"Nami, watch out behind you!"
"Finisher · Mini Usoppgy Bomb!!!"
Whoosh!
A jet-black projectile streaked through the air like lightning, carving a straight black line before crashing into a Marine.
BOOM!
In an instant, a violent explosion erupted, the shockwave blasting the man away as severe burns spread across the front of his body.
At the same time, Usopp—standing atop a massive rhinoceros beetle—slowly descended. He gave a thumbs-up to Nami, who had been silently gathering Pokémon energy the entire time without saying a word.
The two exchanged a smile.
Nami trusted Usopp completely—so much so that she never once looked back.
Moments later, she suddenly rose from the ground and soared into the sky. Golden lightning flickered in her eyes, and her voice—charged as if stimulated by electricity—carried an inexplicable authority, like the whisper of a god.
"Usopp, spread the swarm!"
Nami commanded.
"OK~!"
Already prepared, Usopp responded immediately. Bug-type Pokémon energy unique to him surged from his body and spread across the battlefield.
With his current strength, it was impossible for him to fully control tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands, millions—of insects.
So Usopp had fully leveraged the nature of insects and developed a special kind of insect commander, imbued with his personal aura.
These insect commanders were far more intelligent than ordinary bugs and could understand Usopp's simple commands.
And because they carried his aura, the rest of the swarm instinctively regarded them as something akin to the "queen" that birthed them.
As a result, by commanding only these insect commanders, Usopp could effectively control the entire insect army.
Through layers of transmitted signals, the insects that had been locked in combat with Marines and agents suddenly scattered in all directions, flying outward and forming an enormous encirclement beyond the battlefield.
"Hm?!"
Jabra of CP9 froze for a moment. Confusion crept onto his sly, wolf-man face.
"Chappa-pappa, those annoying bugs finally left!"Fukurou, another CP9 member, immediately opened his massive mouth and let out a huge sigh of relief.
But Kumadori beside him frowned deeply and spoke in his theatrical tone:
"Yoyoi~This is bad news—~ya!Mindless weak insects wouldn't retreat just because prey is strong!Something's off—most suspicious!"
"Don't overthink it!" Jabra reverted to his human form and scanned his surroundings. "Hurry and contact the support forces below!"
"This time, we're in real trouble."
As he spoke, he looked at the Marines and agents lying all around them—alive or dead, he couldn't tell.
As CP9 agents, their strength was second only to Marine Vice Admirals—comparable even to some of the weaker ones. They were the World Government's top-tier combat power on this battlefield.
And yet, even they had been reduced to puppets on strings upon entering the fray—surrounded by an endless sea of insects, barely able to move.
If not for their unparalleled mastery of the Six Powers, allowing them to use Tekkai to block the swarm's attacks, a single lapse might have seen them devoured by the insects as well.
As the swarm dispersed, Jabra and the others' field of vision suddenly cleared.
And in the very next second, their faces twisted in collective disbelief.
On what had once been land belonging to "God," the ground was now blanketed by a thick layer of insect corpses, turning everything pitch black.
It was easy to imagine how devastating this battle had been to the scale of Usopp's swarm.
But that wasn't what shocked them.
What truly stunned them was this—
In their sight, the joint force of Marines and CP agents that had once numbered over a thousand had been reduced by nearly two-thirds!
And among the insect corpses, they could occasionally see one or two bodies belonging to their own side.
Some were Marines.Some were agents.
Driven by instinct and the "Queen's" command, the swarm had unleashed utterly destructive attacks on every enemy in the wildest possible manner.
Creatures without intelligence had no concept of mercy or morality.
Those unlucky enough to fail against the swarm—if they lost only an arm or a leg and survived—were already extremely fortunate.
Most were either devoured outright or buried beneath piles of mangled corpses.
This… was the insect race.
Break the defense—and you die.
Even if they weren't yet strong enough to challenge Vice Admiral–level enemies…
Against anyone within their threshold, they were nothing short of a natural disaster—
Unavoidable!!!
...
...
"Chappa-baba~"
After surveying the scene, Fukurou's eyes widened in terror.
"I remember over a thousand people disembarked this time, right?!"
"That's right…"Jabra's gaze flickered as he stared at the battlefield, now left with fewer than three hundred Marines and agents. A strange fear welled up inside him.
Death, for agents like them who had endured countless brutal trials, should have been trivial.
Eight hundred casualties?
They'd seen worse.
After all, when the World Government went all out, it was more ruthless than any beast.
What truly terrified these battle-hardened agents was this—
Those eight hundred were not ordinary soldiers.
They were elites who had survived countless wars, the very best within the Marines and Cipher Pol.
Many of them even possessed Devil Fruit abilities!
Even a Seven Warlords of the Sea would have to think twice before facing such a force.
Yet now, in less than half an hour, over eight hundred elite warriors had fallen on this battlefield—many dying in horrific ways.
Such catastrophic losses were a devastating blow to both the Marines and Cipher Pol.
Snapping back to reality, Fukurou immediately realized the gravity of the situation.
Without daring to delay, he followed Jabra's orders and pulled a Den Den Mushi from his bloated body, preparing to contact the World Government.
But at that moment, a cold voice suddenly rang out from above them.
"This war… it's time to end it."
A figure clad in an Akatsuki cloak flew overhead and landed at the very center of the battlefield.
"It's that lightning woman!"Kumadori shouted, pointing skyward.
They would never forget Nami's voice.
At the very start of the battle, it was this woman who had used mysterious lightning to hold back the three strongest combatants on the World Government's side.
Only after the swarm had fully surrounded the battlefield and completed its deployment did she disappear, vanishing without a trace.
Recalling the searing pain of that lightning, Jabra and the others felt their hearts tighten.
Their warrior instincts screamed at them—
Something truly terrifying was about to happen.
And reality proved their instincts right.
Before Fukurou could even finish dialing, Nami raised her Clima-Tact high into the sky.
She shouted:
"Charge Tempo · Water World—Release!"
"Rain Dance!!!"
Plop~
A massive water bubble shot from the tip of the Clima-Tact, carrying Nami's infused Pokémon energy as it floated rapidly into the sky.
Crashhh—
Without hesitation!
The moment the bubble touched the clouds, everything changed as if by magic. The surrounding clouds instantly condensed and compressed.
In just a few seconds, torrential rain poured down over Jabra and the others!
Unlike Red's Rain Dance, which only covered a small area…
Under the amplification of the Clima-Tact, Nami's Rain Dance drenched nearly half of God's Island in a roaring downpour.
"From now on… this is Nami's stage."
Elsewhere, Usopp—now wearing a raincoat—pulled up his hood and glanced into the distance.
After murmuring softly, he immediately commanded the swarm to retreat even farther outward.
He could already imagine what would happen next.
If he didn't want to be caught in Nami's lightning hell, he'd better move fast.
...
...
Dark clouds hung heavy in the sky, pressing down on Jabra and the others like a city under siege.
"Chappa…"Soaked to the bone, Fukurou turned his head, terror reflected in his wide eyes as brilliant lightning flashed.
"I have a… really bad feeling…"
"You don't say?!"Jabra didn't look much better, though his feet never slowed.
Despite the massive stamina drain from fighting the swarm earlier, in this life-or-death moment he forced out terrifying potential—Shave and Moonwalk chaining together as he tried to flee the danger zone.
But—
No matter how fast a human is…
How could they ever outrun lightning?!
After the rain fell, Nami pulled out three bottles of Ether from her waist and downed them in one go.
In an instant, boundless lightning power erupted from her body, blanketing the sky itself.
Unlike water-type energy—
Because lightning was her innate attribute, and the most compatible element for the Clima-Tact—
Its capacity to channel thunder far exceeded anyone's imagination!!!
CRACKLE—!!!
The Clima-Tact flared brilliantly, glowing like a massive fluorescent rod in Nami's grasp.
As arcs of electricity danced around it, she looked like a god who commanded lightning itself.
Though still slightly inferior to Enel's Thunder God form—
To those below, she was already divine.
Without pause, Nami swung the Clima-Tact down.
"Lightning Spear Tempo · Thunder!!!"
The spiral mask.The red-cloud robe.The glowing lightning staff—
She looked like a mage straight out of a fantasy novel, casting her ultimate forbidden spell.
A colossal pillar of lightning erupted from the Clima-Tact, blinding light illuminating the heavens and plunging the earth into shadow.
BOOOOOOM—
Like a slumbering divine beast awakening, thunder roared through the storm clouds.
The lightning infused into the clouds scattered instantly, spreading across the sky.
In the blink of an eye, dazzling lightning filled the clouds above.
Under Nami's control, it did not fall immediately.
Panting slightly, she showed a trace of frustration.
"So this… is my limit?"
"Any more, and I couldn't handle it."
"What a shame…"
Red and Usopp had sacrificed so much time for her—yet a random enemy on the Grand Line could still surpass her lightning…
The blow to her heart was undeniable.
She knew she wasn't meant to be a frontline fighter—
But watching her companions struggle so hard to grow stronger, how could she stay complacent?
So today—
She unleashed her strongest attack!
Even if her level was among the lowest in the Straw Hat crew…
Her Special Attack potential surpassed even Luffy by an entire tier.
Her massive energy reserves alone elevated her far beyond her level.
In single combat, she might not match the others—
But in area-of-effect destruction?
Even Luffy and Zoro couldn't compare!
"Lightning—say hello to the world for me."
Beneath the mask, Nami smiled.
Then she pressed her hand downward.
This was her first truly serious battle since the fall of the Arlong Empire—
And her first strike on the path to becoming strong!
In an instant—
The sky obeyed her command.
Thunder roared as golden lightning crashed down from clouds covering half of God's Island, striking the Marines and CP agents below.
With rain as its conduit, the lightning surged faster than ever before.
In moments, the world was bathed in blazing gold.
Even Kizaru, Ace, and others fighting in the distance paused and looked over.
At that moment, the Straw Hat crew and Ace all recalled Red's words about Nami:
"Thunder roars like judgment—divine might as vast as hell itself!!!"
(End of Chapter)