Zeus was desperately helping too, crackling with lightning as he shattered the incoming rain needles one by one, calling out in a rush, "Nami-san! The rain needles on the left! I knocked them down! I got the ones on the right too! Be careful!" Using the air currents of his thundercloud body, he barely held back the crushing winds. His little thundercloud had even been flattened a little, and he panted, "Whew... This wind is so annoying... It's squeezing me so hard... But I can hold on! I won't let him hurt Nami-san!" Yet his strength was rapidly draining too. His thundercloud grew paler and paler, and his presence grew ever weaker.
Because what she was fighting at that moment had never been Snake alone, but the weather of the entire Whirl Islands, the endless Nature Power under Snake's control.
"I have to... find his actual body..." Nami gritted her teeth, forcing her exhausted body to hold on as she pushed her Observation Haki to its limit, desperately searching the chaotic weather for the "core node" controlling everything. But she could not find it-Snake had already merged completely with his surroundings. His consciousness was scattered through every wisp of air, his will infused into every drop of rain. Attacks came from all directions, but "he" was everywhere and nowhere to be found.
"At this rate... I'll be worn down to death..." Nami's stamina was draining rapidly. Fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead, and her face turned pale. Weather Manipulation was already an extremely taxing ability, and at that moment, she was pitting her strength alone against the weather of an entire island. Her mind and body were both nearing their limits.
"Ready to concede, young lady?" Snake's voice came again, carrying a measure of appreciation. "It's already impressive