One Piece World, Marine Headquarters.
"They appeared right here! Well, at least it saves us some trouble!" Garp eagerly cracked his knuckles, ready to see just how powerful these so-called Visual Phantasms really were!
"But where will the Sky Jellyfish be on the uninhabited island?"
Sengoku was most worried about the Sky Jellyfish. There were countless uninhabited islands in this world—where would they even begin to look, even if they knew what the jellyfish looked like?
Sengoku stared at the screen, determined to find any identifying features of the uninhabited island. But what he saw next was something completely unexpected.
"Oh my god! What is that guy doing there?"
Sengoku's face instantly darkened, unable to maintain his usual composure.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so upset all of a sudden?"
Garp, who was about to head out, saw Sengoku's expression and looked at the screen out of curiosity. When he saw it clearly, he understood.
Next to the uninhabited island were more than a dozen ships, each with different pirate flags.
The most prominent of these flags bore a white crescent-moon mustache emblem.
Anyone around the world who saw this pirate flag would recognize it immediately—it was the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Even Whitebeard is involved? This just got a lot more complicated!" Garp's face also turned serious.
The severity of the situation was more than just dealing with SCPs.
Near the uninhabited island, the Whitebeard Pirates and their allied pirate crews were gathered, eating and drinking in celebration. The scene was incredibly lively.
"Let's drink, everyone!" Whitebeard raised his cup high, his voice full of spirit.
All the crew members responded with excitement, taking big gulps of their drinks.
"Father, don't drink so much, it's not good for your health," the nurse next to him couldn't help but remind him helplessly.
"Fool, alcohol is the best medicine." Whitebeard smiled faintly, not caring at all. After all, he didn't have much time left, so he might as well live life to the fullest.
"Hm?" Just as Whitebeard was about to take another sip of alcohol, his expression suddenly changed.
"Father, what's wrong?" It was Marco, Jozu, and Vista who noticed that Whitebeard's demeanor had shifted.
"Didn't you feel something strange?" Whitebeard looked up at the sky, his eyes incredibly serious. His Haki had warned him of a malicious presence from above.
After hearing Whitebeard's words, the three captains focused their senses—they could feel it too.
"Whoooosh!"
The next second, a fierce tornado suddenly descended, aiming straight for Whitebeard!
The tornado moved fast, wrapping around Whitebeard in an instant. But Whitebeard was no ordinary opponent. He quickly swung his massive naginata, unleashing a powerful shockwave that forcefully dispersed the tornado.
"What is that?!" Marco immediately spotted the source of the tornado—a Sky Jellyfish!
"Whoooosh!"
At the same time, more tornadoes appeared above others. Unfortunately, unlike Whitebeard, the rest of them weren't as fortunate. Even if they managed to react, they couldn't resist and were pulled into the sky, disappearing without a trace.
"What the hell!" Whitebeard's expression darkened at the sudden attack. He punched the air with great force, causing the very atmosphere to crack!
The shockwave created by his punch caused the sky above to shake violently.
Then, over a dozen Sky Jellyfish were revealed.
"What are those things?" Jozu looked up in confusion, having never seen such floating jellyfish before.
"More of them are coming out!" Vista noticed more and more Sky Jellyfish appearing around the uninhabited island, approaching the Whitebeard Pirates.
Once they gathered, they unleashed an incredibly powerful air current.
The gathered air currents formed a terrifying tornado, instantly enveloping all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Ahhh! Help!" Many pirates were caught in the tornado and were immediately swallowed by the Sky Jellyfish, becoming their prey.
The process was incredibly fast, leaving little time for anyone to react. Many of the Sky Jellyfish, after consuming a person, quickly ascended to leave the area.
"You bastards! You think you can eat my beloved sons and just leave?" Whitebeard wasn't going to let that happen. How dare they hunt under his watch? What a joke!
He wouldn't let a single one of these monsters escape!
Whitebeard clenched his fists and struck the air again, causing the atmosphere to crack once more.
"Buzz... buzz..."
In the next second, violent tremors rocked the sky, and the shockwaves crushed the Sky Jellyfish to pieces.
Seeing all of the jellyfish destroyed, Whitebeard showed no hint of joy on his face—he had lost some of his sons.
They might have been weaker members, but they were still his sons, and the pain was immense.
"Father..." Marco was about to comfort Whitebeard when he suddenly noticed something, his expression changing drastically as he turned his head.
All around the uninhabited island, more Sky Jellyfish were emerging—these were several times, even ten times larger, than the previous ones.
"Heh... so they're back for more? Just as well—I'm furious right now. I'll kill all of you to vent my anger!" Whitebeard let out a bloodthirsty laugh—he hadn't been this angry in a long time.
...
Marine Headquarters
Seeing Whitebeard already fighting, Garp and Sengoku had no choice but to stop paying attention to anything else.
"Report! Fleet Admiral, according to reports from the Marines monitoring Whitebeard, they don't know what they're fighting!" A Marine ran in hurriedly to report.
"We already know." Garp waved dismissively.
But at that moment, his expression changed. He thought he saw something move past his peripheral vision, so he immediately activated his Haki.
"Garp, did you see it?" Sengoku had also sensed it, his expression growing more serious.
"Yeah, it's behind us!"
Using his Haki, Garp locked onto the presence, quickly turning and throwing a punch. In less than a second, his terrifying fist broke through the wall.
"It escaped!"
Sengoku looked towards the other side, though he could only see a blur. However, his Haki told him clearly that the Visual Phantasm had dodged Garp's punch.
To dodge Garp's punch—it seemed that this monster was harder to deal with than they had thought.
"Wait, there's more than one!"
Sengoku expanded his Haki further and found that, at some point, more than twenty Visual Phantasms had appeared nearby, each stealthily following a Marine.
Leo Universe
Dan quickly gathered his team, preparing to deal with the Sky Jellyfish.
"Everyone, I have intel that mysterious creatures known as Sky Jellyfish have appeared on this street. They are monsters that live in the sky and prey on humans. It might be hard to believe, but it's true. We have to eliminate them!"
Dan spoke with gravity.
It sounded absurd, but after dealing with so many aliens and monsters, and with the captain's authority, the team members believed him.
"Beep... beep..."
Just then, an alarm went off.
"Uh-oh, something's approaching fast! Ah! It's heading towards the base!"
(End of Chapter)
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