"Exactly!" Another pirate drew the long sword from his waist and fiercely chopped it onto the corner of the table. "What about Pluton?! Becoming the Pirate King isn't just about one ship! You want the Great Treasure? Then step over my dead body!"
"Get it back! We must get Pluton back!"
"Or find other Ancient Weapons! We absolutely cannot let him succeed!"
An unprecedented sense of crisis and intense unwillingness, like the most violent catalyst, instantly ignited the wildfire in the hearts of the New World pirates!
Not only were they not intimidated by Pluton's terrifying power, but they became even more aggressive, even more insane!
The dream of dominating the seas was within reach, yet it seemed like someone else was about to get there first?
They would never agree!
...
However,
Before the various factions could recover from Pluton's world-destroying power, the urgent follow-up report from the World Economic News was like another heavy hammer, striking hard across the entire sea!
The front page of the newspaper was once again dominated by the same shocking headline:
[MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE! ANCIENT WEAPON PLUTON, CARRYING THE STRAW HATS, OPENED A DOOR-DOOR FRUIT AND VANISHED INTO THE UNKNOWN!!!]
The detailed report stated: "…According to numerous witnesses in Water 7, after that destructive blow, the demon-god-like giant ship did not sail towards any known sea area!
In front of it, the air was torn apart like a curtain by an invisible hand, opening an enormous, glowing spatial Door-Door Fruit!
The giant ship calmly sailed into it, then vanished without a trace along with the mysterious Door-Door Fruit!
Currently, no one knows its whereabouts!"
The shock brought by this news, to some extent, even surpassed the terrifying destructive power of Pluton itself!
"Spa… spatial Door-Door Fruit?! Are you kidding me! Does that ship know magic?!"
"It didn't sail… it just disappeared?! How are we supposed to chase it? How are we supposed to steal it?!"
"How many terrifying abilities does this Pluton still hide?!"
The captains of the New World looked at the newspaper, their faces even uglier than before. The fervor they had initially stirred up, wanting to seize Pluton, seemed to have been doused by a bucket of ice water.
"It can… leave like that?" A captain irritably crumpled the newspaper. "If you can't find the enemy, even the strongest power has nowhere to be displayed!"
"It seems that acquiring Pluton is infinitely more difficult than we imagined."
"Damn the Straw Hats!"
The entire world was once again plunged into immense shock and discussion because of Pluton's unpredictable new ability.
People generally believed that this ability to open a spatial Door-Door Fruit must be some terrifying, unrecorded function inherent in the Ancient Weapon Pluton itself.
They could not possibly imagine that this was not Pluton's original ability, but rather a Devil Fruit ability it gained after fusing with the Door-Door Fruit.
...
Marineford,
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office, the air was so heavy it could almost drip. The latest battle reports and the World Economic News were slammed onto the large desk.
"One shot! Just one shot!!!"
Sengoku slammed his fist on the desk. The sturdy solid wood desktop instantly cracked. Veins bulged on his forehead. His usual calm as a wise commander had vanished, replaced by uncontrollable rage and shock.
"Five Marine Vice Admirals! Ten of the latest model warships! An entire Buster Call fleet!!! They didn't even see the enemy's face and were… were completely vaporized by a single cannonball?! Is this the power of an Ancient Weapon?!!!"
He suddenly looked up at his colleagues, whose faces were equally ashen in the office, his voice trembling with anger: "Provocation! This is an unprecedented, ultimate provocation against the Marines, against the World Government!"
Vice Admiral Garp, standing by the window, uncharacteristically did not take out his senbei. He crossed his arms, his thick brows tightly furrowed, silently gazing at the new recruits training on the field outside the window.
Sengoku's roar came: "Garp! Look at what good things your grandson has done! And that Ron! They actually built Pluton! And used it to sink the Buster Call!"
Garp slowly turned around, the usual jovial expression gone from his face. He poked his ear, muttering with a complex tone: "Ah… they really are two troublesome little rascals…"
His heart was far from as calm as he appeared.
That brat Luffy… he causes trouble wherever he goes! This time he went too far! And Ron…
Garp's mind conjured the steady appearance of the black-haired young man. That child grew up under my watch; he's been a hundred times more sensible than that scoundrel Luffy since he was little…
He even thought with some exasperation, Ron, as his older brother, why didn't you keep an eye on Luffy! How could you let him be so reckless!
In his impression, Ron was calm and reliable, almost the model of his ideal grandson. If Luffy wasn't his blood relative, he would have loved to raise Ron as his own grandson.
Now that even Ron was involved in such an earth-shattering event, he felt a wave of powerlessness and confusion.
"We can't wait any longer!" Fleet Admiral Sengoku suppressed his anger, his voice regaining its cold decisiveness. "This is an unprecedented trampling of justice! We must respond with the strongest possible attitude!"
He waved his hand, giving orders to the orderly: "Immediately issue new bounties to the entire world! All members of the Straw Hat Pirates, their bounty amounts will be greatly increased! Especially that Ron…!"
The order was quickly relayed.
Soon, countless news birds, carrying new fear and shock, flew to every corner of the world.
New wanted posters were plastered on bulletin boards everywhere, causing even greater uproar.
The bounties of all members of the Straw Hat Pirates saw a terrifying surge!
And most eye-catching was the new name at the top of the list—
[CAPTAIN RON]
Bounty: Two Billion Berries!
Dead or Alive!
That enormous figure and the unprecedented title of "Captain" were like a bombshell, once again shocking the entire sea!
This declared that the World Government regarded him as an unprecedentedly dangerous individual, ranking above most renowned great pirates!
...
As the two-billion-Berry bounty notices fell like snowflakes across every corner of the world,
The name "Ron," which was previously very unfamiliar to the public, seemed to be seared deeply into everyone's minds overnight.
Ron, accompanied by the legend of Pluton and the soaring bounty amount,
Everyone realized that a new "ruthless individual," capable of stirring up the entire era, had officially stepped onto the stage of history!
....
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