In the residential district of the Kingdom of Dressrosa...
Most of the residents were getting ready to rest for the night.
Of course, there were still those enjoying themselves, drinking and partying in local taverns.
During the day, panic had spread among the citizens when they witnessed the arrival of the Kamui Pirates. But when they saw the silver giant ship merely fly overhead and land quietly on the palace highlands without causing any destruction, they gradually relaxed.
After a while, people began to believe that no danger would come after all.
"Ha! I really thought the arrival of the Kamui Pirates would spell disaster for our country!"
In a certain city tavern, the day's events were the center of conversation.
"Hey, come on now," a man said with a grin as he raised his glass.
"The king of our country is a Shichibukai! Even the Kamui Pirates have to show some respect. Of course they wouldn't attack us!"
An elderly man with a white beard, sitting nearby, frowned with concern.
"But those guys from the Kamui Pirates… they don't seem like the type who'd respect the authority of a Shichibukai."
"Don't forget," the old man added gravely,
"during the Summit War that shocked the world, they didn't take the Marines or even Whitebeard seriously!"
Hearing that, the man holding the wine glass laughed and clapped the old man's shoulder.
"Hahaha! Don't overthink it, old man! Can't you see everything's still fine?"
"If they were going to attack, they would've done it already. But look around—nothing's happened."
But just as his words fell...
The ground suddenly shook violently, and a deafening roar echoed through the air!
Panic instantly swept through the tavern.
"What the hell was that?! What's going on?!"
"Is it an earthquake?! Quick, everyone outside!!"
People rushed for the exit in a frenzy.
All across Dressrosa, residents poured out of their homes in a panic. But what they saw froze them in place:
The Palace Highlands were gone.
In their place stood a colossal stone giant, and beside it loomed a massive, blue spectral figure—an otherworldly being radiating immense pressure and energy.
Even the slowest of minds could now piece together what was happening.
It was a battle.
The Kamui Pirates had made their move against the Donquixote Family.
Back in the tavern, the man who had just been bragging collapsed to the ground in terror, his face pale.
"It's over… our country is doomed, isn't it…?"
But amidst the chaos and terrified cries, no one noticed a lone figure hidden in a dark alleyway—a one-legged toy soldier, silently watching the chaos unfold on the palace highlands.
His wooden face bore no expression.
Back at the Palace Highlands...
After being struck by Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, one of the stone giant's arms had been obliterated.
But now, that arm was reforming.
Pica, still inside the massive stone golem, was using his powers to rapidly absorb the earth around him, recreating the lost limb.
His eyes were bloodshot as he glared furiously at Madara, who stood calmly within his fully-formed Susanoo.
"So what if you destroyed an arm?" Pica shouted.
"I can endlessly absorb stone and restore anything you break!"
"If you thought defeating my golem would be that easy... then you're incredibly naive!"
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