Boom!
The massive Uranus was changing its form.
Doflamingo had deactivated his Fusion-Fusion Fruit ability, and Uranus, which he had distorted, was rapidly reverting to its original state.
"In that case, Uranus belongs to us too."
King's tone carried a hint of a smile. "The legendary Three Ancient Weapons are now all under the command of the Boss."
Even after such a large-scale battle, King had virtually no injuries, not even scratches; his clothes were merely slightly dusty at the edges.
There was no way around it; the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. The forces under the World Government had essentially failed to mount any effective counterattack.
Moreover, not long after the battle began, Imu had already been broken by Roa, releasing the Seikoku (Divine Punishment) to reclaim all her power from the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
From the start, this had been a one-sided war.
"The most crucial thing is,"
Dylan stood beside King, the face of Roa's chief butler beaming with excitement, "the energy sources of Uranus and Pluton are essentially interchangeable. They are weapons manufactured using similar technology!"
"In that case, using Uranus's energy as a reference, the City of Calamity can evolve to its complete form, and Pluton, buried in Wano Country, can be truly resurrected!"
"Ancient Weapons? Zehahahaha!"
Teach heard their conversation, and the man grinned. "For the current Boss, do even the legendary Ancient Weapons still hold that much significance?"
If anything, could mere Ancient Weapons even compare to the current Boss?
Teach's smile was somewhat complex.
Even though he had awakened both the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit, even though his Haki had fully kept pace with his evolution, and even though he had truly reached his peak, catching up to the Davy Jones and Joy Boy of old might not be a pipe dream.
However, in front of the Boss, he was still as insignificant as an ant.
Imu's fate was proof enough.
The Boss had opened up an insurmountable gap between himself and everyone else in this world—no, everyone past and present.
This feeling of being utterly unable to catch up was truly despairing.
Fortunately, it was the Boss, the person he followed!
As Uranus reverted to its original form, Roa's body also began to shrink, finally returning to his human state and slowly descending onto Uranus's deck.
"But Roa, what exactly is going on with you right now?"
Shiki the Golden Lion floated over, frowning tightly, his gaze constantly focused on Roa, but the next moment, he subconsciously looked away.
"What's wrong?"
Roa didn't realize anything was amiss and looked down at himself.
He was completely unscathed, one might say.
"Shiki probably meant to ask what this chilling, unsettling feeling is all about?"
Redfield's voice was also slightly strained. Just looking at Roa's face was enough to make his back break out in a cold sweat.
Roa hadn't done anything, yet merely looking at him made a strong sense of dread rise from the deepest part of his heart.
What on earth was going on?
"Chilling?"
Roa paused.
Then he chuckled, "Isn't it normal? After all, humans are always fragile, aren't they? It's natural to feel fear when facing a true natural disaster."
"A natural disaster, you say?"
Shiki smiled inexplicably.
In other words, the current Roa was truly an absolutely irresistible natural disaster, even to people like them.
Well, it seemed to be true.
"Mama Mama! Roa!"
Charlotte Linlin also didn't dare to look Roa directly in the eye, but that didn't stop her from saying expectantly, "Now there's no one in the whole world who can stop us! So now, can we divide the territory!"
"Linlin, you old hag, you really dare to speak!"
Hearing this, Kaido even laughed out loud.
Has she not yet grasped the current strength of Roa?
If the kid willed it, a single thought could instantly kill everyone here, just like Imu and the Navy members he had turned into chāngguǐ (servant ghosts).
This world had indeed been taken from Imu's hands, but it belonged to Roa.
If he didn't speak, no one could claim it.
"Isn't this fine?"
However, Roa smiled and said, "I have no interest in ruling, you know."
"Giving this world to you all is perfectly fine."
"Oh! Mama Mama! I knew you were the sweetest child in the world!"
Charlotte Linlin was instantly ecstatic. "Then I'll take the East Blue!"
"Roa! Are you serious?"
Kaido looked at Roa in shock. Of course, within a few seconds, that unsettling feeling forced him to look away.
"As long as this world can become the way we dreamed it would be, then it makes no difference to me who rules it."
Roa said indifferently. "Brother Kaido, which sea do you want?"
"You damn kid—"
Kaido was speechless for a moment.
Even he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart: Is this Roa's ambition?
He simply doesn't care about this world!
"Jieh-hahahaha, regardless of who rules this world, can they really defy this guy's orders?"
Shiki the Golden Lion blew out a smoke ring and laughed loudly.
"That's true,"
Redfield also nodded with a smile.
Although their initial relationship was an alliance, given the circumstances, could they still resist Roa's commands?
"There is a reason for that,"
Roa smiled. He suddenly lifted his head, gazing at the clear blue sky. "But the more critical point is that, for the current me, this world is already too narrow."
"Narrow?"
Katakuri raised an eyebrow.
"It's like a cage; there's no room even to roll around."
Roa sighed with a look of melancholy. "It makes me feel suffocated."
"You, you bastard—"
Katakuri's mouth couldn't help but twitch. "You were passionately saying how much you loved this world before."
"I was just a child back then!"
Roa said shamelessly. "Now that I've grown up, I naturally have new feelings!"
There was truth in his words.
Before this evolution, he was, at most, the juvenile stage of Qiongqi. Now he had truly entered the adult stage.
Saying this planet was too narrow wasn't a joke.
It truly was.
Given the current state of this world, it seemed insufficient to support him in completing a third evolution.
In that case, to advance further, to continue his evolution, he needed to open up new gardens.
Checking the time, shouldn't the Space Pirates who appear on the moon in the original story be arriving soon?
Using them as a guide, he should be able to find extraterrestrial civilizations, right?
Space Pirate King, soon to be serialized!
"In short, you all discuss how you want to divide this world."
Roa said this, then looked back at the subordinates under his command. "As for you, those who are interested can also claim a piece of territory to play with."
It was time to divide the cake. He couldn't let those who had helped him establish this empire feel disheartened.
"We only wish to follow the Boss!"
Dylan, King, and Bullet had no hesitation.
Meanwhile, the eyes of Teach, Doflamingo, Enel, and others were already swirling with thoughts.
"Give me the New World!"
Loki was already impatient. "I want to rebuild Elbaf!"
As he said this, Loki glared fiercely at the docile Imu beside him. "Hey, you bastard, can the giants you turned into demons be restored to their original state?"
"Of course."
Imu didn't hesitate, saying directly.
"Excellent!"
Loki was excited like a child.
In that case, Elbaf, which had been completely destroyed, could be resurrected!
"In that case,"
Shiki took a satisfying puff of his cigar. "Jieh-hahahaha! Then I'll have to choose a good place!"
He glanced at Loki as he spoke.
If he were choosing his own territory, the New World was definitely a poor choice.
Linlin was smarter, aiming for the East Blue right away.
"It doesn't matter where you choose,"
Roa said casually. "The current me can even modify the climate, magnetic fields, or ocean currents of the Grand Line without much trouble."
"What?"
Shiki's cigar unintentionally dropped to the deck.
The others also looked stunned.
"Ro... Roa!"
Katakuri felt his throat dry. "Are you serious?"
"I'm truly underestimated."
Roa shook his head helplessly. "Didn't I tell you? This world is already too narrow for me!"
He simply raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly.
Snap.
A quiet sound.
The howling winds high in the sky instantly ceased.
Not just the sky; the turbulent, surging sea below also calmed down in an instant.
"This is!"
Katakuri, who was particularly adept at Observation Haki, was immediately stunned.
"I merely turned this sea area into a Calm Belt."
Roa spoke with feigned calmness. "And, as long as I don't deactivate the ability, this state will persist indefinitely."
In a realm invisible to ordinary people, black energy was converting continuously, turning into a force that stilled the wind and calmed the waves.
As Roa said, as long as he didn't give the command, the black energy would continue this conversion without end.
This was one of the changes Roa gained after this evolution.
"That's truly exaggerated."
Shiki's eye twitched.
The power to effortlessly change the whole world?
This was far more terrifying than the pure destructive power of the Ancient Weapons.
"So, choose whatever you want,"
Roa said with a smile. "Anywhere is fine, even the Red Line."
"Hmm, population is the most precious resource in this world. Perhaps I should modify this world to be more habitable?"
"You are truly contradictory!"
Katakuri said with a laugh.
On one hand, he was dedicated to tormenting the world's inhabitants, but on the other, he sincerely hoped people could thrive and multiply.
Roa just smiled. "Anyway, Dylan."
"Boss!"
Dylan immediately stepped closer.
"Get that Morgans moving. He must be getting restless, right?"
"Yes!"
Then.
Roa turned his gaze to the Navy personnel he had turned into chāngguǐ.
It was worth noting that the critically injured Sengoku had now recovered completely.
The ability to control chāngguǐ had evolved synchronously.
In short, Roa could now grant chāngguǐ the ability to autonomously absorb black energy. After absorbing it, the chāngguǐ could greatly enhance their own strength and then heal themselves.
To put it frankly, figures like Garp and Sengoku, after becoming chāngguǐ, had completely surpassed human limits. Their strength was definitely enough to break the defense of Old Man Shiki and Big Brother Kaido, and they were a notch stronger than Teach.
Actually, Old Man Shiki and the others also experienced this kind of enhancement.
The current Roa could turn people into chāngguǐ without twisting or destroying their consciousness, but Old Man Shiki and the others would certainly not accept it.
Alas, this was a benefit only the members of the Calamity Company could enjoy.
"You all go and clear out those inexplicable fellows inside Uranus."
Roa said.
There were still quite a few people from the World Government or the Navy inside Uranus, even a number of Celestial Dragons.
They had to be cleaned out first.
"Yes! Lord Roa!"
The Navy members responded in unison.
"Call me Boss!"
"Yes, Boss!"
Thus, these former top-tier Navy personnel entered the interior of Uranus one after another, and a slaughter began.
"Mr. Garp? What exactly is—"
In one part of the ship, Navy personnel who were excitedly trying to ask about the current situation after seeing Hero Garp stride over didn't even have time to react before a fist of iron came smashing down.
"Galaxy Impact!!"
The flower of slaughter began to bloom.
No matter how much these surviving World Government-related personnel pleaded or screamed, the Navy members did not hesitate.
Kill, only kill!
Then.
On the deck of Uranus.
Roa met Vegapunk—six Vegapunks.
"My apologies, Boss!"
Judge Vinsmoke lowered his head, looking ashamed. "One of Vegapunk's clones escaped!"
"Clone?"
Queen, who had also participated in the war, was initially puzzled upon seeing the Vegapunk without his large head. He was even more shocked by Judge's words. "What do you mean?"
Judge pointed at the several bound Vegapunk clones. "These guys are cyborgs created by Vegapunk, connected to his excised brain—they are essentially his clones!"
"Cut off his own head?"
Queen gasped. "Vegapunk, are you crazy?"
Roa simply smiled, looking down at Vegapunk, who also dared not look at him. "Dr. Vegapunk, you lied to me."
Vegapunk gritted his teeth. "Technology should not be a tool for war for ambitious people like you! You will destroy this world!"
"But didn't you still help the World Government?"
Roa smiled. "Weren't you afraid they would destroy the world?"
"..."
Vegapunk pursed his lips and remained silent.
He felt remorseful about that matter.
But he had no choice. Compared to Roa, the World Government truly seemed like kind-hearted people.
But he hadn't expected that even so, the World Government still lost.
"What about that remaining Vegapunk?"
Roa asked casually.
Although it was a clone, it was still Vegapunk, and letting it wander the seas was still very dangerous.
"My apologies, Boss,"
Judge quickly replied. "I immediately sent the Disaster Knight to pursue, but the Marine protecting that Vegapunk, though just a youth, was quite formidable. He possesses a very powerful Devil Fruit ability!"
"The two Disaster Knights sent to pursue were both defeated by him."
"Hmm?"
Roa was a little surprised. "The Navy has such a genius youth?"
"Yes, according to the report from the Disaster Knight, Vegapunk called that youth... Luffy!"