The reason Sengoku was so shocked was because the three figures approaching him were all people he knew well.
Leaving aside Kong, the other two were actually Roger and Rocks.
Seeing Roger, Garp reacted the most intensely. His face lit up with surprise as he shouted:
"Is that Roger!? He's still alive!?"
The other admirals didn't respond to Garp, because they too were dumbfounded.
Kaito's expression, however, remained calm. He spoke flatly:
"He's long dead. Even if he were alive, today would be his last day."
Garp's expression froze. He suddenly remembered—Kaito had always despised Roger. If Roger really faced him, there was no chance of survival.
Even Garp had to admit that Kaito's current strength had far surpassed the level of their understanding. He was no longer on the same plane as them.
Sengoku's face hardened as he looked at Kaito and asked in a deep voice:
"Kaito, do you know what's going on here?"
Kaito nodded. The first time he had gone to meet the Elders, he had encountered a CP0 at the door that didn't seem alive. The aura of Roger and the other two now was identical to that.
In fact, this method was not unfamiliar to him—it was much like the Six Paths puppets he himself had created.
"They're already dead. What we see now are only corpses. And the one controlling them behind the scenes… must be the true ruler of the World Government—Imu."
"Then Kong as well…?"
"Yes. I can no longer sense any trace of life from Kong."
Hearing this, Sengoku closed his eyes in pain.
Kong had been his superior officer, and their relationship was close. Kong had always supported him greatly. To learn he had died like this, without reason or dignity—how could Sengoku accept it?
A dazzling golden light erupted from Sengoku's body. His frame swelled, splitting his uniform apart.
He had entered his Buddha form. His eyes locked onto Kong, who was walking slowly toward them, anger blazing in his gaze.
"Imu! You'll pay with your life!!!"
The next instant, Sengoku's massive golden body shot forward like a cannonball toward the three figures. Transparent ripples pulsed around his fist as he swung it down.
Roger and Rocks ignored Sengoku completely. Kong leapt into the air, meeting Sengoku's fist head-on.
Though Kong's size looked tiny compared to Sengoku's Buddha form, Sengoku was sent staggering backward by just a single punch.
After knocking Sengoku away, Kong stepped into the air with Geppo, charging directly at Kaito.
Akainu stepped forward. From what Kaito had said, he already understood—Kong was dead, nothing but a weapon in the enemy's hands.
That meant he had no reason to hold back. His right arm tightened, then he swung with all his force:
"Hellhound!"
His arm turned to magma and stretched forward, smashing into half of Kong's face.
Kong's face melted away rapidly under the magma's heat, but his expression didn't show even the slightest trace of pain. His body continued charging forward.
Seeing this, Sengoku's heart sank further. All he wanted now was to release Kong from this fate.
He pressed his palms together at his chest, golden light bursting between them.
Opening his arms, he created a golden sphere that trapped Kong inside. Garp and Tsuru's expressions changed as they recognized the move.
Sengoku roared:
"Silent Buddha's Domain!!!"
Crack!
The golden sphere shattered, and the figure inside was gone without a trace.
Two golden streams of tears slipped from Sengoku's eyes. He returned to his normal form, staring at the spot where Kong had vanished, and whispered:
"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes… Kong, rest in peace."
Even Kaito couldn't help glancing over. His senses told him that the golden sphere had been filled with violent shockwaves that reduced Kong's body to dust.
If Ōnoki had seen it, he would have cried out in recognition—it looked almost identical to Dust Release.
Just as Kaito was marveling at Sengoku's ability, Roger and Rocks suddenly appeared before him, silently launching an attack.
But before they could touch him, a burst of repelling force exploded from Kaito's body, hurling them backward.
When they reappeared, Roger's right arm was gone. Clearly, enduring a Six Paths–level Almighty Push was no easy feat.
But then, something eerie happened. A mass of black energy writhed at Roger's shoulder, slowly extending outward until it solidified into a new arm.
Kaito almost broke his composure. What the hell? Was this really still the Pirate World?
First Dust Release, and now Edo Tensei!?
If this really was Edo Tensei, then Kong…
"Nani!?"
Sengoku's shocked cry behind him confirmed Kaito's suspicion.
He turned and saw at the spot where Kong had vanished, a mass of black humanoid energy forming. Just like Roger, the black energy reshaped itself into Kong's body, "reviving" him once again.
Sengoku and the others froze. Reduced to dust and still restored—how were they supposed to fight this!?
Before they could react, two blasts crackling with black lightning surged toward them—Roger and Rocks' combined attack.
"Tch… I've had enough of this."
Kaito was done with these "intrusions." Another Almighty Push shattered the incoming attacks, and three black Truth-Seeking Orbs rose from his back.
With a wave of his hand, the orbs shot toward Roger and the other two.
Roger swung his fist to meet one. The instant he touched it, cracks spread across his arm and then throughout his entire body.
A second later, his body disintegrated, scattering into countless black motes of light before vanishing into the air.
Seeing this, Rocks and Kong instinctively tried to flee. But the orbs pursued them relentlessly, as if locked onto their very existence.
Rocks launched several attacks to destroy the orbs, but each one vanished the moment it touched them, as if swallowed into nothingness.
In the end, Rocks and Kong followed Roger's fate, disappearing completely into the air.
Sengoku and the others stared around in alarm, half-expecting them to reappear once again.
But this time, Roger and the others were truly gone—wiped out without leaving the faintest trace.
Because before the power of the Six Paths and the Truth-Seeking Orbs… all beings were equal.
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