Operation X

"Who knows? Since I came alone, there must be a reason. The others might think too highly of you!"

Kizaru didn't have the intention to fight immediately. In any case, his task was to stall Giotto. It would be great if he could stall Giotto by simply using his mouth until Admiral Sengoku arrived. Then again, it did seem far-fetched.

After all, Kizaru was not that kind of man!

"You will soon know. I also want to know if you have gotten any better since we met in G5."

The moment his words fell, Giotto disappeared before reappearing behind Kizaru. The flames all over his body burned crazily, including Dying Will Flame and Flame-Flame Fruit's scorching flames!

"Fire Fist!"

Violent flames burst out in an instant. It covered a massive ground. However, Kizaru was not to be underestimated. The thing he was most proud of was his speed.

His body quickly turned into light particles, and then he dodged, leaving the attack range of the Fire Fist.

However, this was also a weakness of his Glint-Glint Fruit, as it could only move in a straight line. If he had Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he could take advantage of the moment just now to get behind Giotto and launch a counterattack.

"Comma Jewel of Eight Shaku!"

After dodging the Fire Fist, Kizaru no longer hesitated. He crossed his arms and fired countless dazzling light bullets at Giotto. At this moment, he did not care how Sabaodi Archipelago would become in such a battle.

Because he was well aware that he might die if he let his guard down in front of Giotto!

"A large-scale energy attack? That's perfect for trying a new move!"

Thinking of this, Giotto made a strange movement with both of his hands. At the same time, the flame on his forehead began to flicker.

In the next moment, a scene beyond Kizaru's expectation unfolded before his eyes. The moment the light bullets he discharged were about to touch Giotto, they seemed to melt away and cause no harm to Giotto whatsoever.

The surprised Kizaru then pointed his finger at Giotto, and a laser beam was immediately shot out. However, just like earlier, the beam of light directly disappeared when it touched Giotto.

Moreover, rather than disappearing, it felt more like it was being absorbed by Giotto!

Did Giotto's Devil Fruit have such an ability?

Fortunately for Kizaru, he didn't know that Dark-Dark Fruit existed yet. Otherwise, he would probably think that Giotto had eaten that Devil Fruit.

"Boom!"

Just as Kizaru was deep in thought, the Dying Will Flame in Giotto's body burned even more fiercely than before, and his powerful aura swept out in all directions.

Giotto clenched his fists, and he could feel power flowing into him. Unfortunately, Zero Point Breakthrough only gave him a temporary boost in Dying Will Flame, not a permanent one.

In less than a blink of an eye, Giotto appeared in front of Kizaru while waving his fist, not giving Kizaru any time to dodge.

"Dying Will Armament: Bone Crusher!!"

"Sword of Gathering Clouds of Heaven!"

Almost instinctively, Kizaru condensed his light beam into a light sword. However, this time, he did not have the time to condense the light sword. He immediately raised his hand and swung it down. At the same time, the light sword clashed directly with the jet-black fist enveloped in flames.

"Boom!"

The clash of overwhelming between them left disastrous impact to the surrounding. Kizaru felt like he almost could no longer hold his Sword of Gathering Clouds of Heaven. Giotto's strength was not the same as when he was in the G5 branch.

"Do you want to persist until Sengoku comes? But what if the only thing he found is your corpse once he gets here?"

The corner of Giotto's mouth rose. The aura on his body actually intensified again. His Color of Supreme King Haki also directly swept around. Even if Sengoku came, he had to cripple Kizaru first.

It was not that he thought Kizaru posed a threat to him. It was just that Kizaru was so fast, like a fly that constantly bugged him.

"You won't kill me that easily!"

Kizaru's expression was already extremely serious. He was convinced that the person in front of him was no joke. It was simply impossible to deal with him alone.

Of course, there was another reason for this idea, and that was because Kizaru's strength hadn't reached its peak. In a few years, he, Akainu, and Aokiji would be known as Admirals for a period of time, and their strength would finally reach its peak.

"Operation X!"

Giotto suddenly said. In these two years, his strength had improved a lot. In addition to his Devil Fruit's ability and other abilities, the other key point was that Spanner had made a tool to help him use X-Burner perfectly.

There was a slight difference between his tool and Vongola Decimo's. The contact lenses were the same, but Giotto didn't have the earphone. He just put a small communication device in his ear to convey instructions.

With this thing, he finally did not have to worry about being sent flying when he used the X-Burner.

"Roger, Boss!"

"X-Burner launch system initiates!"

A simple prompt sounded in Giotto's ears. Then, he used one hand to shoot the Soft Sky Flame toward the rear.

His other hand began to quickly concentrate the Hard Sky Flame, and the flame pressure began to rise rapidly.

"Is this the move that you use in Whole Cake Island against Big Mom? However, such a move seems to require a high degree of accuracy. Do you think you can hit me, who has the speed of light?"

Kizaru smiled confidently. He could feel the strong power that the other party had gathered at this moment, and he was well aware that it had immense destructive power. However, he was a Glint-Glint Fruit user. It'd be humiliating if he were to be hit by such an obvious move.