Marine Headquarters.
Inside an office with a nameplate reading "Admiral Aokiji."
Rayne Hawke sat opposite Aokiji.
The air in the office carried a lazy, chilled vibe.
"Admiral Aokiji…"
Hawke was the first to speak.
"You wanted to see me?"
<... 2025-09-03 19:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Hawke..."
Zoro lowered his voice and asked, "He's here at this branch right now?"
"Hmm...?"
Dane didn't answer directly but instead asked back,
"You need something from him?"
"Uh..."
Zoro then explained everything about his "grudge" with Hawke from start to fi...
2025-09-03 19:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Yo, Hawke-kun."
"Care to chat for a bit?"
"..."
Hawke looked at the man before him — the Marine Headquarters Admiral, "Aokiji" Kuzan, a Logia-type Ice-Ice Fruit user.
The man with the hottest heart… yet he had eaten the coldest fruit.
In his youth, he upheld the...
2025-09-03 19:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.
"Ah...?"
Sengoku was slightly stunned — he'd just been refused?!
Hawke, you… rejected me in front of everyone…
Where am I supposed to put my dignity as the Fleet Admiral now?!
"Ha...!"
Akainu's...
2025-09-03 19:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.
The atmosphere was… a little tense.
"..."
Hawke let out a silent sigh.
What the hell had he become?
Some kind of ultimate prized treasure?
Even the mighty Fleet Admiral of the Marines — Sengoku h...
2025-09-03 19:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, outside the Fleet Admiral's office.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
"Come in!"
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
A messenger stepped quickly into the office. "Something's happened!"
"Hm...?"
Sengoku, who had been working through documents,...
2025-09-03 19:11:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Borsalino."
"You want to take Hawke away from me?"
Akainu's voice was filled with warning.
"Don't even think about it!"
The moment he saw that overly warm smile on Kizaru's face, Akainu instantly understood.
This guy wasn't here to welcome his fellow Admiral at all....
2025-09-03 19:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, the seas near Marineford.
"Whooosh—"
A battleship plowed through the white waves, cutting at full speed into this heavily guarded stretch of sea.
On the deck of the warship.
"..."
Hawke leaned against the railing, cigar in his ...
2025-09-03 19:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostEast Blue, Loguetown.
Inside the Marine branch office.
Smoker held a Den Den Mushi in his hand.
The Den Den Mushi's face mimicked the lazy expression of the man on the other end.
"A good piece of news?"
Smoker's voice was hoarse. "Or a bad one?"
<... 2025-09-03 19:09:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Whoosh—"
A Navy warship cut through the surging waves.
The Navy flag hung at the bow fluttered fiercely in the sea breeze.
It slowly departed from the dock of the 16th Branch, sailing at full speed toward the Grand Line.
The destination: Marine Headquarters — Marinefo...
2025-09-03 19:09:21 +0000 UTC View Post"The one making a mess is you, Sengoku."
"You're the one obstructing the rise of the Navy's new generation."
Tsuru's voice was not loud, but it struck directly at Sengoku's heart.
"..."
Sengoku's body jolted violently. He leaned back into his chair, silent for a long time....
2025-09-03 19:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, in the Fleet Admiral's office.
"Sakazuki——!!!"
"Nonsense!!!"
Sengoku, furious beyond measure, slammed the report down hard onto his desk.
Nonsense!
Utter nonsense!
Sakazuki, all because of Hawke, personally went all the...
2025-09-03 19:08:24 +0000 UTC View PostSusanoo showed no mercy to Danzō.
It grabbed him in its massive hand and squeezed hard.
"Pffft!"
The sound of flesh rupturing rang out as blood splattered from Susanoo's palm. But when its hand opened, Danzō's body had already vanished.
The very next second, Danzō appea...
2025-09-03 11:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostDanzō still wore that same corpse-like face, giving no hint of what he was thinking.
He cast a glance at Tsunade and the Konoha shinobi behind him, then turned his gaze toward the ruins ahead. Slowly, he spoke,
"Uchiha Kaito, what do you mean by this?"
Pfft!
Before the wo...
2025-09-03 10:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostFacing the incoming Tsunade and the others, Kaito spread both arms wide. Instantly, Tsunade and several Anbu lost control of their bodies and were pulled toward him.
A streak of darkness flashed across Kaito's Mangekyō Sharingan. Several jagged dark spikes shot forth, skewering Tsunade and...
2025-09-03 10:35:24 +0000 UTC View Post"Looks like this battle is finally over…"
Watching the two massive ships wrapped in spatial power slowly sink beneath the waves and slip into Fish-Man Island, countless fish-men couldn't help but swallow nervously, their gazes fixed and tense.
The moment that would decide the fate o...
2025-09-03 05:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne dance ended.
Holding Stella close, Tesoro walked into the luxurious room. At that moment, the big-headed Tanaka-san emerged from the underground passage, trailing behind Tesoro.
Tesoro glanced back at him, then gently patted Stella on the shoulder, offering her a soft smile.
At the entrance of the sweets shop.
Renya carried two large bags full of neatly packed desserts: three-colored dango, matcha daifuku, mung bean cakes, cream cakes — all arranged carefully inside exquisite packaging boxes.
He had already tasted them just now, and the...
2025-09-03 05:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post(Chapter about food)
On Konoha's commercial street, a new dessert shop had just opened. Inside the glass display case were rows of colorful wagashi, tri-colored dango, sweet red bean soup, and cakes in all sorts of cute shapes.
A long line had formed at the shop's entrance, m...
2025-09-03 05:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostHearing Haido's words, Temujin's mind exploded with a deafening "BOOM—," memories flooding back like a raging tide!
Back then, the village where he lived had been attacked by bandits.
The fire and bloodshed became a nightmare etched deep in his childhood.
After that tragedy, h...
2025-09-03 05:09:01 +0000 UTC View Post"What should we do? Sensei's been taken away, and we don't have any ninken with us. How are we supposed to find him?"
Naruto asked anxiously.
"It's fine."
Shinju waved his hand casually, showing he wasn't worried about something this small.
Right after, he formed a summoni...
2025-09-03 05:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostNaruto had been away training for two years. By the time he returned, he was already a sixteen-year-old young man.
Wearing a brand-new tracksuit, he stood atop an electric pole, gazing down at Konoha.
He shouted loudly:
"Konoha, I'm back!!!!"
"Hm? Back already?"
Kiyo...
2025-09-03 05:07:02 +0000 UTC View PostMaintaining the state of suppressing his presence while moving was no easy task.
Kiyosuke often slipped up, which usually ended in failure.
In the end, he had no choice but to "cheat" by using Shadow Clones to speed up his training.
After accumulating enough experience through r...
2025-09-03 05:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostWho the hell was that?!
Someone actually dared to ambush Gekko Chizan—and not only that, the quality of this jutsu was way beyond standard.
Water Release? No… this was already Sea Release! Sure, they were on the coast, which gave the enemy a terrain advantage, but to unleash a Wat...
2025-09-03 05:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostThree days later, Gekko Chizan had already flown out of the Land of Earth, making sure to escape without getting entangled with Iwagakure.
He even flew all the way north, only turning east after reaching the coast.
It wasn't until he saw the world before him turn into a vast field of ...
2025-09-03 05:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn front of the Root base,
Kaito suddenly appeared. Two Root members immediately dropped into battle stance and demanded,
"Who are you?!"
Kaito slowly raised his head, a pair of scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan gleaming coldly.
Seeing the Mangekyō, one of them...
2025-09-03 05:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostSai was still hesitant. He pointed at his tongue, meaning he couldn't speak.
Kaito said calmly,
"The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal has already been erased by me. Speak."
Sai's eyes widened. He cautiously tried saying a few words about Danzō, and his body felt no discomfort at ...
2025-09-03 05:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostTakeshi's reform of the ninja divisions had one exception—he deliberately left out the Hyūga main family.
The reason he gave was that the main family rarely carried out missions, so it was better for that money to go to the branch members.
An intolerable humiliation.
Since wh...
2025-09-03 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBecause none of the dispatched shinobi returned alive, and the Guardian Twelve who protected the Daimyō could not leave their charge's side,
In the end, the Daimyō's estate had no choice but to accept Konoha's investigation report, attributing the deaths of the three town nobles to rogue ...
2025-09-03 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Hibari..."
Hawke muttered softly, and in his mind, a figure automatically surfaced.
Hibari — full-body image.
Golden ponytail, wearing headphones, a tight cropped short-sleeve top.
Two layers of pants on her lower half — the outer layer camo-patterned with only the le...
2025-09-02 17:19:05 +0000 UTC View Post