"Wahahaha! Wahahaha! Sabo's dead! Dead! Wahahaha!"
Luffy clutching his stomach and laughing uproariously left everyone on both sides completely bewildered.
Sabo's body, not yet cold in death, and Luffy's hysterical laughter-
Combined, these two scenes created an utterly hellish picture.
All that was missing was dancing on the grave.
"Has this kid lost his mind?"
Kaido asked, his face scrunched in confusion.
"You should watch out."
Jin interjected coldly.
Hearing this, Kaido raised an eyebrow, then his expression changed dramatically.
He realized Luffy's body was undergoing a drastic transformation.
Strange white steam rose from within his body, spreading over him like bacteria.
It turned his eyebrows, hair, and even his clothes white.
The faint, shimmering white gas gradually solidified, transforming into a pure white ribbon that draped around Luffy's neck and underarms.
"Hahaha! Wahahaha! Sabo's dead! Sabo's dead! This is so fun! Wahahaha-"
The laughter of the successfully evolved Monkey D. Nika was relentless.
But no matter how hellish the scene appeared, the terrifying oppressive aura radiating from him made the two Emperor-level figures present, Kaido and Blackbeard, not dare to take him lightly.
"Gomu Gomu no-"
Nika suddenly stretched his arm.
Seeing this, Kaido's expression remained largely unchanged.
His Observation Haki was always active.
He wouldn't be like some old fools who, even with someone eavesdropping nearby, couldn't detect them.
"White Whip!"
However, in the next instant, Nika's extended arm suddenly vanished, becoming a blur of black and white light.
No!
To be precise, it was simply moving too fast.
So at first glance, it seemed to have disappeared.
A sound that pierced the eardrums suddenly erupted.
Smack—!!
In that moment, Kaido's massive body was sent flying.
He crashed through the main gate of the first floor of the inner keep right in front of Jin.
"Wh-what just happened?"
"K-Kaido-sama was sent flying?"
"What did Straw Hat do?!"
"C-completely missed it, it just went 'smack' and..."
Both the Blackbeard Pirates Alliance and the Straw Hat Grand Alliance were stunned.
The difference before and after was just too extreme.
"The fruit Oda himself designated as the strongest is no joke, right?"
Jin maintained a faint smile.
But even his smile seemed a bit strained at this moment.
After all, he'd called it the Gomu Gomu no Mi for 20 years in his previous life.
And now, it suddenly turns out to be Nika Fruit...
It felt like everyone had been made a fool.
"So it really is the Mythical Zoan Type, Nika Fruit..."
Blackbeard stared in disbelief at the successfully evolved Monkey D. Nika.
He could feel the immense power contained within that white body, in no way inferior to his own dark power.
Ever since he took down Big Mom, Blackbeard had known from Jin that the Gomu Gomu no Mi's true name was the Nika Fruit.
But he had always been skeptical about it.
He never expected it to be true...
'Damn it!'
'If I had known back at Sabaody when we ambushed Straw Hat, I should have seized that fruit at all costs!'
"It's not too late now!"
Blackbeard leaped up, displaying agility completely mismatched with his bulky body, landing on the other battlefield.
Kaido climbed out of the rubble.
Rubbing the new fist-shaped dent on his cheek, he cursed:
"Bastard... What the hell was that?"
Instantly, Nika found himself flanked by two Emperors.
"Dammit! Teach! Your opponent is me!"
The reincarnated Ace, seeing this, tried to chase after them.
Even though he didn't understand what was happening to Luffy, Ace didn't believe the transformed Luffy could handle two Emperors.
"Wait,"
Jin suddenly spoke:
"Let them finish their fight first."
Ace's eyes bulged, and he pointed at Jin, yelling:
"Jin, you bastard! You promised not to interfere!"
He could tolerate Jin not helping earlier.
But now he's siding with that bastard Teach.
"I'm not interfering. I just want to see the Nika Fruit's power for myself."
Jin leaned on the railing with both hands, speaking casually.
In the original work, he made Kaido look like a joke.
If Kaido fought alone again, the result probably wouldn't change.
But what if Blackbeard joined the fight?
Though later on Egghead Island he fought evenly with Lucci, making Jin highly suspect the Nika Fruit's true ability was to be strong against the strong and weak against the weak.
The next moment, the two among the One Overlord and Three Emperors charged at the successfully 'cheating' Nika from both sides.
Ace and the other Straw Hat crew members could only watch anxiously.
Suddenly, a Conqueror's Haki-infused sword slash tinged with dark red descended from the sky!
Its sound echoed in the ears of everyone present!
It helped Nika block Blackbeard's attack from behind, allowing him to focus on Kaido.
[Red-Haired] Shanks!
"You... Red-Hair!?"
Blackbeard's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Both of you have awakened the Conqueror's Haki possessed by only one in a million, yet you resort to a two-on-one? Don't you find that shameful?"
Shanks glared fiercely with his left eye, the one bearing the three scars Blackbeard gave him years ago.
Originally, he was torn between going to Onigashima or the Holy Land.
But after seeing the fate of the Five Elders and Imu through the broadcast Den Den Mushi, Shanks didn't hesitate for a second and headed straight for Wano.
After all, in this situation, even if he went to the Holy Land, he couldn't change anything.
He never expected to witness that Devil Fruit's awakening.
"Shanks!"
Nika, while dodging Kaido's attacks with Tom and Jerry-like antics, called out to Shanks with immense joy.
"Luffy! Just focus on Kaido! Leave the others to me!"
Shanks responded with a laugh, then drew his sword and proclaimed:
"Teach, your opponent should be Ace and the others, right? Settle your score with the Whitebeard Pirates properly… isn't that what a true pirate should do?"
Swish-
However, the moment Shanks finished speaking, a massive crimson sword pressure sliced off his right hand, the one that had just drawn his famed sword, Gryphon!
Everyone's faces paled, and they looked towards the source of the sword energy.
They saw Jin on the second-floor balcony, drawing his simple, ancient-looking sword from his waist.
He looked at Shanks with a gaze that said 'trash'.
"Shanks!"
"Captain!"
"Quick! The medic! Get over here! Reattach his hand!"
The Red-Haired Pirates crew members who had come with Shanks rushed forward.
"Since when did you get so bold as to show off in front of me, Red-Hair?"
The Red-Haired Pirates' doctor, Hongo, quickly picked up the severed hand.
He tried to sew it back on.
"Why are you switching sides now?!"
Ace shouted at Jin, his expression one of utter disbelief.
From the new Luffy, Ace sensed an aura not inferior to what Newgate had in life.
If Luffy could hold off Kaido, then their side could definitely take down that bastard Teach.
Not to mention Shanks had come to help.
"My position hasn't changed from the start… I'm just here for the entertainment."
Jin said indifferently.
Before, he wanted to see Momoko's first appearance.
Now he wants to see the Nika Fruit's power.
That's all.
This pirate show-off Shanks wanted to interfere, so naturally, Jin wouldn't let him off.
"Do you still have time to worry about Monkey D. Nika? Look outside."
Jin pointed meaningfully outside the venue.
Ace and the others' expressions shifted.
Sanji walked out of the battlefield and looked towards the island's edge.
Dense warships bearing the blue seagull emblem had completely surrounded Onigashima!
"The Marines!?"
The sight of such a large Marine force stunned the nearly hundred thousand pirates on Onigashima.
Until now, their attention had been completely focused on the war.
They hadn't even noticed the Marines had surrounded the place.
"No matter who wins this war, you're all going to jail."
Jin looked down from above, observing the battle below, speaking from an omniscient perspective.
Koala had told him many times before.
Even after overthrowing the World Government, the revolution was far from over.
After all, the harm pirates caused to this world was no less than that caused by the World Government.
...
Rustle!
Large numbers of Marines in white uniforms with blue trim charged onto the island.
Ace quickly spotted the man who took his life two years ago-
Sakazuki!
But Sakazuki, now the Marine Fleet Admiral, wasn't at the very front.
Leading these Marines was a relatively petite young woman with vibrant orange short hair.
The new Revolutionary Army's Supreme Commander, Koala!
"Spare no one with a bounty, arrest them all!"
Koala walked at the forefront of the troops, waving her hand to give the order.
Now, the battle situation became even more chaotic.
Three Emperors' pirate crews, the Straw Hat Grand Alliance, the Revolutionary Army, and the Marines, all gathered on one island.
The fate of the entire world rested on this battle.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do we do now?"
"The Marines are here, d-do we still fight?"
"Should we try to escape? Even if we win, if the Marines catch us, we'll still end up in jail, right?"
The higher-ranking pirates were still figuring out how to handle the situation.
But the low-level grunts were already looking for an opportunity to flee.
They never had strong loyalties… they just used Kaido's and Blackbeard's flags to commit crimes.
When their masters were about to fall, they'd be the first to run.
However, just as these cannon-fodder pirates thought about escaping, scorching magma, after two years, erupted like waves, instantly burning them to skeletons.
"Kill them all!!"
Sakazuki roared fiercely.
Sending these sea scum to hell with his own hands suited him better.
Remembering the past two years stuck in an office, where anyone could disrespect him, Sakazuki thought, 'Whoever wants this damn Fleet Admiral job can have it!'
"Hey! How are we supposed to handle this now?!"
Kaido's attention immediately shifted from Nika to this new development, and he cursed loudly:
"What does that girl mean? Does she really want to take down all pirates..."
"Now, now, this isn't good, is it? I quite like this chaotic world."
Orochimaru was also displeased.
He had planned to settle here long-term.
Precisely because he was drawn to this world's chaotic, evil, yet simple nature.
Now suddenly being told this place needs rules...
Orochimaru inexplicably felt like a eunuch who just castrated himself to serve the emperor, only to be told the dynasty has fallen.
What nonsense is this?
Everyone involuntarily looked at Jin, hoping for an explanation.
'Can't you control your woman!?'
Jin spread his hands, indicating he couldn't do anything.
Not because he supported Koala's ideals.
Mainly because, with the World Government's collapse, the new Revolutionary Army and the Marines joining forces to clean up the pirates was inevitable.
No one could stop it.
And Jin's attitude was: since the fun part is basically over, let things play out as they will.
"Am I forced to return to that boring world? Sheesh..."
Orochimaru rarely showed a regretful expression, muttering under his breath.
Hearing Orochimaru, Blackbeard remembered.
Back when Orochimaru forced his way into Hachinosu, he said he and Jin were old acquaintances.
And that they came from the same world.
At the time, Blackbeard didn't pay it much mind.
But thinking back, he wondered if another world really did exist?
After a moment's thought, Blackbeard's eyes shifted cunningly, and he shouted to Jin:
"Hey! Captain Jin, if you're leaving this world, take me with you! My abilities are pretty useful, right?"
No matter what, he didn't want to go to jail.
Judging by Koala's attitude, she was dead serious about reforming this Great Pirate Era.
Without Jin's protection, being thrown into Impel Down Level 6 for life was the best he could hope for.
More likely, he'd be executed right here by Sakazuki and the others!
"...Can you take a few more people?"
Kaido wasn't afraid of death, but ending up in jail wasn't appealing either.
He was very interested in seeing Jin's hometown.
Maybe he could start a new conquest there.
"You think I'm running a university here? One after another."
Jin felt speechless, then pointed at Nika.
"First, finish your business with him."
"Zehahaha! I can help you extract the Nika Fruit. In exchange, take me away from this damned place, how about it?"
Blackbeard grinned with a sinister proposal.
"Rejected. You're too ugly."
Jin rejected Blackbeard's proposal without a second thought.
Even though the Nika Fruit seemed like a good match for close-combat specialists like Tsunade, Jin didn't want his girlfriend to be possessed by Joy Boy and turned into a mindless laughing idiot.