"Trafalgar!"
Kid gasped in shock, summoning a floating piece of scrap metal to catch the falling Law.
As for himself, his steel legs allowed him to maneuver mid-air effortlessly.
"Borororo! Keep me entertained, brat! Tell me—who was responsible for the massacre in Boro Town? To dare slaughter so brazenly in my territory? Admirable courage, I'll give you that!"
With a flap of his golden wings, Caesar shot into the sky pursuing Kid relentlessly!
"Caesar! You damn monster, it was me who killed your men! Hahaha! And guess what? That wife of yours, Hiyori—I tore her to pieces! Gyahahaha! You should thank me! I eliminated one of your weaknesses for you!"
Kid cackled madly as he manipulated the steel beneath him, speeding through the air with Law in tow.
At Kid's words, Caesar's expression turned glacial.
Hiyori... dead?
Though he had never held much affection for the woman, she was still his concubine—someone he had taken as his own.
Back then, to consolidate his control over Wano Country more efficiently, Caesar had chosen to marry Hiyori.
As the last surviving member of the Kozuki Clan, Hiyori held significant influence in Wano.
It wasn't that Caesar was particularly merciful or averse to ruling through violence.
He simply understood that violence was merely a tool to solve troublesome problems.
To make people willingly serve him, brute strength alone wasn't enough.
They needed incentives—a glimmer of hope for a better life, no matter how meager.
Even if that hope paled in comparison to what others outside Wano had...
For its people, it was still a lifeline.
Rewarding those loyal to you with real power and trust, like Doflamingo, will bring you a hundredfold return!
Intimidate with strength, bind with emotion, conquer with charisma!
This is Caesar's path of a conqueror!
"If Hiyori is dead, then you shall be buried with her! I was even planning to reserve two spots for you in the Dark Guard Corps!"
A savage killing intent surged within Caesar!
At this moment, he no longer suppressed the Conqueror's Haki within him.
The chilling murderous aura and terrifying Conqueror's Haki instantly shook the heavens, dispersing the thick dark clouds above!
Like a tangible force, the Conqueror's Haki descended like an invisible, sky-covering hand, swatting down Kid and Law mid-flight as if they were mere flies!
BOOM!
The overwhelming pressure, as if the heavens and earth had overturned, instantly crushed Kid's magnetic powers.
"Ahhh!!"
Kid clutched his head in agony, blood gushing from his orifices.
Every pore on his body oozed blood, making for a horrifying sight.
"Room!"
At the last moment before crashing into the ground, Law regained consciousness.
A massive energy dome enveloped Kid and himself, successfully teleporting them over a hundred meters away, landing at the entrance of the weapons factory.
Looking at the blood-soaked Kid before him, Law's expression darkened.
He placed his right hand on Kid's body, conjuring a glowing white sphere.
"Room—Emergency Surgery!"
Under the exceptional power of his Op-Op Fruit, the torn organs, bones, and muscles within Kid's body were forcibly fused back together in an instant!
The blood seeping from his pores vanished in the blink of an eye, as Law used his spatial transfer ability to return it all into Kid's veins!
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Bravo! Truly an impressive ability, Trafalgar. I'm almost reluctant to kill you now.
You're different from that fool on the ground. Your abilities have extraordinary supportive effects. Paired with a strong fighter, the results would be far greater than the sum of its parts.
A shame you've thoroughly enraged me. The Op-Op Fruit... kekeke... After your death, I'll have Doflamingo retrieve it."
Caesar's golden wings spanned the sky as he descended like a radiant demon, landing just twenty meters away from Law and Kid.
Kid coughed and opened his eyes, astonished to find himself unharmed.
He turned to Law.
Law shook his head grimly. "I only performed emergency surgery. Your injuries will resurface soon enough."
"That's enough. I won't die such a humiliating death! Trafalgar, thanks. I'll hold him off—use your ability to escape!"
Kid stood up, his body surging with magnetic and electric energy, summoning countless metal objects from the weapons factory.
"Bororo! This factory was built with great effort by my worthless little brother. I can't let you destroy it so recklessly! Try my ultimate move!"
Caesar spread his arms wide.
Boundless Armament Haki surged from his body, flooding the surrounding hundred meters.
Even Kid and Law were submerged in this overwhelming sea of Armament Haki!
Clang! Clang!
The sound of countless heavy metal objects crashing to the ground echoed through the factory.
Kid's face twisted in shock as he stared at Caesar's approaching figure.
His magnetic powers... had been completely nullified!
"As long as my Armament Haki is strong enough and abundant enough, I can completely create an anti-magic field!"
Caesar spread his arms wide, laughing wildly like a peerless demon god.
"Do you know what a Forbidden Magic Zone is? Magic, in this case, refers to Devil Fruit abilities! Within the range of my Armament Haki, unless your Haki surpasses mine, every ability user will be suppressed by my Haki!"
"This! Is the Forbidden Magic Zone!"
Law's face instantly turned deathly pale, drained of all color!
He was horrified to discover that he, too, could no longer use the power of the Op-Op Fruit!
He could clearly sense that within a radius of over a hundred meters, the air was saturated with Caesar's tangible, overwhelming Armament Haki.
The sheer volume and quality of this Haki were unlike anything Law and Kid had ever encountered in their lives.
This Haki filled the world like an invisible mountain, pressing down on the two of them with crushing force, making every movement agonizing—as if they were carrying the weight of a peak on their shoulders!
"I refuse... I refuse to accept this! I haven't avenged Killer yet, Caesar!"
Kid's body trembled violently, his stature shrinking as if he were about to collapse to the ground.
The steel prosthetic limbs on his legs, now deprived of his Devil Fruit ability, instantly disintegrated, no longer able to support his weight.
With only his right arm left, Kid propped himself up on the ground, his severed legs dragging comically as he scrambled forward.
Every ounce of his Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki surged forth, converging into his sole remaining fist.
At that moment, crimson Conqueror's Haki lightning crackled around Kid's knuckles, tearing through the air and leaving behind dark spatial fissures!
BOOM!
The earth shattered as Kid let out a furious roar, like a moth diving into flames.
His right fist, wreathed in dozens of Conqueror's Haki thunderbolts, swung toward Caesar...
...only to aim for his knee.