"After today, there won't be any pirates left in the East Blue."
When Yas's calm words, imbued with absolute resolve, fell, both his parents froze.
"Don't be silly, child. What are you talking about?" His mother looked at him worriedly. "I know you're a powerful Marine now, but there are so many pirates. How could you possibly get rid of them all at once..."
"Mom."
Yas cut her off.
He rose, his tall figure nearly touching the low roof.
Looking at his parents' worried faces, he showed an exceedingly rare expression that could be called "gentle."
"To me, it's no different from sweeping dust off the floor."
With that, Yas turned and walked out of the wooden house.
He stood in the yard and closed his eyes.
Hum-
An invisible, terrifying will that seemed to envelop the entire planet spread silently outward from him in every direction, like ripples across water!
Observation Haki!
Observation Haki that had evolved several times and fused with divine power!
In an instant!
The entirety of the East Blue appeared in Yas's mind with utter clarity, like an incomparably detailed miniature landscape!
Loguetown, Shells Town, Syrup Village, the Baratie, Cocoyasi Village...
Every island, every town, every stretch of sea...
Every living being who called themselves a "pirate," whether they were swaggering around a port or plotting in some dark hideout. Their life signatures, brimming with greed, desire, and sin, had nowhere to hide from Yas's godlike perception, standing out like fireflies in the night!
Found you.
Yas murmured inwardly.
His consciousness locked onto hundreds of targets scattered throughout every corner of the East Blue.
From Buggy the Clown, who was using his "chop-chop" ability to terrorize civilians in Orange Town.
To Arlong the Fish-Man, who occupied Cocoyasi Village and was laughing uproariously as he divided