Just as the battle situation descended into chaos—
"Enough."
A voice suddenly echoed over Marineford.
The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every single person present.
Low, hoarse, carrying an undeniable majesty.
The members of the God's Knights all stopped simultaneously, then called out the same name:
"Imu-sama!?"
The voice continued from the sky.
"This war may end here."
"You may leave with Monkey D. Luffy."
At these words, not only the various forces on the scene, but even people in front of their televisions around the world were shocked.
No one had expected the battle to take this turn.
Dragon handed his son to Sabo to carry, then spoke into the sky, his voice deep, "Imu, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Imu was silent for a moment.
Then, he said something no one anticipated.
"I want to join forces with the Revolutionary Army to deal with Nishikawa Makoto."
At these words, everyone was dumbfounded again.
'How did this suddenly involve Nishikawa Makoto?'
Yukino's mind worked quickly, and she immediately figured out the reason.
She shouted, "It sounds like he's coming to deal with you, right?"
Yes, that was the only reason Yukino could think of. And it was the only reason that could make that 'former King of the World' lower his proud head to seek cooperation with others.
In response to Yukino's questioning, Imu gave no answer.
And his silence was, in itself, a confirmation.
At these words, whether it was [Effort King] Koby and Usopp hiding on the ships in the rear, or Ginny's posthumous daughter Bonney, or countless young people from the new generation watching in front of the Visual Den Den Mushi… all were stunned.
They had indeed heard of Makoto's name, but never imagined it could be exaggerated to this extent.
To deal with him, the supreme ruler of the World Government would actually lower his pride and meekly seek cooperation with the Revolutionary Army.
Just moments ago, they had been fighting each other, drawing blood.
Akainu, still holding a sword stained with Revolutionary Army blood, frowned deeply and asked, "What the hell is going on?"
Kizaru, standing behind him, scratched his head and said lazily, "Who knows? He probably got some information."
Just then, Jinbei looked up to the sky and responded to Imu: "What the hell are you barking about?"
All the others were startled once more.
'Jinbei was this brave? Speaking to the World Government's supreme ruler like that?'
Jinbei then stated, "There's no way we'd join forces with the World Government to go against Nishikawa-sama."
Many then remembered.
Jinbei was a fish-man. And the fish-men were Makoto's subordinates.
The reason Jinbei had led the Sun Pirates to participate in this war was to go after the World Government, to avenge their big brother Fisher Tiger.
How could he possibly ally with the World Government?
Then, Jinbei added, "The Revolutionary Army wouldn't cooperate with the World Government either. The Revolutionary Army has a grudge against the World Government. The reason they were founded in the first place was to defeat the World Government. They definitely wouldn't oppose our fish-men's benefactor just to appease the World Government."
However, after Jinbei's very reasonable speech, Imu responded.
"Wrong."
His voice was cold.
"The Revolutionary Army and Nishikawa Makoto share an irreconcilable hatred."
At these words, everyone in the Revolutionary Army changed expression.
'We had an irreconcilable hatred with Nishikawa Makoto? Since when?'
Just then, the Five Elders also teleported in via Imu's pentagram magic circle.
Garling, at the front, stepped forward and said coldly, "The idea behind Blackbeard capturing Monkey D. Luffy and handing him over to the Marine came from Nishikawa Makoto himself."
At these words, the Whitebeard Pirates, watching the live broadcast in the New World via Visual Den Den Mushi, were also shocked.
'Nishikawa Makoto was behind this as well?'
The Revolutionary Army, naturally, found it even harder to believe.
Yukino quickly tried to dissuade Dragon: "This is a trap set by the World Government! Don't believe it!"
Yukino knew best.
Regardless of whether this matter was true or false, if the Revolutionary Army really dared to oppose Makoto, they were absolutely finished.
But Garling added, "We have a mole placed beside Makoto. This is the information the mole sent back."
Hearing Garling's words, Sommers, one of the God's Knights' members, was scared half to death.
Because his and Garling's hearts were still in the hands of Four Gay Bros.
'Were you not afraid of truly angering Nishikawa Makoto and making him directly crush your heart by saying something like this publicly?'
Garling sensed Sommers's fear, turned to him, and said, "Don't worry. CP9 has already stolen the hearts back."
At these words, the fear on Sommers's face instantly turned to delight.
'That woman from CP9 was that impressive? She could actually steal them back?'
Suddenly, Garling looked up toward the sky.
On the distant horizon, a graceful figure was approaching, using Geppo to tread on the air.
It was none other than Kalifa, one of the CP9's members.
Under the gaze of everyone present, Kalifa used Geppo to reach the high platform where the Five Elders stood and handed a steel heart to Garling.
"My lord, your heart."
Kalifa's voice was calm, as calm as if she were remarking on the nice weather.
Garling was very satisfied and reached out to take it.
"Kalifa, you have done very well. You can be promoted to CP0 after this."
To be honest, when he first arranged for this woman to go undercover as Yu's subordinate, he hadn't held much hope, thinking it would be good enough to get some information.
He never expected Kalifa to exceed expectations, not only bringing back such important information but also stealing back their hearts.
On the other side, Sommers also revealed an overjoyed smile.
After all, for so many years, with his heart in the hands of Four Gay Bros, he had never slept peacefully. He never imagined he'd ever get it back.
Just as Garling, smiling broadly, was about to take the heart—
Suddenly, Kalifa displayed an eerie smile.
Her hand suddenly squeezed.
Crack—
The steel heart was crushed in her hand.
Fragments rained down between her fingers, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
Garling's smile froze on his face.
His face turned instantly pale, and he clutched his chest in agony.
"..."
Thud—
The former commander of the God's Knights fell to the ground.
His pupils had already faded, a bitter arc frozen at the corner of his mouth.
The other four Five Elders and everyone else present all changed expression drastically.
'What was going on now?!'
Having witnessed his father's sudden death, Shamrock reacted, shouting, "You're not CP9! Who are you?"
'Kalifa' smiled at him.
Then, her body began to change.
White mist poured from her skin, enveloping her entirely.
After the mist dissipated, a brown-haired, green-eyed, voluptuous beauty appeared before everyone.
Yukiko!
And behind Yukiko, nine furry yellow-brown fox tails were swaying in the wind.
Mythical Zoan: Nine-Tailed Fox Form!
Many then recognized her… this woman was a member of Makoto's crew.
Then, before the world's eyes, Yukiko produced another steel heart out of thin air and casually threw it to the ground.
She then raised her beautiful leg, clad in high heels.
"No—!"
Sommers cried out in terror.
But by the time he shouted, Yukiko had already brought her heel down.
Crack—
The steel heart shattered.
Sommers clutched his chest, his face twisted in pain, and fell, his eyes rolling back.
A few seconds later, he stopped moving entirely.
Seeing this, the remaining four Five Elders lost their composure.
They immediately transformed, entering their huge mythic beast forms, ready to attack Yukiko.
But Yukiko, surrounded, merely showed a calm smile, completely unconcerned about the four around her.
And just at the critical moment when the remaining four Five Elders were about to attack—
From above the sky, a massive laser cannon shot across the void, landing precisely on the mythic beast forms of the Five Elders.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The laser cannons rained down like meteorites, each one precisely hitting the left side of a Five Elder's chest.
Their steel hearts were blown to pieces.
The bodies of the four Five Elders fell from mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up dust.
"That's..."
Haruno, just coming to her senses, cried out in shock.
She recognized it… it was Yu's ability!
Then, a colossal figure slowly descended over Marineford.
Seeing this colossus, not only those present, but everyone around the world was stunned.
It was a calamity demon that seemed to be a fusion of rotting flesh and cold weapons.
It had a head full of huge fangs, its forehead pierced by a giant gun barrel that still emitted blue-gray smoke.
Its chest was completely open, ribs turned outward, revealing countless densely packed human heads inside. Some of those heads were crying, some laughing, some screaming.
Its arms were composed of countless heavy machine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles, their dense gun barrels tangled with rotting flesh and muscle.
Its lower body consisted of countless massive bullet chains linked together, moving with a 'clattering' sound that made one's scalp crawl.
Even the Yukinoshita sisters, who were players, were stunned by this sight.
After a few seconds, they finally managed to speak, with difficulty.
"Is... is that Ishigami?"
This was Yu's Gun Devil form!