Chapter 87: A Speech That Shook the Entire World
The crimson afterglow of the slash faded into the horizon.
Silence.
Then the entire battlefield battlefield lost its mind.
Even Kizaru — an actual Admiral — couldn't hide the shock in his eyes. Zephyr, Momousagi, every veteran… all of them stared at Rok like they were looking at a living myth.
A single slash.
Akainu's strongest wide-area attack — the same Ryusei Kazan that once nearly wiped out Whitebeard's fleet — gone.
Erased like it was nothing.
At this moment, the aura radiating from Douglas D. Rok, not yet 18, had already surpassed that of a Marine Admiral.
Terror incarnate.
"HAHAHAHA! Worthy of my proudest student!"
"Borsalino, you rely too much on that fruit of yours!"
"Look at Rok now — even with the 'fastest' power in the world, you still can't touch him!"
Zephyr threw his head back and laughed, tears of pride in his eyes.
The disciple he was most proud of had reached the pinnacle of the seas.
And he was still growing.
"Ooh~ He really is scary… But Teacher Zephyr, it looks like I only have to deal with you~"
Kizaru's expression didn't change, but inside he was relieved.
Let Akainu handle the real monster.
Then—
The sea in the distance boiled.
A flaming meteor shot toward the battlefield, evaporating everything beneath it.
"Here comes the star of the show~"
Kizaru smiled bitterly.
Akainu had arrived.
WHOOSH!
Kizaru instantly flashed toward Zephyr, a light beam piercing the deck under the old man's feet.
BOOM!
At the same time, Akainu's magma fist collided with Rok's blade and was casually parried.
"Only a few days… and you've grown again."
"You really can't be allowed to live, Rok."
Akainu slid back dozens of meters, magma pouring from his arms into the sea, instantly turning the water into a thousand-meter-wide stone arena.
"You were going to sacrifice all those regular Marines just now?"
Rok ignored the threat.
With his current strength, even a berserk Akainu wasn't an unpredictable danger.
"To eliminate a threat like you, acceptable losses are worth it. Everything for justice."
Akainu glanced at the Marines who had nearly died under his meteors.
Their eyes were dark. Angry. Betrayed.
He ignored it.
Necessary sacrifices.
Rok burst out laughing.
"Perfect. Beautiful."
"Akainu, you just earned the Neo Marines our first major victory."
Then he activated the Voice of the Heart — Observation Haki extension that spoke directly into every mind on the battlefield.
"Marines!"
"Is this the justice?! To be the Celestial Dragons' dogs? Tools of the World Government?"
"Are you ready to be thrown away at any moment?"
"This rotten navy — is it still worth your loyalty?"
"Even the legendary Zephyr-sensei, the man who trained generations of heroes, is now disposable!"
"Your 'justice' wasn't stained by me."
"It was trampled by Marine Headquarters itself!"
"Those of you who still carry true justice in your hearts — come! Join me and Zephyr-sensei! Become the founders of a new order!"
"Oh, and one more thing — everyone who defects today gets **double pay."
The Marines under Kizaru's command wavered.
Some lowered their rifles.
Some looked at Zephyr with tears in their eyes.
Akainu's face changed.
He lunged at Rok, magma exploding.
"Getting nervous, Admiral?"
Rok parried every blow with casual thunder steps.
Too late.
Because every word he just spoke had already been broadcast live via dozens of hidden video Den Den Mushi set up by Morgans himself.
Every Marine base in the world was watching.
Every island.
Every bar.
Every kingdom.
The moment Akainu tried to sacrifice his own men…
the moment Rok erased Meteor Volcano with one slash…
the moment he called for a new navy…
The entire world heard it.
Akainu finally noticed the cameras.
His heart sank to the bottom of the sea.
They weren't the hunters anymore.
They had walked straight into Rok's trap.
"Borsalino!!"
"STOP HOLDING BACK! KILL ZEPHYR SENSEI — NOW!"
Akainu roared, voice cracking for the first time.
It wasn't over.
He could still fix this.
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