Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

A black light appeared in Belial's left hand, which condensed into a black longsword.

"Hmm, what's going on?" Kizaru looked at the black sword. He sensed a dangerous aura emanating from it.

Belial slowly stood up, looked at the dark patterned cloth on his left hand, then at Kizaru, and said, "The battle isn't over yet!"

After saying that, Belial charged at Kizaru at such a speed that Kizaru didn't even have time to react.

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

As Kizaru dodged, the Dark Cloth and the Ultimate Blade left two shallow wounds on his body.

"what!"

Kizaru was extremely shocked and quickly took several steps back, releasing a laser beam.

Belial spun his twin blades, deflecting all the lasers.

Then, Belial reversed his grip on the Ultimate Blade, holding the Dark Cloth in his hand. His eyes were filled with a chilling gaze.

"Come on, let's settle this once and for all!"

After saying that, Belial's body emitted a white light, and he stomped his feet, crushing a large, cracked crater into the ground.

He then launched himself forward and charged toward Kizaru at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the dark-patterned cloth was filled with black light.

The ultimate blade is covered in golden light.

Belial spun his body, making himself like a tornado.

By the time Kizaru reacted, it was too late. The Ultimate Blade and the Dark Cloth slashed two deep, bone-revealing wounds into Kizaru's body.

"puff!"

Kizaru staggered back several steps, his chest stained crimson with blood. The two deep, bone-revealing wounds were a horrifying sight.

"Who exactly are you?!"

“The one who will take your life,” Belial laughed. He then continued unleashing his light blade slash.

Kizaru planned to use Naturalize to evade, but just as he was about to do so, he was shocked to find that he could no longer do so.

Seeing the approaching blade of light, Kizaru had no choice but to use "Shave," a technique he had almost never used since eating the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Kizaru, having dodged the blade of light, looked at Belial and asked, "You bastard, what did you do to me?"

"Is it unable to become natural?" Belial chuckled. He had previously considered that since the Darkweave was created by the Aliens Empera, it should also possess abilities similar to his Empera Blade.

For example, it cannot heal itself.

In addition to their previous conversation with Tregear, they discovered that their own light power could prevent Devil Fruits from naturally transforming.

Moreover, given Kizaru's laziness, it's almost inevitable that he'd fall victim to his attack.

"Damn it!" Kizaru cursed.

"Next, it's my turn!" Belial shouted, charging at Kizaru with his sword.

Belial approached Kizaru and swung his twin swords in a series of horizontal slashes, forcing Kizaru to use Armament Haki to defend himself for the first time.

Belial then kicked Kizaru away and raised his hand to unleash a light blade slash with his ultimate blade. However, Kizaru dodged it by sidestepping.

Immediately afterward, while Kizaru was dodging, Belial teleported in front of Kizaru, raised his hands, and slashed downward.

Kizaru used Armament Haki to withstand Belial's slash.

Belial roared, "Fall to the ground!"

The immense pressure caused the ground beneath Kizaru's feet to crack.

Just then, Kizaru pointed his finger at Belial. At the same time, his fingertip flashed with light.

"What……"

"Oh!"

Belial was caught off guard and was blasted backward by Kizaru's laser.

"It seems it just can't be naturalized, but its abilities are still there." Kizaru looked at the light in his hand.

"Well then, it's my turn now." As he spoke, a dazzling light flashed from Kizaru's legs.

"Kid, are you ready for a light-speed kick?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Kizaru appeared in front of Belial. "It's over, brat!" Kizaru kicked Belial in the stomach.

"Pfft!" Belial spat out a mouthful of blood.

However, to Kizaru's surprise, Belial did not retreat at all, his feet firmly planted on the ground, even pressing into the ground.

"What are you doing, kid?"

"Hehehe, now you can't escape." Belial laughed eerily, then raised the Ultimate Blade and the Dark Cloth.

"Oh no!" Kizaru exclaimed in alarm, just about to leave.

Belial retaliated by stabbing the Ultimate Blade and the Dark Cloth into Kizaru's body, piercing him straight through.

"Pfft." Kizaru spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then Belial used all his strength, wielding two swords, and slammed Kizaru against the wall.

The Ultimate Blade and the Dark Cloth acted like nails, firmly pinning Kizaru to the wall.

"You... brat, what are you doing..."

Beria took a few steps back, his body swaying as he barely managed to stand.

Then Belial raised his right hand, "Of course, I'll deliver the fatal blow."

As he spoke, a dark red light flickered in Belial's hand.

"Disium Ray!"

Belial unleashed the Desium Ray, piercing through both Kizaru and the wall, creating a powerful explosion.

"Oh!"

A sea of ​​fire stretched directly in front of Belial.

"Admiral Kizaru, dead?" The Marines could hardly believe their eyes. But the fact was right before their eyes.

After completing all these changes, Belial knelt on the ground, reverting to his human form, and weakly panted as he knelt there.

At the same time, the Ultimate Blade and the Dark Cloth returned to Belial's hands and reverted to their original forms.

Amidst the bewildered navy, someone shouted, "Kill him! Avenge the Admiral!"

"Yes!"

The navy then aimed their cannons at Belial, and "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Countless shells rained down on Belial.

Seeing this, Belial gave a bitter smile: "Is this how it ends?"

As Belial watched the approaching barrage of cannonballs, his consciousness grew increasingly blurred. In the moment before he collapsed, Belial thought of Luffy and his crew.

"They must have escaped by now, right?"

Upon realizing this, Belial completely lost consciousness. Everything went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

"ROOM!"

A huge blue barrier enveloped Belial on the ground.

"Slaughterhouse!"

Belial inside the barrier suddenly turned into a stone, and at the same time, the cannonballs arrived.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

A series of explosions rang out. Law, standing on the beach, watched this scene, then glanced at Belial on his shoulder. He turned and left.

With a leap, he landed on a boat. He started the engine at the stern, and with it, Luo carried Beria away in the small boat.

……

On the naval warship, the sailors looked at Kizaru, who was covered in wounds and wrapped in bandages, and exchanged bewildered glances.

"What should I do?"

Suddenly, Kizaru opened his eyes, startling the Marines.

"Admiral Kizaru, are you alright?"

"Quickly, notify Marine Headquarters!" Kizaru shouted in a panic, "The Straw Hat crew, a terrifying guy has arrived!"

Hearing Kizaru's panicked shouts, the Marines were somewhat shocked.

"Go quickly!"

"Oh, yes, yes!" A navy officer quickly went to contact naval headquarters.

Kizaru, recalling the scene just now, was still shaken. If he hadn't used the life-consuming light particle reconstruction technique, he would have been killed by that guy long ago.

"How could the Straw Hat crew have such a terrifying guy?" Kizaru said, his heart pounding with fear.

"However, we should also be thankful that the guy isn't one of those ambitious Yonko's subordinates."

At that moment, the navy officer took the Den Den Mushi (snail phone).

……

A few hours after the battle ended, the Sunny was sailing on the sun-drenched sea.

But there was no cheerful atmosphere on the ship; everyone's faces were filled with sorrow. Almost every face was etched with sadness and disappointment.

Even Luffy, who is usually all smiles and jokes, was just slowly gnawing on a large piece of bone and meat.

Torregia simply stood by the ship, staring blankly at the sea.

"What's wrong with you guys..." Kin'emon asked blankly, looking at the dejected Straw Hat crew.

"No need to worry, gentlemen, they will be fine."

"That's not necessarily true," Momonosuke said, rubbing his head in dissatisfaction. "That guy named Belial is extremely annoying to me."

"That kind of guy is bound to be in trouble."

"Um...son, you..."

"If you don't want to stay on the ship, get off!" the Straw Hat crew said almost in unison.

"Hmph, no matter what you say, I just hate him," Momonosuke pouted. "A guy like that probably wouldn't be wanted by his hometown, family, or friends!"

Upon hearing Momonosuke's words, Tregear suddenly looked at him and said in an almost shouting voice, "What did you say!"

Even the Straw Hat crew was somewhat surprised by Tregear's expression, as they had never seen him look like that before.

"Tregear, what's wrong?"

Tregear glared at Momonosuke, his face contorted with anger. He took a deep breath and said to Momonosuke, "I don't care what you think of Belial-senpai, but I don't want you to say such things in front of him again!"

Tregear's expression was almost one of utter disarray. Nami asked, "Tregear, what's wrong?"

Seeing the Straw Hat crew's shocked expressions, Tregear composed himself, his eyes reddening, and said to them with a sorrowful look, "For Belial-senpai, homeland, family, and friends were all important."

"It's a wound he doesn't want to face."