*POP!* *POP!* *POP!* *POP!* *POP!*
Five crisp popping sounds were heard in succession. The Gorosei were directly sucked into the demon's mouth and disappeared without even having time to let out a scream.
Meanwhile, Imu successfully completely broke free from the demon's control and shot away into the distance.
"Want to escape?"
Kaiser smiled faintly. He moved his hand as if sweeping something.
In Imu's escape route, a giant transparent net suddenly appeared from empty air. She, unable to react in time, directly crashed into the net.
The net shrank quickly, wrapping Imu very tightly. Even all her power was completely sealed, causing her to fall straight down toward the ice layer.
*BAM!*
The ice layer shattered forming a large crater. Imu lay helplessly in that ice hole with her body bound, her eyes behind that strange mask filled with anger, fear, and confusion.
Until this second, she didn't understand who actually attacked her. The opponent's attack truly left no traceable marks. At the same time, the giant demon shadow in the sky also faded and disappeared after swallowing the Gorosei.
"Meowu—"
Blacky in Kaiser's arms licked its lips, making a sound as if slightly unsatisfied.
Kaiser laughed: "Those five old men's taste must not be good. You yourself wanted to attack earlier, so don't blame me!"
*SWOOSH!*
Golden light flashed. Saitama's figure appeared beside Kaiser and embraced him down to the ground.
"Are you okay?"
Saitama glanced toward the sky where the pirates who had been thrown by Imu had now almost all been saved by him. Behind, the division commanders and other strong pirates also helped save people, so the pressure on Saitama was greatly reduced.
Kaiser looked at Saitama with a strange gaze, then nodded: "I'm fine, thank you!"
"You're welcome, it's only natural!"
Saitama didn't yet know that the person before him was the Gold List's First Place he had been searching for all this time. He furrowed his brow while sweeping his gaze across the entire battlefield, trying to find traces of the person who attacked earlier. However, there were thousands of pirates there, and the earlier attack was very silent, so it was impossible for him to find the perpetrator.
"The Gorosei... dead?"
Shirohige and the others stared at the sky that had returned to brightness with gaping looks. They were still transfixed. The Gorosei who once made Rocks die miserably, died just like that? This was truly too dramatic.
Even the World Government's number one was now mysteriously captured and lying in an ice hole like a sheep ready to be slaughtered. Sengoku and the others looked listless; they knew their glory had truly ended.
This battle between pirates and Marines, after going through various unexpected changes, finally reached its closing act.
Saitama shot forward and stared at Imu who was tightly bound helplessly in the ice hole. His eyes gleamed full of questions: "Who attacked you earlier?"
Though her body was bound, Imu could still speak. She snorted coldly: "Don't know!"
Saitama suddenly jumped into the ice hole, grabbed Imu and snapped: "Say it, who was it?!"
After that, he landed one punch (tap) on Imu's head. Fortunately it was only a light punch, otherwise her head would have separated from her body. Even so, Imu groaned in pain and no longer dared to be arrogant. She immediately answered: "I truly didn't see them. That person's attack earlier had no trace at all..."
Saitama sighed. He was actually just feeling unsatisfied; even he himself didn't see any trace of the opponent's attack.
"Genos, we have to go back!"
Because even the World Government's number one was far from his level and he hadn't found the Gold List's First Place, Saitama was no longer interested in staying there.
Genos nodded. Together with Fubuki, he grabbed Buggy and flew landing beside Saitama.
Buggy panicked: "You're not planning to take me along too, are you?"
Saitama chuckled: "You said earlier you know a lot of information about this world. Come with us for a while!"
"NO! DON'T—!"
In the midst of Buggy's pitiful screams, the golden wings on Saitama's back stretched, wrapping Genos and Fubuki. While grabbing Imu, he shot into the sky and quickly disappeared on the horizon.
"Imu... taken away?"
Shirohige, Roger, and the others looked at each other, finding it hard to believe what had just happened. They completely didn't expect the development of the matter would end like this.
The fierce battle they imagined didn't happen. Even the pirate side's high-level combat power was almost not reduced, though many ordinary pirates died. The situation on the Marine side was more or less the same. And in the end, victory still belonged to them.
"Sengoku, what do you say?"
Shirohige laughed heartily while looking at the Fleet Admiral.
Sengoku let out a long sigh. His entire body seemed to age ten years in an instant, his back bent, no longer having the authority of a wise general like before.
Garp beside him was also speechless.
The three Admirals were the same.
Kizaru looked indifferent—for him this was just about work; working with anyone was the same. Moreover, with his power, he wouldn't have difficulty if he wanted to leave.
Aokiji showed no expression whatsoever.
As for Akainu, his face was very gloomy, his anger overflowing like a volcano ready to erupt. With his personality that extremely hated evil, he absolutely couldn't accept an ending like this.
How could pirates win the final victory?
Led by Shirohige, Roger, Shiki, Kaido, Big Mom, Shanks, and Dragon; followed by the division commanders, three Sweet Commanders, three All-Stars, and Red Hair's crew, the pirate group walked forward forming a sharp formation toward Sengoku and his companions.
When they arrived before them, Shirohige and Roger stared sharply at Sengoku.
Sengoku's jaw hardened for a moment, then he slowly shifted to the side to give way.
This act of giving way made everyone's hearts tremble. Not just the Marine side, the pirate side also felt the same.
This giving way symbolized the total collapse of the World Government and Marines. From this moment on, the Marines and World Government no longer existed.
The Marine soldiers felt very sad, not knowing where else to go. The Marines had always been the pillar of their belief, now that pillar had collapsed, leaving an extraordinary emptiness.
Conversely, the pirates suddenly exploded in cheers that shook the sky. They raised their hands high while continuously shouting. This was the pirates' carnival, this was the pirates' celebration.
Dragon walked facing Garp. After falling silent for a moment, he finally spoke: "Father, though the World Government has collapsed, I promise to build a better order to make this world a more beautiful place!"
Garp stared coldly at his son without speaking, then turned his face toward another direction.
Dragon sighed, didn't speak again, and followed Shirohige and the others walking toward the palace in the inner part of Mary Geoise.
"Cursed pirates... you all must die—!"
Suddenly, Akainu standing beside exploded in anger. His entire body was instantly enveloped by terrifying high-temperature magma. He transformed into a complete magma man and charged toward Shirohige fiercely.