A magma mushroom cloud thousands of meters across exploded and swelled in the sky.
Ignoring the civilians fleeing frantically inland,
Bullet walked toward the harbor, carrying Rayleigh's head and body, and looked up at the enormous mushroom cloud.
"Now that's quite a spectacle."
He found a spot by some steps and casually tossed Rayleigh's remains aside.
He slumped onto the ground to catch his breath and watched the fierce battle overhead.
Thunderous sounds rang out as white bursts of compressed air exploded in the sky.
Huge white rings of sonic booms formed overhead, only to be swiftly torn apart.
For the people on the small islands of the Four Blues, it was impossible to imagine that this was a battle between powerful fighters.
All they felt was boundless terror.
That was only natural... information traveled far too poorly across this sea.
Many people never left their islands in their entire lives, and the strongest person many had ever seen was a pirate wielding a large cleaver.
Even later, at the Sabaody Archipelago,
there were ignorant pirates who thought they could shoot Kizaru, a Marine Admiral, dead with a musket...
Buru buru~ Buru buru~
Standing aboard the ship in the harbor and watching the battle overhead, Carol suddenly heard the Den Den Mushi ring.
Carol picked up and said,
"Hello~"
"This is Vice Admiral Sakazuki's warship."
Enel's voice came through the Den Den Mushi.
"Brother Carol!"
"Where's Uncle Sakazuki?"
Carol glanced at the battle in the sky.
"He's fighting."
"Uh... against Vice Admiral Garp."
Enel's voice came through.
"Oh."
"..."
"..."
"Huh-???"
Carol chuckled.
"Did you need something?"
Only then did Enel remember why he had called.
"Oh, then tell Uncle Sakazuki and Vice Admiral Garp to hurry back."
"Golden Lion attacked Marine Headquarters. He's been subdued now."
"Almost half of