"Six Powers—Soru!"
Jabra vanished.
Not metaphorically—physically gone.
The air itself rippled where he had stood, a white shock ring marking dozens of instantaneous steps compressed into a single second.
But Sanji didn't move.
He stood still.
Calm.
His observation haki spread outward like an invisible net.
In his perception—
Jabra wasn't invisible at all.
Every step.
Every shift in weight.
Every micro-explosion of force—
Laid bare.
"So that's it…"
Sanji analyzed silently.
"All power concentrated at the tip of the foot… explosive release… instantaneous displacement."
"If I can break this down… it's a useful trick."
"DIE! Ten-Finger Gun!"
Jabra appeared right in front of him.
Ten clawed fingers thrust forward like spears, sparks igniting from friction.
This wasn't just piercing power—
It was tearing force.
Enough to shred flesh on contact.
And yet—
Sanji didn't counter.
He leaned.
Just slightly.
His body moved like a feather in a storm.
At the exact instant the claws should have pierced him—
He slipped aside.
Ten invisible blades cut past his waist—
And a massive stone pillar behind him exploded into fragments.
"…You dodged?"
Jabra landed, claws digging trenches into the ground.
Then vanished again.
And again.
And again.
For minutes—
The battlefield became his stage.
Soru.
Rankyaku.
Claws.
Kicks.
A storm of lethal attacks.
But Sanji—
Hands still in his pockets.
Cigarette still lit.
Not fighting.
Learning.
"Heel pressure… inner angle… breathing sync…"
His eyes gleamed brighter with every exchange.
This wasn't defense.
It was replication.
—
Meanwhile—
Franky and Nico Robin broke toward the rear passage.
"Stop!"
Kumadori, Fukuro, and Blueno blocked the way.
"Hey… am I invisible or something?"
A voice rang out.
Usopp stepped forward.
For once—
No hesitation.
"Special Attack—Exploding Star Barrage!"
Shots flew.
Not at bodies—
At the ground.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Smoke and fire erupted, forming a temporary barrier.
"Go! Robin! Franky!"
Then—
A roar.
A shadow surged forward.
Tony Tony Chopper—in full human form.
Nearly three meters tall.
Muscles like twisted steel.
"MOVE… OR BE MOVED!"
He charged.
Like a runaway war machine.
CRASH!!!
All three CP9 agents were blown back instantly.
Bodies tumbling.
Ground tearing beneath them.
Even Blueno carved a trench across the plaza.
In that instant—
Robin and Franky slipped past.
Gone.
Toward the Tower.
—
"Damn it…!"
Kumadori staggered up, furious.
"Too late."
Blueno stepped forward.
"I'll intercept."
He raised his hand—
"Door."
A doorway appeared in midair.
He stepped through.
Gone.
—
Back on the battlefield—
Jabra snapped.
Completely.
He realized it now.
He wasn't winning.
Worse—
Sanji wasn't even treating him like an enemy.
He was studying him.
Like a manual.
"DAMN YOU!!"
Jabra roared.
"If you dodge so well on the ground—let's see you dodge in the sky!"
He leapt—
"Geppo!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
His feet struck the air itself.
Explosions echoed with each step.
He stood—
In the sky.
Looking down.
Sanji froze.
Then—
His eyes ignited.
"…You can step on air?"
Excitement surged through him.
"This… this is it."
"This is what I need."
"If I can move freely in the sky…"
"My kicks… will have no blind spots."
His observation haki sharpened to its peak.
Jabra was no longer a wolf—
But a moving equation.
Muscle contractions.
Joint angles.
Breathing rhythm.
All dissected.
"Moonlight Ten-Finger Gun!"
Jabra dove.
From above.
Speed amplified by gravity.
Ten claws burned red, tearing through the air like falling meteors.
A killing strike from the heavens.
And Sanji—
Didn't retreat.
At the last possible instant—
His body twisted.
Breaking every rule of human motion.
"Now… let me see it clearly."
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