"You look a little sturdier than that golden-haired lion."
As Yas's absolute, unquestionable judgment stabbed into the heart of everyone present like the sharpest blade, all of God Valley sank into an eerie, suffocating atmosphere.
"Bastard."
Golden Lion Shiki, the future legendary pirate, had his perpetually arrogant face twist completely purple with extreme rage and humiliation!
What had he just heard?!
A golden-haired lion?
Not even as sturdy as Whitebeard?
He, Shiki, ranked alongside Roger and Whitebeard, sweeping across the seas undefeated!
When had he ever suffered such an outrageous humiliation?!
He felt his blood burning madly! The power of the Float-Float Fruit within him began running out of control under its master's furious emotions!
Rumble!
The ground of all God Valley shook violently and groaned, as though he might tear it up by the roots and lift it into the sky at any moment!
Yet Yas still did not so much as glance at him.
It was as though a snarling Chihuahua could not draw the slightest attention from a passing prehistoric dragon.
That pure, bone-deep disregard, treating him as utterly nonexistent, devastated Shiki's proud self-esteem more than any vicious curse or crushing defeat could!
"Aaaah! You Navy brat! I'll kill you!!!"
Shiki let out an earth-shaking roar, ready to charge forward regardless of everything and use his twin swords to sever both the man who dared humiliate him and the sky behind him!
But a strong hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.
"Calm down, Shiki."
A deep, solemn voice sounded beside his ear.
Shiki whipped his head around and saw Whitebeard's face, equally filled with shock, yet burning with fierce fighting spirit.
"Gurararara."
Whitebeard looked up at Yas in the sky, veins bulging on the hand pressing Shiki's shoulder, revealing his inner unrest.
"This man is after