Makoto didn't hold back.
He formed hand seals with both hands. Gray-black energy poured from his body, expanding, condensing, and taking shape in an instant.
Skeleton, flesh, armor, wings—
The Complete Body Susanoo descended.
A gray-black giant hundreds of meters tall stood on the ruins of Marineford. Its spread wings blotted out the sun and sky, casting the entire plaza in shadow.
Each of its hands held a chainsaw, also formed from condensed energy.
The chainsaws roared, their teeth spinning at high speed, emitting a piercing whine that made even the air tremble.
This sight left everyone dumbfounded.
'Damn, Nishikawa Makoto was really trying to kill Shanks!'
Just then, Luffy, being carried on Sabo's back, cried out, "Shanks! No!"
But Makoto had already brought his blade down.
The chainsaw fell.
No sword energy, no special effects. Just pure, brutal, unreasonable force.
Boom—!!!
The incredibly powerful slash nearly split Marineford in two.
The earth tore, stone slabs flew, seawater rushed in.
A chasm hundreds of meters long appeared on the ground, bottomless, its edges still smoking.
After the great commotion gradually subsided, Shanks was nowhere to be seen.
Beside the chasm carved by the Complete Body Susanoo, only a severed right hand lay on the ground.
That hand still clutched Gryphon, its fingers still in the grip of the sword.
Luffy recognized it immediately… it was Shanks's right hand.
Instantly, Luffy completely broke down.
His eyes rolled back, his mouth gaped open, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Waaaaaaaghhhhhhhh—!!!"
His body trembled violently, tears and snot mixing together, plastering his face.
Like Oden back in the day, and like witnessing Ace's death in the original work, his spirit completely shattered.
The remaining members of the Straw Hat Pirates, Sabo and the others, all surrounded Luffy with worried expressions.
"Luffy! Luffy! Calm down!"
"Luffy!"
"Captain!"
But Luffy couldn't hear anything anymore.
Makoto released the Complete Body Susanoo and continued walking toward Yasopp.
His pace was unhurried, his hands in his pockets, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
The other members of the Red Hair Pirates were both saddened and enraged by their captain's death.
"Bastard!"
Lucky Roux was the first to charge. His massive body, like a small mountain, hurtled toward Makoto.
Makoto didn't even lift an eyelid.
Shing—
A blade flashed.
Lucky Roux's body was split in two from the middle. Blood and entrails spilled onto the ground.
Saeko sheathed her sword, expressionless.
Beckman raised his sniper rifle, aiming at Makoto.
But before his finger could pull the trigger, a bolt of lightning had already struck down.
Boom—!
Beckman's body was blasted away, crashing heavily to the ground, completely charred black.
Chika, carrying her kanabo, stood beside him, smiling. "Don't rush. One by one."
Yasopp watched his comrades fall one by one, his eyes reddening.
He raised his sniper rifle, aiming at Makoto.
But a stream of black mist surged from the side, engulfing his rifle.
Ai raised her right hand, black mist churning in her palm.
Yasopp's pupils contracted sharply.
By the time he came to his senses, Makoto was already before him, looking down at him.
He knew his death was near, but he still couldn't help asking one thing.
"Could... could you spare my son?"
Makoto laughed directly.
"Back when you abandoned your wife and child, did you ever think about him?"
Yasopp's lips moved, but in the end, nothing came out.
In Makoto's right eye, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan's pattern spun rapidly.
Black flames poured from his eye and landed on Yasopp's body.
Amaterasu.
"Arrgghh—!"
Yasopp's body began to burn. The black flames devoured his flesh.
He writhed, screamed, and struggled in the flames.
Before dying, Yasopp used his last ounce of strength to shout to Usopp behind him, "Son... I'm sorry... to you and your mother..."
Then, his body turned into a pile of black ashes, scattered by the sea breeze.
Usopp, crying, tried to escape on the Going Merry.
His tears wouldn't stop flowing, blurring his vision, but he didn't dare stop.
"Go... go quickly..."
His voice trembled.
Makoto shouted to him, "Hey, don't forget to leave the Effort King behind!"
Usopp gritted his teeth.
He looked back at Koby, standing by the gunwale, his face pale.
Koby looked back at him, his eyes full of fear and pleading.
"Usopp... we're comrades..."
Usopp's tears fell even harder.
But he still reached out and pushed Koby off the ship.
"Sorry..."
His voice was very soft, almost scattered by the sea breeze.
Koby fell from the ship, crashing heavily onto the ice.
The Effort King lay on the ground, raised his head, and watched the Going Merry sail away, his eyes full of disbelief.
Watching this, Makoto couldn't help but laugh.
"Now that's realistic."
Koby lay on the ground, turned his head, and saw Makoto strolling toward him. He trembled all over.
He knew he was going to die.
But he didn't want to die.
"Oden-sama... Oden-sama... please give me courage..."
Koby's lips kept trembling as he hugged the copy of Oden's Travels tightly, pressing it to his chest like a protective charm.
"Oden-sama... Oden-sama..."
He chanted it over and over, tears falling on the yellowed cover, forming small wet spots.
Makoto stopped walking.
He looked down at Koby, curled up on the ground, and raised an eyebrow.
"You're not talking about... Kozuki Oden, are you?"
Koby's body shuddered violently.
He looked up at Makoto's ambiguous face and swallowed.
Fear still lingered, but a glimmer of courage, or perhaps a kind of insane obsession, flashed in his eyes.
"I... I will become a great samurai like Oden-sama!"
"I... I'm not afraid of you!"
At this moment, his expression strongly resembled the original where he shouted at Akainu, 'You're trampling on lives!'
Makoto was completely speechless.
Then, he couldn't help but laugh.
When you're at a loss for words, you really do laugh.
He never expected that after failing to possess Yamato, the 'Heroic Man' had possessed the Deserter King.
"Do you know how your idol died?"
Makoto asked with a smile.
Koby was stunned.
"H-how... did he die?"
Makoto's smile deepened.
"Tonight's dinner... I'll use you as firewood."
Koby's pupils contracted sharply.
Before he could say anything, Makoto's hand was already raised.
Just then—
A strange drumbeat came from a distance.
Like a cheerful yet eerie rhythm from ancient times, echoing across the battlefield.
The Drums of Liberation.
Everyone turned their heads toward the sound.
There, Luffy, who had been surrounded by the Straw Hat Pirates, Sabo, and the others, suddenly had white smoke and clouds rising from his body surface.
That smoke and cloud, like a living creature, wrapped around him, rolled, and expanded.
The next second—
Luffy leaped into the air.
He bounced in mid-air with an extremely cheerful and irregular pace, like an out-of-control monkey.
"Hehehe! Hehehehe! Hahahahaha!"
Luffy clutched his stomach, laughing uncontrollably. The laughter was sharp and piercing, echoing across the battlefield, indescribably eerie.
Everyone looked at him in confusion.
There in mid-air, Luffy, covered all over in pure white, bounced and laughed, shouting—
"Hahaha! Shanks is dead! Shanks is dead! Hahahahahahaha!"
Koby's mouth fell open.
Sabo's face turned pale.
The members of the Straw Hat Pirates stood frozen in place, their eyes full of disbelief.
"Hehehehehe!"
Luffy ignored everyone, continuing to bounce in mid-air and laugh.
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