Bang!
Kizaru had barely moved, yet Zoro's flying slash exploded before it reached him.
Landing firmly, Zoro's pupils contracted. "How is that possible?!"
The attack had not been especially powerful, but Zoro could not even tell how Kizaru had defended against it.
He did not know what method Kizaru had used—or whether he had used one at all. Kizaru even seemed lost in thought, as though distracted.
Zoro's alarm deepened, and he grew far more wary of Kizaru.
Usopp lay in the distance, his fate unknown. Most of Franky's mechanical body was damaged, leaving him all but wrecked. Wisps of black smoke rose from him.
The thick smoke around Robin had yet to clear. She was probably hurt as badly as Usopp and Franky!
"Damn it! You hurt Nami and Robin! You hurt my friends! Aaaah!" Sanji's blond hair swept up, exposing his curled eyebrow, and the cigarette between his lips ignited.
He gritted his teeth. Rage burned fiercely within him, and he seemed wreathed in flames like a demon.
Zoro had attacked Kizaru without hesitation. Now it was Sanji's turn. He had to make Kizaru pay, and he could no longer hold back his fury.
The moment Zoro's attack was broken, Sanji kicked off the air in a frenzy, leaping through the sky. Without even spinning to prepare, he unleashed Diable Jambe.
His leg glowed red-hot, but that was not all. Perhaps his fury was simply too great.
As the heat climbed, flames sprang from his leg. Even the air seemed to grow hotter.
"Diable Jambe: Premier Hachis!"
Sanji shot forward like a flash. A streak of red crossed the sky as he drove his blazing right leg, radiating fierce heat, straight at Kizaru!
A powerful shock wave spread outward, hurling dust into the air!
"First the Pirate Hunter,