As the vote counting concluded, ten people handed the final results to Tsunade.
At that moment, the entire crowd was on edge, hearts pounding in anticipation.
Nawaki and Minato stared intently at the ten slips of paper, their expressions tense.
Tsunade cast a brief glance at bot...
2025-05-25 12:30:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe evaluation was over.
Rie, bouncing excitedly behind Reiji with her newly earned Konoha forehead protector, kept holding it up and trying it on different spots.
“Brother, where do you think it looks better? On my forehead? Or on my arm?”
“Whatever.”
Reiji replie...
2025-05-24 21:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn the 24th year of Konoha, at the civilian cemetery of the village, in front of an unmarked gravestone.
Dressed in black, Reiji sat cross-legged before the stone, a sake cup and a jug placed in front of him.
"Mizukuma, how’ve you been lately?"
...
The gravestone remaine...
2025-05-24 21:43:17 +0000 UTC View PostAt that moment, Nelliel pouted and silently watched Masatsuki Aozaki from behind.
After seeing Cirucci off, Masatsuki Aozaki turned around—only to catch a glimpse of a green blur flashing past.
In the next instant, Nelliel shot forward with astonishing speed, leaving behind a clear ...
2025-05-24 21:33:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Chelsea, are you feeling unwell?”
Haruki asked with concern.
He had noticed that Chelsea’s eyes were glowing a vivid crimson, a glow that stood out starkly in the darkness.
Every girl who became one of Haruki’s bloodkin shared a common trait—crimson pupils. Chelsea wa...
2025-05-24 21:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe departure of Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber did not bring Shiomi’s meeting to a close.
Compared to the emotionless Magus killer who stormed out, it was the implications of the Holy Grail War itself that still held everyone's attention.
Through Morgan’s Magecraft, everyone had seen ...
2025-05-24 21:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Of course there's evidence. Whether you choose to believe it is up to you,” Morgan said calmly. “The day after I was summoned, once the Holy Grail War began, I accompanied my Master to survey the situation in Fuyuki, which led me to discover the location of the Greater Grail.”
Ryuu...
2025-05-24 21:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostShiki stood frozen, as if struck by lightning, his face pale.
He staggered back, a wave of unfamiliar dread crashing over him, making his scalp crawl.
He had fought countless battles throughout his life, clashed with powerful foes, and suffered more wounds than he could count.
H...
2025-05-24 21:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn it...”
Shiki staggered to his feet from the wreckage of a pirate ship. The scene before him nearly made him black out again.
The sea was raging, filled with the wreckage and splinters of shattered ships. Pirate corpses littered the waves, countless and densely packed—it wa...
2025-05-24 21:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103: All Forces Attack
The voice carried an eerie, penetrating clarity, slicing through the chaos like a blade and reaching everyone's ears even amidst the earth-shattering storm.
The moment it rang out, Shiki's entire body jolted with shock. His pupils shrank to pinpoints. 2025-05-24 20:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
“What is this...?”
“Impossible!”
“A sea storm of this magnitude!”
“I've never seen anything like it!”
...
The members of the Roger Pirates stared at the terrifying scene in front of them, stunned and horrified, unable to believe their eyes.
They...
2025-05-24 20:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostDragon!!
Even though his face was hidden beneath a wide, dark green hood, there was no mistaking him. Dragon had grown up in the Marines—and with his one-of-a-kind Devil Fruit ability on the open sea...
Sengoku and Sakazuki recognized him instantly!
They reacted at once, turni...
2025-05-24 20:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostFlames lit up the sky, thick black smoke rolled across the air, and waves of heat surged from above.
Under the shock of the explosions, the Oro Jackson rocked violently, as if it might capsize at any moment.
“Damn it! Their firepower is insane!”
Gaban, ignoring the rain spla...
2025-05-24 20:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostSengoku’s uncharacteristic anxiety made Daren frown. He couldn’t help but speak up.
“Admiral Sengoku, with your wisdom, you should know that Shiki and Roger are in the middle of a brutal clash. Ordering an attack now isn’t the right move.”
There was a flash of confusion and ...
2025-05-24 20:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostListening to Shiki’s laughter echo through the wind and rain, Sengoku’s forehead was already dripping with cold sweat.
Shiki—the madman whose ambition spanned all four seas—had just proposed forming an alliance with Roger!?
The mere thought of the two most troublesome enemies ...
2025-05-24 20:55:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Edd War Sea.
Strong winds swept the sea, waves surged violently, and torrential rain poured from the sky.
“Ahhhhhhh!! How is this even possible!?”
“We're surrounded!!”
On the Oro Jackson, Buggy’s red nose had gone pale with fear. He clung to a pillar in terro...
2025-05-24 20:54:55 +0000 UTC View PostAll around them stretched an endless black void.
“So this is the deep sea...”
At the bow of the warship, Daren rubbed the stubble on his chin with interest, taking in the scene ahead.
The warships were encased in a transparent coating, and ten ships moved in a quiet, steady ...
2025-05-24 20:54:16 +0000 UTC View Post“So… does anyone still have questions?”
Daren exhaled a long trail of smoke, relaxed and composed.
The other generals glanced at one another, then exchanged faint, wry smiles. None spoke up. Their silent consensus confirmed Daren’s judgment.
If there was anything in this...
2025-05-24 20:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostAs she spoke, Staff Officer Tsuru reached out and pointed to three areas on the sand table.
“Based on the Roger Pirates’ current heading, there are three standard sea routes ahead. After analyzing the latest intel, it’s highly likely that Roger will choose one of these two.”
S...
2025-05-24 20:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostResponding to Sengoku’s summons, Daren didn’t waste any time. He reached out and gave Tokikake’s swollen, pig-like face a pat.
“Hey, wake up. Time to fight.”
Tokikake’s eyes were still spinning as he mumbled in a daze,
“Fight? Fight what…”
Suddenly, he tr...
2025-05-24 10:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostNight deepened.
Walking through the streets of Marine Headquarters, Daren smoked several cigarettes before he finally started to feel like himself again.
Along the way, small patrol squads of Marines occasionally stopped to salute him, their eyes filled with admiration. Daren responde...
2025-05-24 10:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostMarine Headquarters, Marineford.
Gion's residence.
“So, the Pleasure District was fun?”
Gion stood with her arms crossed, a half-smile on her lips, but her eyes shimmered with a chilling killing intent as she looked at the Vice Admiral before her.
Well… it was pretty...
2025-05-24 10:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe setting sun burned like blood, casting ripples of crimson light across the distant sea.
Roger pinched his nose and forced down the freshly brewed medicine. He sat lazily beneath a large rock, absentmindedly polishing a gleaming silver longsword with an oilcloth.
“Are you really ...
2025-05-24 10:56:54 +0000 UTC View PostThat bastard Queen... actually used that many people for his experiments!?
Kaidou glared furiously, panting heavily.
“Ow, ow, ow...”
From the collapsed hillside, Queen crawled out battered and bruised, face swollen, grimacing in pain.
When he saw Kaidou storming toward...
2025-05-24 10:56:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlright.
Kong and Sengoku immediately deflated, staring resentfully at the freak standing before them. Only a lunatic could come up with something like this.
The core idea behind the training method wasn’t wrong. Through intense “striking” training, the body’s resistance to ph...
2025-05-24 10:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostAnd just like that, a secret Marine operation targeting Shiki was finalized at the end of the meeting.
An hour later, in a black market intel hub somewhere in the New World, a highly classified and incredibly expensive piece of information... was purchased by a pirate operating in those sea...
2025-05-24 10:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostAt this point, Kong paused deliberately, his expression serious, as if waiting for a reaction.
However...
The others simply looked at him quietly, seemingly waiting for him to continue.
Kong: ...
Right, I almost forgot—these brats are all monsters far beyond ordinary. 2025-05-24 10:30:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The atmosphere in the massive conference room was suffocating.
It was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
All the Marine officers stood frozen in place, pale and motionless like statues.
Their eyes were fixed on the military Den Den Mushi, now in a dormant state, expressions fi...
2025-05-24 09:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostIn an instant, Sengoku and Kong had already come to a rough conclusion in their minds.
“So, Daren, what about the remaining locations? Do they share any common traits?”
Sengoku shifted the topic, clearly not wanting to delve deeper into the last discussion.
Daren smiled, und...
2025-05-24 09:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor Risei Kotomine, Overseer of the Fourth Holy Grail War, the strain and complications of this war had far exceeded his expectations.
Perhaps it was because he was no longer as young as he was sixty years ago, or perhaps it was because this war had introduced far more anomalies than any pr...
2025-05-24 09:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post