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Bullet lunged, his entire body radiating dark, potent Armament Haki as he unleashed a devastating right hook.
Bullet was a former child soldier who had spent his life on the battlefield. His strength was so overwhelming he had been hailed as a "Hero" in his homeland.
However, following a certain incident, he had deserted the military.
He eventually crossed paths with Roger, joining his crew and serving as a critical combat asset during that legendary era.
Even back then, his strength rivaled that of the First Mate, Rayleigh.
But Bullet wasn't complacent. He pushed his training to agonizing extremes.
It was only when Roger contracted his terminal illness that Bullet's spirit broke. He believed he had lost his one chance to surpass the Pirate King.
Drifting aimlessly without a goal, Bullet embarked on a rampage, turning the seas upside down.
The Marines ultimately invoked a Buster Call to stop him, a mobilization so massive it required the combined efforts of Garp and Sengoku.
He was only captured after the relentless assault of the Buster Call finally drained his monstrous stamina.
Raised in the crucible of war, Bullet was a hulking juggernaut with the terrifying eyes of a demon.
Even locked in the abyss of Impel Down, he never ceased his grueling daily training regimen.
Whether it was raw power, blinding speed, flawless technique, or sheer physical durability—he was an unassailable fortress.
For twenty years, Bullet had trained in absolute, silent isolation, maintaining a state of hyper-focused concentration.
He had agonized over how to surpass Roger's legacy, eventually arriving at a singular conclusion.
He would become the "World's Strongest Pirate King, Surpassing Roger."
To him, this meant systematically slaughtering every single powerhouse in the world, including the Yonko and the Marine Admirals. Only through absolute, unrivaled dominance could he prove his superiority.
In the Stampede storyline, after escaping the prison, Bullet crossed paths with Buena Festa, who had miraculously survived being swallowed by a Sea King.
Festa possessed an Eternal Pose leading to Laugh Tale, secretly crafted by one of Roger's crewmates.
Thus began the first phase of Bullet's grand design: the Pirate Festival, using Roger's treasure as bait to lure in the world's most notorious pirates.
During that battle, Bullet displayed overwhelming, god-like power.
Without even resorting to Haki or his Devil Fruit abilities, he crushed the entire Worst Generation using pure physical martial arts.
He pinned Luffy to the ground with a single punch.
Moving at imperceptible speeds, he slammed Kid and Killer's heads together.
A left hook dispatched X Drake; a right hook sent Urouge flying.
He ignored Apoo's sonic attacks, bulldozing right through him to crush Hawkins.
He casually swatted away Drake in his full Allosaurus form.
He grabbed Bonney by the leg and repeatedly slammed her into the earth.
He effortlessly deflected a combined assault from Gear Third Luffy and Kid.
A single punch obliterated Capone Bege's "Big Father" castle mode.
Only when the Supernovas were completely incapacitated did they realize Bullet had merely been treating the encounter as a light warm-up.
When Bullet declared his intention to claim the title of Pirate King, Luffy engaged him in Gear Fourth: Snakeman.
Yet, Bullet weathered every one of Snakeman's frenetic attacks without sustaining a single scratch.
Once he activated his Armament Haki, a single, devastating blow knocked Luffy entirely out of his Gear Fourth transformation.
His combat record was nothing short of legendary.
Bullet's strength easily placed him in the "Low Yonko" tier. His only real shortcoming was a lack of practical combat experience against actual Yonko-level opponents.
His techniques, particularly the application of his Clank-Clank Fruit, possessed subtle flaws that were eventually exploited by overwhelming, coordinated attacks.
Even his final defeat at Luffy's hands required a heavy dose of narrative "flashback power."
He was an undeniably dominant force.
Yet, in this moment, he was suddenly taken aback.
His punch struck nothing but air!
The shockwave from his fist tore the corridor apart, but Jin was nowhere to be found.
In the microsecond before the blow landed...
Jin vanished.
Vanished?
No!
He didn't vanish!
Because a fist slammed brutally into Bullet's chest.
Jin's speed was so incomprehensible that even Bullet's honed Observation Haki failed to track it.
CRACK!
First, the sharp sound of impact.
A surge of kinetic energy punched straight through Bullet's massive torso, blowing out the back of his prison uniform.
BOOM!
Then, an explosion akin to a war drum detonated inside Bullet's body.
Already off-balance from his missed strike, Bullet was launched backward violently.
CRASH!
He smashed through the stone walls, tearing massive holes through the architecture before being buried beneath a mountain of falling rubble.
Jin's eyes darted sideways.
Redfield materialized directly in front of him.
BAM!
A vicious downward kick!
Black lightning crackled around Redfield's leg like dancing electricity. His aged frame belied terrifying, explosive power.
Since childhood, Redfield had possessed innate, overwhelmingly powerful Observation Haki.
As he aged, it grew so potent he could read the very thoughts of those around him.
But this "gift" also forced him to witness the sheer ugliness of the human heart, breeding a deep-seated misanthropy and a fiercely solitary nature.
He was a relic of the era of Roger, Whitebeard, Shiki, Garp, and Sengoku.
Operating entirely solo, he had built a reputation that put him on equal footing with Roger and Whitebeard.
When pursued by the Marines, Redfield had fought Fleet Admiral Kong to a standstill, defeating him before engaging in a grueling, day-long duel with Garp. He was only captured after his stamina finally gave out.
In other words...
In a one-on-one fight, he possessed the combat power to defeat the previous Marine Fleet Admiral.
During the chaos of the Summit War, he capitalized on Blackbeard's infiltration to stage his escape.
However, his physical body had deteriorated with age. To restore his youth, he had begun searching for the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Model: Vampire.
Facing Redfield's lightning-fast assault, Jin answered with a kick of his own.
Leg met leg.
BOOM!
The collision of two tyrannical forces triggered a massive shockwave, whipping up a localized hurricane.
Redfield was forced back.
"Gah...!"
The sheer concussive force of the Haki clash rattled his internal organs, causing the old pirate to hack up a mouthful of blood.
Magellan watched the exchange in stunned silence.
Just what level of power had Jin reached??
To repel three legendary monsters with single, individual strikes...
His combat prowess was staggering.
Redfield's expression turned deadly serious.
He was too sharp.
Every casual movement Jin made radiated an unparalleled, peerless defensive and destructive capability—power that seemingly eclipsed even the Yonko.
In just one brief exchange, Bullet and the others had realized the terrifying, absolute strength of the man standing before them.
But retreating was no longer an option.
"We either break out, or we die here," Redfield declared, his white hair billowing in the gale. "There is no third option!"
RUMBLE!
Bullet tore through the rubble, an incandescent aura of Haki enveloping his entire massive frame.
"Demon Form!"
He stepped forward slowly. By fusing his Haki with his physical form, his speed and strength were amplified to terrifying extremes.
He truly looked like a "Demon from Hell"—the very manifestation of his infamous moniker.
His body radiated heat like an erupting volcano.
A searing, blinding light clung to him, burning like an unquenchable inferno.
But it wasn't fire; it was the physical manifestation of his overwhelming Haki.
World fought through the agonizing pain of his wound and scrambled to his feet.
The three titans launched a synchronized, all-out assault on Jin.
Bullet threw wild, wide-arcing punches. His momentum was majestic, an unstoppable force intent on annihilating any obstacle in its path.
The corridor disintegrated around him.
Redfield moved with ethereal grace and lethal agility, his body blurring into streaks of lightning, leaving afterimages in his wake.
His piercing cane-sword thrusts carried a chilling, lethal intent.
World, driven to the brink, pushed his own physical limits—speed, strength, durability—to a full "Hundred-Fold!"
Hsssss...
His entire body flushed a furious, boiling red, steam rising from his skin. This was an extreme, overloaded state. His overall combat power had skyrocketed a hundred times over.
Like a frenzied berserker, he launched a suicidal charge.
It was a technique he couldn't sustain for long; the strain was actively burning away his lifespan.
But the suffocating pressure Jin exuded gave him no choice. He had to risk it all.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The three legends attacked with unrelenting fury.
Their strikes fell like a torrential tidal wave.
Every single blow was aimed squarely at Jin.
The deafening roar of their impacts echoed like endless peals of thunder.
Yet, Jin seemed to possess an indestructible, diamond-forged body. Every casual movement he made unleashed a surging, boundless power.
As he effortlessly parried their combined assault, he readied the legendary black blade, Shusui.
His Haki erupted into the sky.
He unleashed a massive, sweeping slash.
Before the devastating arc of the blade, Bullet, Redfield, and World were all forced to scatter and evade.
They sensed the lethal danger it carried.
His absolute dominance left them all reeling.
They had assumed that by combining their strength, they could easily suppress him. They never imagined they would be the ones pushed to the brink.
Magellan was equally astonished.
Just then, the passage leading up from Level 3 burst open, vomiting forth another massive wave of rioting prisoners.
"KILL...!"
"CHARGE!"
"It's Magellan!"
"Rush him together! Don't let him scare you!"
"He's only one man! He can't stop all of us!"
Magellan took a slow, deep breath, his body seeping lethal toxins. "I will absolutely not let you pass!"
It was a scene of unmitigated, horrific slaughter.
While Jin tied up the three legendary titans, the endless tide of lesser inmates continued to grind down Magellan's stamina.
As Redfield had so grimly stated...
Having finally caught the scent of freedom after decades in the abyss, these men had no other choice.
They would either break through to the surface, or they would die trying.
The entirety of Level 2 descended into an apocalyptic battlefield.
After a grueling hour of relentless, high-intensity combat...
SHLUCK!
A blindingly bright slash carved upward through the air.
Jin, his dark hair whipping wildly, his eyes cold and merciless, cleaved the upper half of Byrnndi World's head clean off.
Blood sprayed into the stale prison air.
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