The sea breeze blew across the azure waters. On the deck of a pirate ship that had dropped anchor and stopped sailing, pirates lay sprawled everywhere.
"Tch!... Compared to fists... I still prefer using a blade..."
Standing on the deck, Sephiroth shook the blood from his right hand before pulling out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and dialing a number.
Strangely enough, he had merely transformed himself into a bat, yet the Den Den Mushi had transformed into a bat along with him.
The Den Den Mushi was clearly an independent living creature. Logically, it should not have undergone a transformation with him...
Moreover... his case was not unique. Logia users like Kizaru could also elementalize the Den Den Mushi they carried when they transformed into elements.
He could not understand the principle behind it at all!
"Hello, hello, hello! Is that old man Zephyr...?"
"Sephiroth, you brat, what do you want from me?"
"I ran into two pirate ships here on the South Coast of Dressrosa. I dealt with both of them.
Send some people over to handle them..."
"You brat, how dare you order me to collect corpses!?"
"Fine!... Since you refuse to send anyone to take these pirates into custody, I'll just sink them and their ships straight into the sea..."
"Huh!? Wait... You mean... you left survivors...?"
At that moment, the Den Den Mushi in Sephiroth's hand instantly mimicked Zephyr's shocked and stunned expression with uncanny accuracy.
"Yeah! I suspect these guys may be connected to that Pirate Alliance...
We can take them back to prison and interrogate them one by one to see if we can get any intelligence out of them."
"Alright, I'll send someone to bring them back immediately."
After hanging up, Sephiroth looked toward the devastated stretch of coastline in