Only then did Sengoku slowly glance back and give a casual order. "Tie him up!"
"Let me go! Ac—"
Thud!
The officers around Luffy pummeled him with their fists, then bound him as he struggled.
The boy had attacked Enies Lobby, a slap in the World Government's face. Sengoku had no time to settle that score for them. But the brat had dared to defy the Marines during the Paramount War. Such a grave offense could not go unpunished!
Just not now.
What mattered most now was the battle between Loa and Whitebeard!
Standing across from Whitebeard, Loa pointed at Luffy, who was still struggling in the distance and occasionally unleashing Conqueror's Haki. "He's Ace's little brother. Aren't you going to save him? If you leave him there, I'd say he's headed for Impel Down."
Impel Down was no tourist attraction.
"Shanks gave him Roger's Straw Hat. I trust his judgment." Whitebeard looked calmly at Loa and swept his Naginata through the air, sending blade-light surging in waves.
"Besides, my foolish son hasn't said a word. Why would I save an outsider? Come on! Show me what you've got!"
"As you wish!"
Hum!
In an instant, the world changed color!
Vast Magic Power churned within Loa like a Great Dragon slowly awakening, fierce and unstoppable!
Even Whitebeard's expression shifted slightly before that earthshaking power. No longer standing on ceremony, he gathered a luminous white glow along the edge of his Naginata, compressing terrifying vibrations into that narrow space!
"Hah!"
He slashed down. The vibrations dragged the surrounding space along with them, hurtling straight toward Loa with the force to destroy everything in their path! Even Loa sensed danger in that blade-light. His Dragon Body sounded a warning for the first time in ages!
*So this is the power of the