"The essence of the sun?"
Sengoku and Tsuru frowned slightly, vaguely sensing something amiss.
"Why waste time talking to him!!"
Garp suddenly shouted loudly, erupting with Conqueror's Haki almost as powerful as York's.
Clenching his right fist, his signature Fist Bone was about to strike York's body once again.
Watching Garp rush towards him, the smile on York's face became even brighter.
Garp's speed was actually very fast—if not supersonic, it was at least close to the speed of sound.
But in the eyes of York, who had activated the Sun God Ra form, it wasn't much different from a snail.
With a flash, York appeared directly in the sky, nearly a hundred meters up.
Boom!!
Garp's punch hit empty air, and the shockwave shattered a large swathe of buildings in Water 7.
York, who had not yet mastered Observation Killing, was immediately relocked onto by Garp and Sengoku, with Tsuru a step behind.
York looked down from above at the three of them, as well as the other Marines who hadn't left the scene.
"Since you definitely can't answer what the essence of the sun is, I'll just tell you directly!!"
Pausing briefly, York slowly raised both arms to his sides, adopting a posture as if embracing the sky.
"The essence of the sun is nuclear fusion!!"
As his voice fell, light and heat that could be called extreme were instantly released from York's body.
Pure white light transformed into a sphere, expanding rapidly.
The terrifying high temperature and heat waves caused the clothes of the Marines present to spontaneously combust even before contact.
Then, immediately after, the bodies of many weaker Marines began to lose massive amounts of water, being roasted into charred corpses, turned to ash, and annihilated almost in an instant.
Next was the earth, which began to melt like magma and even crystallize.
At the critical moment, before the giant sphere of light had fully expanded, Sengoku instantly transformed into a giant Buddha.
Disregarding the need to pose or emit golden light, he immediately shielded Garp and Tsuru underneath him.
Garp and Tsuru naturally protected themselves as well, doing their best to coat their entire bodies in Armament Haki. Simultaneously, Garp smashed the ground open with a punch.
It was already night.
But a bright sun was rising over the sea.
The entire Water 7 was covered by the sun. The entirety of Alabasta could see the sun rising from afar. The view from Sky Island was even more distinct; a massive ball of light had suddenly exploded over the vast ocean.
Gloriosa, Stussy, Shakky, Kuma, Ivankov, Ginny... the members of the Red Flag Pirates gazed at the sun rising from the sea in the distance, collectively speechless.
Over the boundless sea, Dragon, who was flying at full speed towards Sky Island, suddenly felt the sky brighten. Sensing something, he turned back to look.
He saw a pure white sun rising over the sea.
Not far from Sky Island, Kaido, who was holding up the newly built pirate ship, also had eyes full of shock.
"Is this... York's fruit awakening?!"
Mary Geoise.
The sudden daylight startled the Celestial Dragons of the entire Holy Land.
Garling arrived at the edge of the city immediately, gazing at the place where the light rose. A pure white sun was rising over the sea in that direction.
Room of Authority.
The Five Elders stood in a row at the window, looking in the direction of the rising sun, their eyes equally filled with disbelief and shock.
"That direction..."
"It seems to be Water 7..."
"Sengoku, Garp, and the others just received news to go to Water 7 to arrest York..."
"Does this mean..."
Room of Flowers.
This place was completely sealed off, and outside light couldn't penetrate, but Im still raised their head as if sensing something, turning to look in the direction of Water 7.
...
Water 7.
Extreme light accompanied by an extreme roar rang out simultaneously.
In an instant—really, just an instant.
The entire Water 7 was annihilated and vanished under the expansion of the giant sun.
When the light dissipated, only a massive deep pit remained where Water 7 once stood.
The surrounding seawater, only now finally losing its obstruction, roared like thunder as it rolled in.
Rumble!!
A giant whirlpool formed at the former site of Water 7.
York floated quietly in mid-air, watching the surging waves below, gasping for breath. His hair, pure white like flames, showed a faint trend of reverting to black.
"Heh! I'll spare your lives for now!"
Dragging his body, which was on the verge of exhaustion, York shot a beam of pure white light in the direction Kaido had left.
The white light formed a node in the distant sky, similar to the Yata no Kagami technique later developed by Kizaru.
York used light speed to teleport to this node, then continued to repeat the process.
Teleporting again and again, he finally appeared in front of Kaido.
"Yo, Kaido, I'm counting on you for the rest."
After finishing the last sentence, York completely returned to his normal state and fell downward like a kite with a broken string.
Kaido hesitated for a moment because he didn't want to be mistaken for York's mount.
But watching York's falling figure, he still twisted his dragon body and actively moved his head under York to catch him.
Falling onto Kaido's head, it was hard and bony.
But fortunately, York was only exhausted and hadn't lost consciousness.
Realizing his current position, he couldn't help but tease, "I thought you'd let me sink into the sea, kid."
"Hmph!"
Kaido snorted unhappily.
"Don't compare me to trash like Wang Zhi!!"
"Hahahaha..."
York laughed heartily for a while, then closed his eyes peacefully, falling into deep sleep and rest.
...
When Kaido brought York back to Sky Island, everyone gathered around immediately.
"How is York?!"
"Is the Captain okay?!"
"Was that attack just now the Captain's ability? That was too amazing!!"
"That giant white ball of light was just like the sun!!"
"Captain?! Captain York?!"
...
Everyone's concerned calls and excited chatter rang out all at once.
But seeing that York had no reaction at all, everyone started to get anxious.
Until York impatiently opened one eye.
"Don't be noisy, let me have a good sleep. That move just now drained all my stamina."
Having said that, he closed his eyes again and slept peacefully.
Seeing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then completely put their minds at ease.
Gloriosa walked silently to York's side, sat on the island cloud with her legs stretched out, then moved York's head onto her lap to let him sleep more comfortably.
Sensing the softness behind his head, York adjusted his posture slightly to rest his neck more comfortably. Smelling the fragrance radiating from Gloriosa, he fell completely asleep.
Seeing this scene, Stussy and Shakky, although secretly annoyed that Gloriosa had beaten them to it, also knelt down beside York, one on the left and one on the right, quietly guarding the sleeping York.
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