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Chapter 250: The View from Mary Geoise
BOOM—!!!
Between heaven and earth, all sound seemed to vanish. There was only a blinding ball of white light exploding over Marineford.
Then came the delayed, terrifying thunderclap that threatened to shatter eardrums!
Crack, crack, crack—
The incomparably sturdy Marine Headquarters fortress was as fragile as paper before the spreading shockwave. Massive cracks raced along the walls. Countless debris rained down. Even the giant flag symbolizing Marine Justice was torn to shreds in the gale!
"Damn you, Garp!!!"
"Are you trying to dismantle the Headquarters completely?!"
Sengoku clung tightly to a broken stone pillar, his entire body blown horizontal by the wind. Watching the continuously collapsing plaza, his heart bled. This was Marineford! The fortress of Absolute Justice that the Marines had spent hundreds of years building!
And now? Thanks to these two old bastards, half the island was about to sink into the sea!
"Ooh, how scary..."
Amidst the sky-filling dust, Kizaru maintained his wretched posture, hiding behind a giant boulder.
"Cough cough..."
In the ruins nearby, Sakazuki struggled to push away the rubble pressing on him. He looked at the aged figure in the sky wrestling with the Golden Giant. On that face, usually written with gloom and arrogance, only ashen pallor remained.
Too strong. Despairingly strong.
His proud Magma ability was as laughable as a child's toy in front of these two old monsters. Before, he could rely on Logia elementalization and high attack power to hold his own. But now? That absolute crushing on a biological level left him without even the qualification to intervene!
"Is this... the so-called 'New Era'?"
Sakazuki clenched his fists until his nails dug into his palms, drawing blood. A desire unlike anything before grew wildly in his heart.
Go to the East Blue!
I must go to the East Blue!
That man named "Blake" definitely held the keys to the realm of gods! If he didn't go to that Dungeon... he, a Marine Admiral, would sooner or later be eliminated by these monsters wielding new powers!
...
Meanwhile. The Holy Land, Mary Geoise. The Room of Authority.
Five old men who held the world's highest power sat on sofas as usual. Although the order to relocate had been given, as the face of the World Government, they had to maintain absolute calm and composure.
"Sengoku is already preparing," Saint Topman Warcury, the Warrior God of Justice with the handlebar mustache, slowly put down his teacup.
"Although that guy took the opportunity to extort quite a few things." Opposite him, Saint Marcus Mars, the Warrior God of Environment, frowned. His gaunt face was full of displeasure. "If not for Lord Imu's urgent order, I would definitely have fired that seagull who pushes his luck!"
"Hmph, endure it for now."
Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, the Warrior God of Finance, didn't even look up as he wiped the Shodai Kitetsu. The gleaming blade reflected his sharp, hawk-like eyes. "As long as we successfully move the Headquarters to Foosha Village... this cost is a drop in the bucket for us who own the world."
"Correct." Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, the Warrior God of Agriculture, nodded. Though his heart also bled for the cost, he knew what was most important. Obey Lord Imu.
Speaking of this, confident and arrogant smiles appeared on the faces of the elders. In their view, no power in this world could ever escape their control. Even that mysterious shop. Once the massive machine of the World Government started turning, annexing it was only a matter of time.
"But having said that..." Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, the Warrior God of Science and Defense, suddenly spoke. He leaned on his cane, a strange light flickering in his cloudy eyes. "Do you truly believe that the so-called 'Dungeon' can completely transform a person in such a short time? Although Lord Imu says so... that old fox Sengoku would make up any lie to swindle military budget."
Hearing this, the other four fell silent. Indeed. Although they executed the relocation order out of absolute loyalty to Imu, subconsciously, they found it hard to believe something so beyond common sense existed. After all, they were monsters who had lived for eight hundred years. What storms hadn't they seen? So-called "miracles" were just the delusions of the ignorant.
Just then.
Pru-Pru-Pru—
The golden Den Den Mushi in the center of the table suddenly let out a rapid, piercing cry. Maximum-level emergency communication!
Warcury frowned and picked up the receiver. "I am Warcury. What is it? Why the panic?"
On the other end came the trembling, almost pitch-altered voice of the CP0 Chief. In the background, they could hear a roar as if the heavens and earth were cracking!
"Five... Five Elders, sirs!"
"Bad... Bad news!"
"Golden Lion is attacking!"
Hearing this name, the Five Elders froze.
Golden Lion? That cripple with a steering wheel in his head who should have been eliminated by the era long ago?
"What kind of joke is this!" Nusjuro sneered, his eyes full of disdain. "So what if that trash Shiki escaped prison? With his current strength, forget destroying Marineford... it's questionable if he could even beat that magma brat Sakazuki!"
"Five Elders... you... you better see for yourselves!"
The large screen in the Room of Authority suddenly lit up, broadcasting a live feed from the front lines.
The next second, when the image appeared clearly before the five old men, the entire room fell into a dead silence. Everyone's expression froze.
On the screen, the magnificent Marineford was now ruins. The earth was cracked, seawater flooding backward. Countless massive rocks floated in the air as if gravity was lost. And above the dust...
A terrifying Giant radiating brilliant golden light, standing hundreds of meters tall, towered between heaven and earth! The Giant wore armor and held dual swords. Just the aura radiating from it made the Five Elders feel suffocated through the screen!
"Wh... What is that thing?!"
Saturn's eyes bulged, his cane clattering to the floor. As the Warrior God of Science, he had seen countless strange creatures and technologies. But this golden giant made entirely of energy completely exceeded his scope of knowledge!
"Is that... Devil Fruit Awakening?"
"No! That's not right! There is no such Devil Fruit!"
Before they could recover from the shock, the Golden Giant on the screen suddenly raised its longsword and swung it down!
Slash—
Space seemed to be cut open. A pitch-black rift carrying the aura of total annihilation instantly enveloped half of Marineford.
"Is that... Space Severance?!"
Nusjuro gasped sharply. He stared at the rift. As a top-tier Swordsman, he knew the gold content of that slash better than anyone. Swordsmanship that could cut space... even Roger back then, even the World's Strongest Swordsman Hawkeye, absolutely could not achieve this degree!
"Is this really a move that cripple Shiki can use?!"
However, a scene that horrified them even more occurred. Just as that slash was about to destroy everything, an aged figure shot into the sky like a cannonball.
It was... Garp!
The Garp on the screen was wrapped in a visible white airflow.
"Fist Bone: Sage Art: Quake Sky!"
With a roar, Garp's seemingly ordinary fist smashed ruthlessly into the spatial rift.
CRACK!!!
The atmosphere shattered! Space twisted!
A shockwave ten times more terrifying than Whitebeard's Tremor Fruit instantly erupted! That spatial slash capable of cutting through islands... was actually shattered by this punch... forcefully!
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