Chapter 249: The Iron-Blooded Marshal and the Deciphered Signal! The Dormant Worst Generation
Only half a day had passed since the "Bell Ringing Incident" at Marineford that shocked the world.
The sky across the entire world seemed completely obscured by an overwhelming swarm of white News Coos, resembling a blizzard.
Newspapers smelling of fresh ink fell like snowflakes into every corner of the Four Blues and the Grand Line.
The newspaper headlines were emblazoned with eye-catching, blood-red characters: "The Morning Bell of a New Era! Straw Hat and Crimson Lotus Tatsuya Return to Marineford!!"
At that moment, taverns all over the world erupted in chaos.
Whether they were ferocious pirates, commoners, or the royalty and nobility of various nations, everyone clutched the newspaper, their faces filled with disbelief.
In the high-definition photo occupying a huge space on the front page, a strange, inextinguishable black flame was raging in the center of the plaza, which represented the absolute justice of the Marine.
Beyond that abyss-like wall of black fire, even the powerful Admiral "Akainu" Sakazuki could only watch helplessly, his face twisted in rage as he was blocked, forced to watch that coated warship sail away.
Sengoku sat in the makeshift Marshal's office, staring at the newspaper that had already spread across the world, his whole body trembling uncontrollably with rage.
"Those bastards..."
Sengoku crumpled the newspaper and slumped into his chair, as if all his strength had been drained in an instant.
He knew better than anyone that after the Marineford War and the subsequent bell-ringing declaration, the prestige the Marine had accumulated over hundreds of years had reached a freezing point.
If changes weren't made, the rampage of the Great Pirate Era would spiral completely out of control. He could no longer delay; the Marine needed a drastic overhaul.
That afternoon, Sengoku, dragging his exhausted body, officially submitted his resignation to the Commander-in-Chief of the World Government, "Kong".
Faced with Sengoku's resignation and the current chaotic situation where pirate forces were unprecedentedly rampant, the high-level officials of Mary Geoise, who sat at the pinnacle of power, were furious.
The World Government urgently needed a core figure with a firm hand, capable of restoring "Absolute Justice" with thunderous momentum, to take charge.
Based on the recommendation list submitted by Sengoku and the strong intervention of the Five Elders, who brushed aside all dissent, the representative of the hardliners who had always upheld an absolutely iron-blooded style— "Akainu" Sakazuki—rapidly took over the position of Marine Fleet Admiral!
As soon as this iron-blooded Marshal took office, he did not show even the slightest hint of leniency or compromise. He immediately issued a top-secret order, mobilizing all available Marine branch forces across the world to launch an unprecedented "Great Pirate Purge" operation!
Within a few short weeks, whether in Paradise in the first half of the Grand Line or in the chaotic waters on the periphery of the New World, countless pirate crews were mercilessly slaughtered or severely arrested by the Marine.
The sound of gunfire filled the air, and wails echoed across the land.
Akainu used his violent and iron-blooded absolute force to forcibly stabilize the turbulent situation.
He forcibly used the blood of countless pirates to make the Marine prestige and the face of the World Government, which had fallen to the bottom, warm up by three points!
The entire ocean was instantly enveloped in the suffocating and terrifying high pressure of Akainu.
Sabaody Archipelago. The Supernovas, who were preparing to cross Fish-Man Island and officially enter the New World, looked at the newspapers in their hands and all fell into a deathly silence.
"Rip!" Eustass Kid tore the newspaper in his hand to shreds, the veins on his arrogant face bulging as he gritted his teeth and roared:
"What kind of joke is this! Straw Hat Luffy at 1 billion?"
"And that bastard named Tatsuya has his bounty skyrocketed to 2.5 billion?!"
"While we are still playing house like idiots in the first half of the Grand Line, those two have already been in and out of Marineford?!"
Not far away on the shore, the "Surgeon of Death" Trafalgar Law leaned quietly against his submarine.
He looked at the clear [3D2Y] tattoo on Luffy's raised right arm in the newspaper. Law adjusted his spotted hat, and a meaningful arc slowly curled at the corner of his mouth:
"What a bunch of guys who don't play by the rules..."
"It seems that the real storm in the New World will only rage fiercely when they reappear."
The Supernovas were deeply stimulated by the jaw-dropping, exaggerated bounties of Luffy and Tatsuya, and their inner ambitions were completely ignited. They roared as they weighed anchor and set sail, rushing at full speed toward the abyss known as the New World.
Weatheria (Skypiea). Nami sat on a cloud.
At first, when she saw in the newspaper that Tatsuya had actually accompanied Luffy to return to Marineford, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cursed them both as reckless idiots.
But when she wiped away her tears and her gaze carefully fell on the "3D" with a big cross on Luffy's right arm, along with the "2Y" next to it, her pupils constricted sharply, and a flash of insight struck her mind:
"It's not three days later as originally agreed, but... two years later?!"
Meanwhile, Usopp, who was struggling to survive in the Boin Archipelago's Forest of Gluttony; Franky in the laboratory on the winter island of Baljimoa; Robin at the Revolutionary Army headquarters in Baltigo; Sanji running wildly on the Okama beach in the Kamabakka Kingdom; Brook, who was holding a concert in the Longarm Tribe territory; and Chopper in the bird kingdom of the winter island.
Looking at the bloody news of Akainu's frantic pirate purges after taking office, and then at Luffy's incredibly determined gaze in the newspaper, they all suddenly realized the truth in that instant.
They understood the signal conveyed by their Captain and Vice Captain. If they were to set sail rashly with their current strength, facing the Marine, who had fallen into madness and iron-blooded rule under Akainu, they would not only be unable to help but would only become a burden that would slow everyone down.
Dormancy is for a better rebirth.
Kuraigana Island, outside the gloomy and dilapidated castle. Zoro was covered in blood, panting heavily. Around him lay countless armed baboons that he had defeated.
He held the Wado Ichimonji in his hand, looked at the striking signal in the newspaper, and stood there in silence for a long time.
Afterward, Zoro dragged his heavily injured body, which was almost falling apart, walking into the hall with a bloody footprint at every step, and went straight to the front of "World's Greatest Swordsman" Dracule Mihawk, who was sitting on a luxurious throne.
"Bang!" This Three Sword Style swordsman, who valued dignity more than life, slammed his knees onto the cold floor, kowtowed and knelt down, his voice hoarse but resonant:
"Please... teach me swordsmanship!", "And then, let me defeat you!"
Hawkeye's hand holding the red wine glass paused slightly, then he let out a cold, mocking laugh.
"Oh? Don't be stupid, Roronoa Zoro."
"The time when I treated you as a guest is over."
"Why should I teach an enemy who wants to take my life?"
Facing Hawkeye's condescending, icy questioning, Zoro slowly raised his head. In that single eye, there was not the slightest bit of retreat or humiliation, but instead, a shocking, fanatical fighting spirit burned:
"So that one day I can surpass you! Become the World's Greatest Swordsman!"
"And also... so I will never again be a burden to that idiot Captain, or that red-eyed bastard who always steals the spotlight!"
Hearing this answer, Hawkeye's hand holding the wine glass tightened slightly. A faint arc finally curled at the corner of his grim mouth.
...The scene slowly cut back to the uninhabited island located in the Calm Belt, filled with countless ferocious beasts—Rusukaina Island.
Beneath the towering trees, Luffy placed that worn-out Straw Hat, which carried his vows and dreams, with great care onto a safe rock.
He was bare-chested, his eyes resolute, and he followed without hesitation behind Rayleigh into the depths of the primeval jungle, which was fraught with danger.
On a steep cliff in the deepest part of the island, Tatsuya sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, sitting there quietly.
As the immense vitality within his body circulated, countless strange and vibrant, thick vines began to spread from the cracks in the surrounding rocks at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The power of the Ashura Sage Body was perfectly merging within his limbs and bones.
The turbulence stirred up across the world by Akainu's iron-blooded methods formed an incredibly strong contrast with the "silence" of the Straw Hat crew across the world at this moment.
Accompanied by the dull sound of waves constantly crashing against the island's reefs, the storm of the new era, capable of destroying heaven and earth, was quietly brewing in this eerie tranquility and dormancy...
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