[T/N: Since there's already a One Piece character named Kuro, to avoid name overlap with the black cat, the black cat's name is changed to Blacky]
"Still chasing?!"
Imu looked back and instantly felt dread. When she saw the opponent's speed approaching very quickly, they began to panic. If caught, she life would surely be lost.
'You said you just wanted to fight, but you bastard have no ethics, this is clearly a deadly attack!'
While still in the air, she clutched downward. Below she were pirate ships clustered densely, with many pirates looking up at the scene with curiosity.
"Cursed pirates, become my path!"
Terrifying invisible waves of gravitational force radiated from Imu's body. The pirate ships below were lifted into the sky, then thrown hard toward Saitama behind her.
Saitama furrowed his brow. He only wanted to fight with this person, but this person instead used others as a shield.
He had no intention of hurting others. The golden wings on his back instantly lengthened, becoming so large they covered the sky like giant golden hands. He caught the pirate ships thrown at him, then carefully let the ships fall onto the ice surface; though they shattered into piles of wood, the people inside survived.
Golden light kept flashing and moving through the sky, catching the pirates screaming in fear in the air and lowering them one by one safely onto the ice surface. Though dangerous, not a single one was injured.
Saitama's speed was truly inhuman; amid those flashes of light, he managed to save everyone.
"Fool, actually saving those pirates!"
Imu seeing this snorted mockingly with full contempt. She didn't care at all about the life or death of those pirates. Even if necessary, subordinates, colleagues, or even relatives could be sacrificed.
But Saitama was different. He was a hero from the One Punch Man world, his basic principle was to save the world; he couldn't let others die because of him. But because he was hindered by these pirates, the distance between him and Imu slowly widened.
"Cunning and shameless!"
Shirohige and the others were very angry seeing this. They didn't expect Imu to be so shameless, using the lives of ordinary pirates to open an escape route.
"Is this the World Government you want to protect?" Roger remarked mockingly while looking at Sengoku and Garp.
Sengoku, Garp, and other officers certainly saw the incident. Their eyes dimmed, they remained silent without words.
"Let's see how many people you can save!"
Seeing her method worked, Imu stopped fleeing and instead clutched downward with both hands. More pirate ships, even the ice layer was lifted from the ground surface by that terrifying power, then thrown toward Saitama.
Not only that, Imu also added several slashes behind her. Though the Oni-no-Akago sword was already destroyed, with her power, she could still launch slashes just by using her hand as a sword.
However, she didn't realize that among the ships she pulled into the sky, there was one giant pirate ship.
Moby Dick!
On this ship, Marco and the division commanders as well as most of the pirates had already joined the battlefield. What remained were only non-combat staff and ordinary pirates. Among them, there was one figure holding a pitch-black cat, standing on the tilted deck while looking at Imu coldly.
"Truly a person with a bad personality..." Kaiser sighed helplessly.
He had just arranged Kuro's return here, then this incident happened. Truly a disaster falling from the sky. Before he could move, Black in his arms was already angry first.
"Meowu"
Blacky opened its mouth. A pair of jade-white sharp fangs were visible, and in the air suddenly appeared the shadow of a very magnificent and towering giant black demon. The demon opened its large mouth toward Imu in the sky, as if wanting to swallow them alive.
"What?!"
Imu was very shocked, completely not expecting such a change.
The sky changed color, as if the entire sky around them was completely filled by the giant demon's body. Everyone stared in awe at the terrifying monster that suddenly appeared.
"What is that?"
"How could such a monster appear?"
"Who else is taking action?"
People screamed in fear and retreated, afraid of being affected. Saitama who was saving people was also forced to stop his movement. He looked at the sky, feeling a terrifying power he had never felt before was seething, and he instantly became enthusiastic.
"Ouch—!"
"Save me—!"
"Brother, don't daydream!"
Because Saitama was transfixed for a moment, the pirates still floating in the air panicked and shouted asking for protection.
Saitama could only sigh and continue saving people.
Meanwhile, Imu felt her hair stand on end. She entire body seemed locked, she couldn't move at all. A pair of blood-red eyes of the demon stared at her sharply, making her unable to escape.
"NO—!"
Imu completely didn't expect, just escaped from the tiger's mouth, she were already targeted by another demon—and this one was an existence far more terrifying than the young man earlier.
She wanted to cry without tears; why was her luck today so bad? People stronger than her were only a handful in this world, but today she met two at once.
"Protect me!"
Suddenly, from behind Imu's black robe shot five lights that transformed into five old figures in the air; some fat, thin, tall, and short. These five people were the Gorosei. At this time their mental condition was listless. When summoned out, they were dazed for a moment, not understanding what happened.
"It's them!"
Kaido, Big Mom, and Shirohige immediately recognized those five people.
Sengoku, Garp, and other Marine officials also recognized the Gorosei. It turned out all this time the five of them had always been by Imu's side.
The Gorosei saw Imu and were about to pay respects, but suddenly their faces changed drastically when they saw the giant demon emitting a terrifying aura before them.
"Lord Imu..." One of them exclaimed in shock and anger.
'Why had they just come out and immediately faced such a dangerous situation? What monster is this actually?'
But Imu didn't care about them at all. Once these five people appeared, the pressure she felt decreased drastically so she could move again. Then, she opened her five fingers and pushed those five people hard.
The Gorosei were instantly shocked. They felt a great force forcing them toward the demon's large mouth.
"Lord Imu... NO—!"
The Gorosei who were already seriously injured and whose strength had drastically decreased, plus their own power was indeed below Imu's, didn't have time to react or resist when suddenly betrayed by her.
They could only helplessly watch themselves fall into the giant mouth of the demon.