The colossal Sea Kings dragged Noah across the vast, endless sea.
The pressure brought by their immense bodies was overwhelming. Just the shadow they cast was enough to completely cover the Thousand Sunny, Doflamingo, and everyone else.
"As expected of the most terrifying creatures in the sea. They got here this fast!"
"So this is Green Bit, the island where the Tontatta live?"
A bright, carefree voice rang out at that moment.
A towering figure wearing a straw hat stood at Noah's bow, gazing at the island from afar.
"That's..."
Nami and the others were horrified.
"The giant who defeated Luffy and the others!"
"He's using colossal Sea Kings to pull his ship! If even one of them swats us, the Thousand Sunny will be smashed to pieces!"
Hearing that, Sadgeo seemed to finally notice them. He looked down.
He stared for quite a while before finally spotting those tiny figures, no bigger than ants compared to Noah.
"Oh, it's you guys."
"Hehehe... You're still alive after wandering around the New World?"
He still remembered those crew members of that fake.
"And... a Marine Admiral and a Warlord? You both look like people from the government's side."
Sadgeo looked Doflamingo over, his eyes shifting.
Then, with one light and careless sentence, he made everyone feel a chill in their hearts.
"A Warlord colluding with the Marines? Then I'll just kill all of you."
"Sea Kings!"
The ruthlessness and decisiveness of a true tyrant were displayed vividly in Sadgeo.
One of the colossal Sea Kings pulling the ship instinctively obeyed his command when it heard his words.
Their king was on this ship, and they had already grown used to following Sadgeo's orders.
Just that scene alone made everyone's eyes change.
"This lunatic!"
Doflamingo gritted his teeth tightly. Facing an enormous attack capable of raising a tsunami hundreds of meters high, he had no intention of trying to fight it head-on while standing over the sea as an ability user.
He immediately stepped on his strings and rushed toward Green Bit.
Ryokugyu reacted in almost the same way. Although he could create wood to form a boat and float on the sea, against an attack of such massive range, he would likely be swallowed by an enormous amount of seawater in an instant.
As for the Thousand Sunny, there was too little time. They urgently activated a small Coup de Burst and shot violently toward Green Bit.
On the sea, aside from certain special existences, colossal Sea Kings were nearly invincible.
Everyone was thrown into a miserable state.
Caesar was dizzy from the Thousand Sunny's sudden acceleration.
He clung to the railing, baring his teeth as he glared angrily at the massive black shadow in the distance.
"I'm one of your creators! And you actually tried to kill me!"
The others were not doing well either. There had been too little time, so no one had been able to make any preparations.
Hearing this, Sanji grabbed Caesar by the collar and shouted,
"You said you're one of his creators, and that this has something to do with Father Ozz! Tell us what's going on!"
As Sanji roared at him, Caesar's face went pale, as if he were afraid of something.
"N-no... I absolutely cannot talk about the details. I, I, I..."
Even with Sanji threatening him, Caesar desperately wanted to give in.
But he was even more afraid of a certain great figure behind the scenes. Revealing everything too early would ruin that man's fun.
"Stop forcing him. He doesn't dare say it."
Law stopped Sanji at that moment.
If this involved that man, he did not believe Caesar had the courage to speak carelessly.
"Tch..."
Helpless, Sanji threw Caesar aside and looked with Law toward the massive black cloud gradually approaching Green Bit.
Elsewhere, Doflamingo and Ryokugyu also looked grim.
"He really is as troublesome as the rumors say..."
"After all, he is Mr. Ozz's painstaking work. And from what I hear, ability users suffer badly against him!"
Ryokugyu thought of Fujitora and the bandages wrapped around his head.
"Ability users, huh..."
...
Meanwhile, inside Green Bit.
The Tontatta had also felt the enormous shaking and noise.
"What's happening outside?"
"Usopp-land, let's go take a look first!"
The Tontatta emerged from underground and carefully poked their heads out. Seeing no one around, they prepared to head toward the shore.
But they had not run far before it happened.
"Tontatta, huh? It's been a long time since I've seen any."
A large hand covered the area at some unknown point and picked Leo up.
"W-what's going on? Why am I flying?"
Leo turned his head and instantly froze.
"It's a big human!"
"Let me go!"
Every member of the Tontatta race possessed absurd strength, similar to ants. They could easily move things far larger than themselves.
So Leo immediately used all his strength, intending to break free.
But it was useless.
The view pulled back, revealing that the large hand belonged to a black-haired man.
"Quiet down. I'm actually a Tontatta too."
"Let me go, you... Huh?"
Leo had still been struggling fiercely, but after hearing Ozz's words, he froze in place.
The Tontatta on the ground, who had been preparing to rescue Leo, also stopped.
They were innocent, but they were not stupid.
"Your size is clearly that of a big human!"
"No. I only grew this large because of a mutation. If you don't believe me, look."
Ozz casually tore apart a massive ancient tree beside him, one that would have taken dozens of people to wrap their arms around, then lifted it easily with one hand.
Seeing this, the Tontatta's eyes immediately sparkled.
"Amazing! There's actually such a huge Tontatta?"
The simple and easily fooled Tontatta directly believed Ozz's nonsense.
Ozz could not help lifting the corner of his mouth.
A race this simple and easy to deceive, yet possessing tremendous strength and talent in agriculture, was practically the perfect workforce to exploit.
No wonder the Donquixote Family had been able to rise eight hundred years ago by exploiting the Tontatta, eventually participating in the final contest at the peak.
As long as there were enough workers, the power of capital truly was endless.
"Come to think of it, we were originally going to investigate the situation!"
After Ozz set him down, Leo spoke seriously.
Although he also wanted to entertain this enormous Tontatta, the battle was clearly more important. After all, this was the key moment for declaring war on the Donquixote Family.
Ozz, however, remained calm and looked toward the thunderous commotion along Green Bit's shore.
"Over there?"
"It's just a group of children playing around. But when children get too arrogant, sometimes they really do need to be taught a lesson."
"Isn't that right?"
-----------------------------------------------------------------
The tides are shifting, and secrets linger in the dark... Step into the shadows early on P@treon, where the next chapter awaits before the world sees it.
[email protected]/_theon
Change @ to "a"