"It's really a pity, I almost got you."
Konan said regretfully. It was indeed a pity just now; she was so close.
"Ama no Murakumo!"
Kizaru wasted no further words. He gathered light in his hand, forming a sword radiating a golden glow.
With a slash, countless points of light shot out from the sword, attacking Konan.
Facing this attack, Konan didn't panic in the slightest. With a flap of her wings, she soared into the sky.
Once in the air, numerous Konans appeared.
They were all paper clones, and even with Observation Haki, it was difficult to distinguish them.
After these paper clones appeared, they didn't surround and attack Kizaru, but scattered and rushed towards the Marines.
Clones have flaws; their strength is reduced, and they can be easily identified by those who have a deep mastery of Observation Haki.
Konan created so many paper clones, but Kizaru's gaze didn't move, staying fixed on her real body.
Therefore, these clones were completely useless in front of Kizaru.
But what is the biggest advantage of clones? It's their numbers.
This is a war, not a one-on-one duel.
Since the number of clones is an advantage, she would make full use of this advantage.
For these strong individuals, Konan's paper clones were nothing.
But for ordinary Marines, Konan's paper clones were absolutely nightmarish enemies.
With the addition of Konan's paper clones, the Marine casualties suddenly increased.
Many people's faces changed.
"There's no other way. It seems that only by taking you out first can we turn the tide."
Kizaru said in a deep voice, his tone lacking its usual casualness.
"That would depend on your strength though. Are you sure?"
Konan wasn't worried.
She knew that capturing or defeating Kizaru was indeed very difficult.
But for Kizaru to defeat her wasn't that easy either.
"Let's see then."
Kizaru said, and he flickered towards Konan.
Every minute this woman remained, she would inflict damage on the Marines.
This accumulated damage would have extremely serious consequences.
Therefore, he couldn't let this woman continue any longer.
Facing Kizaru's full-powered, high-speed attacks, Konan seemed to handle them with ease.
Because she often faced this type of speed-based opponent.
Back in the Hidden Sage Village, she often sparred with Minato.
Although Konan never went all out, Minato was always serious.
Kizaru and Minato had a major similarity: their speed.
Both of their attack speed and movement speed were astonishingly fast.
The former was due to his Devil Fruit ability, possessing light-speed movement.
The latter relied on the Flying Thunder God Technique's spatial ability, directly performing spatial teleportation.
Theoretically, their speeds both reached the extreme.
If they wanted to determine a victor, the decisive factor would definitely be reaction speed.
Speaking of which, Konan frequently practiced with Minato, so she was extremely familiar with his attack patterns.
And Kizaru's attack patterns were largely similar to Minato's.
Therefore, when facing Kizaru, Konan appeared to be more than capable.
On the contrary, Kizaru, unable to break through Konan's defenses, gradually became anxious.
In all his years, he had rarely encountered such a situation.
The most recent time was the last encounter with that mysterious person.
That person's speed was even faster than his; he suspected it was the golden-haired youth with spatial abilities.
That youth was truly like a golden flash.
And this time, he encountered another particularly troublesome person.
"It seems your abilities are only so-so."
Konan spoke, deliberately taunting and provoking Kizaru.
As mentioned earlier, it was very difficult for Kizaru to defeat or capture her.
However, it was almost impossible for her to capture or defeat Kizaru.
After all, if you can't win, you can still escape, and for escaping, Kizaru's Devil Fruit ability granted him incredible speed.
Hearing Konan's sarcasm, Kizaru remained expressionless, forcing himself to calm down.
But with a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw Marines continuously dying at the hands of this woman's clones, making it difficult for him to remain calm.
"Damn it! Damn Kaido, damn Charlotte Linlin, get out of my way!"
Not only Kizaru, but Garp and others were also very clear about the current situation of the war.
Watching Marines continuously die at the hands of Konan's paper clones, Garp and the others were anxious and furious.
Garp desperately wanted to stop Konan's killing spree, but he was entangled by Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, unable to break free for the time being.
Although he was the Hero of the Marines, although he could chase the Pirate King Roger all over the world, although he joined forces with Roger to destroy the Rocks Pirates, although his strength was far greater than Kaido and Charlotte Linlin combined…
But Kaido and Charlotte Linlin never intended to defeat him; they just tried their best to entangle Garp.
To be honest, seeing Garp's current state, they both felt a sense of satisfaction.
After all, they were once members of the Rocks Pirates.
Not only these powerful individuals, but the commanders of the Three Great Pirate Crews and the Marine Vice Admirals were also engaged in one-on-one battles. These were battles between individuals of the same level of strength.
And because their strengths were similar, none of these battles could be concluded quickly, which led to Konan's clones being virtually unstoppable on the battlefield.
Marines continuously lost their lives at her hands.
This situation made Sengoku's heart bleed.
At this moment, Sengoku had already transformed into a giant golden Buddha, continuously attacking the person blocking him, wanting to quickly resolve this fight and go support the other Marines.
However, the person entangling Sengoku was Ranzuki, a peak Kage-level shinobi.
Although he couldn't reveal his most powerful abilities, even with this limitation, Ranzuki could still manage to keep Sengoku occupied.
"Whitebeard, I can see that you don't want to continue this war. Why don't you stop the pirates, and I'll stop the Marines? Let's end this meaningless war!"
Z said in a deep voice while fighting Whitebeard.
As an Admiral who valued justice and heroism, Zephyr had immense respect for life, and he didn't want to see lives lost meaninglessly.
And it just so happened that he had been observing Whitebeard and noticed that Whitebeard didn't want to start this war.
So after the war broke out, he actively sought out Whitebeard, wanting to borrow his power to end this war.
Whitebeard was silent upon hearing this. To be honest, this war came too suddenly, completely beyond his expectations.
Although he had considered the possibility of this war before coming here, the Marines' attitude told him that this war could indeed be avoided.
"I can make my crew stop fighting, but you have to guarantee that everyone here can leave here safely."
Whitebeard agreed to Zephyr's request, but he also had his own conditions. He needed to ensure that all the pirates here could leave safely.
After all, this war could be said to have started because of him.
Even though Charlotte Linlin had her own agenda, Kaido had indeed come for him.
He wanted to end this war, but definitely not at the cost of other pirates' lives in exchange for the safety of the Whitebeard Pirates.
He wanted it to end.
"Alright, I agree to your terms."
Upon hearing this, Zephyr agreed without hesitation.
He wasn't someone who enjoyed killing in the first place. If he could stop this war and let every pirate in this war leave safely, it would be perfect for him.
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