Nika: Hello, Little Fish-Man

Charlotte Linlin narrowed her eyes and quickly put away her weapon. "I haven't heard from you in almost 20 years. What are you doing here?"

"Hahaha... It's been decades, and you've grown into a fat woman. How hilarious!"

Golden Lion mocked her wantonly, making Charlotte Linlin tremble with rage. Kaido was one thing, but this dog Golden Lion dared to ridicule her?

I'm going to kill you!

Charlotte Linlin disregarded Rocks, and slammed her right palm, crackling with lightning power, upwards.

"The Tenman Daijizai Tenjin!"

Rumble!

The raging purple lightning unleashed an indiscriminate, large-scale bombardment, with streaks of lightning spreading upwards like a spiderweb.

The Golden Lion's smile froze for a moment, then he raised his foot and unleashed a slashing attack.

"Cross Slash - Wave Slash!"

Two swift slashes met the oncoming raging thunder in a cross shape.

Purple lightning flashed, some of it was shattered by the strike, but more lightning surged toward the Golden Lion from all directions.

The Golden Lion hadn't expected the lightning bolts to curve, as if a giant thunderous hand was reaching out to grab him.

"Tsk, what a hassle."

The Golden Lion curled its lip, its body rapidly ascending upwards, while simultaneously raising its right hand and suddenly slashing downwards.

"Lion Curse - Earthfall!"

A meteorite several hundred meters in diameter broke through the clouds, bursting into flames as it rubbed against the atmosphere, and plummeted straight down toward Hachinosu.

Charlotte Linlin unleashed lightning power, which, like purple celestial blades, cleaved the meteorite in two.

A massive explosion occurred.

The shattered meteorite transformed into countless fiery meteors, raining down from the sky.

"Hehehe, want more? I've prepared a full 100 for you!"

The Golden Lion spread its arms wide and laughed loudly, "If I wanted, I could make you all fall into the deep sea along with the Hachinosu! Heh heh heh!"

Charlotte Linlin's face was extremely pale.

Paramecia Float-Float Fruit, which allows the user to levitate any inanimate object they touch.

Back then, the Golden Lion could easily lift an island. Now, decades later, he has reached a new level in developing the power of his Devil Fruit.

This fruit, like Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, is a cataclysmic power!

Without a second thought, with her many children still on the island, Charlotte Linlin swung her sword at the meteor shower.

"Hakai!"

Three other people were also involved in the trip.

Whitebeard, Rocks, and even Harald, who was watching, had to join forces to stop it.

"Skybreaker A!"

"The Curse of the Abyss!"

"Elbaph Spear - Hakai!"

The Box Garden World.

Dimon watches the spectacle unfolding on Hachinosu from Ain's perspective.

The sudden appearance of the Golden Lion was unexpected; his first move was to unleash a meteor shower from the sky, truly befitting the Float-Float Fruit.

Fujitora Issho could do something similar.

Fujitora can use gravity to pull down meteorites drifting in outer space and attack the target area.

In comparison, the Golden Lion can be made much simpler.

He only needs to lift the massive boulder, comparable to a small island, into the sky beforehand. When needed, he can easily create a swarm of meteors by simply removing the Float-Float Fruit power attached to the boulder.

[Master, this Devil Fruit's power is incredibly strong, even more troublesome than Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit!]

Ain sighed inwardly.

"It's indeed a very troublesome ability. It can fly and has destructive power on a cataclysmic scale. No wonder the World Government can't do anything about it."

As the first person in history to escape from the Impel Down, the World Government has always wanted to capture Golden Lion.

Unfortunately, the Golden Lion can fly, so it's impossible to find.

Just like with the previous Wave-Breaking Warrior, the World Government couldn't pinpoint its location, so their attempt to capture it was absurd.

If the Golden Lion hadn't gone mad and gone to challenge Marineford alone, he would never have been captured.

[Master, I suggest we find an opportunity to send someone to kill him and seize his Float-Float Fruit.]

Dimon remained noncommittal.

Killing the Golden Lion is easy; finding the Float-Float Fruit for rebirth is troublesome.

Similarly, Enel was the same; of course, he wanted to kill Enel to Animation the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

However, after the incident with the Yamata no Orochi, he realized that unless he was very lucky, it would be quite troublesome to retrieve a fruit that had been reborn halfway through its Animation.

Rather than relying on luck, it's better to wait until we have the Dark-Dark Fruit before reaping the benefits from these ability users.

"This isn't urgent. Let's find an opportunity to leave our coordinates on the Golden Lion first."

Hachinosu, near the north shore.

The fiery meteors that filled the sky were ultimately reduced to dust by the combined attack of Rocks three companions, failing to cause devastating damage to the island.

Golden Lion was not surprised at all. He had no intention of sinking Hachinosu; he was just issuing a warning because Charlotte Linlin had suddenly attacked him.

"Heh heh heh, that's enough of the greetings, Rocks. I never thought I'd see your face again after all these decades."

"Shiki... this is a bit much for a welcoming ceremony."

Rocks's expression darkened slightly.

He finally made it back to Hachinosu, only to have it nearly ruined by that bastard.

Golden Lion's lips twitched. Even without him, these few people would have destroyed Hachinosu sooner or later if they kept fighting. Why blame him?

"Never mind. I just came to ask you a few questions, Rocks, how did you come back to life?"

"Now that you know, what are you going to do?"

Rocks snorted coldly; he couldn't possibly expose his benefactor's information.

"I recently went to the East Blue and dug up the body of an old acquaintance. Maybe I can bring him back to life."

The Golden Lion uttered a name with a forced smile.

Roger!

Upon hearing this, all four people present were taken aback.

Roger?

Rocks paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "I don't know what you're planning, but give up. Even if Roger were to be resurrected, nothing good would happen."

Upon hearing this, the Golden Lion narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not dwell on the matter further.

Since the body is in his hands, he has already secured the trump card as leverage, so there's no rush.

"Heh heh heh, then let's change the subject, Rocks, what do you want to do?"

"Transform this world! Will you return to my command, Shiki!"

Rocks looked up and stared directly at the other man. Based on his understanding of the Golden Lion, he figured the guy would most likely agree.

"Under your command? Don't be ridiculous, Rocks!" Golden Lion said with displeasure, "We used to be allies, who was your subordinate? Whitebeard, am I right?"

Whitebeard was speechless for a moment; how did he end up being dragged into this?

However, what Golden Lion said is also true; they were all a group of people forcibly gathered together by Rocks because they lost the Pirate Game.

The Rocks Pirates were a massive Pirate Alliance in themselves.

Thinking of this, the Whitebeard waved his hand and said:

"In short, I came to Hachinosu only to settle things with you, Rocks. Whatever you want to do, I have no interest in participating."

Rocks grinned, then turned to look at Charlotte Linlin.

"And you?"

"Ha, I'm perfectly fine living on Whole Cake Island, I don't want to go crazy with you."

Charlotte Linlin had even less interest. Rather than reuniting with Rocks, she wanted to build her Totto Land, collect the Red Stones, and become the next Pirate King.

Having witnessed the attitudes of the three, Rocks understood that the old Rocks Pirates could not be reunited.

The Golden Lion seems willing to join forces, but is unwilling to return to his command.

Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin didn't even have the intention of cooperating.

Having considered this, Rocks had already made his decision.

"That's settled then. I will create Pirate Alliance, and you will join as allies, with equal status among all members."

"Otherwise..."

At this point, Rocks's tone became unfriendly:

"Get out of the New World!"

Chapter 241 Nika: Hello, Fish-Man

The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

In the "non-existent room" among the Flower Room, seven God's Knights knelt on one knee.

"Lord Imu, intelligence just arrived from Hachinosu: Rocks and Harald have appeared on the island."

Imu wore a long robe and a pointed crown, with six butterflies fluttering around him.

One of them landed on my fingertip, as if the flower had withered in an instant, turning into dust and disappearing.

"Ms. already knows."

Imu rubbed his two fingers together, dust flowing from his fingertips. With a wave of his hand, dark Demonic Aura surged endlessly.

Wisps of Demonic Aura gathered before the seven people, gradually transforming into seven unique weapons.

"These are weapons passed down through generations of your families. Take them and bring back Harald, the warrior of Mu!"

"Yes!"

The seven men gripped their weapons and rose to leave.

Pangaea Castle, Killingham played with the [Holy Life Spear] in his hand, clicking his tongue in admiration:

"Is this the heirloom of our Limocifer Family? I never expected Lord Imu to give us such a divine artifact."

"This means that our opponent this time must rely on the power of the divine artifact."

Saint Mars stroked his own [Wrath Sword] with a pleased expression.

This is a weapon that even Saint Shepherd Ju Peter of the Five Elders, is not qualified to use casually. Now that it's in his hands, he has to take a good look at it.

Gunko remained silent, simply wrapping the Manmayer Family's weapons with bandages.

The same applies to the others; while the artifacts do indeed enhance their combat power, they also mean that this mission will be extremely difficult.

Leaving aside Rocks, Harald must be captured alive.

Capturing someone alive is much harder than killing them!