Capture the Great General!

A brief clash shattered all the arrogance in Raul's heart, and the dull ache in his arms sent him a constant warning.

"So this monster-like body is the backbone of your defiance against the Five Elders? It seems I need to teach you a lesson and knock some sense into you."

"Overwhelming force is the only way to make an idiot calm down and listen to me." Figo replied in a roundabout way, extending his right hand and gently beckoning to Raul. "Alright, enough nonsense. If you're not planning to run, then come. Continue."

Arrogant! Raul's eyes sharpened, his arms crossed before his chest. A faint breeze stirred as countless tiny green wind blades coalesced in front of him!

Then, as he swung his arms forward, the wind blades blanketed the sky and covered the earth, surging toward Figo!

Figo, however, walked straight toward Raul through the wind blades, picking up speed with each step. At the same time, he reached both hands forward, fists half-clenched, positioning his thumb and forefinger as if ready to flick, and then—he flicked, again and again!

'Finger Gun Shot—Flick!'

One after another, pitch-black bullets wrapped in Armament Haki were shot out by Figo, colliding with the incoming wind blades, both vanishing together in mutual annihilation.

Figo's flicking speed grew faster and faster, and the number of flicking fingers gradually increased until all four fingers moved in unison.

Finger Gun Shot—Scatter Shot!

A dense mass of black rapidly swallowed the green wind blades, then engulfed Raul, riddling him like a sieve in a series of puff-puff impacts!

But it had no effect.

Armament Haki could indeed strike a Logia user, but only if it truly hit.

Through Observation Haki, Raul had already converted every part of his body that could be struck into nothingness in advance. The attacks seemed to land, but in reality, they missed, so naturally, they couldn't take effect.

Instead, Raul charged straight toward Figo through those very attacks, diving in fast. As he surged forward, he stirred up a raging gale that split the ground ahead of Figo, sending gravel and fine sand swirling toward him!

Sand stung his eyes. Figo halted his steps, closed his eyes, and used Observation Haki to pinpoint his position. When he sensed Raul closing in to the right distance, his right leg lashed out like a whip, once again coated in flowing Armament Haki, and struck Raul's wind-formed body across the waist!

Whoosh—

Struck, Raul smoothly split in two. His lower half scattered and dissipated, while his upper half twisted and turned, instantly teleporting behind Figo. His right arm transformed into a wind drill, boring straight into Figo's back, piercing through the Armament Haki defense, twisting Figo's muscles into spirals, and wounding his internal organs!

"You can't hit the wind!"

"You can't hurt your old man!"

Figo's right arm jerked backward, unleashing his strength!

With a thunderous boom, Raul was once again smashed flying by him. But at the same time, a raging tornado suddenly rose beneath Figo's feet—a hundred meters in diameter and nearly a kilometer high—lifting him into the sky!

The high-speed vortex bound Figo's movements, trapping him in its churning, unable to break free.

Raul, after bouncing a few more times on the ground, skidded to a halt on one knee, then launched himself upward. His hands clasped together above his head, his body spinning continuously, turning his entire form into a massive wind spear, delivering an overwhelming, unmatched force of attack!

Inside the tornado, Figo clenched his right fist.

The structure and density of his right arm's muscles rapidly changed. His arm swelled, expanding to an incongruous twice its normal thickness!

At the same time, Figo's body weight also increased rapidly, defying science as he unleashed a hidden energy within him, rising from under 500 jin to nearly 500 kilograms!

Greater weight would slow his speed slightly, but it brought stronger power and a more stable center of gravity. And that arm, now twice as thick, seemed capable of shattering anything!

'Life Return—War God's Arm!'

Boom—

The twice-sized fist collided with the tip of the wind spear that Raul's entire body had become. In an instant, it blasted the surrounding gale apart, sending streaks of green light scattering into the distance. At the center of the collision, green flames and flowing light blazed, dazzling and blindingly bright!

Rumble—

Not far from the battlefield, Impel Down naturally shook, teetering as if on the verge of collapse.

At the exit platform of Level 0, Deputy Director Rado lay on the ground, clutching a Den Den Mushi with both hands, trembling violently. "Impel Down is collapsing! Impel Down is collapsing! Five Elders, please send a warship to pick us up! We'll drown in the sea! We'll be eaten by Sea Kings!"

"Shut up!" Saint Mendsbin's angry roar came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi. "When Impel Down was first built, its walls were reinforced to the highest standard to withstand multiple attacks from the strongest pirates on the sea!

As long as they're not deliberately targeting it, Impel Down will never collapse! Rado, I'm asking you about the battle! Go and look right now!"

Really... really won't collapse? Rado reluctantly lifted his head and stood up, then suddenly froze.

"What's happening? Does Gaston Figo really have the power to match Raul?!"

Rado murmured in reply, "F-Five Elders, the s-s-s-sky is splitting open!"

High above, thick clouds were completely torn in two by some force, and the blue sky itself seemed to have cracked open into an abyss!

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, at the holy land Mary Geoise.

Saint Mendsbin turned his gaze to the window and saw the anomaly in the distant sky as well. His face darkened completely. After a moment of silence, he picked up another Den Den Mushi and dialed, instructing, "Moka, mobilize the warships immediately..."

"Huh? F-Five Elders, there's been no movement for a while. It looks like the battle is over? The seawater... the seawater is rushing back!" Rado's voice came through again, making Saint Mendsbin pause.

Over? No matter who won or lost, the battle shouldn't have ended this quickly!

Seawater rushing back? His thoughts turned, and Saint Mendsbin's heart sank... Not good!

"If this were a fair and just fight, you and I might not have settled things in less than a day and a night. But I don't have that much time now."

Figo pinned Raul with one hand deep into the slightly cracked outer wall at the bottom of Impel Down, speaking to the powerless Raul. "You have no reason to complain. Without the Wind-Wind Fruit, you wouldn't have had any ability to fight me. Enjoying the power boost from a Devil Fruit naturally means accepting its drawbacks."

"Also, back in the day, I was just a small Captain who could only catch people's attention through hard work?"

"You, a Jailer Chief who does nothing, sure have the nerve to judge. You didn't even remember that Impel Down's walls are reinforced with Seastone to keep the Sea Kings out—I dared to slam you here, and you actually took the bait and crashed into it?"

Raul's eyes blazed with fury. Despicable bastard!

I was too caught up in his reckless demeanor, too careless, damn it!

He'd also had to guard against the seawater backwash from our earlier clash breaking the wind barrier, so he slipped up and forgot the outer walls of Impel Down were all Seastone, landing himself in this awkward spot, cutting short a fight that had just peaked.

"What the hell do you want, Figo?!"

"To put you in Impel Down for a couple of days and see if certain people can talk to me calmly this time. That's right, you're a hostage."

"Bastard, what about your justice?!"

The crashing waves rolled back, swallowing Raul's final roar, draining his strength completely as he gulped down seawater with a gurgle!

Win a fight, and it's a lesson.

Lose a fight, and it's justice.

Is justice that obeys even justice?

Figo smirked, hauling him up to the surface.