Seeing that the situation was about right, Shiki gave a slight wave.
The seemingly ordinary gesture was a crucial signal.
A change in the air currents conveyed the message to Reinhardt, the Flying Pirates' second-in-command, known as "Uranus," who had yet to appear.
The World Government knew nothing of this.
In an instant, the sky changed.
Dense fluctuations of energy gathered, stirring terrifying air currents into a hurricane that swept away all the clouds.
As the clouds parted, the gloomy sky suddenly grew brilliantly clear.
The sun hung overhead, pouring dazzling sunlight down from the sky.
No—what shocked everyone was that two suns had appeared in the sky.
The intense purple light was deep and terrifying.
"What is that thing?"
Big News Morgans was utterly stunned, his eyes widening as he cried out involuntarily.
He immediately gave the order, and Reporter Birds swiftly flew toward the strange phenomenon.
An island had been concealed among the clouds three thousand meters away from the Red Line.
But now, the clouds had dispersed.
At first, Reinhardt had used his ability to conceal the island.
As the energy grew increasingly violent, constantly compressing and condensing, it affected the sky within a radius of ten thousand meters.
The clouds hiding the island were swept away entirely.
As the Reporter Birds approached, a terrifying behemoth atop the island came into view.
Everyone was stunned.
"What... what on earth is that?"
It was a super battleship, and its two-hundred-meter-long cannon barrel was gathering terrifying power.
That power was growing more frightening by the moment.
It was hard to imagine just how devastating it would be when it finally erupted.
Across the seas, countless people's expressions changed drastically.
They knew something about the ancient weapons.
They could roughly guess what this pitch-black battleship was.
The ancient weapon, Pluton.