Sakazuki's indifferent voice sounded beside Queen's ear:
"It's been almost thirty years, hasn't it?"
He looked at Queen as though he were already dead.
Queen's face filled with terror, and he trembled.
The fear Sakazuki had instilled in him ran far too deep.
Back when Queen had still been a researcher at MASD, Sakazuki had displayed world-shattering power while arresting them. Later, on Punk Hazard, he had effortlessly crushed Kaido.
He had captured Kaido for all the island's researchers to experiment on. And just now, he had destroyed the entire island in an instant, killing countless pirates...
Queen's fear of Sakazuki had already been branded deep into his body...
That was why Queen had prepared to flee the moment Sakazuki killed Ulti, but the battle below had unfolded far too quickly.
Only a few breaths had passed between Ulti's death and Who's-Who's.
Queen had turned invisible and fled less than a kilometer before Sakazuki appeared and pierced his body...
Fighting through the pain, he forced an ugly smile onto his face:
"F-Fleet Admiral Sakazuki..."
Sakazuki gave a slight nod, but his gaze remained unchanged.
Seeing Sakazuki react like that,
Queen's expression twisted with conflict. His desire to live overcame his fear, and he roared like a madman.
Roooaaar-
His body kept growing until he became an enormous yellow Brachiosaurus.
Sakazuki's arm remained embedded in Queen's chest, leaving him hanging from Queen's body like a tiny ornament...
The Brachiosaurus's left arm transformed, its segmented length gleaming coldly as it grabbed at Sakazuki:
"Winch QUEEN!"
It was just like the Vinsmoke Family's "Winch Green."
His extended, modified left arm tried to seize Sakazuki and wrench him away.
Queen had once worked alongside Judge in MASD, the research organization founded by Vegapunk, so he could use technology similar to the Vinsmoke Family's.
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