"What the hell are you doing? Answer me!!!"
"Why do you wear that face when you do things like this?!!!"
With that furious roar, Golden Lion Shiki's last reserves of strength ignited!
An unprecedented surge of Conqueror's Haki, mixed with a lifetime of pride and defiance, erupted from his body like a golden tsunami!
His Haki was no longer an invisible pressure. It became a burning golden aura visible to the naked eye, soaring into the heavens!
Streaks of dark gold and red Haki lightning leaped and coiled wildly, crackling with a sound that made hearts tremble.
The clouds overhead churned under that aura, spinning wildly around Golden Lion!
Only then did everyone on the battlefield truly, clearly realize-
The man who had once stormed Marine Headquarters at Marineford alone!
The flying pirate who had commanded the greatest aerial force of the legendary era, rivaling Roger and Whitebeard...
Golden Lion Shiki was still here!!!
The legend had not ended yet!!
Even though he had just suffered a crushing defeat, when that Haki, imbued with the old era's last shred of dignity, swept across the battlefield-
When someone insulted the legendary era and humiliated a man he respected...
He was still the Golden Lion who could shake heaven and earth!!!
"G-Golden Lion?!!"
The wild laughter and smugness on Teach's face froze instantly, replaced by utter horror and disbelief!
He stared at the figure hovering in the air, wreathed in dark gold and red Haki lightning, completely stunned with fear.
"You... how can you still be alive?!"
He had checked again and again after Gern's "Heavenfall Divine Strike" smashed Golden Lion into that deep crater.
His presence had vanished completely. Even if he wasn't dead, he could only wait for death.
Only then had Teach dared to step forward without fear and