World's Backlash, Punk Hazard and Marine Admiral Kizaru

Night.

A strange sense of vigilance made Minos's heart pound. He looked around but found no danger.

"What's going on? This feeling... in my consciousness space?"

Slowly immersing his spirit into his consciousness space, Minos received a message from Golden Paradise that left him speechless.

When Karma Points are accumulated to a certain extent, the World Consciousness will retaliate! Except for the first time Minos traveled to this world, which could be considered bringing Karma Points with him, every time he accumulates a certain amount of Karma Points from now on, he will encounter some "trials" sent down by heaven.

"What kind of ancient infinite flow setting is this?! Are they going to pull a Final Destination on me!"

Just as Minos finished complaining in his heart, the Great Sea, which was originally calm, suddenly changed, and an incredibly powerful Upward Sea Current instantly hit their flagship, sending the entire ship flying into the sky.

The suddenness of the event caught everyone off guard. Even Katakuri, without actively using his Observation Haki, did not anticipate such a terrifying natural disaster. Screams erupted from everyone on the ship.

At that moment, the previously calm and azure sky was suddenly engulfed by a fierce wind. In less than half a minute, the weather escalated from calm seas to a hurricane of dozens of levels!

Even with the ever-changing climate of the New World, such a drastic change in such a short period was extremely rare.

What's more, this climate change occurred without any warning. Even the navigators belonging to the Charlotte Pirates were completely unprepared.

In the terrifying gale, the ship was tossed around in the sky like a tiny toy.

"Everyone pay attention!" Katakuri shouted, immediately activating his Devil Fruit's awakened ability. The entire ship was instantly petrified by his power, and countless mochi arms extended, grabbing everyone.

At the same time, overflowing mochi masses enveloped the entire ship. This non-Newtonian fluid exhibited extremely strong defensive capabilities, protecting the entire ship from significant damage.

"This is truly a disaster out of nowhere! Fortunately, I'm on Katakuri's ship now. Otherwise, with this weather, even if I weren't a Devil Fruit user, I probably wouldn't have survived."

Minos, tightly wrapped in the mochi mass, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but a faint worry lingered in his heart.

"The backlash from the World Consciousness... it shouldn't be this simple!"

The storm finally subsided, and the entire ship plummeted from the sky, crashing onto the sea with a loud boom. It was almost shattered. If Katakuri hadn't used the Mochi Mochi Fruit to tightly bind the ship, this otherwise excellent pirate ship within the Charlotte Family would have likely splintered into a pile of planks on the spot.

Even so, the awakened Homie ship fell completely silent, it was unclear whether it had fallen asleep or was completely finished.

A group of people gradually walked onto the deck. Fortunately, after a headcount, apart from the loss of a few Homies, no other crew members were harmed.

"Where exactly are we?" Charlotte Daifuku asked, still disoriented.

"Look there! An island!" Violet pointed into the distance and said.

Minos also activated his Clairvoyance and looked into the distance. About ten kilometers away, there was indeed an island.

However, it was less an island and more a fortress. Deep, sturdy defensive walls guarded the island's coastline. The walls were nearly tens of meters high, making it impossible to see the interior of the island.

On the surface of the defensive walls, a dense, intricate network of fine wires was laid out, with complex pipes crisscrossing it. Lightning and sparks occasionally flashed on the wire mesh, clearly indicating a protective electric fence designed for strong defense.

With the sharp gaze of Minos's Evil Eye, he could still see warning signs of "Do Not Touch" deliberately hung on the electric fence.

Seeing this, Minos had a bad premonition: "Are there islands with such strict defenses in the New World? And it looks so high-tech..."

"Judging by the orderly appearance of this island, it doesn't look like a pirate stronghold... Did we end up at some Marine base?"

Just as Minos was lost in thought, a golden stream of light shot out from the island. Then, the sky suddenly lit up with golden light, and countless golden projectiles were fired towards the people on the ship.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

The new Marine Admiral, the Glint-Glint Fruit user, Kizaru!

In an instant, Minos understood. This was Marine's scientific base, the location of Vegapunk: Punk Hazard!

"Damn it!" Minos's mouth was filled with bitterness. In a way, this place was almost more dangerous than Marine's main base in the New World, G1.

At the G1 base, there wouldn't always be a Marine Admiral stationed!

Furthermore, if they attacked a Marine base, other bases might not send reinforcements, and the Marine base itself might not call for help.

But if they came to Punk Hazard, the other Marines would go berserk to surround and suppress their entire crew!

Katakuri, who had already foreseen this attack with his Observation Haki, did not hesitate to use his awakened ability to generate countless mochi arms, blocking Kizaru's attack.

"Yo..., so it's the Charlotte Pirates' finest creation." Kizaru, standing in the sky, nonchalantly picked at his fingernails. "You even managed to find Marine's newest research base. You're not called the most well-informed pirate crew in the New World for nothing. I guess I can't underestimate you."

The mochi arms gradually retracted, and the ship returned to its original appearance. Katakuri's expression darkened slightly. What do you mean, they could find Marine's newest research base? They were thrown here by a hurricane!

Katakuri didn't believe that this monkey hadn't seen their miserable state. His current words were no different from blatant mockery.

In fact, Kizaru was also quite troubled. Punk Hazard was not accessible by Log Pose, so theoretically, very few people would ever come here. The so-called guard duty, in Kizaru's opinion, was just clocking in and slacking off.

Who would have thought that the Charlotte Pirates would just fall out of the sky? Their luck was... hard to say if it was good or bad.

Ordinary pirate crews would be one thing, but a large fleet like the Charlotte Pirates could pose a significant threat to the entire Punk Hazard, and they would 100% have the intention to do so.

—As long as they knew that Vegapunk was on this research base.

Therefore, this battle was now unavoidable!