Time rewinds slightly.
New World, sed half, Marine G-12 Branch.
A massive vulture carrying a wild figure swooped down from the sky, suddenly nding atop the fortress.
“Buzz—Buzz—”
“Enemy invasion! It’s Rocks!!!”
“All personnel, enter Level One bat mode! Prepare to ehe enemy!!!”
The G-12 fortress—nearly empty due to most elite forces being deployed elsewhere—erupted with bring arms. Upon disc Rocks’ arrival, the Marines were overwhelmed by fear, and some fell into panic.
“Hahahaha! Mariaste despair! This is the price of crossing me!!!”
With a terrifying, ferocious grin, Rocks gave them no ce troup. His entire body exuded an oppressive darkness. His right hand, shrouded in bck mist, smmed onto the ground.
“Dark Abyss!!!”
Instantly, an endless darkness surged forth, flooding the entire isnd at an astonishing speed. The Marines, along with tless buildings, were swallowed by this dark void. Even the light seemed to vanish, as if ed by the darkness—it was horrifying.
“Huh?”
“Bck smoke?”
“What is this stuff?”
Staring at the ominous bck mist, the on-site Marines felt a deep unease. In the moment, the darkness—like a bottomless s—began pulling everything down: people, ons, houses, and all kinds of facilities. It was as though an invisible gravitational force was dragging everything into the abyss, crushing aroying it beynition. Everuggling Marines were powerless, devoured one by one.
“Ahhh!!!”
Within moments, the darkness receded. The entire isnd had been reduced to ft nd; no building was left standing. The se was so terrifying it sent chills down the spine.
“Yahahaha… Liberation!!!”
Rocks stood there, ughing coldly. Behind him, darkness surged, spewing out rubble, distorted ments, and piles of Marine corpses that formed a mountain-like heap capable of making anyone’s scalp tingle.
“Yahahaha, this is just the beginning!” Rocks ughed as he leapt onto the massive vulture cirg above and swiftly departed.
…
Within a few days, chaos engulfed the entire New World.
Not only was the G-12 fortress pletely obliterated, but the day, the Rocks Pirates unched an atta the Marine G-11 fortress. However, they were intercepted in time by Kong and Sengoku; the Rocks Pirates retreated without engaging in a direct battle.
Soon after, the G-10 fortress was destroyed by the Golden Lion, Shiki, who used his Float-Float Fruit powers to lift the entire isnd into the air and drop it from thousands of meters above, causing catastrophic damage.
On the fifth day, the Rocks Pirates attacked the G-5 fortress once again. This time, their phwarted by Admiral Bck Bear and his forces, who had strategically returo defend it.
“Currently, the Rocks Pirates are openly at war with the Marines…”
Dreamnd Base.
In the luxurious interior of Dreamnd, Sally—the “Shapeshifting Witch”—hahe test neer and bounty posters to her boss, El.
“Rocks’ bounty has skyrocketed to 3.545 billion berries!” she reported.
“Golden Lion Shiki now has a bounty of 2.366 billion berries, while ‘Whitebeard’ Edward e is at 2.478 billion berries!”
“As expected,” El replied with a light chuckle, examining the bounties. “Sihe Rocks Pirates have already uprooted most of the Marine fortresses in the New World, there’s no point iing the remaining oand.”
A cold grin crossed his face. “Send Camities Wind, Thunder, and Fme with their fleets to take down the G-10 fortress. Destru is far easier than stru. There’s no need for a direct frontation with Kong, but make sure the fortress is utterly destroyed, leaving no ce for restru.”
“Occupy the ruins of the G-12 fortress and build a rge Totto Land base there. At the same time, spare no effort to eradicate every Maripost in the New World.”
“As for the G-5 fortress…” El’s eyes gleamed. “I’ll ha myself. If we ’t pletely drive the Marines out of the New World, we’ll at least push them back to the entry point of the first half.”
“Yes…” Sally replied, her expression serious. It had been five years si took a personally. This was no idle threat.
…
“El! Good news!”
Two thunderclouds flew over Atntis, carrying Linlin and Gerd.
Uo resist Linlin’s persisteering—and knowing her monstrous physique meant her children would likely i her strength—El had allowed her to proceed with her pns. Now, she regnant again.
“Guess what, El-onii?” Linlin beamed with joy, her mischievous eyes twinkling.
“Twins?” El guessed with a smile, readihoughts instantly.
Linlin grinned proudly. “Bingo! It’s twins!”
Her unique physiology made multiple births unsurprising. Even so, El leased, knowing his family would grow even stronger.
“gratutions, Linlin!” Sally, Helen, Lillian, and the others expressed their surprise and joy.
“Mom! Are ynant again?” Thor, Sif, Willie, and the other children gathered arouedly asking, “Will it be brothers or sisters this time?”
“Haha, it’s still too early to tell,” Linlin chuckled, embrag the kids warmly. Though it was too soon to determihe genders, she was overjoyed. Carrying twins further solidified her position as El’s “main wife.” As Totto Land’s self-procimed “queen,” she was determihat her children should outnumber everyone else’s—even her best friend Gerd’s.
