"Hm hm hm hm hm…"
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
"The grand show is just reaching its climax—ending it now would be way too boring, wouldn't it~"
Orin slowly extended one hand, and in the center of his palm, a Den Den Mushi instantly appeared, the very same one that had once been lent to Buggy for live broadcasting.
"Captain Buggy!!!"
"The Den Den Mushi suddenly disappeared!!!"
Hearing this, Buggy—who was still preparing his lines—froze stiff for a moment, then his face flushed red with heat,
"Nani?!?!!!"
"What the hell is going on, I haven't even made my gorgeous entrance yet!!!"
His body split apart into pieces, Buggy's head and limbs floating in midair as he lashed out angrily at his subordinates, but the approach of a figure soon interrupted his outburst.
Tap…
Tap…
Clear footsteps rang out. Orin, holding a Den Den Mushi in his hand, arrived beside Buggy,
"Relax, Buggy. I'm actually the one who took the Den Den Mushi."
"You bastar— …eh? Is that so~ If it's Orin, then there's no problem at all."
Buggy instantly calmed down, but this looked completely different through the heavily filtered eyes of his subordinates,
"As expected!!!"
"To quell Captain Buggy-sama's fury, only that Orin-san can do it!!!"
"What an enviable friendship!!! To think I could witness with my own eyes the bond between the world's most pinnacle figures!!!"
Orin slung an arm over Buggy's shoulder, a genuine smile spreading across his face,
"Hey, Buggy, I really had a lot of fun this time~"
"This war is still very, very far from being over!!!"
Buggy didn't know what Orin was plotting, but looking at Orin's happy smile and hearing those infectious words, he froze for a moment, then curled his lips into a wide grin, flashing his big white teeth,
"Isn't that obvious? You're my best friend, after all!!! Shocking the world in a dazzling way—that's exactly what you're supposed to do, Orin!!!"
Hearing this, Orin nodded, smiling brightly,
"Right? Right?"
Then, along with a crisp "click"~
the live broadcast screens that had vanished across the world once again lit up with brilliance.
"Look!!!"
"There's a picture again!!!"
...
Countless gazes from all over the world converged here. Even in a certain dreamlike realm, a tall, slender figure turned their eyes toward the Den Den Mushi screen before them, while beside them knelt a woman with long legs, her face wrapped in bandages.
"The Elder request an audience."
"Let them in."
Upon hearing that Lord Imu had accepted their audience, the five old men were instantly drenched in cold sweat as they hurried into the Chamber of Flowers, the symbol of the true pinnacle of power.
That supreme figure, however, did not cast their gaze toward them, instead focusing on the image playing on a Den Den Mushi.
The Elder merely glanced lightly—and immediately discovered, the very figure who was the target of their report.
"..."
"Hello there, everyone from all around the world~"
As the image resumed, a handsome face wearing a gentle smile replaced Buggy's on the screen in an instant,
"So handsome!!!"
"No… wait, that face—could it be him?!"
Those who paid attention to world affairs and knew the true giants of the seas instantly recognized the man on the screen,
"It's actually that person…"
"Hey, hey, you've got to be kidding me!!!"
"..."
At the same time, the Seagull King used the power of a storm to blow away Marco, who had been entangled with it for a long time, then swiftly rushed over, grabbed the Den Den Mushi, and adjusted the broadcast angle.
Fighting a Yonko's right-hand man was just a hobby—this was its real job.
"This is Marine Headquarters, Marineford, and today—right here—will witness the largest-scale war in decades!!!"
"So who will ultimately be the final victor?"
Orin lifted his steps lightly, one hand held forward, and the scene shifted along with his motion.
In the blink of an eye, they appeared on the Number One Island brought by the Golden Lion, while the wildly arrogant old Golden Lion reveled in the thrill of slaughter, each slash from the twin swords on his feet cleaving the land apart.
"Hero Garp, and the Golden Lion!!!"
"..."
In another blink, the image shifted to the harbor, a dragon-man with a terrifyingly massive physique swung a spiked club crackling with black-red lightning, carrying the force of thunder into a fatal strike, while a fused behemoth whose body merged with an entire island, overflowing with vast Armament Haki, unleashed a calamity-level punch like a god descending upon the world.
"The world's strongest creature—Kaido,"
"and the [Demon's Heir]Bullet!!!"
"..."
The image shifted once more, the aged and tragic Whitebeard still appeared invincible, waves swelling within his fists as he shattered the air itself, while the golden Buddha representing justice and benevolence stood like an impregnable bulwark before all the pirates.
"Whitebeard, the world's strongest man of the old era, and Marine Headquarters Fleet Admiral Sengoku!!!"
Orin paid respect to every powerhouse. Before the lens, each of them was a monster capable of plunging others into utter despair.
There were many more like this—for example, Kuzan battling Mihawk, and Borsalino tangled up with Crocodile and Doflamingo, and so on…
"..."
Orin strolled through the battlefield like a recorder, and countless people around the world had their horizons broadened—names that had existed only in legend were displaying power so terrifying and exaggerated,
"Just how strong are these monsters…?!"
"So this sea is actually this vast?!?"
"This has to be fake…"
"..."
At the same time, there was another figure on the battlefield, running through the smoke and flames, glancing around as if searching for someone,
"Kuma, where are you???"
"Such a dangerous battlefield—why haven't I seen you at all?!"
Ginny ran frantically in all directions. A Marine officer who had gone blood-mad saw that she wasn't wearing a Marine uniform and immediately moved to strike,
"Die, pirate!!!"
But in the very next instant, he vanished from where he stood, because a tall figure appeared there.
"Ginny?! Why are you here?!"
Kuma's eyes widened as he stood there in disbelief, allowing Ginny to throw herself into his arms,
"I came to find you! I was really worried about you, Kuma!!! Where did you go?!"
"Uh… well…"
Kuma scratched his head, but at that moment Orin appeared beside him,
"I had Kuma go help me with some work~"
Under Ginny's dazed gaze, Kuma handed a pen to Orin,
"You really helped me out big time~"
Orin patted him on the shoulder, then vanished in an instant.
"..."
In the live broadcast, Orin—who had briefly disappeared and then reappeared—now stood with one hand behind his back, smiling warmly at the camera, his tone laden with meaning,
"The monsters you just saw are all unrivaled figures who dominate this world, but you see~"
Orin placed his index finger before his lips. His smiling eyes slowly opened, flickering with anticipation and mystery,
"If that's all there is, wouldn't it be far too boring~"
"Next!!! Please welcome the true King to take the stage…"
...
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