One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

Luffy was easily knocked away, causing Nami's screams to echo through the street.

Zoro looked serious. The admiral in front of him was incredibly strong. As the strongest member of the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy was knocked away in just a few seconds.

As the second-in-command of the crew, Zoro has no choice but to be on high alert when facing a Marine Admiral.

Zoro wrapped his headband around his head, signifying his certain victory, and drew the three swords at his waist.

Three-Sword Style: Demon Slash.

The three swords slashed at Kizaru's neck simultaneously, their speed so great that they left three streaks of silver-white light in the air.

Kizaru raised his hand and caught one of Zoro's swords between two fingers.

"Three-Sword Style ~Roronoa Zoro~"

"The bounty is 120 million!"

"Hmm~ Not bad swordsmanship~"

Zoro gritted his teeth and tried to pull his sword back, but the sword seemed to be welded to Kizaru's fingers and wouldn't budge.

Sanji cut in from the side and delivered a powerful right kick to Kizaru's head.

Kizaru raised his hand and blocked Sanji's kick with his palm.

"Black Leg Sanji ~Bounty of 77 Million~"

"Your kicking technique is quite powerful."

Kizaru pushed Sanji back with his backhand, sending him staggering back more than ten steps, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.

Usopp had his slingshot fully drawn, but he dared not fire—because he couldn't aim properly.

Chopper transformed into his human-beast form, standing in front of Nami and Camie, trembling all over but not retreating an inch.

Robin stood at the very back, her arms crossed in front of her chest. Her Devil Fruit power was ready, but she didn't activate it.

Her eyes were fixed on Kizaru's movements, waiting for an opportunity that didn't exist.

Kizaru glanced around at the Straw Hat crew, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"The Straw Hat crew is all here!"

"Let's solve this once and for all then."

He raised his right hand, and golden laser light shone from the tip of his index finger.

"The Yata Mirror!"

With a few flashes, Kizaru's body struck down the Straw Hat Pirates.

Just as a beam of light slowly gathered on Kizaru's feet, preparing to finish off Luffy, Rayleigh, who had been watching the battlefield closely, could no longer contain himself.

"Kizaru! People of the new era won't just disappear here."

Rayleigh stomped his foot, flying close to the ground, his long sword slashing upwards to block Kizaru's long-charged attack.

"Oh dear~"

"Rayleigh, the King of the Underworld! You've finally appeared!"

Kizaru spoke as lazily as ever, but his gaze passed over the Straw Hat crew and landed on a figure at the end of the street.

The figure was very tall, holding a Bible in his hand, and was walking towards them at a leisurely pace.

It was the bear who received Roy's orders.

Bartholomew the Great Bear.

Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo-no-Tsurugi temporarily forced Rayleigh back.

"Oh dear~ Bear~ What brings you from Beehive Island~"

The bear did not answer.

He walked up to the Straw Hat crew and stopped, looking down at them with a blank expression.

Luffy was covered in ash, and a large patch of his shirt was burned off by a light-speed kick, revealing a reddish-purple footprint on his exposed skin.

But he stood up.

He stood between Kuma and Kizaru, spreading his arms to protect everyone behind him.

"Big Bear?"

Are you an enemy too?

Luffy's voice was hoarse, but his eyes showed no sign of backing down.

Big Bear looked down at him and remained silent for a few seconds.

Then he said something that no one could understand:

"It won't hurt."

Luffy was stunned: "What?"

Big Bear offered no explanation.

He lifted his glove and took off his right paw, the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit gathering in his palm.

The transparent air cannon was compressed into a fist-sized sphere in the palm of the hand, and the air ripples on its surface vibrated violently.

Kizaru stood at a distance, watching this scene without moving.

His gaze swept back and forth between Kuma and Luffy twice, and the curve of his lips subtly changed.

Then he retracted his raised foot and put his hands back into his pockets.

"Oh dear~ Is the bear about to make its move~"

"Then I'll take a break."

Kizaru took a few steps back, leaned against the wall next to him, and squinted as he watched everything.

That posture was just like watching a play that had nothing to do with him.

Roy stood on the highest branch of the red tree in the distance, his Observation Haki locking onto Kizaru the entire time.

From the moment Kizaru arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, every action, every word, and every micro-expression of his was clearly analyzed by Roy.

Kizaru dealt with the strange monk Urouge swiftly and decisively, knocking him unconscious with a single kick, without any unnecessary movements.

He dealt with Apoo—same cleanly, knocking him unconscious with a kick, and also took the opportunity to observe the Longarm Tribe's physical structure.

Dealing with Hawkins—it took four or five lasers to wipe out all the stand-in scarecrows, with the precision of a surgical procedure.

He dealt with Kidd—he shattered the giant metal fist with a light-speed kick, then immediately stopped, saying, "There are other places to go."

Roy mentally gave Kizaru's performance a score.

For supernovas without any background—act decisively, leave no room for maneuver, and be clean and efficient.

As for Kidd—he was hit but not crippled, leaving room for maneuver.

He kicked Luffy, but the force of the kick was controlled with extreme precision.

He was able to kick a supernova with a bounty of 300 million dozens of meters away, sending him crashing through two buildings, but his ribs were not broken, his internal organs were not shattered, and he didn't even fall into a coma.

Controlling the force of a kick is many times more difficult than delivering a full-force kick.

It seems this guy is quite adept at workplace rules.

From the moment Kuma appeared, Kizaru stopped.

He stepped aside, leaned against the wall, and adopted a "I'm not getting involved" stance.

A Marine Admiral, upon seeing pirates beating a Celestial Dragon, voluntarily stepped aside to give up the stage.

Roy's lips curled up slightly.

That old fox, Kizaru.

He was deliberately letting the game slide.

He already knew that Rayleigh was watching the Straw Hat crew from the sidelines, and that Rayleigh wouldn't stand idly by and watch Luffy get captured.

Rather than confronting Rayleigh head-on, it's better to let Kuma handle it.

I wonder how the bear from Beehive Island will treat the Straw Hat crew.

If Kuma could capture the Straw Hat crew, it would save him a lot of trouble.

If not, he would have a way out, facing Rayleigh and Kuma. What can a general like me do?

Roy mentally gave Kizaru's acting a perfect score.

The Oscars owe him an award.

At that moment, on the street outside the auction house, the bear had already raised its paws.

Rayleigh stood on a rooftop not far away, watching all of this, and sighed.

He noticed it too.

Kizaru was waiting for him to make his move.

He won't make a move unless Kizaru does.

Rayleigh didn't move, not because he didn't want to save Luffy, but because he knew that Kuma was Roy's man.

In the Sabaody Archipelago arc, Roy was the true director.

Rayleigh was just a spectator.

An elderly audience member.

The bear slammed its paw down.

Zoro was the first to take flight.

His body was enveloped in bear paw-shaped bubbles, and he transformed into a shooting star, disappearing into the sky.

"Zoro—!!!"

Luffy's roar was heart-wrenching.

But the bear's second paw had already struck.

Franky flew away.

Then it's Usopp, then Chopper, then Sanji.

One by one, the Straw Hat crew members vanished into the sky like shooting stars right before Luffy's eyes.