Creak—creeeak!
Buzz...
A strange, grating sound echoed through the ruins.
The once smooth and unadorned Stone Gate now bulged outward, forming a terrifyingly huge face!
The surface of the Stone Gate was like a sheet of exceptionally good rubber.
The enormous face slammed against the "rubber sheet," outlining its features, yet it couldn't break through the barrier!
"?!"
Every person present, despite many having traveled the seas for years, had never witnessed such a bizarre and terrifying sight!
But that wasn't the only thing they couldn't understand.
A gigantic fist-shaped dent had appeared on one side of the terrifying head!
Had someone punched it?
Who?
A flood of questions welled up in everyone's minds.
Yet there was still one person who wouldn't be misled by the bizarre sight before him, and acted decisively.
Fujitora!
Though blind, he could sense an "evil" presence right in front of him.
He drew his sword.
Dark purple mist spread across the blade of his cane sword.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power activated!
In an instant, a tremendous amount of gravity gathered around Fujitora's blade.
"Lord Gordon, I apologize for damaging your country's ruins!"
He stepped forward, moved to the side of the Stone Gate, and slashed at the mountain wall behind it!
Gravity Sword: Tiger Claw!
An exquisitely precise blade of gravity burst forth and sank into the area behind the Stone Gate, bringing down the mountain wall and exposing what lay beyond it.
"No matter what monster lies within, I will surely cut it down!"
Fujitora braced himself for battle.
But to his utter surprise, there was nothing behind the Stone Gate!
"This..."
Fujitora was bewildered, but soon realized what was going on.
"The Stone Gate isn't a 'door.' It's the actual 'body'!"
Both most of Aiven Lindsey's body and the true form of