"The most famous black blade owner right now is the world's greatest swordsman, 'Hawkeye' Mihawk! How can he compare with him?"
Hikaru nodded and entered. Daz Bonez and the others stood up to greet him. He scanned the room and got straight to the point: "Where are the Supernovas I asked you to monitor?"
"It so happens that Jewelry Bonney, Capone 'Gang' Bege, and Basil Hawkins are all eating at the same restaurant on Island No. 24. Mr. 13 and Miss Friday are observing them from nearby."
"Oh?" Hikaru mused, remembering that this matched how events unfolded in the original timeline. "Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, and others are on Island 16. Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kid are on Island 21, and the others…"
"Let's not worry about anyone else, just these key figures are enough!" Hikaru pondered for a moment before issuing his orders: "You don't need to stay in the Sabaody Archipelago anymore. Tell everyone to pack up and leave as soon as possible. The coming battle won't be something you can interfere with!"
"Yes, President!"
Hikaru waved his hand, turned, and vanished in a flash of lightning. The only thing he remained uncertain about was whether Luffy would still cause a commotion at the Human Auction House and punch Saint Charlos without Camie's presence. But according to the plot, it was inevitable that Luffy would clash with the Celestial Dragons.
They should come into conflict due to the "corrective power of the world," perhaps through the appearance of a character like Inazuma or the Armored Celestial Dragon.
Sabaody Archipelago, Island 24, Grove Restaurant.
"Serve the food! Serve the food! Serve the food quickly!"
Bonney grabbed a pizza in her left hand and barbecue in her right, frantically stuffing them into her mouth without any regard for her image.
Yet, surprisingly, no matter how much she ate, it was as if she had a bottomless pit inside her, and it didn't affect her slender figure in the slightest.
Behind her sat the loyal and burly men who had spontaneously formed her pirate crew, protecting her.
Basil Hawkins and his crew sat quietly to the side, waiting for their waiter to serve the food.
On the second floor, Capone Bege was elegantly enjoying his meal with a knife and fork. When he heard Bonney's loud shouts, he grew irritated. As a seasoned gangster, how could he tolerate such a disturbance? He calmly ordered, "What a tasteless woman! She's made me lose my appetite. Go! Tell her to be quiet!"
Seeing this, a crew member beside him quickly tried to dissuade him: "Godfather! That's not a good idea. We're too close to Marine Headquarters. If things get out of hand, it'll be difficult for us to manage!"
Capone Bege glanced at him indifferently, then suddenly grabbed a fork and, with lightning speed, stabbed the disobedient subordinate.
Whoosh—!
"Ah!!!"
A scream of pain erupted as the fork pierced the subordinate's eye, causing him to collapse to the ground, unable to get up!
"Oh? How lively!"
A magnetic voice resonated, and everyone present felt as if their throats were constricted by an enormous hand, daring not to utter the slightest sound. Hikaru calmly pushed the door open and entered the restaurant. The invisible, controlled Conqueror's Haki he emitted spread throughout the entire establishment!
The sound of people collapsing to the floor continued. When he reached the center of the restaurant, only three people remained conscious, a result of his deliberate control over his power.
"This is…" Basil Hawkins felt an ominous premonition.
"What's happening… Is this the legendary Conqueror's Haki?" Capone Bege was horrified; his crew members around him had all collapsed. It seemed that even if he released all the subordinates hidden within his body, the outcome would be the same! This completely nullified his advantage of numbers.
Even Bonney stopped eating. She felt a little awkward with the half-eaten pizza in her mouth. It would make a messy sound if she ate it, but she couldn't bring herself to spit it out. After all, she had just turned 20, and still craved delicious food.
"Why is no one talking?" Hikaru chuckled, glancing at the three.
Basil Hawkins didn't dare to meet his gaze. He turned his head away and began drawing Tarot cards to calculate his chances of survival.
Bonney, as fearless as a newborn calf, paid no mind to the many unconscious 'uncles' behind her. She stared at Hikaru arrogantly with her big eyes, unyielding.
Capone Bege smoked his cigar expressionlessly, secretly praying that this 'evil star' would leave quickly. But Hikaru had coveted his Devil Fruit for a long time. In his opinion, Capone Bege's Devil Fruit was the Castle-Castle Fruit, which was far too understated.
The effect of the Castle-Castle Fruit was akin to creating a small world inside the body, like something from a fantasy realm. Its disadvantages were that when shrinking into the internal world, one couldn't avoid damage, and its spatial size couldn't compare to the real world.
There was a flash of lightning, and Hikaru suddenly vanished. Capone Bege was startled. He had no time to react before he felt a strange touch on his head, like an eagle's claw or a tiger's paw. Before he could fully process it, a powerful electric current instantly coursed through his body.
"Shocking…"
The cigar in Capone Bege's mouth turned to ash and dissipated into the air, while he crumpled to the ground with lifeless eyes, his body still twitching occasionally from the lingering electric current.
Capone Bege, dead!
"So fast…"
Basil Hawkins finally reacted, but remained composed. After randomly shuffling the Tarot cards in his hand, he drew a card. When he saw it, his pupils constricted. Looking at the image of a skeleton knight riding a white horse, he thought to himself, "Oh no!"
"The Grim Reaper… is still in the upright position… so my survival rate is… 15.7%!" If Hikaru knew he could calculate so accurately, he would definitely interrogate this talented individual.
"Dead… just like that!?"
Bonney was also dumbfounded. After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly reacted. While Hikaru wasn't paying attention to her, she shook her 'uncles' who had fainted and whispered softly:
"Wake up, wake up! Damn it, why did you suddenly faint…" The lovely little Bonney was fundamentally a kind and sunny girl. There was no way she would abandon these 'uncles' and run away.
Hikaru held white lightning in his hand and pressed it onto Capone Bege's back with an indifferent expression. The white lightning surged wildly within Bege's body, ruthlessly plundering the Castle-Castle Fruit.
At the same time, because Capone Bege lost the Devil Fruit power, the gangsters and structures from inside his body spilled out one after another. There were so many people that they filled the entire second floor in an instant. Many unlucky ones even tumbled directly from the second floor down to the restaurant's first floor.