The moment Roger's voice rang out, every combatant on the battlefield froze.
Weapons paused mid-swing.
All eyes turned toward the shattered peak of the split mountain.
Four figures stood there.
Roger… Rayleigh… Scopper Gaban… and Bullet.
Roger's crimson-gold cloak fluttered behind him as he stood with hands on hips, radiating dominance. Behind him, the other three crossed their arms and surveyed the battlefield from above.
The shock was immediate.
"The Roger Pirates?!"
"Damn it! Just the Rocks commanders are already overwhelming us—now Roger's here too?!"
"Are they Rocks' reinforcements?!"
"That's impossible! Roger and Rocks have never gotten along!"
"So whose side are they on?!"
The battlefield hung in tension.
Because everyone understood one thing:
The war was balanced—barely.
But Roger's arrival would shatter that balance instantly.
And the answer came sooner than anyone expected.
"Roger!"
"Stop standing around and move!"
Garp roared.
The implication hit like lightning.
Roger… was Garp's ally?
Gasps erupted across both sides.
Marines stared in disbelief.
Pirates felt fury and despair flood their veins.
Betrayal.
They might have had a chance.
But now?
Roger himself had joined the Marines.
Roger ignored the reactions.
His eyes locked briefly onto Romu, standing atop the wooden colossus.
Truthfully, he wanted nothing more than to clash again with that monster of a man who possessed both a conqueror's will and a sovereign's aura.
But this wasn't the time.
Rocks was the core.
Without hesitation, Roger issued commands.
"Rayleigh! Help that woman against Newgate—they won't last long."
"Gaban, Bullet—you two handle Charlotte Linlin. Finish quickly, then move to Shiki."
The crew scattered.
The battle reignited instantly.
Morale surged among the Marines.
Rage burned among the pirates.
Gunpowder thickened the air.
Whitebeard's battlefield.
BOOM!
A quake shattered space and blasted CP agents away.
Whitebeard stared at Rayleigh, gripping Murakumogiri.
"So it's come to this, Newgate."
"Nothing personal," Rayleigh replied quietly. "It's just how the tides flow."
Whitebeard laughed.
"Then let's fight!"
Rayleigh's blade flashed.
"Moonbreaker Slash!"
A crescent of blue light tore through the air toward Whitebeard.
Elsewhere, Gaban's twin Haki-coated axes collided with Big Mom's Emperor Blade.
Bullet, merging Haki and Devil Fruit power, charged like a crimson demon.
The tempo of war doubled.
On the slope overlooking the battlefield, Roger exhaled.
"If Gaban and Bullet finish quickly, they can assist Zephyr against Shiki."
"Rayleigh should manage Newgate."
"As for Romu…"
He glanced toward the sky.
"From what I saw… Sengoku can handle him."
Roger drew Ace, his Supreme Grade blade.
"It's time to end this."
Dark-red Conqueror's Haki wrapped around him.
He launched forward.
The sky split under the pressure of his killing intent.
Kong and Garp gasped for breath below.
"Roger's moving!" Garp growled.
They withdrew slightly.
"Roger!!"
Rocks roared.
He sensed it—but he was a fraction too slow.
Still recovering from Kong and Garp's assault, he couldn't fully evade.
His black Conqueror's Haki surged—
But Roger's blade struck first.
BOOM!!!
A titanic explosion tore through the sky.
Rocks' black aura thinned.
When the smoke cleared, his cloak was shredded.
A shallow cut marred his chest.
Blood.
For the first time in years.
Kong and Garp felt a flicker of triumph.
He could be hurt.
Three against one—
It was possible.
Rocks looked down at the blood on his fingers.
"So… you've done well."
"I'd forgotten what it felt like to bleed."
His laughter turned feral.
"Then as thanks…"
"I'll send you to hell alongside those Celestial Dragons."
His entire body ignited in pitch-black Conqueror's Haki.
Thunder exploded overhead.
"Divine Avoidance!"
"Six Powers—Steel Body!"
"Palm-Bone Meteor!"
Roger, Kong, and Garp launched their ultimate techniques simultaneously.
The heavens trembled.
Elsewhere in the sky—
Sengoku and Romu had never stopped fighting.
"Romu!"
"Give up! Rocks will fall today!"
Sengoku's voice boomed like scripture.
In Buddha form, even his voice carried suppressive force.
But Romu's will was unshakable.
"Save your breath."
The wooden colossus swung again.
"Impaling Bloom!"
Black flowers erupted across the golem's chest.
Thousands of dark spikes shot outward like a storm of black rain.
Each spike drained life-force.
Sengoku recalled Zephyr's report instantly.
Cannot allow contact.
He withdrew mid-air.
Golden palms pressed together.
Energy condensed between them—blazing white like a miniature sun.
"Buddha Shockwave!"
The radiant air cannon blasted forward, carving a vacuum through the sky.
BOOM!!!
Golden shockwave collided with the black rain.
Spikes disintegrated.
Light dissolved.
Neither side gained ground.
They stared at each other.
Then moved again.
Sengoku's entire body ignited in golden brilliance.
Lightning-like arcs of energy crackled around him.
The air trembled.
From afar, he looked like a blazing golden sun descending from heaven.
"It's Buddha's Judgment!"
"Admiral Sengoku's finishing move!"
"He's going to destroy Romu!"
Marines cheered.
Pirates fell silent.
Romu felt the pressure.
But instead of fear—
He smiled.
The real clash was just beginning.
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