Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

"It's almost time!"

"The traveler...is the traveler coming?"

"With so many people, he won't be too scared to show up, will he?"

"..."

The pirates were making a ruckus, and if it weren't for the monsters that stood arrogantly in front of them, they would have already swarmed up and climbed onto Whole Cake Island to check the situation.

Damn it, so many monsters have come!

Blackbeard remained silent among the pirates, looking at the figures ahead with a wary expression.

One trillion Berries... So many Devil Fruits, we absolutely cannot let them all be taken away!

A cold glint flashed in the black-bearded man's eyes. With a dream of dominating the sea, he silently made up his mind to prevent the treasure from falling into the hands of one or a few people. Of course, if he could seize it himself, that would be the best!

in the crowd.

Hmph! A bunch of damned pirates!

The CP0 members of the World Government, who had already infiltrated the area, were equally wary of the figures ahead.

……

Hundreds of miles away from Cake Island.

A large number of naval warships are lined up here in an orderly manner.

The naval staff officer who came to provide support, Tsuru, eagerly asked:

"How is it?"

"We haven't seen any travelers yet."

The naval soldier responsible for keeping watch on the pirates on Whole Cake Island immediately replied.

He frowned and then paced back and forth on the deck of the warship.

Seeing this, Garp, who was eating senbei nearby, couldn't help but speak up to comfort him:

"It's alright...it's alright, Xiaohe."

"Our main objective was to capture those pirates. Sengoku has sent so many marines, so no matter what, we're sure we'll be able to catch a lot of pirates and bring them back."

"It's not as easy as you make it out to be!"

Crane stopped, glanced at the nearly one hundred warships around him, frowned, and sighed:

"There are just too many pirates!"

"If we can't get them into a major melee, how can we fight them with our limited manpower? We might end up not only failing to wipe out the bandits but also being chased and forced to flee."

"The traveler...the key to everything lies with the traveler!"

"As soon as that brat shows up, those greedy pirates, blinded by greed, will surely start fighting each other in chaos over that astonishing treasure!"

"Indeed, Lieutenant General Tsuru is right."

After hearing Tsuru's words, Aokiji nodded, then looked towards Whole Cake Island with a deep gaze.

Suzuki, if I catch you again this time, I won't let you go back to Impel Down!

……

……

There was less than half a minute left until the time Suzuki had agreed upon.

Near Whole Cake Island, several monsters standing atop the ocean peaks were also getting restless.

"Why hasn't that brat come out yet?"

Shiki the Golden Lion, a cigar dangling from his lips, frowned.

Miss Barkin, perched on her son Edward Weevil's back, chuckled in response:

"Hehehe, is that brat scared?"

"Don't joke around. Do you think travelers are as timid and cowardly as you?"

Kaido loudly retorted to Miss Bakkin, showing no regard for the senior's dignity.

Having followed Suzuki's existence for a long time, Kaido has always admired Suzuki. Whether it was his cruel massacre of Devil Fruit users or his later actions of emptying Impel Down and storming the Holy Land Mary Geoise, it can be said that Suzuki was very much to his liking.

If Suzuki's whereabouts hadn't been so uncertain, and if his strength hadn't later subtly exceeded Kaido's control, Kaido would have recruited Suzuki long ago.

"Ugh, damn it, I can't wait any longer!"

Unlike Kaido, who appears reckless but is actually cunning, Jack the Drought is genuinely reckless.

Like a hothead, he couldn't stand waiting any longer after several tens of minutes, and shouted orders for his men to rush towards Cake Island:

"Quickly, bring the boat closer to me!"

"I'm going to find that traveler!"

"Jack, please don't..."

However, just as Kaido frowned, preparing to remind his hotheaded subordinate not to act rashly.

boom!

Suddenly, an air portal appeared above the cake island, and a bloody corpse fell through it.

"!!!"

At that moment, all the noise and chaos instantly ceased.

The atmosphere seemed to change abruptly, and a sudden silence fell over the entire area within a hundred miles of Cake Island!

Jack the Drought stopped in his tracks, Kaido the Beasts narrowed his eyes, Shiki the Golden Lion grinned, Wang Zhi slowly gathered his strength for battle, and Miss Bakkin and her son Edward Weevil were stunned for a moment.

"..."

The numerous pirates who had completely surrounded Whole Cake Island all had their eyes fixed on the air portal in the sky.

next moment.

The sky seemed to be raining down corpses.

Countless bloody corpses fell from the doorway!

boom!boom!boom! ...

The body fell onto the top layer of the cake island made of cake and cream, and the bright red blood stained the pastries, making them incredibly vivid!

"How...how is this possible?!"

"That...that is..."

"You're from the Big Mom Pirates, right?"

One of the pirates recognized the corpse and immediately asked in a trembling voice, his face filled with fear.

"The head chef of the Big Mom Pirates—Long Bread..."

"Charlotte Snag, one of the Four Sweet Commanders..."

"The legendary female swordswoman—Charlotte Smoothie..."

"No...not only!"

"I even saw Queen Stuart from Pleasure Street!"

"Did...did the travelers make all of this?"

"..."

After confirmation, people's pupils constricted instantly, their eyes filled with disbelief!

The corpses continued to fall.

Looking at the endless stream of corpses of Big Mom Pirates members, Kaido of the Beasts felt a strange, ominous premonition:

"Lingling...she's not dead, is she?"

"This kid... he's really surprising!"

Shiki the Golden Lion's gaze turned serious, and for the first time, he began to take Suzuki's presence seriously.

Not long after.

The corpses appeared to have all fallen off.

For several seconds nothing fell from the air portal.

At this moment, the already multi-layered cake island has been added another layer without anyone noticing—a mountain of flesh made up of corpses!

however.

Just as people breathed a sigh of relief, the last body suddenly fell to the ground!

"That...that is..."

"How is that possible?!"

All the pirates stared in shock at the corpse.

That's Charlotte Katakuri, the strongest and highest-ranking member of the Big Mom Pirates, one of the Four Emperors, besides their captain Charlotte Linlin, and the leader of the Four Sweet Commanders with a bounty of over one billion!

But the shock is always overshadowed by something even more incredible.

In the sky, the air portals are closed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the hill of corpses at the top of Whole Cake Island, another air portal opened.

Step...step...step...

The sound of footsteps grew louder as they approached, each step resonating deep within people's hearts.

The seas of all nations have become quiet again, a terrifyingly quiet peace!

Everyone looked toward the portal in the air, and Morgans pointed the image Den Den Mushi there as well.

Soon, a figure wearing a black trench coat, carrying a bloody head that was about half the size of a normal human body, slowly walked out of the door and stepped over the corpses of many Big Mom Pirates members to reach the top of Whole Cake Island!

"..."

In an instant, the entire sea fell silent!

The bleeding head left everyone who witnessed it completely blank.

Kaido's expression was blank; Jack the Drought felt a pang of panic for the first time; Shiki the Golden Lion was unaware that his cigar was about to burn to his lips; and Miss Bakkin's withered hand gripping her son Edward Weevil's back unconsciously began to tighten...

Those who witnessed this shocking scene through the Den Den Mushi fell into an unimaginable silence!

Donghai, Windmill Village.

Red-haired Shanks and Hawkeye Mihawk exchanged a glance and found that each of them was filled with horror.

Beckman and the others from the Red-Haired Pirates, as well as Buggy, Luffy, and the others in the square, were so shocked that they couldn't say a word!

East Sea, Frostmoon Village.

The villagers seemed to be suffocating, and the entire square was completely silent.

Zoro's eyes widened, and Kuina and Shimotsuki Koshiro understood for the first time what true terror was!

The Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Alabasta.

King Cobra opened his mouth wide, and the young Princess Vivi closed her eyes in fright.

The Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the World Government Conference Hall.

The five elders atop the sea stopped talking and fell into a collective silence!

Naval Headquarters.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's eyes were filled with solemnity, and he felt no joy whatsoever at the sudden loss of one of the Four Emperors on the high seas.

Cocoyasija Village, Onigashima Island in Wano Country, Fishman Island, Sabaody Archipelago, Revolutionary Army Headquarters...

The corpses of the entire Yonko pirate crew were piled up like mountains!

This incredibly shocking scene shocked everyone's minds. It was something they had never seen, heard of, or even dared to imagine in their entire lives!

Looking at the silent World of Warcraft, Suzuki, holding the head of the Yonko Charlotte Linlin, glanced at everyone present.

Greedy pirates, World Government agents, members of kingdoms eager for treasure, bounty hunters...

All sorts of people gathered here.

With a calm expression, Suzuki placed Charlotte Linlin's head beneath him and casually sat down as if it were a chair. He then greeted the collectively stunned crowd:

"Oh, everyone's here?"

"Please wait, everyone. I'll be sending you to your deaths now!"

"..."

Everyone was caught off guard and didn't react immediately.

But soon, Kaido of the Beasts was the first to come to his senses.

Looking at the head of his former leader, now sitting beneath Suzuki's buttocks, Kaido's face contorted with rage, veins bulging on his forehead. He tightened his grip on his spiked club, his voice hoarse with fury:

"How dare you...how dare you treat Lingling like this?!"

"The Traveler!!!"

The roar was deafening, waking all the pirates present.

Bang! ! !

The air created a sonic boom due to the rapid movement, and Kaido raised his massive spiked club, his arm muscles bulging, and slammed it down on Suzuki.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

The spiked club, imbued with the terrifying Conqueror's Haki of a top-tier ocean powerhouse, hurtled down with the power to destroy an entire island!

The dark purple lightning instantly caused a violent storm in the Whole Cake Island, and many small-time pirates rolled their eyes and fainted because they could not withstand the pressure of the Conqueror's Haki.

However… such a terrifying attack didn’t even make Suzuki flinch.

Suzuki remained seated calmly in the 'chair,' his right hand slightly raised.

next moment.

The spiked club touched the palm.

bang~

A faint, almost inaudible thud was heard.

Nothing happened; not even the seawater rippled.

It's as if Kaido's attack, the strongest creature in the world, is just a mirage!

Suzuki looked at the stunned Kaido, smiled slightly, then pointed his index finger at him and whispered:

"Here you go."

Bang! ! !

The terrifying shockwave, which had been absorbed into the alternate dimension, was squeezed out from a pinhole-sized vortex. The compressed shockwave became like a white beam of light, and Kaido of the Beasts was instantly sent flying backward for thousands of meters before plunging headfirst into the sea.

"!!!"

Upon seeing this, the long-silent waters of the world suddenly became chaotic and noisy.

"How...how is this possible?!"

"Oh my god...this is terrifying!"

"How can the traveler be so strong? Kaido was defeated in one move against him?"

"Can we really kill him and steal the treasure?"

The pirates began to feel uncertain.

Suzuki is so powerful that he wiped out the entire Big Mom Pirates by himself, and now he has even knocked another Yonko away with a single move right in front of them. It's simply unbelievable!

But soon, a burst of wild laughter rang out.

"Hehehehe..."

Shiki the Golden Lion spat out his cigar, his body gradually floating upwards, and shouted:

"That's what makes this ocean so interesting!"

"Young traveler, your strength is indeed surprising, but Kaido isn't so easy to kill, and we won't just stand by and watch!"

"You still have that trillion Berries of gold, and all those Devil Fruits with you, right?"

After witnessing Charlotte Linlin's miserable state and Suzuki's brief display of skill, Shiki the Golden Lion already knew the truth.

It would be very difficult for him to kill Suzuki on his own.

But if they can't kill Suzuki, they naturally won't get the gold worth a trillion Berries and the thousands of Devil Fruits.

Since that's the case, let's just incite everyone to attack together.

As for the treasure, after Suzuki dies, it will simply require a little more effort to snatch it from a bunch of small fry.

Shiki the Golden Lion was right.

Especially after Kaido slowly crawled out of the sea, the pirates were immediately filled with fighting spirit.

"Yes...yes!"

"No matter how powerful a traveler is, he's still just one person. But there are so many of us here!"

"Hehehe... What are we waiting for? Charge!"

"kill--"

"Kill the traveler!"

"Pele and the fruit are both mine!"

"kill!!"

Countless pirates sailed their pirate ships toward Whole Cake Island.

"Go, Weevil!"

"Okay, Mommy!"

Miss Bajin's eyes gleamed with intense greed, prompting her son Edward Weevil to attack Suzuki.

"What an arrogant brat."

Wang Zhi squinted and ran towards Suzuki as well.

"The Traveler!!"

Kaido, transformed into a blue dragon, rose from the sea and flew towards Whole Cake Island once again.

Upon seeing this, Shiki the Golden Lion grinned maliciously:

"Heh heh heh heh... brat, die!"

"Lion's Might - Earth Strike!"

In a short time.

A massive horde of pirates surged towards the highest level of Whole Cake Island! (End of Chapter)