"You two… you damned brats!!!"
Big Mom roared, fury tearing through her voice as she attempted once more to extract souls and unleash her ultimate technique.
"You're not… getting that off!" Law growled, thrusting his blade forward.
"K-ROOM—Shock Wille!"
An invisible, high-frequency penetrating field erupted forth, instantly piercing through the region where Big Mom's soul power was gathering—
Interrupting her attack before it could even take form.
"Now! Captain Kid!"
"Don't gotta tell me!! Magnetic Demon—Ten-Thousand-Ton Crush!!"
Kid's eyes burned crimson as he poured every last ounce of magnetism into his ability, commanding a mountainous torrent of metal—
Blades, cannons, shattered debris—
From all directions, it surged inward—
Crushing down upon Big Mom's staggering form!
"Wei—Country!!"
Big Mom swung Napoleon in a desperate block, but her strength was no longer at its peak.
Crack!
Fractures spread across the massive blade—
And in that instant, Law's spatial manipulation isolated her from her Homies—
Leaving her completely alone.
"—Shhk!"
Kikoku, cloaked in awakened penetrating force, stabbed in from an impossible angle—
Driving deep into Big Mom's collapsing defense at her side!
"AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
A shrill scream tore from her throat as unbearable agony engulfed her.
"Not over yet! Magnetic—"
"Overlord… Electromagnetic Cannon!!!"
Kid gathered the last of his strength—
Synchronizing with the internal damage Law had inflicted—
Channeling everything into a colossal electromagnetic cannon formed in the grasp of his magnetic construct!
Blinding blue-white lightning ripped through the air—
BOOOOOOM!!!
The massive beam slammed directly into Big Mom's chest and abdomen!
Her entire body was blasted off the island—
Sent hurtling into the void below.
Even as she fell, she screamed out for her Homies—
But Law's spherical spatial barrier severed her voice, trapping it in silence.
In that fleeting descent—
A thought surfaced in her mind—
Gol D. Roger.
Why—
Why hadn't he revealed the truth of the One Piece before his death?
Why had he instead ignited the Great Pirate Era—
Forcing her to endure these upstart brats, all seeking her head?!
At last—
Amid the chain reaction igniting the armory—
This Emperor who had ruled the New World for decades—
Let out one final roar of unwilling fury—
As her body plunged into the magma-filled abyss deep beneath Onigashima.
...…
At the same time—
Across the battlefield of Onigashima—
Whether it was the relentless gauntlet against Kaido—
Or the duels between commanders—
Every clash had reached a savage extreme.
The leader of the Three Calamities, King the Wildfire, unleashed his ultimate technique during the Fire Festival—
"Imperial Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor"—
Only to have it shattered head-on by Zoro's overwhelming strike—
"King of Hell—Three Sword Style: 103 Mercies—Dragon Damnation!"
His blade—
And even one of his wings—
Were severed in a single stroke.
Defeated.
Meanwhile, another of the Three Calamities, Queen the Plague, faced off against Sanji—
Whose body had undergone a skeletal awakening, fused with Armament Haki and Diable Jambe—
Evolving into the terrifying "Ifrit Jambe."
After a brutal clash—
Queen was blasted away by Sanji's ultimate technique—
"Beef Burst!"
His body was sent flying straight off Onigashima—
Defeated.
As for Jack the Drought—
He fell to the combined assault of Inuarashi and Nekomamushi in their Sulong forms—
Kicked out of Wano entirely—
Plunging into the sea to his death.
—
On the main battlefield—
"YAMATO!!!"
Kaido's roar shook the crumbling dome above.
The body of the so-called "Strongest Creature" was already riddled with wounds.
And before him—
Stood Yamato—
His own blood—
Yet one who regarded him as an enemy.
Fighting alongside the Straw Hat crew.
Each of them pushed beyond their limits—
Burning through stamina and life itself—
Unleashing their strongest attacks like a relentless storm upon Kaido.
The balance of the battle—
Locked in a desperate stalemate—
Was shattered—
By something like a blazing sun.
Especially—
That boy in the straw hat—
Who declared his dream of becoming Pirate King.
At the brink of death—
Amid the cries of his comrades—
The rhythm of his heartbeat—
Began to echo with the cadence of an ancient legend…
And then—
A power unlike anything before—
Overflowing with liberation and laughter—
Exploded from within him!
White steam billowed like divine robes.
His black hair and eyebrows turned pure white, flowing freely.
Around him—
A strange, elastic forcefield pulsed—
Flexible like rubber—
Yet imbued with something almost divine.
The form of Nika—
Gear Fifth.
"Heehee…"
Luffy grinned.
A smile freer and more joyous than ever before.
No longer a desperate challenger fighting to survive—
But the very embodiment—
Of this "war of liberation."
What followed—
Shattered the understanding of every witness.
Kaido's kanabo, capable of splitting mountains and seas—
Was twisted, deflected, and toyed with by Luffy's impossible elasticity and power.
His devastating flame breath—
Was treated like a toy—
Kneaded, bounced, and thrown back.
Even his massive azure dragon form—
Was seized—
Swung like a giant jump rope—
And hurled at will!
The arrival of Gear Fifth transformed a grim, desperate battle—
Into a chaotic, absurd—
Yet overwhelmingly powerful carnival of freedom!
Kaido's pride—
His supreme Haki.
His Mythical Zoan resilience.
His decades of battle-hardened experience—
All of it—
Seemed clumsy.
Powerless—
Before this irrational, unrestrained embodiment of "freedom."
"So this… is… Joy Boy…"
Within Kaido's blood-streaked pupils—
For the first time—
The shadow of defeat appeared.
And something else—
A strange, unspoken sense of release.
After all—
He had once said—
The one who could defeat him—
Would be Joy Boy.
"What a ridiculous power…"
At last—
At the edge of the collapsing cliffs of Onigashima—
Before countless stunned gazes—
Luffy gathered all his strength—
His will—
And the hopes of countless people yearning for liberation—
Into a single, massively expanded fist.
That fist—
Grasped the sun.
"I want to create a world…"
His laughter rang out, piercing the heavens—
"A world where everyone can eat their fill!!!"
An indescribable force of liberation—
Devoured everything.
Kaido's invincible dragon body—
Was struck head-on—
Pierced through completely by that blow!
He let out one final, drawn-out roar—
A mixture of unwillingness, shock—
And a strange, quiet satisfaction—
As his massive form fell—
Plunging into the magma surging beneath the shattered depths of Onigashima.
—
The island—
Under the combined impact of two Emperors falling—
Let out its final groan.
The enormous skull dome began to collapse.
Rocks and debris rained down like a storm.
From the cracks below, magma's glow surged upward—
Bathing the battlefield of victory in a tragic, blazing light.
Kaido—
Defeated.
Big Mom—
Defeated.
Two Emperors who once ruled the New World—
Fell into the abyss of magma.
Their fate—
Unknown.
On this day—
The old order shattered.
Outside Onigashima—
The Emperor Red-Hair Shanks and the Revolutionary Army's leader Dragon—
Had both fallen to Gern.
Inside—
Two Emperors fell together.
In a single day—
The era shifted.
Three Emperors—
Fallen.