"Hello, Kong. You're the Commander-in-Chief of the World Government's entire military, right?" Zhu Mang said.
"That's right! You're that utterly rebellious little bastard!" Kong roared as he looked at the Den Den Mushi before him, whose head was bobbing as a distinctive tuft of black hair sprang out.
"Oh dear, oh dear, you're too loud. So noisy. And besides..." Zhu Mang hurriedly held the Den Den Mushi farther away. "Rebellious? I never became a dog for the Celestial Dragons, so how am I rebellious? Since you're a centenarian, I won't hold that against you. But since you took the initiative to call, please tell the Five Elders that Saiyan Gebinz will be visiting them shortly to discuss the transfer of the World Government."
"Bastard..."
"I already gave you a chance. If you say one more word, I'll... hmm..." Zhu Mang turned to Sengoku. "Holy Land Mary Geoise should be roughly in that direction, right?"
Sengoku's mind had not quite caught up yet, and he nodded instinctively.
Zhu Mang's lips curled upward as he extended his free hand.
Bzzzz—
A dazzling white light gathered in his palm. The terrifying airflow made the air around them tremble. Apart from the Den Den Mushi and Granny Tsuru, who were protected by his energy, Garp and Sengoku could only barely withstand the blast by covering themselves in Armament Haki Armor and assuming a fully defensive stance, preventing themselves from being blown away.
"You..." Sengoku widened his eyes, about to stop him.
The next moment...
BOOM!!
The charged energy wave erupted from Zhu Mang's hand and shot toward the Red Line.
Kong frowned. "What are you trying to do, little... Gebinz!"
"Don't rush. Let the bullet fly for a while~" Zhu Mang lowered his hand with a relaxed expression.
Sabaody Archipelago.
The enormous square remained in chaos.
The massive screen had now gone completely dark—the Visual Den Den Mushi at Marine Headquarters had been cut off.
Yet rather than leaving, even more people gathered there.
Everyone was discussing what had just happened at Marineford.
Just then, a tremendous rumble faintly sounded overhead, drawing everyone's attention.
"My God, look! What is that?!" Someone looked up, his mouth falling open in shock and refusing to close for a long while.
The same expression appeared on the faces of everyone who looked up.
On the enormous towering wall of the Red Line, diagonally above Sabaody Archipelago—the rock barrier that separated the first half of the Grand Line from the second—an enormous ball of light had appeared.
When the ball of light struck the Red Line, the entire Red Line trembled, as though it were groaning in pain.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the ball of light had already burrowed into the Red Line.
The Red Line's trembling and groaning only became more violent.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble rumble—
Countless chunks of shattered rock crashed down amid the tremors.
Even those that looked tiny from afar turned out, upon falling into the nearby sea, to be massive boulders dozens of meters across!
"Run!"
"The Red Line is collapsing!!"
"Ahhh!!!"
The people on Sabaody Archipelago immediately fled like mad toward the tree islands farther from the Red Line.
Only after the shaking gradually subsided and rocks stopped falling did they dare stop and see what had happened.
What they saw shocked them even more.
At a height roughly four or five thousand meters above sea level, the towering Red Line now had a massive, clearly visible hole in it!
A rough estimate put the hole's diameter at nearly a thousand meters. It looked as though a huge chunk had been carved out of the Red Line.
But compared to its diameter, what was even more terrifying was its depth...
From the ground, it appeared almost bottomless!
"That hole... could the other side be the New World?"
"What exactly was that ball of light? It punched straight through the Red Line?!!"
"Oh my God, what has happened to this world? Where did that ball of light come from?"
"It was Marine Headquarters. It must have been Marine Headquarters! This is a declaration of war against the World Government!!!"
Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Inside a Celestial Dragon's room.
A fat, pig-like Celestial Dragon was enjoying fine food while watching two beautiful "commoners" fight naked.
"Kill her! Hit her in the head, Number 7! If you don't kill her, I'll kill you!"
"Number 23, put some strength into it! Fight back! Haven't you eaten?"
The two human women, covered in wounds, could only grit their teeth and fight under the fat Celestial Dragon's orders.
It was clear that Number 7's eyes had already gone numb, because she had been here for a long time.
Number 23, meanwhile, had only recently been bought. She had once been the wife of a pirate at sea. When her pirate crew landed on Sabaody Archipelago, this fat Celestial Dragon had taken a liking to her.
As a result, the entire pirate crew had been wiped out, leaving only her behind to become the fat Celestial Dragon's twenty-third wife.
But calling her his wife was merely a pretense. In truth, she was only his toy.
Though she had been assigned Number 23, only five were still alive.
If nothing unexpected happened, there would be only four left after today.
Just then.
Rumble!
The ground shook violently.
"W-What's happening?!" The fat Celestial Dragon was caught off guard, slipping from his chair and crashing to the floor as he screamed in terror.
This is my chance! A flash of light appeared in Number 23's despairing eyes.
Without hesitation, she abandoned her fight with Number 7, lunged at the fat Celestial Dragon, wrapped her arms around him, and viciously bit down on his ear.
"Ahhh—"
"Saint Charlmaco!"
Because they were in the Holy Land, and because of the sudden quake, the CP0 agent had let his guard down slightly. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead as he used Soru to dash forward, then followed with a Finger Pistol that instantly pierced Number 23's head.
"Damned slave! Damned trash!! Ahhh, my ear!!!" Saint Charlmaco clutched his ear and wailed endlessly.
Inside the Commander-in-Chief's office.
Kong sat behind his desk. Tall stacks of documents had fallen everywhere, the calligraphy paintings on the walls had crashed to the floor, and the vases in the corners had toppled over as well... the entire office was a complete mess.
His expression was as dark as water.
That tremor had come right after Gebinz on the other end of the Den Den Mushi had finished speaking.
So it had to be directly related to him.
Though Kong did not know what he had done, he had actually shaken the Red Line!
He truly possessed the power to threaten the World Government!!!
"That was only a small warning. I used less than one percent of my strength," the man's voice sounded again from the Den Den Mushi. But now, Kong no longer dared underestimate the young man on the other end.
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