He violently shook off Sengoku's hand and pointed at the boundless sea outside the window, an arrogant gleam in his eyes. "That's a soldier I trained! A man destined to stand at the pinnacle of the Marines and become the 'Navy King'! A mere old lion with missing legs thinks he's worthy of taking his life?"
"Navy King? What a ridiculous title. Sounds like something a pirate would use..." Akainu scoffed, his eyes filled with contempt. "After falling tens of thousands of meters, even if he were made of iron, he'd be scrap metal by now. Face reality. Search and rescue would only waste fuel."
"Sakazuki!" Sengoku was truly furious. Golden light blazed from his entire body as he prepared to forcibly silence this subordinate who only knew how to fan the flames.
Just then.
Whoosh-
A piercing whistle suddenly came from overhead.
At first, the sound was distant. In the blink of an eye, it became a thunderous roar like a falling meteor.
Everyone present was a battle-hardened powerhouse, their bodies reacting faster than their minds. Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, and Kizaru looked up simultaneously, their Observation Haki instantly detecting the unidentified object hurtling toward Marineford at supersonic speed.
"That's..." Behind his brown-tinted sunglasses, Kizaru's eyes widened slightly.
Boom!
There was no cushioning, no deceleration.
The dark figure slammed into the plaza outside the Fleet Admiral's Office with unerring precision.
The tremendous kinetic energy instantly overturned the paving stones for hundreds of meters around. Dust shot skyward, and the entire Marine Headquarters building shook violently. Sengoku's already cracked desk finally fulfilled its purpose, collapsing into splinters with a crash.
Alarms instantly rang throughout Marineford.
"An enemy attack?!"
"Quick! Surround the plaza!"
The Marines downstairs descended into chaos.
Meanwhile, at the center of the dust cloud, Lin Xuan felt as though