One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Appeared!

Luo's eyelids twitched, and he gestured to Redio to remove the strange knife.

Redio gave him a warning look: Don't even think about taking the rice dumpling out of the coffin.

Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, two “ropes” appeared from the shadows outside the stone house, circled halfway around the house, and then stabbed at them.

Redio flipped the blade, its extremely strong surface made of a mixture of seastone and other materials sending Law flying out of the stone house window with a "bang." Two "ropes" then pierced towards Redio.

Redio dodged with a "Shave" and crouched on the coffin of the divine rider.

Biu! Law appeared out of thin air and used his Op-Op Fruit ability to teleport into the stone house. He saw that there were other "ropes" stabbing at Reddio from behind. Without thinking much, he raised his finger and used his ability to cover the entire stone house with his "operating room" and moved Reddio to the left window.

Unexpectedly, all the "ropes" stabbed towards Law, who instantly teleported to Redio's side. But as if anticipating his reaction, the "ropes" all rushed towards Redio at the same moment Law teleported.

Redio pushed Luo aside, this time without dodging, and grabbed the "ropes" with his left hand.

My palms are stinging!

These weren't ropes at all; they were clearly tentacles, which, after being grabbed by Redio, all pierced the skin of his palms. It was like inserting several straws into a cup, making him slurp his "drink" with a hissing sound.

Redio's left arm withered away at a rate visible to the naked eye.

“…?!” Luo was utterly shocked. He saw Redio grab the tentacles that seemed to have drained the flesh from his left arm without hesitation and yank them off.

"boom"!

At the end of these tentacles, a figure was torn through the wall and flew in front of them.

It was a withered old man with white hair and a bald head, his head bleeding from a head injury. These tentacles extended from his hands and were pulled in front of Redio.

Redio grabbed the tentacles and slammed the old man to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

That strange sword that always appears and disappears inexplicably, and that prevents Law from using his Devil Fruit powers, has once again appeared in Redio's only remaining right hand.

"Wait, wait!"

The withered, tentacle-covered old man screamed in terror, only to be kicked in the chin by Redio, slamming him against the wall. The next instant, the Demon-Slaying Greatsword pierced through his right chest, pinning him to the ground.

"Hoo..."

Redio exhaled and slowly said, "The Sucking-Sucking Fruit, as long as you completely drain a person, whether they are alive or dead, you can gain one of their abilities that they once possessed, right?"

Luo: "..." He was a little stunned.

Well, this guy subdued the old man with a series of moves, all very smoothly.

The thin old man struggled, but he couldn't muster any strength. He tried to use his abilities, but to no avail. He stared in horror at the knife piercing his chest: "Seastone?!"

Redio plucked the limp tentacles from his withered left palm, intending to interrogate the old man about the true location of Bepo the White Bear.

Just then, a golden light flashed outside.

Inside the stone house with a gap in it, the shadows of him, Luo, the old man on the wall, and the coffin were cast long. As the golden light outside rapidly swirled around the island, these shadows also rotated continuously...

Kizaru is here!

……

At first, it was just a golden dot on the far end of the black sea.

Soon, the golden dot transformed into a golden avenue that stretched across the sea.

The golden light that illuminated the golden sea instantly flew into the snowy island and quickly circled around it again and again. The dazzling light almost made the entire island shine, like a giant operating room lamp in the night sky.

In the blinding light, Kizaru's figure slowly materialized. He gazed at the top of the tower in the center of the island, where the gap in the stone house was illuminated as bright as day.

Of the three people inside the gap, one boy had an injured left arm and squinted as he looked toward the source of the super-high-powered beam of light.

The source of the super high beam transformed into countless golden light particles, which flew forward in unison. In front of the three people inside the stone house, the golden light particles quickly assembled and pieced together a three-meter-tall old man wearing a navy justice coat, a yellow high-class suit, and brown sunglasses.

"Excuse me," Kizaru said, hands in his pockets, glancing at the ornate coffin in the room. "Who stole this? I need to take it to prison. Please cooperate."

"..."

Reddio pressed his left shoulder, looked directly at Kizaru, and said slowly, "Logically speaking, a Marine of your rank is not qualified to decide how to deal with us."

"..."

Kizaru looked up and wondered, "Who's above me?"

I'm not even high enough rank? I'm a Navy Admiral, can't you recognize me?

"These young people these days have such a scary tone~" Kizaru said nonchalantly.

Luo was already drenched in sweat!

What's this weirdo who also wants to save Bepo doing? He's one of the three admirals of the Marine Headquarters! If you're not afraid of dying, don't drag me into it! I'm a pirate!

Is there no response?

Redio carefully observed Kizaru's expression.

He specifically searched for the test objective 1 of this mission: Would Kizaru, like Robin, be "touched by the scenery" and recall some confused memories from the Ohara mission?

Although Robin said that if she hadn't "run the dungeon" with him, she would never have remembered that blurry, dreamlike scene that seemed like she had just woken up.

Humans are creatures that live in the present moment. Who would bother to go back to the corners of memories from ten or twenty years ago and search for those tiny, distorted remnants of feelings?

Test results: Kizaru indeed showed no reaction.

So……

Test 2: Gojo Satoru's combat ability in his mode.

"Snapped!"

Redio ripped off his withered left arm, but before it hit the ground, it was compressed and crushed into powder by a dark blue gravity ball.

His black hair turned white in an instant, and his eyes sparkled with a sapphire-like brilliance. A dense, dark white energy, invisible to Kizaru, Law, and the withered old man, surged from Redio's severed left arm.

"Chichichi..."

Steam rose as a brand new left arm rapidly grew under the Reversal Technique, its index finger pointing at the astonished Kizaru.

“Hmm.”

A dark red repulsive sphere condensed at his fingertips and blasted through Kizaru with a single shot.

Chapter 45 Domain Expansion

The repulsive force of the Hercules ball is at least twice as powerful as the gravitational force of the Cang ball.

A deafening boom blasted through the entire opposite wall, revealing the night sky that had returned to its previous darkness. Kizaru, hands in his pockets, stood motionless. His left half, shattered from the explosion, emitted a vibrant green light from the broken surface. Countless green particles of light flew back and pieced together his missing body…

Why is it green light?

Redio blinked his six blue eyes. Good heavens, Kaya and Usopp were weak, their green energy only a thin layer, while when Admiral Kizaru unleashed his power, the green light practically filled every corner of the entire stone house.

Kizaru vanished from his spot and appeared beside the ornate coffin.

Redio followed closely behind, his right fist gathering intense dark blue magical power, enough to shatter a modern reinforced concrete skyscraper, and with one punch, he "crashed" Kizaru's head.

"I'm not interested in you at all."

Kizaru's shattered head reassembled with light, and he said leisurely, "Don't get in my way, okay?"

boom! ! !

A stone club slammed into Kizaru's face, sending him flying with a thud, blood spurting out, crashing through another wall and flying out.

With the support of three walls gone, the precarious roof collapsed with a crash.

Just as Law was about to use the power of the Op-Op Fruit, he saw the roof of the stone house, which was about to fall, suddenly float upwards, as if something at a higher place had sucked it up. Then, as if pulled by an invisible hand, it flew into the darkness on the other side.

[Remaining time for Gojo Satoru Mode: 43 seconds]

As expected, cursed power has no effect on an elementalized body. After all, it's not Armament Haki.

Redio swung his nunchucks and drifted through the clouds, watching a flash of golden light in the night sky ahead. The next instant, Kizaru was back in front of him.

"A weapon made of Seastone?" A drop of blood clung to Kizaru's lips as he examined the three-section staff in Redio's hand. He extended a finger, golden light condensing within it. "How terrifying~"

"Watch out!" Luo shouted.

The intense laser beam shot from Kizaru's fingertip stopped 5 centimeters from Redio's body. It was as if the laser had plunged into a strange zone where the speed decreased the further it flew, and the speed of light eventually came to a standstill.

Luo stared wide-eyed. He had lost count of how many times he had overreacted, only to find out that he had just been making a fuss over nothing... What kind of ability did this strange man have? Why was he holding that so-called sea stone knife and three-section staff without any problems?

"Boom..." A heavy sound came from outside.

[Remaining time for Gojo Satoru Mode: 38 seconds]

"Do you know you're glowing green all over?"

Reddio swung his nunchucks at Kizaru, and at the same time, he used a silent shave to flash to Kizaru's side, and with his enhanced finger power, he thrust his finger towards Kizaru's temple.

You should get your eyes checked.

Kizaru vanished in a flash of light, and the young man with white hair behind his brown sunglasses pointed a finger, causing the Seastone nunchuck to change direction mid-air and fly towards him again.

"If you're colorblind, isn't there a doctor right here?"

Kizaru separated his upper and lower body, passing through the flying three-section staff. His lower body emitted golden light from the soles of his feet, kicking Redio, while his upper body pointed out a golden light, shooting towards Law who was watching from the sidelines.

He really did recognize me! Law, already on edge, decisively used the Op-Op Fruit to teleport, but his cheek was still burned by the laser, leaving a bloody mark. Kizaru's attacks were just too fast!