"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A streak of golden light raced across the sky.
A closer look would reveal that this golden light was actually a towering Golden Great Buddha.
This Buddha was none other than Marine Admiral Sengoku.
In his Buddha Form, Sengoku thrust out a palm, unleashing a powerful shock wave that propelled him through the air at tremendous speed.
Upon learning that the Brunei Family was Natural Disaster Zesi's family, Sengoku immediately departed Marine Headquarters and hurried toward the Brunei Family in the New World.
To make the journey, Sengoku transformed into his golden Buddha Form and used his Devil Fruit's shock waves to send himself flying through the air at incredible speed.
With a casual palm strike, he unleashed a powerful shock wave that carried him across the sky toward the New World like a streak of light.
Sengoku was extremely fast, reaching the waters around the Brunei Family in less than an hour.
Meanwhile, in the town where the Brunei Family was based.
Sakazuki was covered in blood, panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot.
He stared at Zesi with utter disbelief in his eyes.
"Is this the strength of Natural Disaster? It's terrifying. Sakazuki, the Marines' future monster, is being beaten without any chance to fight back!"
"Sakazuki may be a future monster, but Natural Disaster Zesi is already a monster."
"Vice Admiral Sakazuki is certainly strong, especially with his catastrophic Magma-Magma Fruit powers. Perhaps in a few more years, Sakazuki might be able to stand against Natural Disaster Zesi, but right now, it's still too early for him!"
Jason and the others spoke in horror.
The battle had been going on for nearly an hour.
For Sakazuki, that hour had been a nightmare.
Sakazuki had always been extremely strict with himself.
His training could even be called brutal.
This had put him ahead of the Marines' three Logia Vice Admirals, making him the strongest of the three.
Sakazuki had believed his strength was sufficient to handle himself even in the New World.
Even against those great pirates, he would not be afraid.
He had thought Zesi was merely a crew member of the Roger Pirates.
Even if he was called the Pirate King's right-hand man.
Even if he was the terrifying figure known as Natural Disaster.
Even if he could not defeat Zesi, he should at least not be defeated easily.
Moreover, he believed that if he caused enough of a commotion, the Marines out at sea would see it and surely request reinforcements from Marine Headquarters.
He only needed to hold Zesi back for a while. Once Marine reinforcements arrived, they would surely be able to take Zesi down in the end.
What was more, Sakazuki believed that Zesi's tremendous fame was merely due to the unique nature of his Devil Fruit.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit, a terrifying power that could cause tremors and thereby trigger tsunamis.
But since Zesi was standing up for the Brunei Family, this place had to have a profound connection to him.
Surely he could not use a tsunami here.
This was an excellent opportunity to take Zesi down.
It was precisely these thoughts that had led Sakazuki to choose to fight Zesi.
Only after they began fighting did he discover just how enormous the gap between them was.
"How is that possible? With strength like yours, how could you be content to remain a mere crew member?" Sakazuki asked in disbelief.
At first, Sakazuki had only thought that Zesi's current fame and bounty came from the terrifying effects of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
But after fighting him, Sakazuki discovered that this was not the case at all.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit was indeed terrifying, but it was not the only thing that made Zesi frightening.
Speed, strength, Haki.
In less than an hour, Sakazuki had been overwhelmed in every way.
What terrified Sakazuki most was that someone this powerful was merely a crew member of the Roger Pirates.
Then how strong must their captain, Roger, and their vice-captain, Dark King Rayleigh, be?
Were the Roger Pirates all monsters?
"It's time to end this, Sakazuki. Unfortunately, your voyage ends here," Zesi said with a faint smile.
As he spoke, Zesi flashed forward, crossing more than ten meters to appear before Sakazuki in an instant.
Zesi raised a hand, seized Sakazuki by the neck, and shoved.
With that shove, Sakazuki's entire body was slammed into the ground beneath his hand.
Zesi raised his left fist, and a white ball of light emerged around it.
Within that ball of light, intense vibrations pulsed millions of times per second.
"Zesi!" Just as that fist was about to come down, a sharp shout rang out.
At the same time, a powerful shock wave hurtled toward Zesi.
Without even turning his head, Zesi redirected his punch behind him, and the air immediately fractured.
At the same time, a powerful tremor wave surged out and collided with the shock wave.
Everything around them immediately shook without end.