Ark Maxim Activated! Threatening the Five Elders!

After saying that, Haku shot a glare at the agents lurking in the shadows, and they felt their scalps tingle.

The Den Den Mushi was silent for a moment on the other end, clearly recalling the reports from his subordinates.

The Five Elders' Birthmark then spoke in a slightly calmer tone, though his attitude remained firm: "In the end, that Celestial Dragon was still injured at your hands, wasn't he?"

Haku curled his lip and said, "He brought it on himself. Even though he saw lightning all around me, he still charged in and stabbed me."

"You!..." The Five Elders' Birthmark was a bit choked up by that sarcastic remark.

"Alright! If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now!" With that, Haku actually reached out to put the receiver down.

"Wait!" A frantic voice came from the other end. Clearly, Haku's rogue behavior had caught them off guard.

"Don't you intend to give an explanation for this?" The Five Elders' Birthmark's voice came through again.

Haku grinned brightly at that, bringing the receiver back to his mouth. "You old bastard!"

As he spoke, he planted his foot on Saint Charlos's body.

"Your **, do you have any idea I got shot dozens of times by this pig for no reason, and then he came at me with a knife?"

"And I held back the whole time. Believe me, I'll kill this Celestial Dragon right now! Then I'll defect from the Marines!!!"

Aokiji's face went pale at that. "Hey, hey, hey! Haku, that's no joke!"

But Haku wasn't joking. If it weren't for Old Man Garp, he really would have defected from the Marines.

This threat from Haku left the Five Elders' Birthmark completely silent.

Then the Five Elders' Sword spoke up: "Kid! Aren't you afraid we'll destroy you?!"

Hearing that, Haku's lips curled into a disdainful smirk. As Aokiji watched in shock, a bolt of lightning shot from Haku's wrist into the sky, and a thunderclap roared down!

It struck the Ark Maxim, docked at the harbor.

Crack, crack, crack!

The Ark Maxim began to hum with power, and endless black clouds drifted over the Red Line.

After doing that, Haku said into the Den Den Mushi, "Guess what? If countless lightning bolts rain down on Marineford, can you high-and-mighty Celestial Dragons withstand them?"

"You bastard! You little brat, what have you done?!"

After hearing Haku's threatening words, the Five Elders finally noticed the anomaly in the sky above Holy Land Marijoa.

Haku laughed, and it was a brilliant one.

He said into the Den Den Mushi, "I'm a reasonable man, you know."

Reasonable my ass! Where are you reasonable?! Can you dare to talk to us after you remove the thunderclouds over Marijoa?!

The Five Elders could only rage impotently in their minds.

But Haku, oblivious, continued, "After all, this whole thing started because of your Celestial Dragons. So just transfer some war funds to the Marines' account. I'm not asking for much—just five or six billion Belly."

"Consider it compensation for my mental anguish."

"You're extorting us, you know that?!" The Five Elders' Birthmark ground out through clenched teeth.

"Yeah, you can see it that way. What's the matter? Can't even the mighty Celestial Dragons spare five or six billion Belly?" Haku said with a smile.

The Five Elders' Birthmark glanced at the sky over Marijoa, exchanged looks with the others, and then agreed, "Fine, I'll pay!"

"That's more like it! Why be so stingy? Five or six billion is nothing compared to the Tengyōkin, right?" Haku couldn't resist one last jab.

Before the other side could flare up again, Haku said directly, "Alright, send the money. Once it's in, I'll clear the thunderclouds over Marijoa right away."

Aokiji was now standing beside Haku, drenched in sweat. He had watched Haku's whole string of crazy stunts from start to finish.

As for why Aokiji didn't stop Haku's reckless behavior? Aokiji could only say, I can't beat him.

A moment later, Sengoku called again.

Haku picked up the Den Den Mushi with a grin and said, "Got the money, Marshal?"

That question left Sengoku silent for a moment. He then asked, "Haku, did you do something?"

This was hard to explain! But judging by the situation, Sengoku must have received the Belly, so Haku didn't hesitate to say, "Ask Kuzan for the details. I've got things to do. I'll be back at Marineford tomorrow."

"I'm hanging up now!" With that, before Sengoku could react, Haku hung up on him.

And Haku tossed the Den Den Mushi to Kuzan, who still hadn't snapped out of it.

Then the still-connected Five Elders' Birthmark said, "Kid! Since the money's been received, can you get rid of that thing in the sky now?"

"Of course!" In fact, Haku had already started dispersing the thunderclouds when Sengoku called.

But it would take at least ten minutes for them to fully dissipate, and Haku didn't want to listen to the Five Elders' nonsense. He decisively hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Aokiji then spoke up, "Haku, aren't you afraid the Five Elders will strip you of your Admiral rank for being this reckless?"

Haku shot Aokiji a glance and said, "Only if they're willing to let me go. But those old geezers won't easily let go of someone whose strength can clearly threaten the World Government."

Aokiji nodded. That made sense. Even though he hadn't seen Haku in over half a year, he could still tell from the little details that Haku's strength had grown far beyond what it was when he first became an Admiral.

And if the Five Elders really did strip Haku of his Admiral rank, causing Garp to retire early, that would stir up a huge mess.

After all, in the world of pirates, the Hero of the Marines, Garp, was a globally recognized figure and the living recruitment poster for the Marines.

If the grandson he had painstakingly trained to become an admiral were to be dismissed because of some Celestial Dragon, the Marines would definitely be in an uproar first!

The ten-plus minutes passed fairly quickly. Since Haku had only obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit not long ago, dispersing the thunderclouds in the sky was still a bit of a struggle for him.

As for why he could already wield the Devil Fruit ability to threaten Holy Land Marijoa so soon after eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit...

Well, that could only be blamed on Enel's poor development of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. What could you do? That guy who called himself a god all day only lived in his own little world.

"Whew! Done." Haku let out a light breath and said.

Just then, Aokiji spoke up with a puzzled tone: "What you just used was a Devil Fruit ability, right?"