Marine Headquarters, Marineford
Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp sat facing each other.
"Garp, that grandson of yours is really giving me a headache. How dare he attack Enies Lobby! Sooner or later, I'll throw him into Impel Down!"
Sengoku gritted his teeth slightly.
Garp picked his nose while eating rice crackers, indifferently saying, "Do as you please. As long as you can catch him, I won't interfere!"
Sengoku snorted coldly. Just as he was about to speak, suddenly the earth shook violently.
Then, the space around them trembled intensely like ripples, and a beam of dazzling golden light shone directly through the window.
"What's happening!"
Both were startled. They immediately rushed outside and looked up at the sky. Their eyes widened instantly.
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Konoha Village
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, stared intently at the crystal ball in front of him.
The crystal ball showed the current situation of Konoha Village.
The scene kept changing.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and the entire space trembled fiercely.
*WHOOSH!*
Hiruzen's figure suddenly disappeared from his spot and appeared on a rooftop.
"Hokage-sama!"
Almost at the same time, more than ten masked figures appeared on the surrounding rooftops.
Hiruzen didn't speak, but instead looked up at the sky.
Above the sky, a gigantic, incomparable golden eye suddenly appeared, watching over the earth.
Dazzling golden light illuminated everything, and the entire earth was colored golden-red.
Not just the earth, even the sky began to tremble. Extremely long spatial cracks appeared around the golden eye.
Inside those spatial cracks, something seemed to be trying to break out.
"What kind of strange phenomenon is this!"
Hiruzen's expression changed drastically. Even as the Hokage, he couldn't explain the situation before him.
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City A
Saitama sat bored on the tatami mat looking at supermarket discount flyers.
"Sensei, please teach me the secret to becoming strong!"
Genos knelt before him with a sincere expression and said.
Saitama looked helpless: "Genos, I've already told you everything I need to tell you. This is how I trained!"
"I understand, Sensei!"
Genos said seriously: "To become strong, we must have a strong heart and an unyielding spirit like Sensei!"
The corner of Saitama's mouth twitched: "Good if you understand!"
At that moment, the floor where Saitama and Genos were began to shake violently, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound.
"A monster is attacking!"
Instantly, flames burst from Genos's feet. He immediately broke through the window and shot out.
Saitama also disappeared from his spot.
But when they saw the scene outside, they were stunned.
Above the sky, a gigantic golden eye opened, and many large cracks merged together.
Accompanied by a sound like thunder, the void seemed to reveal another world.
"This isn't a monster attack. What exactly is this..."
Genos's electronic eyes flashed with question marks.
Not just them, the entire world saw this scene.
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If someone looked down from an extremely high altitude, they would be shocked to discover.
This world was undergoing a massive transformation.
At the edge of the world, two other worlds emerged from the void, continuously merging with this world.
This shaking and fusion lasted for a full day.
When the fusion ended, the world underwent drastic changes, expanding more than tenfold.
At the same time, the golden eye above the sky suddenly closed, then exploded.
Countless golden lights fell from the sky, scattering to various corners of the world.
And the sky that should have been night suddenly became as bright as day.
Where the golden eye had been, an incomparably gigantic ranking board appeared, covering the entire sky, visible to everyone.
The ranking board stretched across oceans, lands, mountains, and rivers. Even the islands in the sky (Skypiea) were covered.
Instantly, everyone's consciousness connected with the ranking board in the sky.
In their minds, a livestream space appeared.
With the fusion of the three realms, countless strong individuals gathered beneath this extraordinary ranking board.
"Golden List of the Three Realms' Masters, Dimensional Fusion!"
"What kind of existence could create a movement this massive!"
"I can even sense the consciousness fluctuations of others here!"
People from all three worlds were shocked, confused, or curious to try.
Through the consciousness flowing from this Golden List, everyone gradually understood the function of this Golden List.
The Golden List would release ranking lists one by one after certain periods. Each list would display one hundred rankings.
Those who made it onto the list would receive various miraculous rewards.
Above the sky, atop the Golden List.
"In one hour, the List of Three Realms' Masters will be announced."
[Shirohige: "Gurara, this ranking board seems interesting. I wonder if an old man like me will qualify to make the list!"]
[Gol D. Roger: "Shirohige, you're not dead yet! You're living much longer than me!"]
[Fleet Admiral Sengoku: "Roger, weren't you already dead? How can you appear!! What is this Golden List, that it can even pull dead people into it!"]
[Admiral Akainu: "All pirates deserve to die!"]
[Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Everyone, what are pirates? I've wandered the ninja world for years, I've never heard the word pirate. Could it be a very remote village?"]
[Namikaze Minato: "Third Hokage, the Golden List mentioned fusion of three realms. Perhaps these are existences from another world."]
[Orochimaru: "Interesting! Truly interesting! Such immense power, I very much want to study it... Kekekekeke!"]
[Saitama: "Oh~ You all look strong. I wonder if any of you can withstand one of my punches?"]