18.1 Vice Admiral Kimimaro
Meanwhile...
"LET GO OF ME SENGOKU!!!" Zephyr yelled towards his fellow Admiral who held him back.
"Calm down Zephyr, Let's watch a little longer!" Sengoku replied while watching Kimimaro's battle.
"Sengoku is right Zephyr, lets watch..." Kong who stood beside them, only folded his hand showing interest towards the battle of the youngest Vice Admiral ever recorded in Marine history.
Currently, Kong, Sengoku, and Zephyr were standing on top of the Marineford wall which faces the Redline.
The trio actually came earlier when Kimimaro was having an intense battle with Douglas Bullet.
Seeing his foster son having a battle against the infamous Demon's Heir Douglas Bullet, Zephyr wanted to rush out and joined the battle immediately, nevertheless, Kong raised his hand to hold him back.
He stated that Kimimaro had the strength to defeat Douglas Bullet, while in fact, Kong just wanted to make sure that raising Kimimaro's rank was not a mistake on Marine's part.
A lot of voices actually rejected the idea of Kimimaro's preferential treatment by giving him a Vice Admiral rank, except Zephyr and Sengoku.
Most of them prefer Enel to become Vice Admiral, alas, the notion was rejected by the latter as he doesn't want to lead his own unit and prefers to stay as a Captain under Kimimaro.
Currently, the Marines were in dire need of powerful individuals as the age of Pirates was encroaching upon them. Kimimaro was proven to be talented and powerful enough to obtain the rank. His mastery over Busoshoku(Color of Armament) Haki was also something that made Zephyr laugh in his sleep.
His mind was also sharp enough, considering his suggestion for Marine land-battle strategy just right after he graduated and his strategy was proven effective in battle!
This caused the numbers of soldiers who survived the battle and got back safely to their respective family rise exponentially!
The best achievement Kimimaro gained that put the final nail in the coffin for the oppositions including Kong was when he successfully captured 2 of Roger's Pirates' remnants at Calm Belt, Jackson Banner, and Rowing!
back at the scene,
Zephyr was fuming while Kong shook his head.
Sengoku coughed slightly and said, "Look at his face Zephyr, do you see any fear in him?"
"We need him to grow up quickly, this era needs a young man like him and Enel to bring stability to the world, Bullet was considered within the same generation as him, he is a perfect opponent for your son, so..."
"...Let him grow!" Sengoku shouted with unprecedented light on his eyes.
At last, Zephyr, Kong, and Sengoku's attention was back on Kimimaro and Bullet.
"....LETS DANCE!"
Right after Bullet yelled, he threw a barrage of punches downwards at Kimimaro's standing spot!
"DET STERKESTE STRIKE!!!"
*DADADADADADADA...
Bullet threw his punches so fast it became blurry towards the ground! The strikes were so powerful, if he punched at a normal island instead it would undoubtedly be destroyed!
Thankfully, Marineford Island was close to the Redline continent, and some of Redline rocks features could be found on Marineford. Redline rocks were known as one of the toughest materials in the world besides Kairoseki(Seastone).
"Where do you think you're going?" The muffled voice of Bullet was heard once again as he saw Kimimaro's figure rush out of flying dust.
*Woooosh...
Bullet kicked the ground as he began to pursue Kimimaro, just when he thought Kimimaro wanted to escape, all of a sudden,
"Here's enough..." Kimimaro abruptly stopped just right in front of Redline's wall.
"Huh?" Bullet stopped as well for a while seeing his opponent turn to face him, he saw the tall wall of Redline was right behind Kimimaro seemingly trapping his opponent with no way out.