Watching Roger's Execution at the Start

Rayleigh suddenly regretted provoking that Marine. The man clearly hadn't been all that eager to pursue Fisher Tiger and his crew, yet Rayleigh had gone out of his way to pick a fight and bring all this trouble down on himself. Life was about to get difficult...

With that in mind, Rayleigh tried a tentative approach. "Can't you show a retired old man a little consideration?"

"Huh? Consideration?" Atlas sneered. "You didn't show me any when you slashed me last time."

"Besides, what are you, a Face-Face Fruit user?"

Atlas had made up his mind. No matter how shamelessly Rayleigh pleaded, he was going to test every trick he had on the man today.

P.S. No need to wait up, everyone. I'll update again in the morning. I got back a little late from hanging out with friends. Good night! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

Internal Destruction

"..."

Rayleigh had no idea what Atlas meant by the "Face-Face Fruit," but he understood well enough that the Marine wasn't going to let this go.

"Lion's Might: Imperial Earth Roll!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the sky changed. What had been a fairly peaceful day turned dark in an instant. Seawater surged, sand and stones flew, and a storm swept in. Huge snowflakes began falling from the sky as a bitter wind rose.

"What is that...?" Startled by the sudden change, Rayleigh looked up.

A ferocious lion emerged half-hidden among the clouds. Its body was pure white, and even from afar, Rayleigh could feel its bone-deep chill. Its gleaming fangs and claws flashed as it thrashed, giving off shrieks like the wailing of ghosts.

All of Sabaody's Area 13 fell beneath its shadow!

"Hey, hey! What the hell is that thing?"

"That monster isn't going after the whole Sabaody Archipelago, is it?"

"What kind