Marineford!
"Pururururu..."
"Pururururu..."
A silver den den mushi suddenly rang urgently.
When a nearby Marine discovered this, his expression immediately changed dramatically, and he cried out in alarm.
"The silver den den mushi has received a signal!!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire reception room immediately fell into chaos, with continuous exclamations.
Reports and questions rang out one after another.
"It's an application for the Buster Call~!
"An application for the Buster Call issued by Admiral Aokiji!"
"Where is the location?"
"Enies Lobby!"
"Quickly contact five Vice Admirals near the target location!"
"It's faster to depart from Marineford at this distance!"
"How much time is needed?"
"It will arrive in about 30 minutes!"
"Start preparing 10 warships now, and summon 5 Vice Admirals! Quick!!!"
"Yes!"
...
Enies Lobby!
When they saw Luffy press the golden den den mushi button, Spandam and everyone in CP9 widened their pupils, falling into a momentary daze.
They had all heard Robin's words just now.
Activating the Buster Call meant that everything on this island would be destroyed.
But Luffy had actually pressed the Buster Call himself, which would destroy him?!
This made the CP9 members very confused about Luffy's actions.
The Straw Hat crew had unconditional trust in Luffy.
Especially since Luffy had told them before coming here that this would be an unprecedented battle that none of them had ever experienced.
So they were already mentally prepared.
At this moment, each of them had a normal expression, without any change.
As for the Franky Family, they arrived later, and they didn't even know what the Buster Call was.
At this moment, they were still looking at their big brother with admiring gazes.
As for Franky, although he didn't know why Luffy would do this.
But when he heard Spandam asking them to kneel and beg for mercy, he couldn't help but want to continue beating him up.
And he trusted Luffy.
Since Luffy dared to do this, he must have enough confidence.
So at this moment, he didn't feel anything about this so-called Buster Call.
Only Robin still harbored a trace of fear towards the Buster Call.
After all, this was the childhood trauma that destroyed her hometown 20 years ago.
However, before Robin could speak, Spandam suddenly pointed at Luffy with a gloating expression and burst out laughing.
"Wahahahaha..."
"You idiot!"
"You must have wanted to snatch this den den mushi from me, right?!"
"But you didn't expect that you accidentally activated the Buster Call yourself."
"Wahahahaha..."
"You must be scared silly now, right?!"
"Marine reinforcements are coming soon!"
"They will come to rescue me very soon."
"Just like my father 20 years ago."
Saying this, Spandam looked at Robin and shouted excitedly.
"That's right, Nico Robin!"
"It's the Buster Call that destroyed your hometown, Ohara, 20 years ago."
"At that time, my father, who was the previous CP9 chief, was also on your island."
"But the Marine warships' bombardment deliberately avoided him."
"This is enough to show the importance of our CP9 chief."
"The Marine will definitely not attack me."
Saying this, Spandam's gaze swept over Luffy and the others, then he laughed gloatingly.
"As for you trash pirates."
"They will mercilessly eliminate you here."
Then, he put on an arrogant and smug posture and laughed loudly.
"If you want to live, hurry up and kneel and beg for mercy."
"When the bombardment starts, if I'm in a good mood, I might allow you to stand by my side, that way you can keep your little lives!"
"Wahahahaha..."
Slap!
An incredibly loud slap suddenly sounded at this moment.
"Poof!!!"
Spandam, who was laughing heartily, suddenly felt like his face had been hit by a sea train moving at full speed.
A mouthful of blood and a dozen teeth instantly splattered out!
And his entire body flew out directly, falling heavily onto the ground.
Then he curled up there, wailing and twitching, wanting to touch it but not daring to!
And where he flew from.
Luffy slowly retracted his palm.
His slap's force was simply incomparable to Robin's.
One slap stunned Spandam.
But even so, he was holding back.
How could he give Spandam such an easy death?!
At the very least, he had to torment him thoroughly and vent his anger.
And after Spandam was sent flying by Luffy.
Franky immediately rushed up.
He kicked Spandam, who was still wailing, indiscriminately!
"You bastard Spandam!"
"You actually want me to kneel down and apologize to you?"
"I'll make you ask me to kneel and apologize..."
"I'll make you frame Tom-san..."
"I'll make you..."
Franky cursed and kicked at the same time.
And Spandam screamed like a pig being slaughtered, his wails continuous.
While they were in a frenzy over there, Robin, with worry and fear in her eyes, came to Luffy's side.
"Luffy..."
Robin called Luffy's name.
The look in her eyes seemed to be asking Luffy why he did that!
Luffy looked into Robin's eyes and said seriously.
"Robin!"
"I'm going to completely eliminate your fear of the Buster Call."
"I'm going to show you that with us here..."
"This so-called Buster Call... is nothing to be afraid of at all!!!"
Although Robin had a change of heart, the shadow in her heart had not yet been dispelled.
Whenever the Buster Call was mentioned, she would still feel fear and dread.
So Luffy had to personally help Robin dispel this fear of the Buster Call that had haunted her for 20 years.
Robin stared blankly at Luffy, who looked so confident and reliable.
And what Luffy said also warmed her heart.
She looked at Luffy, touched, and in an instant, her eyes began to well up with tears again, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly downwards.
Just as she was about to burst into tears again.
She saw a pair of hands suddenly reach out and forcibly pull the corners of her mouth upwards.
Robin was startled.
She stared blankly at Luffy, who was holding her face and forcibly preventing her from crying.
Then she saw Luffy smile slightly and say,
"You've cried enough!"
"Next..."
"Just watch how we crush this Buster Call that made you despair!!!"
Upon hearing Luffy's words, Robin was even more touched.
But she forcibly suppressed the tears that were about to gush out.
Then she shook her head stubbornly and said firmly to Luffy,
"No!"
"I want to fight too!"
"We are comrades..."
"I want to fight with you!!!"
Looking at the determined and stubborn Robin, Luffy smiled slightly and then nodded.
And after seeing Luffy nod in agreement, a genuine, happy smile finally appeared on Robin's face after a long time!
...
After deciding to fight the approaching Buster Call, Luffy had the Straw Hat prepare.
Those who needed to replenish energy did so, and those who needed to rest did so.
However, among everyone, only Chopper, who had used the Rumble Ball to become gigantic once, had a relatively high consumption.
Everyone else was unaffected.
So at this moment, they were either resting or running over to celebrate Robin's return.
There were also those who, out of anger, joined Franky's ranks and collectively beat up Spandam.
While they were busy, Luffy also came over to Spandam's side.
His anger towards Spandam had not yet been vented!
However, just then, a voice suddenly came from behind Luffy.
"Aren't you going to kill us?"
Luffy had heard this voice several times before.
So at this moment, he instantly recognized that the speaker was Kalifa.
Luffy did not turn around, only said lightly,
"I have no enmity with you!"
"My enmity is only with your superior!"
With that, Luffy no longer paid attention to Kalifa and joined Franky and the others in beating up Spandam.
As for the other members of CP9, if they were to obstruct Luffy, he would be merciless.
Just like he treated Rob Lucci.
But if they had no intentions, he would not deliberately wipe them out.
After all, these people had not done anything to anger him.
Upon hearing Luffy's reply, the other CP9 members all breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Kalifa had a complex expression, staring blankly at Luffy's back, wondering what she was thinking.
But in the end, she said nothing and quickly left with the other CP9 members.
...
Holy Land Mariejois!
The Gorosei were gathered in a room, discussing something.
"Purupurupuru..."
"Purupurupuru..."
Just then, a den den mushi on the table suddenly rang.
Saint Pitte, who was closest, walked over and answered the phone.
"This is Saint Pitte!"
After Saint Pitte introduced himself, a somewhat fearful and nervous voice immediately came from the other end.
"Saint Pitte!"
"There is an urgent contact call from Enies Lobby!"
"They say they have something extremely important to report to you!"
When Saint Pitte answered the phone, the room was extremely quiet.
So everyone heard the report at this moment.
And upon hearing this report, all five of them couldn't help but frown.
At this time, and needing to report directly to them, it must not be a small matter.
"What important matter does that Spandam have that he must report at this time?"
The Gorosei thought to themselves.
Soon, everyone almost simultaneously recalled.
A few years ago, Spandam had personally proposed to them to revive Pluton for the World Government.
Could that matter have been accomplished?
Everyone had expectations in their hearts.
If it really was, they could quickly end the Great Pirate Era and completely rule this world.
···
Saint Pitte then said,
"Connect the call!"
"Yes!"
The other side replied.
Soon, another call was connected.
"I am Kalifa, a member of CP9, and I have important information to report!"
Logically, Kalifa was the weakest among CP9 and didn't have much say.
But Rob Lucci was sent flying by Luffy, and Spandam was left behind.
Among the remaining people, there was no one who could stand out and take charge at this time.
This was evident from the fact that they didn't even dare to say a word in front of Luffy.
So in the end, this burden fell on Kalifa.
And at this moment, when the Gorosei heard that the person reporting was not Spandam, they all couldn't help but frown deeply.
They already vaguely felt that something bad must have happened.
Saint Pitte said coldly,
"Speak!"
Upon hearing this, Kalifa told the Gorosei all the important things that had happened on Enies Lobby, one by one.
After listening to Kalifa's report, Saint Pitte replied coldly,
"I know!"
With that, he hung up the phone and returned to his original seat.
At this moment, the air in the room was incredibly quiet.
The aura emanating from the five people was incredibly powerful.
It was so oppressive that it seemed to suffocate people.
Their expressions were as usual, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations.
But the anger in their eyes seemed capable of burning people to ashes.
After a brief silence.
Saint Warcury was the first to speak, frowning and saying angrily,
"It's that Straw Hat again!!!"
.. ... ...
"He actually led a group of people into Enies Lobby and even threatened to declare war on our World Government!"
"This pirate... cannot be allowed to remain!!!"
Saint Nasujuro's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a deep voice,
"He refused our Shichibukai invitation some time ago, and we were already planning to send someone to deal with him."
"But then the major event involving Fire Fist Ace, which would affect the entire world, suddenly occurred, so we temporarily couldn't spare our attention for him."
"I didn't expect him to do such a thing now."
"This is a great insult to our World Government!"
"If this pirate is not eliminated now, he will definitely become a threat to us in the future!"
Saint Mars had a cold expression and said coldly,
"We saw the Straw Hat's strength during that time."
"Although only a part was revealed, it was already extremely threatening."
"Moreover, the report just now said that the Straw Hat defeated Rob Lucci with one blow."
"That Rob Lucci is the strongest in CP9 in eight hundred years."
"Being able to take him down with one blow further proves that the Straw Hat's strength should not be underestimated."
"And the other members of the Straw Hat are also quite strong!"
"A Buster Call may not be able to steadily kill their group!"
"I'm afraid that in the Marine, only the deployment of Admiral-level combat power can steadily kill him."
Saint Pitte's face was gloomy, and he said coldly in a deep voice.
"Why don't we let that person go!"
As Pitte Saint said this, the others all looked at him.
Then, Pitte Saint continued.
"The one who ventured into Marineford alone, claiming to be the Fourth Admiral, personally welcoming the new era, and bestowing upon himself the title of Admiral…"
"The man known as 'Aramaki'!!!"
Hearing Pitte Saint's suggestion, the others immediately recalled.
Just yesterday, Sengoku had sent them a report.
It said that a man calling himself 'Aramaki' had intruded into Marineford.
He had somehow learned that Marineford was about to execute Fire Fist Ace and was on the verge of war with the Whitebeard Pirates.
Aramaki had stated that this war would usher in a new era, and he wished to join the conflict, uphold his "Justice of Utmost Effort," and put an end to the old era represented by the Whitebeard Pirates.
And in the coming new era, he would desperately create a world that supported the World Government and the Celestial Dragons' rule.
After recalling the details about Aramaki, Satan Saint pondered for a moment before speaking.
"I agree!"
"According to Sengoku's report, when Aramaki first appeared, Akainu mistook him for an intruder and attacked him."
"Although it was just a brief skirmish before Sengoku stopped them."
"But according to Akainu, Aramaki was able to withstand his attacks during that period of engagement."
"Even if he's not Admiral-level, he's close to it!"
"Currently, Aramaki is being held at Marineford due to our suggestion, awaiting a thorough background check by relevant personnel."
"Once the check is complete and it's confirmed he's not a spy or an enemy."
"Marineford will agree to promote Aramaki exceptionally, allowing him to serve as an Admiral candidate!"
"Now, we've just encountered this Straw Hat matter."
"Sending him not only allows us to test whether he can be of use to us in advance."
"Moreover, he will certainly eliminate the Straw Hat threat for us!"
Hearing Satan Saint's words, the others all nodded in agreement.
Aramaki, coupled with the Buster Call, this time they will surely be able to…
Eliminate the Straw Hat!!! Mountain.