"It's over!" Vice Admiral Dalmatian froze as he saw Saint Charlos sprawled before him, lifeless. The thought struck him instantly, dread flooding through his veins.
"Get her! Capture that woman now!" he barked, his voice trembling with both fear and rage.
He didn't even need to ask what had happened. The pattern was all too familiar — a Celestial Dragon had laid greedy eyes on a woman and tried to make her his slave. But this one… this one fought back. And now, one of the so-called gods of the world lay dead at her feet.
For a Marine Vice Admiral, there was no worse nightmare. The death of a Celestial Dragon could doom entire fleets. Even he would be implicated. There was only one way to minimize the fallout — capture the killer, no matter who she was.
"Fire!"
Gunfire erupted instantly. The square filled with smoke and chaos as bullets and cannonballs tore through the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
When the gunfire ceased, the Marines stared in shock.
Every bullet, every shell, hung motionless — suspended in the air less than half a meter from the silver-haired woman's body.
A transparent barrier shimmered faintly around her, untouchable, divine.
"What the—?! Impossible!" one Marine shouted.
Dalmatian's eyes narrowed. "A Devil Fruit ability?"
The woman didn't answer. Her face was calm, cold — like a goddess descending upon mortals.
With a flick of her wrist, Saint Charlos's limp body rose into the air before her. A single white bone spike erupted from her palm, piercing through his skull cleanly.
The Marines could only watch in horror as the Celestial Dragon's head split in two and hit the ground with a sickening thud.
Her name was Kaguya — the Moon Goddess herself — and her wrath was absolute.
In her mind echoed the words of Ayanami Kaito, the man who had stood beside her, her husband:
"The filthiest creatures in this world aren't the pirates — they're those maggots who call themselves Celestial Dragons. If you ever meet them, don't hesitate. Kill them. Torture them if you must. I'll take the blame. One day, we'll go to Mariejois together — and cleanse that place."
Those words had burned into her memory. And that's why she hadn't hesitated.
"You… You… you lunatic!" Dalmatian stammered, pointing at her in disbelief.
Kaguya didn't even spare him a glance.
"Die!!!!" Dalmatian roared. His body blurred — vanishing in a burst of speed.
The moment he disappeared, every bullet frozen midair was flung outward violently.
BOOM!
A massive repulsive force exploded from Kaguya, tearing through the earth like divine judgment.
The ground buckled and split apart for over a kilometer in every direction. Buildings crumbled into dust. The very air screamed as the shockwave erased everything — leaving behind nothing but scorched soil and silence.
Dalmatian crashed into a distant wall, blood splattering the stone. His entire body trembled, covered in shallow cuts that burned like fire.
"H-how… is that even possible…?" he gasped.
A calm voice answered. "Hmmm....her??"
Out of the haze stepped Admiral Aokiji, frost coiling around him.
"Admiral Aokiji!" Dalmatian coughed weakly. "You're here?"
"The news of a slain Celestial Dragon spread across the Sabaody Archipelago in minutes," Aokiji said flatly. "I came to see for myself."
He looked around the desolate wasteland — the crater, the silence, the blood — and his expression hardened.
"That woman did this?"
"Yes," Dalmatian wheezed. "She used… some kind of repulsive force. Nothing survived. She even… took Saint Charlos's head…"
"I see." Aokiji's tone stayed calm, but there was a weight behind it. "Stay still. The medics will arrive soon."
In a blink, his figure vanished.
Kaguya walked through the devastation, holding Charlos's severed head by the hair. Her steps were silent, graceful, her face unreadable.
When she confirmed no one else was nearby, she exhaled softly. "Kaito was right," she murmured. "People in this world truly are rotten."
She turned toward Shakky's Rip-Off Bar, her next destination — but before she could take more than a few steps, the air shimmered.
Aokiji appeared before her.
Kaguya recognized him instantly — one of the three Admirals who had faced Ayanami Kaito not long ago.
"You intend to stop me?" she asked coolly.
"It's not that I want to," Aokiji said, his tone low and almost apologetic. "But you killed a Celestial Dragon, wiped out Marines, and nearly killed Vice Admiral Dalmatian. As a Marine Admiral… I can't just let you walk away."
Cold mist rolled from his lips as he raised his hands.
"Before we fight," he added, "tell me something. What's your relationship with Kaito?"
Sengoku had warned him before coming — that Kaito possessed dangerous, unpredictable abilities. Repulsion was one of them. Now this woman had shown the same power. It couldn't be a coincidence.
Kaguya tilted her head, unbothered. "Kaito? He's my husband," she said simply.
Aokiji's expression faltered. "Kaito's… wife?" he muttered under his breath. "That's… troublesome."
He knew Kaito's strength — anyone who could defeat Akainu and fight alongside Momousagi was easily Admiral-level or beyond. If he showed up now…
Aokiji sighed deeply.
"Do you intend to fight me too?"
"If you have nothing else to say, move," Kaguya replied coldly.
"…Sorry," Aokiji said, raising both hands. "As Marine Admiral, I can't."
The temperature plummeted. Frost spread from his boots, coating the ground in glittering ice.
"Ice Lance!"
Five enormous spears of frozen energy burst from his hands, racing toward her.
The air itself froze solid wherever they passed.
Kaguya's eyes narrowed. "A power similar to a Kekkei Genkai?" she murmured.
Her palms glowed as chakra flared through her body. In an instant, the air around her ignited.
Flames erupted, devouring the cold. The temperature skyrocketed, the ground beneath her feet glowing red-hot.
A gust of wind swept through, fanning the inferno until it became a roaring sea of fire.
Kaguya raised one hand, and the flames coalesced into a massive wave.
It surged forward, swallowing the five ice lances whole. Steam hissed violently as ice met fire — then vanished.
From above, Aokiji watched, his breath visible in the cold air.
"…Just like Kaito," he whispered. "Multiple abilities… and that heat… it's comparable to Akainu's magma."
The admiral's calm gaze sharpened.
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