One Piece: With Sign-in System-Chapter 224: War… is Coming

"The Beasts Pirates, huh..."

Hearing Kaido's words, Ron narrowed his eyes and stared at him. "I believe we still have unfinished business. Are you certain you want to lead the Beasts Pirates into an alliance with me?"

"Beasts Kaido..."

Marco and the remaining members of the Whitebeard Pirates glared at Kaido with undisguised hatred.

The scene of Kaido and Blackbeard attacking Whitebeard was still fresh in their minds. Their hearts burned with grief and anger as they faced Kaido.

Kaido locked eyes with Ron and spoke, "Traveler, I acknowledge your strength and capabilities. You seek to overthrow the World Government, while I aim to lead the Beasts Pirates into the grandest war this world has ever seen! Given that, why not set aside our grievances for now? Once this war is over, we can settle our score. What do you say?!"

Then, Kaido turned his gaze toward Marco and the others. "Whitebeard was already at death's door. Even if I hadn't made a move, he wouldn't have left Marineford alive. I merely clashed with him one last time before his end. If you still blame me for his death and want revenge, I welcome you to come at me anytime."

Marco and the others clenched their fists. Sadness outweighed their fury.

Under the grim expressions of Sengoku and the others, Ron, clad in his black coat, took a step forward and stood before Kaido.

The difference in their height and build was striking, but at this moment, as the world watched through the transmission of the Visual Den Den Mushi, not a single person believed that Ron was weaker than the so-called "Strongest Creature."

The sheer impact of his previous sword strike splitting the sea was still echoing in everyone's hearts.

"Fine."

Ron's azure Tenseigan locked onto Kaido's fierce eyes, his voice calm yet commanding. "But I have two conditions."

After hearing Ron's terms—

Kaido burst into laughter. "To take part in a war like this? What do your conditions matter? I accept!"

As the mighty Emperor of the Sea, Kaido, took his place beside Ron, countless Marines were struck with terror.

"N-No way! Even the Beasts Pirates...?!"

"This has to be a joke... How are we supposed to fight this?!"

"Traveler Ron, Beasts Kaido, the Revolutionary Army's Dragon, and the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates... This... this...!!"

A Marine Rear Admiral gulped, overwhelmed by the sheer power arrayed against them. His entire body trembled.

Even seasoned Marine Vice Admirals like Dalmatian and Onigumo wore grim expressions, their gazes filled with wariness and dread.

The higher-ups—Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, Chaton, and Gion—all looked equally unsettled.

The overwhelming force that had gathered under Ron's banner was beyond imagination.

"This level of strength... it's on par with the legendary Rocks Pirates."

Garp clenched his fists, his sharp gaze fixed on Ron in the distance. "Ron, are you really trying to overturn the world?"

...

At that moment, thick storm clouds loomed over Marineford, with only a few shafts of sunlight piercing through, casting eerie beams onto the battlefield, now littered with debris and corpses.

A deep trench, carved out by Ron's previous slash, split the battlefield in two. On the side closer to the execution platform stood Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, Fujitora, and the elite forces of the Marines.

On the other side, near the ruined encirclement wall, stood Ron and Kaido, leading the combined might of the Revolutionary Army, Boa Hancock, and the Warlords who had chosen to join them.

A vast chasm separated the two factions, their forces locked in a tense standoff.

Across the world, as countless people—civilians, government officials, Marines, and pirates alike—watched the scene through the Visual Den Den Mushi, a stunned silence fell over them all.

"This... this power... It could wipe out the entire Navy!"

"They're not joking. They're really declaring war on the World Government?!"

In the heart of Mary Geoise, the Five Elders sat with grim faces, the weight of the situation pressing upon them.

Far away from the battlefield, Dracule Mihawk stood alone, his arms crossed over his massive blade. He watched in silence, uninterested in taking sides.

As a lone and proud swordsman, his only true desire was to cross blades with the strongest opponents.

Not far from him, Gecko Moria's face was twisted with shock and disbelief.

"W-What the hell is going on?! That damn Kaido is joining forces with Traveler Ron to declare war on the World Government?! Weren't they enemies?!"

At this moment, Moria felt like the world itself was shattering around him, unable to comprehend the sheer madness unfolding before his eyes.

Red-Haired Shanks and his crew stood at a third-party position, their expressions solemn as they watched the confrontation between the Marines and Ron's forces.

"I never expected things to escalate this far..."

Lucky Roux sighed.

"This outcome doesn't seem like an accident."

Benn Beckman, the vice-captain of the Red-Haired Pirates, exhaled a puff of smoke, his gaze fixed on the distant figure with a grave expression. "He planned for this from the very beginning."

"That traveler Ron..."

"From the moment this war started, he had already set his sights on declaring war against the World Government."

His words caused the rest of the Red-Haired Pirates to look slightly shaken.

"A twenty-year-old young man... is he really capable of pulling this off?"

Yasopp was in disbelief.

Even Shanks himself had his eyes locked onto the young man standing tall in the distance.

"If the Marines represent the absolute justice that maintains order, then against that justice, what does that make us?"

Ron stepped forward, standing at the very front of his forces, his blood-red blade resting in his grip. He lifted his gaze toward the Marines and smiled.

"Are we the embodiment of absolute evil?"

"No matter what the World Government or the Marines say..."

"Make sure you pass on my words to the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons..."

Under the watchful eyes of the entire world.

The young man who stood at the forefront, alongside Kaido, Marco, the Pirate Empress, Sabo, Jinbei, and numerous other legendary figures of the sea...

With a calm, indifferent expression, he spoke words that would shake the entire world to its core.

"Your days are numbered. When I set foot on Mary Geoise, the Celestial Dragons will be wiped from the face of this ocean forever."

His black cloak fluttered violently, his long dark hair danced wildly behind him, and his sharp blue eyes seemed to hold the very destruction of the world within them.

A young man wielding a blood-stained blade—the very same blade that had split the sea in two—stood like a demon king, ready to bring ruin and rebirth to the world itself.

Marines across Marineford were left in stunned silence.

Countless soldiers stood frozen, their faces pale, their hearts gripped by fear beyond words.

On the bustling streets of Sabaody Archipelago, the people watching the giant screen stood in a daze, their eyes locked onto the man who seemed like the harbinger of destruction.

Some had dropped whatever they were holding, completely unaware as their surroundings fell silent.

The only sounds that remained were the rapid heartbeats and ragged breaths of those witnessing history unfold.

They couldn't have misheard it, could they?

That man... He had just declared his intention to erase the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons from existence?!

No... It had to be a joke, right?!

Elsewhere on Sabaody Archipelago, the infamous Supernovas, including Eustass Kid, stood in shock, watching the events unfold on the screen.

The Summit War had already been beyond their comprehension.

But now...

That man had rallied an army consisting of an Emperor like Kaido, Warlords, the Revolutionary Army, and countless powerful figures to directly challenge the World Government, openly declaring that he would wipe out the Celestial Dragons and the Five Elders.

It was like a dream.

No...

Even in a dream, this would be beyond belief!

If someone had told Kid just a day ago that the war triggered by Fire Fist Ace's execution would escalate to this level, he would have thought that person had completely lost their mind.

"No doubt about it..."

One of the "Worst Generation," Basil Hawkins, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he watched the giant screen.

"The world is about to change..."

"An unprecedented war, one that will shake the very foundations of the world and its order..."

"It's truly coming!"

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