Kuro was genuinely surprised this time.
Storing objects is one thing, and that could be considered a space-related fruit, but storing the slash he just witnessed is a bit of an exaggeration.
Roberts' counterattack was exactly the same as Kuro's strike, both in terms of power and speed, without any reduction.
It really has been completely stored.
Bang!
At that moment, Kuro reappeared behind him, not with a knife, but with a punch that landed on Roberts' back. The force he exerted vanished without a trace the instant they made contact.
"Here you go!" Roberts didn't even look at him, and a force pushed him out from behind.
Whoosh!
Kuro dodged and returned to the sky, staring at Roberts and clicking his tongue, "Not bad at all, is it a disguised form of absolute defense?"
"I told you, don't look down on me like that!"
Roberts waved his hand, and a huge, dark slash shot into the sky from his hand, rushing towards Kuro.
"Hawkeye?!"
At this moment, Lida, who had already arrived at this side, saw the slash and instinctively cried out.
The intensity and aura of this slash were exactly the same as Hawkeye's slash, especially for Rita, who had once withstood Hawkeye's slash, she knew very well.
Kuro's eyes widened as he dodged the soaring flying slash with a quick movement through the air.
He stared blankly as the slash hurtled through the sky, then turned to Roberts in surprise, "You, have you ever run into Hawkeye?"
"That man can't do anything to me, Admiral," Roberts said with a cold laugh.
The abilities of those with superpowers are both miraculous and absolute; some may have weaknesses, but many more are bug-level in their abilities.
Leaving aside the truly overpowered Devil Fruits, there are also those with 'superhuman' abilities, like Buggy. He's not afraid of slashes imbued with Haki; he's never been afraid of any slash.
The same goes for Roberts. He said he couldn't absorb living matter, so Kuro's fist couldn't get in. But the black knife just slashed through his body. Shusui has no life, so it could get in. The fist is his flesh, so it could.
The fist can only make contact with the body, but force, which has no life force, is naturally 'stored' and then released.
"It's not Hawkeye... Hey, Kuro, who's this guy?"
Lida arrived at the battlefield at this moment, glanced at Roberts on the roof, and said to Kuro in the sky.
"A pirate, huh?"
Kuro shrugged and asked, "Did you encounter any pirates along the way?"
“No.” Lida shook her head. “There weren’t many people along the way; we came directly here.”
"Yeah..."
Kuro stroked his chin, his Observation Haki spreading out. The aura of that tattered armored knight was now fading into the distance, seemingly heading towards the port where the privately owned ships were hidden.
They're really going to run away.
"If we don't run into them, then so be it."
Kuro looked at Roberts and said, "Then let's deal with this thing."
Roberts's face darkened. "You were fighting this admiral, and you had time to chat. Now you're arrogantly trying to get rid of this admiral. You truly deserve to die!"
He stretched out his hand, his arms opening wide again. "You know Hawkeye, right? Then experience his slashes firsthand!"
Whoosh!
Three dark green slashes erupted from his body, splitting into three directions: two vertical slashes attacked Kuro, while a horizontal slash swept towards Lida and the others.
Kuro closed his eyes slightly, and his body flashed through the air, appearing on the other side.
"Energy Strike!"
Lida gathered Armament Haki on her fist and punched the incoming slash. Her fist and the slash collided and clashed for a moment. Then she lifted her fist upwards, sending the slash flying into the air.
“Things are different now than before, I’m stronger now!” Lida shook her numb arm, revealing a set of beautiful white teeth.
A year ago, even with all her might, she almost couldn't withstand it.
Now, she can do it with one hand.
"snort."
Roberts snorted coldly, his gaze turning towards Lida. Four more dark green slashes flew from his eyes, heading towards Lida in both directions.
"This... Kuro!"
Lida called out upwards.
brush!
Four golden slashes descended from the sky, colliding with the dark green slash, generating shockwaves that stirred up dust on the ground.
Kuro, holding Shusui, slowly descended in front of Lida, clicking his tongue and saying, "How long has that idiot Mihawk been playing with this guy?"
The slashing attacks just wouldn't stop.
"Kuro, go and kill him! I don't like this guy."
Seeing that Kuro was standing there without moving, Lida quickly urged him on.
"I can't cut him."
Kuro rolled his eyes. "This thing is bug-level. No matter what kind of attack it is, it will store it and then release it. Otherwise, how do you think it would know Hawkeye's techniques? But..."
He glanced at Lida and made up his mind.
That Roberts is a standard ability user; his ability is very well developed, but he's just average in other aspects.
Compared to Bellamy and Annie, whom he had encountered, this man's physical skills were practically nonexistent.
If he could be touched, he would be finished in front of Lida.
“But there’s always a limit, right? How long can that boring guy Mihawk play with someone like that? You can tell from his slashes that he’s not very strong,” Kuro said.
"Do you underestimate this admiral?"
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