Naruto: But! Those sacrificed people are lives too!
Akainu: Hmph, foolish brat. Then let me ask you, when war breaks out, aren't those who die lives too? How many do you think would die fighting this thing? Tens of thousands? More like hundreds of thousands!
Aokiji: Sigh… As unpleasant as it is, compared to such massive casualties, sacrificing a few really is the lesser cost.
Nick Fury: He's right. If it were me, I'd make sure the families of those sacrificed were well taken care of, with full benefits. If you want to cut costs, just use death row inmates or gangsters. Gets rid of scum while serving a purpose.
Akainu: That's actually a good plan. Keeping those trash alive is a waste anyway. Better to use their lives for something useful.
Luffy: ...
Ace: ...
Whitebeard: ...
Nobita: No way… Dorami, you must have something to handle this, right?
Dorami: I-I don't know either… I've never encountered a monster this big…
Orochimaru: I'm actually looking forward to it. I wonder if the C-virus could control such a creature.
Jiraiya: Put away your idiotic madness!
Goku: Doesn't matter to me. As long as there are Dragon Balls, no matter how many people die, we can revive them.
Yamcha: Easy for you to say, but I really don't want to face something like that.
Dan: Honestly, what worries me more is that the monsters in the Vampire Factory keep growing stronger.
Seiji: Same here. Sacrifice seems like the cheapest, most stable method, but it plants the seeds of disaster. Those creatures don't just eat humans and stay quiet.
Seiji: I've seen cases where long-term sacrifices just made the monsters even stronger.
Daigo: But can a creature that massive really get even stronger?
Dan: Very possible.
Seiji: Also, the most important line – "Her clay womb is swelling, and soon she will burst. You are already surrounded by the gods' fire." What does that mean exactly?
Sasha: The gods' fire… Don't tell me the monsters birthed by Entity 3 have some connection to gods?
Thanatos: Ridiculous. What god's offspring would look that disgusting? It's probably foolish humans who can't tell gods from monsters, spouting nonsense.
Odin: Her womb swelling and about to burst… Does that mean Entity 3 is pregnant with something even more terrifying than Entities 1 and 2?
Bruce Wayne: Don't tell me… She's been pregnant for who knows how long, and when it's born it'll be even bigger and more horrifying than this 660,000 square kilometer monster?
Seiji: That's entirely possible. Children being stronger than their parents isn't uncommon.
Chopper: Please stop talking about it! This is too scary!
Suneo: Yeah! If it's stronger, what would that even look like? Millions of square kilometers?!
Loki: Be bold. The stated 660,000 square kilometers is just its root-like extensions, not the main body. The main body could be over a million square kilometers. Its offspring could be several million, maybe even tens of millions.
Chopper/Suneo/Nobita/Usopp/Nami/Brook/Naruto: EHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Odin: Enough, Loki! Stop scaring people!
Loki: So, dear brother, faced with a creature that massive, do you truly have the courage to fight?
Thor: Hahaha! Loki, who do you think I am?! The bigger the enemy, the more excited I get! If this thing appears in our world, I swear I'll face it head-on!
Nick Fury: Someone shut him up, please. I don't want something like that appearing in our world!
Rhodey: Agreed.
While everyone was chatting in panic, the screen began a prediction about where the Vampire Factory would appear next.
[Prediction: The universe where the Vampire Factory will appear next is…]
Everyone tensed up, some already trembling with fear.
[The chosen universe is… One Piece Universe. Location: Marineford.]
When the result appeared, everyone from the One Piece world instantly exploded in chaos.
Garp: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Sengoku: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Aokiji: Ahhh… ahhh…
Kizaru: Hm?
Akainu: cough cough…
Luffy: Woohoo, it's appearing in our universe!
Sanji: Idiot! What's there to be happy about?!
Nami: We're screwed, it's really appearing in our world!
Usopp: Uwahhhh! I don't want to see such a monster!
Robin: Calm down… at least it's not right near us… Wait, Marineford? Isn't that Marine HQ? That's not far from us at all!
Akainu: Exactly. So we're the ones who should be worried.
Sengoku: Damn it, why does it have to appear here?!
Aokiji: Tsk… This creature covers over 660,000 square kilometers. That's far bigger than Marineford itself. If it appears directly, it will cover the islands around Marineford, including the Sabaody Archipelago.
Zoro: Wait! That's where we are!
Chopper: Then we'll end up facing it anyway!
Usopp: What do we do?! If a monster that big falls from the sky, we'd die no matter what!
Dragon: Damn it… Garp, Luffy…
Ace: Damn it! Luffy, you guys need to run!
Luffy: Huh? Run? Why? Nothing's happened yet.
Nami: You idiot, of course it's because—eh?
It was only then that everyone realized something. The screen clearly said the Vampire Factory would appear in their world, and it would be nearby. But… where was it? Shouldn't a monster that massive be visible immediately upon arrival?
Why hadn't it appeared yet, even after so long?
Somewhere in the sky, Garp and Sengoku were dealing with the Blood Pool incident.
Although the absolute zero walls blocked most of it, many monsters still emerged, so Garp and Sengoku tried intimidating them with the Crimson Lotus G-Line and Mighty Bull Breaker Fist.
It seemed to work somewhat.
Now, they were rushing back to Marine HQ.
"I've asked already. No monsters have appeared."
Garp looked at the Den Den Mushi in confusion. Didn't it say it would appear at Marine HQ?
"How strange…"
Sengoku frowned. As the strategist, his mind was sharp. Thinking back to the screen's earlier descriptions, he suddenly realized something.
"Damn! It's not appearing on the ground!"
Sengoku shouted in shock.
At that moment, Garp's Den Den Mushi rang. It was Koby on the line.
"Vice Admiral Garp, something terrible has happened! There's a massive earthquake at Marine HQ!"
(End of Chapter)
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