Sakazuki was absolutely furious right now.
Seeing the power of the Ancient Weapon earlier, he had already begun planning how to utilize this force to sweep away all the unstable factors across this sea, thereby implementing his philosophy of "Absolute Justice."
Yet, right as he was envisioning a bright future, the clouds in the sky were suddenly scattered to nothingness, followed by a light so blinding that people could not even open their eyes.
For a brief moment, he actually thought the World Government intended to keep the news of the Ancient Weapon from leaking out and wanted to silence them forever.
Fortunately, his Observation Haki did not sense that he was under any attack, so Sakazuki could only comfort his subordinates while enduring the massive shockwave and earth-shattering roar that subsequently swept through the white void.
With great difficulty, everyone vision finally recovered, and they reorganized the fleet formation. Before Sakazuki even had time to ponder what exactly had just occurred, a sheet of blue flames poured down directly overhead, accompanied by an adorable, high-pitched kitten voice from above that made his blood pressure spike—
"Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame Meow!"
(=｀3=)
Although Akainu immediately struck out with an equal, or even greater, amount of magma to block it, these blue flames possessed a temperature far higher than ordinary fire, or even his own magma. In an instant, they melted and burned away the magma he had thrown out.
Even though Sakazuki added two more punches afterward, quite a few blue sparks still landed on the other warships, instantly setting them ablaze. Meanwhile, that young feline Mink named Klee landed right in front of him, looking completely huffed.
"Didn't you say your magma is more powerful than Klee fire meow?! What about now?!"
(=`н=)
The little ragdoll cat, having incinerated a massive amount of Sakazuki magma with a single move, questioned him in a childish voice.
Akainu: "..."
Though he had no idea why the opponent would say such a thing, Sakazuki had absolutely no intention of defending himself.
Whether admitting his magma was inferior to the other party fire, or explaining to Klee Meow that he had never uttered such words, it would make it seem as though he feared her, carrying a suspicion of showing weakness. With Sakazuki personality, he naturally could not bring himself to do such a thing.
Moreover...
Before this, he had indeed thought so.
Even though Sakazuki and Aramaki had previously teamed up and failed to capture Klee Meow, he still relied on his own shallow scientific knowledge to firmly believe that his Mag-Mag Fruit was the superior version of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
However, Klee Meow used facts to prove to Sakazuki that once fire reaches a high enough temperature, it can actually burn away magma in return. Furthermore, her burning away was a true incineration, not the mere smothering that Akainu had mistaken for burning away.
Nevertheless, even knowing that his understanding was flawed, Sakazuki was determined to remain stubborn to the very end.
"I was just wondering how to find you rebels, so it wonderful that you've delivered yourself right to my door! Where is that coward Sherwin? Don't tell me he wants to hide behind you little kittens again?"
"Klee doesn't really understand what you are talking about meow..."
(=ω=)
The little Ragdoll blinked her clear big eyes, scratching her little head as she asked back in confusion, "Didn't you lose to Brother Sherwin before meow? He even cut off one of your legs meow."
"...Since Sherwin refuses to come out! I will finish you off first!"
Flying into a rage, Sakazuki took the initiative to launch an attack at Klee Meow, "Hound Bite: Red Lotus!"
The giant magma hound head, transformed from Akainu arm, opened its mouth wide and snapped toward Klee Meow.
"Ha! Klee knows this move too meow!"
(=`=)
The little Ragdoll swung her paw, and her arm also transformed into a giant cat head made of blue flames. It similarly opened its mouth wide and bit toward the magma hound head.
"Cat Eating Grilled Fish meow!"
As she swallowed the magma hound head with her flaming cat head, she also earnestly corrected him,
"Dogs don't like eating vegetables, they prefer eating meat, so Klee thinks it better if you change this move to Hound Bite: Red Sausage or something meow."
(=`ー=)
Sakazuki face turned black as he clutched his arm. Although he had separated his arm from that magma dog head at his fastest speed, he was still scorched by the exaggerated temperature of the blue flames. Now, hearing Klee Meow nitpicking his move name...
"Are you mocking me?!"
The furious Akainu did not dare to use moves like Great Eruption that extended from his body again. He chose to launch long-range attacks while retreating, "Great Eruption!"
The giant lava fists exploded in mid-air, turning into volcanic bombs that smashed toward Klee Meow.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique meow!"
(=｀3=)
To prove that her flames were definitely stronger than magma, Klee Meow once again chose an attack similar to Akainu.
Small blue fireballs precisely collided with those volcanic bombs Sakazuki created by mimicking a volcanic eruption, burning them to ashes once more.
"How about that? Do you accept it now meow?!"
(=`=)
Having broken Akainu move yet again, the little Ragdoll put her hands on her hips and questioned him once more, looking cocky and lively.
However, Sakazuki still just kept a gloomy face, refusing to answer the question.
"Klee, you little dummy, what the use of comparing these things with him meow? Wouldn't it be better to just give this guy a beating, beating him until he accepts it meow?"
(ω)
Jinx, who arrived afterward after clearing out the other Marines around them, couldn't help but roast and remind her from the side,
"This guy clearly looks like a stubborn old fool who values pride over life, it impossible for you to make him admit defeat like this meow!"
"...Klee is not a dummy meow!"
(=`н=)
The little ragdoll retorted unhappily, but immediately following that, very willingly took the advice and stopped engaging in this kind of move-for-move competition with Akainu. Instead, she summoned a large group of "summoned beasts" and launched a righteous gang-beating against Sakazuki.
Although Sakazuki was proficient in the Marine Six Powers and had cultivated both Armament and Observation Haki to a very profound realm, Klee Meow natural talent advantage in terms of flames was simply too great.
Moreover, her Observation Haki was only slightly weaker than the Pirate King "Voice of All Things."
Therefore, without any surprise, Sakazuki was soon burned by the little ragdoll blue flames until he looked like he had rolled around in a coal pile.
"How is this possible? How is this possible?! How is this possible?!"
Sakazuki could not accept the fact that he could not beat a little kitten, and kept letting out roars from his mouth.
Clearly not long ago at Gran Tesoro, he could still fight back and forth with Klee Meow! And this time, Klee Meow hadn't even used her most famous bombs!
"Your magma is just inferior to Klee flames! Are you convinced now, meow?!"
(=`Д=)
However, faced with Klee Meow questioning, the stubborn—or rather, pride-saving—Sakazuki still chose to hold out.
"Wow—! Brother Sherwin, this person is so shameless, meow!"
(=`3=)
The little ragdoll turned her head to complain to Sherwin, who had just jumped over from the Dodo Advance:
"He obviously already lost to Klee, but he just being stubborn and refuses to admit defeat, meow!"
"Sher! Win!"
Seeing the enemy who had cut off one of his legs, the already somewhat unsteady Sakazuki immediately roared and rushed over.
Sherwin wouldn't even fear Sakazuki in his prime, let alone this heavily crippled Akainu now, whom he wouldn't care about at all.
He ignored Sakazuki who was barking at him, reached out to pick Klee Meow back up onto his shoulder, and nuzzled noses with her.
"It doesn't matter, even if he doesn't admit defeat, you still won. Everyone is a witness."
While comforting the unhappy little ragdoll, Sherwin casually took out a Sea Prism Stone dagger and threw it toward Sakazuki without even looking.
Akainu, who was already at the end of his rope, had no ability to dodge at all. He could only watch helplessly as that Sea Prism Stone dagger stabbed into his shoulder, and then under the influence of the Sea Prism Stone, he rapidly lost his few remaining strengths and fell forward to the ground with a face full of unwillingness.