Chapter 395: Death of "Red the Aloof" · The Warlords' Overwhelming Crush
Marineford · High Altitude Battlefield
The clouds churned as black and red lightning tore across the sky!
Two silhouettes clashed frantically high in the firmament—
One was Admiral Kizaru (Borsalino), transformed into golden light, moving at a speed completely imperceptible to the naked eye.
The other was "Red the Aloof" Patrick Redfield. His blood-red cape was torn and tattered, his umbrella sword still in hand, but the brilliance of his blade was steadily dimming.
"VROOM! VROOM! VROOM—!"
With every collision, golden light and blood-red shadows intertwined, kicking up blinding shockwaves!
However, the cruelty of time was gradually revealing itself.
Redfield's figure wavered in the air, his reactions growing sluggish. His shoulders, chest, and arms were consecutively pierced by light-speed lasers, leaving him covered in scorched wounds!
"Hah... hah..."
His breathing was heavy and ragged, yet his blood-red pupils remained dead-locked onto his opponent.
Kizaru slowly materialized directly in front of him, his distorted form piecing together as his signature lazy drawl echoed out:
"Scary, isn't it~ The 'Red the Aloof' who once stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Roger and Whitebeard... even you have been dulled by the passage of time."
Before the words fully registered, Redfield's crimson pupils shrank! His supreme Observation Haki violently screamed a lethal warning!!!
"SWISH—!!!"
The golden light suddenly vanished!
In the next instant, a lazy whisper sounded right next to his ear:
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
"What?!"
Redfield desperately swung his sword to block!
"BANG—!!!"
The light-speed kick had already connected!
The umbrella sword instantly bent under the pressure, its Armament Haki fracturing inch by inch beneath the sheer weight of the light!
Redfield tasted blood in his throat. His entire body was blasted out of the sky by the blinding white kick, plummeting like a meteor!
"KABOOM—!!!"
He smashed brutally into the ruins of the Marineford battlefield, kicking up a hundred-meter-tall mushroom cloud of dust!
At the bottom of the deep crater, he lay flat on his back, staring up at the sky. His abdomen was a mangled, bloody mess from the kick. Blood poured endlessly through his fingers as his tattered crimson cape fluttered weakly in the howling wind.
"Heh... cough... As expected... I really have gotten old..."
Redfield smiled bitterly. Using his umbrella sword as a crutch, his trembling body struggled, yet failed, to stand back up.
"If... if only there was something that could... restore my youth... maybe then, I could fight one last battle..."
His low murmur was scattered by the wind.
—High above the sky.
Kizaru spread his arms. Blinding light coalesced, gathering between his palms like a cluster of brilliant stars!
"Yasakani no Magatama."
"RUMBLE—!!!"
Countless bullets of light poured down like a storm of divine punishment!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!!"
The explosive flares completely swallowed the crater! Roaring flames and shockwaves blasted into the sky, sweeping across hundreds of meters of the battlefield!
When the smoke finally cleared, the scorched earth was left cracked and broken.
In the center of the deep crater, Redfield's silhouette had completely vanished.
Only a snapped umbrella sword remained, sticking solitarily out of the ground. The red jewel embedded in its hilt crumbled into fine powder under the residual heat of the flames, quietly drifting away in the wind.
—"Red the Aloof" Patrick Redfield.
The legendary great pirate who once rode the same tides as Whitebeard and Roger... died in battle today at Marineford!!!
In front of live broadcasts across the globe, countless viewers erupted into absolute uproar!!!
"Redfield... is dead?!"
"Is this one of the Marines' supreme combat forces... the true power of Admiral Kizaru?!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The shockwaves of Redfield's death reverberated across the entire battlefield. Even Shanks, World, and Buggy, who were locked in their own deathmatches, couldn't help but lose focus for a split second!
"Redfield... died in battle that quickly?!!"
Shanks barely managed to parry Sakazuki's colossal magma fist, a flash of pure shock crossing his eyes.
"That old bastard... actually lost to Kizaru?!!"
World shattered a wall of ice with his multiplied giant fists, his roar filled with disbelief!
"Even 'Red the Aloof' couldn't hold on..." Buggy split his body apart to dodge Luffy's dragon claws, his brow locking into a tight, grim knot.
On another side of the battlefield.
"Woods-Woods: Giant Wooden Stake!!!"
Aramaki (Ryokugyu) transformed into a colossal vine-and-wood giant. His massive wooden fist crashed down like a falling meteor, shattering the earth!
"SPURT—!!!"
Doflamingo's string shield disintegrated instantly. His sternum snapped under the crushing blow, and he spat a mouthful of blood as he was sent flying backward, smashing through three ruined walls before finally coming to a halt!
Trembling, he used his strings to frantically stitch his broken bones back together, his eyes wide with horror. "Bastard, this Greenbull's strength is absolutely bordering on Admiral level! Why the hell was he just wasting time as a Warlord?!!"
"If I couldn't heal my injuries and fight mid-air, I would've died dozens of times over by now!!"
Aramaki's wooden fists pounded down with the roar of thunder: "Pirates—this is where you end!!!"
The Warlords' battlefield was a total, overwhelming crush!
Kuma and Jinbe were both individuals who had received great favors from Roy—especially Kuma, who completely discarded his usual gentle demeanor.
"BANG—!!!"
A bear-paw strike echoed, the shockwave ripping the air apart!
Kuma's silhouette was cold and imposing. His mastery over the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi (Paw-Paw Fruit) was terrifyingly precise. Every single one of Shiryu's sword slashes was instantly deflected!
"SLASH!!!"
Shiryu swung his blade, Thunder Rain, with vicious intent, but the moment it touched the paw pad, the attack rebounded instantly, the backlash slicing right through his own armor!
"Cough—!!!"
Shiryu was blasted into the ground once again by Kuma's shockwave. He coughed up blood, his face twisting into a savage scowl!
"This guy... he's a complete monster!!!"
"Fish-Man Karate Secret Art: Buraikan (Vagabond Drill)!!!"
Jinbe let out a massive roar. His water-infused heavy punch surged forward like a breaching leviathan, slamming brutally into Sanjuan Wolf's mountain-like body!
"URGHHAAAAA!!!" The colossal giant roared in agony, rolling across the ground and causing the earth to quake!
"IT HURTS SO MUCH!!! I WANNA GO BACK TO IMPEL DOWN!!!"
Boa Hancock's eyes were freezing cold. Her high heels, coated in a subtle sheen of black-red Haki, viciously shattered the demonic fox's claws!
"Filthy criminal... turn into stone!!!"
Catarina Devon's claws instantly petrified, and she let out a shriek of pure despair!
In her heart, however, Hancock was burning with quiet determination: "If I help the Marines win this war... Lord Roy will definitely remember me."
Moria and Crocodile, on the other hand, were purely terrified of Roy settling scores with them after the war, so they poured every ounce of their strength into beating their opponents to death!
"Tsuno Tokage (Shadow Horn Blade)!!!"
Moria laughed wildly as his shadow spear shot outward, piercing straight through Vasco Shot's abdomen!
"Offer your shadow—to ME!!!"
"URGGGHAAAA!!!" The Heavy Drinker's toxic liquor scattered amidst his screams, his blood staining the ruins pitch black!
SWISH—SWISH—SWISH—!!!
Crocodile's sandstorm billowed, completely swallowing Avalo Pizarro's volcanic artillery barrage!
"A mere prisoner locked in Level 6 by the Marines... thinks he's worthy of standing before me?!!"
"Crocodile!! You used to be a great pirate too! Why are you fighting so hard for the Marines?!!" Pizarro roared, his flesh being sliced open by the swirling sand blades!
Crocodile sneered: "Great pirate? Heh... If you can't read the room, don't drag me down with you! Right now, I just want to survive!!!"
"That monster, Roy—there's no way in hell I'm provoking him!!!"
Amidst the billowing dust and smoke, the most heinous criminals of Impel Down Level 6 were being pushed to the absolute brink one by one:
Shiryu coughed up blood and collapsed!
Catarina Devon was half-petrified!
Sanjuan Wolf rolled on the ground, wailing in agony!
Vasco Shot's shadow was stolen!
Avalo Pizarro was drowned in a sandstorm!
Doflamingo was pinned to the ground and battered by Aramaki!
In an instant, the monsters of Level 6 were actually being thoroughly—and overwhelmingly—crushed by the Seven Warlords!
Shiryu roared, spitting blood, his eyes filled with manic disbelief: "Have these Warlords gone completely insane?! How much are they getting paid a month to fight like this?!!"
However, the eyes of the Warlords remained resolute. They weren't risking their lives for "money."
Some fought to repay a debt.
Some fought to earn recognition.
Some fought simply to stay alive.
But in this moment, the sheer, unyielding ferocity they displayed made the world completely forget that they were ever called "Pirates."
This was the Seven Warlords—fighting a true battle of life and death!
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