Watching Werther fight as though he were cheating, Domino's heart sank. She couldn't help worrying about Fujitora.
Fujitora held a special place in Domino's heart, both teacher and father figure.
What had always shamed Domino was that she wasn't especially gifted. She had learned little of Uncle Issho's Swordsmanship or Hand-to-Hand Combat.
She hadn't even awakened Armament Haki. Though she had shown signs of Awakening, it came and went too unpredictably for her to use it in a fight.
Domino was far from weak, but she couldn't measure up to fighters of their caliber.
She desperately wanted to help Uncle Issho, but she couldn't.
She would only get in his way when he was already losing.
Domino clenched her fists, blaming herself for not working harder before.
She had once been proud to become Impel Down's Vice Warden. Now she saw that Impel Down was too small a world. If she stayed there, she might never grow any stronger.
The battle would not stop for Domino's regrets. And Fujitora was undeniably losing.
What no one else knew was that, for all the Sword Aura Werther was throwing around, he knew he couldn't keep it up much longer.
Sea Jade didn't create stamina out of Kong. Nothing in the Pirate World could do that.
Sea Jade merely sped up his recovery. In the end, he was borrowing against his body's reserves.
Keeping Sea Jade on him normally did his body a great deal of good. Draining himself like this, however, was doing it harm.
Werther could feel that permanent damage was not far off.
Just then, one of Werther's slashes made Fujitora stumble. Werther's spirits lifted. So he's struggling too. He can't hold out much longer.
Werther stopped firing Sword Aura. After a brief moment to gather his strength, he unleashed