Franky, standing nearby, immediately grasped the key point, his eyes gleaming with excitement: "And! Pluton's energy is lightning! And Nami is its infinite energy source! As long as Nami doesn't fall, Pluton's energy will never run out!"
Infinite energy! Plus the ability to space-jump, ignoring terrain!
At this moment,
All worries and fears were completely shattered by this unprecedentedly powerful guarantee!
The Straw Hats, the Franky Family, and all the shipwrights' eyes reignited with fierce fighting spirit and an unprecedented sense of confidence!
What they possessed was an ultimate weapon truly capable of changing the world's landscape!
"That's great!" Luffy pulled his straw hat down, laughing heartily: "Then we'll use this big guy to punch all those who want to cause trouble!"
"We can test Pluton's power now."
Ron's gaze was burning, fixed on the Marine fleet gradually approaching on the distant sea!
Just as the Marine fleet drew close enough to see the faces of the soldiers on the flagship's deck, and at the critical moment when countless muzzles were about to spit fire—
The giant ship that fused ancient technology with spatial power—Pluton—its super-era main cannon at the bow, suddenly lit up with an extreme, blinding light!
It wasn't ordinary fire, but a scorching white vortex of countless violent lightning energies compressed to their limit, mixed with some unknown destructive energy, as if it could tear space apart!
"What is that...?" A Marine Vice Admiral stood on the bridge, his pupils contracting sharply, an unprecedented, instinctive fear of death instantly seizing his heart!
There was no deafening cannon roar, only a sharp hum as if space itself was being torn apart!
An unimaginably thick, brilliant white energy beam, like a spear of destruction hurled by a god, instantly shot out from Pluton's cannon!
Wherever it passed, the air twisted and evaporated, the sea surface was forcibly separated by an invisible force, leaving a momentarily existing vacuum trench!
The next second,
This destructive beam accurately struck the densest central area of the Marine fleet!
Time seemed to freeze for an instant.
Then—
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!
An indescribably massive, brilliant white sphere of light suddenly expanded in the center of the fleet, instantly engulfing everything within several nautical miles!
Warships, soldiers, artillery... everything in existence was vaporized and vanished the moment it touched the light sphere!
The light sphere rapidly ascended, pulling the surrounding seawater and dust, forming an incredibly thick pillar of death connecting heaven and earth!
Immediately, a mushroom cloud, so vast it obscured the entire view, churning with flames and thick smoke, slowly rose from the sea, as if the gates of hell had opened there!
The destructive shockwave spread wildly in all directions in a ring, and wherever it went, the sea surface was forcibly pressed into a huge depression, then formed terrifying tsunamis tens of meters high, like countless moving mountains, roaring towards the farther reaches of the sea!
Even far away in Water 7, everyone could feel the scorching and violent heatwave rushing towards them!
"Get down!!!" Ron roared.
An incredibly powerful shockwave instantly swept across the entire dock!
Weaker shipwrights and citizens were directly blown off their feet, and the Straw Hat members also lowered their bodies, struggling to stabilize themselves.
Nami's skirt was blown up, but she instantly turned into a Logia lightning user to become immune to everything. Chopper clung desperately to Zoro's leg, and Usopp's long nose was blown flat against his face!
After the airwave, there was a deathly silence.
Everyone struggled to raise their heads, looking towards the direction of the explosion.
On the distant sea, the destructive mushroom cloud was still churning upwards, and the once mighty Buster Call fleet, representing absolute military power... had completely vanished, as if they had never existed, without even leaving a single fragment.
The sea was left with only a giant, slowly spinning vortex and a sky reflected in an eerie orange-red.
"One... one shot..." Usopp slumped to the ground, his chin hitting the dirt, his voice hoarse. "It only took... one shot... to wipe out the Buster Call!"
"This is... the power... of an Ancient Weapon..." Zoro's palm, gripping his sword hilt, was covered in cold sweat; he had never felt such pure, almost cataclysmic destructive energy.
Luffy pulled his straw hat down, his usual playful expression gone, his eyes incredibly serious.
Franky and Iceburg were completely speechless, just staring blankly at the dark giant ship, their eyes filled with endless shock and awe at such extreme power.
Pluton, with just one strike, redefined warfare!
The aftershocks of the destruction had not yet fully subsided,
The giant vortex on the sea and the still-churning mushroom cloud silently recounted the earth-shattering strike that had just occurred.
Ron surveyed the 'calm' sea and the citizens of Water 7 in the distance, slowly recovering from the shock but still looking terrified. His gaze finally fell on Mayor Iceburg.
"Mr. Iceburg," Ron stepped forward, his voice calm but carrying an undeniable weight, "It's time; we must leave."
Upon hearing this, Iceburg's face immediately showed a complex expression, a mix of gratitude and worry: "You..."
Ron raised a hand to interrupt him, continuing: "But we cannot just leave. The Buster Call fleet has been annihilated; the World Government will never let this go.
They need a 'reasonable' explanation, and even more, a target to vent their anger. For the long-term peace of Water 7, someone must bear all this."
He gazed at Iceburg, speaking out the cruel but necessary plan word by word: "You need to announce to the outside world—that we, the Straw Hat Pirates, kidnapped your brother Franky,
threatening his life and forcing you to use the Pluton design to build this warship.
All members of CP9 and the Marines who came to execute the Buster Call were killed by us, a group of 'notorious' pirates.
All the blame will be borne by us alone."
"What?! Absolutely not!" Iceburg almost blurted out, his face filled with resistance and pain.
"You are the benefactors who saved this city! How can I twist black and white and pour all the dirty water on you? This is simply..."
"This is the best way."
Ron's tone remained calm, yet carried a convincing power. "Only this way will the World Government consider Water 7 also a 'victim,' and only then will they shift all their attention away from this city and fully pursue us."