In the sky, blood dripped from the girl's torn feather robe sleeve. Crimson thunder leaped across her wound.
"Even in Sage Mode, you two managed to break one of my arms. You truly are the strong ones who shake the seas!" Sakura's green eyes focused, her expression one of emotion.
Not far away, Leviathan, using the Ark Maxim's power system to create island clouds, lifted Onigashima, slowly lowered it to the earth, and then carried the other members of the Higanbana Pirates toward Sakura.
"Sakura-nee! Look at me! Look at me!"
Pitch-black flames danced around his burning red iron hair. His iron hooves trod on the air, leaving traces of nightmares. Ace, fully transformed into a nightmare, played joyfully, running around Sakura.
"Pretty good, except the form is a bit inhuman." Sakura clicked her tongue, scrutinizing Ace.
Then she raised her intact hand and severed her arm at the root, where it was injured by Haki. She then gathered Natural Energy at the severed edge and super-speed regenerated a brand new arm.
"I don't think you're in a position to say that about him." Leviathan, who had finished the aftermath on Onigashima, rose from below the deck and rolled her eyes upon hearing Sakura's comment.
Of course, let's not talk about the pot calling the kettle black. On the entire Leviathan, there were three mythical Zoan users, over three hundred genetically mutated beastified species, the winged tribe… plus Sakura, whose biological species could no longer be determined.
This lineup of dancing demons and monsters coordination was even more 'Beasts' than the Beasts Pirates. Why not ask Morgans for a recommended spot tomorrow? Maybe they could debut on the spot, replacing the Beasts Pirates' status and becoming the new organizers of the Golden Festival.
"Oh right, Mother, what should we do with the prisoners from the Beasts and Charlotte Families?" Sato Sakura, having put her cloak back on, walked over and pointed to those she had locked in metal cages using her ability.
"Release them." Sakura couldn't even be bothered to look, directly giving the order.
"Ah?"
Ace and Sato Sakura were both dumbfounded, staring at Sakura in confusion.
"What else can we do? Exterminate them?"
Sakura flexed her newly grown arm and shrugged at the two.
Although they were pirates in identity, their ultimate goal was to rule Wano, turning it into a training ground and weapons factory, not to massacre the place.
Having ensured their own interests would not be harmed, wouldn't it be wise to adopt a conciliatory posture?
Otherwise, they would be forcing the remnants of the Beasts and the Charlotte Family within the country to rise up, causing even greater destruction?
Moreover, with Linlin and Kaido, the pillars, gone, the Beasts and Charlotte Families were nothing more than stray dogs. Sakura was not one to enjoy bullying the weak. The factory didn't need people at the moment either. Keeping them locked up would just waste rice. It was best to release them.
As for the idea that this would set the tiger free, allowing talents to know shame and then become courageous and become stronger to challenge her...
—What? There's actually such a good thing in the world?!
"Alright, I'll leave them to you two to handle." Sakura patted the shoulders of the two, stepped off the Leviathan, and flew toward the Flower Capital.
She was still thinking about checking on Shiki who had taken a Supremacy Sea hit, hoping he wouldn't die. Otherwise, without a sufficiently powerful combat power guarding Wano, her interests here would be hard to guarantee.
"Shihahahaha! It seems someone still cares about me!" Seeing Sakura flying toward him, Shiki, standing in the Tenshukaku overlooking the scene below, laughed heartily.
"We're both pirates. It's fine to fool others, but don't fool yourself."
Sakura gave him a displeased glance. If she cared about anything, it was about the golden, shiny Belly, not some old geezer.
She stepped forward to examine Shiki. Having forcibly taken the Supremacy Sea to gamble on that slim chance of a Haki transformation, he had suffered very serious injuries.
Multiple fractures were the mildest symptom. More severe was the rupturing of his internal organs.
Speaking of which, for him to survive in this state, the will of pirates was truly a miraculous thing.
"Help me heal the Tobiroppo under Kaido too. I want to try to win over these young people."
Continuing to drink sake without a care, Shiki asked Sakura for the men.
But what he received was not her generous agreement, but the ruthless seizure of the sake cup from his hand.
"Take care of yourself first. After I treat you, you're banned from drinking for three months!"
Entering work mode, Sakura's every word and action carried an air of not to be refused.
"Eh?!"
Shiki's expression crumbled, letting out an unwilling squawk.
…
Elsewhere, deep within the Tenshukaku, behind a large full-length mirror.
Charlotte Brulee, bound in chains, was now held by a woman in sunglasses who was taller than her, her eyes vacant.
"The fight outside is over."
Maffey, wearing a military uniform, turned her head and spoke to Shamrock and Gunko behind her.
"Finally. I've been waiting until I'm almost moldy."
Gunko, the blue-haired girl, stood up from a chair piled high with human bodies and patted her backside.
"Everyone understands their tasks, right? Don't make a mistake."
Shamrock, with no inflection in his expression or tone, gave the other two members a final reminder.
Seeing their knowing glances, he was the first to walk toward a large shattered mirror. Maffey, controlling Brulee, opened a passage for him.
The two returned to the real world from the Mirror World together and immediately launched an attack toward the main building of the Tenshukaku, where Shiki's aura was located.
"Hmm???"
Sakura, who was performing Creation Rebirth, the Strength of a Hundred Seal markings spreading over Shiki's body, had a flash of rainbow light in her pupils.
The next instant, the surrounding Japanese-style doors all shattered. Countless tiny arrows wrapped around mirrors.
"Is this ability from Linlin's daughter?"
Shiki also saw the many mirrors that had been deliberately sent in, furrowing his brow. "Hey, brat, my patience has limits!"
"No, Shiki, this is..." Sakura looked at the arrows for a long time, and a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed her mind.
Then a tearing sound rang out. A man with a face identical to Shanks's appeared before the two, the long sword in his hand also wreathed in remarkable Haki.
"Red-Hair Shanks?! What are you doing here, brat?"
Separated from Sakura's technique, causing the treatment to be interrupted, Shiki was stunned. The pain of his internal organs, like burning flames, resurfaced, becoming even more intense.
With his anger, the entire room began to distort. The surrounding materials collapsed, intending to crush the incoming enemy.
"I see. So you know that fool who lingers in the filthy lower world."
Utterly unafraid, Shamrock turned his long sword. A low growl, accompanied by the sound of metal scraping, rang out.
A giant three-headed dog crawled out from his blade, howling at the sky. The spreading shockwave sent flying all the rubble and debris collapsing toward them.
Then, blades spewed from the dog's mouths. The three-headed dog's neck snapped like twisted vines, transforming into flying daggers that stabbed fiercely at Shiki.
Facing the increasingly approaching spikes, Shiki's expression turned ugly.
"This is bad!"