Cocoyasi Village was thriving.
The villagers lived in peace and contentment, smiles on their faces.
Throughout the village, shadowy figures, completely black, were visible everywhere.
They were warriors belonging to the Shadow Warriors' Ninja Corps.
Nojiko had obtained a Ninja Command from Roland, giving her the authority to control the Ninja Corps.
These past two days, Nojiko had been researching and developing new uses for the Ninja Corps.
Ninja soldiers were agile and appeared out of nowhere. Although their combat power was not high, they had the advantage of infinite regeneration.
Now, Ninja soldiers were stationed as sentries throughout the village, keeping watch twenty-four hours a day.
If pirates attacked, the Ninja soldiers would respond immediately.
This was far more reliable than the branch bases set up by the Navy.
Furthermore, Ninja soldiers, who didn't need to eat, sleep, or get tired, were also excellent at farming and fishing.
Under Nojiko's command, some Ninja soldiers had already started farming, providing great convenience to the villagers.
"Mr. Roland is truly the most incredible person in this world!" Genzo stood between the rice paddies, watching the Ninja soldiers working in the fields, unable to help but sigh with emotion.
"Yes, Mr. Roland is the greatest existence in this world!" Nojiko nodded with certainty.
"With this Shadow Warriors left by Mr. Roland, not only is our safety guaranteed, but everyone's lives will also flourish!" Genzo was beaming with joy.
"All hardships have passed. From now on, our sky will be free of gloom!" Nojiko looked up at the clear sky.
Just then.
Without warning.
A huge shadow approached from a distance.
"Mr. Roland, what is that?" Nojiko pointed suspiciously at the distant shadow.
"That looks like… an island?" Genzo said uncertainly.
"An island… why is it flying in the sky!"
"I have a bad feeling!" Nojiko pursed her lips, and with a thought, one Ninja soldier after another dispersed towards the village's surroundings.
"Hey, everyone, look!"
"There's an island in the sky!"
"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about!"
"How can an island be in the sky!"
"But, but… little Nami said a couple of days ago that they went to a Sky Island!"
"There really are islands in the sky of the Grand Line!"
"Not just the Grand Line, now there's one above us too!"
Throughout Cocoyasi Village, villagers looked up.
They gazed at the island suspended above them.
Everyone was so shocked they couldn't close their mouths.
"Jie hahahaha!" A defiant laugh suddenly echoed through the sky.
A figure swept across from the giant Floating Island.
"This must be Cocoyasi Village!" The man with a ship's rudder on his head and thick golden hair like a lion's mane looked down from above, surveying his surroundings.
"That's right, who are you? What do you want here?" Genzo asked, holding a megaphone.
"Who I am, you don't need to know, since you'll all be dead soon!" Golden Lion Shiki cruelly grinned.
"Nani!!!"
"What did you say?"
"Hey, hey, hey, what exactly does this guy want to do?"
"He… he wouldn't be planning to make the island crash down, would he!"
The villagers all screamed in terror, and panic spread.
"Though I don't know who you are, this is an island under the Sea Emperor's banner!"
Genzo suppressed his shock and anger, scolding sharply.
"Gyahahahaha, if it weren't related to that brat, I might not have chosen you all!"
Golden Lion Shiki laughed mockingly.
"Roland will absolutely not let you off!"
Genzo's chest heaved violently.
"Gyahahaha, then let him come find me!"
The smile on Golden Lion Shiki's face grew more unrestrained; he wasn't flustered in the slightest.
As a Paramecia Float-Float Fruit user, he had no fixed base.
Finding him, drifting across the Grand Line, was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Golden Lion Shiki seemed to have already foreseen the scene: Roland trying to seek revenge but unable to find him, ultimately only able to rage in futility.
"Gyahahaha, people of Cocoyasi Village, rest assured, I won't crush you directly with the island, because…"
At this point, Golden Lion Shiki's tone shifted.
"Because that would be too boring! I'll let you thoroughly experience the terror of dying step by step!"
Gyahahahaha!!!
Golden Lion Shiki raised his right hand high.
One cage after another shot up from the giant Floating Island.
Roar, roar, roar!!!
The roars of ferocious beasts shook the heavens and earth.
Inside those large and small cages were mutated beasts of various forms, all looking extremely menacing.
These were precisely the results of Golden Lion Shiki's research over the past twenty years.
Using drugs developed from I-plants, he could cause beasts to undergo berserk evolution.
"Enjoy yourselves! Gyahahaha!"
Golden Lion Shiki brought his raised right hand down.
Dozens of terrifying ferocious beasts plummeted into Cocoyasi Village.
In an instant, the beautiful village transformed into a painting of hell.
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Two hours later.
A rift opened in the sky above Cocoyasi Village.
The "Never Empty Army" slowly sailed out from the spatial gate.
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