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As Ron's actions in the Sabaody Archipelago—slaying a Celestial Dragon and battling Admirals Kizaru and Akainu—shook the world...

A great battle was also unfolding in the Kingdom of Alabasta, deep within the first half of the Grand Line.

With the rebel army closing in on the royal capital and Crocodile leading Baroque Works to seize the royal palace, Princess Vivi found herself in a dire situation. But at that moment, she recalled the second thing Ron had told her that night.

"If this country ever faces a true crisis, you can tell Crocodile that the stone tablet has already been taken by me."

And so, as Alabasta stood on the brink of collapse, facing the triumphant laughter of Crocodile at the gates of the palace, Vivi, her expression resolute, spoke in a clear voice:

"I don't know what it is you're looking for in this country, but many years ago, someone told me that he took a stone tablet that was once kept in the Sanctuary."

Crocodile's laughter abruptly ceased. His gaze darkened as he locked eyes with Vivi standing on the shattered streets.

"What… did you just say?"

"That tablet… it must be what you're after, isn't it?" Vivi met his glare without fear. "If you want it, go find that person and take it from him."

Crocodile's face grew even darker. He clenched his outstretched hand in the air, and in an instant, a massive hand of golden sand formed, seizing Vivi in its crushing grip.

"Who!?"

"The Traveler… Ron."

At that name, Crocodile's pupils shrank violently.

A ghostly image of the past flickered in his mind—the silhouette of a young swordsman standing before him, blade in hand. His chest throbbed as if the deep scar carved across it had reopened, recalling the wound that had nearly cut him in half years ago.

"Him…!?"

Crocodile's bloodshot eyes filled with rage, his teeth grinding audibly.

"That's right!"

Despite the excruciating pain from the crushing sand, Vivi forced a smirk and gazed at him provocatively. "If you've got the guts, go find him. But I doubt you do… isn't that right, Crocodile?"

She hadn't even finished speaking when—

"Shut up."

Crocodile spat out the words venomously.

His right hand curled tighter, causing the massive sand hand to constrict around Vivi, bones creaking under the pressure.

Her delicate face twisted in agony, but she bit her lip, refusing to scream. She would not give in to violence.

"So that's why…" Crocodile muttered darkly, the realization dawning upon him. "I always wondered why I could never find that Poneglyph. Turns out, it was stolen by him!"

His voice turned hoarse with fury.

"Ron, you bastard!"

Rage burned in Crocodile's eyes. Around him, buildings crumbled to sand, golden grains swirling into a furious storm.

Just then—

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!"

Whoosh!

A fist stretched through the air, hurtling toward Crocodile with incredible force!

Crocodile barely spared it a glance before allowing his body to dissolve into sand, letting the attack pass harmlessly through him.

At the same moment, a sharp glint streaked through the air—

Slash!

A sword strike severed the massive sand hand holding Vivi, instantly freeing her! As she collapsed forward, a strong arm caught her mid-fall.

It was Zoro.

Crocodile narrowed his eyes at the two figures standing before him—Luffy and Zoro. His voice was as cold as ice.

"My mood is terrible right now. Standing in front of me… does that mean you're ready to die, Straw Hat?"

Luffy clenched his fists together with a smack and locked eyes with Crocodile.

"This time, I'll send you flying in Ron's place!"

The moment that name left Luffy's mouth—

Crocodile's bloodshot eyes flashed with unrestrained fury.

"Don't ever mention that name in front of me!!"

With a violent swing of his hand, a razor-sharp blade of sand shot toward Luffy at incredible speed.

Luffy dodged instantly and launched a fierce counterattack.

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling!"

…

Meanwhile, near the waters of the Sabaody Archipelago…

As Ron's sword descended—

The very sky seemed to tremble.

A slash, stretching nearly ten thousand meters long, burned with dark flames and gleamed with a blood-red hue. It cleaved through Admiral Akainu's massive magma eruption, which had surged like an exploding volcano, completely tearing it apart!

The fiery slash roared through the air, hurtling toward Akainu.

Shing!

A terrifying shockwave split the ocean itself.

A chasm, ten thousand meters long and a thousand meters deep, was carved into the sea, as if the ocean had been violently ripped apart. Towering waves thundered as seawater rushed into the void left behind by the strike.

But what truly left Gion, Hina, Dalmatian, and the others in utter shock—was the state Akainu was in.

The magma Admiral stood on a hardened platform of cooled lava.

His right arm—severed clean from the shoulder—gushed with fresh blood.

Underneath his Marine cap, his usually stoic and ruthless face twisted with rage as he glared at Ron, who hovered in the sky, his blade still dripping with blood.

That single slash…

It had exceeded his expectations.

Even with his Armament Haki reinforcing his magma-coated right arm, it had been completely obliterated!

From a distance, a lazy yet amused voice drifted over.

"Ara ara… Sakazuki, what are you doing?"

Kizaru's voice carried from above, tinged with mockery.

"You didn't use your full strength against him? Don't tell me… you still thought he was the same as when you first tried to capture him years ago?"

"Shut up!"

Akainu's voice was a low, menacing growl.

Molten magma surged from the stump of his shoulder, bubbling and hissing as it reshaped itself into a new, blazing right arm, radiating unbearable heat.

Losing an arm—

Meant nothing to him.

If anything, it only fueled his fury.

For a man like Akainu, rage was the greatest catalyst.

His seething wrath pushed his strength beyond its limits.

The third stage of Armament Haki surged across his body, merging with his magma, intensifying his presence to an overwhelming degree. Half of his entire body liquefied into molten rock. The sheer heat emanating from him boiled the ocean within a hundred-meter radius.

At this moment, Akainu was no longer a mere Marine Admiral.

He was a walking catastrophe—

A volcano on the verge of full eruption!

In midair, Ron's expression grew solemn.

Even he could sense the overwhelming danger radiating from the man below.

"Brat…" Akainu growled, his voice thick with murderous intent.

"Today, you die here."

Akainu's voice was cold and emotionless as he raised his magma-covered fist and punched forward.

"Hellhound!"

Ron flickered out of sight, narrowly avoiding the devastating strike. Without hesitation, he swung his blade downward in a vicious counterattack.

However, Akainu's magma-forged claws expanded into massive, searing-hot appendages. With a single brutal motion, he tore through the incoming slash, dispersing it into nothingness. Then, with a powerful stomp, his lava-coated arm stretched outward like a monstrous serpent, lunging straight for Ron in midair…

Watching from a distance, Kizaru scratched his head as the two clashed fiercely.

"Man, what a hassle…"

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from where he stood, reappearing behind Ron at an angle.

"Sacred Light Laser!"

Just as Ron parried Akainu's attack, a golden beam of energy shot from behind—slamming directly into his back.

The impact sent him hurtling downward, straight toward the vast ocean below.

Yet before he could hit the water, Ron twisted midair and threw a devastating punch.

Boom!

The sheer force shattered the incoming laser, halting his descent just a few meters above the sea.

But before he could regain his footing—

"Red Lotus Hound!"

Akainu launched another explosive magma strike, descending toward him like a blazing meteor.

At the same time, Kizaru's figure flickered again, unleashing his ultimate barrage.

"Yata Mirror Barrage!"

A flood of dazzling light bullets rained down, blanketing the entire sea with pure devastation.

…

On the distant shoreline, Gion and Hina stood frozen, their eyes filled with concern.

The relentless assault of two Marine Admirals—

Such overwhelming force…

Even a Yonko wouldn't be able to endure it, right?

Could Ron possibly withstand this?

The answer came swiftly.

No.

He couldn't.

Ron was struck head-on, blasted straight down into the depths of the ocean.

Yet, despite the overwhelming impact—

He was completely unharmed.

…

"They assume I'm a Devil Fruit user…"

Deep beneath the surface, thousands of meters below, Ron lay on the seabed, resting against a massive rock. His expression was calm, almost indifferent.

"They think sending me into the sea will render me powerless… strip me of my ability to fight?"

The crushing pressure at these depths would obliterate an ordinary human.

But to him?

It meant nothing.

"Good idea, but unfortunately for them… seawater has no effect on me."

The Devil Fruit ability he had obtained through his Ability Replication Card was entirely flawless—free of any weaknesses.

Seawater. Seastone.

They were meaningless to him.

In fact, being underwater actually worked to his advantage.

Ron's eyes gleamed.

"Two Admirals teaming up… huh. With my current strength, taking them both on isn't ideal. I suppose it's about time to wrap this up."

A smirk played at the corner of his lips.

"Next time we meet… these eyes of mine should be fully awakened by then."

Rising to his feet, Ron sheathed his blood-red blade.

Then—

Boom!

With a single step, the entire seabed shattered beneath him.

His figure shot upward like an arrow released from a bow, piercing through the water and vanishing into the distance.

…

Meanwhile, back at the surface—

Akainu and Kizaru hovered above the sea, waiting for any sign of movement.

But Ron was gone.

Far away, the forces of CP0 arrived, leading a battalion of government troops straight into Sabaody Archipelago. Their mission—capture and interrogate anyone associated with "Ron the Traveler" and "Calamity from the Skies."

At the same time, the pirates who had been lurking on the island wasted no time.

Panic erupted.

Chaos ensued.

Every last one of them fled from Sabaody in a frantic escape, unwilling to get caught in the storm that was about to unfold.

...

["Ron the Traveler appears in Sabaody Archipelago! Three World Nobles slaughtered in cold blood!"]

["A Madman Declaring War on the Heavens! Kizaru vs. Ron—an Admiral forced into a disadvantage!"]

["Admiral Akainu's Arm Severed in a Single Slash! Who is truly the World's Greatest Swordsman?!"]

["Unfathomable Power! One man against two Marine Admirals!"]

The events that transpired on this island—

A supermassive incident—

With the power of the World Economy News Agency behind it, spread like wildfire across the entire ocean.

By the end of the day—

The entire world was in an uproar!

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