Chapter 104: Sudden Turn of Events (Title and Chapter 103 were reversed)

Puff,

A mouthful of red wine was spat out; Rosinante hadn't expected that the person he had just been discussing justice with was none other than Monkey D. Dragon!

Although the person in front of him didn't have the iconic "sandals imprint" on his face, Rosinante recognized the face of the man without eyebrows from numerous newspaper reports.

"Admiral Dragon?!"

"Help... Help..."

"It's a fake, definitely an imposter—"

As a Marine Vice Admiral and a prominent figure bound for promotion to Admiral, how could the various "experts" in the hall not recognize this face?

Incredulous exclamations filled the air. With a splash, the people in the hall, centered around the figure in the emerald-green cloak, quickly retreated, creating a sizable empty space.

Except for the elite soldiers of the Vinsmoke family!

These soldiers were unfazed by titles like Marine Vice Admiral. They had modern high-tech firearms pointed at the intruder in the hall. At a single command, they would turn him into a sieve.

"So, it's Vice Admiral Monkey D. Dragon from Marine Headquarters," Vinsmoke Jage on the throne didn't rise but leaned forward slightly, curiously asking the man in the hall.

"Vice Admiral Dragon, did you mention 'upholding justice' just now?"

"My Vinsmoke family is an affiliate of the World Government, and everyone here is my guest. We don't need you to 'uphold justice' here!"

...

"Yes, exactly."

"There's nothing to be afraid of,"

"That's right, we're all guests of the Germa Kingdom. Even if he's a Vice Admiral..."

The terrified guests in the vicinity gradually realized that they were currently under someone's "protection." Even if he were a Marine Vice Admiral, he couldn't arbitrarily take lives at an affiliate country's banquet.

Of course, they weren't foolish enough to provoke him either. If a Marine Vice Admiral killed someone in anger...

Even if he did, he did!

The Judicial Island, which governed all laws on the sea, was a subsidiary organization of the World Government. Would they even dare to prosecute a Marine?

"Hehe, this is the Marine Vice Admiral?"

On the other side, unlike Rosinante, who was clearly aware of the intruder's strength, Doflamingo's tinted sunglasses gleamed with excitement.

"He's quite strong. My 'Observation Haki' can't sense any information about him."

Not just you, I even thought he was an ordinary middle-aged man at one point.

While inwardly making fun of him, Rosinante created a brief concealment barrier with his abilities and signaled the others.

"Follow the plan when I give the signal."

Although rushed, Rosinante hadn't overlooked this possibility.

"Sure."

However, he never expected the newcomer to be Dragon!

...

"I'm no longer a Marine Vice Admiral,"

"Standing here now, I am simply 'Monkey D. Dragon,' seeking justice for the hundred thousand innocent lives lost in Paldar."

While Rosinante was preparing an escape route, Dragon, wearing the emerald-green cloak, surveyed the grand hall with a stern gaze. No one dared to meet his eyes.

?!

Hearing Dragon's words, many quick-thinking individuals started to sweat, sensing impending disaster.

This doesn't look good...

"Hmph, even better!"

Meanwhile, Vinsmoke Jage on the throne stood up abruptly, tapping a cylinder with a 'J' symbol on his belt.

In an instant, memory metal, liquid-like in nature, sprayed from the cylinder. It quickly enveloped Vinsmoke Jage, forming armor, cape, and weapons in rapid succession.

Swoosh—

A golden cape fluttered into the air with a rustling sound, revealing light gray battle attire underneath. A golden belt with a '66' emblem, black boots with jet thrusters, and a colossal technological battle spear completed the ensemble.

Vinsmoke Jage, Armed State!

Meanwhile, outside, a mix of long and short whistle sounds filled the air as a large number of armed Germa 66 soldiers rushed into the hall. Even before Dragon revealed his identity, the Vinsmoke family had already mobilized their troops.

In an instant, the once magnificent palace hall turned into a battlefield brimming with bloodlust.

"Open fire!"

At Vinsmoke Jage's command, the hundreds and thousands of soldiers surrounding them didn't hesitate anymore. They pulled their triggers without delay. A dense rain of bullets flew toward Dragon in the center, leaving him with no escape route.

Puff, puff, puff, puff!

The sound of bullets penetrating flesh and blood echoed, as the soldiers surrounding Monkey D. Dragon fell amid splattering blood.

The bullets they fired passed through Dragon's body, then hit their comrades on the opposite side. Even without lifting a finger, the Vinsmoke family suffered heavy casualties.

"As expected..."

Wielding the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand, Rosinante swatted away the stray bullets, looking at Dragon in the center of the hall. The bullet holes that had passed through him turned into a flurry of white gusts in the wind.

Indeed, he's a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user!

Moreover, unlike Thompson, the 'Big Bucks' of the swamp fruit ability that Rosinante and the others had fought against before, Dragon was not only a Devil Fruit user but also possessed top-tier Haki—

"Seastone bullets,"

Amid the fluttering breeze, the riddled Dragon returned to his original state. He extended a hand from under the emerald-green cloak, fingers spread out, and bullets clattered to the ground.

These bullets were all made of Seastone!

"They might be effective against ordinary Devil Fruit users."

However, against Dragon, who wielded both top-tier Armament and Observation Haki, it was nothing but wishful thinking.

Since the Vinsmoke family had made their move, Dragon wouldn't hold back either.

Taking a deep breath, it seemed like he was inhaling all the air around him into his body. Everyone in the palace hall felt as if they were suffocating, as if in the oxygen-deprived atmosphere of a high plateau!

Something was coming—

"Retreat!"

At Rosinante's command, Picca immediately activated her ability without hesitation. The rocks beneath their feet rolled, and a 'gaping maw' suddenly opened up, swallowing them whole.

Stone Dance Passage!

...

"Hahaha, fighting alongside the Vinsmoke family is so enjoyable."

"Too bad that old woman was played to death so quickly!"

In a residential building, a few pirates sat on the floor, drinking and feasting.

The room was filled with the sounds of destruction, with cutlasses and axes smashing everything. The warm furniture lay broken in pieces. Among the shattered picture frames scattered on the floor was a family photo covered in bloody footprints.

"I told you to be a little more 'gentle.'"

Hugging a girl who looked almost like a corpse, the 'clever' pirate grinned, revealing black and red teeth.

"There aren't many 'toys' in this city, and they're gone once they're broken!"

Outside the building, several bodies lay in disarray. They were the former residents of this building.

In addition to the numerous 'experts' from the royal palace, there were over ten thousand pirates and sea merchants scattered throughout the city. They rampantly pillaged, killed, and ravished, leaving the ordinary citizens with no room to resist.

In just a few days, the once-prosperous city with a population of over a hundred thousand had become a playground for the pirates, where people either fled or died. The population was rapidly diminishing, and there wasn't even enough left for the pirates to 'share.'

"I wonder which country they'll attack next,"

"Hehehe, as long as we follow the Vinsmoke family, we get women, Berries, booze... booze...?!"

A pirate leaning against the window suddenly widened his eyes and vigorously rubbed them, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him from head to toe.

"W-what... what... what is that?!"

?

Other disgruntled pirates turned their heads to look outside the window, and then froze in place as if affected by a 'sluggishness ability,' unable to move.

"Dragon... Dragon... it's a dragon!"

In the eyes of everyone in the city, a colossal white tornado soared into the sky from the position of the 'royal palace,' rising high into the clouds and rolling freely in the sky, as if a dragon was soaring through the heavens.

Immediately after, the colossal dragon formed from the twisting tornado in the sky let out a fierce roar and plummeted towards the royal palace below.

"Dragon Assault!"

Boom——————

The white tornado dragon crashed onto the royal palace, instantly reducing the building to rubble.

At the same time, the ground shook and trembled wildly!

Even in a residential building several kilometers away from the palace, a few pirates were sent flying from the floor by the intense vibrations, hitting their heads hard against the ceiling.

Following that, the white tornado dragon that had wrecked the palace began to disintegrate... no! It should be called an explosion.

The vast amount of air that had been compressed within the tornado suddenly burst out, forming countless destructive hurricanes that swept through the entire city. The gloomy clouds in the sky were torn apart and shattered by the force of the disintegrating tornado, leaving a trail of destruction.

Rumbling!

The roaring hurricanes carried an unstoppable force of disaster as they swept out in all directions. Wherever they went, walls collapsed, houses crumbled, trees were uprooted. There was no stopping their destructive path.

The pirates struggled and screamed within the torrents and the tornado, as if the end of the world had arrived. Although the wind was fierce enough to level cities and wipe out pirates, when passing through the ordinary people, it suddenly turned into gentle breezes, gently enveloping and protecting them.

The royal palace, hit by the gigantic tornado, had turned into ruins, with only a handful of figures standing or kneeling among the debris.

"King Kong Haki, Unyielding!"

Amid the shocked gazes of people like Linglong, Ashikiba held his hands together in front of them, his skin flashing with metallic light. His Armament Haki formed an invisible 'King Kong' that enveloped everyone.

He's someone who can project his Armament Haki outward!

"Your Highness... cough... cough..."

On the other side, numerous soldiers of the Vinsmoke family formed a 'human wall,' bearing the brunt of the hurricane impact to protect Vinsmoke Jage.

"What exactly is justice?"

The clouds tore apart, and the cold moonlight spilled down, illuminating the city in a vast expanse of white.

Surrounded by raging winds, Dragon, suspended in mid-air, quietly questioned: What is justice? Of course, he didn't expect anyone present to provide an answer. He stretched out his right hand:

Index and middle fingers extended, ring finger and pinkie extended, and with the addition of the thumb, he formed the shape of a 'dragon's claw.'

"Dragon Claw!"

With a downward swipe, a massive white dragon claw formed from the combination of Haki and Devil Fruit power crashed down onto a section of ruins. As it pressed down, it left behind a colossal claw mark and caused the ground below to suddenly erupt:

Pfft!

A group of figures were squeezed out from beneath the ground, and it was none other than Rosinante, Doflamingo, and the others!

"How are you, Pica?"

Adjusting his posture mid-air and landing on the ground, Rosinante reached out to save the blue-haired girl Bynisalna and her younger brother Gladius. Then he turned to look at Pica, who had used the 'Stone-Stone Fruit' ability to burrow underground with the others.

"...I'm fine."

Pica, who had blood continuously flowing from her nose and mouth, sat down on the ground, her weak reply barely audible.

"Drink this!"

Jora had already manifested the healing 'Water of Life' and gave it to Pica to drink.

As Rosinante looked at Dragon, suspended in mid-air like a villainous final boss, he couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth.

What on earth is happening now?!

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