"Whitebeard has broken through Marine Headquarters!"
"Whitebeard has stormed onto the Red Line Continent!"
"Whitebeard has wiped out the World Government!"
Terrified, shrill cries rose and fell across the Headquarters training ground before rapidly spreading into the outside world.
After witnessing the appearance of "Whitebeard" with her own eyes and being subjected to the onlookers' "demonic noise piercing her ears," Peacock was startled for a moment.
But once she got a clear look at the so-called "Whitebeard," she was rendered completely speechless.
A perfectly round head, with a belly like a ball.
His entire body was also pale and pasty.
To put it bluntly.
He looked exactly like a shoddy clay doll produced in some unlicensed handicraft workshop.
Apart from that white crescent-shaped mustache.
How could the "Whitebeard" before Peacock possess even a trace of the World's Strongest Man's domineering presence and bearing?
This Whitebeard is just Storm putting on a ridiculous act, isn't he!?
Peacock had inherited Vice Admiral Tsuru's sharp mind and instantly assessed the situation.
This ability should be the [Clay Fruit] Admiral Kuzan mentioned earlier!?
Storm had no time to care about the reactions of the Marines watching.
At that moment, all his attention was focused on controlling "Whitebeard."
He had already realized the problem when he created the "Little White Dragon" earlier.
The [Demon Ring] could help him use the power of a Devil Fruit without expending anything.
But it could not immediately raise his level of Devil Fruit development.
A Nine-Star [Demon Ring] did not mean Nine-Star Devil Fruit development!
The Big Trophy had long since indicated Storm's level of development with the [Clay Fruit].
[Devil Fruit Fruit: ☆]
In actual combat, a "☆"-level development manifested as this shoddy version of "Whitebeard."
To be fair.
Storm also felt that the "Whitebeard Clay Doll" he had created was terribly crude.
It faintly possessed the charm of "imitating Whitebeard, becoming Whitebeard, and ending up inferior to Whitebeard II."
But in the middle of battle, he had no time to painstakingly refine this "Whitebeard the Third."
Time to go!
Peacock's earlier whip attack had not caused "Whitebeard the Third" the slightest harm.
Instead, because of "Whitebeard the Third's" appearance, Peacock's whip had sunk deeply into its left arm.
Storm controlled "Whitebeard the Third" as it extended its left hand, clenched the long whip, and gave it a hard tug.
Peacock immediately felt a powerful force. The whip nearly slipped from her grasp.
She gritted her teeth and dispelled the ability.
The incredibly slender soft whip promptly shortened and returned to its original form.
A gleaming sword appeared in Peacock's hand.
Just as Storm had guessed earlier.
Peacock had joined the SWORD Unit right after him and eaten the [Whip-Whip Fruit].
However, since she had only just eaten the fruit and had barely developed its abilities, she had been completely unable to bring out the [Whip-Whip Fruit's] control effects.
By reverting the "whip" into a "sword," she had taken the opportunity to retrieve her weapon.
Storm was not discouraged. He controlled "Whitebeard the Third" as it spread its elephant-like thick legs and charged toward Peacock.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every step "Whitebeard the Third" took produced a tremendous boom and left a string of enormous footprints in the ground.
The "Headquarters elites" watching the battle erupted in another burst of demonic noise.
This time, Peacock's heart was as still as water, and she was no longer affected by the people around her.
"Whitebeard the Third" raised its huge palm, as large as a millstone, and slapped it toward Peacock, stirring up a fierce gust of wind.
Peacock did not panic in the slightest. She stamped her foot, successfully borrowing force from the invisible air.
She shot into the sky like a bird, evading "Whitebeard the Third's" slap.
Rokushiki: Geppo!
"You bastard!"
Peacock looked down arrogantly at the white giant below.
"Who are you, anyway!?"
"Whitebeard the Third!"
Storm raised his head and swung his enormous palm once more, slapping at Peacock in midair.
"Edward Teach!"
"Who is this guy!?"
Peacock let out a sharp cry.
She concentrated all her strength in her legs, rapidly contracting them before instantly extending them and delivering a powerful kick that surpassed the speed of sound.
Rankyaku: Flying Crane!
Shriek—
A short, piercing crane's cry seemed to ring out across the Headquarters training ground.
Peacock's powerful kick swept up the surrounding air and condensed it into a sharp slashing wave shaped like a white crane.
The Flying Crane's speed was astonishing.
In the blink of an eye, it flew from the sky to "Whitebeard the Third's" face.
Storm had transformed into "Whitebeard the Third," and his enormous body had cost him the agility and speed he should have possessed.
"Whitebeard the Third" had no time to react. Maintaining its original posture, it was struck head-on by the Flying Crane.
The sharp vacuum slash tore through the soft clay with ease.
"Whitebeard the Third's" right arm was severed below the elbow on the spot.
The Flying Crane, still carrying its momentum, continued downward and carved a deep ravine into the Headquarters training ground.
Boom!
After the deafening explosion.
Only then did "Whitebeard the Third's" severed right arm fall to the ground, smashing directly into a lump of "white flatbread."
"Haah... haah..."
After unleashing her full strength, Peacock was inevitably breathing hard.
She could not even continue maintaining Geppo and was forced to fall from the sky.
Yet throughout it all, Peacock's eyes remained fixed on "Whitebeard the Third," not missing a single movement.
Although one of his arms had clearly been kicked off, Storm was completely unaffected.
He had not even felt the slightest pain.
After all, the one taking the beating was "Whitebeard the Third." What did that have to do with Storm?
Taking advantage of Peacock's brief period of exhaustion after her outburst.
Storm swung "Whitebeard the Third's" intact left arm, spinning it like a giant windmill.
"Tyrant Dragon Wings Fluttering Flight!"
The instant those words left his mouth.
"Whitebeard the Third's" left arm detached from its body and shot toward Peacock like a cannonball.
The white "clay cannonball" flew through the air.
It rapidly grew a head, a pair of wings, a tail, and four short legs...
It looked just like a legendary four-legged flying dragon!
Dragon Impact!
The white dragon viciously slammed toward Peacock, who had landed on the ground.
But the attack was far too obvious and failed to produce the desired result.
Peacock nimbly dodged to the right and successfully avoided the white dragon's charge.
Bang!
The white dragon ultimately crashed into the training ground, instead smashing itself into a shapeless lump of clay.
Listening to the "death wail" coming from behind her, Peacock's lips curled into a faint smile.
But just then.
A rapid sound of something tearing through the air came from behind her.
That white dragon just now... Could it have been Storm—
Sensing danger approaching, Peacock instinctively turned around. Out of the corner of her eye, she immediately caught sight of a fist.
A human fist that was rapidly growing larger!
Intentional Punch!
Storm had somehow appeared behind Peacock without her noticing.
He raised a fist the size of a sandbag and ruthlessly drove it into Peacock's lower abdomen.
Just one second earlier, Peacock had still been smugly basking in her success.
The next second, Storm's fist slammed into her abdomen.
The flamboyant Peacock instantly turned into a curled-up "shrimp."
After being struck in the abdomen, Peacock immediately staggered backward.
At the end of her "flight path" stood "Whitebeard the Third," still upright and unshaken.
Bang!
Peacock crashed straight into "Whitebeard the Third's" body, like a bird throwing itself into a net.
She struggled to resist, but the excruciating pain in her abdomen left her unable to move for the moment.
Worse still.
"Whitebeard the Third" was like a humanoid cage, trapping her firmly inside.
The more Peacock struggled, the greater the pressure from the surrounding clay became.
In the end, she could only choose to concede.
"You win!"
The moment Storm received Peacock's signal of surrender.
A silver-white [Big Trophy] suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Silver Trophy: Peacock] [Trophy Star Rating: ★★★]
A Three-Star Silver Trophy? I can get one just by defeating an opponent!
Storm suppressed his urge to inspect the [Big Trophy] and calmly walked toward "Whitebeard the Third."
Under his control.
Clay ripples spread across "Whitebeard the Third's" body.
The next moment.
Peacock was "spat" out and collapsed weakly onto the ground.
"Storm..."
Peacock repeatedly drew in sharp breaths. She had just begun to say something to Storm before her.
A furious shout from the distance interrupted her.
"Whitebeard the Second!"
In the blink of an eye.
A burly, powerfully built figure seemed to flicker into existence beside Storm and Peacock.
The heavy, enormous Mechanical Arm "Crusher" mounted in place of his right arm ruthlessly smashed into "Whitebeard the Third."
Bang!
"Whitebeard the Third's" head took a heavy blow and burst apart like fireworks.
At that moment, Zephyr froze with his fist extended.
He was known as the "Admiral Who Never Killed," and he had never killed a pirate in his life.
But why was this "Whitebeard the Second" so fragile?
At that moment, Storm froze as well.
He turned around and immediately saw Zephyr beside him.
There was also a row of big shots standing farther away.
The people watching the battle nearby were—
Headquarters Fleet Admiral Sengoku;
Headquarters Admiral Aokiji;
Headquarters Admiral Kizaru;
Hero of the Marines Garp;
As well as Gion, Tsuru, and countless other Vice Admirals.
Storm instinctively held his breath.
What did a Marine all-star lineup look like?
With this kind of combat power, could they withstand a Yonko?
"Storm! And Peacock!"
Zephyr's face was as dark as if it had been coated in Armament Haki.
"You guys, what the hell are you doing?!
"Why is everyone shouting that Whitebeard is here?"
Storm was just about to explain.
Peacock, who had already risen beside him, raised a hand and patted him on the shoulder before giving a "grand" introduction.
"The world's strongest pirate is right here!
"Teacher Zephyr, this is Whitebeard the Third!
"Edward Teach!"
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