"That's even better!! If I defeat her, my bounty will surpass hers!!"
"Twisted Future!!"
Bonney's eyes burned with determination as she faced off against the candidate female pillar of the Second Treasure Navy. Her arm swelled like rubber filling with air, transforming into a colossal giant's arm. With a sharp cry, she launched a massive punch at Holissa.
"I remember now—you're that so-called Daughter of the Tyrant, Bartholomew Bonney! Member of Souta Kiryuu's crew, bounty: 140 million berries!!"
Holissa's expression hardened. Her thick, muscular hands glistened as they were enveloped in a dense layer of Armament Haki.
"Second Treasure Strike: Drill Fist!!"
Seeing Bonney's enormous fist rushing at her, Holissa did not falter. Size alone meant nothing—what mattered was hardness and precision.
Her drill-like punch, focused into a needlepoint of force, drove forward to pierce Bonney's inflated balloon-like fist.
BOOM!!
Bonney grit her teeth with a roar, but agony shot through her arm—her blow couldn't match the raw steel of Holissa's strike.
"What terrifying Armament Haki!"
The clash ended in disaster for Bonney. Holissa's reinforced punch, backed by a special shockwave, sent her flying backward. Were it not for her memory-metal battle suit, her massive arm would've been torn through like paper.
"So this is the strength of a pirate worth 220 million berries…!!"
At barely ten years old, Bonney had finally met a true powerhouse—someone beyond anything she had faced before. And this was only a peak pirate of the West Blue, not even one of the New World's titans.
"You haven't even awakened Armament Haki yet? And that battle suit… it's from the Germa Army of the North Blue, isn't it?"
Holissa's eyes narrowed. She hadn't expected Souta Kiryuu's so-called "Tyrant's Daughter" to fight her blow for blow using only a Devil Fruit ability and Germa's war armor.
"Hmph! I'll awaken Armament Haki soon enough!!"
Bonney, fighting in her adult form, snapped back angrily. She was still young, still learning.
"Then you're not my opponent! Besides, my people have no quarrel with yours—why attack us at all!?"
Holissa couldn't understand why Souta Kiryuu's crew would strike at the Flower Country. On the other side of the battlefield, Souta himself was busy brutalizing the general of the Sand Country.
Were they seriously taking on two allied pirate nations at once?
Her confusion lasted only a moment. When the Revolutionary Army joined the fray, she realized the truth: this was no ordinary raid. Souta Kiryuu's crew had allied with the Revolutionaries to strike at two World Government-affiliated pirate kingdoms. Was this retaliation against the Government, or an outright attempt to wipe these countries from the map?
"Araragi says to fight you, so we fight you! Who needs a reason! But Papa Kuma says… we're liberating these pirate nations, to bring smiles back to the people!"
Bonney's voice rang with conviction as she charged once again.
Defeat this woman! Raise her bounty even higher!
The two clashed once more. Realizing she couldn't match Holissa head-on, Bonney turned to the tools of Skypiea—shell weapons that fired jets, bursts, and shocks—using them to stall and harry her opponent.
Nearby, Bartholomew Kuma led his masked warriors into battle against the Flower Country's elite Eight Treasure Navy.
Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Army's leader, Dragon, stormed straight for the Flower Country's king. Overthrow the monarch—topple the pirate regime.
The Eight Pillars of the Eight Treasure Navy, each boasting bounties between 300 and 600 million, rushed back to defend their king. The lineup was terrifying, befitting one of the greatest pirate nations of the West Blue.
Even the World Government had accepted the Flower Country as an allied state. Its king had stood proudly among nobles at Mariejois for the Reverie—a pirate king treated as royalty.
The Germa Army of the North Blue, too, was a Government affiliate, with enough power and prestige to form marriage alliances with Big Mom's crew. The Vinsmoke siblings alone could topple half of Charlotte Linlin's brood.
But the Four Emperors were different. Each crew possessed a singular sovereign whose strength alone dwarfed entire nations. That was why the Emperors were Emperors.
The Eight Treasure Navy's eight Pillars together couldn't match even the Red Scabbards of Wano. Against a monster like Kaido, they would fall like stalks of bamboo under his club.
The Pillars charged, only to be met by Dragon's four army commanders and four deputy commanders—powerhouses enough to stall them.
If Dragon himself joined the fight, he alone could crush all eight.
While Souta Kiryuu battered Sand Country's general, Dragon effortlessly tore through the Flower Country's king. His dragon-claw fists, coated in Conqueror's Haki, shredded through the king's defenses, leaving the monarch helpless.
Souta's strikes pummeled the kappa general Ōkubo Toshimasa until he was half-dead, his dish smashed to shards. Souta seized him by the throat, ending the fight without hesitation.
Elsewhere, Enel, Gecko Moria, Law, Bege, Don Achino, Brook, and Wiper fought like demons. Their ferocity rivaled even the Revolutionary commanders, slaughtering nearly every clan head of the Sand Country.
The Mouri clan, the Kitajo clan, the Tokugawa clan, the Shimoshita clan, the Matame clan, the Ayano clan, the Tokoro clan, the Dansō clan…
Most were annihilated. Those killed by Enel's lightning rose again as Moria's zombie generals, swelling their ranks.
Enel himself slew four clan heads in a storm of thunder, though not without cost—a deep gash marred his chest.
The wound, inflicted by a swordsman wielding Conqueror's Haki, drove him into a fury. Had his Observation Haki not been sharp enough, he would have been slain outright.
Even Logias weren't invincible. A snow user, a swamp user, a gas user—slower elements would've been cut down without escape.
But Enel's lightning was fast, almost untouchable. It saved his life. And for the first time, he found himself yearning for Conqueror's Haki. That power could turn the tide in moments when even lightning faltered.
Souta Kiryuu finished Ōkubo Toshimasa, then carved through the battlefield, cutting down all who resisted. He sneered at the nation's hairstyles and clothing, disgusted—too similar to Wano for his liking.
His massacre drove Enel and Moria into greater frenzy. In a single day, Moria rebuilt his entire zombie army destroyed by Kuma's Paw-Paw powers—and this time, their quality was even higher.
The blades of the fallen clan heads glittered as Law collected them, trophies of war.
Back at Marineford, Fleet Admiral Sengoku buried his face in his hands. Souta Kiryuu's crew and the Revolutionaries had struck together at the Flower and Sand Countries. He relayed the crisis to the Holy Knights. Should they rush to the West Blue? By the time they arrived, it might already be too late.
Cutting off Souta Kiryuu's supplies was impossible. His crew didn't rely on trade—they plundered what they needed.
And now, allied with the Revolutionaries? Without at least three Admiral-level combatants, any expedition would be suicide.
Send one or two Admirals, and they'd be ambushed—turned from hunters into prey. More dangerous than even a Yonko crew.