The Marines' Shock: Such Powerful Conqueror's Haki Came from a Little Brat?

"Sasaki of the Beasts Pirates' Tobi Roppo?" Onigumo, tall and lean with a handlebar mustache and a cigar always clenched between his teeth, curled his lips into a cruel grin. The eight spider-like appendages behind him twitched eagerly. "Your luck has run out!"

"Cut the crap!" Sasaki spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes vicious. "You three pieces of trash think you can keep me here?! Dream on!"

With a furious roar, he gripped his Spiral Blades tightly and charged at Dobberman, who was closest to him!

"Arrogant fool!" Dobberman's gaze sharpened. He drew the long sword at his waist and met him head-on without backing down!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The piercing sounds of metal striking metal rang out in rapid succession!

Sparks flew everywhere!

Facing three opponents alone, Sasaki was fighting with extreme difficulty.

Momonga's swordsmanship was exquisite and tricky, Onigumo's Eight-Sword Style was bizarre and difficult to defend against, while Dobberman's slashes were powerful and heavy.

The three Marine Vice Admirals from Headquarters worked together seamlessly, putting Sasaki under immense pressure.

His Armament Haki was being rapidly depleted, and his movements inevitably began to slow.

Squelch!

Unable to dodge in time, Sasaki exposed an opening on his left shoulder, and Dobberman's swift Shigan pierced straight through it!

Blood instantly gushed out!

"Urgh!"

The intense pain made Sasaki let out a muffled groan. His body staggered uncontrollably, exposing an even larger opening!

"It's over!"

Onigumo seized that fleeting opportunity, stomped down, and used Soru from the Rokushiki. His figure blurred in an instant as he appeared at Sasaki's side!

A Rankyaku coated in Armament Haki shot out like a sharp blade, tearing through the air with a shriek as it viciously kicked toward Sasaki's unguarded neck!

If that kick landed, Sasaki would be crippled even if it did not kill him!

Sasaki's pupils shrank to pinpoints!

He wanted to dodge!

He wanted to block!

But his body, wracked by pain and drained of too much Haki, simply could not keep up with his mind!

It's over!

Just as his life hung by a thread!

Bzzzzz—!!!

An indescribable, utterly terrifying invisible pressure swept down from the sky like a bursting flood or an erupting volcano!

In an instant, it engulfed the entire G-58 Island!

The whole battlefield seemed to have been paused!

The air froze!

The wind vanished!

The sounds of cannon fire and battle cries came to an abrupt stop!

The weaker Marine soldiers and Beasts Pirates members did not even have time to scream beneath that overwhelmingly tyrannical pressure. Like wheat being harvested, they rolled their eyes, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed stiffly to the ground in droves!

Even the three Marine Vice Admirals who had been surrounding Sasaki and were about to strike the killing blow suddenly stiffened!

Onigumo's lethal Rankyaku stopped dead in midair!

Their movements were halted for a fraction of a second under the impact of that domineering, overwhelmingly overbearing aura!

Their minds went blank!

Even their thoughts were struck by an unprecedented shock!

Their souls trembled!

"Th-This is..."

The cruel grin on Onigumo's face froze completely. His cigar fell to the ground, yet he did not even notice. Nothing remained in his eyes but boundless horror!

"C-Conqueror's Haki?!"

Dobberman cried out in shock, his hand gripping his sword trembling uncontrollably!

"S-Such powerful Conqueror's Haki! Th-This level... has Kaido come here?!"

Momonga's face went deathly pale. For the first time, terror appeared on his face as he abruptly looked up at the sky!

In their understanding, there were only a handful of people in the entire New World capable of releasing Conqueror's Haki so terrifying, so pure, and so oppressive!

At this moment, who else besides Kaido could have come here to meddle in this matter?

Sasaki was completely dumbfounded as well. Before the relief of surviving could rise in his heart, he was stunned by this familiar yet overwhelmingly powerful and unfamiliar Conqueror's Haki.

This was not Boss Kaido's Conqueror's Haki.

This was...

Sasaki seemed to realize something, and his expression changed drastically.

He hurriedly looked up at the sky.

Sure enough.

In the clear blue sky, there was no majestic, terrifying azure dragon blotting out the heavens.

There was only a tiny black dot descending from the clouds at incredible speed.

Closer and closer...

Clearer and clearer...

That was a...

A little brat wearing a clearly oversized, miniature Beasts Pirates uniform...

A little brat?!

Looking at that tiny body and that soft, pink little face...

He could not have been more than two years old?!

The three Marine Vice Admirals: "???"

Every Marine officer and Beasts Pirates officer still conscious on the battlefield looked as if they had been petrified. Their eyes widened, their mouths hung open, and their jaws nearly dropped to the ground!

Only one thought echoed wildly through their minds:

That utterly terrifying Conqueror's Haki from earlier, which had nearly frozen their souls and made it difficult for them even to move...

W-Was it released by this little brat who had not even been weaned yet?!

What kind of joke was this?!

Was this really Conqueror's Haki that a one-year-old brat could possess?!

"Y-Young Master Lynn?!"

After a brief daze, the heavily injured Sasaki was the first to react, crying out in shock.

He knew this little brat was extraordinarily gifted and that his Conqueror's Haki was absurdly powerful, but experiencing it firsthand—especially being saved by it at such a life-or-death moment—was simply too overwhelming!

Young Master?!

Hearing Sasaki's form of address, the three Marine Vice Admirals snapped back to their senses as if struck by lightning!

Onigumo, Dobberman, and Momonga exchanged glances, each seeing shock and horror in the others' eyes.

Kaido's son?!

A monster with such terrifying potential in Conqueror's Haki was actually Kaido's offspring?!