Kakarot stood to one side, watching the scene with a satisfied smile.
He had searched Sky Island for a long time back then without ever finding the legendary Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which had left him somewhat disappointed.
But now, following the approach to developing her fruit that he had given her, Lina had combined the Cloud-Cloud Fruit with her control of thunderclouds with increasing finesse. The lightning power she displayed already made her the equivalent of half a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user.
He looked up at the sky. The already dim sky had grown even gloomier, and the dark clouds overhead looked as though they had been dyed with ink, weighing heavily above them as if they might come crashing down at any moment.
Kakarot knew that, given enough time to build up power, Lina could draw on these natural storm clouds to unleash lightning attacks no weaker than those of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
Though she might not be able to control every bolt as freely as a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, the power of this "natural lightning" induced by the Cloud-Cloud Fruit was more like divine punishment descending, carrying the vast, irresistible might of heaven and earth.
Meanwhile, Sakazuki felt a surge of lingering fear. A chill instantly ran down his back, and cold sweat nearly broke out on his forehead-only to evaporate in the scorching heat radiating from the Magma-Magma Fruit within him before the droplets could even form.
Though Sakazuki had already reached the level of an Admiral, he was not yet the battle-hardened elite Admiral who would stand at the pinnacle of the Navy more than twenty years later. Faced with Lina's unexpected Thunderbolt Long Spear attack, he had inevitably been caught somewhat off guard.
Lina, meanwhile, was filled with delight.
This was her first time using the move