Impel Down's central upper section.
The explosion caused by Kizaru transforming into a beam of light and crashing into the ground ignited the dense forest atop Impel Down in an instant.
The fire raged unchecked, billowing black smoke into the sky.
A fire of this scale should have been dealt with as quickly as possible.
But at this moment, everyone's attention was focused almost entirely on Maud. Who had the time to deal with the fire?
This man had faced four of the Marines' top fighters, led by Akainu, and had still managed to launch a counterattack. He had given them far too great a shock.
The inner waterway between the high walls inside and outside Impel Down had originally been filled with seawater.
Now, it had been filled in by the ruins of the island.
Weevil, kicked away by Hancock, fell from the high wall and crashed into the pile of stones in the inner waterway, narrowly avoiding falling into the sea.
"Why'd you kick me?!"
Weevil rose from the pile of stones, his right cheek swollen high as he looked up blankly at the Empress on the high wall.
With his monstrous physical defenses, the fact that one kick had left him in such a state showed that Hancock had truly held nothing back.
Completely lacking any self-awareness, Weevil had no idea why Hancock had kicked him.
However, Weevil did not waste time pondering a question that had no answer in the first place.
His simple mind was already filled with a single thought.
That was—avenge his father and kill Maud!
"I'm Whitebeard's son!"
Weevil tightened his grip on his greatsword and leaped up, easily jumping back onto the high wall.
He then fixed Maud, standing in midair, with a gaze brimming with destructive intent.
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