Seraphim

"Report! Unidentified enemies have entered our waters!"

A piercing alarm rang out in the upper laboratory of Egghead.

The alarms throughout the room began flashing red, indicating an extreme level of danger.

Vegapunk, his old eyes bleary, had been dozing in his chair.

The alarm startled him fully awake.

"What happened, Shaka?" he asked. "Have the Sea Kings formed another group to attack us?"

"Please do not worry, main body. A stranger has entered the island and disabled all the Sea Beast Weapons around the outer waters. I'll pull up the surveillance footage first," Shaka answered.

Shaka moved quickly and found the answer before long.

"Main body, there's bad news!"

Vegapunk's heart skipped a beat. For steady Shaka to call it bad news, it was probably terrible.

"Tell me!" Vegapunk was already calculating the fastest escape route.

"According to the surveillance footage, the enemy is one of the Four Emperors."

Vegapunk cried out, "One of the Four Emperors?!"

"I've never had any dealings with the Four Emperors!"

Naturally, Shaka did not know either. He said, "It's Swain."

"Swain?" Vegapunk searched through his memories.

He found nothing that could have offended the Sea Emperor who was currently at the height of his power.

"Did he bring a fleet?"

"At present, he appears to be alone."

Vegapunk's expression immediately relaxed considerably. "If he's alone..."

Then perhaps he had merely entered this place by mistake, while the Sea Beast Weapons had identified him as an enemy and attacked.

This was a misunderstanding.

"Then what is that?"

Vegapunk stared at the surveillance footage in astonishment. The disturbance Swain had caused had lowered the sea level around the nearby islands by nearly two meters.

Shaka suddenly asked, "Is that a Devil Fruit ability?"

Vegapunk nodded, then shook his head.

Instead, he said meaningfully, "If I