I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

[The Mountain Bandit King's Bottle - When attacking with a bottle, the damage dealt is boosted by fame/legendary status. It is particularly effective against those who know more about his deeds or are afraid of him; it has no effect on those who are unaware of his abilities. The bottle also has a random additional effect. Once per week.]

The wine bottle belongs to the bandit king.

The contents of the bottle were a dark red bear paw-shaped bubble.

The bubbles had an unsettling dark red color, as if they had just been soaked in viscous blood; just looking at them was unsettling.

This is a pain bomb created by Bartholomew Kuma two years ago after the Marineford War, using the "Gloomy Bomb" technique of the Paw-Paw Fruit to release the pain from Higuma's repeated deaths from catching Uranus.

With a loud crash!

The bottle exploded on Im's head with a loud bang.

The liquor splattered all over Im, while the dark red, gloomy bomb pierced Im's body.

At this moment, Im's already mutilated body trembled uncontrollably, his eyes widened, and he unconsciously began to convulse.

After being repeatedly killed by seven Sigs for an hour, Im had long since optimized his body's pain perception; otherwise, he would have suffered a mental breakdown from the repeated, deadly pain.

She, who is physiologically incapable of feeling pain, was now experiencing excruciating pain all over her body, constantly convulsing and twitching, and her consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred.

The gloomy bomb created by the Paw-Paw Fruit is a strange object born from a Devil Fruit and cannot be judged by ordinary standards. It is more like making Im relive the pain that Higuma experienced when he caught Uranus.

Amidst the constant spasms, the body gradually lost its vitality, eventually succumbing to excruciating pain and losing all life force.

Sig watched silently as Im slowly died.

His breathing gradually calmed down, and the roar of the Emperor's engine, which had been like a tsunami, subsided.

ended.

"Oh, wash the seaweed, wash the seaweed..." Sig muttered to himself, accompanied by the background music of an ending theme, as he carried Im's corpse and flew upwards.

Only the complete annihilation of Im can extinguish the Five Elders' illusions and bring this war to a final end.

He hummed a song, but an undeniable weariness appeared on his face.

The 1,000-meter-tall shadow clone Sig was created for the Transformation Leaf Summoner. The total energy of this shadow clone's body is about greater than that of Sig's original body, but it is not very suitable for fighting against top-tier powerhouses.

The battle, which lasted from late at night until dawn the next day, especially the final battle where the four Siegs besieged Im, completely drained the body of the Shadow Giant Sieg.

The exhaustion that drained his body from the shadow clones had returned to Sigur's body, in addition to the energy required to maintain the other three illusionary clones.

Sunbathing can replenish Sieg's energy, but it cannot alleviate mental fatigue.

His physical body wasn't seriously injured, but he was quite mentally exhausted.

"After this trip is over, let's find Technician Big Bear to make another big sword."

"From now on, I should be able to eat like a normal person."

Sigur's anorexia was caused by Uranus, the king of the gods, and by Im, and now it should come to an end.

"Yes."

Eat well, live well.

He squinted slightly as he looked up. The darkness of the deep sea beneath his feet receded as he approached the surface, and light gradually arrived.

No, don't rush to celebrate!

I got sleepy after finishing this chapter around 9 PM, and I was planning to go to bed early tonight.

And then... it's almost 2 AM and I still can't fall asleep. I actually had a lot of insomnia towards the end of the writing process.

I glanced at the posts on my phone while lying in bed, and then decided to get up and say something.

This book isn't finished yet, so don't celebrate yet!

If you say that watching this far isn't complete, of course it is; it's not the finale. It's like defeating the boss and a window pops up saying "Game won"—of course it's incomplete; the ending animation hasn't even started yet.

Of course, we'll continue to reel in the results. Everyone, please sit down.

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The final volume, starting from the end of the Marineford War, doesn't actually focus on the shift from playing silly card games to an invincible strategy. Instead, it focuses on constantly unraveling plot threads and resolving foreshadowing, preparing for the ending.

If you're not a reader who uses "Red King Reading," you should be able to see how many plot holes from hundreds of chapters or millions of words ago have been filled in this book, and how many plot holes that readers wouldn't even notice, especially in the last volume.

Why should I revisit and fill in plot holes that readers haven't even noticed? If I really don't fill them in, no one will even notice them.

So, the author's obsession with finishing this book is even deeper than the readers'.

My outline is very long and has a lot of words, so I had already prepared the story outline for the entire volume when I started this volume.

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Here I will break down the contents of the last volume step by step, and explain exactly what threads I connected.

The final volume begins after the Marineford War.

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1. Dressrosa Island

Besides resolving Law's objective, this plot mainly introduces Sugar, the user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit. Later, the protagonist asks Sugar if she can conjure a panda-themed doll...

On the surface, it's a comedic scene, but actually, it's the starting point to revisit the Pandaren storyline, preparing to unveil the mystery of the Pandaren in the Ancient Kingdom arc at the end of the volume.

2. Punk Hazard, Ice and Fire Island.

This introduces Vegapunk's clone, an artificial Devil Fruit user who will lead to the "Ancient Kingdoms Arc," where the mystery of the Pandaren will be solved, bringing the story to a close.

3. Elbaf, the Giant Country

This is the prelude to the Divine Island storyline, which will introduce the Divine Island and the Black Flame Dragon.

Actually, my original intention was to write this island story as an episodic drama.

This leads to the introduction of Charlotte Linlin's childhood friend, the female giant, with the aim of resolving the tangled relationship between Charlotte Linlin, Arlin, and the Giant Kingdom.

The main characters on this island should have been Ah Ling, and the Sun Knight played by Sieg.

The core plot revolves around the Sun Confession Room.

However, I experienced writer's block for three days while writing this part. I felt that the original plot I envisioned... wasn't quite right, so I had to delete this core plot. As a result, the giantess Gehrs became a minor character, and Alyn had little screen time, so there were no more episodic episodes. The character of "Sun Knight" was also relatively weak.

4. God Island.

The Divine Island is a typical example of a foreshadowing that no one paid attention to.

The preceding text lays the groundwork laid over a million words ago in the past chapters, specifically regarding Thor's Island and Sieg's brief visit to Elbaf disguised as Rocks.

Actually, I had a general idea for God Island about a year ago, and I planned to write it at the end of the story.

5. Kill Kaido on Whole Cake Island.

This plot point is filled with the Roasted Gluten Fruit, and it also brings Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates back into the picture, making it his last appearance before the main storyline's ending.

As the plot of this book progresses to the later stages, there are two possible directions.

Highlight the roles of characters like Whitebeard and Roger from the old era, or focus on the roles of the Straw Hat Pirates from the new era.

I chose the former when faced with the choice between the two, so in the last volume I brought out the new generation, including Luffy and Law, for a final introduction. After that, until the World Government was overthrown, the new generation no longer had any role.

6. Lox's identity is exposed

Closing the plot: By using the Phoenix Palace plot line planted earlier, the story reveals the scene where the protagonist impersonates Rocks a million or two years ago, escalating the conflict and forcing the protagonist to go undercover.

7. The Golden Lion's Ending

End of paragraph: Here, through the words of the Golden Lion, the concept of Devil Fruit awakening—permanent ability—was touched upon.

It briefly mentions that the Rewind-Rewind Fruit is different from the Op-Op Fruit. The Immortality Surgery is not essentially a physical surgery; it's still a superpower, and the doctor who performs it will die.

The effects of the immortality surgery performed on a person with the ability do not disappear after their death—this is a foreshadowing of the mystery of the Pandaren.

While I'm writing this, I'd like to briefly mention the Golden Lion.

Higuma could coexist peacefully with Whitebeard and Roger, but Shiki was different.

If I were to write a storyline where Shiki shakes hands with the protagonist and they work together to overthrow the World Government, frankly, that would ruin the Shiki character I had in mind.

The conflict between the Golden Lion and the protagonist stems from their differing ideologies and stances, making this the Golden Lion's grand funeral at the end.

8. The Bake-tanuki Fruit and the Lonely Crimson

The ending of "The Lone Red" leads to the final battle between the Seven Shadows through the transformation of the leaf.

9. Fishman Island Gathering

Fishman Island rises, Sky Island falls, echoing the earlier part of the book: the "I Have a Dream" speech.

10. Ancient Kingdoms Chapter

My purpose in writing the Ancient Kingdoms chapter is mainly threefold.

First, let's look at a wild idea. The premise of this fanfiction is to write a plot development that is "completely different from the original work, but still self-consistent." What Oda doesn't write, I'll write (crossed out).

Second, it lays the groundwork for Im's relationship with the World Government.

Third, unravel the mystery of the Pandaren, and then close the thread.

Fourth, there was originally a fourth tree planter who would plant the World Tree, but because the story was nearing its end, it was simplified and glossed over without further development.

11. Battle of the Holy Land

I just finished writing this, so there's not much to say.

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The above summarizes the contents of the final volume.

As you can see, the entire volume is a continuous process of resolving plot points and filling in gaps from earlier chapters, some of which can be traced back to more than a year ago, to the very beginning of the story.

It was indeed a huge project, and it took a lot of effort. I even got up in the middle of the night to do this, so you should be able to tell, right?

So there will be a complete ending later on. Everyone sit down, and don't rush to delete the book... it's not over yet.

Of course, there is also a basic consensus.

An ending can't satisfy all readers' expectations... even the best authors can't achieve that.

Only the RMB can please everyone.

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