Unharmed, crushing Hakoku with one hand…
Is this really something a human—no… a living being—can do?
Before today, Dorry and Brogy wouldn't have believed it, but after today, they had seen it with their own eyes.
"Hey now, let's talk this out~"
Facing the giants' combined attack, that seemingly tiny figure slowly extended a hand forward. Then, Hakoku was caught in his grasp and casually tossed aside.
The massive shockwave was forcibly redirected, surging toward the sea on the other side and splitting the ocean apart.
This looked like an overwhelmingly shocking scene, but to Orin, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.
Only Haki reigns above all.
And only Haki stronger than Orin's is worthy of his attention.
Otherwise, no matter how large or visually overwhelming an attack is, to Orin, it's something he can casually teleport away.
With a simple grip, he could toss aside a combined attack capable of making even emperors bleed—this is the strength of the strongest man on the seas today.
Dorry and Brogy's eyes widened, bloodshot with disbelief.
"How is that possible…"
"That is… [Black Gun]?!!!"
Orin's appearance instantly drew countless gazes. The Red Hair Pirates, who had already relaxed their guard, all jolted upright, rushing to the ship's edge and gripping the rail as they stared at that figure.
"You've got to be kidding…"
"That's [Black Gun]? Why would he save Kid's crew?!!!"
Benn Beckman kept flipping through his intelligence records, but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find any reason why [Black Gun] would step in for a small-time pirate like Kid.
Shanks wasn't as shaken as the others, but his brows lifted slightly, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
"Is that Orin?!!!"
"Yeah, long time no see, Shanks."
Orin greeted him casually. Immediately afterward, Shanks leaped high into the air, landing on Kid's ship and arriving in front of him.
Amid his surprise, Shanks also felt puzzled.
"You showing up here means…"
"It's nothing too important."
Orin, with his long black hair, slowly turned his head, startling Kid's crew. Then they saw him stride forward with long steps toward the unconscious Kid.
His boots made crisp sounds against the deck. Though Kid's crew were loyal, for some reason, none of them dared to step forward and stop him.
By the time Orin reached the fallen Kid, he tossed out a black cube and sealed him inside.
"I just need this guy for something."
Watching Orin pass by him and witnessing this scene, Shanks couldn't help but smile wryly.
"But if he just gets taken away like this, I'll lose reputation if word gets out~"
"Hm?"
Orin turned his head. Shanks was smiling faintly.
Of course, Orin wouldn't actually be that rude either.
He pressed his hand downward slightly.
"Alright, alright~"
"I was watching from the very beginning. Even if you hadn't stepped in, that brat's cannon wouldn't have hit you anyway."
"Huh? Really?!"
Shanks blinked. But in the future he had just foreseen, he hadn't seen Orin make a move at all.
"I know what you're thinking, but using Observation Haki in front of me, Shanks—you're still a bit too early for that~"
When Observation Haki encounters someone stronger, it becomes unreliable. Shanks quickly understood this, his lips twitching slightly.
Soon, he heard Orin continue—
"And after this, the world will say that I wiped out the Kid Pirates. So you don't need to worry about your reputation taking a hit or your territories being attacked~"
"Alright, alright~"
A pirate with a bounty of three billion Belly—his fate was decided in just a few casual exchanges between two men.
Meanwhile, the once ambitious and arrogant members of the Kid Pirates couldn't even muster the will to resist in the face of these two terrifying monsters.
They could only watch helplessly as the man in the black coat slowly vanished from where he stood.
...
Traveling through the Mirror World, Orin tossed the black cube in his hand. As he passed by a mirror, he caught sight of a familiar scene—
That little black chubby guy was bullying Law.
"Eh… whatever, he probably won't die anyway."
Orin only glanced at it before continuing toward his destination.
That mirror connected to a massive ship. To avoid being surrounded by the World Government, Sadgeo rarely stopped moving, constantly shifting between different seas.
If Orin hadn't placed a mirror there beforehand, finding him would've been a bit troublesome.
And during the time Orin went to find Sadgeo for modifications,
The World Government also convened a meeting.
Holy Land Mary Geoise,
The Room of Authority.
"Bang—!!!"
"Who allowed this photo to be released?! Destroy it immediately!!!"
The Elders slammed the table in fury, frightening the soldiers beside them into trembling.
They stared at the bounty poster—at Luffy, dressed in white and laughing with his mouth wide open—and their hearts burned with rage.
But then they heard a subordinate's weak voice—
"Um… Elder-sama… this bounty poster was printed by the World Economy News…"
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
"The World Economy News… that Morgans guy?!!!"
"Another subordinate of Orin!!!"
Hearing this, the Elders felt as if they had swallowed something foul, closing their eyes in frustration.
Among them, the more rational Saint Marcus Mars picked up the bounty poster and raised a practical concern.
"What we should be worried about isn't this poster, but Orin's next move, isn't it?"
The others immediately turned their gazes toward him.
But before he could continue, Saturn's eyes flashed red. He glared at the soldier, causing the man's head to explode, before speaking again—
"With Orin's personality, how could he not be interested in Nika?"
"After all, there's Sadgeo as a precedent—he seems quite obsessed with things from eight hundred years ago…"
One of the Elders subconsciously tried to object.
"But this fruit hasn't appeared for eight hundred years…"
"But Orin knows about things from eight hundred years ago, doesn't he?"
"I even suspect that Orin might know everything."
Silence fell over the room.
As an enemy, the pressure Orin brought was simply too great—so great it almost made him seem like a god, omnipotent and omniscient.
"...Then what should we do next?"
Yes…
Even if they knew, what could they possibly do?