Naruto's eyes gleamed with a fanatical light.

He was going to make Whitebeard willingly hand over Fishman Island—right here, ten thousand meters under the sea.

Marco's cold sweat intensified. As he watched the raging currents around them, he couldn't help but swallow nervously.

"Are you all insane!?"

This was the deep sea—ten thousand meters down. One of the most terrifying places in the world. The only thing keeping them alive was the fragile membrane coating them.

If the battle got too intense, tore through the coating, or took out Isobu…

They were all going to die.

"Wait… something's wrong…"

Marco's eyes widened in shock as he suddenly remembered Naruto's space-related abilities.

"Right… that guy probably can't die here!"

He immediately shouted to Whitebeard:

"Pops! Wait! I think we should just give Fishman Island to Uzumaki Naruto…!"

"Gurahahahaha!!" Whitebeard let out a booming laugh.

"Marco, don't worry. I'm Whitebeard!"

"This deep sea... means nothing to me!"

As he spoke, Whitebeard clenched his fist, forming a sphere that visibly compressed, its power growing exponentially more terrifying.

"Damn it!"

Marco's pupils shrank to pinpricks. He knew this was the signature move right before Whitebeard used the Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit).

"ROAR!!!"

Isobu let out a thunderous roar.

He'd already been enraged earlier—people had been brawling in his mouth. And now someone was provoking him again.

Violent chakra surged into his mouth, forming a growing dark orb.

"FWOOSH!!"

The dark orb shot forward like a cannonball—aimed straight at Whitebeard.

Whitebeard also unleashed a powerful punch.

His fist shattered the membrane and struck the ocean itself, causing the space around him to visibly crack and rupture.

The rushing seawater was blasted away, creating a violent maelstrom.

The sheer force of the impact was so overwhelming that it created a vacuum in the sea, like a tunnel forcing itself through.

When the impact clashed with the dark orb, the Bijūdama (Tailed Beast Bomb) cracked with countless fractures, erupting with dazzling light—

And then—

BOOOOM!!!

A thunderous explosion rocked the deep sea.

From the center of the Bijūdama, a shockwave blasted outward, pushing back all the surrounding seawater.

Incredibly, even ten thousand meters under the ocean, a vacuum zone dozens of meters wide had been created, where pressure surged to an unbearable peak.

"This power…" Whitebeard's expression changed. He punched again, twice more in rapid succession.

CRACK CRACK CRACK...

The space in front of him splintered.

The shockwaves from the punches clashed with the explosion from the Bijūdama.

Entire underwater mountains crumbled.

Even the magma gushing from a deep-sea volcano below was forcibly pushed back.

The hundreds of ships in the Whitebeard Pirates' fleet tossed wildly in the turbulent current.

The protective membranes bulged and shrank, warped and flattened… looking like they could pop like soap bubbles at any moment.

"Pops! It's no good! The membranes are about to break!"

"The pressure's too much!"

"Your battle's shockwaves multiplied the water pressure! If this keeps up, our ships will be crushed flat!"

"Damn it! And in the deep sea of all places—we can't even help...!"

"We're done for! The coating's about to collapse!!"

"..."

Listening to his sons' panicked voices, Whitebeard's face turned grim. He quickly pulled back his fists, no longer daring to use his Gura Gura no Mi ability.

Otherwise, forget rescuing Izo—he might end up burying the entire Whitebeard Pirates down here.

Literally.

Meanwhile, Isobu wasn't doing much better. The two clashing shockwaves had almost cracked his shell.

Several of the spikes on his carapace had shattered. He let out a furious roar.

"You little brat! You trying to get yourself killed!?"

Whitebeard glared at Naruto with rage.

If they weren't underwater, he would've made this blond punk learn the meaning of true strength.

"Cough cough…" Marco coughed a few times and whispered:

"Pops, um... Uzumaki Naruto has a space-based ability. He can leave anytime he wants. Right now, we're actually the ones at a disadvantage."

Whitebeard: "..."

"Space-type ability!?" Whitebeard's face darkened. He looked toward Naruto with a heavy gaze.

"Of all things… a troublesome power like that..."

Things were turning bad.

If the battle continued, not only might he fail to kill Naruto—he might even lose a huge chunk of his crew.

"But if we hand over Fishman Island to him…"

Just imagining that outcome made his face twist in anger.

He was being threatened.

And worse—he couldn't fight back.

Meanwhile, in Fishman Island—

Countless Fishmen and Merfolk watched the distant battle from behind their membranes, their eyes full of anxious curiosity.

But the more they watched, the more disturbed they became.

Wait... were the Whitebeard Pirates actually losing?

"Lord Naruto is the strongest!" Nami stood on Shirahoshi's shoulder, cheering.

"What does the Whitebeard Pirates amount to anyway?"

Robin nodded in agreement. "Down here in the deep sea, with Isobu at his side, Naruto-kun is unbeatable."

"But it's still terrifying…" Guren murmured. "That old man with the white mustache actually repelled a Bijūdama."

As the girls chatted, Shirahoshi tearfully looked back toward Ryugu Palace.

"Nami-sama… could we release my father? Maybe he can help resolve this…"

Nami frowned and snapped, "No way. They're prisoners. And right now, Fishman Island belongs to Naruto-sama."

Shirahoshi's tears started flowing again.

Just then, she suddenly lit up in joy as she spotted a figure in the water.

"That's... Lord Jinbe!"

A large, blue-skinned figure dashed through the sea.

It was a whale shark Fishman, burly and broad with twin tusks on his lower jaw—racing toward Isobu at high speed.

"Whitebeard-dono! Leave this to me! Hurry and enter Fishman Island—I'll hold them off!" Jinbe roared.

As he spoke, he swung his arms, manipulating the surrounding currents and redirecting the violent undersea turbulence.

Seeing this, Whitebeard's eyes lit up.

He immediately signaled for his ships to head for Fishman Island at full speed.

"Heh."

Naruto let out a cold laugh.

"The Fishman karate master, a Shichibukai (Warlord of the Sea)—Jinbe, huh?"

He raised his right hand and said calmly:

"Isobu, you might get a little dizzy. Don't resist—I'm about to form a water tornado down here."

As he spoke, a massive sapphire-blue orb of chakra formed in Naruto's hand.

It surged with ferocious power.

Growing larger…

And larger…

"Fūton: Chō Ōdama Rasenshuriken! (Wind Style: Super Big Ball Rasenshuriken!)"

(End of Chapter)

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