Three seconds.
In just three seconds, Jabura, Kaku, Owl, and Kumadori—all CP9 elites who had undergone rigorous World Government training and possessed Doriki values over 500—had been completely defeated and lost all combat ability.
"No… Impossible! I must be dreaming! This isn't real! Kaku! Owl! Kumadori! What are you all doing? Stop joking around!"
Spandam couldn't accept what he was seeing.
At this moment, he even doubted his own senses, convinced that this was some kind of hallucination.
If Owl and Kumadori had been swiftly taken down by Rorschach, he could still barely believe it.
But Kaku and Jabura were different.
Both of them were masters of the Six Powers (Rokushiki), far stronger than Owl and Kumadori.
Though not quite as powerful as Lucci, they were still immensely strong.
Especially Jabura, who possessed a Zoan Devil Fruit, making his body incredibly tough and resilient.
In terms of durability, he even surpassed Kaku.
Yet since Jabura had been kicked out of the Judicial Tower, there was no sign of him returning using Moonwalk (Geppo).
This realization sent a chill down Spandam's spine.
And so, like a drowning man grasping at a lifeline, he turned to the strongest weapon in his arsenal—Rob Lucci.
"That's right! Even if Kaku and Jabura lost, Lucci will NEVER lose!"
"Lucci's strength is several times greater than theirs!"
"He is the greatest genius CP9 has seen in 800 years! At just 13 years old, he had already mastered the Six Powers and slaughtered 500 fully armed kingdom soldiers with ease! No matter how strong this Rorschach is, he can't possibly be Lucci's match!"
"Lucci! Get in there! Teach him a lesson!"
Spandam screamed, desperation in his voice, as he turned toward Lucci.
And then—
"URGH!"
Lucci groaned in pain, his body suddenly sent flying backward, smashing through the balcony of the Judicial Tower.
His figure was hurled into the abyss beyond, swallowed by the bottomless depths.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Chunks of shattered stone shot through the air like deadly projectiles.
One sharp fragment whistled past Spandam's lower body, ripping a hole in his crotch area, sending him collapsing onto the ground in sheer terror.
"L-Lucci!!"
Spandam's eyes widened in disbelief.
Rorschach turned his head slightly and glanced at him coldly.
"If you don't have what I asked for by the time I'm finished with Rob Lucci…"
"I'll strip you naked and hang you from the Sea Train's chimney."
His merciless gaze, laced with a hint of killing intent, made Spandam piss himself on the spot.
"PAH."
With a light tap of his foot, Rorschach's body vanished, carried by the wind as he soared out of the Judicial Tower.
His snow-white cloak billowed, and his black Marine boots stepped into thin air above the abyss, as he looked toward Lucci, who had steadied himself mid-air.
Lucci's body had slightly swelled, his feet stomping against the air with explosive force, generating loud booms as he rushed toward Rorschach.
For the first time ever, Lucci's face was filled with an intense, grave expression.
Before he even reached Rorschach, his right leg slashed through the air, unleashing a powerful Rankyaku (Tempest Kick)—a 3-4 meter-long crescent-shaped wind blade, aimed directly at Rorschach's head.
But—
Rorschach stood there casually, without even bothering to use Moonwalk (Geppo).
The air itself gathered around him, forming an invisible force field, lifting and supporting his body in midair.
As the crescent-shaped Rankyaku attack approached, Rorschach simply kicked out with his own.
"SHING!"
The air roared, instantly forming a massive transparent wind blade over 10 meters long.
It tore through the sky, obliterating Lucci's Rankyaku as if it were nothing, and continued slicing straight toward him.
Lucci's pupils contracted violently.
An overwhelming sense of danger gripped him.
Without hesitation, he shrunk his body downward, narrowly dodging the deadly wind slash—a slash powerful enough to easily slice through the Judicial Tower.
He had dodged it.
But—
The massive structure behind him had not.
The 10-meter-long wind bladesilently carved through the thick walls of the Judicial Courtroom, cutting straight through one side and piercing through every layer of stone and pillars in its path.
Finally, with a "crack" sound, a wind blade flew out from hundreds of meters away, leaving a long trail in the air before dispersing into chaotic air currents.
"This kind of power in a Rankyaku..."
Lucci's eyebrow twitched, and he began to sweat coldly on his forehead.
If he hadn't dodged just now, even using Tekkai (Iron Block), he likely would've been sliced in half with ease.
As Rorschach was about to raise his right leg again, Lucci gritted his teeth and decided to stop holding back.
"ROAR!"
With a fierce growl, Lucci's body rapidly expanded and grew taller, his skin covered in leopard-patterned spots.
His legs transformed into the hind legs of a cheetah, curved as he lightly touched the air.
His tall form's speed increased drastically, transforming into a blur of motion as he covered more than ten meters in an instant, appearing right in front of Rorschach and swiping with claws that ripped through the air.
"I haven't used this move in a long time. Let's see how well it works now."
Rorschach stood in mid-air, neither dodging nor evading, allowing Lucci's claws to swipe at his vulnerable face.
"Tekkai."
Without Armament Haki covering his face, the next moment, Lucci's claws made contact with Rorschach's face.
"CLANG!"
A loud, sharp sound echoed as Lucci gritted his teeth, his face darkening as he looked at his right hand—specifically, his five broken hook-shaped nails.
"Impossible!"
"Tekkai alone can't block my rending force!"
"Finger Gun!"
Lucci didn't believe it. He poured his strength into his right index finger, breaking the air as he stabbed directly at Rorschach's eye!
Rorschach didn't move, simply closing his eyes gently.
In the moment his eyelids drooped, Lucci's index finger made contact with his eyelid!
"Ah, now Tekkai won't be enough. The muscle tissue on the eyelid is just too thin."
Rorschach sighed helplessly.
At that moment, deep blue Armament Haki appeared on his face.
"CRACK!"
A sharp sound suddenly rang out. Lucci gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes filled with humiliation as he looked at his dislocated index finger, which had bent backward.
His face alternated between pale and green.
"Stop joking! I… I…"
"I can't be this weak!"
"Finger Gun!"
"Bankai!"
Lucci cracked his dislocated finger back into place and once again launched Finger Guns at Rorschach's body.
His speed was so fast that multiple afterimages of arms appeared in the air in front of Rorschach in an instant.
It seemed as if Lucci had unleashed dozens of Finger Guns capable of piercing through steel plates in a single moment.
But these storm-like attacks appeared in slow motion to Rorschach.
He didn't even need to use Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) to easily dodge Lucci's attacks.
Without even realizing it, Rorschach didn't know he had already become this strong.
Back in Marineford, during the battle with Kizaru and Aokiji, he had been crushed mercilessly.
It turns out, it wasn't that he was too weak.
It was that the opponents were just too strong.
Deep blue Armament Haki enveloped his body, giving him the appearance of wearing a deep blue armor.
"Pff! Pff! Pff!"
Lucci's storm-like Finger Guns hit the surface of the deep blue armor, but no ripples appeared on the surface.
"CRACK! CRACK!"
Two sharp sounds echoed as Lucci's index fingers on both hands bent backward, twisted out of shape.
Lucci's face grew increasingly pale, his usual cold and emotionless expression slowly starting to waver.
On the distant balcony, Kaku, Owl, and Kumadori, struggling to get back up, stared dumbfoundedly at the battle in the air.
"This… this isn't even in the same league."
"That guy's Doriki is not 9999!"
"9999 is just the limit value that can be measured in a regular match!"
(End of Chapter)
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