The battle between Yu and Imu quickly entered its climax.
Although after absorbing the life force of so many people, Imu displayed power comparable to the Complete Body Susanoo.
His giant body cast a heavy shadow over the battlefield. Black Omen coiled around him like giant serpents. Each thrust of his spear carried the force to destroy heaven and earth.
But Yu was gradually growing bored.
He had figured out Imu's fighting methods.
Those moves, those patterns, those attacks relying on Omen enhancement.
Before the absolute power of the Gun Devil, they were as laughable as a child waving a wooden stick.
"Boring."
Yu said softly.
He decided to get serious.
Originally, Yu had only released 20% of his Gun Devil form.
Because if he released more power, even a casual strike from him would sink Marineford into the sea.
However, seeing that the battles of Makoto's women were also basically over, Yu had no interest in continuing to tangle with this brain-damaged 'former King of the World'.
"I'll get a bit serious, then."
The moment his voice fell, the Gun Devil's body began to expand rapidly.
Yu, whose size had originally been comparable to the Complete Body Susanoo, his body expanded several times over.
His head almost touched the clouds. His spread arms blocked out half the sky, the shadow he cast covering all of Marineford.
The phrase 'blotting out the sun and covering the sky' was not an exaggeration in the slightest.
His body reached a size comparable to that of Kurama from Naruto.
The whole world, seeing this, was almost too shocked to breathe.
Those watching the live broadcast through the Visual Den Den Mushi collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen.
Originally, they had thought Yu's earlier claim that 'the form you just saw was 20% of my true form' was just bluster to demoralize the World Government.
But it turned out—
He was telling the truth!
"M... monster..."
"How could anyone possibly win against that..."
"Have we been fighting against something like this all along..."
The Marine soldiers still remaining on the battlefield completely lost their will to fight.
Some threw down their weapons and ran. Others collapsed to the ground, clutching their heads and crying. Some knelt on the ground and prayed.
Just like the Allied Shinobi Force when they saw Madara drop a meteor.
Taking this form, Yu utterly crushed Imu.
He didn't even need to aim. Just raising one arm… the volume of that single arm was larger than Imu's entire body.
Bang.
One laser.
Imu's left arm was blown off.
Pew.
A second shot.
Imu's right leg disappeared.
Bang.
A third shot.
A massive bloody hole appeared in Imu's abdomen.
Although Imu knew he had no trump cards left, in his desperation, he once again used Omen, trying to absorb the life force of the remaining God's Knights as well.
"Imu-sama! No!"
"Have mercy!"
"We are still useful… Aaaaaah!"
No matter how much the God's Knights kowtowed and begged for mercy, Imu didn't care.
Their lives were all absorbed by Imu.
But this amount of life force was not nearly enough to bridge the vast gap between him and Yu.
At this moment, a single arm of Yu was already larger than Imu's entire body.
"Die."
Yu raised his arm, his gun barrel aimed at Imu's chest.
Imu's pupils contracted sharply.
"No—"
Bang.
The laser pierced through Imu's chest.
At the same time, this shot also pierced through Marineford, causing the island to completely split apart.
The earth tore, seawater rushed in, rubble flew.
Marineford, the symbol of Marine Headquarters, was gradually sinking into the sea under the force of Yu's single attack.
Yu apologized to Makoto, "Senpai, sorry. I really didn't want to keep wasting time with this idiot."
Makoto didn't mind. He waved his hand casually.
This war was already nearing its end.
He looked up at Nika still bouncing in mid-air, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
"Let's end all this."
Then, using Yu's body as a foothold, Makoto leaped up and charged toward Nika.
His figure cut an arc across the sky, his speed so fast that even Observation Haki couldn't track him.
However, this 'battle' could hardly be called a 'match'.
Until now, Makoto had simply wanted to see more of Nika's foolish appearance.
Now, he was also completely disappointed in him.
That adventure-seeking youth who had once given him passion and emotion had now become a puppet—
A clown who could only giggle, only bounce around, only laughing maniacally.
Just then, Nika used Gomu-Gomu no White Pistol.
His arm stretched out, wrapped in Armament and Conqueror's Haki, the fist covered in thick black Haki and dark red lightning, white smoke swirling around the surface like a white flying dragon, hurtling straight toward Makoto with a crushing blow.
Makoto simply reached out and caught his fist.
"Ah!?"
In the style of Tom and Jerry, Nika's eyeballs bulged out exaggeratedly, his face full of disbelief.
Seeing him in such a state, Makoto's patience was exhausted to its limit.
He took out a Flying Thunder God kunai and directly chopped down on Nika's wrist.
Shing—
A blade flashed.
One of Nika's arms was severed, blood spurting from the stump.
"Arrrggghh—!"
The pain of losing an arm made Nika unable to laugh for a moment.
Clutching his severed wrist, he stumbled and fell from the sky toward the sea.
Even the Nika Fruit, canonized by Oda as the 'strongest Devil Fruit', belonged to a Devil Fruit user after all.
Falling into seawater would certainly not end well.
However, Makoto did not intend to let Nika drown.
He jumped directly from the Gun Devil's shoulder, his right hand condensing a Rasengan infused with Fire Release Chakra, like a fiery pinwheel.
The Rasengan spun at high speed, orange-red flames flowing on its surface, like a small sun in the sunlight.
"At this point, let me send you to the afterlife with my original Ninjutsu."
With that, Makoto leaped from the Gun Devil's shoulder, the Fire Release: Rasen Force in his hand ready to deliver the final blow to Nika.
And at the last critical moment—
A figure suddenly charged forward.
Standing between the Rasengan and Nika.
"Pwah—"
Makoto's Rasengan pierced straight through his back.
Blood splattered, dotting Nika's white body, exceptionally stark.
Makoto was a little surprised.
Mainly because this scene was too reminiscent of the original work, where Ace blocked Akainu's attack for Luffy.
And seeing this, Nika, still falling, his eyes suddenly became clear.
"Sa... bo..."
His voice was hoarse and trembling.
Sabo coughed up a mouthful of blood, splattering onto Nika's body, managing a weak smile.
"Luffy... as long as you're okay..."
Then, Makoto withdrew his hand.
Sabo's body fell directly into Nika's arms.
Just then, Nika's Devil Fruit ability suddenly awakened.
His body emitted white smoke and clouds, instantly rubberizing the sea surface beneath him.
The seawater turned into soft rubber, like a giant trampoline.
When he and Sabo fell onto it, their bodies bounced back up as if on a trampoline.