Chapter 43

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043: Two Wars! (Change)

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For this Summit War, the Marine government could almost be said to have invested nearly all its wealth.

A door riddled with gunfire stood at the front of the U-shaped port.

Nearly 100,000 elite Marines.

Dozens of Marine Vice Admirals were in combat.

And above all.

Led by Marine Fleet Admiral 'The Resourceful General' Sengoku, the legendary hero Garp, Crane the 'Great Staff Officer', and Marine Admiral 'Aokiji'...

These were the figures the outside world rarely saw and whose existence one would usually only hear about in legends.

All were now revealed to the world without a doubt!

At the same time, the most eye-catching were a group of indifferent weapons with eyes resembling those of the "Shichibukai" from their youth, only with PX numbers on their bodies.

Seven? Shichibukai?!

No...

Neither their age nor the indifferent temperament they exuded matched those of living people...!

What were these entities?!

For a while, the whole world was shocked and filled with doubt.

At the same time, this confusion caused the Shichibukai, who had not participated in the Summit War, to suddenly change his expression.

On Nine Snake Island.

"Snake... what are those things?!"

Grandma Nyon, witnessing the real-time broadcast of the Summit War, had an expression of disbelief and couldn't help but look back.

Seeing Hancock there, Grandma Nyon breathed a sigh of relief.

But doubt quickly crept into her mind.

What were those things that looked so similar to Hancock's teenage years?!

Empress Hancock frowned, staring at the 'Seraphim' above, her face showed slight change.

In the New World.

Kingdom of Dressrosa.

"D-Doflamingo... Those things? Could they be...?!"

Unlike those unaware of what 'Seraphim' are,

His family had first-hand news.

But such things...

"I didn't expect the World Government to actually succeed in their research..."

Doflamingo commented.

"What? The World Government?!"

Trebol looked shocked.

Doflamingo nodded.

"Yes, a powerful clone that can replace the Shichibukai, the Second Generation Pacifista... I had heard it was still in the experimental stage, but I didn't think the World Government would roll out such a terrifying weapon. This way, they seem to be determined to cleanse the entire Grand Line."

Trebol gasped in astonishment.

...

At the same time, shaking all over the world.

At sea.

"Seraphim? So, the research has been successful."

"No wonder the World Government was able to replenish their battle forces so quickly after abolishing all Shichibukai."

The Summit War, livestreamed by the Marine government.

Bai Ye was contemplative.

"Summit War isn't something I need to focus on, though."

He reached out for the dark purple hilt of Ryūjin Jakka.

Bai Ye raised his head, turning to gaze at the seemingly calm sea ahead.

In reality.

Bai Ye sensed Reiatsu, which was terrifying, coursing through his body.

As far as the eye could see.

It was like, in the dark night, countless dancing lights and flames lay in wait ahead.

The enemy.

Without a doubt.

It wasn't the Marines who were in Marineford to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates in full force.

Instead, it was those who stand behind the Marine government, the world's eight-hundred-year-old World Government!

Faced with this scene.

Bai Ye was not surprised.

The enemies that should come will come sooner or later.

If the outside world knew.

That his forces here were comparable to, no, perhaps even greater than those at Summit War.

I really don't know how the outside world would react.

Additionally.

In a very distant place.

There were two more powerful auras, both strong enough to surpass the existence of a Marine Admiral.

One was approaching rapidly.

The other was in the wait-and-see stage.

"Kaido?"

He looked up, noting that the rapidly approaching one came from the direction of the sky.

Bai Ye suddenly thought of the Four Emperors Kaido, who had been causing a stir in the first half of the Grand Line these days.

Originally, Bai Ye hadn't understood why Kaido had come to the first half of the Grand Line.

Considering Kaido's character.

This would be the right time to seize the opportunity to annex the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates.

But now it seemed.

It turned out to be because of his influence.

However.

Bai Ye's eyes remained impassive.

Before him was the careful preparation of the World Government.

Not to mention the incoming Four Emperors Kaido.

Bai Ye would not abandon his quest for vengeance and the subversion of the World Government simply because of who stood in his way.

Then.

It seemed that as long as he sailed through the sea ahead, he could reach the Sabaody Archipelago, where the World Government was located.

Bai Ye was alone.

But unafraid.

They didn't need to wait.

He would take the initiative!

And together with the World Government... Bai Ye would consign it to oblivion!

For a moment.

At Naval Headquarters Marineford.

Alongside Bai Ye here.

Two unprecedented wars of terror that were destined to change the era were on the horizon!