Full-Fire Barrage / Successor of the Oni

"And he left these words behind: 'Deep in the towering darkness lie the answers we seek! Now is the time to unravel this mystery!'"

In truth, that line would only fool people who were out of the loop.

Any pirate crew with its own sources knew exactly who was behind this.

Crocodile had heard the rumors too, which was why he had rushed over.

After all, he and that man went way back.

Rumble—!!!

The inner sea suddenly shook violently. A massive whirlpool appeared at the center of the three-way channel ahead, swallowing vast amounts of seawater.

Every pirate was watching the spectacle so intently that no one noticed what was happening elsewhere.

Warships were quietly closing in around the island, while an inexplicable pressure gathered overhead...

Full Firepower

Boom—!!!

A jet of water shot out of the churning whirlpool, catching the tightly packed pirate ships completely off guard.

Rumble—!!

Ships broke apart, and their wreckage was swept into the current in an instant, as though a colossal mouth from the abyss had swallowed everything whole!

As the current rose, clusters of beautiful bubbles drifted upward.

At the center was an enormous iridescent bubble enclosing a small island.

Donald Moderate grew so excited that he began waving his arms.

"Bubbles!! And one huge bubble around an entire island!!"

"There's no mistake this time. That must be the answer Roger hid!!"

"Tch—!!!"

Unlike the cheering pirates, Crocodile looked unimpressed.

"Aren't you going up to try to take it? That's the Pirate King's treasure. Burp~~"

Vasco Shot let out a boozy belch, then held his gourd to his ear and shook it, judging how much longer the liquor inside would last him.

"Heh—!! Only these idiots would let someone lead them around by the nose."

Crocodile bit down on his cigar, mockery