"Not enough."
Nami opened her eyes.
Silver lightning flickered within her pupils.
She looked down at the distant Marine fleet—dense like a forest of steel—and at the terrifying pressure radiating from Akainu, a force capable of burning mountains and boiling seas.
With a light tap of her finger—
A single gold coin floated before her.
But this was only the beginning.
She understood that while the initial velocity of a railgun was terrifying, expanding its destructive range required even greater energy conversion.
"Six-point star… split!"
The golden ring behind her shattered instantly—
Five lightning-wreathed golden arrows shot outward.
At that moment—
The atmosphere across the entire sea twisted unnaturally.
Ronan immediately sensed it.
With the dense concentration of electric current and metallic particles, the space around the Merry had become a zone of extreme light refraction.
"Look! Th-that's… six Nami's?!" Usopp screamed.
Around the original Nami—
As the five golden arrows took position—
The air rippled like water.
Five identical figures materialized.
Each held a golden arrow.
Each stood solemn and still.
"No… those aren't simple clones."
Ronan stood with spear in hand, eyes sharp with realization.
Nami had altered the density and refractive index of the atmosphere—
Using the golden arrows as anchor points—
Creating illusionary projections with actual electromagnetic feedback.
Six Namis formed a perfect hexagram formation.
They raised their arms in unison.
Six golden conductors—one coin and five arrows—resonated together.
"Electromagnetic Field… Construct!"
In an instant—
Blue electric currents connected all six points.
A massive, transparent electromagnetic "mirror" formed.
And then—
Silence.
The entire Banaro sea fell into eerie stillness.
Even the boiling ocean caused by Akainu—
Calmed.
At the microscopic level—
Water molecules were restrained by the magnetic field.
The sea surface took on a strange metallic sheen.
All searchlights entering the area bent unnaturally—
Forming a semi-transparent barrier.
—
On the distant flagship—
Akainu stopped.
His magma arm rumbled violently.
His instincts screamed.
Something—
On that golden ship—
Could threaten his life.
"That woman… the Rumble-Rumble Fruit…"
"Super Electromagnetic—Six-Star Mirror Cannon!!"
"Fire—!!!"
At Nami's command—
The world fell into absolute silence.
Sound lost meaning before that speed.
A beam—
Dozens of meters wide—
Brighter than the midday sun a hundredfold—
Erupted from the Merry's side.
This was no ordinary lightning.
It was a railgun—
Accelerated to dozens of times the speed of sound.
Where it passed—
The sea split apart.
A vacuum trench stretched thousands of meters—
Reaching down to the ocean floor.
Seawater vaporized instantly—
Forming towering white walls of steam.
The air screamed like a dragon.
The sky itself—
Seemed cut in two.
"BOOM—!!!"
The outermost Marine warship—
Was pierced instantly.
Its multi-meter-thick armor—
Melted like butter under a hot blade.
The beam didn't stop.
It tore through three battleships in a straight line—
Before slamming into Akainu's flagship.
"BOOOOOOM—!!!"
An electromagnetic explosion erupted.
The "unsinkable" flagship twisted violently.
Golden particles vaporized under extreme heat—
Seeping into every crack.
Thousands of tons of seawater were blasted skyward—
Then—
Under the electric field—
Fell as a storm of electrified rain.
"It worked!"
Usopp clung to the railing, eyes bulging.
Ahead—
A path had been carved.
A sea route of death—
Where thousands of Marines had been erased in an instant.
"This… this is Nami?!"
Ronan stood firm, spear in hand, watching the devastation.
"This is the ultimate romance of science… fused with the divine power of lightning."
—
At the end of that destroyed path—
Amid shattered steel and electrified mist—
A figure stood up slowly.
Akainu.
He had sensed the attack—
But it was too fast.
Too late to stop.
"This level of provocation…"
His voice was no longer anger—
But the deep rumble before a volcanic eruption.
"…is beyond mere crime."
"If you enjoy destruction so much—"
"I'll show you…"
"True divine punishment."
He inhaled deeply.
His arms swelled—
Transforming into volcanic masses.
Magma surged beneath his skin.
"METEOR VOLCANO!!!"
He thrust both fists skyward—
Launching countless massive magma fists into the heavens.
The sky—
Once turned blue by Nami's magnetic field—
Was now stained rust-red.
Thousands of burning meteors—
Wrapped in smoke and sulfur—
Descended like divine judgment.
A saturation bombardment—
Across the entire sea.
The ocean boiled.
Each impact sent up towering columns of steam.
The battlefield vanished—
Into a scorching fog.
—
On the Merry—
Ronan stood steady.
The heat above threatened to ignite even his hair.
"If they're meteors—"
"Then I'll shatter every last one!"
He roared.
His spear blurred into motion—
Air currents forming a miniature cyclone.
A massive magma meteor fell toward the main mast.
Ronan stepped forward instead of retreating.
His spear thrust out—
Like a golden dragon breaking the sea.
"CHI—!"
The spear tip struck the meteor's core precisely.
Internal energy erupted—
Through the seastone spearhead.
The magma—
Capable of melting steel—
Was shattered midair—
Reduced to harmless fragments raining down.
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