He had truly been terrified just now. Those five old men emanated an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth; within a ten-meter radius around them, everything was a land of destruction.
As a cyborg, even Genos felt the cells throughout his body trembling. Moreover Fubuki and Buggy; the two of them were already completely paralyzed with fear, only able to be carried by Genos's hand with expressions as if their lives were hanging by a thread.
"So boring, Genos..."
Saitama looked helpless while staring at the God Slayer Gauntlet in his hand: "With this thing, it seems I'll find it even harder to meet a worthy opponent."
He looked around again, feeling slightly dissatisfied.
"Logically, that person should have a connection with these old men, right? They've all been beaten, shouldn't he come out for revenge?"
In story scripts, if the young ones are beaten, the old one should come out. That was the normal pattern! However, after waiting for some time, there was still no movement at all.
The Gorosei were buried under the rubble, not knowing whether they were still alive or already dead. Meanwhile, from the distance noisy sounds could be heard; it seemed the guards around were starting to arrive.
Genos said: "Sensei, we have to go!"
Saitama replied: "But the strongest person hasn't come out yet, my purpose for coming here was to find her!"
Genos felt somewhat resigned: "Sensei, we've already destroyed people's home, the commotion is too big. What if later they ask us for compensation money? And besides, it's been this long, I think that person has probably already left."
Saitama's eyes widened, he reflexively touched his pocket and became alert: "Genos, you're right. That person must have already run away. Let's quickly get out of here!"
Genos could only remain silent; when it came to money, his teacher was indeed always very sensitive.
Saitama's body radiated holy golden light. A cool armor emerged from within his body, and a pair of golden wings spread on his back. He floated in the air, grabbed Genos, and with one flap of his wings, the four of them transformed into a golden light stream that instantly disappeared on the horizon.
"Wh-what... what actually happened?"
When the Captain of the Mary Geoise Guard Squad arrived with soldiers, he was stunned seeing the massive ruins before his eyes.
"Could the pirates have already attacked here?" The soldiers were startled, they held their weapons while looking left and right warily.
"So terrifying!"
At that moment, above the ruins, a majestic black shadow appeared. Imu stared toward where Saitama and the others disappeared, then muttered: "Is this the existence of third rank on the Gold List? That person is actually strong to this level. I can't imagine how strong that mysterious first rank is!"
After a long silence, she said in a low voice: "Right now my wounds haven't healed, I can't test my strength against him. Wait until I fully recover, today's grudge I'll repay many times over!"
In her words, implied a slightly bluffing tone to cover her fear.
Next, she turned toward the soldiers below and said heavily: "Return to your positions! Without orders, you're forbidden to approach!"
The guard soldiers were stunned. They had never seen this person before. Usually the Gorosei held full power, while Imu almost never showed herself. However, the Guard Captain was smart enough to realize this was a very important figure who shouldn't be offended. He immediately nodded: "Yes, Sir!"
He then quickly led the soldiers away.
The black figure extended her hand toward the ruins. The ground split, and five figures flew out floating before her. They were the Gorosei!
At this time all five were already unconscious. Each vomited blood, and their bodies hung limp due to shattered bones. Fortunately, the physique of these five old men far exceeded ordinary humans, so they hadn't died yet.
"Damn it!" The black figure cursed softly. "All five of them are seriously injured at once. We've lost five of the strongest combat forces in an instant. The next battle will become far more difficult! But, the scales of victory still lean toward our side. This won't have an effect, as long as no other variables appear..."
After finishing speaking, the black figure shot into the sky toward the distance, followed by the five Gorosei figures floating behind her.
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At this time, on the ocean.
An endlessly vast pirate fleet was sailing on the sea surface. Their target was Mary Geoise. There gathered various pirates from the Grand Line as well as from the four seas.
They all appeared spirited, singing and dancing on their respective ships, enjoying this final feast. Perhaps, this was the final madness for them.
At the center of the pirate ship crowd was the fleet of the Yonko. At this time, aboard the Moby Dick, Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, Shanks, Shiki the Golden Lion, as well as the returned Roger, gathered together. Each held a drinking cup while sitting cross-legged, surrounded by their main subordinates.
"Let's toast to our coming victory, and to the freedom of the seas!"
Shiki appeared very spirited. He had been imprisoned in Impel Down for years, and had just escaped thanks to the Gold List reward. Hearing this soul-stirring news made him very enthusiastic.
No one truly understood his hatred toward the Marines and World Government. No one knew what kind of suffering he experienced in the deepest underwater prison. That's why he immediately came to provide support once he successfully escaped. He didn't care about other things; his purpose now was to overthrow the World Government. Even his dream of becoming Pirate King or ruler of the seas could be set aside temporarily.
"Shiki, don't celebrate too soon!" Roger glanced at him and said flatly, "The World Government has stood for years, they won't be that easily defeated."
As the only acknowledged Pirate King, Roger's understanding of the World Government was far deeper than anyone here.
"What's there to fear!" Shiki said carelessly, "As long as we can kill them and bring down the World Government, dying in this war doesn't matter to me!"
"What's actually most difficult to face are those five old men!" Whitebeard spoke up with a serious tone. "The strength of those five people is very terrifying. Back then, even Captain Rocks couldn't withstand the combined attack of all five of them and had to die on the spot."
"Indeed true," Kaido nodded. They had all once been crew on Rocks's ship, only at that time Kaido hadn't yet eaten the Fish-Fish Fruit Model: Azure Dragon, his strength wasn't as strong as now.
"However, with our current strength, even if we can't win, at least holding them off isn't a problem. As long as we can hold off their high-level combat forces, with this many troops, we can sweep clean all the other Marines!"
Big Mom laughed coldly: "A general without soldiers is just a lone commander. At that time the World Government will be no more! After that, then we'll deal with those old men slowly!"