CHAPTER 293: CHAPTER 293: THE MARINES ENTER THE FIELD, CHAOS ESCALATES

Chapter 293: The Marines Enter the Field, Chaos Escalates

Bakkin’s shadow stretched and was cast upon the wall. A pair of slightly surprised eyes was revealed in the shadow.

Reiner had roughly guessed it from her few words.

He hadn’t expected her to have this kind of plan.

Bakkin had once served as an intelligence officer on the Rocks Pirates, and her relationship with Whitebeard was unusual.

Besides that, the Queen of the Pleasure Quarter, Stussy, was also her clone.

This was roughly all Reiner knew about this woman, but he also knew that she was probably no simple character.

He just hadn’t expected her to be so decisive as to sell out the entire Donquixote Family.

If I hide a little longer, I might even see CP0 appear later. Reiner gradually faded into the darkness.

At the same time, inside the arena.

The fierce battle had only lasted for a short while, but all the cadres of the Donquixote Family were injured and completely suppressed.

They had thought the battle would be over in a few moves, but they hadn’t expected another group of uninvited guests to pour in.

At the entrance of the arena, a large number of Marines rushed in. The first thing they saw was the spectacular battle between Ryokugyu and Ace.

Next was the chaotic brawl of a large group of pirates, and on the surrounding spectator stands, civilians were lying scattered all over the place.

"Straw Hat Boy!!"

Smoker let out an explosive roar. His eyes were fixed only on Luffy’s figure. His lower body transformed into white smoke, and like a rocket, he was the first to charge down.

Hearing this strange yet familiar voice, Luffy whipped his head around.

"Smoker!!"

Seeing the rapidly approaching figure, he cried out in alarm with wide eyes and was about to turn tail and run.

Although he was much stronger than two years ago and had also mastered Armament Haki, completely unafraid of the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit...

...for some strange reason, the moment he saw Smoker, his instinct was to run.

"I’m off, everyone!"

Luffy hurriedly shouted, flung his arm to grab the outer wall of the arena, and with a swish, he flew straight out.

"You’re not getting away this time!"

Smoker roared angrily through gritted teeth, drawing the two short jitte from his waist and making a sharp turn to give chase.

You really dare to chase.

Reiner was speechless. Smoker had a strange obsession with Luffy and Luffy alone.

Could it be that they had some ill-fated connection in a past life? Luffy owed him money and didn’t pay it back or something...

The pouring-in Marines held their swords and guns, circling around from both sides to surround the entire arena.

"Mr. Issho!"

"Should we pursue the Straw Hat crew and the Whitebeard crew?" a soldier asked.

"Pirates must be caught, of course. But compared to that..."

Fujitora closed his eyes, his wooden clogs taking steady steps as he walked in. "There are so many fainted civilians in the arena. Shouldn’t we be helping them first?"

"Uh..."

The soldier looked at Fujitora’s tall back, his mouth agape for a moment. A look of admiration and respect appeared in his eyes, and he stomped his foot and saluted.

"Yes, sir!"

"Third and fourth squads! Quickly move the civilians—"

"No. Leave it to this old one this time."

Fujitora interrupted the soldier. He placed his cane sword at his waist, drew it suddenly, and swung it horizontally and then vertically.

Clang!

Clang!

Two flying slashes flew out in a cross shape. The fighting ring was neatly and smoothly cut into four pieces like tofu.

The sudden, powerful slash immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the heat of battle. They all turned their heads to look.

I saw Fujitora sink into a half-squat, his cane sword held horizontally in front of his chest as he slowly sheathed it. He let out a low shout!

Crack!

"Anti-Gravity Blade!!"

Rumble!!

The ground shook violently, and a sense of super gravity came from under their feet.

"Fujitora Issho?!"

"What’s going on!"

Many people’s expressions were panicked as they discovered the scene of the surrounding arena was constantly falling.

No, it was the fighting ring that was rising into the sky!

The center of the Corrida Colosseum was directly dug out, along with the surrounding water, and one could even see the giant fighting fish swimming within it.

A massive body of water, carrying the fighting ring, flew directly into the sky!

The location of the Corrida Colosseum was in the center of the town, right next to the towering high ground where the royal palace stood majestically!

"What are you doing, Issho!" Ryokugyu couldn’t help but roar angrily. Aren’t I on your side!

Fujitora silently sheathed his sword. "Compared to evacuating a large number of civilians, this old one feels that moving the battlefield is clearly more effective."

"Mr. Issho,"

a soldier behind him had a worried expression. "Moving them to the royal palace... won’t it..."

"Ah, so it was sent to the royal palace."

Fujitora scratched his head with a sheepish smile. "My apologies, my apologies. This old one is a blind man, after all. Besides..."

"Sending them to the royal palace might not be a bad thing, probably..."

Fujitora lowered his head and looked at the hollowed-out area below the arena, his gaze lingering for a long time.

Even though he could not see, he could hear countless cries of grief.

"What do you mean?"

Gion frowned with a puzzled expression. She strode forward on her long, slender, fair legs and followed Fujitora’s gaze downwards.

With this one look, Gion’s bright eyes suddenly constricted!

On the town’s streets, toys that could be seen everywhere happily interacting with the citizens, as if they were alive, were now standing densely packed in the dark underground!

Carrying box after box of heavy goods on their hands and shoulders, the toys all looked up and stopped, staring at them with numb, lifeless, hollow eyes.

"What on earth is..."

Veins popped on the back of Gion’s hand, and a drop of cold sweat trickled down her forehead.

Remembering the various rumors about toys in this country, a terrifying thought that made her skin crawl suddenly appeared.

However, as if the heavens wanted to verify it for her...

Before Gion could say anything more, a toy below went poof and a cloud of white smoke appeared.

Then, a man’s figure was revealed within it, his expression bewildered, as if even he didn’t realize what had happened.

The surrounding toys were also shocked.

And then.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

One cloud of white smoke after another erupted densely, and the same scene as with that man was repeated again and again.

"What’s going on?"

"I’m back to normal...?"

"I’m back!!

From being a toy back to a real person, everyone was in disbelief amidst their excitement.

They looked at their own warm bodies with tears in their eyes.

Not only in the underground factory, but the same scene was also playing out all over the country.

Countless toys turned back into people, and at the same time, a sealed memory also appeared in the minds of ordinary people.

The toy accompanying a woman on a shopping trip suddenly turned into her husband. The toy playing with a little girl suddenly turned back into her father.

The toy buying breakfast for his girlfriend and her boyfriend suddenly transformed into her ex-boyfriend.

Bizarre phenomena were happening everywhere, and chaos instantly spread throughout the entire country!

"Mr. Issho..." Gion’s face was pale as she cast an inquiring look at Fujitora.

"If you want to know more of the truth, I’m afraid you’ll have to make a trip to the royal palace," Fujitora said in a low voice.

He drew his cane sword and swung it. Several giant rocks were cut from the ground and floated up.

Fujitora was the first to jump on. "Let’s go. To arrest the evil."

"Yes, sir!"

Gion, Gake, and a host of other Vice Admirals followed and jumped on.

"What on earth is happening!!"

Crack!!

In the royal palace, Miss Bakkin, having received the news, smashed the Den Den Mushi with her cane. In her anger, she jumped off the sofa and was about to run outside in a panic.

A dark shadow slid along the ground to the front of the door and secretly condensed several short shuttles to firmly jam the door.

Bang!

Miss Bakkin twisted the doorknob and pulled hard, but was caught off guard and fell backward, landing on her bottom on the floor.

"How could this be!?"

Bang—Bang—Bang!

Bakkin’s eyes were filled with panic. She got up and beat on the door forcefully, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t pull it open.

The door...

...wouldn’t open!

In the dark room, fear rapidly spread through her heart.

Bakkin took trembling steps backward, feeling as if she were being stared at by a demon, a chill running down her spine.

In a courtyard within the royal palace.

Guards were scattered all over the ground. Trebol, covered in blood, was lying on the verge of death by the swimming pool.

Beside him lay a small, heavily scarred girl. It was none other than Sugar, who had fallen into a deep coma, her eyes rolled back.

A man with a deathly pale complexion and a black fur coat stood to the side, his expression grim.

Clearly, he was the ’main culprit’ behind the tragic scene here.

—The Northern Army Commander of the Revolutionary Army, [Karasu]. Bounty: 400,000,000 Berries. User of the Logia-type Soot-Soot Fruit.

"This should do it."

Karasu’s voice was low as he said to Morley below the ground. "What did Sabo arrange for next?"

"Let’s go to the underground arms factory first."

Morley, with his rugged appearance but a high-pitched voice, said with a laugh, "Little Iva went to the SMILE factory. We can leave the rest to Sabo."

With that, he turned and prepared to leave through the tunnel. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and his body froze.

"Is that... Sabo and the others?"

Morley pointed at the sky. Karasu subconsciously looked up.

He saw a large mass of water condensed together, carrying several giant rocks descending from the sky, with dozens of figures scattered among them, all falling towards the royal palace.

Boom!!!

A loud noise was accompanied by a tremor. A building in the center of the royal palace was smashed to pieces and collapsed, and a cloud of dust and smoke rolled into the sky.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A soaking wet figure crawled out of the ruins.

Dellinger, covered in wounds, looked extremely pathetic. He clutched a wooden box tightly in his hands and carefully looked left and right.

After making sure no one had noticed him, he hid his figure and ran towards the interior of the royal palace with the Float-Float Fruit.

Dellinger was still completely unaware of Bakkin’s conspiracy.

He also didn’t notice at all that not far away, a crow was standing on a giant rock, its beady eyes fixed on him.

(End of Chapter)

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