Eighty Thousand Against Fifteen, the Advantage Is Ours

Adams made a casual gesture.

Uta's singing on the mountaintop came to an abrupt stop. She let out a breath, sat down while panting lightly, and felt the enormous drain of sustaining large-scale control over so many people for the first time.

The song had stopped, but the chaos in the Royal Capital did not immediately subside. Those who had not been knocked unconscious stood where they were, dazed and at a loss.

King Ramen's face darkened. He stared fixedly at Adams and shouted sternly:

"Boy! Who are you? How dare you command ability users to cause such a massive disturbance in my Royal Capital! Do you want to make an enemy of the entire Flower Country?!"

Adams remained calm, even carrying a hint of laziness as he repeated what he had said to the guard soldiers earlier.

"Borrow money? Hahaha..." King Ramen laughed in fury, as though he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Good! What an arrogant and ignorant brat! You actually dared set your sights on the Flower Country! Today, I'll show you fools who know neither heaven nor earth what the wrath of the West Blue's overlord truly means!"

As he spoke, King Ramen suddenly pulled a signal flare from his wide sleeve and fired it without hesitation.

Whoosh—boom!

A conspicuous red flare screeched into the sky. With a thunderous explosion, it burst into a dense cloud of red smoke high above, lingering for a long time.

Within the city, the Royal Capital Guard soldiers and navy troops who had just awakened from the song's control or the impact of Conqueror's Haki shook their still-foggy heads as they heard and saw the red signal in the sky, symbolizing the highest alert and full mobilization.

They jolted awake completely. The Den Den Mushi rang all