I begin to walk back towards the battlefield where WhiteBeard stood while facing off against the Marines.
All of the Marines looked at me in both extreme anger but also heavy amounts of fear in their eyes.
I kept juggling Akainu's head until I stood right next to the old man who was looking at me warily, after all I am a wild card in this war.
"I believe this is yours." I say before I toss the decapitated head of Akainu at the marines feet, specifically infront of Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru and Kuzan who stood at the forefront of the remaining marines.
"Kid, what's your angle? What do you get out of this? You made yourself the enemy of the world government who didn't even know you existed, you saved my son and injured three higher ups and even killed one, so why are you helping this old man?" WhiteBeard said as he looked down at me.
"Kid? Well I guess I am forever in my twenties, but as to why I'm doing this, it's because I'd rather destroy everything they love and care about, and this war will end with your death." I say as I turn to look at him.
"But it will be my hands and no one else's." I say before I realize something and decide to ruin someone else's fun some more.
"By the way your 'son' is coming here to kill you, he should be here any minute now, the slimy weasel loves to wait for the right moment, oh I'm sorry, do you gentlemen feel like your being ignored? Because I'm not really, Medusa, if you will." I say before looking at the four remaining pillars of the marines before I call out to Medusa to implement the plan we made on the way here.
*Flashback*
"So your going to go into the thick of all of it, save Ace, kill anyone that gets in your way, and generally cause chaos…" (Medusa)
"While you linger in the shadows and spread your vectors all across MarineFord and lay the trap the marines will never expect, after all…"
(A/N NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!)
*Flashback End*
"Hehehe, if you insist." A woman's voice can be heard all across MarineFord putting the remaining marines on alert, and then-
*Snap*
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The strongest and the most healthy of those of at least Rear Admiral rank or any Logia users were able to evade or outright ignore the attack but for the rest well….
It was an absolute massacre.
The number of Marines originally sat at 100,000 and after the war alone there were around 20,000 casualties on there side, but there original 80,000 strong.
In a single instant.
40,000 lives were lost.
In one day alone 60,000 Marines lost their lives that day, a day which would mark the greatest shame that the Marines were forced to bare.
Shock, Awe, Fear, Anticipation, Excitement! A new age had begun, a new Era, and one where the government of the world will be crippled as a result for the next few years to come.
Men and women of the marines had fallen, by now all the remaining Warlords had left as this was above their pay grade, Hancock followed after Luffy, Doflamingo took off somewhere, Mihawk decided to stay out of it and watch from a safe distance, Moria fled in fear when I appeared as after all how can he try to make zombies before a true king of the dead? As for Kuma, him and his Pacifista's were decommissioned for the remainder of the war.
All Warlords gone, more than half of all of their men dead, and worst of all, Admiral Akainu was dead, this battle was already decided but the Marines won't just lie down and die like the good dogs they should.
"Ohhhhh…. Scary, very scary…." Kizaru says nonchalantly as per usual but I could see him tightly clenching his fist in anger.
Not just him but I can see the looks of hatred from Kuzan, Garp and Sengoku, but the only reason they weren't just going out of their way to attack is that they still don't understand my power and any rash decisions on their parts will cost them the lives of their men.
"How many…." Garp says while clenching his fist as he stares me down enraged, "How many people have you killed in your life?!"
"Huh? I feel I have heard this question before, so I'll answer it the same." I say as I point my finger at my lips.
"How many breads have you eaten in your life?" I say with a smirk while I looked at them all as they grit their teeth in frustration and anger from my response.
Though as there looking at both of us, Medusa used her Vectors to fly over and land behind us, "Well that went better than I expected, then again traps are better used on larger groups after all."
While the battle raged on she was controlling thousands of Vectors from her hiding spot, hiding them in cracks, under bodies or beneath rubble, and waiting like snakes for the perfect moment they struck.
"Now I could just go out of my way and just kill every single living Marine on this island, but in all honesty that would be a hassle, so I would prefer that me and WhiteBeard would have this island all to ourselves to settle things here, and as a added bonus I'll even give a hint to you Marines, nay, the ENTIRE WORLD! What my true power instills, and to those who get it a good reason why you should fear me…." I say with a smirk as I motion towards the side of the island that wasn't ravaged and several of the remaining navy's warships were waiting at.
Sengoku was clearly furious but he was having to weigh the pros and cons of this, and in the end he sighed and looked like he visibly aged by several years, "Fine…. We will fall back…." He said through gritted teeth as he can't afford anymore loses or the Navy will completely fall to pieces and the world really will be plunged into chaos.
"A wise decision, and as promised I shall give you a hint." I say with a smirk as I tell them my hint.
"What is priceless, but comes for free? You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it, and once you've lost it, you can never get it back, What am I?" I tell them in riddle form as to what my power is.
A riddle that would stump most of the world as most people aren't very smart, though on a certain island in the New World a man with an overly large head would laugh with his tongue sticking out at the video feed he was watching.
"Hahaha! Oh this is rich! Riddles aren't hard but even I know that the average IQ for normal people is below average, and riddles are personally hard even for smart people who over analyze everything! But this is easy, after all it's-" Stella, Dr.VegaPunk's primary body says before he's interrupted by his satellites arguing with each other.
"His evils know no bounds, he must be stopped." (Shaka)
"Your no fun Shaka! I mean look at him! He's a living Adonis! And that line, 'How many breads have you've eaten in your life?' It's so evil that he doesn't even bother keeping count how many people he has killed! I would love to talk with him and see how a true monster of a man thinks, maybe poke around in his brain and see how he ticks." (Lilith)
"He seems strong, I would like to see how tough he really is." (York)
"WOULD YOU THREE BE QUITE! I was monologuing over here! Now then, where was I?" VegaPunk shouted back at his satellites for all talking and interrupting him as a result.
"Ah yes, the answer to the riddle is-"
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It didn't take long for Sengoku's eyes to dilate and begin to sweat in fear but he just swallowed it all, "Everyone! Retreat to the ships! Fleet Admirals orders!" He shouted out and reluctantly so as all the marines stared on at me in hatred as they had to flee their base in front of the full view of the world to see.
"I saw that look in your eyes, you know what the answer to that riddle don't you? And from how your reacting it's something we can't deal with." Garp said as he ran next to Sengoku as Kuzan and Kizaru were right behind them listening in.
"Something priceless that everyone in the world has but has no control over, but he has control over it, even if we did everything to defend ourselves we don't stand a chance unless we're wearing armor from head to toe in seastone…." Sengoku says stating a fact that causes a chill in everyone that over heard.
"Scary, very scary." (Kizaru)
"Things just got a whole lot harder…." (Kuzan)
"…. So what is it? I still don't get it…." (Garp)
"Damnit Garp! Quit picking your nose and take this seriously, if he has that devil fruit then it's considered a world class threat along with both the Gura Gura no Mi and the Yami Yami no Mi…." Sengoku berated Garp as they reached the ships as every single living marine hurried on board the ships to begin their escapes.
"He's the current user of the Toki Toki no Mi, otherwise he's a Time Devil fruit user who can stop time!" He shouted out so most of the marines could hear that put a shiver down the spines of them and the rest of the world as one of the many birds focused on them to hear him say that.
And as soon as he says that the ships begin to turn and flee MarineFord, but not before turning back to see an absolute giant of a man hiding himself behind the structure of the main building of MarineFord.
"Ahh, I've been seen." Is all the giant says as he try's to hide himself behind the building but not working at all.
"ZEHAHAHA!" I hear a familiar and annoying hearty laugh approach us.
"Teach, so you finally showed up…." x2, me and WhiteBeard say in tandem with each other as an unwanted guest finally showed up and stood before us both before he looked at WhiteBeard with a grin.
"Hey Pops! Did you miss me?"