Chapter 55: Death Song

"Damn it! You're always causing trouble! Get lost, we don't need you in this battle!"

Gladios' face was dark, as if water was about to drip from it.

Because of Rorschach's words, baby5, who had been about to fire at Rorschach, suddenly blushed.

"I'm needed again, I'm so happy~"

She looked at Rorschach shyly, her eyes glistening, and said, "No matter who needs me, I'll do anything for them."

As she spoke, her right leg, which had transformed into a cannon, turned and aimed at her comrades.

Torebol raised the cane in his right hand in a gesture of surrender.

"Baby5, we are comrades, we need you more than him, yes, we also need you, we need you to kill him."

He pointed at Rorschach and shouted.

"Really? Do you need me more than him? Then I…"

Baby5 hesitated for a moment, then turned back, aiming at Rorschach again.

Rorschach pursed his lips, and a gentle look suddenly appeared on his face.

"I need you, baby5, I need you ten thousand times more than they do. You are a useful person, not just a fighting machine. Come on, let's defeat these bad guys together!"

"Ten thousand times more need? Ah~ happiness fills my heart."

Baby5's face was extremely red, and white steam appeared from her head.

She covered her face, smiling blissfully, then suddenly turned and fired at Torebol and Gladios.

Boom! The black cannonball hit Torebol directly, resulting in a huge explosion of flames.

"Stay aside and calm down, baby5!"

Torebol launched a large blob of sticky liquid from his right hand, hitting baby5.

"Sticky Bomb!"

"You little brat, do you think these childish tricks will work? Die! Black Feather Explosion!"

Gladios jumped high beside Torebol, inflating his right arm like a balloon, and exploded it in Rorschach's face!

Slap! Kujaku grabbed the long whip at her waist and struck it on the ground instead of at Gladios.

With a slap, the ground rose like a wave, surging towards the three opponents and crushing them.

At the same time, Rorschach leapt forward, bending low to avoid Gladios' explosion, and rushed towards Torebol, attacking his filthy face with a single finger.

"Finger Gun!"

"Danger!"

Torebol screamed, but instead of retreating, he rushed forward, colliding his filthy face with Rorschach.

"This guy..."

Rorschach felt a chill, remembering Torebol's true nature from the manga: he was actually a thin old man hiding inside a blob of sticky liquid.

If Rorschach hit one of the fake limbs covered by the liquid, he would be trapped.

Thinking quickly, Rorschach pulled back his attack and launched a "Lan" kick.

Swish! The air blade sliced through Torebol's large face, revealing the sticky liquid inside.

Rorschach's face darkened.

"As expected."

"Eh? Very cautious, little Navy brat."

Torebol froze for a moment, the liquid on his face closing, then suddenly attacked Rorschach with the cane in his right hand.

Boom! The air exploded like a cannonball, and a violent gust of wind made Rorschach feel suffocated.

With just one strike, this filthy man showed terrifying power!

Rorschach bent back, avoiding the cane, then raised his right foot and kicked towards Torebol's legs.

"Lan!"

"Behehe, you attacked there, how cunning."

Torebol attacked again with the cane, smashing Rorschach's kick.

This time, Rorschach noticed that the front of the cane was covered with a black layer.

It was this blackness that increased the cane's power significantly.

"As expected! A high-ranking officer under the Warlords can't be without Armament Haki!"

Rorschach rolled to avoid another strike from Torebol.

Boom!

The ground exploded into a huge crater, with rocks flying in all directions.

"Baby5! Attack his body!"

Rorschach shouted through the smoke, pulling a strange weapon from his waist.

It was a combat weapon, made with some Seastone fragments, designed specifically to counter ability users.

It was very sturdy, comparable to ordinary good swords.

Drake said that these weapons were still rare and couldn't be mass-produced.

With this weapon, he could now better face Torebol.

But suddenly, Rorschach heard baby5 scream from within the smoke, and saw sticky liquid pouring from Torebol, spreading around him.

"Sticky Waves!"

Swoosh.

The sticky liquid flowed across the ground, trapping baby5 and making her unable to move.

The sticky liquid on the ground made Rorschach's attacks more difficult.

Rorschach's face turned pale, "This filthy bastard, so strong but so cunning."

On the other side, Kujaku was retreating rapidly, using her whip to strike everything around her.

The ground, the walls, the houses.

Everything the whip struck started to move as if alive, heading towards Gladios.

But despite this, she couldn't stop his advance!

"Rock Explosion!"

Every wall Gladios touched exploded massively, destroying everything around.

The powerful blasts made Kujaku cough blood, making Rorschach worried.

At this moment, on the palace roof, Ilia stood up and raised his wine glass towards the city.

"I hear the song of death, what a beautiful melody! The play has reached a new level!"

As if responding to his words.

On the battlefield, Drake and Hawkins, covered in blood, watched the hellish scene before them, unable to stop their eyes from twitching.

"McJones! You beast! Stop immediately!"

In front of them, Jones, who had returned to human form, stood on a pile of corpses, his power increasing.

The thousands of city residents controlled by Jones were suffering unimaginable pain.

Then their heads began to explode one by one, revealing huge worms.

Young Jimmy sat on the ground, staring at his father in shock, as his father's head exploded, covering Jimmy in blood.

The worms crawled towards Jones, merging into his body, increasing his strength.

"Mihahaha! Mihahaha! Offer me your flesh and souls! Ilia! This is my true goal!"

"I will swallow this country, and take the great Celestial Treasure!"

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