The Marines, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Seven Warlords—everyone was looking at Naruto.
Hawk-Eye Mihawk stood on a broken section of wall in the distance. He stared at Naruto's back, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"That man has made his move."
Doflamingo licked his lips and let out a strange laugh.
"Interesting. So very interesting."
"First a dual devil fruit user, and now someone who steals devil fruits."
"Both of them have their sights set on devil fruits."
"I wonder who will come out on top?"
Oars's enormous body lay at Moria's feet.
He had planned to steal Oars away in the chaos, but now he saw Naruto appear in front of Blackbeard.
"A battle over stealing devil fruits?"
Moria snorted. "Go ahead and fight. I'm leaving."
With that, he began dragging Oars's body toward the edge of the battlefield.
Empress Hancock stood at the other end of the plaza, her attention nowhere near Naruto.
"Luffy..."
She gazed in the direction Luffy had fled, one hand pressed to her chest as she murmured his name.
She did not even turn her head toward what was happening here.
Aokiji and Kizaru stood together and exchanged a glance.
"How scary. A battle over stealing devil fruits!"
Aokiji said nothing. He merely watched Naruto's back.
Both of them knew how strong Naruto was.
Blackbeard was probably going down today.
Among the surviving Whitebeard Pirates, Marco watched Naruto's sudden appearance.
He gritted his teeth, then turned to the Division Commanders behind him and said quietly, "Everyone, prepare to retreat."
"Now, while we have the chance."
Blackbeard looked at Naruto, who had appeared out of nowhere, and burst out laughing.
"I've read the reports on you!"
Holding the powers of two fruits in his hands, Blackbeard waved them at Naruto.
"You can rewrite people's memories and steal