Someone is here!
Someone is standing up for them!
At a time like this!
In this state of complete despair, while helplessly watching loved ones and friends die one after another...
Someone stepped forward and boldly announced that they would hunt those untouchable World Nobles in return!
At this moment, an indescribable wave of emotion and shock filled their hearts.
Amidst the speechless, shocked crowd, a Bird-man wearing a top hat looked at everything happening before him with glowing eyes, raising the camera hanging from his neck with trembling bird claws.
"BIG NEWS! This is definitely a super BIG NEWS that can completely shock the world! Record it quickly! When I go back and print it in the newspaper, it'll definitely sell out! My World Economic Journal is going to be a hit!"
Click!
The shutter was pressed, and the scene was frozen!
In the film...
A golden figure shrouded in light, whose face could not be seen clearly, stood in mid-air with his back to the sun rising over the distant sea level, looking like a god.
"Big brother, who is he?"
Ginny looked at the well-informed Ivankov.
Kuma beside her also looked over.
Ivankov noticed that this honest boy, who usually only silently endured pressure, now had an inexplicable spark in his eyes.
Ivankov looked at Carlo in the sky and licked his dry lips.
"He is the Captain of the Sky Pirates, the Fourth Division Captain of the Rocks Pirates, the Golden Garuda of the New World, the King of the Sky, the Sky King! Sorus Karlo!"
"He's really daring to say such things. Hmph, in that case, I won't hold it against him for taking away our Devil Fruit Power."
"Can he save everyone?" Kuma, who had been silent, suddenly spoke softly.
Ivankov was silent for a while before shaking his head:
"I don't know. Although his words moved me, no matter what... he's just a pirate, Kuma. I advise you not to pin too much hope on a pirate; we still have to rely on ourselves. Let's go. While the Marine's attention is drawn to him, now is the perfect time to escape from here!"
"Just a pirate... huh?" Kuma muttered to himself, suddenly looking up and staring blankly at that figure under the spotlight. "Could he be... the Nika my father talked about?"
"Nika? What's that?" Ginny asked curiously.
But Kuma said nothing and lowered his head again.
In the sky, Carlo, who had dropped the bombshell declaration, curled his lips and tossed out another sentence.
"What are you all waiting for? There aren't many Celestial Dragons on this island. If you're late, they'll be gone... Oh right, a reminder: every Celestial Dragon carries an ID tag. After a successful hunt, bring the tag back. One tag counts as one point."
Gulp!
A pirate swallowed hard, snapped back to reality, and pointed at him angrily:
"Stop joking! How could we be stupid enough to actually do something like that! Those are the Celestial Dragons! If we really kill them, it will bring an Admiral and a Buster Call!"
"Admiral? Buster Call?" Carlo scoffed and sneered:
"There are so many people here. How many Admirals do the Marine have? And how many Buster Calls? In the current Marine, there's only one damn Admiral! And he's not even here!"
"You so-called 'conquerors of the world' don't even dare to kill a Celestial Dragon. You're all a bunch of trash!"
"Who among the truly strong would fear an Admiral or a Buster Call?"
"Only trash would be so hesitant!"
"Little do you know, even if you kill those Celestial Dragons and take the Devil Fruit Power from me, the world is so big—can the Marine really find you?"
"And don't forget! Even if you don't kill the Celestial Dragons, aren't you still going to be hunted by the Marine all over the world?"
"Trash is trash! You're like rotten mud that can't be used to build a wall! You don't even know how to cherish an opportunity to become stronger. You deserve to be garbage for the rest of your lives!"
The pirate Captain was flushed red with shame from Carlo's insults, but he still stiffened his neck and retorted:
"Talk is cheap! If you're so brave, kill a Celestial Dragon first! And who knows if you'll keep your word and hand over the Devil Fruit Power?"
Carlo ignored him and flew straight down from the sky.
What kind of 'Pirate A' was this?
A character without even a name was only fit to jump out as a transition for the scene.
Most pirates still didn't believe Carlo, or rather, they didn't dare to actually kill Celestial Dragons, so they didn't participate in the hunting game Carlo mentioned.
Instead, a large portion of these people charged directly at Carlo.
They intended to take Carlo down directly and snatch the Devil Fruit Power from his hands.
However, there were also some heinous criminals who chose to believe Carlo, excitedly waving their blades and charging into the depths of the island to find the Celestial Dragons.
Carlo was, after all, the Fourth Division Captain of the Rocks Pirates, the Captain of the Sky Pirates, the famous Sky King of the New World, and a Great Pirate with a bounty of 2.9 billion Berries.
The pirates believed that a big figure like Carlo wouldn't break his word.
They knew that Carlo's words just now were definitely not a joke.
After all, who the hell would be stupid enough to say such suicidal words right here, in front of the Marine, so many Celestial Dragons, God's Knights, and the Gorosei?
Isn't that just lighting a lamp in a tiger's mouth—looking for death?
And the first one to charge forward with a howl was Kaido.
"Carlo! You said it! Save that azure dragon fruit for me!"
Kaido dashed out in a frantic rush.
He was quite shrewd as well.
He had been paying attention to Carlo's every move for a long time.
When he noticed the direction Carlo subconsciously looked when mentioning the Celestial Dragons...
Kaido immediately understood that the Celestial Dragons must be in the direction Carlo was looking.
Therefore, he sprinted straight in that direction.
Seeing pirates and Marines blocking his path ahead, he simply swept them aside with his club.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!"
"Get the hell out of my way!! Don't block me! The azure dragon fruit is mine! No one else better think of touching it!"
Besides Kaido, who was determined to get the azure dragon fruit...
Other pirates also charged toward where the Celestial Dragons were.
There was also the Captain of the World Pirates, Byrnndi World, the future 'World Destroyer'.
However, Byrnndi World had not yet obtained that broken More-More Fruit.
So right now, he was naturally very envious of the fruits in Carlo's hands.
"The phoenix fruit is mine! No one snatch it from me! That's a birthday present for my son!" A pineapple-headed man gripped his long blade, leaping like a flea across the tops of trees, flying through the air as he charged to the very front.
Bologram, the Captain of the Bolo Pirates and a famous Great Pirate of the New World.
He was also Marco's father.
Besides those Great Pirates of the New World...
There were also members of the Rocks Pirates themselves.
Golden Lion's figure flew through the sky, being the fastest of all.
Even Kaido felt a sense of crisis from him and desperately accelerated.
Next were Silver Axe, Kilpstad, Black Charcoal Cicada, and others.