Chapter 22: The Fastest Man Alive
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(General P.O.V)
The war to free Ace had started with the clever diversion from the Whitebeard pirates. The Marine's strategists had never in a million years expected the Moby dick to emerge from right under their noses. Sengoku was aware the heavy losses the Marines would incur from a fight with one of the four Yonko. Not to mention the fact that Whitebeard was the strongest man in the world.
Whitebeard on the other hand, was ready for death. His only mission now was to save his son. The battle was pretty heated now with the pirates giving just as much as they were taking. The Marines had been emboldened especially after witnessing admiral Aokiji's raw power. Things became unclear when a flying ship had crashed right into the middle of the battlefield with some individuals.
The question about which side the new participants were part of, was answered when everyone saw the impressive line up of convicts from Impel down. The fact that Strawhat Luffy was shouting out loud Fire Fist Ace's name, further cemented the fact that the pirates had just gotten some reinforcements.
Everyone had mixed reactions but one thing was certain for all, a new player had just arrived.
(Chris P.O.V)
I still had no idea where I was, after the shock from finding out that Ace's execution was still a thing I had left my island quickly. Fortunately, the slaves I had rescued had had a spy from the revolutionary army amongst them who had already contacted his comrades so I was assured they were in safe hands. He hadn't disclosed the information to me however. I had overheard him, making a call on his transponder snail.
So I gathered my bare essentials and started flying. The Grandline sure had strange weather. In the one hour I had been flying, I had been assaulted by hail storms, light rain and falling ash. I had no idea where the last one had even come from. The two islands I had landed at had offered me no clue as to my whereabouts. I didn't have time to buy a log pose and wait for it to lock onto the next island. All I needed was a clear direction and I would fly to the end of the Grand line. Finally running out of options I diverted my course to the calm belt.
I flew higher, aiming to avoid detection from the enormous sea kings that made the calm belt their home. Of course nothing ever goes well for me. A huge mountain like head emerged at my front blocking my way. I formed a drill around me and used my lightning speed to go right through it's neck. Some might be wondering why I didn't just go around it or even fly higher. Going around it was not an option due to its many friends surrounding us. Going higher would make me breach the clouds and I didn't want to take the chance of losing my way due to the cover obscuring my sight.
I emerged from the other side in a spray of blood and slipped into overdrive. My control over it had gone to the shitter because of my new devil fruit. When actively using lightning speed, I was at mach 320. Multiplied by Overdrive's 10 times factor, I was supposed to go at a speed of around mach 3000, but in actual fact my body would still not handle that full speed without turning into a bolt of lightning. My control over the rumble rumble was not at the point of subconscious elementization(I don't think it's a word).
So my speed was probably at mach 2000. That however didn't mean I was slow. It was evidenced by the fact I could see a red wall that only got bigger by the second at my front. I slowed down once I saw an island, I speculated was Amazon Lilly and branched off to the left into the Grand line. I knew I was at the right place when I finally found myself infront of a massive gate, with the world government symbol on it. Whitebeard and his fleet had coated their ships to bypass the gates of Justice. For me? I flew over them and found myself amidst chaos.
I was just in time to see Luffy get his ass handed to him by kizaru. 'Though, that was kind of a cheapshot kizaru.' I thought. I didn't wait for him to go into a spiel and insult Whitebeard so I smashed his face in with a well-timed kick. Or so I thought, I blocked a beam of yellow light with a shield but was soon surprised when it broke past my layered barriers. I blitzed out of the way as the battlefield in our immediate surroundings stopped briefly.
"Ooh, that was so close."
Kizaru said.
I was a bit stumped at how someone could sound so dramatic, yet have such a laid back attitude.
"Mmmh? Who are you?"
I heard a gruff voice from behind me. I spared a glance at the ridiculously huge man with a bisento in his arms.
"A friend of the Strawhats. I owe Luffy a favor, so I want to repay it by helping save Ace. It's nice to finally meet you Whitebeard."
"You're that…brat. The one who killed Teach."
He said looking at me with a grave face.
I nodded, tense. I knew Whitebeard wouldn't attack me in such circumstances for killing someone who had broken his biggest rule, but, the very air around him, screamed danger. The foreboding feeling, I usually got when a threat towards me was near came back in full form. So distracted was I, that I almost missed the light sword aiming to bisect me in two.
I went into lightning form, and the sword passed right through me. I retaliated with a lightning bolt to the chest.
"Ooh, so scary. You're a logia fruit user huh?"
"I am. I have heard a lot about you admiral Kizaru. Hailed as the fastest marine admiral. One might even say, the fastest man alive. Let's put that to the test shall we?"
"You praise me too much. However, your confidence is very dangerous, it might make me go all out."
I chuckled. This guy was funny.
"Let me go Old man! Chris! What are you doing here?"
Huh? He could still speak? Talk about resilience.
"Hey Luffy. I heard about Ace and decided to come help. You alright?"
I didn't wait for his response as I created a construct katana and blocked kizaru's sword.
"Oh oh oh, you're pretty fast."
He told me.
I smirked and he dodged another construct katana from taking his head off. This katana was red in color, so it most assuredly would have worked.
Kizaru jumped up and beams of light exploded from every part of his body aimed at me. 'I didn't know he could do that'. I had half expected the laser beams to be at the speed of light but none of them came close. I grabbed the second Katana tightly and countered all the beams then got into a position.
"Blitz Avenger."
Kizaru expectedly leaned back and evaded my sure kill move but failed to block the kick to his middle section. I was still in overdrive and my fist was coated red so my attack had him spitting blood and slamming onto the ice-wall. Everyone stopped. Then they all started shouting in surprise.
"Admiral Kizaru!"
"Is the admiral alright?!"
"Damn you pirate scum!"
"This guy is strong!"
"Yeah, give it to him Chris!"
The last comment was from Luffy and it made me smile. I flapped my wings towards Kizaru and let loose a gigantic lightning attack not unlike Enel. The beam decimated the last remaining wall and screams of terrified Marines and pirates alike sounded as they escaped the falling ice.
"Ara Ara, youngsters these days are so dangerous."
A laugh burst out from me. His condition was pitiful. I hadn't thought that I had grown powerful to the point of having Kizaru bleed and his striped suit a little scorched. How does one even affect light?
"You look like a trainwreck Kizaru. You might have the speed of light but your reaction is pretty low."
"Oh, but it takes more than that to take down an admiral."
Saying that he crossed both his hands together and,
"Yasakani no magatama."
He muttered as thousands of light bullets rained upon me in a show of power befitting that of a god.
"Chain lightning."
Webs of lightning appeared around me and shot off to meet his attack head on. A shockwave of displaced air burst out from the clash and almost everyone was blown away.
I felt more than saw Whitebeard succumb to his illness and Akainu gloating before his kneeling form "The ravages of time…"
before Akainu could continue I unleashed an attack I hadn't used before.
"Death by a thousand"
a barrage of red construct weapons assailed him. Death by a thousand was a technique I had come up with that worked on the principle of manifesting cold weapons and coating them with red to enhance their durability, speed and sharpness. The technique begun with, Death by a hundred which manifested guns that fired rubber bullets at opponents for crowd control and ended with death by a million where I manifested millions of yellow tiny and sharp blades then enhanced them with red and coated by lightning. It had started off as a means to practice my control but had evolved into a proper skill.
Akainu with his massive arrogance got his chest and belly pierced by two of the swords before using
soru to escape. Kizaru pulled back his leg and a large beam of light decimated the rest of the weapons, I had tried to manipulate to attack him. I had to close my eyes because of the light and relied on my observation haki to make out his whereabouts. I jumped away from where I had been and a massive crater was created by Akainu's fist. His face was red with anger and killing intent burst out of him.
Now infront of me I was facing 2 marine admirals. Aokiji was caught up fighting Jozu and Marco, who had saved Jozu from getting his body frozen like a popsicle. Whitebeard was catching a breather and Luffy was nowhere to be seen.
"That wasn't haki. Your abilities may be strange but nothing will stand in the way of absolute justice."
His wounds had stopped bleeding and apart from the slight tears on his suit, he looked none the worse for wear. A complete contradiction to Kizaru.
"Kizaru, if you hadn't decided to be lazy and get serious, I wouldn't be forced to clean up your mess."
"Don't get mad at me, this guy is very powerful."
'Should I end this fast?' I asked myself. It wasn't a smart move to play around with 2 marine admirals. Especially Akainu. That man was ruthless in both his words as well as his actions. It's decided then. No more playing around.
The Omnitrix dial appeared on my chest.
"God-killer."
The familiar incredible rush of power returned. My body got bigger and taller, though not to the level of the admirals yet. I extended my bio-electric aura and a peculiar thing happened. All around me pebbles and debris started rising from the ground in a 50 meter radius.
"Mmmh, wow. You just got even more dangerous."
Kizaru commented, his face still lazy. I could however detect a trace of uneasiness in his eyes. This was the same man who had wanted to go to Wano after hearing about big mom's and Kaido's alliance. For someone like him to be worried showed how things were about to get dire for them. Akainu, however wasn't fazed, instead he was in the mood for blood. I guess they don't call him the red dog for nothing.
"Now then, you both have 2 options. Let me through or no more kiddie gloves."
I, of course knew they wouldn't listen. What none of us, didn't expect was for Whitebeard to smash his fist towards Akainu suddenly though. The air broke around his fist and for the first time, I saw the world break.
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