Tens of nautical miles away, on the huge deck of the Groseade,
Byrnndi, who had blood on the corner of his mouth, as well as Dorry and Brogy, could be said to have widened their bull-like eyes and were looking at the huge meteorite that was swooping down in the distant sky with shocked faces.
As crew members, they had all wholeheartedly believed that they had figured out their captain's trump card.
They had never expected that this was just wishful thinking.
If Aokiji hadn't been careless at the end and hadn't attacked in advance, giving them an opportunity to take advantage of and unleash the strongest Ryuo Haki of Supreme King, they would have been trapped, and Kai wouldn't have been able to unleash such a sharp and unparalleled killing move that was like the end of the world.
Thinking of this, Dorry and Brogy couldn't help but exchange glances and swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"Damn brat, so he's been teasing me all along." Crocodile clenched his fists suddenly.
Thinking of the hard battle that he had thought it was that day, it was completely a fart compared to the scene in front of him.
Especially since he had publicly ambushed Akainu, but he had been successfully dodged by elementalization in time.
At the same time, the power displayed by the advanced Haki of Dorry and Brogy, the two giants, had directly stolen all of his thunder.
It could be said that at this moment, the self-evaluation of the dignified former Shichibukai Crocodile in this peak battle had completely turned into a passerby.
It would be very good if he could have a small corner in tomorrow's headline.
He subconsciously glanced at the three figures on the deck.
Crocodile, who had originally joined Fairy Tail first and considered himself to have the highest combat power, had a feeling of being at the bottom.
"What's wrong? You guys aren't planning to dance too, right?" Kai's voice suddenly rang out.
As the people who were present tensed their nerves, they quickly saw a space door open on the deck.
Watching Kai, who had a slightly tired face, walk out of it, a trace of killing intent flashed through the depths of Crocodile's pupils at the same time.
That absurd thought was quickly suppressed by him.
He had joined Fairy Tail, but unlike the others, it was due to a contract.
In Crocodile's eyes, as long as Kai revealed a trace of a flaw within three years, he would definitely not hesitate at all and would rise up to kill him and avenge his shame.
However, the time they had spent together was very short, but after experiencing those scenes, Crocodile had become more and more unable to see through the young man in front of him.
It could be said that the Kai in front of him gave people the feeling that he was perhaps at the end of his rope.
But if someone told Crocodile the next moment that Kai had killed a Marine admiral, he definitely wouldn't doubt it! After all, the young man in front of him was hiding too deeply, and he had too many masks.
"Hehe, Crocodile, with that expression of yours, you weren't planning to kill me just now, right?" Kai chuckled dryly and patted Crocodile's shoulder, giving him a feeling of being struck by lightning for no reason, and his nerves tensed up at once.
That feeling was as if a child had done something wrong and had been seen through by their parents.
"Haha, you don't need to be so nervous." Kai laughed and said, "This kind of thought isn't the first time I've encountered it, but I generally don't pursue it."
"After all, no one who has gotten on my pirate ship has really wanted to kill me. I'm still a bit blindly confident about my personal charm."
Speaking of this, Kai looked up at the lead clouds that were accumulating in the sky and said, "It's getting late. Let's leave quickly."
"Apart from Whitebeard, Kaido, the madman who wants to commit suicide, is also hiding in the sky."
As these words fell, not to mention Crocodile, even Byrnndi's expression changed slightly.
They were verbally dismissive of the names of the Four Emperors, but they didn't dare to be reckless at this juncture.
Looking back at the huge meteorite and the various attacks that were like fireworks colliding in the distant horizon, they also quickly set sail and fled this sea area.
Three days later!
Countless newsbirds, like locusts, were quickly sending newspapers to all parts of the world in the first half of the Grand Line.
The huge headline, which had originally been about the Marine Headquarters' three admirals encircling and suppressing the legendary great pirate Byrnndi of the old era, had long been replaced with a new title.
The Five Emperors of the Sea Rise, the Skeletal Demon's Ferocity Reappears!
For a time, the forces all over the world, after seeing the content described on that headline and the meteorite that occupied almost a full page of the headline, were simply shocked to the point that they couldn't speak for a long time.
On the Sabaody Archipelago, countless pirates took advantage of the Marine's main force being dispatched and landed on the island one after another to look for opportunities to go to the New World.
Faced with the terrifying news of the rise of the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, the entire island was in an uproar.
"Extra, extra, the Marine Headquarters has been defeated again. The three admirals have been severely injured, and the Skeletal Demon has a bounty of 2.1 billion Berries and has joined the ranks of the new Five Emperors!" A newsboy sped past on the road.
He was soon stopped by a burly purple-haired old man.
"Hey, hey, what nonsense are you talking about, you little brat? Our Marine admirals haven't been severely injured. It's just that the Skeletal Demon ran away with his tail between his legs." A young man wearing a recruit uniform and staring at his bald head snatched the newspaper and started shouting first.
Watching the dozens of recruits who were blocking the way in front of him, the newsboy's face turned white at once. Just as he was about to beg for mercy, he was stopped by Zephyr, who reached out.
"Don't be so serious with him." Zephyr took out a stack of Berries with his backhand, stuffed them into the newsboy, and gestured for him to leave.
Then, looking at the content on the newspaper, his expression gradually sank and said, "It seems that it's not that our Marine's strength has regressed, but that the speed at which the pirates are growing is faster."
"The bounty has jumped from 1 billion to 2.1 billion. It seems that the World Government has also been shocked."
"Crocodile, who should have been killed, the two captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, who had disappeared into the river of history and had bounties of over 100 million Berries a hundred years ago, and even World Destroyer Byrnndi World have been taken in by him."
"It seems that the time left for our Marine is running out."
The drawn-out words echoed on the street, making the faces of these ambitious recruits change drastically at once.
In their eyes, after graduating from the greenhouse-like training camp, the outside sea would definitely have a piece of the sky that belonged to them.
However, the facts that were placed before their eyes were a bit cruel. Even their most respected teacher had issued this kind of sigh, so where was the Marine going?
"Teacher, don't you often teach us not to increase the ambition of others and diminish our own prestige?" Ain, as one of Zephyr's most beloved students, was also someone who could speak in this kind of occasion.
"Among the pirates, a Skeletal Demon has emerged and is rumored to be the rise of the new Five Emperors. However, I think that teacher must have already thought of a way to deal with it."
As these words fell, the students in the field turned their gazes in unison and locked onto Zephyr.
Feeling the urgency in their gazes, Zephyr slightly restrained his emotions, chuckled dryly, patted Ain's shoulder, and said, "Come with me to the Marine Headquarters to meet Sengoku. To break the stalemate, I'm afraid we need that kid Laxus."
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