With Robin safe and the Merry repaired, the threat was neutralized. However, Kenji decided to send a message so clear and catastrophic that the World Government would have no choice but to adjust their plans for the Straw Hats.
The next day, the crew was preparing to depart. Kenji stood on the deck, looking toward the dark, ominous silhouette of the Gate of Justice—the massive stronghold leading to Enies Lobby.
"We need a strong message, Kenji-san," Robin stated, standing beside him, her newly found serenity radiating confidence. "They need to understand that this crew is protected by an insurmountable force."
"Indeed," Kenji agreed. "No need for a grand rescue or a war declaration. Just an absolute demonstration of our deterrence."
He focused all his copied elemental powers, layering them like paint: Apex: Absolute Thermal Manipulation (Solar Heat), Apex: True Electromagnetism Mastery (Condensed Magnetic Field), and the kinetic force of Apex: Island Carver Swordsmanship.
He raised his hand and pointed it toward the distant Gate of Justice.
"Observe, crew," Kenji said, his voice barely a whisper, yet it carried across the water. "This is the final word of the Apex User."
He didn't fire a beam. He simply focused the layered, combined Apex energies into a single, devastating point: a pinpoint of absolute kinetic and thermal annihilation.
SILENCE.
For a full minute, nothing happened. The crew looked around nervously.
Then, from the horizon, a massive, brilliant green light erupted. It was the visual signature of an explosion so powerful, it vaporized the atmosphere in its immediate vicinity.
The Gate of Justice—the massive, impregnable stone archway designed to hold back the fiercest pirates—simply vanished. It didn't crumble; it was atomized. The water around it boiled instantly, creating a cloud of steam that stretched miles into the sky.
A delayed, deafening BOOM finally reached the Merry.
The entire crew stood in stunned awe.
"I have just erased the World Government's main judicial fortress," Kenji said, adjusting his cap. "The path to the New World is open. They will know now: The Straw Hats are untouchable."
Luffy, his eyes sparkling with pure, unadulterated excitement, wrapped Kenji in a massive rubber embrace. "Shishishi! YOU'RE THE BEST, KENJI! The best Fixer in the world!"
As the Merry, newly reinforced and sailing under the protection of the terrifying "Apex" Tanaka, left Water 7, the world once again shifted on its axis. The World Government's planned judicial war against the Straw Hats ended before it even began. Robin was safe, the ship was healed, and the crew was united, sailing toward the vast, unknown seas of their destiny.