The Steal Is On, and Another Emperor Falls

Uchiha Jobu barely got a chance to show what he could do. He had only just decided to display his power when he saw Red-Haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, turn tail and run.

Jobu couldn't make heads or tails of it.

That didn't stop the whole world from learning his name. A man whom even one of the Four Emperors dared not face head-on was someone countless people across the seas could only look up to.

The sight of Red-Haired Shanks turning and fleeing left countless viewers of the broadcast slack-jawed. If even one of the Four Emperors who ruled the New World dared not fight him, just how powerful was this Shichibukai? Could he be the new World's Strongest?

Driven by that question, intelligence agencies began digging up everything they could about Uchiha Jobu. They collected even unverified reports.

Hidden observers also recorded Uchiha Madara's clash with Whitebeard. The devastating shockwaves from their head-on blows made for a spectacle beyond anything else. Their Haki alone could split the sky. One could only imagine the destruction if they truly went all out.

But compared with the two strongest men, who favored contests of raw strength, the battle between a Marine Admiral and an Emperor was even more dazzling. Their powers collided as they pushed their Devil Fruit abilities to the limit. Magma rose into a towering wave and crashed toward the massive figure who swung his blade hard enough to shatter space.

Big Mom grinned savagely and struck from a distance with Conqueror's Haki. Her Conqueror's Coating attack punched straight through the towering wave and even blasted Marine Admiral Akainu away despite his elemental form.

Akainu fell toward the sea. Just before he hit it, he used his Devil Fruit ability to create a patch of boiling magma