The Unreachable Temperature

Although Vice Admiral Tsuru had already harbored some vague suspicions, she still could not help crying out in shock after Yaen confirmed the true objective.

"Yaen, do you think you can accomplish such an outrageous ambition with merely the Shichibukai? How naive!"

"Naive?"

Yaen looked down at the Navy High Command below and spoke in an even tone.

"What you call naivety is merely how you, shackled by your limited horizons, are like frogs at the bottom of a well, able to see only that tiny patch of sky."

"The Navy..."

Yaen spoke with utter disdain in his voice.

"I've completely grown tired of the Navy's game. You raise the banner of so-called 'Justice of the Sea,' but in truth, it is nothing more than personal justice. It's like a small pond, so shallow that it makes people laugh."

At last, Sakazuki's fury could no longer be suppressed, and he erupted. His entire body transformed into a fully erupting volcano as he lunged at Yaen.

"Arrogant! You little brat, Yaen!!! How could your twisted ideology possibly allow you to understand true justice?"

As Sakazuki moved, the Shichibukai were just about to act together and stop him when Yaen's voice rang out.

"Don't bother. Mere magma cannot touch the true king."

The Shichibukai immediately stopped, while Sakazuki was so provoked by Yaen's contemptuous tone that he seemed ready to explode. The heat radiating from the scorching magma even caused the surrounding air to warp faintly.

"Volcano: Hound Burning Red Lotus!"

In an instant, as Sakazuki erupted with his full power, a magma hound the size of a volcano seemed to emerge around him, snarling as it lunged toward Yaen in midair.

"I see. Sakazuki, your so-called 'Absolute Justice' ultimately possesses only this level of heat. It's too tiny, too feeble..."

Yaen