144 (Vol 4) CHAPTER - 3 { Weapon Testing: Sharks }

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Guess what?

Look I am back! From now on, I will try to write at least one chapter a day or two.

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The moon smiled at the landscape with that silverlight gifted by the marvelous sun.

The escort army of the Queen's, reached at the near edge of the pool below the waterfall.

The soldiers slowly put the huge palanquin on the ground as the curtains were then slid to show an extremely beautiful woman.

All the guests, citizens of the kingdom and the Queen's family watched in astonishment even if they knew it all along.

Peacock Queen Seli, stepped out of the palanquin with a calm face.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦… Looking at the crowd of thousands, Seli grew a little sad in her heart.

𝘕𝘰, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦! 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵!... With a deep exhale, Seli moved her feets towards the pool of water.

The sound of the waterfall was loud as it covered all her footsteps and the talks of the crowd.

"It's starting!"

Fuka said in a low voice not to disturb others. Giant King Loki grinned from ear to ear as he stared at Seli with his eyes glued.

Under the eyes of thousands, Seli stepped on the pool of water but her feets didn't sink in.

"!!"

Loki, as it is his first time, with his eyes widened even more, was truly shocked and stunned.

Each of her steps on the water surface made a ripple in a round circle spreading all over the surface.

Coming at the center of the pool of water, Seli turned to face the crowd.

Her eyes closed, her head lowered and her arms hugged herself like to show that she was yet to be born.

Suddenly in the silence which was weird as even the loud noise of the waterfall seemed gone, Seli raised her arms as she took on a T pose.

From the point of contact between her feets and the water surface, various colors started flowing out.

The whole pool of water became a mixture of colors as Seli in the center to all.

A green feathered tail grew out from behind Seli's back which was exactly a peacock's tail.

The tail with tens of eyes like patterns widened to gaze at the crowd like a burning fire.

Seli's body also showed slight changes as her arms grew bird feathers and her face became more distinct from before.

And so, the official performance started with the movement of her tails with her hips.

Like a bird wanting to fly, she moved her arms but her feets stayed over the water surface.

Each time she moved, colors would burst out from corners mixing with the air. Soon the night passed and morning welcomed.

Kingdom of Color, received terrible news of the most beautiful peacock Queen ever in their history, Seli, going missing from her palace.

Even after searching the whole island multiple times, they couldn't find her.

This news went to various other countries and kingdoms.

Unfortunately, none could find her as the missing person herself was busy selecting new dresses in a clothing store.

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A few days later, a big event happened. The Whitebeard Pirates and the Devil's Pirates had a conflict.

It was about Fish-Man island. Before it belonged to the Whitebeard Pirates but the Devil's Pirates invaded there and captured it.

And so now, the New World was completely messed up by these two pirate groups.

As for the Beasts Pirates, there wasn't any news of them involving in the conflict of the two.

Devil's Pirates also declared Totto Land to be their territory from the day after Big Mom died.

The first half of GrandLine was no good either, with the emergence of the Supernovas the Navy and Marines were having a hard time.

That is the reason for the Marine Headquarters to declare the position of the fourth Admiral.

Yes, from now on. There will not be three but four Marine Admirals.

It was so sudden that it caused the pirates to cry in despair. Well, the public were happy though.

Who the fourth Admiral was, it was still a mystery even in the Marine Headquarters.

The selection was done so privately that only a handful of people know about it.

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Devil's Home___

Three underwater submarines, almost 50 meters in length, moved at a slow pace.

After reaching a particular destination, two of the submarines stop letting the third move ahead.

Few hundred meters away from the submarines was a high ground in the water with many corals on the rocks.

Inside the submarine at the front. In the control room, tens of people were busily working.

In the middle of the control room, sitting with his eyes closed and resting his chin on his right hand knuckles was Akuma.

"Sir, Sharks are ready to be launched!"

One of the people before the monitors replied while turning back to see Hamburg.

Newly designed underwater missiles, named Sharks. Today was its testing.

"Fantastic!"

Hamburg grinned as he clapped his hands and eyed the monitor.

He walked to the controls and waited for Akuma to order. His hands were itching as Hamburg looked at the red button.

"Do it."

Akuma opened his eyes and said with an indifferent voice. His eyes shined in multiple colors.

Press.

Four gaps opened at the submarine's head from where four Sharks drilled out.

The speed was quite fast as it covered the distance of a few hundred meters in five seconds.

Boom!

The explosion engulfed the whole corals and the surrounding areas.

Fishes caught in the explosion died within any chance to escape.

A huge water current was formed as waves formed at the water surface above.

The submarines shook violently yet nothing happened to them.

"Wonderful! Ahhaha! Excellent!"

Hamburg stared at the end result of the two Sharks explosions. A crater was visible on the monitor in the control room.

The Sharks were very powerful, the submarines being extremely tough to have survived the waves.

"What's its range?"

Akuma asked with a curious expression as he observed the video of the explosion.

"It would be 500 meters with complete accuracy and 800 meters barely."

Hamburg held the statistics of the Sharks as he read the information through it.

"Good. Try to increase the range. It doesn't matter if the aim is a little off as long as it can destroy everything."

Akuma said as he leaned back on the seat. It was about time for the use of these newly created underwater missiles.

"By the way. How long until Brook returns with the giants?"

Asked Akuma as he looked at Hamburg. It's been almost a year since Brook went to the Giant's kingdom.

"He should be back in a few days, captain."

Hamburg bowed and answered Akuma. He could already understand that Akuma was preparing to wipe the Whitebeard pirates.

"Let's return! Today's test is a success and the Sharks can be mass produced."

Akuma ordered immediately. And so, the three submarines started moving back towards their home.

On the way, they encountered a huge sea king but just a single Shark was enough to blow half of its body into pieces.

The sea water was dyed in red blood. Hundreds of fishes gathered to devour the leftovers of the sea king.

Currently the Whitebeard pirates are attacking the small pirate groups of the Devil's Pirates as Akuma didn't take any actions.

But of course it wouldn't remain like that as almost all the necessary weapons and army were ready to be dispatched.

The Devil's Pirates have been silent for a long. Now the time has come, Akuma will personally fight.