"It was time to head up into the sky and deal with that trash-throwing bastard too."
Yas's voice was cold, devoid of any emotion, yet filled with boundless killing intent. Like rolling thunder, it echoed deep within everyone's souls, and the entire world seemed to stand still for an instant.
The bridge of the Leviathan fell into deathly silence.
"Gulp."
"Devil's Heir" Bullet, a man arrogant to his very bones, swallowed with difficulty. His beastlike eyes stared fixedly at the figure on the screen, which had become a heaven-defying pillar of light shooting straight up ten thousand meters into the sky. For the first time, an expression called "awe" appeared on his face.
"You... you've got to be kidding... that old monster... is the Golden Lion! A legendary pirate on par with Roger and Whitebeard! He... he actually charged up there all alone?!"
"No... that's not it..." Beside him, Zephyr's enormous mechanical arm, the Crusher, shook violently beyond his control. He looked in the direction Yas had vanished, his voice hoarse with utter shock. "He isn't 'charging' up there... he's going... all alone, to 'pass judgment' on a legend!"
Judgment!
The word made everyone's hearts on the bridge clench, including Sakazuki, who had just climbed off the floor, his face utterly lost!
Yes, that was no battle at all!
Thinking back to the sea of lightning that had silently purified the entire island, how could that have been a power a human could possess? It was a god's final verdict upon the sins of the mortal world!
And now, this god walking among mortals was heading into the sky to judge another false king who called himself a "god"!
"Is... is this true 'Justice'?" Sakazuki muttered to himself. The majestic, sacred "Absolute Justice" within the framework of order that he