The fierce battle between Kid's Pirates, Bartolomeo's Club, and Edrago's Crew turned the tavern into a war zone.
Terrified pirates and bartenders scrambled for their lives, and the bar owner could only wail helplessly.
"My bar! It's all gone…!"
Three pirate captains, all users of powerful Devil Fruits — nothing around them could survive. Every wall, every table — even the foundation itself — crumbled like tofu beneath their power.
The Kid Pirates' ship doctor knelt beside Heat, pressing on the gunshot wound in his chest to stop the bleeding.
But before he could finish, the doctor suddenly clutched his throat. His lips turned white, his skin pale, and he collapsed to the ground — foaming at the mouth.
"Hmph… looks like his medical skills weren't quite enough."
Doc Q, the sickly Reaper, smiled darkly, his wrinkled face twisting into a cruel sneer.
"Apples, anyone?"
He casually tossed a basket of shiny red apples toward the Kid Pirates.
Moments later — BOOM BOOM BOOM!
A chain of explosions tore through the tavern. Screams followed, echoing through the smoke.
"Sheeper! Emma! Moshu!!"
Kid's eyes widened in fury as he saw his doctor and crewmates sprawled in pools of blood. Veins bulged across his forehead, rage boiling like magma.
"So that's it… you only know how to slaughter civilians!"
Bartolomeo laughed wildly, his green mohawk gleaming as he charged forward behind his shimmering Barrier Shield.
"Today, the Kid Pirates end here!"
Edrago, too, grinned viciously, blasting volleys of energy toward Killer, the Slaughter Warrior, who met every strike head-on with spinning blades.
Outside, Burgess had already sent Wire flying through the air, their battle spilling into the street — fists and tridents colliding with deafening shockwaves.
"Heh! Looks like Lady Luck's smiling on us today."
Van Augur raised his rifle, eyes cold behind the scope. His aim locked on the fallen Heat and the surviving members of the Kid Pirates.
"Killing lackeys isn't so bad either."
Doc Q, slouched weakly on his diseased horse Stronger, waved his hand again. A mist of invisible, odorless death virus drifted across the battlefield.
As Kid and Killer were held down, another burst of gunfire split the air — BANG! BANG! BANG!
Heat, half-dead but still fighting, spat a burst of flame toward Burgess — only to take another bullet through his forehead.
He fell instantly, eyes wide open, frozen in disbelief even in death.
Two more Kid Pirates dropped beside him.
"Heat! Jig! Daibu!!"
Kid's pupils shrank violently.
"You bastards—!!"
Rage exploded through him. Countless pieces of metal rose into the air, swirling into a colossal mechanical arm, as tall as a building.
With a furious roar, Kid slammed it down.
BOOOOM!
The blow hurled Bartolomeo hundreds of meters away, carving a crater into the ground.
But his barrier — shimmering and unbroken — still stood firm.
"Whoa! That's some serious power!"
Bartolomeo steadied himself, boots grinding deep grooves into the earth. His eyes widened in surprise — Kid's strength was monstrous.
But his Barrier-Barrier Fruit was absolute. No one could break it.
Kid's red hair bristled upward, his aura crackling with unseen energy.
Van Augur's expression changed instantly.
"That feeling… no way. Is this guy awakening the Conqueror's Haki?"
The air around Kid thickened, trembling under his fury. His bloodshot eyes burned red as he looked over his fallen comrades.
Six crewmates — dead.
Six friends who had followed him since the South Blue — gone.
The Kid Pirates only had twenty-two members in total.
And now, more than half were down.
But his anger didn't stop rising — because under Doc Q's deathly virus, the rest of his crew were convulsing.
Their wounds festered, their mouths frothed white, lips turning purple.
"Pappas! Quincy! Boogie! Rake!" Kid roared.
"Jaka! House! Bomb! Hopper!" Killer bellowed beside him, eyes bloodshot.
"Gig! Yuk! Disk! Moe! Combo!!" screamed Wire, tears cutting through the dirt on his face.
Every last one of their brothers was dying — the men who'd fought with them since their days as gang leaders.
Seeing their crew collapse one after another, Kid, Killer, and Wire finally snapped.
Burgess roared and swung again, meeting Wire's demonic strength head-on. Their fists collided like cannon fire, shaking the streets.
Killer, maddened beyond reason, closed in on Edrago, his blades flashing.
Edrago's hand-to-hand combat couldn't keep up — in seconds, Killer carved deep gashes across his body.
Edrago screamed in agony, prompting Van Augur to provide covering fire. His sharpshooting forced Killer to retreat just long enough to save Edrago's life.
Meanwhile, Bartolomeo stayed on the defensive — like a turtle in its shell — holding off Kid's raging attacks.
He had no way to strike back, but he didn't need to.
He only had to endure.
Once Kid's fury burned out — that would be Bartolomeo's chance to counter.
"Heh… the advantage is still ours."
Doc Q smiled faintly, turning his deathly eyes toward Wire, whose demonic fury still burned.
Murderous intent flickered across his face.
At the same time, Bartolomeo's and Edrago's underlings, led by the Fallen Swordsman Golas, swarmed over the fallen Kid Pirates.
Those poisoned by Doc Q's virus were helpless, lying in twitching heaps — like lambs awaiting slaughter.
Even Golas shuddered at Doc Q's eerie methods.
"This sickly guy… he's terrifying."
No wonder his bounty, 72 million Berries, surpassed even Van Augur's and Burgess's.
Screams of despair filled the air.
"Captain Kid, help me!!"
"Brother Killer… I don't want to die!"
The desperate cries of his dying crew pierced Kid's heart.
He roared, abandoning Bartolomeo and charging toward his fallen men—
Only to slam face-first into a new shimmering wall.
"You're not going anywhere!"
Bartolomeo laughed, raising both hands as a massive Barrier Sphere enveloped them — trapping both him and Kid inside.
"Let's see you run now, dumbass!"
Killer tried to rush in, but Van Augur and Edrago intercepted him, forcing him back with relentless gunfire and energy blasts.
He could only watch helplessly as his comrades were finished off one by one.
Blood pooled through the streets. The Kid Pirates — feared across the Grand Line — were annihilated before everyone's eyes.
"So the highest-bounty Supernova of the year falls to Bartolomeo's Club and Edrago's Crew…"
"Ahahaha! Serves that red-haired bastard right! He was too arrogant anyway!"
"Guess it's time for a new 'Strongest Supernova'!"
The pirates watching from a distance whispered — some with pity, most with cruel delight.
Kid had made too many enemies. His ruthlessness, his arrogance — it was only a matter of time.
Inside the barrier sphere, Kid glared at Bartolomeo, veins bulging around his eyes, teeth clenched in pure hatred.
"Bartolomeo! I'll kill you with my own hands!!"
"Ahahaha! Come on then!" Bartolomeo mocked, unfazed. "Try it, tough guy!"
No one could kill the man protected by the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.
He didn't need to fight — just hold Kid in until the red-haired captain burned through his strength.
Then he'd strike.
"Once you're exhausted, that's when I'll end you — and take your title."
As Bartolomeo grinned, the rest of the island burned in chaos.
The legend of the Kid Pirates — was coming to a violent, bloody end.
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