In a room deep within Onigashima, Roy sat cross-legged on the floor.
His eyes were closed, and his Telekinesis surged from his body like an invisible tide.
Inside the main hall, Jin was leaning against a stone pillar.
His face, hidden by the mask, was expressionless, but the unconscious tapping of his fingers on his arm betrayed a hint of anxiety within him.
The shouts of battle outside grew louder and louder.
Hyogoro and his fellow old samurai must have taken some kind of magic potion; despite being almost dead, they fought more fiercely than young men.
And those Mink Tribe warriors, relying on their innate Electro and beast-like fighting instincts, managed to repel several waves of attacks from the remaining troops.
Ulti had already paced back and forth in the main hall dozens of times. If it weren't for Jin keeping her in check, this hot-tempered girl would have rushed out long ago.
Just then, Roy's voice rang in Ember's mind.
"The samurai and Mink Tribe in the square are getting in the way. Take some men and get rid of them."
Jin suddenly opened his eyes.
A cold glint flashed in the eyes behind the mask.
He had been waiting for those words all night.
Jin straightened up from the stone pillar and turned to face the cadres in the main hall who had been unable to contain themselves any longer.
"Strike."
Target: The warriors and Mink Tribe in the square.
Leave no survivors.
Before she could finish speaking, Ulti sprang up like a spring that had been compressed to its limit.
"Finally, we can start the killing!!!"
Page One stood up behind her, his hand on the hilt of his knife, a sinister grin spreading across his face just like his sister's.
"Sister, give me that old man with the knife."
"No way! That old man is mine!"
The siblings started arguing before they even left the house.
Queen stood up from the corner, his injuries not yet fully healed, and a bandage still wrapped around his comical head.
But that didn't stop him from picking up the Gatling gun, which was thicker than a man, slung it over his shoulder, and muttering:
"I'm going to get my revenge—I'm going to turn those bastards who ruined my concert into sieves!"
Jack stood up and stretched his neck.
The other members of Flying Six also stood up at the same time.
Jin walked at the very front.
He unfurled the pair of black wings burning with flames on his back and burst out of the eyeball of the main hall.
The oppressive force of the Wildfire was released without reservation, and the temperature in the square rose several degrees in an instant.
In the plaza, Hyogoro was slashing down a Beasts Pirates with a single blow.
Before he could even sheathe his knife, an extremely dangerous premonition exploded in his mind.
"Everyone—retreat!!!"
Before Hyogoro's roar had even faded, a figure engulfed in flames descended from the sky and crashed into the center of the plaza.
The shockwave exploded in all directions, and the dozen or so closest samurai were thrown back and only stopped after hitting the wall.
Jin stood up.
The impact had created several spiderweb-like cracks in the stone pavement around him.
Flames swirled around him, and his eyes behind the mask coldly swept over everyone in the square.
"Leave no one alive."
The appearance of the officers caused the Beasts Pirates to shout with excitement.
Ulti charged into the infantry formation from the flank.
She didn't use anything else, just her head.
It charged headlong into the enemy, breaking the sternums of the three samurai at the front. They screamed as they flew through the air, knocking down their companions behind them.
Then she swung her elbow and struck a samurai on the temple, and he collapsed to the ground without even uttering a sound.
"Too weak, too weak, too weak!"
Ulti shouted as she hit, her face contorted with excitement.
"You think you can cause trouble on Onigashima with such meager skills?!"
I've been holding it in all day, so let me have my fill of beating!
Page One's claws tore through the samurai's defenses from the side, weaving through the crowd, each swing taking at least one life.
Queen's Gatling gun began firing.
Bullets poured from the gun barrels, drawing streaks of fire across the square.
The Mink Tribe warriors tried to dodge using their speed advantage, but the bullets were too dense; they could dodge one, but not ten.
Several members of the Guardians were hit by bullets and fell to the ground screaming.
Sasaki transformed into his Model: Triceratops, head down, and rampaged through the crowd.
With its enormous size and horns, it was practically a living bulldozer.
Wherever they went, warriors and Mink Tribe were knocked to the ground.
Black Maria's brass knuckles produced a piercing sonic boom with every swing.
Foz-Foe's methods of killing were the cleanest and most efficient.
He used the Shigan from the Six Powers, each finger precisely striking the enemy's heart or throat.
He could kill someone in a second, then without even glancing at the body, he would move on to the next target.
Hyogoro gritted his teeth and swung his sword to meet the attack.
His sword struck Jin's flaming sword. The moment the two swords collided, Hyogoro felt his hand holding the sword go numb from the force.
His hand split open after just a few collisions, and blood flowed down the hilt of the knife.
But he did not back down.
Behind him were five hundred samurai, his old subordinates who had followed him for twenty years, and his comrades who had not given up hope even when imprisoned in Udon Prison.
He cannot back down.
"Form ranks!!"
Hyogoro roared, and the remaining samurai quickly gathered together, forming sword formations of ten men each, attempting to use their numerical advantage to resist the slaughter by the Beasts Pirates Executive.
However, the gap in strength cannot be bridged by numbers alone.
With a casual wave of his hand, Jin created a wall of fire that sliced the warriors' formation in two.
The warriors separated by the wall of fire suddenly lost the protection of their formation and were cut down one by one by the Flying Six's officers.
The number of samurai casualties is rising at a visible rate.
The ground was covered in blood and corpses, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
The wounded warriors lay on the ground, some clutching their severed arms and screaming in agony.
Some people were shot in the abdomen and curled up in a ball, while others were completely still.
Hyogoro watched all this, tears welled up in his cloudy old eyes.
But he didn't cry out; he just gripped the knife in his hand tighter and charged at Jin again.
The battle continues on the roof of the Skull Palace.
Kaido smashed Zoro away with a single blow, then punched Sanji away with a backhand, Hassaikai swept through Kid's massive metal arm, shattering it into pieces.
He grew more and more excited as he fought, a deep dragon's roar constantly emanating from his throat, and the fighting spirit in his vertical pupils grew stronger and stronger.
"Hehehe--Again, again, again!!!"
Kaido swung his club at Luffy.
Luffy raised his arms to block, Armament Haki flowing wildly across his arms, colliding head-on with Kaido's Conqueror's Haki Inazuma.
He carefully sensed the power of the Conqueror's Coating energy.
The moment the two forces collided, Luffy felt as if he were being crushed by a mountain.
His knees buckled under the weight, the stone slab beneath his feet cracked, and the bones in his arms creaked under the strain.
Just then...
Without warning, a gust of wind exploded on the roof.