The night was torn open by a streak of azure light, like a sharp sword piercing the heart of darkness!
Sabo spread his Wings of Wind.
With a desperate and tragic resolve, he charged straight towards the colossal ship, which symbolized the origin of the world's evil.
The icy sea wind filled his mouth and nose, yet it ignited the all-consuming rage in his chest.
Closer and closer!
The ship's outline rapidly magnified in his eyes: luxurious, bloated, ugly!
The 'Celestial Dragon's Hoof' brand on the bow was a massive festering sore on the world's face, emitting a nauseating stench.
It was this group of scum, who called themselves 'gods,' that wanted to turn tens of thousands of innocents in the Gray Terminal into ashes in a blazing inferno!
Unforgivable!
"Get... back!" Sabo let out a roar unlike a child's, filled with ferocity and boundless hatred!
He suddenly stopped in mid-air, his arms flinging wide open.
Buzz—!
Centered on him, an invisible gale wildly converged, emitting a sharp howl.
The air twisted, the sea surface ripped, and a visible vortex storm rapidly formed before him!
"Wind! Obey my command!"
"Blow this ship... away!"
He thrust his arms forward with great force!
"Boom—!!!"
A terrifying pillar of wind, over thirty meters in diameter, transformed into a roaring Dragon, tearing through the night and slamming violently into the side of the Celestial Dragons' massive ship!
The colossal ship groaned under the strain, its enormous hull tilting sharply, actually being forced backward by dozens of meters!
On the deck, the corpulent Saint Jalmack rolled to the ground like a ball of flesh, his crystal dome knocked askew, and his attendants screamed in disarray... Meanwhile, twenty nautical miles away, on the ghostly black ship.
Ivankov's enormous head snapped up, his exaggerated false eyelashes fluttering wildly.
"Oh my?! Dragon boy! Look quickly!"
He didn't need to be reminded; Dragon's pupils had already constricted to pinpricks.
He saw it.
The young man controlling the gale.
The young man who, by himself, shook a special warship from Marineford.
"Wind..."
Dragon's Adam's apple bobbed, and the word he uttered carried a tremor he himself hadn't noticed.
This power, this will... wasn't this precisely the 'Wind of Freedom' he had always dreamed of, capable of blowing away the dark clouds of the World Government?!
...Goa Kingdom, on a lounge chair by the coast.
White Night let out a lazy yawn, not even bothering to open his eyes.
The wind carried every sight and sound to his ears.
"Oh? Only pushed back a few dozen meters."
"It seems this brat's control over power is still very raw."
A playful curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"However... it should be about time."
"The Celestial Dragons' 'dogs' should be unleashed."
...Sure enough.
Just as Sabo's mind reeled from failing to overturn the giant ship with a single blow.
Two pure white shadows, like specters, shot up from the chaotic deck!
They had no wings, yet they flickered through the air, stepping on invisible stairs, covering hundreds of meters, instantly sealing all of Sabo's escape routes!
What was that?!
Sabo's mind went blank.
The oppressive aura emanating from the two killing puppets, dressed in pure white suits and wearing expressionless masks, made his breathing stop.
"Threat target locked, Level B-minus."
"Possesses special abilities, recommendation: direct elimination."
"Executing."
As the emotionless electronic voice fell, the white-clad figure on the right vanished into thin air!
Six Powers: Shave!
Sabo's Observation Haki shrieked wildly in his mind; without thinking, his Wings of Wind violently flapped, and his body retreated rapidly!
Whoosh!
A hand wrapped in black Armament Haki, with a shriek that tore through the air, accurately plunged into the spot where he had just been!
Six Powers: Finger Pistol!
Missing its target, the white-clad figure didn't pause, stomping his right leg in the air, activating "Moonwalk," and pursuing him like a shadow!
"Bastard!"
Sabo was both shocked and enraged, waving his hand back, and a solid azure wind blade instantly cut out!
Facing the sharp wind blade, the white-clad figure surprisingly didn't dodge, his body swaying lightly like a piece of paper.
Six Powers: Paper Art!
The wind blade grazed his body, only tearing a corner of his clothes.
But at this moment, a fierce glint flashed in Sabo's eyes!
"Explode!"
The wind blade that had brushed past the white-clad figure suddenly exploded, transforming into countless tiny wind needles, covering several meters of space around him!
The white-clad figure showed surprise for the first time, instantly pierced by countless wind needles, and specks of blood seeped through his pure white suit!
Though it was only a flesh wound, it broke his flawless rhythm!
"Not bad, kid."
White Night's consciousness transmitted a light, approving chuckle.
"You've learned to hide a second stage of change in your attacks."
In the sky, another white-clad figure appeared above Sabo, his right leg turning into a white afterimage, chopping down fiercely!
Six Powers: Tempest Kick!
A massive greenish-white slashing wave cut down from above!
"Damn it!"
Sabo cursed inwardly; with no time to dodge, he could only cross his wings in front of him, pushing the power of the wind to its limit!
Boom!
The slashing wave struck the wind shield, erupting in a violent roar!
A colossal force came, and Sabo was slammed from the sky towards the sea!
Too strong!
Skill, experience, coordination... they all crushed him!
"No... I can't be held up by them!"
Just as he was about to hit the water, Sabo forcefully stabilized himself, his Wings of Wind vibrating again, and he shot up into the sky!
His only advantage was the flexibility of flight!
"Trying to run?"
The two CP0 agents, like maggots on a bone, used Moonwalk to encircle him again!
This time, their offensive was even more ferocious!
Finger Pistols rained down, Tempest Kicks formed a forest!
A net of heaven and earth was instantly woven!
Sabo was completely on the defensive, only able to scramble left and right, relying on the power of the wind to glide, accelerate, and turn sharply.
Several times, Finger Pistols capable of piercing steel plates grazed his heart, the strong wind they generated making his skin ache!
But the flame in his eyes grew even brighter!
"You government dogs! Get out of my way!"
His answer was an even fiercer attack.
"Eliminating threat."
"Mission paramount."
On the ship, Saint Jalmack's features twisted with fury, letting out a hysterical shriek.
"An inferior commoner... dares to fly higher in the sky than this Saint?!"
"Unforgivable! Kill him! Knock that insect out of the sky! Crush him! Burn him to ashes!!!"
Just as he roared, in the sky, Sabo, pushed to the brink, suddenly stopped all evasive movements.
He hovered in mid-air, allowing the two CP0 agents' deadly attacks to come from both sides.
He closed his eyes.
In this moment, he gave up seeing with his eyes, hearing with his ears.
He immersed his entire being in the power flowing in his blood, granted by the gods.
"Wind..."
He whispered softly.
"I am... the Wind!"
Buzz—!
A completely different kind of airflow, centered on Sabo, erupted with a roar!
No longer a violent hurricane, but a... gentle, invisible, yet omnipresent domain!
The pupils of the two CP0 agents suddenly constricted!
Their "Finger Pistols" and "Tempest Kicks," the moment they entered a three-meter radius around Sabo, were strangely deflected by an invisible force, flying past his body!