Midnight cloaked the Flower Capital in silence, its people dreaming peacefully under a moonless sky. But peace was only the illusion before the slaughter.
Spearheading the assault were the black-cloaked agents of CP-0 Lucci, Kaku, Blueno, and the rest of the former CP-9 from the Enies Lobby incident.
Their arrival was swift. Explosions erupted along the city walls as Blueno's Door-Door Fruit tore portals through fortified gates. CP-0 poured in like an invading plague.
Lucci, in the form of awakened leopard hybrid form, moved with precise lethality. His target was clear. Yamato.
"You've inherited Kaido's strength," Lucci said coldly as they clashed near the Shogunate's palace. "But you are not him."
Yamato responded with a howl, her kanabo swinging forward in a devastating arc.
"Raimei Hakke!"
Lucci vanished and reappeared with "Rokuogan!", slamming a compressed shockwave into Yamato's chest. She staggered but did not fall.
Their battle became a blur of fury and ferocity. Haki clashing in bursts of black lightning. Buildings crumbled, streets split, and the sky seemed to tremble as they traded blow after blow. But Yamato was not the only defender.
The Red Scabbards rose once more.
Awakened giraffe Kaku met Kin'emon in a dance of blades.
"Rankyaku: Hakurai!" Kaku's blade feet unleashed slicing air waves.
Kin'emon countered with "Flame-Render!", splitting the attacks with his fiery sword.
In another corner, Blueno and Fukuro fought against Kawamatsu and Denjiro. The agents moved with ruthless coordination, striking with Seimei Kikan enhanced strength and overwhelming precision.
But Wano's warriors were fierce. The battle dragged on, blood soaking the flower laden streets.
It wasn't until the light of dawn cracked the horizon that the tide turned.
Yamato, wounded and panting, still stood against Lucci. Her body was battered, fur soaked in blood, kanabo cracked but her spirit burned.
Then the others joined.
The rest of CP-0, now finished with the subjugation of the capital, closed in around her. Kumadori, Jabra, and Kalifa, all veterans of war.
One by one, they struck. Shigan: Madara. Tekkai Kenpo. Rankyaku Sen.
Overwhelmed, Yamato collapsed in silence. Her body crumbled where Kaido once stood. With her death, the bloodline of mighty Kaido ended.
When the sun rose fully over Wano, the battle was already over. The Flower Capital lay in ruins, its defenders either slain or shackled.
Momonosuke, Hiyori, and the remaining Red Scabbards had been captured alive. Shackled in Seastone and humiliation, they awaited judgment.
Only then did Figarland Shamrock descend.
He stepped into the shattered remains of Wano's palace, where Hiyori, bloodied and gagged was dragged before him.
Shamrock pressed a hand to her head. With the Memory-Memory Fruit, he dug deep into her mind. Scenes flickered, grief, hope, her mother's death, and the eventual inheritance of the Time-Time Fruit.
"Perfect," Shamrock muttered. "Now I know where you hid it."
He turned to the captives. His eyes were as cold as death.
"It is only fitting that you die as your fool of a father did," he said. "Boiling oil. Public spectacle."
The plaza was chosen. The people of Wano were forced to watch.
A giant cauldron was prepared, black oil bubbling with infernal heat.
Momonosuke wept. Hiyori screamed. The Red Scabbards remained silent, too broken to resist.
One by one, they were dropped into the vat. Their bodies writhed and burned, flesh searing from bone as the crowd watched in horror.
Shamrock did not blink.
He simply turned to his CP-0 agents and said:
"Now. Take me to the Time-Time Fruit."
And Wano's legacy burned with its blood.