Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 60.
The location of the Marine Branch Base where Jin had just delivered Hatchan.
"This guy escaped once before. Cuff him tightly! Make sure he doesn't get away again!"
Sentomaru, the highest-ranking officer in this base, pointed at Hatchan and shouted at his subordinates.
Normally, he wouldn't bother with a small-time crook with a bounty of only 8 million Berries.
But since the other party had escaped from the Marines once before, they needed to be careful.
After all, if he escaped again, wouldn't the Marines lose all its dignity?
Rumble-
Suddenly, a violent earthquake caused everyone in the Marine base to sway violently.
Many soldiers, caught off guard, fell flat on their faces in an embarrassing manner.
Sentomaru slammed his large axe into the ground to use as a support, shouting:
"What's going on!?"
A subordinate barely stabilized himself and reported:
"Base Commander! According to intelligence reports, pirates are fighting in Area 44!"
"What!?"
Sentomaru's face was full of disbelief.
'The shockwave from so far away could reach here?'
To be honest, apart from the Summit War over a year ago, he had never seen such an exaggerated spectacle.
…
Crack crack crack-
Boom!
Grove 44.
The giant Yarukiman Mangrove Tree, burned to ashes by the inextinguishable black flames, collapsed with a loud crash.
Whoosh!
The moment the giant trunk covered in Amaterasu flames hit the ground, a sharp sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
Something slammed into the trunk covered in black flames, snapping it in two instantly.
And it continued flying backward until it crashed into the trunk of another mangrove tree that hadn't broken, creating a deep crater.
Thud!
The figure that had been sent flying fell from the tree trunk.
The moment his knees hit the ground, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
[Newgate: None of us can escape the erosion of time, Rayleigh...]
Newgate in the chat room sighed with emotion.
When a strong man has one foot in the grave, how can he not miss his once all-powerful self?
On the other side, the silver-white demon god, now with legs, walked out of the sea of black flames under Jin's control.
Susanoo: Third Stage!
However, the Susanoo's right shoulder was empty, its arm severed.
No need to think, this was definitely Rayleigh's 'contribution'.
Yet, as the unique pattern of the Mangekyo in Jin's eyes rotated in sequence, silver-white solid Chakra ignited like flames at the severed arm.
In less than three seconds, a new arm regrew.
Shanks would be crying with envy if he saw this.
"Far inferior to Goku."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Jin's eyes.
He somewhat suspected that the reason Rayleigh didn't teach Luffy Advanced Armament or Conqueror's Infusion was simply because he didn't know them himself.
But one shouldn't be too harsh on an old man nearing eighty.
Hiruzen, who is not even seventy when resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation during the Fourth Great Ninja War, showed less strength than Rayleigh did today.
The other three Hokage were all showing off, and only he was playing house with the Konoha 12.
"Wh-what's going on here!?"
A somewhat familiar voice came from the side.
Looking sideways, he saw Sentomaru had arrived with a squad of Marines.
Seeing the black inferno burning across the area, even Sentomaru, who had experienced the Summit War, couldn't help but get goosebumps.
The unknown is the most frightening.
"Oh~ Base Commander Sentomaru. Fancy meeting you again so soon."
Jin immediately dispersed his Susanoo, walking over to greet Sentomaru while pointing at Rayleigh.
"I caught another pirate. Please hand over the bounty."
Sentomaru and his group followed Jin's pointing finger.
Seeing the old man kneeling on one knee, his mouth full of blood, they were so shocked their eyes nearly popped out.
"D-Dark King?!"
For a moment, Sentomaru even doubted he was in a dream.
'The vice-captain of the Pirate King, who could fight old man Kizaru to a standstill two years ago, was... was defeated by this kid?'
"B-Base Commander Sentomaru! Look over there!"
At that moment, one of Sentomaru's subordinates pointed to the right front.
Sentomaru turned his head and saw, on another Yarukiman Mangrove tree also burning with black flames, Bartholomew Kuma, the progenitor of Pacifista, was nailed to the trunk!
'He defeated a legendary pirate and a Warlord of the Sea!?'
Sentomaru thought Luffy, who dared to storm Marine Headquarters and wreak havoc at the Summit War just a year after his debut, was already outrageous enough.
He never expected an even fiercer rookie to appear now!
"The bounty."
Seeing Sentomaru remain silent for so long, Jin's smile faded, his expression turning somewhat unfriendly.
"W-we don't have that much money at the base... Let me notify the Headquarters."
Sentomaru swallowed with difficulty.
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Marine Headquarters, New Marineford, now relocated to the New World.
"What!?"
Sakazuki, who had defeated Kuzan a year ago and taken over the Fleet Admiral's position from Sengoku, dropped the cigar from his mouth.
He even doubted his own ears.
'Dark King was defeated?'
'The [Right Hand of the Pirate King], the legendary pirate, Silvers Rayleigh, was defeated?'
In fact, he didn't need to be so surprised.
After all, during the Summit War, he had also severely injured Newgate, another legend.
He just had his kill stolen by the shameless Blackbeard.
"Yes, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki. The one who did it is a boy who calls himself 'Jin'..."
The voice coming from the Den Den Mushi on Sakazuki's desk was Sentomaru's.
"Hey! Wait, what are you doing?"
However, before Sentomaru could finish, Sakazuki heard commotion on the other end of the line.
Then, the voice from the Den Den Mushi suddenly changed.
Sentomaru's voice was replaced by that of a boy, estimated to be around fourteen or fifteen.
"Yo~ Admiral Akainu, oh no, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki, hello there."
At Sabaody Archipelago, Jin, who had snatched the receiver from Sentomaru, laughed.
"You'll follow the rules and give me that over 4 billion Berry bounty for Rayleigh, right?"
Jin asked lightly.
After all, that was over 4 billion.
And Jin himself quite wanted to exchange a few words with this world's number one wronged leader.
After all, looking across the entire 2D World, the only leader who could compare to him in misery was probably Gin from the Black Organization.