Sabaody Archipelago, Island 45, Commercial Street.
More than sixty pirates wore savage grins as they waved their weapons and rushed into shop after shop, looting to their hearts' content.
Seeing this, pedestrians on the road fled in panic. Many shopkeepers did not even dare remain in their own stores, rushing out the doors to save their lives.
"Hahaha! Brothers! Take the money! Take the food!
"I, Quincy, am a man destined to become the Pirate King!
"These things will all be important help on my path forward..."
The speaker was a mustached man with a vicious grin, holding a longsword. He wore a blue robe and a black skull headscarf. His name was Walton Quincy, and his bounty was 51 million Belly.
Just then, Sephiroth, dressed in a black tracksuit and carrying a longsword, walked calmly against the flow of the fleeing crowd toward the pirates.
Sephiroth's expression was indifferent. The longsword in his hand swung rapidly, its tip appearing and vanishing in midair in an especially eerie manner.
With every slash of his blade, a pirate's throat was cut open in the distance!
The pirates clutched their necks with both hands, trying to stop the gushing blood, but it was all futile!
In the end, they could only struggle before collapsing onto the ground, the world in their eyes gradually fading into darkness...
"Th-This... what exactly is going on?"
Watching his subordinates die one after another, Quincy's eyes widened sharply, fear and unease filling his heart.
Quincy quickly turned his head and looked around.
Then, he noticed the source of the anomaly... the silver-haired young man walking toward them from behind him!
When the distance between them closed to just over three meters, Sephiroth's lips curved slightly into a cold smile.
"Just now... what kind of king did you