Hachinosu Island, Rocky Port.
"Damn it, what the hell are those useless idiots in the city doing?"
On the bow of a three-masted sailing ship, a one-eyed captain irritably spat his cigar butt into the sea.
Bart, with a bounty of 190 million Berries, was quite a figure on Hachinosu Island.
At this moment, his crew of several hundred, along with the tens of thousands of Pirates guarding the port, were all feeling uneasy.
Because the commotion from the battle in the direction of the city was too intense.
The soaring flames seemed about to set Hachinosu Island's sky ablaze.
The terrifying sword slashes that occasionally tore through the air could be felt even from several kilometers away.
Even more frightening were the waves of Conqueror's Haki, one stronger than the last, washing over everyone's minds like invisible tidal waves, making the weaker Pirates' legs tremble.
"Dammit, didn't Lord Wang Zhi say the Marine vanguard was already surrounded and trapped? Why is the fighting even fiercer than before?" Bart's first mate, gripping the railing, asked with a pale face.
"Just the struggle of a cornered beast," Bart snorted disdainfully, lighting a new cigar. "A bunch of Marines out of ammunition—what chaos can they possibly cause?"
No sooner had he spoken than a scout pirate scrambled onto the deck in a panic.
"Cap... Captain! It's bad!"
Bart impatiently blew a smoke ring: "What's all the panic? Has the sky fallen?"
"The Marines... Marine reinforcements have arrived!" the lackey gasped, his face filled with terror.
"Reinforcements?" Bart frowned. "Where did they land? Didn't our men spot them?"
"They didn't land!" the lackey stammered, frantically gesturing with his hands. "They... they fell from the sky!"
Bart's cigar-stuffed mouth froze.
He slowly turned his head, his single eye filled with menace.
"Fell from the sky? What nonsense are you spouting? I'll give you one chance to rephrase that!"
"It's true! Captain! I saw it with my own eyes!" the lackey was on the verge of tears. "It's the monster interns led by Fleet Admiral Orion! Fire Fist Ace, Straw Hat Luffy, the three-sword style swordsman... they all dropped straight from the sky into the city!"
The Fleet Admiral!
Bart's pupils abruptly contracted, the cigar in his mouth suddenly feeling scorching hot.
He violently grabbed the underling by the collar, his single eye widening into a perfect circle.
"What did you say?! Fleet Admiral Orion is here?!"
"Woo—woo—woo—"
Before the underling could respond, piercing alarm sirens suddenly blared throughout Rocky Port.
In the port's watchtower, the pirate on lookout duty pulled the alarm with all his might, his telescope clattering to the ground as his voice distorted with terror.
"Marine warships are coming! Marine warships are coming!"
"All personnel attention! Marine warships are heading toward Rocky Port! Repeat! Marine warships are heading toward Rocky Port! All personnel, immediately report to battle stations!"
At these words, the entire Rocky Port instantly erupted into chaos.
Nearly ten thousand pirates sprang into action simultaneously, rushing to their respective positions.
"Hurry! Back to the ships!"
"Gunners! Where the hell are the gunners?! Get all the cannonballs out now!"
The hundreds of pirate ships docked at the harbor fell into disarray as sailors frantically untied mooring lines and turned steering wheels.
Under their captains' roaring commands, numerous black naval cannons slowly swiveled their barrels, quickly aiming toward the vast sea beyond the port.
Meanwhile, on the distant horizon, two black dots were rapidly expanding.
One was a standard Marine warship, while the other was a comparatively less equipped Naval Training Ship.
On the deck of the fastest warship stood a man at the bow, clad in a black trench coat, the massive black cross-shaped sword on his back remaining perfectly still in the sea breeze.
His hawk-like eyes calmly observed the panicked Rocky Port.
In the watchtower, another pirate raised his telescope.
When he clearly saw the figure at the bow, he froze as if struck by lightning, shouting in a strangled voice.
"Damn it! It's Hawk Eyes! It's Hawk Eyes Mihawk!"
As this pirate uttered the name 'Hawk Eyes Mihawk,' the previously clamorous port instantly fell into deathly silence.
After a brief few seconds, the pirates left to guard the port erupted into chaos once more.
"Why Hawk Eyes?! Wasn't he sent by the Fleet Admiral to find the Poneglyph? Why is he here?!"
"We're finished! If Hawk Eyes is here, we're all dead!"
A pirate who had recently fled from the first half of the Grand Line to the New World crouched on the ground clutching his head, face full of despair.
"That's the same Hawk Eyes who chased someone from the New World to Paradise and back again just because they saw him peeing in the ocean, until their ship was destroyed and every last one of them died!"
"Bullshit!" An old pirate nearby smacked him on the back of the head, cursing: "It was because that pirate mocked Hawk Eyes' hat looking like a burrito!"
"No, no, I heard it was because that pirate saw Mihawk using his supreme grade sword as an oar!"
"Shut the hell up, all of you!" Bart widened his eyes, drew the longsword from his waist, and cleaved the nearby mast in half.
"No matter how strong Hawk Eyes is, he's just one man! With one sword! We have over ten thousand pirates here, and hundreds of ships! What the hell is there to fear!"
Having said this, he raised his longsword high with overwhelming boldness and roared.
"Everyone listen up! Isn't he the world's greatest swordsman? Then we'll give him the world's greatest respect!"
"All gunners, ready! The moment he enters firing range, unleash every last cannonball without waiting for my command! Blast him to hell!"
Bart's roar gave the chaotic pirates a semblance of direction, reigniting a spark of madness in their eyes.
...
On the warship's deck.
Mihawk ignored the tens of thousands of ants at the port, his gaze passing over them to focus on the towering flames and thick smoke deep within Hachinosu Island.
"As expected of brats personally trained by Orion. Truly full of vigor."
Saying this, he glanced sideways at the figure behind him who was already eager for action, carrying a massive spiked club.
"Yamato, handle these small fries at the port!"
"Hahahaha! Finally, it's my turn to make a move!"
Yamato let out a hearty laugh, stepping forward with her spiked club resting on her shoulder, radiating an imposing aura.
In the next moment, her presence underwent a dramatic transformation as her body rapidly changed within a white glow.
Zoan-type, Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Beast Model: Okuchi no Makami!
A divine beast with a nimble build, snow-white fur, and surrounded by chilling mist materialized on the deck.
"ROAR!"
Yamato, now in her Okuchi no Makami form, let out a sky-shaking roar before powerfully launching herself into the air like an arrow released from its bow—just as the warship was about to enter the enemy's cannon range.
The white figure traced a perfect arc through the sky, rapidly descending toward the largest pirate ship in the harbor.
During her descent, a Conqueror's Haki far more terrifying and domineering than what had erupted earlier in the town burst forth from her!
In that instant, black and red lightning tore across the sky like a spiderweb, covering all of Rocky Port with unstoppable force!
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