Just as every member of the Straw Hat Pirates was sinking into despair, something whistled through the air beside them.
Thud.
A heavy impact followed. A tremendous shockwave forced back everyone who had tried to rush forward.
Boom!
Then came a deafening explosion.
The powerful gust left them struggling to open their eyes, but the explosion also made their hearts clench.
They were already desperate. They could not bear to imagine Zoro dying with a Laser piercing through his body.
Robin felt the same. She had become part of the Straw Hat Pirates, and every one of them was a precious companion to her.
The dust kicked up by the impact slowly cleared, revealing a figure who was not particularly tall but carried an imposing presence.
When the dust cleared completely and Robin saw his face, then Zoro lying nearby, she nearly burst into tears.
Zoro was alive. The impact had only left him with some injuries.
The man who had saved Zoro stirred feelings in Robin too complicated to put into words. She feared him, yet she was grateful to him.
If there was anyone she would not dare resist, no matter what he did to her, it was Werther.
Werther stood motionless, looking effortlessly impressive.
He was not posing. He was catching his breath. Two rounds of enhancement had made his body much stronger, and now, when he used the Electromagnetic Cannon, he only needed to coat his leg in Armament Haki instead of covering his entire lower body as he once had.
Even so, a move that powerful still consumed a great deal of stamina.
His Electromagnetic Cannon had sent Kizaru flying, but it had done him little harm.
Countless points of yellow light gathered a short distance in front of Werther. It was Kizaru, whom Werther