On the outskirts of God Valley.
Several pirate ships had just put out to sea.
Just as the pirates aboard thought they were about to escape with their lives.
They came under a relentless barrage, cannonballs pounding their ships as though ammunition cost nothing.
Boom! Boom! Explosions erupted everywhere.
"It's Navy reinforcements!"
"Hey, hey, you've got to be kidding-boom!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Flying Slash!!!!"
"The hull's leaking!"
"Damn it!!!"
"Hurry up and patch the hull!!!"
The Buster Call Fleet had finally arrived.
Forty enormous, specially commissioned warships opened fire together.
The pirates instantly fell into disarray. Some fought back, some broke down, and some died.
"Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley!"
Just as the pirates began to despair, a domineering, arrogant voice rang out.
Seven or eight enormous golden sword slashes flew down from the sky and struck the Buster Call warships.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
The slashes struck the centers of the warships from above, smashing through most of their hulls.
They nearly split the ships in two. Fortunately, these specially commissioned Buster Call warships were exceptionally sturdy.
Only two ships, each carrying a Vice Admiral, withstood the slashes.
The remaining ships carried only Rear Admirals, who failed to stop the attacks, leaving those warships completely wrecked.
The attack came without warning, but unlike the pirates, the Navy did not panic.
"Cease fire."
"Gather the wounded. Nearby ships, come alongside."
"Transfer the wounded and supplies."
"Form pairs and draw close to the ships carrying Vice Admirals."
Vice Admiral Morris issued one orderly command after another, doing much to steady the troops.
Elsewhere.
"It's Boss Shiki!"
"Save us, Boss Shiki!"
"Captain! Over here!!!"
Descending from the sky, Shiki looked at the cheering pirates and said:
"Easy, boys."
Then he extended his right hand, turned it over, and flicked his fingers.
Several pirate ships seemed to obey his command.
They rose out of the sea, flew into a line behind Shiki, and hovered there.
Only then did the pirates breathe a sigh of relief. Many burst into tears.
Shiki turned toward Rocks's ship and beckoned through the air.
Rumble!
The enormous flagship shuddered, shoved aside everything around it, and lifted off the ground, flying toward Shiki.
At that sight, the pirates remembered the person inside Rocks's ship.
The surrounding pirates instantly fell silent, staring in terror at the approaching vessel without daring to make a sound.
Shiki raised an eyebrow at their reaction, as though he had realized something.
He had already seen countless elderly corpses below when he arrived.
But he paid them no mind and spoke with a loud laugh:
"Jihahahaha! Linlin, join forces with me. Let's conquer the New World."
"I refuse, Shiki."
"Right now... all I want is to kill!"
As the enormous flagship settled into place, the voice rang out from its cabin.
A tall female figure emerged from the cabin.
Her magma-eaten clothes exposed broad stretches of bare skin, but no one dared look directly at her.
Shiki grinned at her answer and said nothing more, quietly waiting for someone to arrive.
As her declaration that she wanted to kill faded, overwhelming killing intent erupted from Charlotte Linlin.
The Mythical Zoan Fruit had already been found and fed to Kaido.
His wounds had healed, but his left lung, burned to ash by magma, could not grow back.
The future consequences of losing an organ were easy to imagine.
That was why Charlotte Linlin could not suppress her killing intent.
She summoned Zeus, and thunderclouds spread across the sky.
Thunder rumbled incessantly. Within moments, the clouds covered the entire sky, blotting out every trace of sunlight.
She stared at the Navy's Buster Call Fleet ahead.
Charlotte Linlin could no longer contain her killing intent, and her hate-filled voice resounded through heaven and earth.
"Fulgora!!!"