At the volcano's summit, Zephyr sat on a stone slab, watching the Straw Hat Pirates fight the Neo Marines below. Holding the liquor Kuzan had given him, he sighed, opened the bottle, and drank straight from it.
A moment later...
"You're here, Straw Hat." After finishing the last mouthful, Zephyr set down the bottle and turned to look at Luffy, who had arrived.
"Yeah, old man. I came to stop you from going any further down the wrong path," Luffy said solemnly.
"This place is already packed with Dyna Stones. Once the time comes, they'll explode. You can't stop it."
"I definitely can. I just have to beat you as quickly as possible, then take all the Dyna Stones away." Luffy held his straw hat as he spoke earnestly.
"Enough big talk, pirate! Crush Blaster!"
Zephyr raised his mechanical arm, appeared before Luffy in an instant, and drove a punch straight at his body.
Boom!
Zephyr's fist smashed into the ground. Luffy leaped into the air at the last possible moment to dodge the attack, then began pounding his chest repeatedly.
In an instant, Luffy entered his Nika form, and his laughter rang out across the island.
Golden motes of light formed into Kizaru on the other side of the volcano's summit. "Oh... so this is the warrior who'll liberate the world?"
While they were stopping Zephyr from destroying the world here, something major was also happening at the Sabaody Archipelago.
Liu Qing, who had originally planned to watch the show, suddenly received a call from the company.
"Boss Liu Qing, the World Government launched a surprise attack on company headquarters! An energy beam from some unknown location destroyed the entire Sabaody Archipelago," Bartolomeo said anxiously.
Liu Qing's eyes flickered. "How many people did we lose?"
"Uh... no casualties. Just