Enemy of the Entire Island

"Eh?! Rocks, what happened to you?"

"What did that monster do to you?"

Linlin, Newgate, and the others gathered around Rocks, but they did not dare approach rashly. They could only try to learn what had happened through words.

Rocks lay on the ground, his body completely beyond his control. Only the tiniest spark of consciousness remained.

Damn it, I'm going to disappear.

He could not answer his companions' calls and could only sigh inwardly.

After receiving no response for a long time, Linlin anxiously stepped toward Rocks.

At that moment, "Rocks" abruptly stood up, opened his pale white eyes, and looked down at Linlin standing close before him.

"How did you get so huge?!"

Linlin raised her head and stared at "Rocks" in disbelief.

Rocks had once been much shorter than her, yet now he stood several heads taller.

How could he have changed so much in such a short time?

As Linlin froze in shock, the Crown Shadow's hoarse voice rang out and issued an order to "Rocks."

"Use those hands of yours to wipe out the Davy Family. Kill everyone connected to them in this God Valley..."

"Run!!!"

Before the Crown Shadow could finish, rolling thunder boomed from afar, carrying clear words into the ears of Linlin and the others.

"Whether you're Marines or pirates, if you don't want to die, evacuate this island immediately! Run!"

"That was... John?"

Linlin, Newgate, and Kaido quickly recognized the owner of the voice.

The three hurriedly looked around, but there was not a trace of John anywhere.

"When did that guy sneak away?"

"Coward!"

"He's pretty righteous, though. He ran off himself, then told us to run too."

Meanwhile, on the southern coastline.

John listened to Linlin and the others through Mantra. Frustrated by their failure to live up to his expectations, his teeth itched with anger.

It was not just those three fools. The pirates and Marines alike had treated his warning as mere background noise and paid it no heed whatsoever.

Those looting treasure continued looting treasure, while those hunting pirates continued hunting pirates.

Everyone did their own thing, having a grand old time.

"These idiots!"

John was not worried about these people getting cut down by Rocks. He was worried that they would hurt Rocks.

Since Rocks being subjected to Black Transference was already a foregone conclusion, John had only one final option left...

He could not let Roger and Garp defeat Rocks!

If everyone withdrew from God Valley and Rocks was left alone on the island, Garling and those useless God's Knights would not be able to do anything to him.

As long as Rocks was not defeated and exhausted, no one would be able to finish him off!

In a sense, that would count as letting Rocks survive.

"Since you won't listen, don't blame me!"

John's expression turned fierce as he raised both hands toward the sky.

Dense purple arcs of lightning surged from the tips of his ten fingers, spreading through the atmosphere across the entire island.

Ultimate Finisher: Treasure Gathering!

Bzzzt—

As the lightning spread across the entire area, John instantly locked onto every piece of metal on the island through Mantra.

For nonmagnetic metals such as gold, he deliberately used Thunder Metallurgy from afar to turn them into liquid.

Then, the lightning laid down a complex, ever-changing network of magnetic fields in the air, forming levitation coils that allowed the liquid metal to break free of its treasure chests and float into the air.

Finally, he asymmetrically adjusted the levitation fields, deliberately weakening the lift on one side. Pulled by gravity, the liquid metal began flowing rapidly.

Eastern coastline

"I see them! Marine ships!"

Dragon held two red-haired infants in his arms. At the sight of the warships docked ahead, light burst from his eyes, and all the exhaustion in his body vanished.

Just as he was about to reach the "finish line," the metal components inside the flintlock rifle slung across his back were suddenly summoned.

"Eh?"

Dragon suddenly felt as though an invisible giant hand had seized the flintlock on his back and was dragging both the gun and the straps wrapped around him away into the distance.

Startled, he hurriedly tightened his hold on the babies. His body rose into the air and flew backward toward the other side of the island.

"Wait! The treasure!"

"My treasure!"

In the valley, pirates watched helplessly as liquid gold swept up gemstones, burst free from treasure chests, and soared away as though it had grown invisible wings.

Their eyes instantly turned red. They stopped fighting and slaughtering one another, then all turned and ran after it.

"Damn it, the metal's reacting!"

Gaban clutched the axe in his hand tightly and quickly realized who was behind all this.

"It's Captain John's Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability! That bastard wants to keep all the treasure for himself, and he's taking our weapons too!"

"That bastard John!"

"Mommy~"

Newgate slipped up, and his naginata flew from his hand. The Homie Napoleon also left Linlin's side, drifting southward beyond her control.

In the original course of fate, other officers had been present on the coast where John fled, and Gan Sui, the Bomb-Bomb Fruit user, had ambushed him and interrupted him.

But this time, John was on the southern coast, with no one beside him other than Alice and Teach.

With no interference, the treasures crossed the island smoothly and gathered toward him.

"Zehahahahaha!"

Although his purpose was merely to lure the pirates off the island, John could not help bursting into laughter at the torrent of metal sweeping toward him.

It was said that a single treasure chest was worth a billion berries. What lay before him now... was worth at least tens of billions!

Beside him, the young Teach looked up at John. The image of his purple hair flying in the wind and his wild, sinister bearing was deeply etched into his heart.

A feeling of admiration welled up within him!

Noticing the gaze, John turned his head and saw the admiration in Teach's eyes.

He was instantly scared out of his wits!

"Kid, don't look at me like that!"

John knew perfectly well that Whitebeard, whom Teach had admired, had ultimately been betrayed and killed by this brat.

This ugly little brat was practically this world's Lü Bu!

"Don't stack any more death buffs on me!"

"Don't you dare yell at my son!"

Alice raised her hand and punched John on the head. In the blink of an eye, a huge bump rose there.

John bared his teeth in pain and turned to glare at her.

"I saved your lives, you crazy woman!"

"Huh? Oh! Sorry, I couldn't control myself for a moment."

Alice froze briefly, then quickly gave an embarrassed smile after coming to her senses.

She was a sensible woman, but a mother's instinct to protect her child had overcome her reason.

"Hmph!"

John could not be bothered to argue with her. He controlled the torrent of metal, floating it out over the sea, removed the less valuable items, and then used Thunder Metallurgy to forge it a second time.

Before their very eyes, an enormous golden ship rapidly took shape and floated steadily on the water.

"Wow!"

Even after suffering the pain of their family's extermination, Alice and Teach could not help marveling at the glittering sight.

Even the Celestial Dragons would not dare be so extravagant!

Especially since it was studded with countless jewels, as well as all kinds of Skillful Grade Blades, Great Grade Blades, and even Supreme Grade Blades.

Thud, thud, thud—

Tap, tap, tap—

Dense footsteps, some heavy and some light, rapidly approached from afar.

Then came a chaotic chorus of roars and furious shouts, as though they had suffered the murder of their fathers or the theft of their wives.

"John! Give the treasure back!"

"You bastard! My Great Grade Blade!"

"Ah!!! I'm going to kill you, John!"