(T/N: This Novel is created in 2023, so the One Piece's story part will be different from the original work's current story.)
"This scale... it far surpasses the Battle of Edd War between the Roger Pirates and Golden Lion's Great Fleet back in the day, doesn't it?" Marco, who still served as the second-in-command after Whitebeard's death, though now assisting Ace instead, wiped cold sweat from his forehead.
He had just received calls from crew members of the Whitebeard subordinate pirate crews sailing across the seas.
According to them, the resurrected villains were already causing trouble worldwide.
Not just monsters who died in recent years like Charlotte Linlin and the Five Elders-
Even freaks like [Golden Lion] Shiki and [Red the Aloof] Patrick had appeared!
There were even rumors that someone he'd never seen, only heard about from their Pops, that Rocks guy, might be...
"This is a huge mess..." Vista beside him covered his mouth, equally drenched in sweat.
"Everyone! The Spade Pirates sent a message saying Roger was resurrected in Loguetown in the East Blue! That guy Squard says he's going to get revenge on Roger!" At that moment, Izo walked over holding a Den Den Mushi.
"Even Roger!?" Marco and several other veteran crew members who had clashed with Roger multiple times had drastic changes in expression.
"After all, there are too many villains on our planet," Izo shrugged self-deprecatingly. "We'll probably end up there ourselves someday."
"To Loguetown!" Ace, the new captain, gritted his teeth and shouted.
Gol D. Roger.
That bastard who, while giving him life, had left not a single fond memory in his recollections.
He'd wanted to settle things with him for a long time.
This was a perfect opportunity!
"Gurararara! Fighting Roger? It's been a long time!" A familiar, hearty laugh echoed from behind.
The entire Whitebeard crew turned in surprise.
They saw that familiar, towering figure standing at the ship's stern, looking at them kindly.
"Why are you looking at me? Ace is the captain now. Give the order!"
Ace wept with joy.
'It seemed this upheaval wasn't all bad.'
…
Planet King of Fighters, somewhere in the West.
This was a large fighting arena, the former venue for the finals of the King of Fighters Tournament hosted by several major corporations.
Tap~
Suddenly, the sound of a footstep echoed.
A burly man dressed in priestly robes, like a clergyman, stood in the center of the long-abandoned ring.
"I heard the villains in Hell have been resurrected. I guessed you'd be among them." A figure emerged from the shadows.
Her beautiful face, now that of a married woman, revealed intense killing intent.
Goenitz's gaze shifted slightly, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes. "Ooh~ Kagura Chizuru, right? You look completely different from when I killed your sister. Presumably, many years have passed since then?"
Boom!
An invisible force manifested.
Goenitz was sent flying by an extremely powerful impact.
Opposite him, Kagura Chizuru's willow-leaf eyebrows were furrowed, filled with killing intent. In her left hand, she held the Divine Sword, Eight-Mirror Sword, once passed down through generations of the Ise family. Her right hand was slightly raised, index finger pointing forward.
The technique she used was clearly a Kido spell from the Planet Shinigami… Hado #1: Sho!
"Do not speak my sister's name in my presence." Kagura Chizuru said coldly.
Goenitz, whose strength completely surpassed that of the Four Heavenly Kings led by Nanakase Yashiro, wasn't so easy to deal with.
At the last moment before crashing into the wall behind him, a violent whirlwind erupted with his body at the center.
Scattered rubble flew in all directions, adding fresh wounds to the already scarred, derelict coliseum.
"You've grown much stronger. It seems many things happened while I was in Hell." Goenitz's eyes grew deeper, then he turned his head to look towards another player entrance tunnel and sneered:
"Are you joining in? Yagami Iori."
The man who walked out from the other tunnel, hands in pockets, red hair covering his face, was none other than Iori Yagami, another heir of the Three Sacred Treasures Families!
And following closely behind Yagami Iori, with a crew cut and a taller, slimmer build, was Kusanagi Soji, who had taken over the position of Kusanagi Family's head!
"Hmm? It seems many things indeed have happened." The fact that the newcomer wasn't Kusanagi Kyo already surprised Goenitz greatly.
Sensing more carefully, Goenitz also discovered that the Kusanagi Sword was now inside the man behind Yagami Iori. Endless confusion surged within him.
'That man was... Kusanagi Kyo's cousin, right?'
'Why is the Kusanagi Sword inside him?'
'Where is Kusanagi Kyo?'
"Tch! Boring!" Yagami Iori just glanced into the arena, then turned to leave.
He had only come because he heard many defeated villains had been resurrected, holding onto the hope that Kusanagi Kyo might also have returned.
The result was a great disappointment.
"Hey, hey~ Wait a moment, Yagami. Since the Hakkesshu have been resurrected, it's our duty to defeat them." Seeing Yagami Iori about to leave, Kusanagi Soji hurriedly grabbed him.
"Piss off! Don't bother me!" Yagami Iori had zero interest in this 'bootleg' replacement for Kyo Kusanagi.
"I can handle him alone!" Kagura Chizuru, usually the picture of a Yamato Nadeshiko, completely lost her composure when facing Goenitz.
Watching the arrogant Yagami Iori and the hysterical Kagura Chizuru, Kusanagi Soji felt increasingly weary.
He suddenly understood how Kagura Chizuru must have felt in the past, caught between Yagami Iori and his cousin as a mediator.
On many planets, situations similar to Kagura Chizuru's were unfolding.
Because of their enemies' resurrection, people finally got the chance for revenge they desired.
For example...
"Danzo, Third Hokage, I have questions for you." On the Ninja Planet, in Konoha Village, the returned Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, his voice cold as he addressed the two resurrected Konoha elders:
"Was it you who gave the order for the Uchiha Clan's Massacre?"
The expressions of the two, just resurrected, changed drastically.
"Hiruzen, you were the Hokage at the time. I'll leave this matter to you." Danzo, who had spent his life aiming for the title of 'Hokage', now only wanted to escape.
Having finally managed to slip out of that hellish place, he just wanted to find a place where no one could find him and enjoy life properly.
Drink some tea, relax, and if he could support a few young widows, even better.
As for being Hokage... Well, whoever wants it can have it!
"Who said you could leave!?" Sasuke's Rinnegan in his left eye wildly released its power.
The appearance of the Complete Body Susanoo, which seemed to trample all of Konoha Village underfoot the moment it manifested, caused the expressions of the two opposite him to change drastically.
This wasn't the first time they had witnessed the Complete Body Susanoo.
When they were very young, probably under ten years old, Uchiha Madara had used this technique when he came to challenge Senju Hashirama.
"Sasuke! Calm down!" Seeing Sasuke on the verge of rampage, Naruto quickly entered his Biju Transformation, transforming into the Golden Nine-Tails form and appearing behind the Complete Body Susanoo.
"I'll kill anyone who stands in my way!" Sasuke cried out maniacally. The Complete Body Susanoo abruptly drew its sword.
A sword slash capable of tearing through everything swept past the side of the Golden Nine-Tails.
The terrifying sword pressure swept through the forest outside the village, reaching straight for the horizon.