While Hashirama Senju was displaying his might at the border fortress of the Land of Lightning, single-handedly annihilating the Beasts Pirates and the border cloud ninjas.
The gazes of the Shinobi Alliance were all focused on the direction of the Land of Lightning.
At this time, no one knew that Karl, who was seen as the Great Demon King, had taken Marguerite and, traveling through the different dimension of the Door-Door Fruit, had quietly infiltrated Sunagakure of the Land of Wind, and, without anyone noticing, had entered the prison where Bunpuku was being held.
Bunpuku, the jinchūriki of the One-Tail of a generation.
In the era of the Second Kazekage, Shamon had been dedicated to the research of militarizing the tailed beasts, so he had sealed the One-Tail, Shukaku, which had been sealed in the temple of Sunagakure since ancient times, into the body of the newborn Bunpuku to be used as a jinchūriki weapon.
Unlike other jinchūriki, Bunpuku, because of his status as a jinchūriki, had always been imprisoned, and would only be released when the power of the One-Tail, Shukaku, was needed.
Living in a prison-like confinement room all year round, Bunpuku had not become black-hearted. On the contrary, he had used the darkness and loneliness to train his mind, making his mentality such that even the One-Tail, Shukaku, praised his character as being very similar to the Sage of Six Paths.
If it weren't for Karl's arrival, Bunpuku might have walked out of this confinement room during the Third Great Ninja War to resist the surprise attack of Kumogakure, and then returned again, and would have stayed there until he died of old age.
But now, the arrival of Karl and Marguerite had ended Bunpuku's life as a jinchūriki ahead of schedule.
Facing Karl, whose physical strength had reached the Six Paths level, Bunpuku, who was only at the Kage level even when using a tailed beast, had no resistance at all.
With just one move, Karl had subdued Bunpuku.
Using the sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, which he had learned from the Scroll of Seals through Absolute Comprehension, shared from Shiroori.
It had to be said...
The sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, was really very useful.
When used by a weak person, it could restrain an enemy much stronger than oneself. If the other party's Yin Release attainment was not strong, they could even defeat a stronger opponent.
When used by a strong person, it was a crushing blow to the weak.
The sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, used by Kushina Uzumaki, even someone as strong as Blackbeard was as helpless as an ordinary person.
The sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, used by Hashirama Senju, needless to say, even Kaido couldn't even struggle.
Similarly, the sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, used by Karl, Bunpuku also had no power to resist.
Among the nine tailed beasts, the One-Tail, Shukaku, who was one of the tailed beasts best at sealing jutsu, also could not help Bunpuku break free from Karl's sealing jutsu.
After using the sealing jutsu, the Four Limbs Heavy Seal, to take control of Bunpuku's body, Karl, with him and Marguerite, directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique and, in an instant, returned from the confinement room of Sunagakure to the Amazon Lily area of the Golden Nation.
"...Summoning Jutsu: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
After Karl returned, Hancock also brought him a piece of good news.
That was that she had finally summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which was far away in some underground space in the ninja world.
For Karl, this was indeed a piece of good news.
Because it meant that Madara Uchiha was dead.
To live again, whether it was to truly live or to be a reanimated body like Hashirama Senju, unless he got back his Rinnegan, he would not be able to take back control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from Hancock's hands.
In other words, the current master of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was Hancock.
Seeing that he had obtained the medium for sealing the nine tailed beasts, Karl, who had originally planned to imprison Bunpuku and wait until Hancock could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before sealing him, immediately changed his mind.
And so...
Hancock used her Rinnegan to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to spit out a chain like the Adamantine Sealing Chains from its mouth, and then bound Bunpuku, and directly pulled the terrified One-Tail, Shukaku, from the sealing space inside his body and swallowed it into its stomach.
With the One-Tail, Shukaku, in its stomach, one of the nine closed eyes of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path immediately opened.
"...Hmm? Kaido lost too?!"
After completing the sealing of the One-Tail, Shukaku, Doflamingo suddenly called...
Karl, who had heard the news that the Beasts Pirates had been annihilated, said with a slightly surprised expression, "Didn't you listen to my advice?"
"Fuffuffuffu... Maybe he did, but it was too late. Because his opponent was the 'God of Shinobi' of this world."
The Den Den Mushi simulated Doflamingo's serious expression and said, "That man named Hashirama Senju, his strength is very terrifying. With just a few moves, he annihilated everyone, including Kumogakure. Kaido was completely helpless in front of him."
"What's even more terrifying is that the other party is a reanimated body. Besides sealing, he simply can't be killed."
"...That's normal. As long as the other party is alive, he is the strongest of that era, bar none."
Karl gave Hashirama Senju a very high evaluation, and at the same time, a rare look of fighting spirit appeared on his face, "I thought this would be a world invasion without any difficulty. I didn't expect the natives of this world to bring me surprises one after another."
"Since the Blackbeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates have both been defeated, then the remaining Red Hair Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, who have successfully occupied Kirigakure, I believe those natives will not let them have their way."
"Our next opponents will probably be the Shinobi Alliance led by the God of Shinobi."
"...Karl, should we intervene?" Doflamingo asked.
"Yeah..."
Karl nodded this time and said as if it were a matter of course, "If we don't make a move again, the four pirate emperors might all become prisoners of this world."
"I've got what I want, so I have no more worries."
"Doffy, declare an all-out war!"
"Fuffuffuffu... Understood. Leave it to me!"
Hearing Karl's words, a wicked smile immediately appeared on the Den Den Mushi.
And so...
The Golden Nation officially entered the fray