Crocodile lay face down on the ground, trembling nonstop.
A gale erupted, sweeping through the surroundings as Conqueror's Haki concentrated on a single point exerted its influence on reality.
Those contemptuous words and that dismissive attitude sent hatred surging wildly through Crocodile's heart.
His fury kept building.
He forced himself up on his broken arms.
Agony and humiliation stripped Crocodile of his reason.
He raised his bloodshot eyes and roared:
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
Boom-
A burst of Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted!
But Sakazuki's powerful Conqueror's Haki crushed and extinguished it in an instant.
Sakazuki chuckled.
"Interesting."
"But..."
He lifted the foot he had planted on Crocodile's head.
He gently set his black leather boot on the right hand supporting Crocodile against the ground.
Crack, crack-
A series of brittle cracks rang out.
Every bone in that right hand was steadily ground to pieces.
The erupting Conqueror's Haki suppressed Crocodile's mind.
His reason slowly returned.
Agony kept wracking his body. His left hand, spared from the crushing, surged with strength and pushed against the ground.
He pulled his right hand free and fell backward, collapsing into a sitting position.
With bloodshot eyes and ragged breaths, he stared at Sakuzuki in hatred.
Sakazuki chuckled.
"Why bother?"
"Such laughable pride."
"Staying flat on the ground is your best option."
"At least you'd suffer a little less."
"Wouldn't you?"
At Sakazuki's words, Crocodile kept sneering between heavy breaths.
Seeing this, Sakazuki spoke indifferently.
"Enel."
Enel's clear voice rang out:
"Thunder Metallurgy."
Electric light instantly enveloped the gold ornaments on his wrists, melting them down.
Four golden spikes formed, coated in jet-black Armament Haki.
Enel swept his hand forward.
The four golden spikes drove straight into Crocodile's limbs.
"Twenty thousand volts: electric torture."
A flash of white light erupted from Crocodile's body, and he collapsed to the