"How dare you!"
"How dare you stand in the way of my love with Shirahoshi!"
At Noah's prow, Vander Decken IX's eyes were bloodshot. "It's all because you stole her from me! That's why Shirahoshi rejected my love!"
He had finally managed to see the Princess Shirahoshi he had longed for day and night, only for her to reject his proposal and have an outsider send him flying!
If he could not have her, then he would destroy her completely!
Vander Decken's face grew increasingly twisted. "Be buried in the sea along with Shirahoshi, Straw Hat Boy!"
The Ark of Promise, Noah, continued sinking. The currents forced aside by it were exceptionally violent, carrying irresistible power!
Shing!
Below.
Zoro was the first to draw his blade, Wado Ichimonji clenched between his teeth. "None of you move. I'll split it apart."
"Are you going to start reciting poetry again?" Reiner suddenly asked.
"Besides, just cutting the ship won't work. It's being driven by a Devil Fruit ability. Even if you cut it apart, it'll keep falling."
"So we need to deal with the person on top too, right?" Sanji said, looking up at Vander Decken.
"To think he wants to destroy a dreamlike place filled with beautiful mermaids."
"Leave that guy to me."
He flicked open his lighter and lit the cigarette at the corner of his mouth. Sanji ignored the smoke gathering inside the bubble, unable to disperse, and violently kicked off the seawater, shooting forward like a swimming dragon.
"Why not just cut down the ship and the man together?"
Zoro gave a frosty smile, crossing his arms and holding two swords upright at his sides as black Armament Haki coiled around them.
"Three-Sword Style: Six Paths of Migration!!"
—Shing!
Six streaks of sword light flashed side by side.