Dimon vs. Admiral Sengoku

The remnants were stirring up trouble in the outside world, but Dimon had no interest in getting involved.

With those fools distracting the Marines and the World Government, he could use this opportunity to excavate the Ancient Weapon.

He'd dig in secret and then shock the entire world!

A month later, Kaido returned to Hachinosu Island, bringing hundreds of pirates with him.

His Pirate Martial Arts Tournament on Hachinosu Island had been a huge success, and news of the Immortality Wine had spread like wildfire, causing a frenzy.

Pirates yearning for immortality eagerly participated, and eventually, one pirate crew stood out and successfully joined the Beast Pirates.

The winner among them was a newcomer with a bounty exceeding 200 million.

Dimon generously bestowed a cup of Immortality Wine upon him.

He had plenty of Devil Points now and didn't need to ask Kaido for a Devil Fruit.

If anything, the Beast Pirates were like his original investment in the company.

With a batch of obedient pirates joining, Dimon immediately intensified the excavation progress.

Under his instruction, the Shinsengumi, using the Sword Ban, continuously arrested samurai in the Flower Capital and sent them to mine mountains.

Five years later, Sea Calendar 1489.

For those who had achieved immortality, time was less than insignificant. Dimon couldn't feel the passage of time, and the power of years left no trace on his face.

Under his rule, Wano Country was neither dark nor bleak, nor was it thriving.

Except for the samurai!

Nowadays, not a single samurai dared to walk the streets of the Flower Capital.

The Sword Ban had been enforced perfectly.

Anyone caught hiding weapons or armor would be investigated by the Oniwabanshu ninjas, followed by the Shinsengumi's deployment for a thorough search.

With this combination of actions, all the arrested samurai were sent to Fujisan.

Of course, there were those who resisted, but with the overwhelming disparity in power, their resistance was futile.

Under the strenuous labor of the samurai, who toiled like oxen and horses, Dimon finally received good news.

The Ancient Weapon had been found!

No, to be precise, an artificially excavated passage was discovered within Fujisan.

The passage led deep underground within Fujisan!

Dimon immediately ordered Albedo to seal the passage and shared the good news with Kaido.

Afterward, the two of them descended into the depths of Fujisan together.

They followed the spiral staircase downwards, walking for a long time without reaching the bottom.

Kaido couldn't help but sigh, "Five years of excavation is a massive undertaking. Who carved this passage?"

"The people of Ancient Wano, most likely."

"Ancient Wano?"

Dimon explained, "The Wano Country we are in now was built later. Ancient Wano was tens of times larger than the current one."

The current Wano Country was hundreds of meters above sea level, surrounded by giant stone walls, with rainwater accumulating to form an inland sea.

And Ancient Wano lay dormant beneath this inland sea.

After listening to the explanation, Kaido clicked his tongue in wonder, "Ohohoho... Such a history. What exactly happened during the 800 years of the Void Century?"

"I don't know."

After walking for a full fifteen minutes, they finally reached the end of the underground passage.

There was a glass window here, through which they could see the inland sea outside and the various colorful fish living in it.

Of course, what drew the most attention was the ruins of Ancient Wano slumbering deep beneath the seabed.

Dimon admired it for a moment before kicking away a stone slab blocking their path.

Emerging from the passage, they found themselves in a vast, open space.

In the center of a large platform stood a torii-like structure, and inside it was a red stone.

"Is this the Road Poneglyph you mentioned?"

"That's right. We'll make a copy later. First, let's find the Ancient Weapon."

They split up and searched around the platform but found no warships.

Finally, Dimon found a loose stone slab. Lifting it revealed stairs leading down.

Dimon thought for a moment and said, "The passage is very small. You stay here, I'll go down and take a look."

With that, he leaped down the stairs.

Kaido simply sat to the side and waited, his Observation Haki locked onto Dimon, monitoring his movements.

About half an hour later, Dimon returned.

"How did it go?"

"Found it! It's definitely a super warship, sleeping down in the sea."

Dimon's tone was a little helpless, "It's probably been dormant for too long and can't be activated. It must be missing the energy source to start it."

"What energy source?"

Dimon spread his hands, "I don't know either. Who knows what kind of energy these technological creations use. I need to find an excellent scientist."

He finally found an Ancient Weapon, only for it to be unable to activate due to lack of energy.

However, thinking about it carefully, it was quite reasonable. After all, it had been over 800 years; it would be a miracle if it could still be activated.

"I'll leave Wano Country to you for now. I'm going to find someone."

Dimon took out the Vivre Card that Stussy had given him five years ago. He hadn't expected it to be useful.

MADS was a research organization, a private, illegal research institute.

To evade pursuit by the World Government, its director, Vegapunk, had established its headquarters on a research vessel.

This way, they could flee at any time if they encountered a crisis.

In the vast ocean, without navigational coordinates, finding it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

However, for Dimon, with Stussy's Vivre Card guiding him, finding it was not difficult.

He transformed into his Devil form and flew at supersonic speed across the sea, heading towards his target.

Several hours later, the target appeared in his sight.

It wasn't an ordinary wooden sailing ship that could be seen everywhere. It was full of technological flair, yet it also looked somewhat comical.

"MADS" was written on the side of the ship, and the flag hanging from the top was "Pacifista," meaning pacifist.

"Is that... a warship?"

Dimon concentrated slightly, stopped flying, and hovered in the air.

Not far from the MADS research vessel, there was a large Marine warship.

On the deck of the warship stood many Marines, with the one leading them wearing a Justice cloak.

Dimon was very familiar with this person – Marine Admiral Sengoku!

Just then, Sengoku held up a Den Den Mushi with a speaker and said loudly:

"Vegapunk, what have you decided? Will you accept the World Government's goodwill, or will you choose to be sunk here!"

"I'll give you five more minutes. My patience is limited... Huh?!"

Suddenly, Sengoku's expression changed slightly, and he looked up sharply towards the sky.

Dimon raised his eyebrows in surprise. Such sharp senses. I had already suppressed my aura, yet he still detected me.

"You are... the Great Pirate Dimon!" Sengoku exclaimed in shock.

Dimon clapped his hands gently and descended slowly like a drifting feather, "As expected of a Marine Admiral, your Observation Haki is incredible..."

On the MADS research vessel, Vegapunk and many other scientists also noticed Dimon's presence and turned their gazes towards him.

Just then, a golden light flashed, illuminating the surroundings.

Sengoku's body expanded, instantly growing tens of meters tall, transforming into a giant golden Buddha.

"Since we've met, you're not leaving!"

With a cold snort, the Buddha extended a giant golden palm and grabbed towards Dimon.

Seeing this, Dimon drew Enma and slashed out.

The blade collided with the middle finger of the giant palm, and instantly, two waves of Conqueror's Haki clashed violently.

BOOM!!!

Like thunder, the sky and clouds were torn apart by a long rift.

The scientists stared with their mouths agape in astonishment.

"The... sky is torn?"