Chapter 821

Tremors topple buildings as Inuarashi shouts for everyone to grip the trees and keep clear of collapsing structures. Luffy and Momonosuke alone are gripped by a pleading voice urging them to hurry. Down at the waterline Jack drills cannon fire into one point on the elephant's left foreleg, wagering that its great age has thinned its hide, his plan being to drop it so his men can climb to its head and finish the kill.

Pedro remembers that Roger and Oden once described this same one-way voice when they came to the island. A vision through the elephant's eyes lets Momonosuke pinpoint Jack's position and numbers, which also confirms the warlord survived his clash with the Marines. The boy understands the voice belongs to Zunesha, which relays that ages ago it committed a crime and was condemned to do nothing but walk, acting solely on command. Now it begs for an order to strike back.

Luffy presses the frightened heir to bellow the order or they will all sink. Urging the elephant to hold on, the boy issues the order to fight, and Zunesha replies that it understands before one mighty trunk sweep smashes Jack's ships and flings his crew into the water. From his post Bariete relays the wipeout through his telescope, leaving Inuarashi astonished that the elephant holds a will of its own. Far away in the New World, Scratchmen Apoo informs Kaidou that contact with Jack has gone silent.