Sky Island

"Admiral Sakazuki, Fleet Admiral Sengoku wants to see you in his office."

"Understood!"

Akainu walked along the roads of Marineford, Joni, a socially anxious child, tightly held onto Akainu's trouser leg, following closely behind him.

Then she watched as the Marines they passed along the way greeted Uncle Sakazuki.

"You bastard, Akainu!"

Pushing open the Fleet Admiral's office, Sengoku's scolding and a stack of documents thrown at him greeted them.

"Mr. Sengoku, there's no need for such anger!"

Akainu caught the stack of documents and slowly walked to the side to sit down. Joni waited for him outside the door.

He looked at the reports in the documents, which were all about the significant impact of the fight he and Cifer had on Rexeno.

"Do you know that the fight you two had changed the entire terrain of Rexeno!"

Sengoku stood up and walked towards Akainu, stopping in front of him:

"If Jonathan hadn't called me and I hadn't sent people to block the news in advance, reports about you would have been everywhere by now!"

"I just ran into that guy and couldn't hold back for a moment."

Akainu appeared indifferent, so what if the news got out? That guy was his colleague.

Sengoku was also full of helplessness. Having three Admirals like this, none of them gave him any peace. And that old bastard had run off to the East Blue for vacation.

It would be great if Cifer could become a Shichibukai as soon as possible. The seas needed a pirate like him, who possessed deterrence and held Justice in his heart, to join the Shichibukai.

When the outside world saw such powerful individuals willing to stand on the Marines' side, it would naturally and invisibly strengthen the Marines' authority.

"Little Joni, come in!"

As Akainu's voice fell, a pretty little girl quickly ran in from outside the door and stood beside Akainu.

"Nani~ Where did you abduct such a cute little Marine from..."

On the shore of Sky Island.

"Sisi~ Sisi~"

"What a cute little fox~"

At some point, a snow-white fox walked up to Tina, instantly captivating her.

"That's my pet, its name is Sisi!"

A beautiful girl with two small white wings on her back walked out of a house by the shore, smiling.

"It's an Angel!"

Wright and Gan Fall's eyes widened. In the Great Pirate Era, beautiful women were not uncommon, but they had never seen an Angel before.

"My name is Conis, I'm a resident of Sky Island~"

"No need for further explanation. I need to go to God's Island to see Enel."

Cifer interrupted her next words. His purpose for coming to Sky Island was singular: to deal with that guy first, then explore slowly, to prevent him from causing more slaughter.

"Sir! That person is the God of our Sky Island!"

Conis trembled all over, startled. After arriving at Sky Island, others couldn't wait to avoid Enel and tried every means to return to the Blue Sea. This person in front of them was actually going to find him right away!

"Hahahaha, kid, you can't just meet a God whenever you want!"

A group wearing white berets descended the stairs leading to the town.

Just as Conis was about to salute the man in the beret at the front, their eyes went white and they collapsed on the ground.

"Gan Fall, how long were you planning to watch from the side?"

After being exposed by Cifer, the old man in armor, who had been hiding nearby, also came out, leading his Pierre.

"The former God?!"

Conis felt her brain couldn't keep up. The man in front of her had illegally entered, then, using some unknown method, knocked out the beret squad, and now he was calling out the former God!

Tina's mind was also in turmoil. Cifer didn't seem to respect the islanders here very much, appearing as if he was going to fight their God as soon as he arrived.

"Mr. Cifer, do you perhaps also have the ability of Mantra?"

Gan Fall couldn't figure out how he had been discovered. The only possibility was that he possessed Mantra.

"Just assume I do. Take me to find the descendants of the original Jaya residents."

Cifer thought carefully. Just dealing with Enel wasn't enough. Even if Sky Island was rid of Enel and his subordinates, the conflict between the original inhabitants and the original Jaya residents would still remain unresolved.

Since he was here, he naturally had to resolve it all at once.

Gan Fall looked at Cifer's unrefusable gaze and recalled his immense power, then asked:

"What do you want with them? If you intend to persecute them, I will stop you even if it costs me my old life!"

When he was in office, he had always advocated for peaceful resolution of the conflict between the two sides. The Shandia residents were like his own people, how could he take this powerful and unknown person to find them!

Meanwhile, in Shandia, Kumogakure.

"Aisa, are you saying there are more unauthorized intruders?"

A man with a tattoo on his left eye and a cigarette in his mouth looked at the child beside him.

"Yeah! Their presence seems to be with Gan Fall, and it looks like they've already dealt with the Berets! My Mantra couldn't sense the Berets' voices for a moment!"

Aisa, hiding behind a girl, looked fearfully at the man before her—the "War Oni," Wappa!

"Could it be that that guy is finally going to resist Enel?" Wappa pondered, smoking.

He disliked anyone called a "God." In his eyes, both Enel and Gan Fall were targets to be defeated. However, Gan Fall had always pursued peaceful measures, so he hadn't truly clashed with him.

Ever since Enel became the new God of Sky Island, the entire island had been shrouded in his shadow. Wappa's desire to defeat him and reclaim their homeland wasn't something new.

If Gan Fall and those from the Blue Sea could take down one or two Priests, perhaps their time to fight back would finally be here!

"They seem to be heading this way!"

Aisa, uncharacteristically, had hidden behind Wappa, whom she usually described as "more terrifying than a demon." This was because she felt someone terrifying was among those approaching!

Wappa immediately gathered all of Shandia's warriors. Seeing his serious expression, everyone knew something major was about to happen.

"This is quite lively. You don't mind a few more people joining, do you?"

A sudden voice called out, and Cifer's group appeared in Kumogakure.

"Gan Fall, what is the meaning of this?!"

Wappa drew his Burning Cannon.

"There are a few people here who wish to meet you."

Gan Fall stepped aside, and Cifer and his three companions slowly walked up to Wappa. After their brief conversation, Wappa realized that Cifer had a certain understanding of Sky Island and Shandia.

Furthermore, after Cifer displayed his terrifying power, Gan Fall believed he could definitely solve the problem that had plagued Sky Island for 400 years!

"I am here to help you resolve the issues between Shandia and Sky Island. As for this person," Cifer pointed to Cricket beside him, "he is here to verify a rumor from 400 years ago."

"400 years ago? Could you be..."

Wappa clearly recalled a close friend of his ancestor, the Great Warrior Calgara.

"I am Mont Blanc Cricket, and I have come here to prove that my ancestor once visited the Golden City!"

Cricket was already in tears. Cifer's deliberate introduction made his intention clear: these people were originally from Jaya! Surely, someone among their ancestors knew his own ancestor!

Wappa didn't doubt him. The chestnut on Cricket's head alone was very similar to the descriptions left by his ancestors. The promise they couldn't fulfill, let them be the ones to complete it!

"This time, we must light up the fires of Shandora!"