Monsters gathered at the coast of Egghead Island.
The ships of the Beasts Pirates and the Charlotte Family simultaneously anchored on the west side of the island.
Both groups disembarked and set foot on the island's shore at the same time.
"Uororororo! Linlin! Looks like we ran this trip for nothing, eh!"
Kaido, carrying his spiked club, looked at his old sister with interest, surrounded by his subordinates.
"Hmph."
Charlotte Linlin snorted.
Although she walked at the very front of the procession, with Katakuri following her, all the other Charlotte Family executives followed closely behind Katakuri, everyone seeming to take his lead.
Meanwhile, the two islands floating in the sky also changed.
From the island made of rock and soil, a large ship floated down.
And on the gigantic island enveloped by white clouds, the clouds began to shift shape, forming a sloping passage from whose top someone began to descend.
"Is that Calamity Roa, the legendary figure Kaido-sama always talks about, finally making his appearance?"
The speaker was a woman even taller than Kaido. She wore a complicated kimono, exposing her fair shoulders, with a pair of red horns growing on her forehead, and her golden hair was pinned up with several blades acting as hairpins.
She was quite beautiful.
"Looks like everyone has great timing! Arrived around the same time!"
Roa slowly walked down the cloud-formed staircase, his hearty laughter already echoing along the coast.
"I was here before all of you!"
On the large ship floating down from the sky, Golden Lion stood at the bow with his arms crossed, smiling. "But Roa, what's with this island?"
"Well, it's twenty-five years of accumulation."
Roa replied with a smile.
The Golden Lion was also smiling, but his eyes uncontrollably grew solemn as he saw the figures following behind Roa.
Beside the Golden Lion, Redfield smiled in admiration, "Then it seems that the only thing you've accumulated isn't just this island! Seriously, every one of their auras is as strong as a monster's."
On the coast below, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido's expressions also slightly changed.
"Oh my, so that's Calamity Roa? What a handsome young man."
The large beauty, Black Maria, said with a charming smile.
"Mhm mhm mhm!"
Ulti nodded repeatedly. "His real age seems to be about the same as Page One's! That's incredible!"
And so, everyone soon gathered on this coast.
The Flying Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, the Charlotte Family, and the Calamity Company each occupied a quadrant.
Every faction had brought their elite, with all their executives gathered here.
However, within these four forces, some truly stole the show.
"Hey, hey, hey. Though I already knew, seeing it with my own eyes still makes me gasp!"
The man wearing the red mask, the Beasts Pirates' Headliner Who's-Who, sized up the people behind Roa and couldn't help but exclaim.
"The world-renowned great pirates Teach and Loki are now obediently following behind that man. Even the Warlord Moria is completely inconspicuous!"
"But,"
The green-haired Fishman, Beasts Pirates' Headliner Sasaki, looked at the three people standing closest to Roa behind him with surprise. "Who are those three? They're even closer to Roa-sama than Teach and Loki!"
He focused his attention on King. "Is that guy a Lunarian? Are there still Lunarian descendants existing in this world!"
"It's normal that you don't know. They also disappeared twenty years ago!"
The Beasts Pirates veteran, Hannafuzer, who had dealt with the Calamity Company long ago, said with a smile, "Although the names of Teach and Loki resonate throughout the world now!"
"Twenty-five years ago, in the era when Roa-sama rampaged across the seas, his most powerful executives were 'Mercury' Bullet and 'Demon Descendant' King!"
"Though not comparable to Roa-sama, those two are extraordinary super monsters!"
"The remaining Dylan is much weaker than them in terms of strength, but he is Roa-sama's right-hand man, the actual manager of the Calamity Company."
"I've never heard of any of this before!"
Jack couldn't help but look amazed.
"The aura of those two is incredibly strong!"
At this moment, Yamato suddenly interjected. "Hmm, they feel no weaker than Father."
"Eh!!"
Ulti, the charming girl who was carefully observing Roa, cried out in disbelief. "No way? How could that be possible!"
"Hmph!"
Kaido seemed to have heard their discussion and coldly snorted.
However...
His gaze was also subconsciously drawn to Bullet and King behind Roa.
The aura of those two bastard kids was indeed monstrously strong!
Especially Bullet!
It should be said that the monsters gathered here—the Golden Lion, Redfield, Charlotte Linlin, and Katakuri—almost all cast their eyes toward the two.
The more powerful the people, the more they could sense the terrifying power contained within those two!
"That's truly frustrating."
Katakuri couldn't help but shake his head.
He couldn't catch up to Bullet and the others back then, and is there still a distance now?
"Gehahahaha! These little kids nowadays are truly something!"
The Golden Lion's smile was also slightly strained.
"It's not just the two of them,"
Redfield chuckled. "Doflamingo and Enel also have strong auras. They're not much inferior to Yamato and Bonney, especially Enel."
"And—"
His gaze focused on the five very conspicuous quintuplets.
The aura of these five guys was also not at all inferior to those great executives of the Flying Pirates!
"Wait!"
Someone from the Beasts Pirates also noticed the quintuplets.
Queen's small eyes widened in surprise. "What's with those five? They look so much like a young Judge!"
"Could it be that those are the newest artificial humans made by that bastard Judge!"
Hearing him say that, Kaido snorted again in annoyance.
Both are scientists, so why is the difference so vast?
"Alright, let's put the meaningless marveling aside for now,"
Roa raised his voice. "It's time to talk about the serious business, isn't it?"
He paused, then instantly spotted Who's-Who standing behind Kaido.
The fact that this guy was here only explained one thing!
Since fate had led this guy to join the Beasts Pirates, then,
"Who's-Who, right? Tell me, was it because the Gum-Gum Fruit was stolen that you were forced to leave the World Government and join Brother Kaido's command?"
"Huh? The Gum-Gum Fruit?"
The Golden Lion instantly frowned. "What are you talking about, kid? Weren't we going to talk about serious business?"
Why suddenly bring up some inexplicable Devil Fruit?
The Gum-Gum Fruit—doesn't that sound like the absolute weakest of the weak?
"This is the serious business."
Roa said with a light chuckle.
The eyes of the people behind him instantly lit up.
Those who knew the truth of the world certainly knew the Gum-Gum Fruit's true name.
Loki impatiently looked at the bewildered Who's-Who and asked excitedly, "The Gum-Gum Fruit was once in your hands, kid?"
Sun God Nika—that was the power he had always dreamed of!
Especially after the World Government stole the fruit that had been passed down for generations in Elbaf.
"Wait! Roa!"
Kaido frowned. "How did you know that Who's-Who was once with the Government?"
"Well, my information has always been relatively good."
Roa casually brushed off the question, then looked at Who's-Who. "Answer me."
"Huh?"
Who's-Who was indeed completely bewildered. "The Gum-Gum Fruit?"
He glanced at Kaido and, seeing that his boss had no objection, cautiously replied, "Just as Roa-sama said, I was indeed imprisoned after that fruit was stolen while I was escorting it eight years ago, and I joined the Beasts Pirates after escaping from prison."
"Who stole it?"
Roa pressed.
"It was... 'Straw Hat' Shanks!"
Who's-Who even gnashed his teeth when mentioning the name.
That man had directly ruined his career. He, who had a great future in the CP system, was forced to become a pirate!
"Boss!"
Loki cried out excitedly. "That fruit was stolen by that bastard Straw Hat eight years ago! But he's still not an ability user now! The Gum-Gum Fruit might not have been eaten by anyone yet!"
Roa raised an eyebrow.
Shanks' nickname was Straw Hat, and he still wore that straw hat.
Since he hadn't given the straw hat to Luffy, then Roger's will should not have been entrusted to him either.
The probability of Luffy eating the Gum-Gum Fruit is very low, assuming there even is a Luffy in this world.
And Shanks himself hadn't eaten the fruit either.
Did he give it to someone else? Or did he keep it, but just didn't eat it for some reason?
If he gave it to someone else, Robin would be the most likely candidate.
But she's not an ability user; she fights purely with martial arts, as mentioned in the newspapers.
In that case, the probability that the Gum-Gum Fruit hasn't been eaten by anyone is indeed quite high.
"Then find it. Find the whereabouts of the Red-Hair—no, the Straw Hat Pirates!"
Roa commanded.
Loki eating the Gum-Gum Fruit doesn't sound bad either.
Even if he can't awaken Nika, the power of Gear Four is already comparable to many Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits.
"Wait! Roa!"
Even his good friend Katakuri couldn't help but frown. "What is so special about this fruit? What are you up to?"
"Hmph, I see you completely fail to grasp it,"
Roa snorted lightly. "The Captain said back then that he was searching for two Devil Fruits."
"What?"
The Golden Lion, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin were all stunned simultaneously.
Why is he suddenly bringing this up—
"Roa! You're not going to say that this Gum-Gum Fruit is one of the two Devil Fruits that Rocks wanted back then, are you?"
Charlotte Linlin gasped.
"Because over a long period of time, the World Government erased the Gum-Gum Fruit's true name!"
Roa declared. "In reality, the Gum-Gum Fruit has another name: Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika the Sun God!"
"Sun God... Nika?"
Katakuri's eyes instantly widened. He subconsciously turned to look at Kuma who had followed him.
Kuma was completely stunned.
Was the legend passed down through the Bartholomew family for generations actually true?
It wasn't just him. His daughter, Bonney, jumped up in disbelief. "Dad! Is the Nika legend actually true! Is the Sun God's true form actually a Devil Fruit?"
"Sun God—"
The Golden Lion curved his lips. "Interesting! So, that's it?"
"None of you are allowed to compete with me for it."
Roa chuckled. Although he spoke the words with a smile, they conveyed an undeniable dominance.
Katakuri couldn't help but smile. "Who could compete with you?"
This bastard's power is too overwhelming.
Even excluding himself, just his subordinates behind him could match their three factions, couldn't they?
"Sun God? Hmph!"
Kaido also coldly snorted. "At the end of the day, it's just a Devil Fruit. I don't care."
After all, he couldn't eat a second Devil Fruit.
"That's great!"
Roa clapped his hands happily. "I was worried there would be some conflict between us!"
The Golden Lion sneered.
He had no doubt that if anyone truly wanted to compete with Roa, the kid wouldn't hold back. A severe beating would be considered light punishment.
"Alright, let's officially begin the operation now!"
Roa announced. "First, let's clean up the New World. The Marines, the affiliated nations—destroy everything connected to the World Government entirely. Hmm, no, the population is the most valuable resource in this world. Don't rush to eliminate the affiliated nations; just eliminate their royalty."
"Everything is as it was back then. First, cause some joyful destruction. As for conquest and governance, we can worry about those later."
"In the end, it's just the territory that originally belonged to you, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and John anyway,"
The Golden Lion commented. "And the Marines are already retreating, and there are hardly any affiliated nations left in the entire New World. It's a bit boring."
"If it's boring,"
Roa chuckled, "Then let's expand into the West Blue and North Blue, as we discussed before."
"Hmm?"
Charlotte Linlin paused, then asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say you wanted to see the World Government's reaction before expanding into those two seas?"
"That's because,"
Roa said with a smile, "I now possess the power to stop caring about the Government's reaction."
Charlotte Linlin's pupils contracted.
"Well, would you all like to come and visit my Calamity City?"
So, a moment later.
"What is this!"
Katakuri stared at the colossal flying ships before him, dumbfounded.
"And what is this?"
Kaido looked at the dense array of tanks, combat vehicles, and heavy artillery, his mouth twitching slightly.
"What exactly is going on here?"
Charlotte Linlin was nearly hysterical. She pointed at the black mass of behemoths in front of her. "Roa! Why do you have so many Devil Giants here!!"
But the most shocking sight was...
"This—"
The cigar fell from the Golden Lion's mouth. His jaw was completely slack at this moment.
It wasn't just him; everyone was completely frozen.
"How is this possible?"
Katakuri groaned almost in a whisper.
The Calamity Knights were lined up before them.
The Golden Lion, Redfield, Charlotte Linlin, and Katakuri—those who had always been hailed as monsters in the past—now felt their entire worldview being shattered.
The aura of every single one of these individuals was no weaker than their own mid-tier executives!
How could it be exaggerated to this extent?
To what level had the Calamity Company's strength grown in these twenty-five years??
The Golden Lion suddenly looked at Roa.
The power of the Calamity Company now completely exceeded the Rocks Pirates of the past, didn't it?
Even without counting Roa, the Rocks Pirates of the past would have been utterly incapable of matching just his subordinates.
In that case, the alliance could no longer be as equal as it was back then.
But why did he feel so excited?
Is it because, with Roa, they could definitely achieve what Rocks couldn't, and turn this world upside down?
"Uororororo!"
Kaido burst into loud laughter. "Roa! You bastard, you really know how to surprise me!"
Katakuri also smiled brightly. "With this, what is there to fear!"
"Anyway, let's take a group picture!"
Roa chuckled. "We have to let people know, right? Tell them that we are starting our move!"
"Then, let the world fear us!"
"Then what are we waiting for! Gehahahaha!"
"Mama Mama!"
"Uororororo!"
This truly was, long-awaited.
"Jie-jie-jie-jie-jie!"
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