So, when Sengoku stopped Lin Mo, Akainu went straight after Luffy and Sabo.
"None of you are getting away!" Akainu quickly caught up, transformed his other, uninjured arm into a Magma Fist, and swung it at Luffy.
Sensing the killing intent behind him, Luffy glanced back. Suddenly, Sabo shoved him aside, coated the pipe in his hand with Armament Haki, and slammed it hard into Akainu's Magma Fist.
With a thunderous boom, Sabo's pipe snapped, and a powerful force sent him flying backward.
Akainu staggered back a few steps and frowned. "Kizaru was right. Give you a few more years to grow, and you'll become a threat to the world too. In that case, you can die along with those two brats with evil blood in their veins!"
Seeing Sabo sent flying, Luffy immediately shouted, "Sabo!"
Sabo got up from a pile of rubble nearby and waved at Luffy. "I'm fine. Don't worry."
Akainu sneered and attacked Luffy again.
Luffy immediately countered with Gum-Gum Bullet, but his fist struck Akainu's partially elemental body. Not only did it do little damage, his own fist was burned red.
"Who gave you permission to bully Luffy?!" An angry woman's voice rang out as Empress Hancock rushed over and kicked at Akainu.
Akainu raised his hand and blocked her kick.
Hancock flipped backward twice and landed steadily. Then she looked worriedly at Luffy, who was in poor shape. All the anger vanished from her voice, replaced by concern and bashfulness. "Luffy, your hand... Don't worry. Now that I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you again. Leave this to me and run."
"Boa Hancock!" Akainu said, his face livid. "Don't forget your position! If you don't want to be a Shichibukai anymore, I can strip you of the title!"
Hancock immediately regained her haughty