"That old bastard Saint Saturn always likes hiding behind others. He doesn't stop to think: if Marine Headquarters could really protect him, why would he need to set up this deadly banquet?"
"The age of invincible Admirals is over. What comes next is my New Era! You old bastards still dreaming of occupying the world's highest seats for another eight hundred years should step aside."
Shane faced Zephyr. The two had clashed over this many times before, fighting to the death repeatedly. Compared with the others, especially Sengoku and Kong, their relationship was actually better.
But ultimately, they stood on different sides.
"The future you speak of means personally destroying a world that still has some order? Then plunging the entire world into endless chaos?"
Zephyr remembered everything Shane had said.
He had also kept waiting to see where that future, spoken of time and again, was.
Recently, a rumor had spread across the seas.
It claimed that during Shane's disappearance, he had obtained a treasure capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Many believed it existed, because only that could explain how Shane had escaped death.
And why he dared challenge Marine Headquarters.
When Shane appeared alone at Marineford, it had briefly dispelled their concerns.
Now, as Shane swept through everyone, practically taking down an Admiral with every punch, things had changed.
Everyone recalled that rumor once again.
"What exactly did you obtain? If there's really something that can change this world, you shouldn't keep it hidden!"
Haki coiled around Zephyr's arms.
He charged along a zigzagging path, his body becoming a streak of black light, like a meteor cutting across the stars in the night sky.
"Purple-Hair! Why are you still so naive? If I really had something, I would never show it to this world. Power drives the