One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Eregia. How did that bastard Barrett manage to get Eregia here on Manbetx Island?"

The thought that Uta might have been blackmailed by Barrett, which led him to commit such a world-threatening act, filled Shanks with uncontrollable worry and anxiety.

That silly child's childhood was not pleasant. Now he seems to have become cheerful because of singing, but in reality, his personality has become somewhat eccentric, and he likes to think about things in extremes.

Shanks felt that he bore a great deal of responsibility for how Uta had turned out this way.

Perhaps, I had a better way of handling that incident back then.

In any case, I hope this time it won't end as tragically as it did back then.

But now is not the time to think about these things.

He only paused for a moment on the mountaintop before rushing toward the central Expo Island celebration grounds.

According to his powerful Observation Haki, Garp and Kizaru, who had gone ahead, had already arrived there.

Furthermore, there was a terrifying aura that even he found somewhat unsettling.

And... Uta!

The Expo celebration site covers a vast area and is a ring-shaped island with a large inland sea.

When Garp and Kizaru arrived, they were immediately stunned by the horrific scene before them.

Scattered everywhere were various festive ribbons and balloons. The open-air square, which should have been filled with the joyous atmosphere of celebration, was instead filled with a dense crowd of people lying haphazardly.

Some of those lying on the ground were affected by the song and entered a dream. Some were bleeding from all seven orifices and fell into a deep coma due to severe injuries. The last group had their heads exploded, their deaths were so gruesome that they were unbearable to look at.

Pools of bright red blood radiated outwards across the ground and walls, staining balloons, ribbons, and the sleeping people nearby.

The air was filled with an unpleasant, pungent smell of blood.

"Barrett! You madman...!" Garp clenched his fists in anger, gritted his teeth, and looked towards the end of his line of sight, at a hole leading underground.

Then his pupils widened, and a look of utter disbelief crossed his face as he muttered, "Barrett, what kind of monster have you become?"

There, a colossal figure, hundreds of meters tall and long, slowly emerged, gradually being exposed to the scorching sunlight.

His head had three different faces: one of Barrett, one of Blackbeard, and one of Redfield.

Its body, hundreds of meters tall, is haphazardly piled with limbs of all sizes, looking like a child's haphazardly assembled building block toy.

Giant hands and feet, fish-man tail, long arms, horns, long neck, and even the limbs, hair, and scales of various animals and insects protrude from his body, swaying unconsciously as he moves. Just one glance is enough to send chills down your spine.

He has two enormous arms, each seventy or eighty meters long, growing from his shoulders, back, and armpits, with bulging veins and piled-up muscles.

Large pustules of black pus dripped down as he moved, corroding the ground and creating deep pits, much like Magellan's venom. The pus then writhed and flowed back into Barrett's massive body from these pits, repeating the cycle endlessly.

Barrett's appearance made even the well-informed Kizaru's scalp tingle, and he froze at the edge of the plaza.

He used to complain about regretting his missions every day, but it was actually just a habitual way of complaining and showing off.

But now, Kizaru truly regrets it.

If I had known Barrett would turn into this ghostly figure, I would never have come to this awful place.

"Borsalino! What are you standing there for? Grab that girl in front of Barrett right now!"

Karp pointed ahead on the road Barrett was traveling, where Uta stood quietly on a platform several tens of meters high.

At this moment, although Uta was standing and her body was still in a dancing posture, she had already entered the world of Gege in her dream.

However, something strange happened. Although she entered a dream like everyone else, songs kept emanating from her, spreading far and wide in all directions, growing louder and louder.

Kizaru hesitated, scratching his head, and said tentatively, "Vice Admiral Garp... how about... how about you go and capture her?"

"Is this the time to dawdle? Hurry up! I need to keep an eye on that monster Barrett. I feel like he's already locked onto me and could make a move at any moment."

Garp's expression was extremely serious, not like he was joking.

"Sigh, alright, then I'll go." Kizaru reluctantly stepped forward.

"hurry up!"

The pressure on Garp was mounting, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Kizaru finally stopped dawdling, his body transforming into a beam of light that shot directly towards Uta. He appeared beside Uta as if by teleportation, grabbed Uta's shoulder, and was about to retreat rapidly.

He felt he was already fast enough.

But the instant he grabbed Uta's shoulder, Kizaru clearly saw Barrett, a hundred meters away, turn his crimson eyes on the left side of Ryder's young face and look in his direction. In the next instant, two thin beams of blood, like red ropes, shot out from Ryder's eyes at a speed no less than his laser, heading straight for Kizaru's face.

Kizaru felt a chill run down his spine and instantly dodged to the side.

Two jets of steaming blood grazed his face, slicing through Kizaru's skin before piercing the stage floor with two soft thuds.

There was no earth-shattering noise, and it didn't cause much of a commotion. On the ground where the blood pillar hit, there were only two small holes, about the size of chopsticks.

"It doesn't seem to be very powerful," Kizaru said, somewhat puzzled.

"Don't be careless! Borsalino! Those two pillars of blood are extremely concentrated attacks. You absolutely cannot let them hit your body, or your body will be pierced through." But Garp's voice suddenly rang out from his side, and at the same time he reached out and grabbed Uta, pulling away and retreating quickly.

Kizaru also retreated at top speed, but he was still somewhat skeptical.

"Really? Is it that scary?"

"Idiot! Use your Observation Haki to sense its range!"

Garp glanced at Shanks, who was chasing after them, grabbed Uta, and retreated to the other side with Kizaru.

He needs to resolve Uta's singing problem first before turning his attention back to Barrett.

Kizaru seemed to be deep in thought, and his Observation Haki activated, extending downwards along the two small holes in the stage floor.

Soon, the wrinkles on his face twitched, and sweat appeared on his forehead.

"What a joke! Even my Observation Haki can't detect the end point? Did he punch his way into the Earth's core?"

Although his domineering aura wasn't strong, his Observation Haki had a range of tens of kilometers, yet he couldn't detect the extreme depth through which the two pillars of blood pierced through.

This is a move shot directly into the ground; you can imagine how much resistance it encounters.

Let alone underground, even his laser, if fired dozens of kilometers into the air, would probably lose almost all its power.

If this hit a person, let alone him, even if it were Elephant God, he would be pierced through, right?

Terrifying! Utterly terrifying!

"Let go of Uta!"

Seeing Uta being captured by Garp, Shanks' eyes instantly sharpened, his speed increased dramatically, and he rapidly closed in.

"Troublesome brat! Borsalino, you go and stop him! I'll wake the girl."

"It's me again?"

Kizaru glanced cautiously at Barrett, who was still walking towards him at a leisurely pace, then looked at Shanks, who was radiating terrifying killing intent. He sighed, and light gathered in his palm, transforming into a lightsaber.

"What a headache this is. Facing two Yonko at the same time, do they think I'm Sakazuki?"

Despite his complaints, he swung the Kusanagi sword and shot it at Shanks, slashing him down with a single blow.

"Get out of my way, Kizaru!"

Shanks angrily drew his sword, terrifying Conqueror's Haki coiling around Griffin's blade, causing the air to collapse as the black blade light tore through the sky, slicing towards Kizaru.

"boom!"

In an instant, golden light burst forth, a domineering roar resounded, and the strike soared into the sky!

The two clashed instantly, their speed so fast it was almost blurry, both using their full strength.

In just a few seconds, the swords in their hands had clashed no less than a thousand times.

The intense collisions were like a sudden storm, relentless and continuous.

Garp could see that Kizaru seemed to be at a disadvantage, while Shanks, with his powerful Haki, was clearly superior.

However, Kizaru is faster and could easily keep Shanks occupied for a short time.

Immediately, he put down Uta, whom he was holding, and shook the rather cute and sweet-looking girl, urgently saying, "Hey! Kid! Wake up! Your ability is too dangerous. If you can hear me, immediately cancel it, understand? Do you know how many innocent people your singing brings danger to? Hey! Can you hear me? Hey?"

He shook him for a long time, but Uta showed no signs of waking up, which made Kap sweat with anxiety.

"Damn it! What method do we need to wake her up?! There's no time to waste! The longer we delay, the bigger the consequences will be!"

He wanted to turn around and ask Shanks, but he found that Shanks, who had been fighting fiercely with Kizaru just a moment ago, suddenly stopped in place and didn't move. He didn't even resist when Kizaru slashed him away with his sword.

Shanks, who had been thrown backward, crashed heavily to the ground, lying on his back and looking up at the Redford floating in the sky, his eyes filled with disbelief.

At this moment, his demeanor as the emperor of the new world vanished completely. The color drained from his face, turning him pale. His lips trembled, and his teeth chattered.

"Yosbu...dead...dead...dead?"

Shanks clearly sensed that, just as he was fighting Kizaru, the life force belonging to Yasopp, who was among the crew members who had fallen into a dream due to the singing on the Redford in the sky, suddenly dissipated.

Completely vanished!

Not only that, the aura emanating from the others was also plummeting wildly!

Shanks felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his heart turned cold. He sat up, stared blankly at Uta, who was being held by Garp, and then looked up at the sky.

He had already noticed that Yixiao, Zefa, and Aokiji, who had come with him, were all gone.

No, they haven't disappeared. Their presence is still there, still thousands of meters above the ground, but their consciousness has entered another world.

Uta created a world of songs with her voice!

Jesus and his companions were there too.

What exactly happened there? Why was there a Jesuit mission?

"Everyone..." Shanks gritted his teeth, his aura becoming chaotic, and suddenly a mouthful of blood surged up his throat, which he then spat out.

His mouth was full of blood, his expression was crazed, and he suddenly threw his head back and roared.

"Beckman!! Go to the dream world! Your companions are in danger!!"

A piercing sound echoed across Wanbo Island, like a thunderclap.

Beckman, who was fighting Magellan to the death, heard the panic and urgency in Shanks' voice. His heart sank. Without thinking, he leaped up and plunged into the air above the sea, diving headfirst into the depths of the ocean. At the same time, he released the powerful aura covering his body and focused his mind on listening to the song that never stopped in the sky.

The next moment, he quickly entered a dream, but his body continued to sink into the even deeper depths of the sea.

The fact that even the usually composed Shanks was so anxious shows just how serious the problem was.

Beckman no longer had time to think about whether Magellan would also jump into the sea and continue chasing him.