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Third Person POV
Marineford, First Half of Grandline.
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The Navy warship continued sailing. “So this is war…” Buggy approached the edge of the ship, dazed, looking over the battlefield. Now silent due to Luffy’s actions, but there were bodies everywhere with blood and destruction. It was a terrifying scene for a man like him, wanting to be anywhere but there, even almost wishing to be back in his cell at Impeldown.
“Is this where the war between the world’s strongest man and the Navy is happening?” commented one of the prisoners, analyzing the battlefield next to Buggy.
“This is the field where Boss Buggy will fight Whitebeard!” Other prisoners began to exclaim again, and when Buggy frowned, with a crust coming out of his nose, he thought of who had put him in this situation, which was Luffy, and he wanted to deny it with everything.
“But I…” He even tried to clarify this, but the prisoners wouldn’t even let him speak, while they shouted and sang, saying something like they were waiting to witness the strength of Boss Buggy and he would show that he would be the world’s strongest man to his followers.
“Whitebeard won’t stand a chance against Boss Buggy!”
“Let’s see him rise, he was on the ship of the Pirate King!”
While the prisoners continued shouting, Jinbei continued at the helm of the ship, steering it behind Black Pearl at a distance, Ivankov was analyzing the situation with his Okama group, while Crocodile, with his arms crossed next to Mr. 1, his eyes fell on the man who looked stunned at the black ship in front of him. He had targeted Whitebeard in this fight since his last humiliation, many years ago.
“Boss Buggy!!! Straw Hat killed a Tenryuubito!!!” A man also dressed as a prisoner shouted as soon as he knew of the situation happening on the ship in front of them.
“WHAT?!!” Buggy exclaimed.
“Is that true?!” Ivankov was equally surprised.
Jinbei grimaced while Crocodile frowned. As they approached and were getting more informed about what was happening, they became increasingly surprised.
Meanwhile, Marineford paid attention to the movement while Luffy jumped from the bow and landed quietly on the solid ground of the frozen bay, his feet touching the ice with a silent thud, but everyone heard it because they were paying so much attention to Luffy.
He took a few steps forward while the headless body of the Tenryuubito stayed behind, with him heading towards the front of the ship, the closest marines and pirates took a few steps back, cautious of this pirate.
He continued walking, while Admirals Kuzan and Kizaru looked at Luffy from their positions, Whitebeard remained in the same place, watching everything from the bow of the Moby Dick, the Tenryuubito woman who attacked before, still hovering in the sky facing him.
More people emerged from Black Pearl as they descended through the air, landing three on Luffy’s left and three on his right.
Luffy was surrounded by Yamato, Zoro, and Kuina on his right and Shirahoshi, Reiju, and Lami on his left, with no one understanding what they were planning, while the rest of his crew filled the bow of the ship watching everyone in Marineford.
“What is he planning…!!!!” Kong was wondering what they were doing, but as soon as his Haki passed the vision of the future, he didn’t think twice before destroying the rest of the roof. As it collapsed, he soared into the air. Sengoku, who was still staring at Straw Hat, noticed Kong flying into the sky, immediately shouting:
“Stop them and protect all the marines!” Kong exclaimed, but it was already too late.
Suddenly, from the pirate standing in the center, while crossing his arms and looking towards the platform with a smile, an overwhelming wave of Conqueror’s Haki burst from the core of Luffy, emanating an energy so intense that it swept everything like a force of nature generating yellow lightning. It spread in all directions like an electrical storm, vibrating in the air and making the environment shake. Every pirate, marine, and spectator felt the dominating pressure of that power, the will of the king that dwells in that man.
“The Conqueror’s Haki!” some marines exclaimed as they immediately fell. Luffy did not target the pirates, focusing only on the Navy’s strength, with those closest to them falling under the greatest pressure, while others remained conscious but dropped to their knees, unable to continue fighting against that force.
However, this was just the beginning of the storm while everyone was still stunned by Luffy’s Haki. On the left, Yamato, Zoro, and Kuina simultaneously released their powerful Conqueror’s Hakis, creating more shockwaves that shook the battlefield. On the right, Shirahoshi, Lami, and Reiju also awakened their Hakis, sending pulses that distorted the local air.
The seven Haki users seemed to unite at that moment, like unquestionable comrades, as each trusted their lives to the others and built an unbreakable bond throughout their journey since leaving the East Blue.
At that moment, all of Marineford trembled, as the Haki of seven people covered the entire place with winds and lightning. Even those who didn’t have a clear view of what was happening at the center of the bay were caught by the wind coming from that direction.
“What is this?!!” A captain from Whitebeard’s fleet covered his face while trying to understand whose pressure this was.
“Conqueror’s Haki!” another spoke.
“This is multiple conquerors’ Hakis… but what synchrony is this?! I’ve never seen anyone connect Conqueror’s Haki with another… this should be impossible!!” another captain exclaimed. After all, what kind of king would align with another?
“This…” Marco commented, watching those seven people aligning and spinning the Haki all over the battlefield, while more and more marines fell.
“They have the same Haki as dad… how is this possible?!” Jozu murmured as many division commanders frowned.
Whitebeard stood still while his cape was thrown back, looking at it with wide eyes, even for the world’s strongest man, this was frightening, after all, not even his old crew had so many users of this Haki.
‘I, the captain, the vice-captain… Shiki, Kaido, and Big Mom… We were the crew that dominated the seas… proclaimed as the strongest in history… now… a crew with even more users than us…’ This was his thought, one of the few things that could shake the world’s strongest man.
“This…” Garp, was as surprised and stunned as Whitebeard on the execution platform.
“…” Ace was once again speechless.
“This is not possible!” Sengoku murmured. After all, even though he expected some users of the Conqueror’s Haki, seven of them was not a number that came to mind. Quite the contrary, he only expected this from Luffy, who had already shown his Haki and even Yamato, being the daughter of Kaido and already with reports of her using this power.
But a crew with seven users… “This is dangerous. How could we have let a group like this develop at sea to this point?!” Sengoku murmured, if he had foreseen this day months ago, he would have sent all the forces of the Navy to the East Blue as a total attack… but now… he could only see the result of perhaps the worst crew that had emerged in the sea in the history of this world.
“Seven of them! And six users of the Conqueror’s Haki under that captain!” an older vice-admiral exclaimed, his voice choked by disbelief and his eyes wide.
Beside him, another vice-admiral remained motionless, gaze fixed on the horizon, hands trembling recalling the dark days when Rocks dominated the seas and instilled terror everywhere he went. “Another crew as terrible as them has emerged… This one is worse.”
“What is this… I’m losing consciousness…” a dazed sailor shouted.
“I’m about to faint!” another spoke.
“What is this wind!?” Buggy yelled from the Navy warship while trying to shield himself from that pressure, as the prisoners were equally dazed, not knowing what was happening on the ship in front of them. Others had seen it on the sixth level in Impel Down, so they were less surprised than the rest.
But those who were unfamiliar, even being at the top of power in this war, were shocked to their souls by this. “Has this crew become so powerful in such a short time…?” Mihawk murmured, still remembering the fight against three of them; they were just kids entering the sea in the East Blue, now affecting an entire war while fearing no consequences and even declaring war against the world government in the most aggressive way someone could.
“Is this the power of Luffy’s crew?” Boa Hancock was also surprised by this. She touched her belly at that moment. “Look at your father… see how strong he is and shocks the world, you will be as strong as him,” she commented with a loving tone.
Kong frowned, as more holy knights and CP0 members followed him in the air while watching all of Marineford being affected by the Haki.
As the battlefield trembled under the power of the seven, the pressure began to crack and shake the place, the glaciers started to create numerous cracks while the frozen tsunami began to plummet from that height.
This Conqueror’s Haki had only one command, bring down the Navy and across all Marineford, the effect was devastating. Initially, the marines who were closest fell like leaves in the wind, unable to withstand the overwhelming power. Then, the wave reached those further away, who tried in vain to brace themselves. One by one, they gave in—some struggling to maintain consciousness, others collapsing instantly onto the cold, hard ground.
“I can’t… breathe!” a young recruit screamed as he knelt, his face contorted in despair. Beside him, a more experienced officer fell silently, overcome by the overwhelming force. Within minutes, more than twenty thousand marines were on the ground, incapacitated by the unbearable pressure of the Haki from those seven users.
On platforms and observation towers, high-ranking officers watched, horrified. Commanders and captains, veterans of countless battles, felt a mix of fear and respect, realizing what was happening while the proud elite force that the Navy could muster here today, fell before these new players in the war.
“What kind of monsters are these?” a giant rear admiral murmured, clenching his trembling hands.
“Our force has fallen, the war is no longer in our favor… We’re screwed at least,” Garp commented with a grim look, Luffy just changed the entire balance of the war along with his comrades.
“So they still hid this at Enies Lobby…?” A vice admiral who had fought against the group commented with evident fear in his voice.
“Is it the end? Have we lost this war?” another officer whispered, looking at the chaos below, in the frozen bay and within the square.
The Haki finally stopped emanating as the entire place returned to normal again, with the battlefield falling into silence once more, a common occurrence since Luffy appeared in this war.
Everyone could see numerous bodies lying unconscious on the ground all over the place, from the middle of the square behind the walls to the cannon cabins shooting at the pirates or even in the middle of the front line.
“This…” Helmeppo fell to his knees, while Coby was trembling with it, this was the Luffy he knew… the one who took him to Shelltown?
“We knocked down a bunch of them, Luffy-Sama!” Shirahoshi exclaimed excitedly.
“So this is the Navy’s elite… there’s still a bunch of them left…” Zoro commented, as no one else made a comment.
“We knocked down a fifth of the entire Navy, which is a good result considering they are the elite of the elite, except for a few who must be protecting the New World in the absence of a Yonkou…” Luffy commented. His gaze went upwards, where there was a group of people using Geppo, sent by the World Government.
“Take care of them for now, don’t let anyone recover the Tenryuubitos, we’ll use them to keep Ace alive.” Luffy gave the order.
“What do you plan?” Lami asked as Luffy began to walk, not towards the execution platform, he headed to the opposite side from there, while a man in the distance looked at him with narrowed eyes and Luffy smiled, pulling Ace from his sheath.
“It’s time for me to see why this man is proclaimed as the strongest pirate in the world.” He commented, maintaining his battle-excited smile as he finished pulling out the ancient sword of Gold D. Roger and prepared to use it against Whitebeard.
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