Lin Mo was in a foul mood.
I should've taken another road...
Alabasta: Akainu's Setback
Red-Hair raised the hand holding Griffon and waved at Lin Mo, utterly ignoring the Magma Dog Head closing in behind him.
As Red-Hair drew nearer, Lin Mo noticed that blood covered his left arm. The injury looked serious.
No wonder he waved with his sword hand...
As Lin Mo remembered it, Red-Hair was supposed to lose an arm saving Luffy.
But Lin Mo had already dealt with the Lord of the Coast near Foosha Village, indirectly changing Red-Hair's fate.
Yet looking at him now, was Red-Hair destined to lose an arm after all?
Before Lin Mo could think further, the bottle of wine he had given Red-Hair slipped from the pirate's breast pocket.
Red-Hair immediately sheathed Griffon and reached for the bottle.
He could have reached Lin Mo before the Magma Dog Head caught him, but that one move slowed him down enough for it to close the gap.
Lin Mo stared at Red-Hair, speechless.
What is that idiot doing...?
He's risking his life for a bottle of wine?
The Magma Dog Head was about to clamp its jaws around Red-Hair's neck.
Lin Mo drew Sandai Kitetsu without hesitation and unleashed Divine Departure.
Countless Haki-infused arcs of Sword Aura swept past either side of Red-Hair just as he caught the bottle. They shredded the Magma Dog Head behind him and tore away a huge section of Akainu's magma arm along with it.
Red-Hair hadn't seen Lin Mo swing, but something about the attack felt unmistakably familiar.
Was that... Divine Departure?
He looked up at Lin Mo, who was sheathing Kitetsu.
Akainu jerked half a step back.
His hand returned to normal, but countless cuts covered his arm, several deep enough to expose bone. Blood soon