"Six Powers: Moonwalk!"
With a furious roar, the CP0 agent stomped hard against the ground.
The platform within a dozen meters trembled violently.
His body shot into the air like an arrow released from a bow.
Each step he took on the air accelerated him even further.
By the third step...
His speed had reached its peak.
He became little more than a blur invisible to the naked eye, crossing dozens of meters in an instant before appearing directly in front of Lucas.
The sudden assault made everyone’s expression change.
In the distance, Spandam had already regained consciousness with Jabra and the others’ help.
Watching the CP0 agent attack, delight spread across his face.
After suffering one humiliation after another at Lucas’s hands...
Nothing would please him more than seeing this arrogant Marine finally suffer a setback.
"You brat!"
"Taste the true strength of CP0!"
The CP0 agent roared as he clenched his right fist.
The muscles across his body bulged like solid stone.
He charged forward like a massive boulder.
"Six Powers: Heavy Cannon Fist!"
Lucas merely sighed.
"I already said..."
"I’m off duty."
He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and calmly looked at the incoming attack.
Then—
Under everyone’s astonished gaze—
He slowly brought both hands together before raising them into a martial arts stance.
The contrast couldn’t have been greater.
The CP0 agent’s attack was lightning fast.
Lucas’s movements were unbelievably slow.
Could such sluggish motions really stop an attack like that?
Even Kizaru frowned slightly.
This calm, deliberate posture was completely unlike Lucas’s usual style.
But the instant that thought crossed his mind—
An overwhelming sense of danger swept over him.
The surrounding air...
Had begun to change.
No...
It was more accurate to say—
Kizaru suddenly felt as though he had stepped inside a gigantic meat grinder.
"Whirlwind Iron-Cutting Fist!"
Buzz!
The invisible wind erupted.
As Lucas completed the opening stance...
Countless unseen blades of wind formed an inescapable killing zone.
If Flowing Water, Crushing Rock Fist was an impenetrable defensive martial art...
Then Whirlwind Iron-Cutting Fist was its complete opposite.
It pursued speed to the absolute extreme.
What appeared to be one slow strike...
Actually concealed dozens—perhaps hundreds—of punches layered atop one another.
The overlapping afterimages created a deceptive illusion.
Meanwhile...
The force generated by each strike merged into countless razor-sharp wind blades.
Together...
They formed a devastating whirlwind capable of shredding everything nearby.
The instant Lucas attacked—
Everything within more than ten meters became a perfect killing field.
Boom!!
The razor-like gale struck the CP0 agent like a torrential storm.
His entire body instinctively trembled.
Every hair stood on end.
Faced with the overwhelming threat of death...
His only instinct was to retreat.
Too late.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Bloody wounds exploded across his body one after another.
It looked as though he had been struck hundreds of times in a single instant.
His white cloak was shredded into ribbons.
The stone platform around Lucas fractured violently within a radius of more than ten meters.
Deep scars tore through the ground as though a gigantic beast had raked it apart with monstrous claws.
The CP0 agent’s mask shattered instantly.
Beneath it was an unusually long, horse-like face twisted in utter disbelief.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood before being hurled backward like a cannonball.
Boom!
He crashed into the ruins dozens of meters away.
Broken stone scattered everywhere.
Blood quickly soaked the shattered rubble around him.
At the same time—
Kizaru, who had been standing beside Lucas...
Suddenly split apart.
Countless wind-slash marks spread across his body.
His figure broke into dozens of separate pieces like a dismantled puzzle.
Even his head rolled across the ground.
Everyone present gasped.
Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
He actually cut down one of his own allies too?!
The sheer destructive power of that single attack was utterly terrifying.
More importantly...
From beginning to end...
All they had seen Lucas do was assume a stance.
Nothing more.
Yet everything within a dozen meters—
Including both the CP0 agent and Kizaru—
Had been sliced apart instantly.
Had they not witnessed it themselves...
No one would ever have believed such a thing.
"K-Koby..."
Ain was the first to recover.
"Was that... a Devil Fruit ability?"
"I thought Admiral Lucas didn’t have one?"
Smoker and Hina also looked at Koby expectantly.
"I-I don’t know either..."
Koby stammered.
"Admiral Lucas shouldn’t have a Devil Fruit..."
"But..."
"Wasn’t that attack a little too much?"
"Even Admiral Borsalino got cut apart..."
"That can’t be good..."
"Relax."
Lucas took out his liquor gourd and drank another mouthful of strong liquor.
"Admiral Borsalino..."
"You can stop pretending to be dead."
"Something like that isn’t enough to kill you."
He then glanced toward the bloodied CP0 agent lying in the ruins.
"As expected..."
"CP0 really is just average."
"Next time..."
"Don’t force me to make a move."
"My, my..."
Kizaru’s severed head rolled slightly before flashing his trademark crooked grin.
"Admiral Lucas..."
"Your martial arts really are frightening."
"But it seems..."
"CP0 truly is only average."
"If they can’t even protect themselves..."
"How are they supposed to protect someone else?"
"Since he’s already demonstrated that personally..."
"That proves everything you said was true."
"I’ll make sure to explain everything properly to old man Sengoku."
"If there’s nothing else..."
"I’ll be heading back now."
As soon as he finished speaking...
Golden particles emerged from every scattered piece of Kizaru’s body.
In the next instant—
They shot into the sky and disappeared.
Watching Kizaru casually reconstruct himself and leave as though nothing had happened...
Everyone finally understood just how terrifying a Logia Devil Fruit truly was.
Compared with him...
The self-proclaimed strongest member of Cipher Pol looked utterly miserable.
The contrast couldn’t have been greater.
"Admiral Lucas..."
Hina hurried over after finally regaining her senses.
"What about the World Noble over there?"
She looked toward the unconscious Saint Charlos.
His body was still covered in blood.
Had she not witnessed everything herself...
She would never have believed someone could beat a Celestial Dragon and remain completely unfazed afterward.
"His luck is terrible."
Lucas shrugged.
"If anyone’s to blame..."
"It’s the fact that he ended up with a merely average CP0 bodyguard."
He glanced at his pocket watch.
"It’s already 5:01 p.m."
"I’m officially off duty."
"Leave the rest to CP9."
"I already worked one extra minute for free."
"I wonder if old man Sengoku will approve overtime pay."
"Just thinking about it gives me a headache."
Rubbing his temples, Lucas then looked toward Hancock.
"And stop glaring at me."
"I have no intention of working overtime for free."
"If you’ve got the time..."
"You should probably go change your clothes first."
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