The setting sun slanted across the sky, red clouds blazing overhead.
The red earth was stamped with deep shoeprints, as if a prehistoric beast had passed through.
"Monkey D. Luffy, Black Snake Reiner."
Zephyr took off his sunglasses and flung them aside. He planted his massive mechanical arm heavily on the ground and gave a cold chuckle. "You really are impossible to get rid of. Why?"
"Of course it's because you wrecked our ship!"
Luffy came to a stop and declared righteously, "You ran off without even apologizing! And Chopper saved you, but you still haven't thanked him!"
"What a boring reason." Zephyr sneered. "That's all?"
"That's all." Luffy nodded firmly.
"Hahaha!" Zephyr suddenly laughed. "You chased me all this way over something like that? Interesting brat.
"That raccoon doctor, then. Thank him for me. As for your ship—"
The smile vanished from Zephyr's face. Dragging his heavy mechanical arm, he charged forward with a ferocious roar. "The Marines don't need to apologize for wrecking pirate ships, idiot!"
His short purple hair fluttered in the wind, and his refreshed face bore far less of its former weariness.
Each step stirred the wind beneath his feet. His overwhelming momentum crushed everything in its path, utterly incomparable to his aged state from earlier that day!
"Then there's nothing to talk about!"
"Just how I like it."
"Let's go!" Reiner and Luffy grinned, their eyes blazing as they stepped forward and charged at Zephyr.
"Gear Second!"
Luffy decisively activated Gear Second. The aura erupting from this man was far stronger than it had been during the day.
"Gomu Gomu!"
"Shave!"
Whoosh!
Just as wisps of white steam rose from Luffy and he assumed an attacking stance, Zephyr flashed before him!
"Jet Pistol!"
To everyone's surprise, Luffy sharply caught sight of him. The instant