While Big Mom's roar, filled with venom and madness, still echoed above that deadly wasteland, Yas had already turned into a streak of azure lightning, tearing across the sky toward Marine Headquarters at Marineford.
He paid no heed to Big Mom's curses.
In his eyes, they were merely the last helpless screeches of a cockroach whose legs had been crushed, just before it was stamped out completely.
Minutes later, Marineford's distinctive crescent-shaped harbor came into Yas's view.
Without slowing in the slightest, that streak of azure lightning descended like a spear of judgment from the heavens, landing directly in the center of the fortress plaza that symbolized the Marines' highest authority and glory!
Boom!
The lightning dispersed, revealing Yas in his white Justice Coat.
Beneath his feet, fine, web-like cracks spread across the hard paving of the plaza.
All of Marineford fell into an eerie silence.
The Marines drilling in the plaza, the sentries in the watchtowers, the officers patrolling the harbor-every Marine who witnessed the scene stood rooted to the spot, as though struck by Petrification Magic.
Their faces were filled with utter shock, fervor, and awe!
Azure Thunder! It was Lord Azure Thunder Yas!
The Marines' greatest living legend, who had subdued the East Blue alone, confronted the Pirate King, ventured single-handedly into the New World, and won an overwhelming victory after taking on two future "Emperors of the Sea" head-on!
He was back!
After that brief silence, thunderous cheers brimming with boundless fervor erupted like a volcano, instantly sweeping through all of Marineford!
"It's Lord Yas! Lord Yas is back!"
"My God! What am I seeing? That special edition was true! He really crippled both Kaido and Big Mom all by himself!"
"He's incredible! This is our Marines' true 'justice'! This is what our Marines should be!"