Having witnessed the masked man's bizarre power firsthand, the members of the Kid Pirates who had been shouting on the deck finally dropped their arrogance.
That inextinguishable black flame sent chills down the spines of these pirates who had weathered the seas.
They instinctively tightened their grips on their weapons, no longer to provoke but to steady their nerves, intending to step forward and negotiate properly.
In their view, even if the opponent's abilities were strange, as long as they were willing to communicate, there was always room for things to turn around.
However, they were ultimately mistaken.
From beginning to end, Ivan had no intention of speaking with them.
To him now, these guys were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter, not even worth an extra word from him.
He slowly raised his head. Through the eye slits of his mask, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan swirled with a crimson glow.
His voice, icy and devoid of any emotion, slowly echoed across the entire shore:
"It's nothing. It's just that your captain has been going around boasting about looking for me. So, I came in person."
As these words fell, the Kid Pirates were filled with confusion.
Looking for him?
They exchanged glances, their minds racing to recall, yet they couldn't figure out when their captain had provoked such a terrifying, unknown entity.
Before they could sort out their thoughts, Ivan had already moved.
Without any unnecessary actions, he simply walked slowly toward the crowd, carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure.
That attitude of treating the Kid Pirates as nothing utterly ignited the fury of the remaining pirates.
"Bastard, you're looking down on us too much!"
"Do you really think our Kid Pirates are easy to push around?"
"Let's get him together! Kill this masked guy!"
Angry roars erupted one after another as dozens of Kid Pirates members launched their attacks simultaneously.
None among them were Devil Fruit users, but each was highly skilled in physical combat, capable of serving as a captain in an ordinary pirate crew.
Under Kid's leadership, they had always acted tyrannically, rarely encountering opponents. They only showed slight restraint when facing the other Supernovas, otherwise acting with near impunity on the seas.
Unfortunately, today they encountered Ivan.
Before the absolute chasm of power, these so-called elite pirates were no different from unarmed ordinary people.
Ivan's steps didn't falter. The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly.
He casually glanced up, meeting the gaze of a pirate charging at the forefront.
Just one look.
That pirate instantly froze in place, his eyes vacant and lifeless, completely swallowed by the genjutsu.
Ivan walked up to him and cleanly tore off his head.
Only when the head hit the ground did the pirate jolt awake from the genjutsu, finally realizing: "So, I'm already dead."
Such a bizarre scene terrified the surrounding pirates out of their wits.
But before they could react, Amaterasu had already ignited among the crowd.
Genjutsu and Amaterasu intertwined, becoming a scythe of death, reaping lives wildly among the Kid Pirates.
Both powers were bizarre abilities the pirates had never heard of. They could neither comprehend them nor knew how to resist, dying one after another in sheer terror.
In just a short moment, the coastline was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.
Most of the Kid Pirates had already perished, and the few survivors were utterly terrified.
They threw down their weapons and scattered in all directions, desperate to escape this terrifying man.
Just then, one pirate suddenly stopped in his tracks, as if remembering something:
"I just remembered! Didn't our captain say earlier that he was going to cause trouble for the Shadow Garden?!
This masked guy in front of us... he's most likely from the Shadow Garden!"
These words exploded like thunder among the surviving pirates.
They snapped back to reality, growing more horrified the more they thought about it.
While there were many powerful figures on the seas, most were well-known.
Yet this masked man, whose strength was terrifying enough to crush the entire Kid Pirates, remained completely unknown.
Aside from the unfathomable Shadow Garden, no other force could possibly cultivate such a dreadful powerhouse.
So from the very beginning, they had provoked the one existence they should never have crossed.
Hearing their speculations, Ivan suddenly chuckled darkly, no longer concealing his identity:
"Hahaha, weak and insignificant ants! I am Uchiha Madara of the Shadow Garden!
Today, I have come specifically to cleanse you insignificant sinners who dared to challenge the Shadow Garden!
Come, struggle with all your might, flee desperately, dance for me!
Let me see just how much courage you possess to dare speak arrogantly against the Shadow Garden!"
However, the remaining members of the Kid Pirates were already petrified by the terrifying power Ivan had displayed.
To save their own lives, they fell to their knees, cursing Kid, desperately shifting all blame onto their captain in a bid to survive.
"It was all Kid's fault! It was his idea alone!"
"We have always revered the Shadow Garden! We never wanted to be your enemy!"
"Spare us, Lord, spare us! We'll never dare again!"
Groveling, utterly disgraceful.
Yet even so, Ivan's slaughter did not cease.
His eyes were cold, like a precise killing machine, as he executed the remaining Kid Pirates one by one!
Meanwhile, in the distance along the coast, the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger.
Initially, only Law, Apoo, and Bonney were present, but as the commotion intensified, more and more Supernovas were drawn to the scene.
Hawkins, Drake, Urouge, Bege—these Supernovas all hid stealthily in the shadows, their eyes fixed intently on the masked man in the center.
Among the eleven Supernovas, aside from Luffy and Roronoa Zoro who had not yet arrived, almost all the others were present.
Everyone was deeply shaken by the scene before them, their hearts roiling with immense waves.
"Is this the power of the Shadow Garden?"
"It's too terrifying... those black flames!"
As members of the Worst Generation, each was proud and arrogant. Yet after witnessing Uchiha Madara's strength firsthand, they truly understood that there were still far too many terrifying powerhouses on these seas.
Just as all the Supernovas were reeling from the shock, two frantic figures finally came sprinting from the direction of the amusement park.
It was Kid and Killer, having heard the news and rushed back in haste.
When they arrived, the sight that greeted them was one that froze the blood in their veins.
Corpses littered the ground, blood stained the beach red, and the area before the Victoria Punk was in complete disarray.
His crew members were currently fleeing in disarray, weeping and cursing their captain.
Kid suddenly stopped in his tracks, standing there in a daze, his face filled with confusion and shock.
How could things have turned out like this after just a short stroll?
His pirate crew, his comrades—why had they become a living hell?
What on earth had happened?
Kid's mind went completely blank, utterly unable to comprehend the scene before him. He fell into a deep, stunned silence.
Killer's expression also shifted drastically, his body instantly tensing as he warily eyed the figure in the center of the chaos, the one wearing the spiral mask.