227. Fear the strong, bully the weak

227. Fear the strong, bully the weak

Now Luffy and Ken were the only ones in the Archipelago, while the rest of the Straw Hats were on Merry, which was on a different mission altogether. After Ken and Luffy left the ship, Zoro became the essential Captain of the ship, but only the Captain and not the Navigator.

God knows where he would end up if he had control of the Merry. Nami already had the charts to the place they needed to go, and they were already on their way there, flying silently and invisibly.

As expected, within a few hours, Kizaru had arrived. And his arrival started with a bang. No, sorry, lots of bangs. Kizaru swiftly landed on the Archipelago after riding a cannonball. But after landing, he started rounding up the pirates and every scum in the Archipelago.

Chaos and mayhem ensued as the marines started converging at the center of the Archipelago. Kizaru wasn't alone; he had arrived with one of his friends too—Sentomaru.

Sentomaru had also arrived at the Archipelago along with the Pacifistas. Kizaru went on his 'slow' rampage. At first, the pirates ran away from him, fearing him. But seeing that running didn't actually bother him and they were getting pummeled nonetheless, they started attacking him.

He beat down Hawkins like a dog before uttering those famous words.

"Have you ever been kicked by light?"

Next, Urogue was pummeled as well. It was during the confrontation between X Drake and Kizaru that something changed. X Drake already knew that Kizaru was here, so he made a run for it, transforming into his Allosaurus form. But obviously, this wasn't enough as he was instantly KO'd.

It was at this moment that Kizaru heard a clapping sound. The clapping sound was loud and clear. Even amidst the chaos of the pirates' hollering and running away in fear, Kizaru heard it, and even X Drake, lying in pain, heard it.

Kizaru turned his head in the direction of the sound, only to see Ken sitting on the edge of the roof, clapping his hands.

"It's because I don't sit around bullying the weak, Kizaru. And your acting needs to change. Everyone here can tell that Drake belongs to the Navy and he is an undercover agent. You need to think before you act, banana man."

Both Kizaru and Drake, who had been hiding, trembled. This was a top secret. A very high-level top secret. Drake was sent to infiltrate a Yonko's crew and act when the time was required, but here somebody just spoke of the secret quite openly.

Many people were still around and heard what Ken was saying.

"Punisher Kenny... Where are the Dragons?" Kizaru asked, trying not to be affected by his words, but he side-eyed the people present there. He needed to remember them and get rid of them once he handled Ken.

"Why don't you fight me and find the answer," Ken said as he slowly pulled out his Stormbreaker.

Ken's eyes crackled with lightning as he called forth the fury of the storm. He swung his Stormbreaker in a sweeping arc, unleashing a whirlwind of howling winds and electrifying bolts hurtling toward Kizaru with an unstoppable force.

Everyone around started to run because Kizaru's attacks were more specific, but this guy just called upon the winds and lightning to attack, destroying everything indiscriminately. Drake had to take a few steps to escape.

Undeterred, Kizaru smirked and invoked his own power. "Photon Nova!" he exclaimed, focusing a concentrated beam of searing light from his fingertips. The beam collided with the storm, creating an explosion of elemental forces that illuminated the entire archipelago.

But Ken wasn't done. He summoned the power of the Bifrost, causing the air around him to shimmer with rainbow hues. With a single mighty throw, he launched Mjolnir towards Kizaru, who barely had time to react. Over time, Ken had been experimenting with Bifrost summoning and wanted to see if it could be used as a weapon, like Odin used it to gain a foothold in the Nine Realms.

And he had succeeded in creating such an attack.

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