A murderous intent surged within him.
Ochoku stopped thinking about it. He knew that his body, his domineering aura, and his will were all nearing their limits.
Having endured the sniping of the Kamishini no Yari and the dissolving power of the deadly poison, coupled with being frozen multiple times by Hyōrinmaru, both his mind and body were already overwhelmed.
He feared that even a moment's delay could lead to his death on the way back to Hachinosu.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh
Surrounded by overwhelming killing intent, Ochoku, his face contorted with rage, gritted his teeth and repeatedly used the power of the Warp-Warp Fruit to return to Hachinosu, then continued to teleport towards Rosen's location.
He didn't realize that at the beginning, he was able to teleport tens of kilometers, or even further, while carrying an iceberg.
But now, affected by the continuous growth of ice flowers, and being frantically eroded, his already riddled body, along with the enormous consumption of his domineering aura and physical strength, has plummeted to its lowest point.
With each long-distance teleportation, the distance Ochoku teleported was getting shorter and shorter.
Even if one teleports alone, each teleportation can only cover ten kilometers, and the distance of the next teleportation will be shorter than the previous one.
However short it may be, a single thought can still travel a distance of several kilometers.
so.
Just as his body was about to be covered in ice flowers and he was about to be completely swallowed by them, Ochoku returned to the battlefield as he wished and saw Rosen holding the Hyōrinmaru once again.
"Are you back?"
"Ochoku".
"It seems you've chosen Hachinosu as your final resting place."
Rosen watched Ochoku teleport away and then teleport back without any surprise on his face, as if he had expected the other party to return the way he came.
"Rosen!"
Only half of Ochoku's hideous face was exposed to the air.
at this time.
His entire body, from head to toe, including his hands and back, was covered in ice flowers, resembling an icicle carved with countless ice flower patterns.
It's chilling to look at.
"If you still have time to talk, I advise you to hurry up and think of a solution."
"But even if you hurry, it's useless; a dying person will eventually perish."
"Because when the number of ice flowers blooming on your body reaches 100, even if you are one of the Four Emperors, you will only die."
Facing Ochoku's chilling gaze, which seemed to devour anyone in its path, Rosen simply smiled calmly.
In his eyes, the so-called Four Emperors who reigned over the new world like emperors were nothing more than dying men.
He will soon be buried in the grave that he prepared for him.
Even if it means death.
"I'll make you, the strongest navy in a thousand years, take my place!"
With an indomitable will that transcends death, Ochoku unleashed the remaining domineering aura within him in one breath, resisting the corrosive effects of the freezing air and shattering the ice flowers around him.
"Die!"
He gripped the Black Blade tightly with both hands, teleported in front of Rosen, and then unleashed his final strike as one of the Four Emperors.
Faced with a Yonko who is ready to die and unleashes a suicidal strike, both the generals and the other Yonko would choose to retreat.
After all, no one wants to be dragged down with a Yonko who is destined to die.
However,
Facing Ochoku, who slashed at them with a knife.
Rosen did not dodge or release his domineering aura. Instead, he stood still and watched Ochoku teleport to his front in mid-air, allowing the other's Black Blade to advance step by step toward his chest.
Just as Ochoku's Black Blade was about to touch his left chest, Ochoku, whose body had already shattered the ice flowers around him, suddenly began to tremble violently, just like an ordinary person shivering in the freezing cold.
The Black Blade, which had been pointing straight ahead like a laser beam, began to sway and wobble as his body trembled, causing his hand holding the blade to shake and his forward speed to slow to a snail's pace.
Clang clang clang clang clang
Suddenly.
In an instant, dozens of ice flowers sprouted all over Ochoku's body, extending from his head to his feet, covering both his front and back.
One second he shattered all the ice flowers, and the next second even more ice flowers grew back.
"ah!"
Feeling the chilling air enveloping his entire body and penetrating to his bones, Ochoku let out a hysterical roar filled with resentment and unwillingness, before his voice abruptly stopped.
Because his mouth, no, his entire face, was covered in ice flowers and frozen solid, he could no longer speak.
However, the Black Blade of the Four Emperors eventually came before Rosen.
The sharp, resilient Black Blade, after Ochoku gave it his all, finally touched the cloak of justice draped over Rosen's body.
But just as the tip of the blade lightly touched the coat of justice, the knife suddenly stopped.
It was just a little more force, pushing the hand holding the knife forward slightly, and the Black Blade pressed against Rosen's chest would have been plunged into his heart. But for Ochoku, that tiny distance felt like an insurmountable distance.
They seem close, but in reality, they are insurmountable for all eternity.
Neither his man nor his knife could advance any further; they could only stop there.
Clang
At this moment.
The last ice flower also grew on Ochoku's body.
That is, the 100th ice flower.
The appearance of this ice flower represents both the ultimate release of the power of the Hyōten Hyakkasō and a period at the end of an era.
The life of one of the Four Emperors, who reigned over the new world like an emperor, came to an end.
And this period was drawn by Rosen himself using Hyōrinmaru for Ochoku.
As the Black Blade stopped, a hundred flowers bloomed.
Apart from a Black Blade still exposed to the wind and snow, Ochoku could no longer be seen.
His entire body was frozen solid by the giant ice pillar composed of a hundred ice flowers, and he could no longer break out of the ice as before.
Consciousness freezes.
His domineering aura was exhausted.
The body's functions have completely ceased to operate.
Even among the Four Emperors, there are only...
die!
"A hundredth flower will bury the four emperors."
"This is how you die."
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Rosen looked at the towering Hundred Flowers Ice Pillar in front of him, and through the pillar, he saw Ochoku frozen inside.
Using his Observation Haki, he could sense that Ochoku's aura had vanished completely, like a candle flame being blown out.
In other words...
In the new world, there may still be four emperors, but among them, there will no longer be Ochoku.
In response to Rosen's words.
silence.
There was no response.
I can't hear any sound.
It wasn't just because Ochoku was frozen, but also because, apart from Rosen, there was no one else alive on the vast Hachinosu.
Those remnants of Ochoku's group who managed to survive under the Bankai of Nifu and tried to escape the Hive were also completely frozen under the Hyōten Hyakkasō, just like their captain Ochoku.
For Rosen...
At this moment, no answer is the best answer.
He glanced at Ochoku inside the ice pillar, then looked away, his gaze falling instead on the Black Blade that Ochoku held in his hand until his death, with the tip pressed against his chest.
Hiss
As the aura of the Four Emperors completely disappeared, the Black Blade, having lost the continuous support of Ochoku's Armament Haki, gradually reverted from a Black Blade back to its original form as a sword.
This scene was also captured by a drone in the sky and presented live on a large screen at the Marine Academy in Marineford.
Sengoku, Zephyr, Borsalino, and all the teachers, students, and Marine personnel at the military academy saw on the big screen that the sword of the Four Emperors had changed back to its original form from a Black Blade.
The entire square fell silent in an instant.
Unlike Rosen, who was on Hachinosu, they, who were far away at the Marine Headquarters, could not use Observation Haki to sense Ochoku's presence. However, they were able to freeze Ochoku's Hundred Flower Ice Pillar and restore the Black Blade to its original form.
From Fleet Admiral to Admirals to Marine officers.
Everyone realized one thing.
Ochoku.
They've been removed from the list.
Together with his Ochoku Pirates, they were completely wiped out of the ranks of the Four Emperors.
All of this was exactly as Rosen had told Ochoku when he first arrived on Hachinosu.
He kept his promise when he arrived on the island.
One person faces off against the Four Emperors' group.
One person wiped out the Four Emperors' group.
Most importantly, through the live video broadcast, everyone in the military academy discovered something horrifying.
That was Rosen, who fought against ten thousand men single-handedly on Hachinosu and went through a series of battles. From the start of the war to the end of the Ochoku Pirates' campaign, this man was never injured once.
He single-handedly wiped out an entire Yonko crew, and his defenses were never breached by anyone.
Not only that.
Judging from his appearance alone, he did not seem to have expended a great deal of energy; he was not pale; he was not panting.
For Rosen, removing the Ochoku Pirates from the ranks of the Four Emperors seemed as simple as taking a walk in the park.
The effort required to take on the Four Emperors' forces was as effortless as taking a leisurely stroll.
It gives the impression that he's not going to wipe out the Four Emperors' crew, but rather to go on a vacation to Hachinosu.
...
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