The Heavenly Yaksha's Hatred

"The Marines have changed from what I remember."

Staring at Zunesha and the enormous fortress on its back, Akainu Sakazuki muttered to himself, falling into silence for the first time in a long while.

Two years. He had been away from the Marines for far too long.

So long that even a Marine fortress felt somewhat unfamiliar to him.

"I don't think that's the issue. How are we supposed to get up there?"

Looking at Zunesha's vast, seemingly endless body, Trafalgar Law's eyelids twitched.

A mobile Marine fortress was actually this terrifying.

Sure enough, intelligence reports and seeing the real thing for oneself were entirely different experiences.

He had never expected the Marines of the New World to develop to such an extent.

But only by developing like this could they destroy that monster Kaido, the Surgeon of Death silently thought.

"Buzz!"

Just as the two were considering how to alert the person above—or how to climb onto Zunesha's back without drawing attention—a somewhat noisy buzzing interrupted their thoughts.

Looking closely, they saw an exceedingly comical-looking person piloting a nutshell-shaped aircraft, scanning their faces with a pair of electronic eyes.

"What is that thing?"

"R!"

A trace of suspicion arose in their hearts as Akainu and Trafalgar Law subtly shifted their stances.

"Preliminary confirmation: target Trafalgar Law."

"Preliminary confirmation: target Sakazuki."

After a one-second pause, the robot's emotionless voice sounded again.

"Special-list members. Alert lifted."

With that, the patrolman tossed down something resembling a miniature Den Den Mushi, then zipped away in his nutshell aircraft without saying another word to them.

"Uh..."

Akainu and Trafalgar Law were both stunned. Was this really the world they knew?

What the hell had that thing been just now?

"Buru buru buru buru..."

They were given little time to think. Almost the instant the