"Stop! Do not proceed any further!"
In the corridors of Pangaea Castle, a large number of CP0 Agents in white suits blocked the passageway, some holding weapons like flintlock guns or sword.
Another part assumed stances of the Rokushiki techniques.
Leading them at the very front were two figures with slender, well-proportioned figures wearing fox masks.
Who else could it be but Stussy and Kalifa?
Of course, there were also a few masked, burly senior CP0's members.
It's just that Jin didn't know their names.
If you can't play with them or exercise with them, why remember them?
The CP0, which is directly under the World Government's authority, is now left with such mediocre members.
After all, most of their main force was killed by Jin at Gran Tesoro, about eighty percent of them.
But even if people like Lucci and Kaku were still alive, Jin would still consider CP0 a worthless organization.
Come to think of it, it seems people from the World Government all have this same nature.
When striking poses, each one acts incredibly badass.
But when a real fight starts, they're all worse than the last.
And compared to the CP0 in white suits, several other tall figures attracted Jin's attention more.
"Sev-Seven Warlords!? B-but they're children?!"
Nami, Robin, and the others who had followed were so shocked their eyes nearly popped out.
Beside the CP0 agents, there are several towering figures.
Their size was comparable to Kuma, who once wiped out the Straw Hats on Thriller Bark.
But although their bodies were huge, their faces were those of children.
A single glance was enough to recognize them as the childhood versions of the Seven Warlords who had given them so much trouble: Crocodile, Kuma, Mihawk, etc.
Moreover, many had features like coffee-colored skin, black wings, and white flames on the back of their necks.
"Wh-what are these Seven Warlords exactly..."
Through the broadcast Den Den Mushi in Pudding's hand, these giant-sized child versions of the Seven Warlords also attracted the attention of the whole world. (T/N: It seemed in this Novel, the Seraphim all have Pacifista Physique, not normal physique.)
Mihawk, Crocodile, and Jinbe, who is waiting in Totto Land for the outcome of the Onigashima battle, all from the previous generation of Seven Warlords of the Sea, also widened their eyes in shock.
'Wh-what is this thing!?'
...
"Oh my, they actually look quite cute."
Jin's gaze was fixed intently on the Seraphim Hancock, codenamed [S-Snake].
A loli's youthful face and Newgate's burly physique…
It's unexpectedly moe.
'Perverted bastard!'
Nami cursed inwardly.
"There's no need to pretend anymore, right?"
Temporarily pulling his gaze away from S-Snake, Jin spoke again, his face adorned with a faint, ambiguous smile.
Hearing this, the expressions behind the masks of senior CP0's members like Guernika and Maha were filled with confusion.
They were terrified, but they didn't understand what Jin meant.
However, before they could react, Stussy, who had taken over Lucci's position as CP0's leader, suddenly turned around.
And Kalifa, the other one of the only two female CP0 members, did the same.
The two female agents used Shigan, piercing the hearts of Maha and Guernika behind them respectively.
The eyes behind the two men's masks bulged wide.
Before they could voice their questions, they fell down simultaneously.
The sudden turn of events left the remaining CP0 Agents dumbfounded.
So did the billions of viewers in front of the visual Den Den Mushi.
'Wh-what's going on?'
'Internal strife?'
"That's more like it. After all, it's uncertain whether the World Government will even exist in half an hour, so why die with them?"
Jin said with a chuckle.
Whether earlier at Onigashima or now at the Holy Land, Jin had always maintained this leisurely, unhurried attitude, as if touring scenic spots.
While Stussy and Kalifa were busy 'cleaning house', Jin strolled over to the oversized loli, S-Snake.
The several Seraphim just watched quietly like wooden dolls as the CP0 turned on itself.
Their programming was like that.
If no one gave an order, they wouldn't act.
Jin reached out and pinched S-Snake's cheek.
White hair, wheat-colored skin.
It reminded him of Kuro from the Fate Series.
A faint, unnatural blush flashed across S-Snake's face.
Her gaze shifted away evasively to the side.
This scene stirred something in Jin's heart.
'Oh?'
'Is she being influenced by the emotions of the original Hancock?'
'Not bad, not bad.'
'Wait!'
Jin suddenly remembered something.
'If I recalled correctly, the Five Elders had the highest authority over the Seraphim, right?'
"Emmm~ Little Snake, look into my eyes."
Jin said after a few seconds of thought.
The oversized loli S-Snake, upon hearing this, instinctively lowered her head.
Just in time to meet Jin's blood-red eyes.
Instantly, the brilliant starry eyes in S-Snake's eyes, which were originally one of the Seraphim's features along with the black wings and white flames, and shared the same style as Hoshino Ai's, also transformed into the same Mangekyo Sharingan's pattern as Jin's!
"Oh? Genjutsu works on artificial humans too? Not bad, not bad."
Jin nodded with satisfaction.
And just as he was teasing the oversized loli, Stussy and Kalifa had already killed all the CP0 Agents under their command.
Clap~ Clap~
Jin offered applause to the two independent women of the new era.
"Very good, very good. The two young ladies have made the correct choice."
"This way, we have no way back."
Stussy took out a handkerchief and wiped the bloodstains from her hands.
"The ones with no way back are them."
Jin strode towards the deeper areas.
The Five Elders, who had silently watched all of this through the surveillance visual Den Den Mushi on the corridor walls, felt their years of low blood pressure effectively treated.
'Damn it! We sent CP0 to take the vanguard, but before the enemy even made a move, they started fighting amongst themselves!?'
'When did those bitches Stussy and Kalifa get together with Uchiha Jin!?'
"Order the God's Knights to mobilize immediately! And! Has the Marine's main force not arrived yet?!"
Mars shouted angrily at the guards outside the door.
"Report! They have entered the Holy Land! However, the Revolutionary Army led by Koala is also causing trouble in the Celestial Dragon Castle! The Marines are having some difficulty coping!"
"Useless trash!"
Warcury cursed.
"The worst-case scenario is that we... no, even Imu-sama will have to take action."
Nusjuro rubbed his temples.
"He must die here, otherwise, the World Government will lose all the dignity!"
"Have the Marines send at least two Admiral-level combatants here! Until then, the God's Knights must block that man's advance!"
Saturn roared.
"G-good, it seems it's not necessary anymore..."
However, as soon as Saturn roared this out, Mars's trembling murmur came from beside him.
The other four turned to look at the surveillance projection screen.
They saw the commander of the God's Knights, Figarland Garling, who had shown dominant performance in the God Valley incident forty years ago, now kneeling on the ground, with Jin pressing down on his crescent-moon-shaped white hair with one hand, shaking him back and forth.
"You had your chance, but you're useless!"
Seeing Garling kneeling on the ground, being shaken by Rin Huaqiang pressing his head back and forth, the Five Elders were full of question marks.
'What happened?'
'How did the Supreme Commanderof the God's Knights end up kneeling in the blink of an eye?'
And the billions of people worldwide who hadn't been distracted and missed the brief fight just now were all completely dumbfounded.
Although they weren't sure if a fight lasting less than ten seconds even counted as a fight.
Anyway, they just saw that old man, whose hairstyle and beard combined looked like a crescent moon, announce himself as Figarland Garling, the next second, he was sent flying backwards.
His old face was concave, like rice cake smashed by a wooden mallet.
...
In a Sabaody Archipelago bar.
"Has Garling gotten old?"
Shakky, who had witnessed Jin's terror multiple times, also remained silent for a long time before barely calming down and asking Rayleigh.
And Rayleigh, who had personally witnessed Garling's terror at the God Valley incident back in the day, was already speechless.
He now only felt that Marco, who had stopped Luffy from attacking Jin hours ago when the Onigashima Battle began, was really smart.
'If Luffy had really thrown that punch, even if the Straw Hat Grand Alliance wasn't completely wiped out, at least his arms would have been lost.'
At that time, Rayleigh would have two one-armed disciples.
...
"Scatter, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
In the Celestial Dragon's residential area, the sea of flowers, under Hancock's control, slaughtered the Celestial Dragons, feared by the entire world, as easily as cutting down clay and pottery dogs.
Back in Konoha Village, Jin had once discussed with Hancock.
After breaking into the Celestial Dragons' territory in the future, how did she plan to take revenge on those beasts?
Hancock's answer at the time was 'Kill them all'.
Jin expressed that doing so would be too lenient on them.
They should establish an organization called the [Eastern Depot] in Totto Land or Konoha Village.
Then train all these World Nobles into talents.
After Jin explained what 'eunuchs' were, Hancock felt she had opened a door to a new world.
She felt that method didn't seem bad either.
However, when truly facing these scum, Hancock couldn't suppress the rage in her heart at all.
Waving her hand, she controlled Senbonzakura to chop the beasts in human skin wearing those bubble helmets in front of her into mincemeat.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Countless light pellets fell like a storm, temporarily blocking the sea of cherry blossoms.
The floating light particles slowly coalesced into a human form.
"So scary~ This doesn't seem to be the power of the Mero Mero no Mi~"
Borsalino exclaimed with his signature crooked mouth.
"Kizaru? Are you seeking death?"
Even though Hancock currently used Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, a Bankai, with only the power of a Shikai, Hancock was completely unafraid of an Admiral.
Moreover, her own strength wasn't weak to begin with…
Even if she couldn't win, she could remain unbeaten for some time against an Admiral-level opponent.
And now, under her control, the drifting sea of flowers seemed to possess a will of its own, swirling around her beautiful body.
It must be said, the flower-dancing Senbonzakura and Hancock, this beauty with innate charm, were a perfect match.
"So scary~ Normally, I wouldn't want to fight such a cute opponent, but there's no choice~ Gotta keep my position~"
Borsalino scratched his chin, his face full of distress.
"Then go die with your trash superiors!"
After obtaining Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, Hancock, whose power had increased by leaps and bounds, had no fear of Borsalino.
The sea of flowers and the golden light occupied the left and right sides of the area respectively.
In the next instant, they were about to engulf each other.
Boom-
Just at the last moment before the two energies were about to collide, a sound of something breaking through the air came, and something heavy crashed between the two.
Hancock and Borsalino took a closer look.
Both were greatly startled.
It's none other than Saturn, one of the Five Elders!
At this moment, Saturn lay in the deep crater, headless, face down in the center of the pit. (T/N: It's Novel from the time when they're still at the start of Egghead Arc, so the Five Elders still not known for being immortal.)
"H-he's not breathing..."
Although he's often scolded by Zephyr for relying too much on his Devil Fruit Ability, Borsalino's Observation Haki wasn't so poor that he couldn't tell if someone was dead or alive.
The next second, Borsalino looked in the direction from which Saturn's body had flown.
In the distance, he could see high in the air next to the top floor of Pangaea Castle.
Jin, floating mid-air, threw something aside like trash.
Although it was too far to see clearly, combined with the body now lying on the ground, one could guess.
It was most likely Saturn's head!
"The next one without a head will be you!"
A ferocious expression suddenly appeared on Hancock's beautiful face.
This expression of long-awaited vengeance!
That's right, those who persecuted her back then weren't just the Celestial Dragons… the Five Elders definitely had to be counted as well!
'Well-deserved death!'
'As expected of the man to whom I've entrusted everything!'
And Borsalino, whose fighting spirit wasn't high to begin with, completely lost his will to fight at this moment.
When you thought about it, whether Hancock's strength reached Admiral-level or Emperor-level wasn't important at all…
What was important was that Jin was still here!
Taking a step back, even if he, along with Fujitora and the others, managed to defeat this new Revolutionary Army led by Koala.
What about Jin?
Could the Five Elders stop Jin?
Regarding the strength of those five old men, to be honest, Borsalino had absolutely no clue.
After all, he had been a Marine for nearly half a century and had never seen them fight.
But even if they were strong, take a step back, no, take ten thousand steps back, even if all five of them had Emperor-level strength, could five Emperors block that Mother Flame from two hours ago, which was enough to wipe Onigashima off the map?
And it wasn't just blocking it.
It was countering it, completely destroying it!
Hancock pointed a single finger to the sky, and Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, transformed into a pink cloud, descended abruptly.
"The remaining four beasts will join you soon!"
"Please wait! Hancock-san!"
Just as Senbonzakura, which appeared as petals but were actually blades, was about to slice the oldest Admiral into mincemeat, Koala spoke up to stop her:
"Although the Admirals are the claws of the Celestial Dragons, often they only act as bodyguards and haven't participated in oppressing the weak or slave trading!"
"If we want this world to become better, we still need talent!"
Hearing Koala's voice of dissent behind her, Hancock narrowed her beautiful eyes, vaguely guessing the other's intention, "You don't mean to..."
And Borsalino, as a seasoned workplace veteran, certainly couldn't fail to see the intention of this young woman in her twenties.
He said with his signature crooked-mouth grin:
"How unexpected~ Little girl from the new Revolutionary Army, do you think I will become the second Kuzan?"
"The World Government might cease to exist starting today. The peaceful retirement life you old-timers dream of will likely come to nothing."
Koala said with a bright smile:
"Since that's the case, why not join the Revolutionary Army? We also have a nine-to-five work system with weekends off~"
However, even after witnessing Jin's power, Borsalino still felt the World Government wouldn't collapse so easily.
"Little girl, the World Government has ruled this world for 800 years. I'm afraid it won't be that simple to..."
Whoosh- Thud!
As if they're in a time loop, something else cut through the sky and landed in the center of the group.
Everyone focused their eyes.
It's the headless corpse of Ju Peter, another of the Five Elders!
Borsalino: "..."
Koala's smile grew even brighter.