"ZEHAHAHAHA!!! I'm here for the two-piece, Rudolph!!!"
"The end of this battle will be the same as the last one, Gol D Ship."
From the horizon, a wooden pirate ship is barreling toward the sand castle at ridiculous speed. Most naval officers would be yelling at their captain to turn around, but not this pirate crew. They loyally follow their stupid captain regardless of her decision.
"Teio, prepare for battle."
"Yes, Prez!!"
Rudolph clasped her hands together and sand roses all around her. The sand rose into pillars before the details began to form.
"Sand clones!"
Each pillar turns into one Rudolph clone, making up the majority of her army.
"She has her army ready, Goldship. I hope you have a plan."
The gullible Tosen Jordan was pulled into the hijinks by Goldship's evil antics. Since one member of the GSK is here, the rest follow her to join Goldship's crew. Gold City is even more motivated after Goldship told her that the treasure they'll be stealing from the Emperor is the red-haired young man.
"It's called 'Fuck it, we ball'!!"
Goldship clenched her fist, and a noticeable circle of heated air formed around that fist. She pulls her fist far behind her head before punching the air in front of her while screaming.
"HAKUA!!!"
The air shatters in front of her fist, as if there were an invisible glass in front of her. The crack expanded outward before it exploded, and a powerful shockwave was sent flying toward the sand castle. The shockwave split the sea and tore through the air as it flew even closer to the sand castle.
As if it was about to hit the fragile castle, a massive wall of sand rises from the ground and tanks the hit.
"The result is still the same, Gol D Ship."
The Emperor said calmly, arms crossed in front of her chest. The Gura Gura no Mi allows the user to create a shockwave that could cause an earthquake. Sadly for Gol D Ship, the sands are shaking, but since they're too loose, they don't break apart as a solid wall would.
"Tch!! Her sand power is always the most annoying to deal with."
"I'll be going first then."
"Wait! Gold City–"
"Yata no Kagami!"
Gold City had already turned herself into gold light as her best friend tried to stop her from acting rashly. The former was floating right above the courtyard of the sand castle when suddenly–
"HAA!!"
*THUMP*
"KAAAH!!"
A lightning strike from the ground beside the flying supermodel, and out comes Tokai Teio from the lightning and punches the supermodel down to the ground. The Monarch brings her hand up toward the sky, and a tether of thunder forms from her hand to the sky.
"Perish with the sound of the thunder, Kirin!!"
With no mercy, the Monarch brings down the thunder dragon from heaven toward the grounded supermodel.
"Tch! Seriously?!? Yata no Kagami!!"
With extreme desperation, the supermodel once again travels at the speed of light away from her current position. Luckily, speed travel faster than thunder, so she was able to dodge the incoming attack.
"As ruthless as ever, I see. But regardless, your trainer is mine, Teio."
"I would never let you have him!!"
Lightning and light fight in the sky over the castle, causing a light event that could never be seen anywhere else on Earth. Thunder striking the light, and light cutting off the thunder. The fight between the 2 crazy umamusumes rages on above the sand castle.
On the ground, Gol D Ship is fighting against the sand bender Symboli Rudolph.
"HAAAAAAH!!"
*Thump* *Sssshhhhhsss*
"Your sand is annoying!!"
Regardless of what Gol D Ship throws at Rudolph, the latter's sand absorbs everything and protects their owner. With a flick of the Emperor's hand, the sand rushed forward in a wave at the pirate.
"Goddesses damn it!! Jordan!! Helios!! Palmer!! Help me!!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Huh?!? Where the fuck are you girls?!?!"
The pirate queen yells at her nonexistent crew. She thought she had people to help her, but was taken aback when there was only an empty ship behind her.
"Don't worry, Gol. They won't escape my warden."
"Tch!! Fuck them, I guess."
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"Are we really abandoning both of them?"
"Did you, like, see what Teio totally threw at Gold City, Palmer?! We are, like, totes not surviving this if we go with a super straightforward method!!"
"Yasss!! Truth Nuke, Queen!! We gotta work smarter, not harder!! Let's a Go!!"
The trio sneaks away from the battlefield and circles around the sand castle. They carefully climb up a flight of stairs to enter the main building, but the moment their feet touch the top stair–
*Bwwwoomm*
"Huh?"
"What the?"
"Am I tweaking?!?"
The trio swears they were at the top, but right now, they're standing at the bottom of the stairs. The worst part is that they didn't realise it happened. One second, they are at the top, and the next, they are looking up at the top of the stairs.
"You won't be reaching the inside of the castle any time soon."
A deep woman's voice came from the top of the stairs. The trio's eyes quickly adapt to looking up at the bright sky. A silhouette stands firm with the sun behind her back, looking menacing.
She carries herself with quiet confidence, the kind that doesn't demand attention but naturally draws it. Her long, dark purple hair flows smoothly down her back, catching faint glimmers of light with every movement. A dark cap rests neatly atop her head with a small emblem that hints at discipline and pride. Her purple eyes are steady and firm. Unwavering in her conviction and loyalty to the rule she follows.
"Fenomeno."
"I shall look the other way if you turn around."
"Na! Na! Na! Not gonna happen, girlie!! We're here for the treasure!!"
"Fine."
*BWOOOON*
"We shall use the usual method."
"What the?!"
"Holy shit!!"
"Hng!!"
The trio swore they weren't blinking, but Fenomeno is now standing right in front of them at the bottom of the stairs. None of them saw her feet moving, and yet she is already so close to them, faster than even light.
"Thread jail!!"
From the edge of Helios's fingers, thin threads spew out, and she quickly commands them to surround the police uma. The police in question just stand calmly as more and more threads lock her into place like bars in a cell.
"This is…"
"That's right! My thread barrier auto procs on touch, got you locked in a full twenty-meter bubble, all directions! Wrapped up like a cocoon, you not getting out!! It's game over for you!"
"..."
"Now I can track you and your power, every move you make! "
"I see…"
"Take this, Fenomeno!! Twenty-meter radius thread cocoon!!"
"Star Platinum:The World."
*BWOOOON*
"Eh?"
*TTTHHHHUUUUMMMMPPP*
"GGGAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
"HHEEELLLIIIOOOOSSS!!!"
Palmer screamed out her best friend's name when the latter flew through the air and crashed into a sand wall. It's just like before when they reach the top of the stairs. Fenomeno was standing amongst the thread, and the next moment, she was already where Helios was standing.
"You both will be joining her."
"Kuh! I'm not going down without a fight!!"
Palmer clenched her fists and prepared herself to fight. She doesn't know what Fenomeno's real power is, but she knows the police uma move fast. Move so fast as if she stopped time.
Kuh… What… Happened…?
The zoomer gyaru collects the last bit of consciousness she has left after the powerful hit. She doesn't understand it at all. In one moment, she had the police in her grasp, and the next, the zoomer was sent flying back as if she had been punched in the stomach.
My threads… She destroyed everything in one moment… There's not even a single delay in their destruction… It's as if she… Haah!!!
"PALMCHIN!!!"
"Helios!!"
"Thread slash!!"
"Hmn?"
Using the last bit of her power, Helios threw 4 slashes toward the sand castle. Fenomeno thought that the zoomer was aiming for her, but she missed the mark completely and hit the wall of the sand castle instead.
"A galant and foolish last effort."
No, there has to be another reason why Helios attacked the sand wall, but what is it?
Palmchi… Please… Understand…
The sand wall around Helios starts to crumble. The impact was a little bit too much for the sand wall to handle, and it's a miracle it can even stand to begin with. The zoomer falls with the sand wall and gets completely buried in it, and with that, the zoomer was taken out of the battle.
"Helios… Kuh…"
Why did Helios throw that attack earlier? Will she really be wasting her last attack on something so trivial? Come on, Palmer!! Think!!
The mark Helios made from her attacks isn't something random, that's what Palmer is certain of. The mark is an X with horizontal lines at the top and the bottom.
Kuh!! If only I were McQueen… She would certainly have gotten the message right away.