"Then I'll take both of you apart!"
Yas's voice was cold, devoid of any human emotion, as though he were stating an established fact. When it rang out clearly between the two fleets through the Den Den Mushi's amplification, the atmosphere over the sea, already deathly silent after "Dark King" Rayleigh had been crippled in a single move, instantly froze!
Gulp.
A young marine aboard the Leviathan could not withstand the terrifying pressure that came from deep within his soul. His Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably, producing a sound that was unbearably piercing in the deathly silence.
Take them both apart?
"Pirate King" Gol D. Roger, who had flown into an absolute rage over his companion being crippled, his body wreathed in world-destroying black-and-red lightning...
And the unfathomably powerful "Devil's Heir" Douglas Bullet, who had just fought the Pirate King and forced him to unleash his Devil Fruit Awakening...
He was going to take apart these two monsters at the very pinnacle of the world's fighting power together, as though dismantling a pair of disobedient toys?!
What arrogance!
What dominance!
What utter certainty!
Aboard the Oro Jackson, the Roger Pirates, who had been overcome with grief and fury over their vice-captain being crippled, suddenly looked like ducks caught by the throat. Their expressions instantly shifted from anger to incomprehension and disbelief.
They even forgot to be angry.
The matter-of-fact tone of Yas's words left their brains momentarily unable to process the sheer amount of information they contained.
"He... what did he just say?" Buggy the Clown's trademark red nose twitched violently. He turned blankly toward Shanks beside him, his voice trembling. "He's going to take Captain Roger and Bullet... both of them...?"
Shanks did not answer. He merely gripped the hilt at his waist tightly, veins bulging on the back of