Where exactly is the enemy?
Sephiroth's heart was filled with doubt and confusion. He pushed his sight and hearing to the extreme, attempting to find the opponent's location.
Thump! Thump! ...
In a state of high concentration, his hearing, far exceeding that of ordinary people, allowed him to detect footsteps approaching his location.
Sephiroth quickly raised his Saber with both hands to his chest, his gaze fixed on the direction the sound came from.
Getting shot in the body, as long as it wasn't the head, was just a minor injury to him, quickly recoverable by consuming some lifespan.
Even the bullet wound in his heart just now was the same. The bleeding had temporarily stopped, and it had partially healed. Once he dug the bullet out, it would fully recover as good as new.
"Hahaha! Is it a Zoan Devil Fruit user?"
"Your vitality is truly tenacious! But... it's useless!"
"Under my transparent invisibility, you can only take a beating."
"Seeing as you killed Andrew Bass, how about becoming my partner?"
"I'll leave the position of combat captain for you..."
"Power, wealth, fame, as long as you're willing to follow behind me, all of these are within easy reach!"
A slightly heavy male voice spread through the air and entered Sephiroth's ears.
The profession of Pirates is actually very risky and cruel. There's a risk of casualties with every raid.
Therefore, Pirate crews also need to recruit members, some from the thugs on the island, some when raiding merchant ships at sea...
"Is that so? That's truly an honor!"
Although Sephiroth said this with his mouth, his figure shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.
He had already found the enemy's exact location through sound wave positioning. After closing the distance, the fiery red Autumn Leaf Blade in his hand immediately slashed out with incredible speed.
Clang!
Sparks flew everywhere. The recoil and sound of hitting steel came from the blade, causing Sephiroth's pupils to suddenly shrink.
This person is wearing armor!?
"What a shame! You can't cut through me."
A hint of playfulness was revealed in the man's words. It was clear he had deliberately allowed the young man to cut him just now, his goal being to make the latter feel despair more deeply.
The next moment.
Sephiroth was violently kicked in the abdomen, sending his entire body flying backward. He crashed into the wall with a dull thud, "Bang!", immediately creating a dent in the wall, and cracks spread outwards.
"Cough!"
Sephiroth struggled to stand up, coughing up a mouthful of blood. Under the opponent's terrifying immense strength, multiple internal organs in his body had suffered internal bleeding.
This guy should be a Transparent Man who ate the Transparent Fruit...!
It's no wonder that Pirate ship could enter the commercial street without a sound. He must have used his Devil Fruit ability to make the ship transparent...
Could this guy be Absalom?
Counting the time, it seems Gekko Moriah and Kaido have already clashed. The former should have lost completely several years ago, all his subordinates dead, with only he himself escaping alive from Wano Country...
A sound of air being torn apart struck. Although he couldn't see, Sephiroth still subconsciously tried to dodge sideways.
Snap!
A long whip with barbs lashed fiercely onto Sephiroth's body. A hideous and terrifying wound immediately appeared on his waist and ribs, and a burning pain continuously stimulated his nerves.
Damn it! This guy not only has a pistol and armor, but also troublesome things like a long whip... He's really too difficult to handle!
"How about it? You should just surrender obediently and submit to my command, Watson Logan!"
"My bounty is 35 million. On the Grand Line, I'm quite well-known. Surrendering to me isn't a disgrace..."
"But if you continue to resist, I'll have no choice but to kill you."
The man's playful voice came again, as if he himself was already assured of victory.
Sephiroth's gaze flickered uncertainly. The enemy was wearing armor, so he couldn't see any weak points. Attacking rashly would only result in taking hits.
If I want to kill this guy, I have to come up with a countermeasure... Sephiroth muttered to himself.
Suddenly!
His gaze spotted the alley next to him...
"Want me to surrender?"
"Talk to me after you defeat me!"
As he spoke, Sephiroth immediately rushed into the alley.
Because it had just rained, his shoes stepped on the rainwater in the alley, splashing up ripples.
"Hmph! You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. I think you should just obediently accept death!"
The man snorted coldly and immediately chased into the alleyway, following closely behind him.
After running a few meters, Sephiroth suddenly turned around and charged back. His gaze glanced at the puddle on the ground.
Combining the position from which the man's voice came when he spoke earlier, he quickly estimated in his mind that the opponent's height was probably around 2.2 meters.
In a confined space, whip-type weapons couldn't exert their full power at all. Coupled with the puddle assisting in positioning, Sephiroth directly sketched out a rough human outline in his mind.
He knew that even if he determined the opponent's size and position, if he still cut the armor, it would ultimately be a fruitless effort.
But...
Through his incredibly sharp hearing, he could clearly discern that when the man spoke, the opponent's voice was not blocked by any objects, nor was there any resonance caused by the sound on objects.
Therefore, his mouth, or face, should not be wearing any protective gear!
Thus, Sephiroth immediately stomped the ground hard, and his figure shot towards the enemy's location like an arrow from a bowstring.
In this state of complete concentration, he truly "saw" the opponent raising his pistol, preparing to shoot. He even saw the opponent's face filled with surprise and bewilderment.
In an instant, a red light flashed in his eyes and disappeared, and his body entered a very mysterious super-sensory state... Observation Haki awakened!
In Sephiroth's perception, he clearly "heard" the sound of his heart beating "Thump! Thump!", like war drums pounding.
The surrounding houses, water, flowers, and plants all seemed to have "come alive," emitting their unique aura.
When Watson Logan pulled the pistol trigger, Sephiroth "saw" the bullet's trajectory in advance. He subconsciously turned his head and dodged the shot.
Before the man could react, the fiery red Autumn Leaf Blade in the young man's hand had naturally stabbed into the opponent's slightly open mouth, piercing directly from the chin through to the back of the neck, killing him instantly.
Thump!
The corpse of a burly man, holding a pistol in his left hand and a long whip covered in barbs in his right, standing 2.2 meters tall, wearing a chest protector and hooded chainmail, fell heavily to the ground, splashing up a large amount of water.
Sephiroth looked at the metal wrist guards and leg guards on the opponent's limbs. He couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye.
This guy was truly armed to the teeth!
Frankly speaking, if he didn't have the Vampire Fruit, which gave him monstrous recovery power, and if Watson Logan hadn't underestimated him and acted recklessly relying on the Transparent Fruit, the battle wouldn't have ended so easily if he wanted to kill the opponent.
Sephiroth first put his Saber back into its sheath, and then used his slender fingernails to very roughly dig out the bullets from his body, causing his cheek to twitch non-stop from the pain.
Fortunately, the pain came quickly and went just as quickly.
After digging out the bullets, at the cost of consuming lifespan, the wounds completely healed in just ten seconds...