Chapter 190 - 190

Boom!

Kizaru's shining golden leg slammed straight toward Namikaze Kirito's head.

But unlike the Supernovas from before, this kick did not send its target flying.

It was stopped.

An arm rose casually and blocked it head-on.

A laser beam shot past Kirito, crashing into a tree trunk not far away.

BOOM!

The explosion shook the area, sending smoke and splinters flying.

"That's pretty rude, isn't it?" Kirito said with a faint smile. "Attacking before someone finishes talking."

His arm did not tremble.

Not even slightly.

Kizaru's eyes narrowed just a little.

He had not used his full strength, true. But even then, not just anyone could block one of his kicks.

And this man had not even been pushed back.

What surprised him even more was the terrifying Armament Haki he felt from the point where his leg and Kirito's arm met.

Kirito's arm had not turned black.

Yet it was as hard as steel.

As if his entire limb had already been coated in Armament Haki beneath the surface.

"Ooh... how scary~" Kizaru drawled lazily. "Young people these days really are troublesome."

Not far away, the Straw Hat Pirates stared with wide eyes.

They had already experienced the terror of an Admiral.

The Marines' strongest military force was not just an empty title.

They could barely deal with a Pacifista.

An Admiral was on a completely different level.

"No way..." Usopp's jaw trembled. "He blocked that old guy's light-speed kick?!"

Sentomaru was just as shocked.

"That's impossible...! He stopped the old man's kick head-on?!"

Rayleigh, on the other hand, looked as if he had expected this.

He glanced at Luffy, who was still lying on the ground, and quietly let out a breath of relief.

Without Namikaze Kirito here, even he might not have been able to protect this reckless brat safely.

Kirito ignored Kizaru's careless tone and spoke with a faint mockery in his voice.

"So killing three Celestial Dragons makes me a villain?" he asked. "Your Marines really do have convenient justice."

Kizaru's expression did not change much.

But something in his eyes shifted.

He knew very well what the Celestial Dragons were.

Those so-called nobles could commit every kind of evil imaginable. In some ways, they were even worse than the most rotten pirates.

But what could the Marines do?

The World Nobles stood above everything.

Even if Kizaru understood that, he could never say it aloud.

Not here.

Not as an Admiral.

"That's a dangerous thing to say," Kizaru murmured.

Then light gathered in his hands.

"Ama no Murakumo."

A dazzling sword of light formed in his grip.

In the next instant, Kizaru thrust it forward.

Kirito brought his hands together.

"Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall."

DEE—

The ground shattered.

Countless logs burst upward, twisting together into a massive wooden dome that shielded Kirito like a giant shell.

Kizaru's light sword stabbed directly into it.

Thick smoke poured from the gaps in the wood. The surrounding ground blackened under the heat, but even then, the wooden defense showed no sign of breaking.

"A Devil Fruit power?" Kizaru said slowly. "That's a rare one... but..."

Whoosh!

His body turned into light, and he instantly appeared in the air.

He crossed both hands, forming a shining gesture.

"Yasakani no Magatama."

Shhhhhh—!

Countless light bullets rained down from his hands like a golden storm.

The attack spread across a wide area, forcing everyone nearby to scatter.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each light bullet struck the ground and exploded.

The entire area shook under the endless barrage.

The wooden shell was smashed apart, sending splinters and dust flying everywhere.

Boom!

The explosions continued without pause.

Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama kept firing for a long while before he finally stopped.

His body turned into light again and landed on the roof of a nearby building.

He looked down at the thick smoke below.

Swish!

Just as Kizaru focused on the smoke, the sound of something tearing through the air reached his ear.

"What...?"

His Observation Haki had not sensed it.

The attack had come too suddenly.

There was no time to dodge.

Kizaru hastily raised both arms to block.

But he had underestimated Kirito's strength.

A fist smashed into his guard.

Crack!

The crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

A streak of golden light was sent flying backward, crashing through several buildings before exploding into the distance.

Kirito stood where he was, slowly lowering his fist.

His gaze remained calm as he looked toward the ruined buildings far away.

The scene left everyone frozen again.

Nami's eyes widened. "You're kidding... right? An Admiral was blown away that easily?"

Robin's expression darkened. "That man is terrifying."

Usopp's face turned pale. "H-Hey... shouldn't we run while we still can?!"

Luffy, still lying on the ground, suddenly muttered, "I'm hungry..."

The Marines stared in disbelief.

That was an Admiral.

How could he be sent flying like that?

"No way..." Sentomaru gritted his teeth. "The old man wouldn't go down from something like that!"

He wanted to help.

But after watching that exchange, he knew very clearly that he had no place in this fight.

Hum...

A flash of yellow light appeared among the ruins.

Then it began to reflect from one surface to another, bouncing rapidly through the area.

A moment later, a beam of light shot straight toward Kirito.

"Yata no Kagami."

Kizaru's figure appeared again.

His leg swung sharply toward Kirito's head.

Boom!

As expected, Kirito blocked it again.

This time, however, one of Kizaru's arms hung loosely at his side.

It was clearly broken.

And the lazy, careless expression on his face had finally disappeared.

His eyes were serious now.

"Admiral Kizaru! We're here to support you!"

At that moment, Marine reinforcements rushed in from not far away, weapons raised.

Kirito glanced at them and sighed quietly.

Then he brought his hands together again.

"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground trembled violently.

Cracks split open across the battlefield.

Kizaru's pupils shrank.

"Get back!"

But his warning came too late.

Countless towering trees burst from the ground, rising straight into the sky.

In an instant, a dense forest appeared across the once-barren battlefield.

The branches moved like living things.

They lashed out, twisted, and wrapped around the charging Marines before they could even react.

Against that overwhelming force of nature, human strength looked painfully small.

Only the Straw Hat Pirates and Rayleigh were left untouched.

The Marine reinforcements were swallowed by the forest one after another.

"You..." Kizaru's voice turned cold as he watched his subordinates lose the ability to move. "A man like you doesn't just appear out of nowhere. What are you after?"

No matter how lazy he acted on normal days, Kizaru could not simply ignore his men being taken down in front of him.

Kirito looked at him calmly.

"My name is Namikaze Kirito," he said. "I'm just a traveler."

Then his smile sharpened slightly.

"As for some grand conspiracy? I don't have one. I simply couldn't stand those three pigs calling themselves Celestial Dragons."

His eyes settled on Kizaru.

"And because of that, I ended up facing a Marine Admiral."

Kirito rolled his shoulder once, his voice calm but carrying a clear edge of excitement.

"But this isn't bad either."

"Kizaru."

"Show me what an Admiral of the Marines can really do."

--------------------------------------

Support me at patreon.com/Arthorain and read upto 50 Advanced Chapters and R-18 Content!

--------------------------------------

Update schedule: 7 chapters/week

Every 300 power stones = 1 Extra Chapter

By voting with [power stones], you can easily get double the number of chapters.