116 Chapter 109
Hey guys!! It's weekend and I'm about to faint with loads of school stuffs, but damn, chapter 1044 spoilers dude. So hyped. I had to do this. Whatever, Imma pull an all-nighter, muahaha!
Dude, forget the Marineford war that's going to happen now. During my break on this fanfic, I've thought of the awakened abilities of Bounce Bounce fruit, and I gotta say, I think it's going to turn out to be epic (not gonna be overpowered, but rather, creative... I hope).
Rowan's current strength = Admiral; I believe that Bullet is stronger than an Admiral based on the feats he showcased in the movie (Sakazuki might be on par, but I am not certain).
Apart from that, I remember that ma bud, [Rui_the_loli_con], recommended me to create a discord server for this. What do you guys think? Should I, or nah? (Just saying, I suck at using discord.)
Finally, the updates from here on will be extremely irregular until May or so, due to the exam season nearing for me. By extreme, I mean something like 1 chapter in a month kind, yeah. Therefore, don't spend your power stones on this fanfic, okay?
With that said, I hope that y'all have a wonderful weekend!
...and back to work. Great.
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[Impel Down, Level 4: Blazing Hell]
*Pazzz*
The nearby Surveillance Den Den Mushi shivered with weak electricity crackling around its body, earning Magellan's attention.
"Rumble Rumble fruit..." Magellan growled in realization, "Along with Flame Flame fruit, two Logia-type fruit users reside in the Grimheart pirates. Dangerous. They have to be stopped here."
An hour has passed by since he began his arduous wait, and only . Although the other jailers began to sweat due to the intense heat around them, Magellan continued to stand without any sign of uneasiness.
In the next moment,
*Boom*
A faint noise managed to enter Magellan's ear, causing him to raise his eyebrow.
"...Did you hear that?" Magellan spoke up to the other jailers' confusion.
*Boom*
"Seems like no one else but I did." Magellan stated as he shifted his eyes to a particular direction, much to the others' obliviousness.
*BOOOOM*
All of a sudden, Magellan and all the staffs found their jaw opening wide upon sighting that the multiple chunks of stones, which were a part of the ceiling, were falling onto them.
"Surprise, m***********!!!" Alfred growled with a maniacal grin, earning the weird looks from the other members who fell along with him.
Before the jailers could react, the chunks slammed onto them, resulting in a bloody sight where many of them were sent out of commission.
*Tap* *Tap*
Now, gently landing on the platform of level 4, the Grimheart pirates, along with the pale-faced Nami on top of the ferocious Farul, faced off against Magellan, Sadie, four jailer beasts, and a good number of other jailers who managed to evade the stone chunks.
"You..." Magellan's face turned red in fury as the purple gas were expelled out of his mouth, "criminal... scums...!!!!!"
"You are Magellan, huh?" Dan stated in a serious tone as he stepped up, knowing that he had the best chance against Magellan.
"10 minutes." From the back, Carina spoke up coldly, "No more than that."
"5 is enough." Cavendish replied while unsheathing his sword.
"Haa, finally, the time for whipping, mmmm, has arrived~!!" Sadie twirled her body with a delightful demeanour.
With a stoic expression, Robin crossed her arms, ready to engage at any moment.
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[Marineford]
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!!" One marine soldier spoke up in a frantic manner. He was found sweating all over, as if unable to believe the information he just acquired, "B-Blackbeard and his crew who have gone missing, were found on the unauthorized Marine ships that reached the Impel Down!! Blackbeard, he-"
Upon hearing the news, Sengoku found his lips parting and his eyes shaking uncontrollably. The situation wouldn't have been as serious in normal circumstances, but the fact that this event occurred during the crucial period of time made it hard for Sengoku to keep himself reserved.
"Impel Down... to think Blackbeard will...!" Sengoku muttered in disbelief, for he couldn't help but think of the detrimental outcome that this event will produce.
Blackbeard has proven his strength by capturing Ace, the 2nd commander of Whitebeard pirates, and Baten, who used to be the well-known prodigy of Cipher Pol that not even Rob Lucci was said to be a match, prior to converting to marine. Yet, he still didn't know the full extent of Blackbeard's strength and ability.
'What exactly is Blackbeard's goal?!' Sengoku gritted his teeth, 'He attained the title of Seven Warlords, simply for the sake of entering the Impel Down?! This is concerning. With Boa Hancock unwilling to come until the end, Jinbe imprisoned, and Blackbeard having betrayed us... only four members of the Seven Warlords are present right now.'
Regardless, there wasn't anything that could be done at the current moment. Impel Down itself was facilitated with potent staff, including the Chief Warden Magellan, and the threat of Whitebeard far exceeded a mere rookie known as Blackbeard.
Shifting his gaze, Sengoku frowned upon sighting Garp, who was sitting next to Ace on the execution platform.
'Scums of the sea...' Sengoku took a deep breath and closed his eyes, knowing that keeping himself level-headed was more important than anything right now. 'Forget it. Magellan is an experienced veteran himself; dealing with small pirate crews like Blackbeard pirates won't be much of a trouble to him.'
Turning back to the marine soldier, who was nervously standing without a budge, Sengoku raised his eyebrow, "You are dismissed if that's all the information there is to pass."
The marine soldier lowered his head slightly, before speaking up weakly, "And... and apart from those ships, the ship belonging to the G-Grimheart pirates was sighted to be floating on top as well; they too infiltrated the Impel Down!!"
Sengoku's eyes widened in shock.
"...What?!!!"
Sengoku's outburst was justified. After all, just by his knowledge, three logia-type devil fruit users invaded the Impel Down; his uncertainty of Magellan's victory began to grow.
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[Level 4: Blazing Hell]
Under the watch of everyone, Dan raised his electricity-crackling right index finger, before placing it on the side of his head.
Magellan's eyes narrowed, "What are you doing?"
"From this moment, my reflex is doubled." The small wave of electricity spread out from his index finger, onto his head and body, before the countless number of neural networks on his body and his eyes began to lighten up in blue, "Full Charge."
Subsequently, Dan raised his Haki-imbued fist that was crackling in electricity, "Elimination of poison through electrolysis. Let's see if it works as I theorized."
While staring at Dan with a grim expression, the purple liquid was secreted and expelled from the pores of Magellan's body, before encasing him completely.
Like a calm before the storm, the whole area fell silent, and at the next moment, Dan, by turning into electricity, zapped to Magellan's back within a second.
"30 Million Volts: Numb."
In a short span of time, Dan punched countless number of times onto Magellan's back. Much to the latter's surprise, the liquid poison on his body broke down into harmless gases, and instead of a pain, he felt a numb sensation invading his back.
Gritting his teeth, Magellan produced a huge swirl of liquid poison in an instant moment, before it formed a three-headed-dragon-like shape, "Hydra!!"
Subsequently, Magellan's hydra was blasted towards Dan, who zapped away from the position and dodged Magellan's technique with ease.
Meanwhile,
"Dos Fleur: Clutch!"
Two arms sprouted on the back of each jailer, before cracking their neck backwards and causing them to drop unconscious one by one.
"Nico Robin the 'Devil Child'...!" One jailer snarled as he pointed his cutlass at Robin, about to charge.
"Unfortunately, I can't allow that." Suddenly, Alfred, by rapidly dashing towards the jailer, landed a wide kick on the latter's face, causing him to vomit blood as he dropped on the floor.
"Beautiful Sword: Blue Bird."
Cavendish stabbed the jailer beast, before quickly taking his sword out and shifting to the side, as the jailer beast's crushing blow landed on his previous position.
"Beautiful Sword: Round Table." Cavendish quickly spun to dodge the weapon from the jailer beast while slashing its arm.
"Beautiful Sword: Vent Rosé."
With a graceful motion, Cavendish slashed through the tough skin of the jailer beast and left a deep cut, before vanishing from his spot and appearing at some distance away from the latter,
"Noble Phantasm: Breakthrough."
*SWOOSH*
Cavendish's Haki-imbued sword, which he threw, penetrated through one jailer beast, before he appeared from the jailer's back and easily grabbed the hilt of his flying sword.
*Thud*
The jailer beast fell to the ground with heavy bleeding, which signalled Cavendish's victory.
"6 minutes passed." From Cavendish's side, Carina stated impassively with her arms crossed, "Slow."
On her right, three jailer beasts, who were turned into the mincemeats with countless number of cuts on them, were seen to be lying down with the gallons of blood oozing out of them.
Cavendish turned to Alfred with a questioning expression.
"Mademoiselle Carina simply showcased an extreme feat of cutting those beasts countless number of times, all three at once." Alfred explained in a reserved tone, "As expected from the vice captain of our crew."
Nami stared at the incredible scene in front of her with an evident shock on her face; no words were able to escape from her mouth.
"Neigh~!!" Watching Nami's reaction, Farul let the steam out of his nose with a pride written on his face.
"Veinte Fleur," Robin glared at Sadie, as twenty arms sprouted all around Sadie's torso, much to the latter's shock. Subsequently, ten hands joined together, forming two giant limbs that clasped onto Sadie's mouth, "clutch."
*Crack* *Crack*
The clear sounds of bones cracking were heard as Sadie's neck was bent backwards painfully.
Magellan witnessed the detrimental result with disbelief, and his shaky eyes revealed a conflict within him.
'I am the only one left to defend only after few minutes of fight... and my body is becoming numb.' Magellan couldn't help but think, 'Should I use kinjite, the forbidden poison? Although my subordinates are unconscious, they are still alive. The use of kinjite will kill them for sure, however, I will be able to stand my ground against these Grimheart pirates...'
"Where are you looking?" Instantly flashing in front of Magellan before the latter could think any longer, Dan slammed his palm onto Magellan's abdomen,
"Max 120 Million Volts: Electromagnetic Impact."
*BOOOOM*
The incredible magnitude of magnetic force, produced by the same mechanism as the rail gun, blasted through Magellan's body, causing the latter to vomit a huge amount of blood as his eyes turned white, before collapsing onto the floor.
"*Huff*... *Huff*..." Breathing heavily while sweating profusely, Dan fell onto one knee from exhaustion as the blue glows died down from his body.
"...9 minutes." Carina stated as she raised her watch and checked the time, before waving her hand forward, "Let's go."
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[Marineford]
The time seemed to be passing by relentlessly, as the whole troop of marines fell in silence. Now, with only three hours remaining prior to Ace's execution, all of them were tensed, having a good idea of what was about to happen at any moment.
"All marines, stay alert!!!"
From the back, the marine officer with a huge body frame, Vice Admiral John Giant, shouted with confidence in his tone.
"It will all be over in three hours!!!"
The mighty disposition of the elite marine troops, with fifty marine warships surrounding the island, was broadcasted to the monitors in Sabaody Archipelago; the whole world was watching!
Within the silence, Fleet Admiral Sengoku made his appearance on the execution platform, next to Ace who was kneeling with executioners positioned on his sides, before bringing his mouth close to a miniature Den Den Mushi in his hand.
"I have something to say to you all." Sengoku's voice boomed throughout the whole area, "The execution of this man, Portagus D. Ace... is the matter of great importance!!"
After sweeping his eyes through the entire force assembled under him, Sengoku turned his attention to Ace, "Ace. What is your father's name?"
Ace momentarily glared at Sengoku in a realization, before closing his eyes tightly, "My father is Whitebeard!!!"
"Not true!!"
Ace gritted his teeth at Sengoku's words, as he screamed at his lungs, trying to deny Sengoku's claim with his utmost strength, "It is true!!! Whitebeard's my father!!! THERE'S NOBODY ELSE!!!!!"
Ignoring Ace's heated refusal, Sengoku turned his face back to the front and continued on, "We were looking everywhere when we got word from Cipher Pol about the possibility... that one of his children might be on a certain island. We examined newborns, unborn infants, their mothers, and still found nothing.
But that was only natural. Your mother used a trick to hide you... which cost her her own life!"
Sengoku shook his head as he momentarily paused, briefly gazed at Garp who was standing amidst the crowd with his head slouched down, before continuing, "We were fooled. The whole world was fooled! Your mother—Portagus D. Rouge—she hid her child in her womb for 20 months, in order to save your life!"
At this point, some of the marines' eyes began to widen in realization, and some even took few steps backward in disbelief.
"Your father was executed a year and three months prior to your birth. Don't pretend that you don't know!!" Sengoku turned to Ace once again with a domineering glare, "Your father...
is Gold Roger, the Pirate King!!!!!"
The whole world was flabbergasted upon hearing the words. The one and only son of the Pirate King himself... to think he was none other than Portagus D. Ace...
"Hehehehehe, I see what you are planning here, Sengoku." Doflamingo grinned knowingly, "The Great Age of Pirates that Gol D. Roger started on the execution platform... you are planning to close it off through the execution of his very own son...!"
""""Gold Roger's son?!!!!"""" The whole marines erupted in absolute surprise, as they began to register just how much was at stake, and why it was necessary to face the risk of full-blown war against the Whitebeard pirates.
On the staircase that leads to the execution platform, one marine officer hurriedly made his way and saluted, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku! The Gates of Justice just opened on their own!! We've tried to contact the control room, but there's no answer!!!"
"What?!!"
Then, all of a sudden, from the hazy mists,
many pirate ships emerged from its depths, and began to approach the heavily-guarded Marineford without any fear.
"Bohemian Knight Doma, Thunder Lord McGuy, Decalvan Brothers, Whirl Spider Squard—the captains of the subordinate pirates of..."
The body of water that constituted the bay began to bubble, instantly earning the attentions of three Admirals.
In the next moment, a huge, whale-like ship emerged from the water... Moby Dick.
"...the Whitebeard Pirates!!!"
"Gurarara... how long has it been, Sengoku?" On top of the deck of Moby Dick, one huge and muscular man with crescent-shaped white mustache was seen to be standing proudly with a gigantic naginata in his right hand. This man was none other than,
"Whitebeard..." Sengoku's eyes sharpened as he placed the miniature Den Den Mushi down and faced the foes.
The war that will change the tide of the whole world, was about to begin at any moment.
