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Chapter 242: A Crew with Two Emperors?!
🕑 Added 2025-10-10 13:26:40 +0000 UTCChapter 242: A Crew with Two Emperors?!
Shane's smile sent a shiver down Shamrock's spine. What is that confidence coming from? My reinforcements are here! His officers are all occupied! What can he possibly do?
"You're far too arrogant, boy!" Shamrock roared, slashing with his rapier.
GRAB!
Shane caught the blade in his bare hand. "The solution to your problem?" he said with a quiet, dangerous smile. "Can't you see it? It's already here."
The sky?
Shamrock looked up... and his pupils contracted in horror. The clear blue sky was gone, replaced by a roiling mass of dark clouds. From the depths of the clouds, a purple light shot toward the heavens. In the next instant... five massive, flaming meteors tore through the clouds, descending upon Z's fleet with apocalyptic force.
Meteors?! Shamrock's mind went blank. What kind of power is this?!
...
"What the hell is that?!"
"It's the end of the world!"
"Turn the ships! Turn the ships!"
The Marine fleet descended into chaos.
"SILENCE!" Z's voice boomed from the prow of the flagship. "I'm still here, you fools! What are you panicking for?!" He grinned, and with a mighty stomp, he shot into the air. His left arm, coated in a thick, dark purple layer of Armament Haki, met the first meteor head-on. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
BOOM!!!
The meteor exploded from the inside out, showering the sea with harmless pebbles. In a blur of motion, he destroyed two more. The last two were taken out by Vice Admirals Momonga and Strawberry.
"Well done, you two!" Z laughed, landing back on the deck. "You've made your old teacher proud!" He looked up at the sky and grinned. "To be able to control meteors... I only know one man who can do that... Hey! It's you, isn't it, Issho!"
"It is," a calm voice replied from the clouds. A figure in a purple kimono, wreathed in purple lightning, descended to the docks. "It's been a long time, old friend." It was Fujitora. "I am now a top officer of the Curtain Call Adventurers. I suggest you turn back. This way is closed."
"So it really is you, Issho!" Z's face darkened. "I admired your strength! I begged you to join the Marines! And now... you've thrown in your lot with pirates?!!"
"Pirates?" Fujitora tilted his head. "Lord Shane and his crew are not pirates. They have never engaged in pillaging or slaughter. The World Government has done its best to slander him, but the truth is plain to see."
Z hesitated. He remembered Garp praising the boy... and he knew that Issho was a man of honor. But... people change. He, too, had once been known as "Z who doesn't kill." And Garp... that old fool had even praised Roger. His judgment couldn't be trusted.
"Enough with your sophistry! To stand against the World Government, against the Marines, is a crime!" Z roared, his fists clenched. "My justice will not be swayed by your words!"
"Justice?" Fujitora sighed. "Is your 'justice' rushing to the aid of the Celestial Dragons? Did your justice ever shine a light into the cages of the auction house? Did it ever hear the cries of the souls tormented by those 'gods'?" He raised his head, and though his eyes were blind, it felt as if he were staring directly into Z's soul. "What Lord Shane is doing today is simply shattering the false idols of this world. If that is a crime in your eyes... then I will gladly pave the way for that 'crime' with this sword!"
He drew his blade, and a terrifying wave of purple gravitational energy swept across the sea, nearly capsizing the fleet.
"You bastard!" Z roared, and charged. Their fists and sword met in a titanic clash.
"Such power!" Z grunted, the strange, heavy force of the gravity pushing him down. He fought back, but he was being overwhelmed.
"Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger!"
A slash of purple-black energy sent him skidding back across the docks, his feet carving deep trenches in the stone.
This man... he's at the level of an Admiral! The Vice Admirals on the ships stared in horror. The Curtain Call crew... they have two warriors at the absolute pinnacle of the world?!
"It is you who are stubborn, old friend," Fujitora said, his expression calm. "I do not wish to fight you. But I will not let you pass."
"All hands!" Strawberry yelled from one of the ships. "Prepare to land! Half of you will support General Z, the other half will circle around and..."
"NO!" Z roared. "You can't handle his power! Stay back!"
It was too late. Fujitora had already made his move. He plunged his sword into the ground. "Gravito: Jigoku Tabi!"
A wave of purple energy spread out, and the gravity in the entire area increased tenfold. The Marines collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.
"To think you could pin me down with the Gravity-Gravity Fruit alone... Don't get cocky!" Z roared, and with a final, desperate burst of Haki, he broke free. "Only Haki is absolute!!!"
CLANG!
His Haki-coated fist met Fujitora's blade, and the resulting shockwave shattered the docks.
The battle raged on...
"Shamrock!" a cold voice came from the amusement park. Shane kicked him, sending him flying into a wall. "My reinforcements are here. Where are yours?!"
