as the smoke screen cleared up to reveal Adam standing tall, ash covering his body with multiple cuts all over.
"I wouldn't bother with the Prayer or the Farewells, you're about to go meet them in whatever hell awaits them in the next few seconds." Adam stated bluntly with a deadpan stare, seeming utterly done with the whole ordeal and just wanting to get it over with already.
"That may be so, but I wouldn't be so sure of your own survival either, O' Flameborne. Afterall, I injected you with my Venom, it's the deadliest venom of any animal this side of the Grandline." Siana replied, not bothering to move or run away, the fight was over already as far as she was concerned, for both of them.
"Oh, that. A non-issue."
Adam bent his neck slightly to show her the fang marks on his neck being set alight with yellowish crimson flames. "Us Lunarians are not affected by such petty things; any Poisons, Venoms or Pathogens that are injected into our bodies are simply burned away or processed into nothing by our enhanced Organs."
Siana's eyes widened for a moment before she closed them with a weary chuckle, "I suppose you're right, it is a 'non-issue' for you. I doubt a pirate like yourself would care for any philosophical debates or final words, so I'll just say this: Congratulations, Flameborne – You win. Now finish it."
"Mhm.." Adam hummed as he unceremoniously raised a finger to point at her head before shooting a single concentrated beam of flames. It pierced straight through her head, causing her eyes to roll to the back of her head before she fell to the ground like a puppet which had its strings cut.
Adam D. Valentine then turned around and took a look at the Marine Base around himself, taking the sight of the entire compound being nearly reduced to rubble. Countless marines littered the ground, most of them still alive but unconscious thanks to his mercy and Conqueror's Haki surge.
He shrugged as he sat down on a nearby piece of rubble, he was quiet for a moment before a slight laugh escaped him. "Kuhaha! It's a shame my prey got to escape but I suppose all of this will be a wonderful consolation prize~!"
The Lunarian burst into laughter while motioning towards the rest of the Base, it was sure to have some interesting things in storage, not to mention his raid alone had completed his objective of laying waste to an entire Marine Base alone in order to make Figarland Garling regret challenging him.
"KACHA!"
"Hm?" Adam immediately raised a finger, summoning a small Cruel Sun on top of it in preparation to defend himself. "Did I miss one?"
Fortunately, he didn't have to look for long as the source of the sound made himself known immediately. It was a blonde haired man who looked to be in his late teens, he wore formal attire of a white shirt and black tie as well as black paints.
"Who are you? The hell are you doing here?" Adam questioned, expecting fear from being interrogated by an infamous pirate who just took out an entire Marine Base alone but was taken off guard by the blonde haired man's response.
"Finally! We meet at last, Adam D. Valentine! I've been looking to meet you for so long! My name is Morgans, the man who will Shake the Foundations of this World with the Truth! Will you let me Help you Turn this World Upside Down?!"
"Hah?!"
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Stones please
Author's Note:
Bet you didn't expect Morgans to show up for a while, huh?!
YA GUESSED WRONG!
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