Heil Nuoke's expressionless face and his deep voice.
Made several people vaguely feel that something was wrong.
Kaido's smile slowly faded from his face:
"What did you say?"
Charlotte Linlin and Shanks the Red-Haired also became solemn. It wasn't him who killed him...
Could it be that Sakazuki attacked his own people?
Heil Nuoke's expression was gloomy as he looked at the few people and said:
"You heard correctly."
"I didn't kill the man."
"I even lost a subordinate."
"Although success was imminent, that fellow Barrett suddenly appeared."
"He directly took Kuzan and my subordinate away."
"When I returned to the island this afternoon."
"This false news had already spread throughout the New World somehow..."
Thinking about it now, Heil Nuoke felt angry.
If he had killed him, it would be one thing, but this was clearly taking the blame...
After he and Kuzan had fought for half a day, Ranmu Lennard found an opportunity, and just as his fruit ability was about to touch Kuzan,
Barrett suddenly appeared and knocked Ranmu Lennard unconscious with a single blow from afar.
Then he grabbed Kuzan by the arm and retreated.
Unexpectedly, he didn't fight.
Seeing Barrett take the person away without fighting him, Heil Nuoke was relieved.
After all, he wouldn't have it easy if he had to fight two against one.
As for Ranmu Lennard being captured, he didn't care at all. He was interested in his abilities, but why would he save such a useless person?
Since the island below had been completely consumed by Ranmu Lennard, Heil Nuoke directly led his men to retreat.
But as soon as he returned, the news of Kuzan's death by his hand spread throughout the New World, leaving him bewildered.
He then realized that he had probably been set up by Sakazuki again...
The other three were clearly shocked by this news.
For a moment.
These four pirate emperors fell silent.
After a long while, Shanks the Red-Haired spoke with a solemn expression:
"No!"
"I also encountered Barrett."
"This afternoon."
His gaze turned towards Kaido.
Kaido, in another video screen, also reacted and said in a deep voice:
"That's right."
"How could there be two Barretts?"
"Even with extreme speed, crossing the entire New World would take time."
"In one afternoon, he appeared on both sides of the New World, how is that possible?"
"Could he be able to use clones?"
Shanks the Red-Haired continued:
"Moreover, what benefit would Sakazuki gain from doing this?"
"It doesn't make sense..."
All of this was too mysterious. How did Barrett appear in two places? How could Kuzan, who was taken away by Barrett, die? Even if Barrett killed him, who gave the order?
Sakazuki's actions made no sense from any angle.
Heil Nuoke sneered:
"How is there no benefit?"
"Doesn't eliminating dissent count?"
Shanks the Red-Haired shook his head:
"Even if he wanted to eliminate dissent, the timing is wrong."
"Killing Kuzan at this time."
"Who would the Navy use to withstand your abilities?"
"If your abilities cannot be resisted, their supply lines will be directly cut off."
"Are you willingly sending the Marines on Whole Cake Island and Wano Country to be surrounded and annihilated by us?"
Heil Nuoke's face darkened:
"Who knows what other tricks he has up his sleeve."
"The entire New World has been deceived, and Sakazuki's true purpose is still unknown."
"It's best to lie low for a while."
"You all know Sakazuki's revenge, don't you..."
To be honest, the current Four Emperors had basically suffered greatly at Sakazuki's hands...
Heil Nuoke, who was schemed against years ago, Charlotte Linlin, whose Whole Cake Island was destroyed and Poneglyphs stolen, and Kaido and Shanks, who interfered carelessly and were defeated by Sakazuki.
These lessons made them extremely cautious about Sakazuki's actions.
But even so, they had underestimated Sakazuki.
Sakazuki's actions were already underway.
And they would soon feel it...
Shanks the Red-Haired said:
"That's right, we..."
Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi on Shanks' side began to fluctuate. Before the others could react, Heil Nuoke's also fluctuated.
Zizi--
Bururu~
Both of their Den Den Mushi went black simultaneously.
Charlotte Linlin and Kaido frowned. What was going on?
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On the other side of the New World.
The Den Den Mushi inexplicably lost its signal.
At the same time, Heil Nuoke felt the island beneath his feet begin to tremble:
"Earthquake?"
Rumble--
A deafening roar, as if the sky and earth were being split apart, stunned everyone on the island.
The once-hard island now felt like loose soil, cracking and collapsing in large chunks.
Scorching heat accompanied by the smell of sulfur surged onto the island, making it hot and suffocating, causing people to involuntarily lose consciousness.
Beneath the cracked earth, a crimson light flickered and grew larger.
As the crimson light from underground intensified, the tremors on the island grew more violent, and the smell of sulfur became more pungent.
Heil Nuoke transformed into steam and rushed out.
What met his eyes made him freeze in disbelief. Even he had never seen such a doomsday scene.
The dark night was illuminated by the crimson light, making it look like hell.
Above, below, left, right...
Everywhere he looked was surrounded by crimson flames, with pillars of fire seemingly connecting heaven and earth, intending to use the sea as fuel and burn the New World to ashes...
The island below Heil Nuoke had completely collapsed.
Endless crimson light accumulated and erupted.
Boom!!
The island was annihilated, everything was gone, and an endless stream of magma erupted.
It shot straight into the sky.
Burying everything.
At this moment, he also understood what those distant pillars of fire were...
They were islands being annihilated by magma...
Floating in the air as steam, Heil Nuoke could not believe it. How dared he...
How dared Sakazuki!!!!
Even he hadn't gone mad enough to go to such lengths.
Was Sakazuki trying to burn everyone in the entire New World to death? What about the civilians? The Marines? Did none of it matter?
He thought this because the world that met Heil Nuoke's eyes was now hell, filled with crimson magma everywhere, without exception...
His brain could no longer process any more thoughts.
He now knew Sakazuki's solution to deal with him after he dealt with Kuzan.
This scene, as far as the eye could see, had turned everything he had into ashes...
Heil Nuoke was consumed by hatred, his eyes splitting with rage:
"Sakazuki!!!!"
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The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Countless residents had a sleepless night.
The tremors from the New World had caused even this ten-thousand-meter-high Holy Land to be unstable.
Innumerable residents and Celestial Dragons ran to the edge of Mary Geoise, staring in astonishment at the towering crimson flames in the night sky.
The Five Elders stood at the highest point, looking at the flames in the New World, all falling silent.
The Five Elder holding a sword looked for a long time before speaking with a hoarse voice:
"That Sakazuki is too crazy..."
"He absolutely cannot be left alive..."
This was no longer something that would be forgotten over time by erasing one or two islands.
A disaster of this magnitude, the explosion of the New World, would definitely be recorded in the annals of history, something even the government couldn't completely suppress.
How dared Sakazuki...
Was he truly fearless...
The other Five Elders did not speak; they were also shocked.
Sakazuki's countermeasure...
Cruel... too cruel...
Unspeakably cruel...
Until dawn.
The Mary Geoise residents who had come to watch had mostly dispersed.
Only the Five Elders, with dew clinging to them, faced the rising sun and looked at the smoke-filled New World...
Tatatat--
An intelligence officer in a black suit ran over, sweating.
He bowed his head respectfully and reported:
"Reporting to the Five Elders."
"The statistics are in."
"Last night, contact points on 43 islands lost contact."
"These islands were all occupied by the pirate Heil Nuoke and Shanks the Red-Haired, and they were all turned to ashes."
"Specific details cannot be fully ascertained."
"But last night at least..."
The intelligence officer in the black suit swallowed, his voice and body trembling slightly:
"Hundreds of thousands of people!!!"