And it was not the only one. Even the enormous komainu nearby, which had still been baring its fangs, went weak in all four legs under that Conqueror's Haki and collapsed with a thud, instantly losing consciousness.
Dead silence fell over the scene.
Only streaks of black-and-red Haki lightning remained, slowly drifting around Katakuri before fading away.
"Th-that was... Conqueror's Haki..."
The pirate who had just climbed out of the rocks saw both ferocious beasts taken down in an instant without the tall man before him even lifting a finger. His legs buckled in terror, and he dropped straight to his knees, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.
"You bastard!"
Just as sheer terror left him limp all over, a young voice filled with fury suddenly rang out behind him.
The little girl who had just rolled out of the sack had gotten to her feet at some point.
Clutching a thick wooden stick she had picked up somewhere, she threw every ounce of strength in her tiny body into a high leap and brought it down hard on the back of the pirate's head!
Crack!!!
The wooden stick snapped cleanly in two with a sharp sound.
"Owww!"
The pirate screamed, clutching his head as he rolled across the ground.
A large red lump rapidly swelled on top of his head, growing before their eyes.
"You little brat!!"
He clutched the lump on his head. The intense pain instantly robbed him of his senses, turning all his fear of Katakuri and the others into rage at the little girl.
He scrambled up with bloodshot eyes and lunged at her like a starving wolf. "I'll kill you!!!"
Confronted with that hideous, terrifying face just inches away, the little girl went deathly pale. She fell onto her bottom and squeezed her eyes shut in