Colorless Realm, Sacred Cathedral.
"Hmm, seems like there are little rats scurrying around in the dream?"
A blond man forked a piece of meat from the pure white plate and put it into his mouth to chew.
"Yes, indeed~ I saw that girl the Five Elders ordered to be captured alive while I was hunting in the Nirmanarati Realm."
"By the way, Killingham-sama, are these really calorie-free?"
The blue-haired, golden-eyed young woman took a bite of cake, her face blooming with joy and a look of bliss.
"Miria! Why didn't you report something so important earlier?!"
The Celestial Dragon with dark green hair, wearing a black military uniform with flame clouds swirling around his shoulders, Saint Rimoshifu Killingham, helplessly held his forehead.
"What's the big deal? They're already in the boss's dream anyway. And that girl is so cute, I really want to..."
At this point, Miria held her flushed face with both hands, hearts appearing in her golden eyes.
"You pervert, don't get too carried away! If your reserve status gets revoked, the Manmayer Family will be shamed because of you!"
The blond man who first detected the dream fluctuation raised his dinner knife and drew a large cross in the air towards Camael.
Milia pouted her delicate little mouth, looking mockingly at the blond man across the table.
"You're so unromantic, Dorian! That's why you can't catch up to Shalria. The Marcus Family's influence isn't bad, and with the Five Elders' sup..."
Bang!
Slamming both hands on the table, Marcus Dorian cut the girl off.
"Enough! That's none of your business!"
"Also, I'm finished eating. I'm going to catch those two rats right now!"
After a cold snort, Dorian walked through the hall engraved with a pentagram magic circle and exited the church.
With a wave of his arm, a large amount of pigment surged, forming a pair of wings on his back that flapped, carrying him into the sky.
"Hey, Miria, you said that pirate was in human form, right?"
Watching his companion leave, Killingham put down his hot tea with a grave expression.
"Yes, indeed. It really surprised me. I never thought someone could maintain a human form under my ability. What exactly is she? A pure human?"
The blue-haired girl let her head droop onto the table, gazing dazedly at her fingers as she twirled the tablecloth round and round.
"I want her so badly~ Keeping someone like that as a slave would surely be very interesting..."
"Don't make a move on her recklessly. I've heard some rumors. It's not the Five Elders who want her, but that Lord on the throne!"
Killingham waved his hand, opening his own nightmare cave, releasing more MMA to combine with the beasts wandering the Colorless Realm, strengthening the defenses of the top layer.
"Got it. Killingham-sama is so boring!"
Miria, who was slumped on the table, straightened up and made a face at Killingham behind his back.
"If the Divine Kingdom Game succeeds, your merits will be enough for you to become full members. This concerns your own future, take it seriously!"
Killingham stood up, snapped his fingers, and transformed into a Kirin with a large bubble-like head, diving deep into the church.
"It seems the big boss has good taste too~ That girl... I'm really looking forward to it~"
The blue-haired, golden-eyed girl hummed a tune and disappeared with light, cheerful steps.
On the other side, fierce winds swept across the sky, bringing oppressive dark clouds. Icy rain began to fall.
Dorian, who had taken off from inside the church, crossed a vast distance, shooting to the edge of the city wall.
"Found you, rats!"
The white rabbit beside Sakura started, cold sweat immediately breaking out on his face, his pupils trembling.
"How is this possible? We didn't speak!"
"Foolish ants of the lower world, the entire realm is my pigment. Did you think not speaking would help?"
With a ferocious grin, Dorian grabbed at the empty air. Pure white folds appeared in his hands.
Then he tore forcefully, as if peeling back the background layer of a canvas. Rain, trees, stones, beasts… all dissolved into simple lines amidst the surging pigment.
The man used his ability to trigger the violent power within the pigment torrent, which screamed as it surged towards Sakura and the white rabbit.
"Wait, buddy? Did you steal Oda's pen?!"
Sakura's wrist turned, the pale Storm Sword humming. A strand of pale white, carrying the storm, thrust out abruptly.
Like a knight foolishly challenging a windmill, it slashed into the ocean of pigment.
The storm exploded the moment it contacted the pigment, the freezing air and intense heat contained within radiating out.
Sakura didn't even need to consciously control it… it could incinerate all the cruelty and violence within the pigment sea into ashes or freeze it into ice sculptures.
"Hmph, petty tricks!"
Dorian flicked his fingers, commanding all the pigment like a conductor's baton.
Then, the sea of pure white pigment began to assimilate the ice crystals and flames, stealing their color before devouring them.
"Pure White Sea: Jaws' Kiss!"
At a speed impossible for the naked eye to follow, a ferocious, giant maw opened within the sea of white pigment.
In an instant, it swallowed Sakura whole, feasting greedily.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
It was as if the sea had gained life, chewing on its prey. A grating sound continuously emanated from that giant mouth.
"Ant, do you know the consequence of opposing us?"
Dorian flapped the wings on his back, slowly floating over, preparing to open the jaws and admire the wretched state of the filthy lower world person tortured by his power.
But when the giant mouth opened, aside from a large block of ice, the white pigment was completely empty.
Instantly, cold sweat poured down Dorian's face.
He whirled around to see a silent, pink-haired figure had appeared behind him.
"You-"
"My enemy, here is a spear. Please, appraise it. Ikoku Sovereignty!!!"
Carrying blazing Haki, the legendary spear surged with vigor!
Two completely different wills collided. The spirits of Sakura and Dorian constantly grated against each other, triggering countless piercing electrical flashes.
The formidable power of the Giant Royalty, amplified by both Haki and Chakra, poured into Dorian's body.
Immediately, it tore open horrifying fissures across the surface of his body...
Boom!
Dorian's upper body directly exploded into fragments. The remaining half of his body hung limply, plummeting toward the sea of pigment below.
"You... killed a Celestial Dragon!"
The white rabbit's heart pounded with terror, his little face flushed red, letting out a rabbit-like shriek.
"Shut up! So what if I killed him? He tried to kill us first!"
Grabbing the frantically struggling rabbit, Sakura pulled out steel wire from her tool pouch and securely tied his mouth shut.
"Besides, we don't even know if that filthy thing is really dead!"
Sakura's eyes shimmered with the rainbow light of Observation Haki, her emerald-green gaze fixed intently on the still-churning sea of pigment below.
Sure enough, the moment her words landed, a giant face opened its eyes from within the vortex of white pigment.
"-Ant!"
The earth began to shake. The sea of pigment below ran rampant without restraint, even beginning to devour the cloud-piercing walls of the holy city.
"Not good! At this rate, our foothold will be destroyed!"
Sakura reached out, grabbed the white rabbit, and hurled it high into the sky. Then, using intense heat, she generated a massive amount of steam and shot toward the sky.
However, at the end of the storm, a colossal figure gradually emerged from the endless thunderclouds and tempest, abruptly revealing its form.
Resembling a long, segmented dragon-like sea beast, countless spikes fell from the clouds, piercing into this pure white Colorless Realm. Its head, covered in inverted-triangle scales, had dozens of ghostly blue eyes constantly opening and closing. It opened its giant maw and let out a piercing shriek!
Roar-!
"Oh, Killingham-sama's MMA? How unfortunate, ant!"
Dorian within the sea of pigment wore a mocking expression.
He raised two hands dripping with mucus from the pigment, connecting his index fingers and thumbs like a viewfinder aimed at Sakura and the rabbit.
"Pure White Sea: Thorn Prison Gate!"
Dozens of lines extended from his hands, intertwining before spreading out like thorny brambles, whistling as they shot toward the two figures in the sky.
"Damn it!"
Faced with attacks from both front and back, and without leaving a Flying Thunder God's mark on the rabbit, Sakura's flight speed wasn't enough to retrieve the rabbit and escape in time.
'Is defense all I can do?'
Gritting her silver teeth, Sakura's body rapidly turned snow-white.
[Extreme Cold Mode: Snow White Body!]
Just as Sakura snatched the rabbit and shielded it beneath her, a lazy yet clear voice rang out directly in front of her.
The dragon-like beast suddenly spoke: "Don't touch~ My~ Sakura~"