The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
By the time the report arrived, it was already early the next morning.
The tall, thin member of the Five Elders frowned deeply.
"I'm afraid this can no longer be called a coincidence."
"Anything connected to that name..."
"Always ends up becoming trouble."
The curly-haired member of the Five Elders narrowed his eyes.
"Hunt him down."
"He came out of Cipher Pol, after all."
"He's done plenty of dirty work."
"We have to kill him to preserve the government's reputation."
The tall, thin Elder looked somewhat resigned.
"We have no other choice."
A secret order to hunt him down was then issued...
Off the coast of Amazon Lily.
Thick black smoke shot into the sky. Even from far away, the entire stretch of sea looked shrouded in darkness.
At the sight, Shakky quickened her pace again.
After hurrying here for hours without stopping, had she still arrived too late...?
Just as she was about to approach the island, a sudden sense of mortal danger exploded through her nerves.
"Hell Hound."
A magma dog's head shot out from the shore, stretching endlessly toward her.
Already exhausted from hours of travel, she sensed it and barely managed to jerk her head aside, but it still sheared off one of her ears.
Before she could retreat...
Sakazuki's body on the shore suddenly turned to magma, writhed, and vanished.
Meanwhile, the magma that had grazed Shakky's head and shot behind her suddenly swelled and coalesced.
Sakazuki emerged from it.
Sensing Sakazuki's presence, terror spread across Shakky's face.
Without looking back, she tried to surge forward.
She had barely taken a step when Sakazuki appeared right behind her and seized her shoulder.
Crack-
His large hand, coated in jet-black Armament Haki, crushed her shoulder outright.
Holding her firmly in