On the other side—
"Die! Filthy pirates!!!"
Bumaya screamed maniacally, both arms transforming into syringes, their tips suddenly extending like spears thrusting toward Shano's throat!
"Medical Compassion: Double Piercing!"
A red glint flashed in Shano's eyes. As he dodged sideways, his right hand clamped down on her right shoulder like a vise!
"Madwoman, your needle... is too slow."
Crack!
With the crisp sound of bones shattering, Bumaya's right arm was forcibly torn off!
The thick metallic syringe instantly returned to its original form, spraying blood into the air like a fountain, splattering across the ground.
"Aaaaah——!!!"
The coast echoed with her piercing screams. Bumaya staggered back, her face twisted in agony, but her eyes still burned with a mad hatred.
"You... you dared... destroy my right hand! This was the hand that, as a hospital nurse, personally injected Mr. Sakazuki! It was the hand that drove me to join the Navy to follow my idol!!!"
Her left arm stabbed toward him again, but Shano expressionlessly caught the giant syringe, ready to break it.
However, Bumaya suddenly grinned, showing a sickly smile.
She fell for it!
Crack!
A crack suddenly opened in her chest, and a slender syringe shot out, piercing directly into Shano's abdomen!
"Medical Compassion·Deadly Injection!"
Thud!
The venom injected instantly, and Shano's face turned a bluish-purple, his muscles visibly stiffening.
"Hehehe... how does it feel? Is your body not listening to you?"
Bumaya laughed sharply, "This is my ultimate skill, a shot filled with all my love and patience. Even the most ruthless man has no choice but to…"
The next second, her laughter was cut off as if she'd been strangled.
Because before her, Shano's face was quickly returning to normal, even the large puncture wound in his abdomen was healing at a visible speed.
"It seems your poison is just that."
Shano grinned, and in Bumaya's panic-stricken eyes, he grabbed her neck and lifted her into the air.
"Call Magellan, that might work. My body is long past being affected by poisons of your level."
Crack!
Bumaya's neck made a strained cracking sound, her face flushed red, her legs kicking weakly as if drowning, finally showing unprecedented fear in her eyes.
"You... cough cough... release, release…"
She squeezed out a few words from her throat, writhing desperately with all her might, but couldn't break free from the vise-like grip.
"Let her go!!!"
A sudden furious roar came from afar, as if it froze the entire sea's air in an instant.
Boom——!!!
Akainu's figure soared like a red meteor from the sea cliff, legs spewing lava, black smoke billowing, breaking through the air at terrifying speed!
Mr. Sakazuki…
Bumaya caught this sight from the corner of her eye, feeling a wave of shock.
This distorted, demon-like face, was it still the Mr. Sakazuki she knew, the one who was calm and steady as a mountain?
Buzz buzz!
Akainu's speed increased, closing half the distance in the blink of an eye, exuding a violent aura.
How many years has it been!
Since rising to Grand Admiral, becoming the highest power of the headquarters, when had he ever been pushed to such a loss of composure?
How long... since he suffered such humiliation?!
A mere kid!
Today it must end by my hand!!!
...
Feeling the almost tangible anger from Akainu, Shano raised an eyebrow—incredible…
Can't afford any delay, need to leave now!
He immediately spun around, flying toward the approaching coast.
"Cough... hehe, hehe..."
The severely weakened Bumaya suddenly grinned, her bloodstained mouth twisting with a flicker of sick madness in her eyes:
"See, Mr. Sakazuki is asking you to let go of me, so he was angry for my sake… hey kid, are you going to let go, or do you want to die here?"
"Rest assured, once you die, I'll find your companions, especially those two sisters of yours, right? I'll make sure to pierce them until they're riddled like sieves, hehe…"
"..."
Shano was just about to let go, planning to toss the madwoman aside and jump into the sea himself.
Hearing these words, he squinted his eyes, a grin forming on his mouth.
"Let go? Don't worry, there's still time to snap your neck."
Without finishing his sentence, his right arm suddenly swelled, veins bulging, and the strength of his grip instantly multiplied—
Crack!
With a crisp bone-cracking sound, Bumaya's neck was completely twisted, her head tilted at an abnormal angle, the light in her eyes dimming swiftly.
Until her last breath, a frenzied smile lingered on her lips.
"Bumaya!!!"
From afar came Dalmatia's heart-wrenching roar.
Meanwhile, Akainu's figure closed to within a hundred meters, his magma-infused right fist poised to strike, intense heat distorting the air.
"Meigo!"
The terrifying giant molten fist roared forward, Shano flung Bumaya's body toward Akainu, while using the momentum to leap backward!
Boom!!!
The molten giant fist mercilessly vaporized Bumaya's remains; the shockwave sent Shano flying hundreds of meters, crashing heavily into the sea.
"Huff…"
The icy seawater washed away much of the fatigue and weakness, Shano bit the tip of his tongue to stay alert, limbs paddling swiftly into the deep sea.
Snap!
Akainu landed on the shore.
Behind him, the black ash that was once Bumaya scattered and fell.