If Good actually thought things through, he would have been ecstatic.
The mind-reading ability of Observation Haki combined with his god-level combat awareness was the perfect match.
Knowing his opponents' intent, his body would instinctively react in the most optimal way.
No other strong fighter could replicate this—because none of them had the system, none of them had been gifted god-level battle instincts.
Simply put, his god-level combat awareness was like Ultra Instinct from Dragon Ball—his body fought on pure instinct, without needing thought.
That alone made Good's close combat abilities terrifying beyond reason.
Whitebeard, Shanks, Bullet—all the top-level monsters of the sea—were left in awe.
In a single breath's time, Good dodged all of their attacks and countered.
Every Marine, Revolutionary, and pirate froze in disbelief.
"How… how did he just do that?"
"In the blink of an eye, he avoided all four attacks and struck back!?"
"Dragon!!"
A storm swept across the battlefield, blinding all vision. Sengoku's expression darkened instantly—this was Dragon's Wind-Wind Fruit.
He turned toward Ace and Luffy, only to see Sabo emerge from behind, grabbing them both and fleeing desperately.
Sengoku roared, unleashing a golden shockwave toward them.
But Dragon appeared in the gale, blocking the strike with ease.
"Sengoku—your opponent is me."
"Damn it!!" Sengoku bellowed.
Sabo carried Ace and Luffy, sprinting toward the frontline while Dragon clashed with Sengoku.
The Revolutionary Leader shouted across the battlefield:
"Luffy! Ace! Retreat immediately!!"
The pirates' eyes lit up.
"They got them out!"
"Luffy and Ace are safe—our mission's complete! Retreat!!"
Exhausted, bloodied, staring at mountains of corpses, the pirates still roared with joy. Victory was theirs.
Sabo barked orders:
"Cain, Jack—take Cain and withdraw now!"
They obeyed instantly, hoisting Cain and following him in retreat.
The Admirals, Gion, Tokikake, Tsuru—all tried to intercept, but Jinbei, Beckman, Marco and the others held them back.
Slowly, a path to the harbor opened.
If Luffy, Ace, and Cain escaped, the battle would effectively be over.
Marines panicked.
"What do we do!?"
"We can't get through!"
"Are we… are we really going to lose!?"
Whitebeard's voice thundered over the battlefield:
"Everyone! The battle is nearly ours! Push forward!!"
The pirates, blood boiling, fought like madmen.
Every Marine breakthrough attempt failed.
Across the world, countless viewers trembled before their screens.
If the pirates succeeded in rescuing Ace, Luffy, and Cain, then Marineford's public execution would go down in history as the Navy's greatest shame.
And then—
A deafening roar shook the battlefield.
From the rear, countless objects gathered around Good, sucked into one point.
"What's happening!?"
"That… what is that!?"
Everyone turned—and froze.
A colossal shadow rose behind them.
Bullet's face went slack, horror in his eyes.
"This… this is impossible…"
"The… the Clank-Clank Giant…"
Gasps rang out across the battlefield.
"Another fruit ability!?"
"Can he really… copy Devil Fruits!?" Whitebeard muttered, almost doubting his own eyes.
Towering over them all stood a gigantic fusion giant—fangs, black armor-like plating, crimson scales glinting, a monstrosity even larger than Little Oars Jr.
Good's cold voice rumbled like thunder:
"Trying to run? Did I say you could?"
The giant crouched, earth splitting into a crater hundreds of meters wide, then leapt skyward.
Its vast shadow swallowed Ace, Luffy, and Cain whole.
The massive hand came crashing down.
Whitebeard, Shanks, Bullet, Redfield, even Garp all moved at once to block the strike.
Marines and pirates alike stopped breathing.
"Will… will they make it!?" Sengoku muttered, sweat dripping.
The world held its breath.
(End of Chapter)
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