A flock of seagulls flapped their wings as they swept across the sky, leaving graceful arcs over the azure sea.
Not far away, a black skull-and-crossbones flag fluttered in the wind atop a two-masted sailing ship.
On the deck, more than twenty pirates armed with swords and firearms howled excitedly.
At the front of the crowd, a bald, muscular man standing two and a half meters tall raised his right hand and shouted at his men:
"Brothers! Do you see that commercial tourist ship ahead?
In a moment, we'll pull alongside it and take their money, their food, and their women!"
"Yeah!"
"Yeah!"
"Yeah!"
The twenty-odd pirates had fierce glints in their eyes and excited smiles on their faces.
The bald brute before them was their captain, Chris the Madman, with a bounty of 84 million Belly.
Their captain was a Gummy-Gummy Fruit user. He could ignore damage from any bullets or blades, and even anyone who attacked him with their fists would get stuck inside his body, unable to break free.
Thanks to this, Captain Chris always led the charge. Once he broke apart the enemy's offensive, they could swarm in and swiftly defeat their opponents!
"Fire the cannons! Block that ship's path, then we'll move in!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Upon receiving the order, the gunners immediately began bombarding the distant three-masted sailing ship.
If the other side refused to change course, their solid cannonballs would damage the hull and might even cause the ship to take on water and gradually sink. Then they could pull alongside it and board it!
However...
Just as everyone was celebrating, a figure shot into the sky from the distant three-masted ship and sped straight toward them.
"Captain! S-Someone's flying over from the sky!"
After the lookout atop the mast saw Sephiroth's wings, he