However, this succession won’t happen until after the current Fleet Admiral Kong hands over his position.
They still have much to learn, as there are many things a competent Marine Admiral must know.
Currently, Kuzan follows Garp most of the time, Borsalino follows Sengoku, and Sakazuki follows another veteran Vice Admiral. However, this position is not fixed and often undergoes changes.
There is another Vice Admiral on the ship besides Sengoku, but his strength is even inferior to Borsalino. With the Glint-Glint Fruit, Borsalino is more suitable for utilizing his advantages in the air.
Under Sengoku’s orders, Borsalino transformed into a flash of light and appeared in the sky, but before he could do anything, Zeraora suddenly attacked him.
“Mink Boy or little brother Mink, mind steppin’ aside? You ain’t my target.”
Borsalino complained as he looked at the much smaller Zeraora.
His personality is somewhat difficult to decipher within the Marines, but because he chose to join them and is also very powerful, they allow him to indulge in such behavior to some extent.
Unless it’s a life-or-death situation, he would even somewhat negotiate the Admiral’s orders. Many people don’t understand why someone like him would choose to join the Marines.
“This is my lord’s playtime, and no one else is allowed to interfere.”
“It seems like negotiations have failed, but it doesn’t matter. Yata no Kagami!” Borsalino transformed into a flash of light, refracted several times, and crossed past Zeraora. He planned to quickly execute Sengoku’s request and return to the warship.
He was putting efforts at the moment so that he could better slack off later. After all, he could only go back after completing his mission.
But reality wasn’t as easy as he had hoped. Borsalino, who had transformed into a beam of light, heard Zeraora’s voice rang in his ears.
“I said you can’t go over. Didn’t you hear me?”
His tail, wrapped in Armament Haki, swept towards Borsalino, directly interrupting his Yata no Kagami.
“Young people nowadays are becoming more and more terrifying.”
Looking at the chasing Zeraora, Borsalino adjusted his glasses. It seems like he has to get somewhat serious; this wasn’t an ordinary pirate like before that he could deal with easily.
His Glint-Glint Fruit’s ability makes his speed unparalleled within the Marines, and almost no one could keep up with his speed.
This is the ability granted to him by the Glint-Glint Fruit, the speed of light, but this speed could not escape Zeraora, because Zeraora can also move at lightning speed. Both flash and lightning are a type of light, and in terms of speed, Zeraora did not lose to Kizaru.
The sound of lightning crackled as Zeraora fought Borsalino, not giving him any chance to disturb Arceus. In close combat, he couldn’t get rid of Zeraora, and even if he released his laser, it would be blocked by Zeraora’s lightning.
Most of the people on the Marine ship couldn’t see what was happening in the sky, they could only see two dots of light colliding back and forth.
“Admiral Sengoku, it seems like Rear Admiral Borsalino has been tied up, he can’t break past the enemy, should I-“
“No, you take over the command. We can’t just keep defending like this, the longer we defend, the more likely our defense will fall.” He had intercepted many waves of Draco Meteor, but they kept coming and were endless. If the problem is not solved at the root, they would always be in a passive position, constantly taking hits.
Moreover, Sengoku seemed to have discovered a pattern, that is, there would be a gap when the meteors are forming. Taking advantage of a gap, Sengoku’s figure disappeared from the ship, and the next moment, his hand, which contained endless buddha light, slammed towards Arceus.
Rokushiki is a skill of the Marine and World Government. As an Admiral, he naturally knows how to use Geppo. Zeraora watched as Sengoku appeared next to Arceus and wanted to stop him, but Borsalino did the same thing as him.
“Hey, Mink boy, where are you going?”
“Get out of my way.”
“What a scary tone, but I can’t do that, otherwise Admiral Sengoku will criticize me. But speaking of which, have you ever been kicked at the speed of light, boy?”
The shining leg and the fist wrapped in lightning collided, and a more fierce conflict erupted in the sky.
Meanwhile, Sengoku’s attack did indeed have some effect, such as preventing the warship from being hit by Draco Meteors again. However, when he struck Arceus, his hand went right through his body without causing any damage. The sensation he felt was identical to hitting air.
As the Arceus he hit slowly disappeared, his true body appeared again. Just now, Sengoku had hit the illusory image created using the Double Team by Arceus, while Arceus’s real body had already changed his position.
“Who are you? Someone like you cannot be a nobody.”
“Interesting question, but unfortunately, I don’t want to answer you. Anyways, as a Marine Admiral, how much confidence do you have in your own strength?”
In just a blink of an eye, Arceus disappeared again, and Sengoku felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Extreme Speed is an offensive move that prioritizes speed. As Borsalino often says, “speed is power”. With the added boost of Extreme Speed, a tremendous force pierced through Sengoku’s golden body and caused significant damage to his internal organs.
“Your golden body seems to be more than just an empty shell on the surface, it’s really hard.”
Sengoku remained silent, but his body became even larger, gradually transforming into a massive Buddha seated cross-legged in mid-air. The Buddha’s massive hand carried a swastika symbol as he reached out to grab Arceus.
“I’m not a monkey, but if it’s a Buddha, let’s test this move.”
A large number of plant stems and roots suddenly appeared out of nowhere, entwining together to form the statue of a Big Buddha. Under the influence of Magnet Rise, the Buddha statue also began to float in the air, with Arceus standing on top of its head.
Then, thousands of giant arms made from vines smashed towards Sengoku one after another.
“Frenzy Plant Transformation: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha!” [TN: It’s a move from Naruto that he is using with the Frenzy Plant transformation.]
This may not make the move more powerful, but it definitely made it more flashy. In the past, he could only imagine it, but now he can actually replicate this move.
Using just vines to smash people was not as intimidating as a towering wooden Buddha statue. However, it’s unclear whether it was a hallucination or not, but Arceus seems to have heard the sound of a camera shutter.
Meanwhile, Zeraora returned to his side. Earlier, he unleashed a large amount of lightning, which temporarily forced Kizaru to retreat because his remaining endurance couldn’t support him to continue fighting.
“Sorry, my lord, I…” Zeraora had not recharged lightning since he was born over three years ago. If he hadn’t engaged in a battle with the young Kizaru, his endurance could have lasted longer.
Arceus naturally noticed that he was out of power, so it was time to end the battle.
“Sengoku, let me give you another gift before I leave.” A grass-type Judgment was fired from the top of the giant Buddha towards Sengoku. In his gigantic Buddha form, Sengoku naturally couldn’t avoid the attack, and the power of Judgment overwhelmed his golden body.
A huge crack appeared in his golden body, and at the same time, the attacks from the Frenzy Plant did not stop. Countless fists kept pounding his body, causing Sengoku’s figure to fall from the sky.
Although Borsalino caught Sengoku as he fell, Arceus and the others had already disappeared without a trace.
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