A pale moonlight fell from behind the clouds that had been blown away by the strong wind, adding a little light to the dark G1 island.
After several hours of a fierce and brutal battle, the ground on the island was already a mess.
Bodies of both friends and foes were piled up everywhere.
Dismembered limbs, and chunks of flesh and blood were scattered all over the place.
The thick, sickening smell of blood was so strong that even the sea breeze blowing on the island couldn't disperse it.
"Damn it! Why are these Marines so tough? We have the four pirate crews combined, with a total force of 160,000, which is more than ten times their number, yet we still haven't taken down a single branch in several hours."
"Pffft!" With a crisp sound, Who's-Who pulled his lightning-fast finger out of a Marine Lieutenant Commander's throat, sending a spray of blood with it. He frowned as he looked at the blood-splattered battlefield.
He had expected that a war involving the four pirate crews would be resolved in a devastating manner.
At the very least, the location of the final battle shouldn't be in the New World.
It should have been after they had dealt with the Marines in the New World, and their massive army was attacking Marineford.
Although, among the four pirate crews, only Shiki's Golden Lion Pirates had gone all-in. The Beast Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates, and Wang Zhi's Pirates had all left a portion of their forces to guard their territories.
For example, the Beast Pirates had left Queen, Ulti, and Page One, among others, to stay behind and guard Wano Country.
And the Big Mom Pirates had left Big Mom's eldest son, Perospero, and one of the Four Sweet Commanders, Smoothie, among others.
But the captains of all four pirate crews and most of their high-level officers had all been mobilized.
And now?
On this island called G1, their advance was being held back by a little over ten thousand Marines.
Looking at the Marine Lieutenant Commander, whose throat he had just pierced with a Shigan, Who's-Who saw that he was still making muffled, gasping sounds and was even trying to thrust his long sword at his eyes. Who's-Who curled his lip into a cold smile.
"Overestimating yourself."
He curled his index finger, and the tip was coated in a layer of black. He fired a Tobu Shigan at the face of the charging Marine Lieutenant Commander.
The compressed air bullet, amplified by Haki, had a power comparable to a cannonball.
Who's-Who could already foresee that in the next moment, the Marine Lieutenant Commander, who had blood continuously gushing from his throat, would have his head blown apart and become a headless corpse.
And this was the result of not being able to see the gap between an enemy and an ally.
The Tobu Shigan air bullet shot out and twisted the air, letting out a "rumble."
Who's-Who was stunned.
Wait, that sound didn't sound like something his Tobu Shigan could make.
Before he could turn around, a huge shadow came crashing down on him.
A suffocating pressure, like a tidal wave, surged in Who's-Who's heart, forcing him to act without thinking. His body rapidly expanded and transformed. In an instant, he turned into a mottled, ancient saber-toothed tiger with thick limbs. He used his four paws to grip the ground and, with a burst of speed, barely managed to escape from the huge shadow that was falling from the sky.
After escaping the shadow's cover, Who's-Who turned around abruptly. Before he could even see what had just happened, a powerful gust of wind, like a tsunami, sent everyone within a few hundred meters flying. It also slammed into Who's-Who's body, causing him to let out a muffled groan and involuntarily stagger back more than ten meters before he finally stopped.
Who's-Who focused his gaze and saw a massive warship, which was making a loud "grinding" sound, being pulled out of the shattered ground by a long chain at the spot where he had just been standing.
And at the end of the chain was a giant whose height was similar to Jack the Drought's and whose body was covered in scales.
"An Animal-type user from the Marines? Hmph, he's strong enough, I guess."
Unlike the pirates from the Big Mom Pirates, who showed terror when they saw Rorschach's immense strength, Who's-Who didn't have much of a mental reaction to Rorschach swinging the warship.
Give me a break.
In this world, and in this sea of the New World, if you were to ask which force was known for its physique and brute strength, it would have to be the Beast Pirates.
Mythical Zoans, Ancient Zoans, Regular Zoans, and artificial Devil Fruits.
The Beast Pirates had every type of Animal-type Devil Fruit user.
Kaido and his daughter, Yamato, were Mythical Zoans.
The three All-Stars and the Tobiroppo were all Ancient Zoans.
They were all pirates who were experts in strength.
Kaido could even easily lift an entire island.
Compared to a tens of millions of tons island, a warship was nothing.
Looking at the army of gifters in front of him scattering in fear, Who's-Who charged forward instead of retreating. A cold smile appeared on his lips.
"An Animal-type user from the Marines. Good. I was just worried there wouldn't be a worthy opponent."
He transformed into a seven- or eight-meter-long saber-toothed tiger. His thick limbs had elastic, thick paw pads.
Every time he landed, his body would bounce up lightly and agilely. He constantly moved forward on the chaotic battlefield, easily dodging the attacks of the weak, annoying, fly-like Marines around him, and charged straight at Rorschach, who was dragging the warship and was about to swing it again.
"Boom!"
The heavy warship was lifted off the ground and dragged by a huge force. It spun in Rorschach's hands, crushed dozens of pirates, and then slammed hard onto the ground in front of him.
Perhaps because his movements were so big and exaggerated, wherever he went, the pirates would retreat like a receding tide, frantically fleeing and not caring that their backs were exposed to the Marines they were fighting.
So, at first, he could swing the Kirin and send hundreds of pirates flying, but after a few swings, he could only send a few dozen flying.
This minimal gain wasn't worth Rorschach continuing to waste his precious stamina.
So, he had already decided to let go of the Kirin and begin the next phase of the operation.
But to his surprise, he wanted to let go of the Kirin, but someone was taking advantage of this opportunity. They leaped up from the ground and, with all four limbs, quickly climbed and moved along the hull of the Kirin, approaching his location.
"A saber-toothed tiger? Is that Who's-Who?"
Rorschach saw the saber-toothed tiger rushing toward him, and his brow twitched.
This guy was really bold, charging up first.
Seeing that Rorschach seemed to be about to let go of the thick chain he was holding, the cold smile on Who's-Who's lips became even more undisguised.
His four limbs moved quickly, jumping and leaping on the Kirin. He moved along the anchor chain connected to the warship, charging toward Rorschach. Then he bounced his foot off the ground, and his massive body leaped high. Five hooked, sharp claws "snicked" out of the paw pad on his front right paw. They were covered in pitch-black Armament Haki and tore toward Rorschach's face.
"Heh heh heh, are you finally exhausted, Marine!"
"Exhausted? Er... more or less."
Rorschach let go of the anchor chain he was holding and moved his right arm, which was indeed a little sore. He looked at the saber-toothed tiger charging toward his face.
He raised his right foot high and stomped it down on the ground in front of him.
"Boom!"
In an instant, as if thousands of tons of high explosives had detonated at the same time, the ground exploded and radiated outward from Rorschach as the center.
A violent shockwave surged out like a mountain flood and slammed into the charging saber-toothed tiger.
The compressed air, like a wall of steel, slammed into the massive saber-toothed tiger, causing the flesh on its body to undulate like waves toward its tail.
The ferocious, cold eyes of Who's-Who instantly became filled with horror.
"This... this strength!"
Then, in his solemn, cold, vertical pupils, he saw the terrifyingly muscular Rorschach lean forward. He clenched his right fist, and his four-meter-long, thick right arm swelled up, causing the blue scales covering it to pop up. A whooshing wind and tiny flashes of electric light shot out from behind him.
The deep blue sheen and silver lightning intertwined on his terrifying fist, which left a brilliant trail of electric light in the air, crushed the space in front of Who's-Who's eyes, and blew apart the air as he punched toward his face.
"No! That's impossible!!"
"Life Return..."
The voice of the saber-toothed tiger that Who's-Who had turned into came to an abrupt stop, as if someone had suddenly choked him.
The next second, a terrifying, massive fist, which was as big as his head, came crashing down and slammed into his face.
"Bang!"
"Crack, crack, crack, crack!"
The huge, white fangs in the saber-toothed tiger's mouth were crushed under the giant fist. Its nasal bridge caved in, its cheekbones exploded, and its gums were shattered.
Armament Haki, the tough body of an Ancient Zoan, and his bones were all shattered into dust by Rorschach's single punch.
His fist was unstoppable. It slammed into the saber-toothed tiger's face, blowing apart its nose, mouth, teeth, and eyes, sending bones and blood flying.
The head of the seven- or eight-meter-long ancient saber-toothed tiger was blown apart with a "pop," leaving behind a headless body that was gushing blood from its broken neck.
The gifters who had run away were all wide-eyed, their hearts pounding in their chests. Cold sweat poured out of their bodies.
"Who... Who's-Who, Lord Who's-Who!"
Who's-Who, one of the high-ranking officers of the Beast Pirates, a member of the Tobiroppo, and an Ancient Zoan user of the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Saber-Toothed Tiger, had his head blown off by a single punch.
Rorschach, who had retracted his swelled arm, grabbed Who's-Who's headless body, which had not yet turned back into a human, and began to walk toward the Beast Pirates' army of gifters.
As he walked, hundreds of pirates began to retreat.
Rorschach took a step, and the pirates took a few steps back.
Some of them were so scared that they fell to the ground and turned to run, crawling back to the inner bay's port, seemingly so terrified that they were trying to run back to their ships.
"He's a monster! This guy is a monster." Hol'em, a Headliner of the Beast Pirates, had his legs shaking as he backed away. He kept swallowing. "Cracker, one of the Four Sweet Commanders, was beaten to a pulp by him. Charlotte Oven was sent flying a thousand meters by a single attack. And the powerful Who's-Who had his head blown off by one punch. Only the All-Stars, only Lord Kaido, can deal with a monster like this."
Am I really that strong?
Rorschach looked at his large, blood-covered right hand.
He clenched his fist slightly, and the air around it let out a crunching sound and twisted.
This was pure physical strength.
Yes, without even realizing it, I've become this strong.
Advanced Armament Haki.
A super-high-intensity current with a five-hundred-million-volt limit.
A body that has broken its physical limits and has become inhuman.
The physical boost of a Mythical Zoan.
It turns out that I'm not weak.
For a long time, Rorschach always felt that his strength was still weak.
That's because the people he was comparing himself to were Kaido, Kizaru, Dragon, Z, Aokiji, and Akainu.
Who were those people?
They were the strongest fighters at the pinnacle of this sea. Every single one of them was a six-stat powerhouse.
Compared to them, he still had a significant gap.
But putting aside top-tier fighters like Admirals and Emperors, Rorschach, who had now advanced to advanced deep blue Haki, already had a fighting power that was on par with any top-tier Vice Admiral.
He even had a vague premonition that when the intensity of his electricity broke through the five-hundred-million-volt limit and he took another step forward in all aspects, it would be the time he would completely transform and become a true top-tier fighter.
And at this very moment, with Kaido, Big Mom, Shiki, and the others all tied down by the Admirals, he would become the sharpest arrow of the Marines on this battlefield.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two loud explosions interrupted Rorschach's thoughts. He looked up and saw two twisted limbs, trailing hot blood behind them, arc through the air and fall onto the ground in front of him with a "thud."
The ground shook with a "thump, thump, thump." The gifters who had turned and fled stopped fearfully, making way for a figure.
Jack, who was ten meters tall and covered in blood, was dragging a long warhammer behind him, causing the ground to shake. His eyes held a bloodthirsty glint as he walked straight toward Rorschach.
"Deserters, die!"
Hearing this, Rorschach curled his lips into a smile, revealing four fangs. "I couldn't agree more."
He shook his wrist, and Who's-Who's corpse, which had reverted to his human form, shot out like a cannonball toward Jack's face.
Jack's broken mechanical right arm extended downward. Countless metal parts intertwined and connected, forming a new steel hand. He grabbed the long-handled warhammer he was dragging with his left hand and swung it hard at the incoming corpse.
"Boom!"
Who's-Who's corpse was blown apart in mid-air, turning into a bloody mess that splattered everywhere.
The ground rumbled and shook. The two mountain-like giants, who were stomping the ground into a chaotic mess, gave off a fierce and violent aura as they charged straight toward each other.
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