A red gleam flashed before Barn, and a white slash broke free of his blade, hurtling toward Moria's fist.
With a roar like a lion's, or the furious howl of the Thunder God, the dark clouds gradually dispersed into terrifying bolts of lightning that surged forward with the slash! Moria's mighty fist, which had just split the entire island, was effortlessly knocked aside. Blade light and lightning shot straight toward his chest!
The lightning crushed and tore apart the shadows bit by bit. The roar that erupted as it pierced his body echoed across almost the entire island. Moria collapsed onto the rubble with a gruesome wound across his chest. The thousand-plus shadows he had forcibly absorbed poured out through the wound, and his body, which had grown even larger than Oars, rapidly shrank!
Shichibukai Gecko Moria-defeated!
"No... impossible! Lord Moria was so powerful..."
Held in Chopper's grasp, Perona stared blankly at her unconscious captain, unable to believe her eyes. Hogback and Absalom gaped like goldfish stranded on shore, unable to utter a word.
"Come back! My shadow!"
Watching the shadows pour out of the wound in Moria's belly, Lola shouted, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.
"Can you hear me? My shadow!"
"We've been inseparable since the day I was born! We came into this world together, so come back! For three years, I've been searching for the zombie that stole you. Now you're right there! If you can hear me, come back!"
At Lola's words, the pirates behind her bravely rose to their feet, even though more than half their bodies had already burned away. They faced the morning sun that was about to take their lives and joined her cries.
"Come back! My shadow!"
"Come back!"
"Come back!"
"Come back!"
"Luffy! Sanji! Robin! Zoro! Your bodies are