Marines on the Offensive

The tremors from the clash between Luffy and Big Mom echoed through the battlefield, sending waves of shock across the broken landscape of Raftel. Despite his injuries and exhaustion from his victory over Kaido, Luffy stood shoulder to shoulder with Zoro, both ready to face the relentless might of Big Mom.

But before the titanic battle could continue, the air shimmered with an eerie, golden glow. A light flashed, and a powerful voice broke through the chaos.

"Yare yare... it seems like all the big names are here, huh? It's getting pretty lively."

Kizaru—the light-speed Admiral—arrived on the battlefield in a flash, his body glowing with the blinding light of the Pika Pika no Mi. Hovering above the fractured ground, he surveyed the chaos below with his usual lazy, almost bored expression, but his eyes gleamed with intent.

Kizaru wasted no time, immediately targeting the fleets of Big Mom and the remnants of Kaido's Beast Pirates that lingered in the area.

"I suppose we should bring this little party to an end... with some fireworks!" Kizaru said lazily, as his hand raised toward the sky, fingers glowing with deadly light.

From his fingertips, blinding beams of light-speed lasers fired off, each one targeting a different ship. The fleet was thrown into disarray as the laser blasts struck with pinpoint accuracy, blowing apart sections of the ships and causing massive explosions. Big Mom's children, who had been controlling the ships, scrambled to defend themselves from the relentless assault.

"Perospero! Defend the fleet!" Katakuri roared, still locked in battle with Shanks, but his eyes darted toward the chaos below.

Perospero gritted his teeth, forming massive candy walls to block the incoming lasers, but Kizaru's speed was overwhelming. The lasers tore through the defenses, and the ships continued to take damage.

Meanwhile, at the heart of the battlefield, Fujitora stood tall, his hand on his sword as he summoned the power of the Zushi Zushi no Mi. His face was calm and focused, though his blind eyes could not see the carnage around him. But he didn't need sight—his haki allowed him to sense the weight of every person, every object on the battlefield.

"It seems this battlefield is weighed down by more than just bodies," Fujitora murmured to himself as he raised his sword to the sky. "Gravity will bring order to this chaos."

With a swift motion, Fujitora unleashed his gravity powers, creating a gravitational well that pulled at everything in the vicinity. The air itself seemed to warp and bend as the invisible force pressed down on the battlefield. Several of Kaido's commanders, still reeling from the earlier battles, were caught in the gravity well, pinned to the ground by its overwhelming force.

"You won't be getting up from this one, Beast Pirates," Fujitora said softly, the gravity around him intensifying.

But then, a thunderous roar broke through the air. Jack, the hulking All-Star of the Beast Pirates, dug his massive tusks into the earth, using his Mammoth Zoan form to resist the crushing force of the gravity. His muscles bulged, veins popping as he pushed against the overwhelming pressure, his eyes filled with pure rage.

"You think... you can hold me down... with this...?!" Jack roared, breaking free from the gravitational well with brute strength alone. With a furious charge, he barreled directly toward Fujitora, his enormous form kicking up a storm of dust and debris.

Fujitora stood his ground, calmly sensing the oncoming attack. At the last second, he sidestepped, his gravity-infused blade slicing through the air as he met Jack's charge head-on. The two forces collided, creating a shockwave that rippled across the battlefield.

Back at the edge of the island, Ryokugyu, the newest of the Admirals, stood with a wild grin on his face as he surveyed his surroundings. The ground beneath him had already begun to transform into a lush, overgrown forest, vines and roots snaking their way across the battlefield. His Mori Mori no Mi (Forest-forest fruit) had turned the island into his domain, and he intended to use it to trap his enemies.

"The Red-Haired Pirates, huh? Let's see how well you handle my forest," Ryokugyu muttered to himself as he extended his arms, sending a wave of vines and roots toward Shanks' crew, aiming to entangle them in his web of plant life.

But Shanks, unfazed, met Ryokugyu's challenge head-on. His Conqueror's Haki flared, creating a powerful aura that clashed with the Admiral's vines. The very air around them crackled with energy as Shanks took a step forward, his sword drawn, his eyes fixed on Ryokugyu.

"You might be an Admiral, but don't think you can stop me that easily," Shanks said calmly, his voice steady but filled with deadly intent.

The two powerful forces collided, with Shanks slicing through the vines with precise, haki-infused strikes, while Ryokugyu summoned even more plant life to overwhelm him. The forest continued to grow, threatening to swallow the entire battlefield, but Shanks' crew, led by Benn Beckman, stood firm, cutting through the vines and holding their ground.

"You're not taking us down, greenhorn," Beckman growled as he fired a series of haki-infused bullets into the growing forest, each one taking down several of Ryokugyu's plant constructs.

Amidst all this chaos, Luffy and Zoro stood side by side, trying to catch their breath after the battle with Kaido and the ongoing fight with Big Mom. Despite the onslaught from all sides, their determination burned brighter than ever.

Luffy looked around, taking in the chaotic battlefield. The Admirals were here, Shanks was holding off Ryokugyu, and Big Mom was still a looming threat. But none of it mattered to Luffy. His eyes were locked on the horizon, where the One Piece awaited.

"Zoro... we've got to finish this," Luffy muttered, his fists clenching, the light of Gear 5 still faintly crackling around him.

Zoro, breathing heavily but grinning, nodded. "Yeah, Captain. It's time we showed them who's gonna be Pirate King."

Just then, Big Mom's booming voice echoed across the battlefield once more. "Mama-mama-mama! You're still standing, Straw Hat?! I'll crush you like I did before!" She raised Napoleon, her sword blazing with Prometheus' flames, and charged toward them.

Luffy gritted his teeth and prepared for another clash, but before he could move, a blinding light flashed in the sky. Kizaru had turned his attention to Big Mom, firing a barrage of lasers in her direction.

"Yare yare... it's getting crowded around here. Guess I'll have to take out both the Straw Hat and Big Mom at the same time," Kizaru said lazily, his body glowing as he prepared another attack.

But Luffy wasn't backing down. "I don't care how many of you there are... I'm going to be Pirate King!" With a surge of renewed energy, Luffy activated Gear 5 once more, his body twisting and bouncing with wild energy as he charged forward, ready to take on both the Admirals and Big Mom.

The battle for Raftel was reaching its peak. The Marines, the Straw Hats, the Emperors, and the remnants of the Beast Pirates were all fighting tooth and nail for control of the battlefield. But one thing was clear: the world was about to change, and whoever emerged victorious would shape the future of the seas.