In the Grand Line, on a remote island.
"Damn Marines!" the former Warlord, Sir Crocodile, ran in a panic.
Behind him, Vice Admiral Onigumo and a group of Seraphim were in hot pursuit.
'I just managed to escape from Impel Down! I don't want to go back to that hellish place!' Crocodile thought, gritting his teeth as his figure flickered through the jungle.
'To think they value me so much, sending five Seraphim and a Vice Admiral just to arrest me...'
Shh! Shh! Shh!
The sound of laser beams tearing through the air exploded around him, and Crocodile was forced to dodge in panic.
"Quick! Don't let him escape!" Onigumo shouted from behind.
Suddenly, Crocodile who was running desperately, skidded to a halt.
He was now at the edge of the island.
Before him was only the boundless sea.
His path was cut off.!
"Marines..."
A determination flashed in his eyes as he spun around.
"If I really can't escape, I'll take you all down with me!"
A look of madness flooded his face.
Vice Admiral Onigumo's eyes narrowed.
"Hmph, Crocodile, I'm afraid you won't get that chance. Get him!"
As the order fell, the five Seraphim moved together, instantly fanning out to surround him.
The next moment, five laser beams burst forth.
"Not good!" Crocodile's expression changed drastically as he dodged.
Suddenly, one of the Seraphim appeared directly in front of him, its sword striking horizontally.
"Sables!"
Knowing the Seraphim could use Armament Haki, he didn't dare to block it with his own body.
Instead, he gathered a sandstorm in his hand and threw it at the machine before immediately turning to face the other four.
With a swing of his arms, he created two crescent-shaped dunes of sand and sent them flying.
"Hehe, Crocodile, you must be out of your mind. That trick can't hurt our Marines' Seraphim," Onigumo sneered.
As Crocodile realized the truth of his words, the Seraphim stepped forward again, completely unscathed.
The crescent dunes, an attack that could drain all the water from a living person's body, were completely ineffective against the waterless machines.
"Desert Spada!"
As another Seraphim closed in at top speed, Crocodile instantly turned his arm into a huge sand blade and slashed down.
However, the Seraphim was extremely fast, using the Six Powers technique Soru to evade the attack.
The sharp sand blade carved a deep gully in the ground but failed to hit its target.
'Damn it,' Crocodile thought.
'I can't delay any longer. I have to find a way to escape, or they'll either capture me or kill me. I still have to get my revenge on Whitebeard! I can't die here!'
Just then, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps near him.
"Hahahaha! Croco-boy, I'm here to save you!"
Crocodile's face was full of astonishment as he was baffled.
"It's you?!"
He never thought that Ivankov, the Okama King of the Revolutionary Army, would come to his rescue.
Along with Ivankov were his assistant Inazuma and a large group of Newkama Kenpo users.
"The Okama King! It's you!" Onigumo's face revealed a look of shock.
"I see. Your Revolutionary Army wants to absorb a Warlord-level fighter into your ranks? Don't even think about it! Seraphim, take them all down!"
But Ivankov just smiled and turned to his partner.
"Inazuma, I'll leave this group of Seraphim to you."
"Rest assured," Inazuma replied confidently, turning their hands into a pair of massive scissors.
"Sisters, come with me!"
Inazuma led the charge of the Newkama army, rushing to meet the five Seraphim.
At Onigumo's command, the five machines raised their right palms and fired a volley of lasers.
"Keep-Out Scissors!"
The moment Inazuma saw the attack, he immediately snipped at the ground.
The next moment, the earth peeled up as if it were a sheet of cloth, forming a massive wall that blocked all the laser beams.
"I'll cover you! Keep attacking!"
"Yes!" Under Inazuma's cover, the Newkama warriors rushed towards the Seraphim.
"Ivankov, I advise you to give up. How can these mediocre fighters possibly defeat our Marines' Seraphim?" Onigumo sneered.
But as the words left his mouth, he saw Inazuma's scissor-hands suddenly transform, becoming long, dark chains.
"WHAT?!" The Vice Admiral looked on in shock as a Seraphim was struck by the chains and instantly locked in place. "
That's... that's Captain Hina's Cage-Cage Fruit ability!"
"Seraphim, be careful! Don't let those chains touch you!" Onigumo shouted.
BOOM!
A transparent, hemispherical dome suddenly enveloped the area.
The next moment, a stone in front of Inazuma was instantly swapped with another Seraphim.
In the blink of an eye, Inazuma had successfully locked down a second machine.
"How is that possible?! That's the Op-Op Fruit!" Onigumo's face was now extremely ugly, and he looked at the Okama King in front of him with a face full of shock.
"Heh, Onigumo, are you surprised that I have a second fruit ability?" the Okama King, Ivankov, said with a wide smile on his face, demonstrating the power of the Op-Op Fruit.
He used its spatial replacement ability in perfect combo with Inazuma's attacks.
"I didn't expect it! The Revolutionary Army has dual-fruit users as well, and two of them at that!" Onigumo's eyes burned with anger.
"It was beyond my expectations."
In truth, it wasn't just the two of them.
The four Revolutionary Army commanders, Sabo, and others had also become dual-fruit users.
The strength of the organization had undergone an earth-shaking change.
"Onigumo, I'm saving Crocodile this time. Let's see how you try and stop me!"
After his declaration, Ivankov changed his gesture again.
"Shambles!"
Suddenly, another Seraphim swapped places with a nearby stone and Inazuma's chains immediately locked it in place.
"Hmph, then experience my new ability!" Onigumo roared.
"Life Return!" His hair spread out like spider legs, and he raised his many swords.
"Spider-Lancer!"
All eight of his swords struck out at once, appearing incredibly aggressive.
"Hmph, let's play!" Ivankov jeered.
"Wait a minute, there's me!" Crocodile's voice sounded quietly from behind the Okama King.
Ivankov understood immediately, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Shambles!"
In an instant, Crocodile was teleported directly behind Onigumo.
"What?!" The Vice Admiral's expression changed instantly.
He tried to turn and resist, but it was too late.
Crocodile's face was fierce.
"Go to hell, Onigumo! Desert Grande Spada!"
His arm, transformed into a massive sand blade, struck the Vice Admiral in the back.
"ARGHHH!"
With a howl of pain, Onigumo was thrown to the ground.
He hastily scrambled to his feet, blood already trickling from the corner of his mouth.
"Ahahaha! Awesome job Crocoboy!" Ivankov couldn't help but laugh.
"Hmph. That's what he gets for chasing me so relentlessly," Crocodile grumbled.
"Crocodile! Ivankov! I'll remember this!" Onigumo roared, giving them a deep look of resentment.
Knowing he was outmatched, he decisively gave the order.
"All Seraphim, fallback!"
"Okay, Crocodile, you're coming with us," Ivankov said, turning to Crocodile with a look that suggested he wouldn't take no for an answer.
"...Hmph. Let's go." Crocodile figured that since he had nowhere else to go, joining the Revolutionary Army was a good choice for now.
Immediately, the Okama King quickly left with his subordinates and their new ally in tow.
....
At the same time, on the vast sea.
Two iconic pirate ships approached each other slowly: the Whitebeard Pirates' Moby Dick and the Red Hair Pirates' Red Force.
"Yo, Red-Hair! Here you go!" Whitebeard called out.
"Whitebeard, are these the second Devil Fruits?" Shanks's eyes lit up.
There were quite a few of them—enough to greatly increase the strength of his crew.
"By the way, Kuma, I'll give you one too."
Shanks looked at Bartholomew "The Tyrant" Kuma.
As a member of the Revolutionary Army and now the Red-White Alliance, he had recently been stationed on the Red Hair Pirates' ship, serving as a material transporter between the allied crews.
After all, his Paw-Paw Fruit was perfect for the job.
"Good," Kuma replied, his expression calm as he reached out to take the fruit.
Several of the second Devil Fruits had already been given to Dragon for the four army commanders and Sabo.
Now, it was his turn.
"Eat it and see what you get," Shanks said.
Kuma nodded and slowly took a bite.
Whitebeard and the others all watched, curious.
They knew Kuma was an impressively powerful man, at least on the level of one of Whitebeard's own division commanders.
"Well?" Shanks asked.
"I..."
Feeling a new power surge through his body, Kuma's calm face suddenly showed surprise, and then he couldn't help but tremble slightly.
There was ecstasy in his eyes.
Everyone suddenly became more curious.
They knew Kuma was an extremely stoic person; for him to show such an expression meant he must have acquired an incredibly powerful ability.
"Kuma, what ability did you get?" Dragon, who had come over from the Revolutionary ship, asked quickly.
"I got the More-More Fruit ability!"
"The More-More Fruit?!" Hearing this, everyone present immediately exclaimed.
"Is it that fruit?!"
The More-More Fruit was a powerful Paramecia-type fruit.
Its function was to increase the size and speed of any object it touched by up to a hundred times.
It sounded simple, but its potential was immense.
A single cannonball boosted by this ability could become a giant, super-high-velocity shell.
"The fruit is very powerful," Kuma smiled. "But the most important thing is that it can be combined with my Paw-Paw Fruit."
With the More-More Fruit, the air cannons formed by his own ability could be enhanced a hundredfold in both size and speed.
The power would increase exponentially.
Furthermore, the teleportation effect of his fruit could also be amplified, allowing him to move at an almost unbelievable speed.
"Hahahahaha, good!" Dragon looked up at the sky and laughed.
Their Revolutionary Army had another dual-fruit user, and with such a powerful ability at that.
This was a massive leap forward for their strength.
How could he not be overjoyed?
"Very good," Whitebeard nodded.
"Our second Devil Fruits have been delivered. We hope to get a more comprehensive and perfect Seraphim manufacturing process from you as soon as possible."
After leaving those words, the two crews separated once more.
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