"Where are your Admirals?"
"Hand Momonosuke over immediately! Make him announce his surrender!"
Everyone in the city stared in shock at Azure Dragon Kaido, who had reappeared amid the sea of flames.
"How is Mr. Straw Hat?" Hyogoro shouted anxiously.
"I'm truly sorry, though this ending is rather boring."
"Straw Hat Luffy is already dead!" Azure Dragon Kaido announced Luffy's death.
The moment those words fell, the entire place went silent.
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Luffy is dead?"
Nami froze on the spot, while the exhausted Law and Kid nearby were equally shaken.
"Straw Hat's 'voice' has disappeared!"
"So he still couldn't match one of the Four Emperors?"
Even Garp, inside the Empty Throne Hall, looked grim as he stared at Luffy lying on the ground with his eyes rolled back.
His fists were clenched tightly, silver-gray glimmers flickering across their surfaces.
They could not sense his aura, so they could not determine whether he was alive or dead. They could only believe Kaido's words.
More importantly, it really looked that way, and it matched their expectations.
Zephyr, Shiki, Newgate, and the others nearby were in no better mood.
After all, they had watched Luffy's journey ever since he set sail.
Even knowing it was fake, they had still grown attached to him.
As an old friend, Zephyr patted Garp on the shoulder. "That's enough, Garp. Let's properly raise the real Luffy."
Kaido was unwilling to say anything at that moment, since it would be too easy to completely enrage Garp.
"How could that be? What happened to Luffy? This kind of thing..."
Chopper staggered back in disbelief, tears of grief spilling from his eyes.
"Who else wants to stand against me? Step forward! I'm not done having fun yet!"
Azure Dragon Kaido looked down at the crowd and roared, murderously fierce.