Based on the information provided by the Empire, Jaden directly tracked down this last underground laboratory.
He then saw a man with golden hair, half-closed eyes, and a lazy expression lying on a rock near the entrance of the underground laboratory.
When the man saw Jaden approaching, he jumped down from the rock and blocked Jaden's path.
"It seems you are Jaden." He said this, and Jaden thought for a moment.
"First was Jack, then Lu Bu... your eyes don't look like the Original Kure's either. So, unless your Western Faction is hiding other Resurrected, you must be Adam."
Jaden and Adam faced each other as if they had agreed upon it; neither made any preparations for a fight, nor did they adopt a stance. Both were in an extremely relaxed posture.
"I am Adam."
Adam did not deny his identity.
"Jaden... please leave this place. If you don't, you might suffer a bit."
Hearing Adam's words, Jaden was stunned for a moment.
"It's really been a long time since anyone has said something like that to me... and you seem a bit different from that Jack and that Lu Bu. You don't harbor any murderous intent when facing me."
Adam nodded.
"I do not kill people."
"I see..."
Jaden nodded. The next second, he instantly appeared in front of Adam.
"Then I'll send you to Arkham too."
Jaden's hands were in his pockets. He was in front of Adam but did not launch an attack immediately. Only after saying that sentence did Jaden swing a punch directly at Adam.
Clang-
As Jaden's punch flew out, Adam fully opened his eyes in an instant. Then, facing Jaden's fist-which was unbelievably faster than a bullet and could easily produce sonic booms-he dodged by tilting his head. Then, he mimicked Jaden and raised his own fist.
"-I'll send you to Arkham."
Adam spoke the phrase with no emotion, sounding extremely lazy. Then, his fist similarly produced a sonic boom and landed directly on Jaden's face!
Bang!
Adam's attack directly caused a noticeable disturbance in the air, but Jaden just stood still. Although he was hit by the speed-of-sound punch, he looked as if he had merely been lightly poked by a kitten's paw. He didn't step back, his head didn't turn, and his eyes remained fixed on Adam.
In that instant, Jaden's foot shot upward like a spear!
He supported himself on one leg, with the raised foot and the foot on the ground forming a straight line-Izuru Kamikura had used this sudden kick technique against Jaden as well, but Jaden's execution of the move was incredibly refined, even better than Izuru Kamikura's.
Whoosh-
The exact same thing happened as before. Adam retreated half a step and dodged Jaden's foot by leaning sideways. Then, his own foot came up from below and landed directly on Jaden's face!
This time, even Jaden was kicked back three steps. Adam then slowly lowered his foot, returning to the completely relaxed and lazy state he was in when he first met Jaden.
"See, you will suffer a bit... so now, could you please..."
Before Adam could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a burst of wild laughter!
Jaden started laughing while still looking down. When he lifted his head, he was frowning, but the corners of his mouth were stretched into a grin that nearly reached his earlobes. The wrinkles on his face were all bunched up-he looked even more terrifying than the face of an oni described in a storybook!
Hahaha, hahahahaha!
Even though he was the one who was disadvantaged in that brief exchange, he was now looking down at Adam from a superior position.
"I see, so this is your reliance-seeing through my moves and instantly copying them, that's your reliance."
"I was wondering what it was, but I didn't expect that even though you call yourself Adam, you only know how to perform this kind of parlor trick!"
Hmm?
Adam didn't get angry. But he didn't quite understand why Jaden's reaction was this way.
But there was no time for him to think.
The next second, Jaden's figure appeared in front of him. Using his waist to support his back, his back to drive his shoulder, and then pouring the strength of half his body into his arm!
He swung his right hand in a wide arc, delivering an uppercut that looked like 'scooping the moon from the sea' directly toward Adam's chin.
"It's no use..."
Adam's eyes widened. Then, as if seeing through Jaden's unnaturally fast movements, he retreated rapidly. He then performed the same movement as Jaden.
His waist driving his back, his back driving his shoulder.
Just like the first two moves, Adam's fist came swinging toward Jaden's chin!
However...
"It's no use..." Jaden said with a smile.
Then, he also took a step back, dodging Adam's punch, and his own fist landed directly on Adam's chin, sending him flying backward, both feet off the ground!
This punch was very heavy.
However, although Adam's nose and mouth were bleeding, and his head was a little dizzy, he quickly got back up.
"You have the same eyes as me, too..."
Adam still wore his expressionless face. He looked at Jaden and didn't feel angry or anything else about Jaden possibly having the same ability as him.
He merely bent down and assumed a stance, ready to sprint at any moment.
"This is troublesome... if you also have these eyes, then driving you away doesn't seem so simple."
Adam's voice was the same as always. He was still expressionless.
However...
-Jaden smiled.
"Hahaha, hahahaha-didn't I say before that your move is nothing more than a parlor trick? Although your parlor trick did surprise me at first, it's ultimately only this level of thing."
"Relax~"
At this point, Jaden's voice softened.
"I get bored after playing this kind of parlor trick once; I won't play it a second time. In this duel between you and me, I won't use this kind of thing again!"
After Jaden said this, he returned to the completely relaxed state he was in when he first faced Adam.
At this moment, two red lights flashed in the depths of his eyes.
-That was the sign of his Observation Haki being fully activated.
"Next... if your attack hits me one more time, let's say you win, how about that~"