Chapter 367: Absolute Domination!
Amazon Lily · Palace Meeting Room
"BOOM!!!"
Shanks' Conqueror's Haki erupted like a localized hurricane. The meeting room shuddered violently; stone pillars spider-webbed with cracks, and the very walls began to crumble inch by inch!
He stared dead at Roy, his roar echoing like thunder across the sea: "ROY—!!!"
Roy, however, simply picked at his ear, offering a lazy critique. "Shanks, it's been two years. Why are you still so fond of screaming? You're making my head ache."
"YOU—!!!"
Fury surged through Shanks as he took a half-step forward, his sword hilt humming with killing intent.
Benn Beckman lunged forward, slamming a hand onto his captain's shoulder. "Captain, stand down!" he hissed. "If you start a war here, Amazon Lily will be reduced to ash in seconds!"
He narrowed his eyes, casting a heavy, realistic gaze toward Roy before spitting out the bitter truth: "Besides... we have no way of keeping him here even if we wanted to."
The room fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone present understood—against a user of the Warp-Warp Fruit, if he wanted to leave, no one in the world could stop him.
Roy saw that Shanks had been held back and lost interest. He turned his head lazily, his gaze falling on Boa Hancock. "Hancock, surely you aren't actually planning to side with pirates..."
Before he could finish, he froze.
Following his gaze, the others watched as Hancock's cheeks flushed a deep, unmistakable crimson. Her slender fingers nervously twisted a lock of her raven hair, and her eyes shimmered with an unprecedented mix of bashfulness and panic!
"R-R-Roy-san... Vice Admiral Roy~"
Her tone was soft and melodic, her voice so sweet it made the pirates wonder if they were hearing things. "I... I would never dream of cooperating with pirates~"
"I am a perfectly dutiful Warlord! I have always strictly followed every one of the Marines' regulations~"
The entire room: "???"
Rayleigh's eyelid twitched. Shakky remained speechless.
Shanks roared, his composure finally breaking: "Are you kidding me right now?!"
Roy raised an eyebrow, a realization dawning on him. He let out a light chuckle. "Oh? A dutiful Warlord?"
"Then why is the Red-Haired Pirates' ship docked so proudly in your nation's harbor?"
"That—!"
Hancock panicked instantly, her hands waving frantically as she hurried to explain. "That... they forced their way in! I was just about to personally drive them out!"
"Drive us out?!"
Shanks nearly unsheathed his blade on the spot. "Hancock!! You're absolutely—"
"Calm down!" Beckman shouted, his veins bulging as he held Shanks back, sweat beading on his brow. "What is wrong with this woman?! The moment she sees Roy, she becomes a completely different person!"
Shakky's mouth twitched. She couldn't help but look at Elder Nyon. "Hey... tell me I'm wrong."
Elder Nyon let out a helpless sigh, resting her face in her palm with a look that said I knew this would happen. "Actually... I wanted to say something earlier, but you all were shouting so loud I couldn't get a word in."
She added the finishing blow with a weary tone: "Hancock... she's come down with a terminal case of Lovesickness."
"WHAT?!!"
Shakky and Rayleigh cried out in unison. Shanks' eye twitched violently, his face turning a shade of black that could drip ink.
Roy merely picked up his teacup, taking a meaningful sip while smiling in silence.
Hancock's lovestruck display had completely shattered Shanks' final illusion. He knew now that Amazon Lily would never stand by his side. He could no longer suppress his fury; his Conqueror's Haki rolled out like a tidal wave, pressing directly toward Roy!
"ROY!!"
He gripped the hilt of Gryphon so hard his knuckles turned white. His eyes burned like an inferno, his voice tearing through the air. "Why do you want to sever the Great Pirate Era that Captain Roger opened with his very life?!"
The atmosphere in the room solidified. Beckman facepalmed, holding back a sigh. "Dammit... once the Captain brings up Roger, he loses all reason. How can he even ask a question like that to a man like Roy?"
Roy slowly set down his tea. He gave his finger a light flick; the crisp clack of his nail against the porcelain sounded like a funeral bell.
His eyes turned cold, his voice dropping into a sub-zero abyss. "The Great Pirate Era? Heh... that's just an excuse for a pack of filthy animals."
"This 'Freedom' you speak of is nothing more than a license for them to burn, kill, and plunder."
"How many families have been shattered? How many innocents have died in agony? And you lot have the audacity to call it a 'Dream'?"
His voice grew louder, his Haki erupting suddenly, making the entire palace tremble!
"An era stained with so much blood—"
"—should have ended long ago!"
With a roar of power, his black-red Conqueror's Haki merged with spatial ripples, sweeping through the room like a planetary tsunami!
He rose slowly, his presence expanding until it felt as if the sky itself were falling. "Hancock, considering you've behaved yourself these past two years and refused the Emperors' advances, I'll forgive you for hiding Rayleigh."
In the next heartbeat, his killing intent sharpened, locking onto Shanks and his crew before finally settling on the Dark King!
"From this day forward, I will not give any of you another chance!!!"
"None of you are leaving this island today!"
"SHING!"
Shanks finally reached his limit. Gryphon cleared its sheath in a flash. His crimson Haki erupted like a volcano, and a blade-light tore through the hall!
"WHO THE HELL IS AFRAID OF YOU?!!!"
"SWISH!!!"
Roy's figure seemingly evaporated. The next instant, he was inches from Shanks' face, his right fist wreathed in a black spatial vortex, his Haki surging like a falling star!
"FIST BONE: METEOR!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The strike hit Shanks squarely in the chest!
Shanks didn't even have time to react. WHISH! CRASH-CRASH-CRASH—! He was sent hurtling through the palace walls, the city ramparts, and the jungle, finally slamming deep into the distant harbor!
"RUMBLE—!!!"
A massive waterspout shot into the sky as the ocean surged backward! The meeting room was left in a stunned, deathly silence!
Beckman's face paled. He raised his rifle instantly as Lucky Roux charged forward. Roy had already warped in pursuit, and the two pirates bolted after them: "CAPTAIN!!!"
Rayleigh and Shakky exchanged a look of pure horror—but they followed immediately after!
High upon her throne, the Pirate Empress Hancock clutched her chest, her eyes sparkling with starlight. "Lord Roy... is so incredibly handsome..."
"Cough—!"
Shanks crawled wretchedly out of the harbor ruins, blood leaking from his mouth, his chest heaving violently. His pupils were wide with disbelief. "Just now... I couldn't even see his movements?!!"
Before he could catch his breath, the air solidified!
SWISH!
Roy appeared out of thin air. The chilling killing intent washing over Shanks felt like physical blades piercing his marrow.
"ROY—!!!"
Shanks didn't dare hold back an ounce of power. He unleashed the full extent of his Haki!
"BOOM!!!"
Black-red lightning detonated as his Haki transformed into a roaring dragon lunging at Roy. It was a terrifying display of Yonko-level power!
Roy merely lifted an eyelid, casting an indifferent glance.
In the next heartbeat—
"VROOM—!!!"
A far more horrific wave of Conqueror's Haki rolled back like the sky itself collapsing, completely crushing Shanks' aura!
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK—!!
In the collision, Shanks' Haki shattered like glass, forcibly suppressed by the sheer density of Roy's willpower!
"What?!! Your Haki... how can it be this strong?!"
Before he could finish, Roy's iron fist arrived! Spatial vortexes coiled around his knuckles, coalescing into an irresistible force of absolute collapse!
"FIST BONE: VOID SHATTER!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
Shanks roared through gritted teeth, meeting the blow with Gryphon!
"CLANG!!!"
The blade vibrated violently, sending out a shower of sparks! The webbing between Shanks' thumb and forefinger tore instantly, blood spraying into the air!
He was hammered deep into the earth once again. The harbor's rock formations collapsed layer by layer, kicking up a tsunami that reached for the heavens!
"CAPTAIN!!!"
Beckman roared, coating a bullet in high-level Armament Haki and firing. The round tore through the air, aimed directly for the back of Roy's head!
"BOOM!!!"
Lucky Roux arrived at a full sprint, his massive fist carrying the weight of his titanic physical strength, punching with enough force to crack the atmosphere!
"SWISH!!!"
Rayleigh's blade fell like a river from the underworld. His strike condensed the Haki of a lifetime, aimed straight for Roy's throat!
Three legends, three lethal strikes—completely sealing off every possible escape route!
However—
"VROOM—!!!"
The bullet, the fist, and the blade-light all hit their mark simultaneously. Yet, the moment they touched him... they passed straight through his body as if he were a ghost!
It was as if he didn't even exist in this physical dimension!
"This... how is this possible?!!"
Beckman's eyes filled with horror. Lucky Roux broke into a cold sweat. Even Rayleigh's pupils shrank to pinpricks!
Roy slowly ascended into the air, the black-red lightning of his Haki coiling around him. He looked down at the battered figures in the harbor with absolute indifference.
"A Yonko? The Dark King?"
"Today, none of you are getting away."
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