Thud.
The piece of rock fell on the hard ground, as it shattered into multiple small fragments.
"Ahge… Damn it!"
A super tall youthful woman, almost crossing a height of 8.2 meters. The low-cut, black kimono and a turquoise obi around her waist, both with blue and yellow floral patterns, these would added a shine on her but-
Due to being caught up in continuous explosions, they were covered in dust and tears. Her face was pale, showing a disheartened look.
"What the hell is going on!"
Black Maria, one of the Tobiroppo, the strongest six Shinuchi of the Beast Pirates. She owned her own brothel in Onigashima near Kaidou's castle.
Maria was very confused and surprised at the first round of explosions.
She wanted to know what the actual situation was but one of the missiles made it through a gap in the roof and hit the building she was in.
The explosion happened almost right above her, which then caused the building to collapse on her.
At the end, she fainted. Only now, after a few hours did her consciousness return.
"One of them is still alive?"
A voice came from some distance, Maria looked towards the source to find a woman in silver and gold armor standing with a similar silver spear.
"Who are you?"
Maria asked with a serious expression. Mint raised her eyebrow then spun the spear before holding it in her right hand.
Seeing her response of trying to attack, Maria lowered her upper body and dashed forward.
Six more hands grew behind her back, each one was identical to the other.
"Then die!"
She said as her hands created white webs which were shot at Mint. These webs were extremely sticky and wouldn't get off.
Boom!
The loud sound erupted and an object flashed in the air between Mint and Maria.
Maria's head lowered in a struggle, her eyes widened in shock seeing the spear in Mint's hand had already pierced halfway through her chest.
Over at that side, Mint easily dodged the sticky webs with small steps.
"Father said that no one was allowed to live."
Mint spoke with her mature voice, Maria's body leaned forward then fell on the floor as a pool of red blood formed around her.
Mint walked over and pulled the spear off Maria's dead body.
It was not only here, the other sites in Onigashima were also going through similar situations.
All the pirates and citizens belonging to the Beast Pirates were getting killed.
* * *
Flower Capital, a region of Wano Country that's under the rule of the current shogun Kurozumi Orochi.
It is also the most prosperous location in the entire Wano with Onigashima behind next.
The huge gate stretched wide for thousands and thousands to walk in and out.
The districts and streets were once full of people, talking, laughing, etc. But now, almost no one was outside of their houses.
Hundreds of pirates surrounded the areas, they were fully armed with the most modern and advanced weapons.
On the back of their black clothes, the Jolly Roger of their pirate group was printed.
A white human skull with two red horns on it. The two cross bones behind the skull had blood on them.
This was the Jolly Roger of the Devil's Pirates.
In the sky above the Orochi Castle, where the shogun resided. The dark clouds were slowly floating away.
"Hha…"
A huge and long creature swam in the clouds, the dark green scales could be seen when the body appeared below the clouds.
Akuma looked down and saw the huge castle, he descended and came before the castle entrance.
His body returned back from the gigantic sea serpent to a human form.
He had worn his favorite black suit. Pulling out a cigar from the system inventory, he lit it as smoke rose.
In front of the castle's entrance, few individuals were waiting for him. Irish, Rocky and the shogun Kurozumi Orochi.
"Captain."
Rocky and Irish welcomed him with slight bows while Orochi rubbed his hands in excitement.
"Hehe. Please, please. Come in."
He walked forward and came beside Akuma. Orochi was very welcoming and eager to show him around the castle.
The only reason that Orochi wasn't killed yet was because Akuma needed him to maintain Wano temporarily.
The Devil's Pirates were currently working their asses off to take over the entire world so Akuma or the Division Captains didn't have enough time to look after Wano.
Actually, Wano Country wasn't any big resource point in Akuma's eyes except that Wano had the best place to take out the natural and pure sea stones.
In Devil's Home's also the sea stones could be taken from the seabed but compared to Wano it was very little.
In a world with devil fruit users walking freely, sea stones were a must when it came to taking over the entire world.
"You."
Akuma grabbed Orochi by his neck and lifted him up. His multi-colored eyes scanned Orochi from head to toe.
"Don't show me your ugly face. And, get lost."
Akuma threw Orochi away and headed into the castle followed by Irish while Rocky stayed behind to guard.
They didn't enter any rooms, instead went directly to the basement for a particular item.
"It really is here. A poneglyph!"
This one was of the many Historical Poneglyphs, which Irish was interested in. She wanted to really learn about ancient history.
"Take it home."
Akuma ordered Irish. He then went to the top floor of the castle and observed the entire capital.
The other Division Captains were in various regions in Wano, killing the pirates from Beast Pirates.
King and Queen joined the Devil's Pirates successfully. In fact, King was already in contact with the Devil's Pirates from many years ago.
Akuma's grandson, Yios, was actually King's biological son. And, Bella was his secret lover which only King, Bella and Akuma knew about.
Unfortunately Bella had passed away, sacrificing her life to kill some hidden threats to Akuma. King was filled with a mix of sorrow and pain.
But because there was still the small baby Yios, he had to come with a serious life changing decision.
About Queen, he was never on anyone's side to begin with. As long as he was allowed to research weapons, he would go anywhere.
"Everything is joining together…"
Akuma held on to the railing, his eyes glowed even more intensely.
[Ability: See Through False]
All the citizens, pirates, animals, etc, anything which is alive except for very small insects and so on, glowed in light red.
"Nothing suspicious…"
Muttered Akuma. He then moved his gaze as a floating system screen appeared before his eyes.
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[Profile]
Name: Wholeheart Akuma
Age: 145
Weight: 340 kg
Height: 408 cm
Race: Devil
Devil Fruit: [Horo Horo no Mi] [Gasu Gasu no Mi] [Umi-Hebi no Mi]
World: One Piece
Profession: [Devil's Pirate Captain]
Money: 10 billion berries
Ability: [Hypnosis] [See Through False] [Mirror Way] [Memory Feel] [Soul Extract] [Fear Consumption]
[Creation Shop] : You can create your own items and Abilities using money. (Restricted by the world's natural law so only limited things from outside world can be created)
Items: [Pack of Cigar] [Lighter] [Solid Crystal]
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Nothing much was different. He grew a year older, a little taller and heavier. He also used up most of his money saved in the system.
Akuma closed the system screen and stared at the capital once again.
This might be his last time visiting Wano. Because the following events going to unfold could be his end as well.
"I fear not death but the everlasting life."
* * *
Marine Headquarters___
In the Fleet Admiral's office. Seven figures were seated opposite each other in a circle.
"We got orders from the Elders. It seems the Devil has started making his move."
Fleet Admiral Sengoku said with a solemn expression on his face. A heavy sigh escaped from Vice Admiral Tsuru.
"We should have killed him already. What was the use of wasting all these years?"
Admiral Akainu grunted unhappily. On his side, Admiral Kizaru nodded in affirmation. Even Admiral Aokiji agreed for once with Akainu.
"You are not wrong, Akainu."
Vice Admiral Grap said, his arms were crossed over his chest and he leaned back on the chair to get in a more comfortable position.
"But could you have killed him?"
The mocking voice attracted everyone's attention, the voice belonged to the fourth Admiral.
Seated on the right side of Sengoku, he was very tall and looked quite intimidating just from the appearance alone.
White short fur, a monkey-like body, golden armor and white cloth. Behind him, a huge silver heavy looking staff rested.
"Admiral Saru, do you mean that Marines can't hunt the Devil down?"
Akainu had a frown on his face. Admiral Saru, or with his real name, Blaze, stared back at Akainu.
"It's not that the Marines can't hunt the Devil. But it's just that I don't trust that the Devil will be hunted so easily."