Rain poured from the sky. A fierce wind blew fiercely, sweeping the clouds into swirling vortices.
In this narrow space between heaven and earth, the smell of ashes and dust lingered. The radiance of thunder illuminated the increasingly dark battlefield.
As if the twilight of the gods had already arrived. The poison dragon gnawed at the foundation of the world. The demon wolf devoured the remnants of the great god. The guardian perished together with the evil god.
The blazing giant stepped onto Freyr. Its flames were like a tide, like mountain ranges, again thrusting the branch of destruction into the central position, striking down order, bringing twilight!
Countless gods surged like moths to a flame, trying to prevent the arrival of that end.
—For they knew they had only this one chance!
"Well? God, do you like this ancient poem?"
Ferocious flames outlined a silhouette hundreds of meters tall. The demon's boiling blood surged beneath its skin. Burning armor encased its torso.
She spread her arms wide, facing the dark rotation warriors that nearly filled the entire sky, and the god seated upon the heavenly throne, loudly singing a fictional poem.
No matter how powerful the guns and ammunition, when they met that hundreds-of-meters-tall terrifying figure, they only became shallow fireworks, let alone tearing through bone and flesh to cause serious injury.
The spear and trident clashed hundreds, thousands of times, each strike being both of their full power. But their peak control of power could limit the destruction to within a tiny area, with no leakage.
And the moment the demon's voice fell, a sound of cracking rang out. The position where the two were locked in close combat tilted. The power poured out in an instant, directly shattering the peak of Mount Fuji in the Flower Capital.
Then, the thunder of intertwined spirit and will struggled fiercely in the narrow space between heaven and earth. Conqueror's Haki drummed the cry that shook all souls.
"Lowly insect! Mu will bring down judgment upon all you hold dear, bringing you destruction deeper than despair!!!"
Without needing to see her face, one could glimpse her rage from her eyes.
The giant shadow seemed to lower its proud head, its rage-filled curse again emerging from history, directed at those who inherited the will of the past and challenged her.
They were the ones who destroyed the eternal energy source of the divine country above the Red Line, causing the great war eight hundred years ago to fail to achieve its ultimate goal, prolonging the flames of war to this day!
"Too naive, God. Such a curse is no better than the whining of those women when I stayed overnight in the pleasure district! Hahahaha!" The giant demon reached out her hand and grasped in the air. The cycle of heat gave birth to the sword of decay, emitting the aura of death.
Drawing the sword and swinging straight, the curtain of rain was split in two by this vast power. The cherry-red long sword swept past, kicking up a noise blast enough to tear eardrums, carrying along the many dark rotation warriors floating in the air, slashing them to ashes.
Clang—!
The noise blast, enough to tear eardrums, resounded. But the deafening sound stopped halfway.
The trajectory of the giant sword's fall could not be completed. It was instead coiled by the gathered giant arrows, drawing a straight trajectory in mid-air, resisting the demon's giant power.
"Don't be too carried away. After all, you're just a demon!"
Even if the giants of eight hundred years ago returned, even if the Buccaneer and Lunarian clans inherited the will of history... so what?
They had already been defeated by her once. Losers, attempting with mere remnants to overthrow the order she had established?
—Wishful thinking!
Opening her eyes again, flickering with dark thunder, Imu raised her slender arm high. A black flame ignited in her hand, outlining a pentagram ring.
Just as she was about to use her authority to mobilize weapons, a feeling as if an optical cable had been severed clearly appeared in the souls of every warrior subjected to Domi Reversi.
Crack!
The pentagram in Imu's hand shattered. And beneath the shadow, Gunko's face flickered with patchy, mottled patterns, like a broken electronic screen.
"Damn it! The pentagram has been..."
Imu's face was ugly as she looked at Sakura, finally recalling the other maritime overlord hidden on this island, the Flying Commodore… Golden Lion Shiki!
Raising her trident to dozens of times its size, Imu used her remaining energy to swing it forcefully at the giant demon. A powerful Haki shattered the dusk giant sword, forcibly sending the hundreds-of-meters-tall behemoth flying.
"What? Such strong Haki!"
Flying backward, Sakura looked up gravely. To avoid this strike piercing through Wano.
She deactivated her True Blood state, her body shrinking in the air, returning to normal.
"Just wait, demon. The energy constraints on Mu will soon be resolved. Then, Mu's world will be completed."
Imu rose into the sky, looking down coldly at Sakura. "And, from now on, the gates of the Holy Land will no longer be open to you. Next time we meet, we will be mortal enemies."
Black flames burned, bit by bit devouring the blue-haired girl who had her arms crossed, delivering a declaration of war.
Several bolts of lightning fell. The members of the God's Knights disappeared, leaving only the out-of-control, mad dark rotation-dominated warriors to begin wanton destruction.
Finally, a protracted war emerged from full-scale hot war, entering a state of localized conflict.
…
With the retreat of the God's Knights' forces, the Flying Pirates and the Higanbana Pirates set about governing the Domi Reversi samurai running rampant throughout Wano.
Organizing local residents to restore production, rebuilding the several damaged lands, and of course... including the shattered Flower Capital.
Throughout Wano, construction was in full swing, as if the shadow of war had already passed. But the repercussions it brought were only just beginning to spread across the world.
Because of the closed nature of this land, news of the surprise attack on Wano traveled very slowly.
When the news birds of this sea region delivered the news to the World Economy News, Morgans' sharp shriek echoed for an entire day.
Finally, with an interview from a certain enthusiastic Mr. Golden who wished to remain unnamed, a report on the causes and effects of the war was published, though some details were vague.
Of course, that didn't stop Morgans from spreading it across the world, igniting the seas within just a few days.
"You've got to be kidding! Big Mom and Beasts Pirates failed? That's a super-large pirate crew with over fifty thousand total troops!"
"It is said that both of the supporting pirate crews only deployed half their forces, but what's with the Higanbana Pirates having only three hundred and four participants?"
"They're probably all monsters. A pirate crew completely made up of monsters!"
"Flame Hoof, Mad Dog, Dark Crow, Winged People... such big names. With that lineup, they might as well change their name to 'Beasts' in the future."
"If you're not happy, you can try going to Medical Island Marian to cause trouble. That should be the only island in the world open to all forces, right?"
"Tch!"
"Hahaha, right now I'm more concerned about whether the Higanbana Sovereign has ascended to… the World's Strongest!"
"Who knows? It would be great if they could fight!"
"You superficial guys only care about who's stronger every day. Doesn't anyone care that the Higanbana Sovereign is a great beauty?"
"Shut up! Do you want to die? That woman is very popular on the seas right now. If her admirers hear you, you're dead."
"Oh, oh, oh, don't mention that. Drink, drink!"
…
In the lively tavern, the sounds of busybodies' arguments and clinking glasses mixed together. Newspapers and wanted posters were scattered all over the floor.
On the wanted poster, emitting the faint scent of ink, the girl's smile was still brilliant.
And below the image, a striking line of numbers was clearly reflected… 5,046,000,000 Belly!