“Not bad, but it’s still far from enough to defeat a Marine Vice Admiral.”
After knocking Kanshou and Bakuya away, Momonga stopped wasting words and used Soru, rapidly charging toward Emiya.
Emiya calmly projected Kanshou and Bakuya again, crossing his arms as he swung both swords toward Momonga.
“Hm?”
A flash of Observation Haki appeared in Momonga’s eyes.
He clearly sensed four weapons flying toward him at high speed from behind.
They were the weapons he had either dodged or knocked away moments earlier.
“Watch out!”
CP0, who had already retreated a considerable distance, kicked four times in succession.
Four blades of air shot toward the four swords flying behind Momonga.
“BOOM!”
Emiya and Momonga’s swords clashed.
Although CP0’s Rankyaku had eliminated the danger behind Momonga, the force behind Emiya’s sword strike still forced Momonga backward.
“What?!”
“Vice Admiral Momonga was pushed back?!”
“That’s impossible!
How could Vice Admiral Momonga be forced back by a pirate from the East Blue?!”
The Marines nearby holding rifles stared with their mouths open.
They could hardly believe that a pirate from the weakest sea, the East Blue, could actually force Momonga backward.
“That was some impressive technique.”
Momonga straightened himself.
“If CP0 hadn’t helped me, I might really have suffered a minor injury just now.”
The sword in his hand gradually became covered in Armament Haki.
“Looks like I underestimated you.”
“You must be one of the main fighters on your ship.”
“From now on, I’ll be serious.”
“The technique I just used is called Crane Wing Triple Slash.”
Emiya smiled.
“And you guessed wrong.”
“I’m actually the weakest member of our crew.”
“At least, that’s the case for now.”
“You expect us to believe that?”
CP0 stepped forward.
“With combat strength like yours, you’re already an exceptional fighter in the East Blue.
How could you possibly be the weakest pirate in your crew?”
“Still, we’d better deal with you quickly, then eliminate your pirate companions.”
“Momonga, let’s subdue him together.”
Momonga assumed a battle stance, answering CP0 with his actions.
“Sorry, but I don’t intend to keep my companions waiting.”
“So…”
Emiya clenched one hand into a fist and placed it against his chest.
“I am the bone of my sword—”
“Hm?”
Seeing the energy beginning to surge around Emiya, CP0 immediately charged toward him.
He had no intention of waiting around to find out what his enemy was planning.
“Finger Pistol!”
“Flying Squirrel Slash!”
Momonga’s slash arrived in front of Emiya at almost the same time as CP0’s attack.
“Open fire!
Hurry!”
“Support Vice Admiral Momonga!”
“Cover CP0!”
“Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!”
The Marines and World Government agents surrounding them immediately opened fire as well.
But none of the attacks reached Emiya.
A flower-shaped shield suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking everything.
“I have withstood pain to create many weapons—”
Emiya ignored the enemies before him and continued quietly chanting his incantation.
“This is…!”
Looking at the flower-shaped shield blocking their attacks and the increasingly overwhelming aura surrounding Emiya Shirou, Momonga and the others instinctively intensified their assault without needing to say a word.
Under the increasingly fierce barrage, the flower-shaped shield shattered layer by layer.
But it was already too late.
Emiya had finished preparing.
“So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.”
“BOOM!”
The scenery changed.
Everyone was transported from the sea into a world of swords.
Unlimited Blade Works.
“…”
“…”
Momonga and CP0 were speechless as they stared at the suddenly transformed surroundings.
They had considered the possibility that, if they failed to stop Emiya, they might suffer a devastating attack.
But they had never imagined that they would suddenly be brought to an unknown place.
The countless swords surrounding them made them deeply uneasy.
It felt as though the swords could suddenly take flight and attack them at any moment.
“Spatial transfer?”
“No…
It shouldn’t be a spatial transfer.”
CP0 had considerable knowledge and experience, so he did not believe they had simply been transported somewhere else.
“If it isn’t spatial transfer, then this must be Devil Fruit awakening.”
“Using the power of awakening to invade and overwrite reality.”
“Heh.
That’s more or less what you guessed.”
Emiya did not explain further.
He drew a nearby sword and pointed it toward the group.
“So, are you ready?”
“From this point onward, you’re going to face an endless number of swords.”
With that, Emiya raised his sword toward the sky.
Countless swords began breaking free from the ground and flying toward the sky above Emiya Shirou.
“What is this?!”
“My God!
How is this possible?!”
“How are we supposed to defend against this?!”
The Marines and agents were almost unable to keep hold of their rifles.
Looking at the countless swords filling the sky, they felt that the weapons in their hands offered them absolutely no sense of security.
All they could hope for was that Vice Admiral Momonga and CP0 would defeat their enemy quickly and prevent those swords from attacking them.
Even Momonga and CP0 felt their scalps tingle at the sight of the countless swords in the sky.
They circulated Armament Haki throughout their bodies and pushed their Observation Haki to its limits.
Faced with so many swords, they knew they could never dodge them all.
Their only hope was that their Armament Haki would be strong enough to withstand the attacks.
Right now, they simply wanted to defeat Emiya Shirou as quickly as possible.
In their minds, once Emiya was defeated, this strange world would naturally disappear.
Emiya lowered the sword in his hand.
Following his movement, the swords in the sky began to descend.
Faster.
Faster.
Faster.
“BOOM!”
“BOOM!”
“BOOM!”
“BOOM!”
“BOOM!”
“BOOM!”