Pluton's Test Firing

Rumble—!

Deep beneath Wano Country, a muffled roar rolled through the earth, as though an ancient god had turned in its sleep. It was not the violent sound of an earthquake, but something low, heavy, and metallic, like a colossal beast waking after eight hundred years and slowly stretching a body vast enough to blot out the sun.

Beneath the ruins of Onigashima, the tunnel Rain had forced open with the Rock-Rock Fruit was visibly collapsing and widening. No, it was not collapsing. Something far larger was crushing its way through.

"Fall back! Get out, now!"

Kin'emon's face changed as he roared the warning. The Nine Red Scabbards retreated at full speed along the route they had taken in. Kuma scooped up Momonosuke and activated the Paw-Paw Fruit. His enormous paw struck the air, and the two of them vanished down the tunnel in a streak of light.

At the rear of the group, Rain stood motionless in black. His dark gray slit-pupiled eyes reflected the blue glow behind him, while his feet remained planted on the violently trembling rock. He slowly raised his right hand, palm down, and a vast wave of Extreme Pressure spread through the earth beneath him.

"Rock-Rock Fruit: Awakening: Path Opening."

Hum—!

In an instant, the thousands of meters of earth and stone ahead of Pluton parted as though gently swept aside by an invisible hand. Hard basalt surged outward like water. Lava deposits that had lain solid for centuries were compressed and pushed aside, forming two crimson walls. A passage hundreds of meters wide and nearly two hundred meters tall opened before Pluton, leading straight to the sea off Wano Country.

"It's moving... Pluton's really moving!"

Vegapunk gripped a metal handrail inside the bridge as data raced across his holographic glasses, his beard bristling