Rumble...
Throughout Fish-Man Island, the three enormous vines twisted and crawled like giant pythons.
At the center of Fish-Man Island, beneath the vines that blotted out the sky, on the shore of Mermaid Bay, the ends of the three vines slowly rose. In that world of ice and snow, a figure utterly familiar to Kuzan and Borsalino appeared.
Hair as crimson as flames, a burly body, two long swords at his waist, and eyes that were forever clear.
"Fire Dragon Ye Mu..."
What was different now, however, was that the ends of the three vines had sunk into the man before them like suction cups, merging with his body.
At that moment, Kuzan and Borsalino finally understood.
"How frightening. So all these changes on Fish-Man Island—even the earthquake—are connected to you, Fire Dragon Ye Mu!!!"
"What exactly are you plotting?"
Ye Mu did not answer. He turned sideways, and the ends of the three vines embedded in his back seemed to receive an order before detaching from him. Ye Mu's body fell from the air, and only after dropping to a position level with Kuzan and Borsalino did he raise his head slightly. He brushed the ice crystals from his hair, looked at the two men before him, and slowly spoke with a smile in his eyes.
"We meet again, Kuzan, Borsalino! How interesting!!!"
"Oh? What's interesting about it?"
"Seeing you here certainly isn't interesting to me!"
Ye Mu looked at them and spoke calmly.
"I remember it very clearly. When I first descended upon this sea, the first interesting opponent I encountered was you, Borsalino. Then, at Loguetown, I met you, Kuzan. And now, at the moment when everything is about to end, I've encountered the two of you once again. It really feels like an inescapable cycle of