The moment Kid made his move, the fight should have exploded into a street-wide melee.
Sanji's flames had already locked onto Kid's right-hand man, the "Massacre Soldier" Killer.
Rehn's lightning projectile had also formed, his chubby face flushed red with fury.
However-
0.1 seconds before Kid's massive metal arm smashed forward…
0.05 seconds before Sanji's kick landed-
ZZZAAAAAAP!!!!
An even sharper, more piercing electrical detonation than Rehn's earlier roar ripped through the air.
Rehn's round body disappeared.
Literally disappeared.
All that remained was a shallow heat-melted crater and a wisp of smoke.
"What?!" Kid's pupils shrank.
"Too… slow!!"
A roar, sharpened by extreme anger, sounded… behind Kid.
Kid's Observation Haki sensed danger instantly, but his heavy metal arm couldn't return in time.
"You red-haired trash… were you just trying to attack?!"
Attack = noise
Noise = disturbing Lord Renzo
Disturb Lord Renzo = unforgivable sin
"Lightning-Speed Kick!!"
Rehn's voice echoed from three places at once.
"First! You drum-beating noisemaker! You're loud!!"
"Wha… yo… check-?!"
Apoo was mid-DJ pose, about to unleash his explosive sound attack.
A blue flash.
BANG!!
A chubby foot wrapped in lightning smashed directly into his face.
His teeth, including his piano-key teeth, sprayed outward with blood and sparks.
His long arms twisted like rope, and his body flew like a cannonball, crashing through three buildings before losing consciousness.
"Second! You masked sneak!!"
Killer had just drawn his twin scythes to intercept Sanji0
Flash again.
"Wha-!!"
BANG!!
Another lightning kick struck perfectly onto his mask.
CRACK!
The mask shattered. Killer didn't even see the attacker before an overwhelming force and high-voltage current surged into his brain. His eyes rolled back, and he followed Apoo into unconsciousness.
"…Huh?"
Sanji's flaming leg awkwardly froze mid-air.
'Where did the enemy go?'
"And then… YOU!!!"
The terrifying blue lightning finally stopped in front of Kid.
"You… the main culprit!!"
Kid reacted fast, abandoning offense and gathering metal into a huge repulsion shield.
"You fat pi!!"
"First kick!!"
Rehn ignored the defense completely.
Lightning-Speed Kick!!
BOOM!!
Blue lightning bypassed all metal resistance, pure speed and strength enhanced with Armament Haki, and slammed into Kid's abdomen.
"Guaaah!!"
Kid's eyes nearly popped out. It felt as if his organs had been struck by the Thunder God's hammer.
But… he was still Kid.
"You… bastard…!!"
He endured and tried to counterattack.
"You can still talk?!!"
Rehn grew even angrier.
'You didn't go down in one kick?!'
'Are you trying to waste more of my time?!'
"Second kick!!!"
Blue light flashed, and Rehn appeared beneath Kid's chin.
BANG!!
A brutal rising kick launched Kid's tall body into the air. His jaw felt like it was about to shatter.
"Third… kick!!!"
Rehn twisted midair and appeared above him.
"SHUT… UP… AAAAAAH!!!"
His round body became a blue meteor. With all his strength, he brought down an axe-like stomp onto Kid's skull.
BOOM!!!!
The ground collapsed.
Kid was hammered straight into the earth like a nail struck by a siege ram.
Spider-web cracks over ten meters wide spread across GR-1.
Kid's eyes rolled back, foam at his mouth, blackened arcs crackling across his body… completely unconscious.
Rehn slowly landed at the crater's edge.
The terrifying lightning around him faded.
And then…
The world went silent.
GR-1's constant noise, shouting pirates, fights, chaos vanished.
Pirates, bounty hunters, and civilians stared at the round figure like they had seen a ghost.
The pirates Rehn had bumped into earlier were now paralyzed with fear.
That was Eustass Kid.
315,000,000 bounty.
One of the most violent Supernovas of the Worst Generation.
And he… got… one-shot… by a fatso?
Along with Apoo and Killer?
How long did it take?
Ten seconds?
Five?
Sanji quietly lowered his leg, lit a new cigarette, and took a deep drag.
'…This fat guy…'
Behind the crowd, the craftsmen had collapsed, trembling.
"M-monster…"
Only one person remained standing.
"Dark King" Rayleigh still held his bottle.
But-
drip.
A drop of liquor fell onto his hand.
Rayleigh slowly raised his head.
Behind his glasses, his eyes were filled with unprecedented shock.
'This youth…'
'This speed…'
'This power…'
The lightning faded, revealing Rehn's true appearance.
A teenage boy.
At most sixteen or seventeen, tall and chubby.
"…Sixteen?" Rayleigh inhaled sharply.
What talent. What a monster.
"…Young people these days… are incredible."
In the deathly silence.
"Tch!!"
An irritated click of the tongue came from the "16-year-old monster."
Rehn stomped the ground.
BOOM!
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!! YOU TRASH!!"
He glared at Sanji with bloodshot eyes.
"Sanji! Did you see that?!"
"Huh?"
"We wasted… a full THREE MINUTES!!!"
"Three minutes! Lord Renzo gave us only three hours! We already lost three minutes!"
He kicked the unconscious Kid again.
"If Lord Renzo's nap gets delayed… I'll make ALL OF YOU dig mines at G-5 for life!!!"
Silence.
Rehn then glared at the petrified craftsmen, including Rayleigh.
"WHAT ARE YOU STILL STARING AT?!!"
"MOVE!!!"
"AAAAAH!!"
The craftsmen, Rayleigh included, ran toward the harbor at top speed, scrambling in terror.
"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!!"
Rehn herded them like a sheepdog, lightning crackling as he drove his "craftsman sheep" forward.
Sanji sighed, crushed his cigarette, and glanced at the unconscious Kid, Apoo, and Killer.
"Serves them right… made me late to see the mermaids."
He followed.
Only the silent spectators and the three completely "quiet" Supernovas remained on the GR-1 street.
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