"Then, am I worthy?"
Suddenly.
Rosen opened his eyes, exposing his pair of eyes, which gleamed with an eerie, scarlet light, to the air, and they met Stussy's gaze.
Boom
A thunderous roar resounded throughout the First Branch and shook the North Blue Dome.
Centered on Rosen, streaks of lightning radiating black and red light, like black dragons breaking free of their restraints, burst out of the governor's office, carrying with them a heavy pressure that distorted the atmosphere and tore through the clouds, spreading throughout the entire First Branch.
Bang bang
Click
A powerful Conqueror's Haki surged forth, sweeping away clouds like a whirlwind.
Wherever his Conqueror's Haki passed.
One after another, the glass mirrors cracked, covered with shocking fissures, and then shattered into countless fragments.
The floorboards, unable to bear the weight, developed cracks that spread out one by one, as if trampled by countless giant beasts.
The walls trembled and shook, revealing spiderweb-like patterns, looking as if they could collapse at any moment.
As Rosen's Conqueror's Haki transformed into countless black lightning bolts, engulfing every corner of the 1st Branch, the entire Marine base was like being immersed in an ocean of Haki, gradually turning into a terrifying black lightning pool.
hiss
Sudden.
One after another, bolts of domineering black lightning rose from the ground, like numerous black dragons soaring into the sky, surrounding the overwhelming pressure that shook the heavens and the sea, and rushed up to the dome of the North Blue.
The original blue sky and white clouds instantly turned into a sky covered with dark clouds, with lightning and thunder, and a strong wind.
The moment the Conqueror's Haki surged to the top of the sky and spread out, it immediately stirred the dark sea of clouds into a gigantic vortex, which hovered directly above the First Branch, spinning violently for a long time.
I don't know how much time has passed.
The wind stopped.
The clouds dispersed.
As the overwhelming Conqueror's Haki dissipated and the North Blue 1st Branch returned to its original state from the lightning pool flashing with countless black lightning bolts, the vast base fell into complete silence.
The only sounds that could be heard were Stussy's retreating footsteps and his heavy breathing from inside the governor's office.
Those below the rank of Vice Admiral in the Marine are unconscious.
A Marine Vice Admiral, kneeling for a long time.
As one of the top experts in CP0, she neither fainted nor knelt down, but she was panting heavily, as if carrying a mountain on her back, and her enormous granary was heaving violently.
Especially when he looked at Rosen, his expression was one of utter horror.
"Even Big Mom is far from matching such spirit!"
Stussy looked at Rosen in disbelief.
In addition to her identity as CP0, she also wears the alias of the Dark Emperor, the Queen of Pleasure District.
That's why.
She had attended many of Big Mom's tea parties in the past, so she knew the Conqueror's Haki of one of the Four Emperors, who was still at her peak.
at this time.
After comparing Big Mom's Haki with Rosen's Haki, Stussy arrived at a chilling answer.
A born destroyer who reigns like an emperor at the pinnacle of the new world.
In terms of kingly aura, it falls far short of Rosen.
Of course, what truly terrified her was that, compared to the Rosen she had seen at Donquixote's headquarters last time, the Rosen before her was clearly a step further in terms of imposing presence.
It's only been a short time.
For a man with superior Conqueror's Haki, further progress is virtually impossible; simply not regressing would be a great achievement.
After all, To increase the Conqueror's isn't about Practicing.
Just like athletes, they can improve and decline; they have peaks and troughs.
However,
Stussy, however, found that he only saw progress in Rosen.
There has been no regression, not even stagnation.
"If even you are not worthy, then no one in the Marine is worthy of knowing the truth."
Faced with Rosen's terrifying, gleaming gaze, Stussy felt an unprecedented sense of dread.
She had a vague premonition that she had unwittingly become the fuse that ignited the Great Pirate Era.
With the relentless efforts of the Five Elders, the Grand Line entered a three-way balance of power, consisting of the Marine Headquarters, the Four Emperors, and the Shichibukai, thus bringing the world into equilibrium.
But now.
My words in the governor's office will inevitably disrupt the balance of the world.
She doesn't have that ability, but Rosen does.
After this battle, Stussy was certain that the man before him would no longer be like he used to be, with his eyes only on the four seas and his hands only reaching out to the Shichibukai.
The strongest Marine in a millennium and the Four Emperors are bound to clash in an unprecedentedly fierce battle.
"Yeah?"
Rosen stared intently into Stussy's eyes, making her sweat profusely and feel a chill run down her spine.
"Your heart has returned to normal."
"Back off."
"Stussy".
These words were spoken.
Stussy felt a great sense of relief and let out a long sigh of relief.
Not only because her heart was no longer stuck in a six-month countdown, but also because she could finally leave the room and no longer have to face that overwhelming Conqueror's Haki.
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Stussy didn't dare linger for a moment and turned to leave.
She would rather face the Five Elders, the five supreme rulers of the world government, than confront Rosen directly.
Lacking an innate kingly aura, the sense of powerlessness and oppression felt when facing the superior overlord, Rosen, was truly overwhelming and devastating.
snap
After closing the door to the governor's office, Stussy turned around and was immediately shocked by the scene before him.
As she stepped out of the office, she noticed that the floors, walls, and ceilings of the corridor were either shattered or covered in cracks.
She couldn't help but swallow, then quickly walked out of the Marine Building in her high heels.
"What a magnificent spirit!"
As soon as Stussy stepped out of the building, he saw the base outside the Marine building, which was exactly the same as the situation inside the building.
Everything that came into view was either like glass, shattered into pieces, or like a wall, covered in cracks.
When she walked all the way to the dock and arrived at the ship she was on, she froze on the spot.
It is ten kilometers from the governor's office to the dock.
As a result, her warship, from the hull to the deck, was riddled with shocking cracks, like a vase about to fall apart.
The only things that survived were the Seastone installed at the bottom of the ship, the cannons on the ship, and the steel covering the hull.
As for the rest.
They were either shattered by Rosen's Conqueror's Haki released from a distance of ten kilometers, or cracked by the force of the attack.
Stussy withdrew his gaze from the warship, looking at the distant sea, and then moving his eyes towards the sky.
She saw an enormous rift in the sky, like a chasm spanning the dome of the North Blue.
"The sky is about to change."
A thought arose in Stussy's mind.
The world has changed because of Rosen.
She knew this, but this was just the beginning.
Next, the Grand Line is about to change.
Thinking of this, Stussy dared not linger. After confirming that the warship could still barely sail, she immediately set sail and left without stopping. She drove the warship away from the First Branch, which was about to unleash a storm of the times, sweep across the world, and destroy the balance of power among the three major forces.
She wanted to leave North Blue as soon as possible, not because her heart, which had been modified by Rosen, had returned to normal and she needed to rush back to Mary Geoise to report everything to the Five Elders, but because she wanted to find a safe haven where she could find refuge.
So as not to be swallowed up by the storm of the times stirred up by Rosen.