"Promoted North Blue's independence, resulting in the establishment of the 'North Blue First Empire,' significantly altering the world line, gaining 2,000,000 virtual evaluation points!"
What echoed in his ears was an incredibly vast fortune.
Shin's smile remained completely unrestrained.
As expected, compared to destroying something, giving birth to things that didn't originally exist in the world yielded the most rewards.
His plan to dismantle the World Government proceeded perfectly.
Tesoro's actions were indeed ruthless, extremely ruthless.
Over 170 affiliated nations were made destitute by his financial abilities, and the blame for this was firmly placed on the World Government.
After all, it wasn't their first time doing such a thing.
When the affiliated nations collectively became dissatisfied with the World Government and withdrew - what good were the Five Elders and Celestial Dragons being noble then?
Twenty descendants of the gods who created the world? Such nonsense was only good for fooling small fries.
A World Government without affiliated nations was, to put it bluntly, no different from pirates.
Aside from the immense income from creating the North Blue First Empire, the 100,000 Laugh Tale Eternal Poses he distributed also brought him a considerable income.
Each Eternal Pose falling into different hands could bring him virtual evaluation points, and the stronger and more capable the recipient, the more points he gained.
He was frantically harvesting evaluation points - the points required for what he wanted to buy were almost met.
"You want to drag the world into war, to return it to that wild chaos!!!"
Kong clenched his fists, roaring angrily.
"If it can give birth to new things, I'd be happy to." Prayer No. 3 said with a pleasant laugh.
"If you don't smash the old, how can the new emerge? History cycles this way. There's no eternal rule; everything constantly revolves between order and chaos. The end of order is chaotic collapse, and the end of chaos will also be a new order."
"But what does any of this have to do with me? Haven't I said it? If there are people in this world who will stop at nothing for their goals, then there are naturally people like me who, for the sake of their means, will stop at nothing for their goals."
Shin pursued change, and the company also pursued change.
Any change, good or bad, terrible or wonderful, what meaning do they hold for the world itself?
The Little Match Girl dies pitifully, or lives happily; a nation rises and falls.
So-called good and bad depend on one's perspective.
In this dynamic world, there is only change and stasis, no good or bad changes.
For Shin, of course, there were good and bad changes.
But for him, a good change meant constant flux, while a bad change meant unchanging stasis.
This cyclical world would eventually return to chaos and restart.
Yes, he would feel a psychological burden doing bad things, but this wasn't his world; this was...
just an unfamiliar world that would constantly cycle.
And, fundamentally, he was indeed a selfish bastard.
Prayer No. 3's pleasant voice echoed across the sea.
His words would only cause a chill from the bottom of one's heart.
A madman, a complete madman, laughing at the world burning for no purpose whatsoever!
"You are the greatest evil in this world!!!"
The enraged Akainu flew away from Whitebeard, soaring into the sky like a rising meteor.
Inugami Guren!!!
Akainu's arm transformed into scorching, crimson magma.
The molten arm became a massive hound's head over a hundred meters long, roaring as it lunged towards Barbatos in the sky.
However, Prayer No. 3 didn't engage Akainu at all.
After symbolically firing a few shots, the thrusters' output was maximized, and it instantly flew to a higher altitude.
Akainu's Inugami Guren could only fall back reluctantly.
The disheveled Akainu roared with unwillingness, but could only obediently block Whitebeard, who was preparing to attack Marine Headquarters again.
No one in the Marines, besides Kizaru, could fight Barbatos in the air, and Kizaru was firmly tied up by Marco.
In this Marineford War, he was invincible!
But on the Marineford battlefield, the pirates were still at a distinct disadvantage.
Realizing they couldn't delay any longer, the Marines unleashed their full power.
All sixteen Vice Admirals joined the fray, and the two Admiral candidates also made their moves.
Chaton kept Kuma busy, Momousagi confronted Jinbe, and Kong recklessly massacred ordinary pirates.
Fleet Admiral Kong was undoubtedly Admiral-level in strength.
Such a master, abandoning all dignity to attack ordinary pirates, would only result in a slaughter similar to Kizaru's rampage against the Supernovas in Sabaody Archipelago.
Kong, with a cold expression, was like a walking meat grinder.
Wherever he went, pirates were instantly killed with a single blow.
No pirate could withstand even one of his iron fists imbued with Armament Haki.
"Stop it, you bastard!!!"
Squard the "Great Vortex Spider" roared, swinging his sword at Kong.
The dazzling sword light was enough to prove he was a sea swordsman.
However, was it effective?
Kong's figure flickered repeatedly, moving so fast that Squard couldn't even track him.
The moment his sword swung wide, he already knew he was finished.
Kong's iron fist unhinderedly pierced through his heart.
Squard's eyes widened, and the next moment, his heart was completely crushed, his eyes instantly losing their light.
"I'm sorry, Pops..."
"Squard!!!!!"
Ace on the execution platform let out a heartbreaking cry.
He watched the battlefield, watching his comrades being slaughtered, tears streaming down his face, his head crashing heavily onto the execution platform.
"Why, why did you come to save someone like me..."
Watching his son die, Whitebeard's silent face showed no emotion, but he had already raised his Murakumogiri, swinging it heavily in Kong's direction.
The air tore and vibrated under his power.
A massive crack, carrying a terrifying impact, struck at Kong.
Kong stopped his slaughter, his hands fully blocking the blow!
"Where are you looking!!!"
Akainu unhesitatingly seized Whitebeard's moment of distraction, unleashing a fierce Meigo (Dark Hound) towards Whitebeard's chest.
Unable to evade in time, Whitebeard could only use Armament Haki to withstand the blow.
By the time he pulled his hand back to repel Akainu, his chest was already a mess.
However, Kong, having recovered, continued mercilessly slaughtering the ordinary Whitebeard Pirates.
"Kong! Come over here, don't attack my sons!" Whitebeard roared furiously.
"This is war, this is what you said." Kong casually tossed a corpse aside, his tall body cast in shadow by the sunlight, his blood-stained hands saying coldly.
"The government's justice is the justice of victory. We must deal with you quickly, and then - send those rebels to hell, one by one!"
Kong was the Fleet Admiral, a position that signified the absolute trust of the Five Elders.
Even if Sengoku retired, he wouldn't be qualified to succeed Kong's position precisely because the Five Elders absolutely trusted Kong, not Sengoku.
Kong was a thorough soldier.
Perhaps he had honor and conviction, but - since it was war, he couldn't hold back.
Jozu the Diamond's body was completely frozen by Aokiji, Flower Sword Vista was completely suppressed by Mihawk, Marco was overwhelmed by Kizaru's firepower but could only desperately tie him down, and even then Kizaru often had the leisure to conduct several air bombardments on the ground.
The remaining commanders, every single one of them, were being toyed with by Aokiji.
Akainu was also firmly pinning down Whitebeard; even though he was at a disadvantage, he wasn't as miserable as Marco, and Whitebeard had no time to support his children, as any diversion would result in him taking damage.
This was a battlefield of true monsters, a merciless slaughter pushing this Marineford War to its absolute peak.
"The situation is against us!"
Sabo knocked away a Marine Captain with a Dragon Claw Fist, leaning against Kuma and saying loudly.
"Mr. Dragon wants you to find an opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield early. You must get Dr. Vegapunk out before CP can free up their hands!"
Kuma raised his left hand, and a dazzling beam of light swept across the entire battlefield from his palm.
The intense nuclear energy beam struck a group of Marines, raising explosive flames and smoke! He raised his right hand, and the smoke dispersed.
Behind it was a man in yellow clothes, dressed somewhat vulgarly.
"Admiral candidate, Chaton." Kuma lowered his hand, speaking softly.
"Has Dr. Vegapunk's modifications to you been that impressive?"
Chaton glanced at the hundreds of meters long mark behind him, which had almost cut off half of Crescent Harbor, and clicked his tongue.
"But you're standing here, and with the Revolutionary Army... It seems Sentomaru will be held accountable afterwards."
"Don't mind me, Sabo. You go save Ace and Luffy. Leave this to me. I'll deal with it as quickly as possible."
Kuma took off his gloves, revealing the paw pads on his palms, and said softly.
"Mm!" Sabo nodded heavily, gritting his teeth slightly as he looked at Barbatos in the sky, then at Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr forming a triangle on the execution platform, and ran towards the execution platform!
The result was still a one-sided defeat for the Whitebeard Pirates.
Even if he weakened the Marines this much, was this still the outcome? Prayer No. 3 pouted, looking at the distant sky, his lips curving upwards.
It's already... here!
Koby, panting, repelled a pirate.
Looking at the massacre on the field, at the river of blood, his limbs were cold and trembling.
Was this a battlefield? Was this war...?
He painfully closed his eyes.
Countless wails, pain, mixed with mad voices echoed in his ears.
His Observation Haki awakened in this worst possible situation.
Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, everyone was unleashing their violence on the enemy in the most frantic way possible.
The painful thoughts of countless dying people transmitted through Observation Haki to Koby.
He could no longer endure this torment!!!
And just then, an even more violent aura came from the sky.
Koby's endurance finally reached its breaking point, and he screamed in agony.
"Koby! Koby! What's wrong with you?"
His companion Helmeppo rushed over to support Koby.
Koby's face was pale, tears streaming down.
He pointed at the sky, trembling.
"It's here, a bigger war, it's here."
"What are you saying..." Helmeppo looked up, his mouth slightly agape.
He saw... a falling meteor.
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