The Rear Admirals and the Marines behind them charged forward like an unstoppable tidal wave. The earth trembled beneath hundreds of rushing footsteps. Their battle cries echoed throughout the ruins of Ohara.
Marines: "FOR JUSTICE!!"
...
Sabo grinned.
Law slowly lowered his stance.
Bepo cracked his neck.
Kuina tightened her grip on Dojigiri.
Koala calmly raised both fists.
Sugar adjusted the scope of her rifle.
Baccarat quietly stood at the rear, golden eyes calmly observing the battlefield.
High above them... Three Angeloids hovered silently in the sky.
Ikaros, Nymph & Astrea.
Each carried one of Arthur's children securely in one arm while holding a customized sniper rifle with the other. Their targeting systems continuously analyzed the battlefield below. For a brief moment... the Marines hesitated.
Comil Rear Admiral: "What are you waiting for?!" The answer came an instant later.
BOOOM!!
A blinding bolt of lightning exploded through the Marine formation. Sabo was already among them. Golden fur covered portions of his body. A long monkey tail whipped through the air behind him.The Mythical Zoan... Monkey-Monkey Fruit, Model: Monkey King. Blue-white lightning surged around his iron staff.
Comil Rear Admiral: "He's a devil Fruit user! Surround him!"
Sabo: "Too slow!" Sabo laughed.
CRAAACK!!
The Spark-Spark Fruit erupted. A massive arc of electricity exploded outward as his staff swept through the charging Marines. Dozens of soldiers were blasted backward simultaneously. Before they could recover—
WHOOSH!! BOOOM!!
Sabo vanished from sight. His staff struck another Marine officer from above. The ground shattered beneath the impact.
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On another part of the battlefield... Law calmly drew Kikoku. His white horn slowly emerged. Silvery hair flowed behind him. The graceful aura of a unicorn surrounded his body.
Law: "[ROOM]" A gigantic sphere expanded across the battlefield.
Stainless Rear Admiral: "Don't let him activate his ability!"
Law: "Too late. [SHAMBLES]"
Entire Marine formations suddenly exchanged positions. Marine officers collided with their own men. Cannons turned toward friendly lines. Confusion instantly spread across the battlefield. Law disappeared again. Kikoku flashed once. Another officer collapsed.
SHRAAK!!
Stainless Rear Admiral: "He's controlling the battlefield itself!"
Law: "That's the point." Law remained perfectly calm.
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Bepo: "Take this !!"
Not far away... Blue-white lightning erupted across thick white fur. Bepo roared. He rushed straight into dozens of Marines. Unlike Sabo or Law... Bepo relied purely on overwhelming physical strength. Every punch launched another Marine through the air. Every swipe of his claws left deep scars across shields and armor.
Marine: "He's a monster!"
Kadar Rear Admiral: "Hold him down!" Several officers attacked simultaneously.
BOOOM!!
Bepo ducked beneath a sword. Electro surged across both of his paws. The shockwave threw everyone backward. Bepo never stopped moving. Arthur's advice echoed in his mind. Strike, move, strike again. His speed increased. His footwork became lighter. He struck and keep moving. Struck again, the Marines gradually realized they could no longer trap the white-furred Mink.
....
CLANG!! CLANG!! CLANG!!
Yarisugi Rear Admiral: "A swordswoman?!" Kuina didn't answer.
Kuina's sword danced like flowing water. Several Marine swords shattered one after another. She simply stepped forward. Her breathing remained perfectly steady.
One slash.
Two slashes.
Three slashes.
Each strike was precise. Each strike was efficient. There wasn't a single wasted movement. Suddenly... Sheathing her blade halfway— Kuina whispered,
Kuina: "Flying Dragon Slash."
SHIIING!! BOOOOM!!
A crescent-shaped flying slash erupted forward. It sliced through dozens of rifles before crashing into the Marine formation. Kuina quietly returned to her stance. Her expression never changed.
Yarisugi Rear Admiral: "Flying sword attacks?!" Soldiers scattered in every direction.
...
Not far from Kuina battlefield. Koala inhaled slowly. Green wings unfolded from her back. The Mythical Zoan Bird-Bird Fruit Model: Hippogriff. With no hesitation she launched herself into the air.
Marine: "She can fly!" A Marine officer adjusted his aim.
But they were already too late. Koala suddenly descended with fast speed.
Koala: "Fish-Man Karate!! Ocean Breaker!!" She struck the air itself.
BOOOM!!
A compressed shockwave exploded through the Marine ranks. Dozens of soldiers were blown away. One Rear Admiral rushed forward. His blade coated in Armament Haki.
Koala: "Fish-Man Karate!! Acid Shark Fang!!" Corrosive green acid slowly coated both of her fists. She activated her Logia Acid-Acid Fruit.
Kibin Rear Admiral: "Die!!" The officer's sword collided with her fist.
SSSSSS—
Rear Admiral: "...Impossible!" The blade immediately began melting.
Koala: "Acid... and Fish-Man Karate work surprisingly well together." Koala spun gracefully. Her heel struck his chest. BOOOM!! He crashed through three stone walls.Koala landed lightly.
Further back... Sugar quietly stood atop the ruined watchtower. She never moved from the spot. She simply watched. Sugar smiled faintly.
Marine: "Take down the sniper!" Several Marines charged.
Sugar calmly raised one hand. The battlefield responded like an orchestra obeying its conductor. Every discarded weapon began vibrating.
CLANG... CLANG... CLANG...
Hundreds... Then thousands...
Swords, spears, axes, guns and bullets.
Everything made of metal slowly rose into the sky.
Marine: "...What... our weapons..."
Catacombo Rear Admiral: "That's impossible! Hold on to your weapon, don't let your guard down."
Sugar: "No...They're all mine." She slowly closed her fingers.
WHOOSH!!
The Metal-Metal Fruit answered her command. Every weapon turned toward the Marines themselves.
At the same moment— More-More Fruit.
The entire area under her control expanded several times over. More weapons. More range. More destruction.
Several Marines finally reached the base of the tower.
Sugar simply looked down. Golden feathers emerged across her arms. The Mythical Zoan... Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Gryphon. Massive wings burst from her back. She leaped into the air. The floating storm of metal followed her. The battlefield disappeared beneath a rain of steel.
BOOOOM!!
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Near the rear line... Baccarat calmly walked forward. She still wasn't accustomed to combat, her training had only just begun. But today... She refused to hide. Golden cat ears appeared atop her head, four crystal earrings adorned each of her ears, a cat tail swayed behind her. The Mythical Zoan... Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Cat Sith.
A Marine officer rushed toward her. His sword swung downward. Baccarat instinctively stepped aside. The blade missed her by barely a centimeter. At the same instant— The Marine's foot landed on loose rubble. He lost his balance and his head hit big rock. The officer collapsed unconscious.
CRACK.
Marine: "... He knocked himself out? What kind of bad luck is that?!" Baccarat's claw casually brushed past him.
Another Marine fired his rifle. The rifle exploded the moment he pulled the trigger and ricocheted off... then struck another Marine officer instead.
Baccarat: "... You really should maintain your weapons." Baccarat blinked.
Every tiny coincidence... every impossible accident... every fortunate outcome... The Luck-Luck Fruit empowered with cat sith luck ability quietly tilted fate itself in her favor. Even Baccarat herself couldn't fully understand where chance ended... and her power began.
Far above the battlefield...three sniper shots echoed almost simultaneously.
BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!
Three Marine officers collapsed before they even realized they had been targeted. Nymph immediately switched targets. Astrea calmly fired again. Ikaros never took her eyes off the battlefield below while gently cradling Arthoria in one arm. Merlin slept peacefully. Lancelot watched the battle with sparkling eyes.
Marine: "Those... those flying girls..." The Marines stared upward in disbelief.
Candy Rear Admiral: "They're carrying children while fighting?!"
Marine: " What kind of monsters are they? They even have wings?!"
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A Vice Admiral watching from afar stared at Sugar. Then toward Koala. Toward Law. Toward Sabo. Toward Baccarat.
Mozambia Vice admiral: "...Every one of them...their abilities different from headquarters intel. Are they wielding more than one Devil Fruit?"His voice trembled.
Silence spread across the Marine high ranks. That single realization shook them more than any attack. The impossible had become reality. The Marines hadn't come to face an ordinary pirate crew. They hadn't come to suppress an ordinary pirate crew. They had come to confront a group that had already begun to rewrite the very laws of the world. And for the first time... even the Marines wondered whether such enemies could truly be defeated.