Jixo

171 With the Justice System

Added 2025-10-06 05:14:01 +0000 UTC

Marine Headquarters.

"All forces—attack!"

"Kill——!!!"

One hundred thousand elite Marines let out a unified roar.

"Charge!"

"Avenge Ace!"

"Tear these Marines apart!"

Led by the 6th Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates—Blamenco—several division commanders charged at the forefront.

Blamenco.

Behind them, tens of thousands of bloodshot-eyed elite pirates followed, like a black tidal wave of destruction crashing down against the white dam formed by the Marines.

In everyone's expectations, this should have been a brutal clash of flesh and steel.

However...

"First phalanx, raise shields!"

On the execution platform, Hawke's cold, clear voice spread into the ears of every soldier through the Den Den Mushi across the square.

"Clang——!"

The ten thousand Marines in the front row moved in perfect unison, slamming their special alloy shields—gleaming with metallic light—heavily into the ground.

Shield against shield, seamless and tight, instantly forming a steel wall stretching thousands of meters.

"Boom——!" "Boom——!" "Boom——!"

The pirates charging at the very front couldn't stop in time and slammed into the shield wall.

The massive impact shook the wall backward with a muffled thunderclap.

But that was all.

"What?!"

The pirates froze, stunned, not yet able to react.

"Pacifista units, forward, indiscriminate fire!"

Hawke's voice sounded like a death sentence.

"Buzz——buzz——buzz——"

Behind the shield wall, hundreds of towering, expressionless Pacifistas' eyes flashed yellow.

In the next instant, yellow laser beams poured through the gaps of the shield wall like a torrential downpour!

"Zing! Zing! Zing! Zing!"

"Ahhhhhh——!"

Screams instantly filled all of Marineford.

Those pirates, blocked by the shield wall and crushed together at the front, became the perfect living targets.

The Admiral Kizaru–based laser beams pierced through their bodies, the scorching energy detonating on impact, spraying blood mist into the air.

With just one volley...

Over a thousand fell in front of the formation.

The ground was dyed red with blood and charred corpses.

"Command squads, move out!"

"Target: enemy officers!"

Hawke's emotionless voice rang out again.

"Yes, sir!"

The steel wall opened up several gaps in an instant.

Navy commanders, long prepared, dashed out in squads of five from those gaps.

Their objectives were clear.

Their movements swift.

They darted straight toward pirate lieutenants attempting to organize counterattacks.

"Justice One-Stroke!"

Vice Admiral Yamakaji clenched his cigar between his teeth, his gaze sharp as his blade erupted into flames.

With a single slash, he cleaved a pirate captain with a bounty close to a hundred million—man and weapon—into two halves.

Blood sprayed, staining the ground beneath his feet.

Vice Admiral Momonga's body blurred into an afterimage, appearing behind a pirate officer in an instant.

The flash of his blade was followed by a severed, astonished head flying high into the air.

These command squads were like surgical scalpels, cutting out the "cancer cells" within the pirate tide with precision.

Strike once—then immediately retreat.

The shield wall closed again.

The entire process flowed seamlessly, coordinated as if drilled a thousand times.

"!!!"

All over the world, people watching the live broadcast were dumbstruck.

Sabaody Archipelago.

"What...what is this?!"

Kid's jaw dropped.

Beside him, Killer's masked eyes were filled with shock.

"A war...?"

"No. This isn't war..."

Law's brows furrowed tightly. "This is...slaughter!"

In their impression, wars between Marines and pirates were chaotic, filled with individual heroism.

Duel after duel of the strong, the bloody melee of common fighters.

But the scene before them shattered that belief.

The Marines were using tactics!

And not just any tactics—but cold, efficient, merciless tactics!

...

"Damn it!"

"What's going on with these Marines?!"

The Whitebeard division commanders finally realized something was wrong.

Casualties were mounting at a terrifying pace!

"I'll break the wall!"

The 7th Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates—Rakuyo—let out an angry roar.

Rakuyo.

He swung his meteor hammer, the head wrapped in dense Armament Haki, and smashed it into the shield wall!

"Boom——!"

With a thunderous crash, a massive dent appeared in the wall, Marines around it reeling from the shockwave.

Rakuyo prepared to swing again, to tear the breach wide open.

Just then—"Zing——!"

A faint whistling sound came from above.

Rakuyo instinctively raised his meteor hammer to block.

"Clang!"

A lightning-coated bullet struck the hammer and ricocheted away.

Rakuyo froze. A sniper?

But then—"Zing——!" "Zing——!" "Zing——!"

The whistling sounds came in rapid succession!

This wasn't sniper fire anymore—this was like an assault rifle's insane burst!

Each bullet crackled with blinding lightning, striking the exact same point on the hammer at supersonic speed!

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A rapid string of metallic clashes.

Rakuyo felt his grip go numb as each shock vibrated up the handle, tearing at his palm.

The overwhelming strength he prided himself on seemed pitiful before this relentless thunderous assault!

"Crack——!"

With a crisp shatter, one bullet finally pierced through the meteor hammer, tearing through Rakuyo's arm!

Blood and scorched flesh splattered into the air.

"What?!"

Rakuyo's scream was guttural as he stared at his arm in disbelief.

Tiny arcs of lightning danced like silver serpents across the wound.

Waves of searing, numbing pain robbed him of control over his arm.

"Who?!"

Both Marines and pirates who saw the scene instinctively looked up.

At the highest point of the execution platform...

Hibari's petite form lay prone, her sniper rifle glowing faintly with residual lightning.

"Raiden Gatling!"

The power of the Rumble Fruit, fused with her masterful sniping, unleashed a force far beyond imagination!

"Well done, Hibari."

Hawke's calm praise made Hibari's cheeks flush red with a shy glow.

His gaze swept across the battlefield.

Everything was under his control.

On the plaza, Admiral Kizaru had his foot pressed on Marco's unconscious form, muttering lazily,

"Ooh, that was close, almost let you get away~"

By the bay, Admiral Aokiji stood tall.

Beside him, the fully frozen "Diamond" Jozu glittered like a perfect ice sculpture.

"Boom——!"

High above, quake and magma clashed once more, erupting into a storm of energy.

"Whitebeard!"

Akainu's excited roar thundered across the sky.

"Your era...is over!"

"Damned...magma brat!!!"

Whitebeard's bloodshot eyes bulged.

He could feel his pirates falling in swathes.

He could hear his sons' screams tearing his heart apart.

The fleet that had sailed with him for decades, the family he treasured above all else, was being crushed mercilessly by this disciplined, ruthless iron army.

The rage that had burned like wildfire after Ace's death was smothered by suffocating, unbearable loss.

No...

This can't go on!

This isn't an even war.

This is slaughter.

A one-sided massacre meticulously prepared by the Marines, aimed solely at the Whitebeard Pirates!

He had led all his sons...straight into hell!

"Bang——!"

Whitebeard surged with power, forcing Akainu back with a slash.

He looked down at the ground stained crimson, at the sons lying lifeless in pools of blood.

Too many had already been lost!

"Marines——!!!"