Facing three natural-type ultimate moves, Aus didn't force a teleport dodge—he wanted to test his limits.
"Divine Departure!!!"
As Aus's ruthless voice dropped, all three attackers felt bone-chilling cold slam into them.
That black-red blade wrapped in solid Conqueror's Haki, combined with that demon god figure's unmatched monster strength, slashed toward them at nearly invisible speed.
Black-red lightning mixed with elemental collapse. Dazzling light lit up Aus's excited face.
The sheer power, plus that familiar feeling with this technique, made Sengoku and the others look over again.
"That's... Roger's Divine Departure!?"
"Looks like it, but not as insanely powerful!"
"Jehahahaha! What a promising brat! Is this all the new era Marines amount to?"
Shiki mocked without mercy.
Even though he didn't get along with the Roger Pirates either, compared to Marines, he'd rather see Marines eat shit.
These wastes—how the hell could they catch that Roger bastard?
"Future three Marine Admirals, I'll admit you're qualified to fight me."
Aus's single Divine Departure slash cut straight through three natural disaster-level elemental attacks. Eyes full of satisfaction, he raised his blade pointing at them.
"Come on! Try to kill me!!!"
At Aus's contemptuous attitude, all three got pissed, their bodies manifesting ridiculous natural forces. Even the environment started changing around them.
At full power—that was force capable of permanently fucking up an island's terrain and climate!
After both sides went all-out, Aus admitted he was definitely feeling pressure.
One he could confidently suppress. Two he could still handle smoothly.
Three? He could barely maintain not losing.
And that was with two invincible abilities backing him.
No wonder old monster Oda said nobody in the world could solo two Admirals. This combo of tank + Haki mastery + natural disaster destruction—
Taking down two or more solo? Unless it was overwhelming like adult vs kid, or using weird Devil Fruit sneak attacks, there really wasn't a chance in hell.
Looking at all the wounds covering his body, Aus got it—this was his current limit.
But even knowing that, Aus still wanted to push those limits. This might be his shot at advancing his Conqueror's Haki further.
This was the real reason he chose this fight.
He didn't buy it—his spirit had already expanded to solo-challenging three Admirals. How could he not grow enough to claim the strongest Conqueror's Haki throne later?
He'd even imagined it.
If he and Shanks showed up together at some big scene in the future, both releasing Conqueror's Haki for their entrance—
Don't be scared.
Whoever's weaker gets embarrassed.
He wasn't falling behind that Shanks bastard in Conqueror's Haki—the ultimate showing-off weapon.
Shanks?
Just a little bitch!
The brutal fight continued.
High-level battles were always measured in days.
Five days and nights of savage combat—even monster-constitution Aus was getting worn down.
His body was riddled with wounds, old and new. The earlier ones had formed thick scabs by now.
The future three Admirals weren't doing great either.
Wounds even worse than Aus's covered their bodies. Without elementalization occasionally negating damage, they'd be even more fucked than they already were.
Borsalino's glasses had been shattered ages ago. This eternally sleazy old monkey had lost several teeth, with footprints and sword cuts all over.
Sakazuki wasn't much better. After eating Aus's punch head-on early and getting hurt, his reaction speed had obviously dropped.
Without magma covering his whole body, he'd definitely look like hamburger meat.
Of course, the worst off was Aus's favorite target—his love-hate relationship with old ice boy.
Besides the nasty wounds on his face and body, his left leg was twisted at weird angles, like fate decided he needed this beating.
But at least it wasn't broken. Wrapped in supreme bandages, it should heal in ten days or so.
Couldn't help it—they weren't weak. This Aus freak was just too perverted.
Except for slightly lacking combat experience, he had zero weaknesses. Whether hand-to-hand, swordsmanship, or Haki, he crushed them all. Plus that impossible-to-catch Warp-Warp Fruit.
Add Conqueror's Haki that got crazier as he fought and stronger as he got crazier, wrapped around his blade occasionally throwing Divine Departure—each one hurt worse than the last.
But no matter how long, the battle finally ended.
On the other side of their four-way battlefield, the three old-era powerhouses had settled things.
"Shiki! Roger's death will start a peaceful era. We Marines won't let anyone destroy that!"
"Garp!!!"
After the final Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact landed, that proud lion who refused to submit finally fell.
Maybe the ship wheel in his head affected his strength. Maybe fighting desperately against the odds. Either way—Shiki lost.
After getting fitted with Seastone shackles, he had no fight left.
The instant Golden Lion Shiki dropped, Aus's scalp went numb. Every hair stood on end as his Observation Haki screamed danger.
Whoosh—
Aus, who'd been having a blast fighting three Admirals, immediately ultra-long-distance teleported away from his spot.
BOOM—
"Wahahahaha! Pretty quick dodge there, gun-toting brat from Roger's crew!!!"
Where he'd been standing, a fist radiating intense red light crashed down, cracking the ground for kilometers.
Even the three wounded Admirals got forced back by the shockwaves.
The sneak attacker was that man who'd cornered Aus's captain multiple times—
Marine Hero, Monkey D. Garp!
Seeing Garp whose single punch cracked several thousand meters, Aus couldn't help sweating.
"Captain Roger's not here, so you're picking on an intern?
Mr. Garp, that doesn't seem like righteous Marine style."
"I told you before, Aus!"
Sengoku, still in Buddha form, joined the battlefield, seriously roaring at Aus.
"Against scum like you, Marines don't need honor!!!"
"Is that right?"
"Then... as a pirate facing unbeatable Marines, running away's pretty normal, yeah?"
Aus seemed unbothered by Sengoku's roaring, just smiled at them all.
Actually, seeing Golden Lion's defeat, he knew it was definitely time to bail.
He'd fought his ass off, made his statement—stay longer and he'd really get sent to keep Captain Roger company.
"What!?!"
Hearing this, Sengoku's face instantly went red. "Don't tell me... you bastard!!!"
He went red because he knew—with that nearly unsolvable ability, if Aus wanted to escape, almost nobody could stop him.
But that way, where was Marine Headquarters Marineford's dignity?! Where was the entire Marines' face?!!
Maybe adding insult to injury, camera-carrying seagulls were flying overhead, snapping photos nonstop.
Aus smiled at the cameras, waved at the Marines,
Then, in their furious attacks' explosions and smoke,
Black Gun Aus's figure vanished.
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