Inside the small bubble above Fish-Man Island, just outside the gate of the Ryugu Palace.
"Hahahaha! I was such an idiot before! Actually thinking of being an enemy of Boss!"
Colon, whose body was wrapped in bandages, laughed loudly, "Dad, I'm sorry for giving you such a headache!"
His body had been enhanced, lightening injuries that had previously made it almost impossible for him to move.
"It's good that you know that, you brat!"
Gaban, beaming with relief, patted Colon's shoulder repeatedly, "But it's not too late to repent now! When a young person makes a mistake, even the gods will give them another chance!"
"What does that so-called god have to do with anything?"
Colon spoke with a fervent look, "It was the great Boss who gave me another chance!"
"Hahahaha, you're right, kid! Keep that faith and serve Boss!"
Gaban's eyes were even a little moist as he laughed. He raised his hand to wipe his eyes, looking excited as a father witnessing his son's growth.
"Hmm, that's more like it."
Roa looked at the father and son, who had restored their harmonious relationship, and nodded repeatedly with the same look of satisfaction, "There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and son."
"Tsk."
Loki, who was looking down at everything, clicked his tongue.
His Boss was really rotten to the core.
Oh, how could he be so wicked?
At the same time, Neptune and Tiger felt only a deep sense of powerlessness.
Even Colon had been turned into this, and they were completely helpless.
Did Roa really enjoy playing with others so much?
Did he enjoy watching others suffer so much?
The one suffering was Gaban's wife, Colon's mother.
This woman, seeing her son turn into a person like her husband, had already broken down, sobbing hysterically on the ground.
"Mom, don't cry!"
Colon quickly went to comfort her, "Am I not safe and sound now! And my relationship with Dad has returned to normal!"
"Exactly, exactly, Anna, we are a harmonious and complete family again!"
Gaban also rushed to comfort his wife.
"Waaahhh!"
The woman's cries instantly became even more mournful.
Roa took a deep breath, with a touched expression.
Although he no longer needed to breathe to absorb dark energy after completing an evolution, the habit he had formed over the years made him unconsciously perform this action when savoring a delicacy.
Then, Roa spoke with an intoxicated look, "It's been a long time since I tasted such high-quality dark energy!"
Just this one breath, it was truly authentic!
It wasn't a wasted trip!
While intoxicated, Roa looked at the sorrowful-looking Tiger,
"Mr. Tiger, according to Gaban, you seem to have done something inexplicable, haven't you?"
The bruised and swollen Tiger immediately knelt down to Roa without hesitation, "I apologize, Lord Roa, it was my fault."
"Hmm, a good child corrects their mistakes when they realize them."
Roa nodded slightly, "Considering you quickly carried out my order and established a qualified Fish-Man army, I'll just give you a slight punishment."
Saying that, he gently snapped his fingers.
Snap.
Boom!
A loud noise suddenly came from below.
Tiger's body instantly trembled, and he abruptly looked up, staring at Roa in disbelief.
What did he do again?
"Well, don't worry about it, don't worry,"
Roa said easily, "A submarine volcanic eruption, that sort of thing happens all the time, right?"
Neptune's body began to tremble, Otohime's tears started to flow, and the expressions of their sons began to twist.
Tiger slumped dejectedly to the ground, his face blank.
If he hadn't acted on his own—
"Alright,"
Loki urged a little impatiently, "Boss, hurry up and go find the Straw Hats!"
He was truly impatient to get that Gum-Gum Fruit!
"Little greedy cat."
Roa shook his head helplessly, and then looked at Tiger and said, "Tiger, take the Fish-Man army to the New World; someone will meet you there."
"Yes."
Tiger's voice was wooden, and his entire being seemed to have turned into a statue.
"Very good."
Roa snapped his fingers lightly again in satisfaction.
And this ordinary snap of the fingers caused Neptune's family and Tiger to shiver again, terrified of provoking another disaster.
"Next, let's go to the Sabaody Archipelago."
Roa turned his head and looked at the father and son who were continuously comforting Anna, "Gaban, Colon, you two come along too."
Since the Sea Kings were present, no one in the world should be able to barge directly into Fish-Man Island, so it should be fine for Gaban to leave for a while.
It should be very interesting, shouldn't it?
The moment this father and son meet those remnants of the Roger Pirates, it should be extremely amusing, right?
"Yes, Boss!"
The father and son heavily nodded in unison without any hesitation.
The Air Door opened again.
Roa led the group into the alternate dimension behind the Air Door again.
Although the Door-Door Fruit, strictly speaking, cannot shorten the distance between two points and is vastly different from actual spatial teleportation, entering the alternate dimension can indeed easily traverse natural barriers like the deep sea and the Red Line.
The small plaza outside the gate of the Ryugu Palace instantly became quiet.
Neptune's family was silent, and Tiger was motionless.
Only Anna's sorrowful cries echoed here.
"Quickly organize disaster relief!"
Neptune suddenly remembered something and spoke in a panic.
A volcanic eruption just happened on Fish-Man Island!
At the same time, Queen Otohime wiped her tears and walked over to the wailing Anna.
Looking at the distraught woman before her, Queen Otohime, who was most skilled at empathy, didn't know what to say.
Soon, Roa had brought the group back to the sky, to the airship that brought them here.
"Wow! A ship flying in the sky!"
Colon looked surprised, "As expected of Boss, truly amazing!"
Roa also felt that he was amazing.
The ability to control emotions was simply too powerful.
The airship moved forward, and soon arrived above the Sabaody Archipelago.
This was a very special archipelago, formed by massive mangrove trees that grew up from the deep sea. The dense roots of the mangroves gathered a large amount of debris, eventually forming the shape of the islands.
Therefore, strictly speaking, this archipelago had no magnetic force, and neither a Log Pose nor an Eternal Pose could point to it.
However, this was the true endpoint of the first half of the Grand Line. Whether passing through Fish-Man Island or Mary Geoise, those who wished to travel from Paradise to the New World mostly took a temporary rest here, which was the direct reason for the island's prosperity.
The destruction of Marine Headquarters once dealt a huge blow to this archipelago, making the already pirate-infested Sabaody even more chaotic.
And now, something even more terrifying had happened.
Mary Geoise was destroyed, and Fish-Man Island was sealed off, making it almost impossible to travel from Paradise to the New World.
This archipelago had lost its purpose, and everyone could imagine what it would become next.
However, before that, Roa arrived here.
"Hmm?"
On the deck of the giant warship floating in mid-air, Roa looked down at the islands below, from which a large number of bubbles constantly floated up.
His Observation Haki had already swept over the archipelago below several times.
"Hidden away?"
Roa slightly frowned, "Such a hassle."
"Let's try to make them run out themselves."
With a gentle snap of the fingers, the sky instantly brightened.
Giant meteorites rained down from the sky.
Each one was well over a hundred meters in diameter, and their number was astonishingly high, dense like a huge cloud covering the entire sky.
"Wow! As expected of Boss!"
Gaban looked amazed.
With just a wave of his hand, it was a truly world-destroying catastrophe.
Meanwhile, on the Sabaody Archipelago below.
People also noticed the behemoths descending from the sky.
"Meteorites? Meteorites are falling!"
"How can there be so many! Is it a meteor shower!"
"A meteor shower wouldn't have such large meteorites!"
"Run! Run! The entire Sabaody Archipelago is going to be destroyed!"
Fear and despair instantly enveloped the entire Sabaody Archipelago.
But, where could they run now?
Boom!
The first falling meteorite heavily struck a mangrove tree, smashing the giant tree in half, but still continuing its downward plunge, consequently crushing the ground into pieces.
The roots of the mangroves worked against them at this moment. The root system, which spread out like a spider web, was pulled by the falling meteorite, instantly causing the ground in the surrounding wider area to start cracking.
An entire numbered area of the Sabaody Archipelago was directly pulverized in this manner.
This was only the first meteorite.
Immediately afterward, meteorites continued to fall like a rainstorm.
Mangrove trees were smashed, and areas were shattered.
In just a few dozen seconds, the once lush Sabaody Archipelago was completely fragmented.
After a few more meteorites crashed down, the Sabaody Archipelago was declared utterly destroyed, and the islands and everything on them were buried in the sea.
This endpoint of the first half of the Grand Line, the island that left countless legends on the sea, completely vanished from this world.
"Hmm?"
Roa tilted his head.
Although there were indeed people who stood up to resist the meteorites, they were merely trying to stop a chariot with a grasshopper's leg, instantly being smashed to pieces.
This was wrong.
Roa looked back, "Colon, are you sure the remnants of the Roger Pirates are on this island?"
"Uh, Boss,"
Colon scratched the back of his head, somewhat uncertainly, "They should be here, right? But I didn't arrange a meeting with them here."
"I see."
Roa said softly, "Then what are you waiting for? Give them a call to confirm."
"Oh! Right! There's that move!"
Colon looked suddenly enlightened, fumbling to take out his Den Den Mushi and started dialing.
That was the point of turning this kid into a ghost-slave.
On a certain isolated island near the Sabaody Archipelago.
"Uncle Rayleigh! Are you all right?"
Hearing the voice coming from the Den Den Mushi, the faces of the people gathered there brightened slightly.
"Colon!"
Rayleigh spoke somewhat impatiently, "Are you safe and sound?"
"I am!"
Colon's voice also carried urgency, "I escaped from Fish-Man Island. Where are you now? I'm coming to meet up with you!"
Rayleigh, who was about to say something, fell silent instantly after hearing Colon's words.
He looked up and surveyed the people around him.
Everyone's expression was a little ugly; Shanks even bit his lip in pain.
"Colon,"
Rayleigh's voice lowered, with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "How did you escape from Fish-Man Island?"
"The Fish-Man army completed its organization, and Dad went to inspect it, so I took the opportunity to escape!"
The reason Colon gave sounded very plausible, "I'm already at the Sabaody Archipelago, where are you all now?"
Rayleigh sighed resignedly, "Colon, has that damnable Roa not reached Fish-Man Island yet?"
"Hey! Uncle Rayleigh, you'd better show some respect to Boss..."
Colon's voice on the other end subconsciously grew angry, but in the next instant, it stopped abruptly.
"It really is like that."
Beckman shook his head helplessly.
Shanks also sighed.
How could he have escaped from Fish-Man Island so easily?
"Roa,"
Rayleigh picked up the Den Den Mushi, his voice icy, "You're over there, aren't you!"
On the airship.
"So useless, so useless, so useless, you brat!"
Gaban slapped Colon's head irritably.
Roa also took the Den Den Mushi from Colon's hand, somewhat helplessly.
Being too respected sometimes does cause problems.
"Yo, Mr. Rayleigh, it's been many years, hasn't it?"
Roa smiled and said, "I specially came over to find you. Give me some face, how about we all get together for a drink?"
"Then you give us some face,"
Rayleigh sneered, "How about you release Gaban and Colon?"
"Haha,"
Roa chuckled, "What are you talking about, Mr. Rayleigh? You don't have any face."
"Forget it. Since you won't give face, I can only proceed with the original plan."
"Hey, Shanks, Robin, you're both there, aren't you?"
Roa continued without waiting for an answer, "I'm going to Amazon Lily to visit Aunt Gloriosa, whom I haven't seen for many years. You all come too."
"You're not allowed to refuse, otherwise, I'll be angry."
Roa hung up the phone.
As soon as he hung up, Loki asked expectantly, "Boss, that Straw Hat guy will definitely come, right?"
"Who knows."
Roa raised the corner of his mouth, "What are we waiting for? Let's go."
Thus, the airship accelerated with a boom, suddenly heading in the direction of Amazon Lily.
Although the island was deep within the Calm Belt, its location was marked on the nautical charts.
At the same time, on that isolated island.
Looking at the Den Den Mushi, which had closed its eyes, everyone's faces were extremely stiff.
"I'm going back!"
Robin stood up abruptly.
Amazon Lily was her hometown; her mother and friends lived in that country.
Given Roa's brutality, she couldn't imagine what that country would suffer if they didn't return.
"Let's go!"
Hancock was equally decisive.
"I'm going too."
Shanks sighed, "Aunt Olvia is still there, isn't she? I can't just leave her."
"Of course, I have to go back,"
Shakky exhaled a smoke ring. She was the former Empress of the Kuja Kingdom. Although she had left the country a long time ago, she couldn't ignore it now.
"Old Ray, what about you?"
Rayleigh held the Den Den Mushi, pondering something, and said without raising his head, "At this point, we can only go and face that guy!"
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