Eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, ears, even the hair and body shape—everything vanished, as if stolen away.
The entire head was smooth and bald, completely featureless, looking extremely terrifying.
But Big Mark wasn't surprised in the slightest. After erasing the man's appearance, he brushed his left hand over his own face. Instantly, his appearance changed, transforming completely into that of the patrol member.
"Voice is harder to steal... Oh well, let's try it like this and see if I can sneak in."
Big Mark stroked his chin, then shifted his gaze towards a dog.
It was a ferocious-looking beast, enormous in size, comparable to a horse.
However, the dog's mouth was bound and locked, and a heavy chain was wrapped around its neck, the other end held firmly in Big Mark's hand.
"Da Poru, use your nose and sniff quickly. Where are the blueprints of Pluton?"
Woof!
The dog known as Da Poru glared fiercely at Big Mark.
"Speak human words!" Big Mark flew into a rage and slapped it down hard. "I let you out so you could work for me! Finish this job properly, and I'll find you a bitch!"
"You're courting death!"
Da Poru's throat emitted a threatening growl, yet human words spilled from his mouth. "It was all your fault back then! If it weren't for you, would I have ended up like this!?"
"How is that my business?" Big Mark slapped him down again.
"Work hard, there's always a way to change back. And besides, even if you can't change back, it's not bad. You're an Ancient Zoan type, just consider it as permanently activating your Awakened state."
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, the large dog glared at him viciously. If possible, the first person he wanted to kill was this bastard.
But right now, he was bound by the other party and had no chance at all.
Thinking this, he twitched his dog nose and said, "Several masters are fighting over there. I can also smell other intruders. It seems the blueprints of Pluton are truly very tempting."
"Where is Nico Robin?" Big Mark pressed urgently. "I don't care about the others. We need to hurry!"
"Follow me!"
Man and beast immediately began to run swiftly.
And just as they moved, beneath the floating island, Sea Dragon suddenly opened his eyes.
"I see... A Paramecia-type Steal-Steal Fruit, and a Zoan-type Dog-Dog Fruit of some form, I presume? But after Awakening, he can't change back... Why is that?"
He pondered for a moment but couldn't figure it out immediately. "There are four groups of intruders. The Shichibukai, Big Mark, and two others. Not bad. I'll let you make trouble for now. Once you all show yourselves, I'll wipe you out in one go."
With that thought, he closed his eyes again, falling back into silence, motionless like a statue.
...
Meanwhile.
Kaido's Territory, Beast Island. This was one of the strongholds of the Beasts Pirates.
The island was vast and teemed with countless ferocious, violent creatures, every single one highly aggressive. For ordinary pirates, not to mention occupying the place, just surviving here was a challenge.
Late one night, a gigantic whale approached the island. From the back of the whale, a man wearing a white haori stepped out, walking slowly through the air.
Vladimir's feet hovered centimeters above the sea surface, stepping steadily towards Beast Island.
With every step he took, his aura grew stronger, a massive spiritual pressure enveloping the entire island.
Perhaps it was animal instinct, but at this moment, every single wild creature on the island simultaneously lowered their heads and prostrated themselves on the ground.
"He's here!"
In the center of the island, inside an ancient stone building, one of the Three Disasters, Queen, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Such powerful presence. It's probably not just a Dominator Executive..." He grinned, looking at Jack the Drought. "This is the trouble you caused. The one coming might be the Vice-Captain... or perhaps Emperor Vladimir himself."
"Bullshit!" Jack was arrogant and unruly, scoffing. "If it's Emperor Vladimir, I say we might as well just surrender!"
...
"If it's Emperor Vladimir, we might as well just surrender!"
Jack the Drought snorted coldly.
If it was really Emperor Vladimir, they didn't stand a chance at all. There was no point in fighting.
Hearing this, Queen shook his head. "You've been beaten so much you're scared. If that's how it is, stay here. I'll go check it out."
Saying this, he stood up, arching his back. His entire skin turned golden yellow, his legs elongated, his hands touched the ground, and a pair of wings spread out from his back.
It was clearly a giant locust, nearly the size of a human.
"I'll help collect your corpse!" Jack said with absolute seriousness.
"You really are a coward."
Queen curled his lips, then flapped his wings and flew off rapidly.
His flight speed was extremely fast. He possessed the Bug-Bug Fruit, Model: Locust, recognized as one of the top five flying abilities in the world.
As he flew towards the port, Queen continuously spat out eggs. These eggs fell to the ground and shattered instantly, from which countless small locusts crawled out.
Their numbers were staggering. In a short time, they gathered into a swarm of hundreds of thousands.
Dense and overwhelming, wherever they passed, it was like wild locusts devouring everything, leaving not a single blade of grass alive.
Meanwhile, Vladimir set foot on the land of Beast Island.
He raised an eyebrow, his gaze piercing through the distance as if seeing through the dense forest, directly spotting the swarm of locusts.
"One of the Three Disasters, Queen?" he murmured softly.
As the words fell, a massive locust-like figure descended abruptly, followed by a sky-darkening swarm of insects.
And with their appearance, the dense forest behind them, after standing still for three seconds, simultaneously turned into powder and vanished, as if they had been completely devoured in an instant.
"Which one of Phantom are you?" Queen spoke in a human voice, asking directly.
"Vice-Captain," Vladimir stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm as he said, "Tell Kaido to get out here and see me."
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