"Old lion, can you even do this? Getting beaten like this by a junior from the same old crew?" The girl in the black ninja outfit slightly lowered her head, affectedly pursing her lips with the back of her hand, her tone full of veiled sarcasm at the great swordsman's high offense and low defense.
"Tch, I just let my guard down!" Shiki coughed up a mouthful of blood. "And my subordinates are almost all dead. How much longer are you going to hide yours!"
Sakura, walking over lightly, placed one hand on Shiki. The markings of the Strength of a Hundred Seal spread from her body to Shiki's entire body. The Creation Rebirth technique rapidly repaired his slightly damaged internal organs. "Heh heh, my people, of course, will make their appearance at the most critical moment!"
A beam of white light shot into the sky and exploded. A cherry blossom-shaped imprint bloomed with dazzling light, clearly reflected in everyone's eyes.
Among the hundred ninja arts, this is… the art of summoning people!
On the distant peak of Mount Fuji.
After the cherry blossom imprint lit up into the sky, the sounds of light armor being donned and guns being loaded echoed across the mountaintop.
Countless snow-white streams of light rose into the sky, tearing a straight trench through the endless thunder. Those with winged arms crossed the vast distance and stepped onto the battlefield.
"All troops, open fire!"
At the command of the lead winged commander, the three hundred fully armed winged warriors behind him raised their long guns, aimed at the Beasts Pirates' members and Homies below, and boldly opened fire.
Bang, bang, bang, bang—!
The firing pin struck the primer. Sparks flew. Bullets passed through the rifling. High-speed spinning, sharp bullets emitted a piercing shriek, weaving dense curtains of rain from top to bottom.
Special firearms developed by the Germa Kingdom's scientific forces had the power to pierce 20mm steel plates from 1,500 meters away. If paired with Seastone bullets, they would be the most terrifying killers on the battlefield.
However, such powerful power naturally came with strong side effects. Their recoil and cumbersome reloading process were enough to make anyone who intended to use them on the battlefield fully appreciate the lesson of blood.
To compensate for the above shortcomings, there was a simple solution: if you can't change the gun, change the user, right?
Don't ask what the gun can do for you, ask what you can do for the gun!
After careful calculations, Germa's scientists found that as long as the user could fly, all the disadvantages would be solved at once!
As it happened, Judge and Sakura had reached a cooperation at that time, ultimately allowing these weapons to appear on the Wano battlefield at a relatively low price.
Bullets with the power of sniper rifles constantly claimed the lives of the Beasts Pirates' members below.
Finally, the Tobiroppo, responsible for command, could no longer sit idly by!
Who's Who, an experienced old agent, used Geppo to charge into the sky, preparing to deal with the winged tribe.
But the lead commander's Observation Haki locked onto Who's Who's direction. He signaled to those behind him, having hundreds of guns point their muzzles at the saber-toothed tiger beastman charging toward them, and concentrated fire!
"Tch, just bullets. What can they do to a strong warrior?"
Crossing his arms in front of his chest, Who's Who used Tekkai and Armament Haki to strengthen his defense, accelerating his charge.
"Oh, really?" The winged commander, Amayu Ren, smiled contemptuously, aimed his gun at Who's Who with both hands, and fired.
Clang!
To demonstrate his great strength, Who's Who used his sharp claws to cut the bullet in half.
But from the split bullet, a large amount of gray powder scattered, creating tiny sparks in the air.
This smell is... incendiary agent!!!
Sensing the strange smell, Who's Who's expression changed dramatically. He immediately wanted to use Geppo to leave.
But in the instant of the clash, too many of the bullets had embedded themselves in the downy hair of his body, and now they were also burning.
A giant blaze lit up the night sky, turning Who's Who, one of the Tobiroppo, into a fireball, plummeting straight toward the ground.
And his fall, like the lighting of a fuse, brought about a violent reaction in the Flower Capital below.
The incendiary bullets that had been poured by the winged unit into various parts of the Flower Capital also burned at the same time.
Flames spread savagely, in all directions, throughout the entire Flower Capital.
Wooden buildings, once lit, released heat waves, and the high temperature ignited other buildings, creating a chain reaction.
The sea of fire raged. Massive amounts of steam rose into the air, forming a thick, suffocating fog and gray-black clouds.
"Wait, you set fire to the Flower Capital?!"
Amidst this magnificent, spectacular beauty that intoxicated the girl, Shiki's dissonant voice rang out.
"What's wrong with setting a little fire? I'm just trying to kill the enemy!"
Sakura rubbed her beautiful cheeks, trying to hide her flushed, burning complexion.
"This is my intended territory!!!" Shiki felt no joy at having defeated the Beasts Pirates' forces, only a stabbing pain in his heart.
As if losing strength, he clutched his chest, tears almost falling.
'The Flower Capital, my Flower Capital...'
'You bastard, Haruno Sakura, you're not human! You really are not human! Do you have no conscience at all!'
'No, if you had even a shred of that stuff, you wouldn't have dug such a big pit for your ally!'
In a short instant, over a dozen large commercial complexes were reduced to ashes. Completely rebuilding them would consume who knows how much manpower and resources.
'Enough, enough, that's almost enough... stop burning!'
'Damn it, why isn't it stopping! Are the Beasts Pirates' guys eating shit? Go put out the fire!'
"Don't worry, my family has the best giant craftsmen."
The girl playfully stuck out her tongue and gave Shiki a thumbs-up. "You can hire them. I'll give you a discount!"
"You f*cking..."
Shiki looked up, his eyes reddened by the flames.
'This couldn't go on. The top priority was to capture the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates. That was the only way to make up for the deficit as much as possible.'
'And Haruno Sakura, that wild nuclear-powered tree spirit, had set fire to the firewood of my Flower Capital. If she doesn't come up the mountain and plant enough trees to meet my carbon neutrality KPI, she can expect to pay excess emissions fines this year!'
'Whatever you burn, you plant!'
Using his ability to float, Shiki picked up his two swords and charged again into the sky.
Kaido, in his dragon-man form, surrounded by lightning, also swung his kanabo, crackling with thunder, as he rapidly descended.
On the ground, Linlin, having finally completed her own enhancement, also tore through the thick black smoke and charged into the Flower Capital.
"Take this, God of Lightning Tenjin!"
The giant thundercloud crackling in her hand was thrown. As lightning leaped, the sky full of thunder bombarded the already ash-strewn streets indiscriminately, like a rainstorm.
And the main lightning, Zeus, which had consciousness and was the most powerful, raced through the broken walls and ruins, charging straight at the pink-haired girl gripping her storm greatsword.
"Oh, here it comes!"
Sakura raised her greatsword horizontally. The raging storm blade rapidly expanded. Armament and Conqueror's Haki were coiled within.
—Storm Sword - Ikoku Sovereignty!
Boom!