"What's this? Are you planning to arrest me?"
"For a vile criminal like you, there's naturally no reason to let you go now that we've crossed paths!" Sakazuki said with a sneer.
At Sakazuki's words, a horrified expression appeared on Jason's face.
Sakazuki actually wanted to arrest Natural Disaster?
Jason couldn't help thinking to himself, Hey, hey, hey, Sakazuki, haven't you gotten a little full of yourself?
You might be strong, Sakazuki.
A monster who could become a Marine Admiral someday.
It wouldn't even be an exaggeration to call you a monster in the making now.
But the man standing before you is a true monster of the seas.
Especially a monster who defeated Big Mom just recently.
He's a genuine monster of the seas!
If you want to get yourself killed, don't drag us along!
"Hahahaha! Plenty of people on these seas have wanted to arrest me, but they either sank to the bottom of the sea or were buried beneath earth and stone. Do you want the same fate?"
"That was only because they weren't strong enough. I'll arrest you and throw you into the Marines' Impel Down, where you'll spend the rest of your life in that sunless prison."
"Perhaps you'll soon discover that you've overestimated yourself, and the price of overestimating yourself is often death."
"How would I know without trying?"
"The price of trying will be steep-too steep for you to bear!"
"We'll see whether I can't bear it or you end up locked in Impel Down."
As he spoke, thick black smoke rose from Sakazuki's arms, and his fists turned into magma.
"Meteor Volcano, horizontal barrage!" He frantically punched toward Zesi with both fists.
As Sakazuki unleashed his frantic punches, huge lava fists of fire shot toward Zesi, one after another.
"Hahaha! Your Marines' Impel Down can't hold me!"
Zesi laughed and threw a punch, and fractures in space spread across the entire sky.
Every one of Sakazuki's attacks was blocked.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The magma exploded continuously, completely engulfing Zesi.
"It really is power like a disaster!"
They watched the lava erupt in tremendous explosions.
Even Jason and the others were horrified by the terrifying sight.
Destruction. Not a blade of grass survived within the magma; it had become a world of exploding lava.
"Is Natural Disaster dead?" Youpi asked as he struggled to sit up.
At Youpi's words, Jason and the others exchanged glances.
Then they immediately dismissed that possibility.
If they hadn't known that man was Natural Disaster, they might have thought survival was impossible under those circumstances.
But that man was Natural Disaster, so that was another matter.
He was Natural Disaster, after all-Pirate King Roger's right-hand man, the Natural Disaster who had wiped out most of Golden Lion's fleet and defeated Big Mom.
If he could die that easily, who knew how many times he would have died already?
Sure enough, once the smoke from the lava explosions cleared, the figure within the blast was revealed.
There stood Zesi before them, completely unharmed, without so much as a mark on his clothes.
"Not a scratch?" Sakazuki said, frowning now as well.
"Sakazuki, the Magma-Magma Fruit is powerful, isn't it? A power feared like a natural disaster. Even someone with Armament Haki wouldn't dare clash head-on with that searing magma. Every attack is like a volcanic eruption-truly the terrifying destructive power of a natural disaster. So it's made you full of yourself, hasn't it?" Zesi said calmly.
At Zesi's words, Sakazuki raised an eyebrow.
"To be honest, I don't like the name Natural Disaster. But when it comes to calamities, I'm the natural disaster. What gave you the courage to challenge a true natural disaster?" Zesi said coldly.
As he spoke, Zesi vanished from where he stood in a flash.
"Hm?" Startled and puzzled, Sakazuki scanned his surroundings, trying to locate Zesi.
Just then, Sakazuki noticed something and whipped his head around.
As Sakazuki turned, he saw that a figure had appeared behind him at some unknown moment, a fist hurtling viciously toward him.
Sakazuki didn't need a close look to know the figure was Zesi, and immediately tried to dodge.
But Zesi's attack wasn't so easy to evade.
As Sakazuki prepared to dodge, he discovered that the air around him had shattered and his surroundings had begun to warp.
The warped surroundings made him feel as though he had sunk deep into a mire. He wanted to break free, but found it incredibly difficult.
It wasn't that he couldn't break free. With his strength, he could still escape.
It was just extremely difficult to do so.
Under ordinary circumstances, he would have been able to break free of this warped space if given just a little time.
But in a battle where every second counted, who would give him that time?
At the critical moment, Sakazuki raised both hands to block the incoming fist.
"Pfft!" Zesi's fist slammed viciously into Sakazuki's body, and blood sprayed out.