At that moment, Usopp also rushed forward, excitedly shouting to Tama, "Amazing! Tama, I can't believe your dango actually worked!"
He had used his slingshot to shoot the dango into the reanimated Ace's mouth.
Tama scratched the back of her head sheepishly, "Hehe~ I just thought I'd try it. I didn't expect it to really work."
With the reanimated Ace regaining free will, the morale on both sides instantly shifted.
"Long-Nose, take care of Luffy for now!" The reanimated Ace first picked up Luffy, who was temporarily immobilized by Gear Fourth's side effects, and handed him to Usopp.
"Tama! I'm counting on you! Use your dango to return everyone to normal!" The reanimated Ace shouted to Tama, punching the air.
"No problem, leave it to me, Ace!" Tama nodded firmly.
The reanimated Ace covered for Tama as she entered the battlefield. Their first target was the reanimated Oden.
Although he couldn't display his living strength, this version of Oden still had high Warlord-level power.
If he could join the Straw Hat Grand Alliance, he would be a significant asset.
As they passed by Jin, the reanimated Ace couldn't help but shoot him a resentful glare, 'This bastard really isn't helping!'
"Be glad I'm not fighting you alongside the Beast-Blackbeard Alliance," Jin took a sip of sake, his tone flat. One side was full of idiots, the other scumbags. He wanted nothing to do with either group.
"Izou! Restrain your boss's movements!" The reanimated Ace shouted.
Izou, a former subordinate of Oden and now a Whitebeard Pirates' commander, gestured to several Red Scabbards.
They swarmed forward, pinning the reanimated Oden's limbs with their weapons. After fighting for so long, they knew this version of Oden couldn't be injured, so they held nothing back.
"Return to normal!" Ace seized the opportunity, took a dango from Tama, and threw it into the reanimated Oden's open mouth.
"Oden-sama! Please help us!" Tama shouted. After eating the dango, the ability user needed to issue a command for it to take effect.
The reanimated Oden regained control of his actions, once again stunning viewers worldwide.
After all, it can be said to be mutual NTR.
"Kaido!!!" The first thing the freed reanimated Oden did was try to reclaim his 'eldest daughter' and 'second daughter' from Kaido and Jin.
The simple-minded, physically capable samurai, who had left an indelible scar on Kaido, charged forward!
"Whoa, doesn't this completely reverse the situation? Could they actually lose?" Jin mused, 'In that light, Whitebeard leaving early was a good thing. If even the reanimated Whitebeard had been freed by the Tama Emperor's ability, wouldn't the Beast-Blackbeard Alliance be doomed?'
Despite his words, the smile never left Jin's face.
Seeing the reanimated Oden charge, Kaido's face darkened. He grabbed the still-unconscious, eyes-rolled-back Momoko, whom he had just... acquainted himself with, and threw her like a ball at the reanimated Oden.
Although it had been satisfying, he held no particular affection for this gender-bent brat.
The reanimated Oden, mid-swing, faltered. He quickly sheathed his swords and reached out to catch his 'eldest daughter'.
Bang-!
The next second, Kaido swung his kanabo, smashing it into the reanimated Oden's head.
Oden, holding Momoko, was sent crashing to the ground, creating a crater over five meters wide.
"Oden-sama! Are you alright?"
"Momonosuke-sama! Are you okay?"
"That bastard Kaido! Using Momonosuke-sama as bait!" The samurai rushed over, shouting anxiously.
As the dust settled, they saw the reanimated Oden, half his head blown off by Kaido, the wound already being automatically repaired by the dust.
"What the hell is that?" Kaido frowned.
"Impure World Reincarnation's bodies are theoretically immortal. Usually, you use sealing techniques to restrain them," Jin commented idly from behind, "By the way, you're not going to lose, are you? Don't forget your pre-battle oath about suicide if you lost."
"Hmph! Don't joke around!" Kaido's body began to grow dragon scales, and horns sprouted from his head.
"Who the hell would lose!?" Kaido, in his human-beast hybrid form, snarled ferociously.
Kaido had entered the fray!
...
"Sabo!" Meanwhile, the duo of the reanimated Ace and Tama continued their work.
Ace took another dango from Tama and tossed it to Sabo, signaling him to find a way to feed it to Dragon.
"Thanks, Ace!" Sabo caught the dango, looking for an opening in his former superior's movements, ready to shove the dango into his mouth.
"Don't underestimate me!" Orochimaru, who had initially only wanted the Ope Ope no Mi, was now angered.
While he personally didn't care who won the war, if he lost his dignity here, how could he continue to operate? He quite liked this lawless world.
Under Orochimaru's control, the remaining reanimated individuals, Dragon, Lucci, Koby, etc., stopped fighting and quickly gathered around him, denying Sabo and Ace the chance to feed them dangos.
Orochimaru's cold gaze swept towards the distant Tama, making the eight-year-old girl's scalp tingle.
The next second, Orochimaru grinned viciously, "This world truly has many strange abilities. But I have my share too!"
As he spoke, Orochimaru raised his right arm. Mimicking the Kaguya Clan's Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai, where bones protrude from within the skin, several sharp wooden stakes burst through Orochimaru's flesh from inside his body and pierced the back of the heads of the reanimated Dragon, Koby, Lucci, and others.
Instantly, the reanimated dead, who until moments ago had some autonomy despite being controlled, lost all light in their eyes, becoming deep and vacant.
"Ugh-" Using this technique also caused Orochimaru immense pain.
"Huff... huff..." He clutched his right arm, taking several deep breaths before recovering, sweating profusely but wearing a manic expression, "Go... go forth..."
The gathered reanimated individuals scattered again.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dragon's arms once again unleashed hurricanes, attacking Sabo without mercy.
[Dragon Claw Fist: Hurricane Wild Dance!]
Sabo, startled, formed his right hand into a dragon claw, his entire arm blazing with fire.
[Dragon Claw Fist: Flame Dragon King!]
The two natural forces clashed, sending countless corpses and wounded flying into the air.
"Sabo! I'll do it!" A flock of crows seized the opportunity, converging mid-air into a human form… Karasu, Commander of the Revolutionary Army's North Army!
Without hesitation, Sabo handed the dango to Karasu. Karasu took it, braving the aftermath of the clash to charge at Dragon, using all his strength to shove the dango into Dragon's mouth.
"Stop!" Tama immediately shouted the command.
However, far from stopping, Dragon backhandedly grabbed Karasu's neck.
Karasu stared in disbelief at his superior, seeing only endless indifference and killing intent in his eyes.
"Dragon-san! Stop!" Sabo cried out.
But with a sickening CRACK of shattering bone, Karasu's neck was snapped.
The next second, he was thrown to the ground like trash.
Morale shifted once again. The reanimated Ace also stared wide-eyed in shock, "Wh-what's going on? Why didn't Tama's dango work?"
Jin rested his chin on his hand, raising an eyebrow, "Infused with Hashirama's cells to strengthen control?"
"Heheh~ As expected of Jin-kun, you saw through it immediately," Orochimaru sneered, sweat still on his face, "It seems that little girl's ability isn't strong enough to suppress the First Hokage's cells. My research is still superior."
The next instant, Orochimaru's eyes hardened as he issued the order, "Kill them!"
Instantly, the hybrid forms of Rob Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, and several other CP0 Zoan Users swarmed forward.
"Blaze Net!" The reanimated Ace created a ring of fire around his feet. As he pressed his hands to the ground, towering pillars of flame erupted, blocking the three Zoan users.
"Hmph! Even if I'm the only one free, that's enough!" The reanimated Ace charged out from the flames, shouting to Carina, "Luffy's companion! Take care of Tama! I will personally atone for my mistakes!"
Ace's target was Blackbeard!
"Zehahaha- You lost to me before. Do you really think you can defeat me now that I have Pops' power?" Blackbeard looked at the charging Ace, sneering contemptuously.
"This time, I won't fight alone! I'll join forces with my comrades to clean the traitor!" Ace roared.
"Well said, Ace!" Marco charged forward as well. Red and blue flames merged, suppressing the dark energy!
"Everyone, follow Commander Ace!"
"I never thought I'd fight alongside Commander Ace again!"
"Prepare to die, Teach!" The Whitebeard Pirates' morale soared with Ace's addition.
But remember, the Straw Hat Grand Alliance was composed of four factions.
While the Whitebeard Pirates' morale was high, the other three groups weren't faring as well.
"Conquered Three Worlds, Attracting Hell!" A swing of Kaido's kanabo in hybrid form sent the reanimated Oden and his motley crew flying, bloodied.
"Damn it! I get that Oden can infinitely resurrect, but why are his underlings so damn tough!?" Kaido grew increasingly impatient as these guys kept getting up like cockroaches.
He could understand Oden having that [Impure World Reincarnation] granting temporary immortality, but why were his followers so resilient?
Especially that Kin'emon guy. Kaido felt he had nearly beaten his brains out, yet he kept rising.
Jin couldn't help but laugh.
The title [Kin'emon the Unkillable] wasn't for nothing. In the original work, Kaido hit him over a dozen times with Conqueror's Haki-infused kanabo strikes to the head, even stabbing him, yet he got up fine a few minutes later.
Jin almost wondered if Kin'emon had crossed over from the Fairy Tail World, making him so impossibly hard to kill.
...
Meanwhile, watching the battle at Onigashima, whose intensity had already surpassed Summit Bar, the Five Elders looked grim.
"What do you think we should do?" Nusjuro asked first.
"There are many powerful ability users among them. Honestly, I'd like to recruit them," Ju Peter said gravely.
"Impossible. Too dangerous," Warcury immediately objected, "I think it's better they all die in Wano."
"That's too difficult. Even mobilizing the entire Marine force would be impossible," Mars shook his head.
"In that case, should we use 'that'? But we need to report to Imu-sama," Saturn interjected gravely.
Hearing 'that', the other four fell silent before nodding in unison.
"Alright, let's request instructions from Imu-sama."
…
About half an hour later, on the Empty Throne.
A slender shadow sat upon the throne. The five men symbolizing the world's highest authority knelt on one knee below.
"We request Imu-sama's order to extinguish this 'lamp'," The five requested in unison.
Imu remained silent, merely lowering their gaze to coldly scan the map of the New World on the table before them. Their eyes locked onto Onigashima, next to Wano Country.
A few seconds later, Imu produced a dagger from somewhere and stabbed it heavily into Onigashima's coordinates.
...
Rumble-
Over Onigashima, eerie black clouds covered the entire island, still expanding, painting a picture of apocalyptic doom.
"Kaido, is that your ability?" Blackbeard looked up at the strange clouds. He'd heard Kaido could create clouds and even lift islands with them.
"How should I know!?" Kaido also stared at the clouds overhead. What's going on? I didn't do that!
"Hey! There seems to be something else up there!?" Carina cried out.
At that moment, everyone stopped fighting. Because above the black clouds that almost filled the sky, there was faintly something even more massive!
What was it? A weapon? Or some creature!?
Even powerhouses like Kaido and Blackbeard felt goosebumps.
"Those trashes who only sit in their offices posing, ruining my fun." However, a voice full of complaint drew everyone's attention.
All eyes turned. Jin, who had been sitting and watching the show since the battle began, finally stood up!
"I didn't even go looking for you, and you come to bother me?" Jin spoke into the live-streaming Den Den Mushi with a look of disdain.
...
"What is he going to do!?" The Five Elders in Mary Geoise felt a strong sense of foreboding.
"Should we cut the signal? It's not good for people to see 'that thing'!" Nusjuro asked.
"No, we need to confirm if they will die by 'that thing's' hand," Warcury vetoed.
"Don't worry, no one can survive being hit by that. He's just bluffing," Ju Peter also advised.
"Moreover, revealing 'that thing' can serve as a warning to the restless elements on the seas," Mars added.
In the live feed, Jin slowly walked to the center of the venue, planting his feet in a horse stance.
No one from either alliance dared to obstruct him.
The unknown object atop the black clouds began to move. A fear of death spread through everyone below.
"Ka…" Jin opened his palms. Then, he placed one hand above the other at his side, forming a cup-like shape.
"Me…" As Jin shouted the second syllable, the dark clouds above the sky erupted, countless black and red fiery lightning bolts flickering within.
"Ha…" A brilliant blue energy gathered between Jin's hands.
"Me…" The dense energy radiating from it seemed no less potent than the monster in the sky.
"What is that thing!?" The Five Elders, who are confident just five seconds ago, now changed their expressions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
As the ultimate weapon developed by Vegapunk, [Mother Flame], fully activated above, it seemed as if the sky itself was falling. (T/N: In the original work, Mother Flame is just a fuel for the weapon, not the actual weapon.)
Thunder and heavenly fire descended together! Power on a completely different level from Emperor-level fighters poured down!
"Ha…!!!" Jin then roared the final syllable and his cupped hands thrust forward violently.
A brilliant blue sphere of energy shot forth, carrying the power to annihilate everything in its path.