Chapter 172: The Holy Land Isolated? The Reckoning Begins!
"Damn it, stop him!"
Watching the dense threads descending from the sky to encase the Holy Land, the CP0 members present snapped out of their daze and lunged toward Doflamingo.
"Doflamingo!"
Following closely, Guernika glanced up at the dense threads about to descend. In the next moment, he flashed in front of Doflamingo, his killing intent palpable as he declared.
"This is the Holy Land Mariejois! You will not be allowed to run wild here!"
Before the words could fade, he channeled all his strength into his index finger and without hesitation, launched a Finger Gun straight at Doflamingo forehead.
Almost simultaneously, the CP0 agents who had been closing in from all directions, also made their move.
Some lunged at the puppet beside Doflamingo, while more charged directly at him, aiming to cut off his escape routes.
"Fufufufu—"
Standing next to the puppet, Doflamingo neither dodged nor flinched.
A sinister smile curled on his lips as he coldly watched the approaching figures.
Just as Doflamingo was about to be taken down by Guernika, a terrifying aura suddenly surged from high above.
In the next moment, a figure descended from the massive arrow wrapped in bandages.
"Perfume Femur!"
A cold shout accompanied the figure descent, echoing clearly in the ears of the CP0 agents.
Immediately, a violent shockwave crashed down, instantly enveloping Guernika.
"So fast!"
Guernika, who had just unleashed his Finger Gun aimed at Doflamingo forehead, looked up in shock.
The figure, which had suddenly appeared and now loomed large in his vision, gave him no time to evade.
In the end, he had no choice but to abandon his attack on Doflamingo and decisively activated Tekkai, one of the Six Powers of the Marines.
"Tekkai—"
"BOOM!"
A deafening explosion erupted alongside Guernika shout.
The collision unleashed a terrifying shockwave that swept outward, sending the CP0 agents who had just reached Doflamingo and the puppet spewing threads flying backward.
Even Guernika, hailed as the strongest agent of CP0, was forced to retreat uncontrollably under the sheer force of the attack.
Before Guernika could steady himself, the figure from the sky landed firmly in front of Doflamingo.
It was none other than Boa Hancock, the peerless Empress of Amazon Lily.
Standing before Doflamingo, Hancock shed her usual infatuated demeanor when facing Orion.
With an overwhelming aura, she took a step forward, letting the violent shockwave tousle her long, flowing hair.
Her icy gaze swept across the battlefield.
"Mary Geoise!"
"A place that fills my heart with fear!"
"But as long as I'm with Orion, I fear no world, no matter how daunting it is!"
Before her words could fade, Hancock suddenly raised her head, quietly activating her Paramecia-type Mero Mero no Mi ability.
Her hands formed a heart-shaped gesture and heart-shaped beams of light spread out at an astonishing speed, instantly covering the entire area.
In an instant, all the CP0 agents except Guernika were struck, their eyes turning into hearts as they were petrified into stone statues.
At the same time, the massive arrow wrapped in bandages landed steadily.
Orion stepped off the arrow and stood beside Hancock.
Following him, Gion and Gunko also descended from the arrow, taking their positions on either side of Orion.
"Guernika!"
Orion, now on the ground, glanced up at the CP0 agent across from him and calmly said.
"Who gave you the courage to come here and intercept me?"
"YOU ARE A TRAITOR!"
Guernika, who had resisted Hancock ability through sheer willpower, slowly raised his head and gritted his teeth.
"The authority of the World Government must not be defied. Traitors will be purged!"
"BOMM! BOOM! BOOM—"
Suddenly, a sound akin to a meteor crashing to the ground echoed from behind Orion and his companions.
Turning toward the source of the noise, they saw countless threads descending from the sky, which instantly tightened upon hitting the ground.
The thin threads shimmered with a chilling, ominous light.
Not only the ground behind Orion and his group, but the threads continued to pierce into the earth, spreading at an astonishing speed around the summit of the Red Line.
In the blink of an eye, an enormous birdcage had formed, looming over the summit and completely enveloping the holy land of Mary Geoise.
"Traitors?"
Glancing up at the fully formed birdcage, Orion narrowed his eyes slightly before decisively stepping forward.
Hum—
The air around Orion began to vibrate with a low-frequency hum as an invisible, overwhelming pressure surged forth like a raging tidal wave.
"Conqueror's Haki!"
Feeling the immense pressure bearing down on him, Guernika pupils contracted and he couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
Orion steps didn't falter.
With each step he took, the intensity of the Conqueror's Haki increased, until Guernika could no longer endure it.
He fell to his knees with an uncontrollable thud.
As Orion approached Guernika, his steps remained steady.
When he passed by Guernika, the latter's eyes widened suddenly and he vomited a mouthful of blood.
Unable to withstand the sudden increase in pressure, Guernika collapsed face-first onto the ground.
Before he could react, Hancock who had followed closely behind Orion, delivered a swift kick to Guernika' head.
"Bang—"
With a loud explosion, Guernika head turned to stone upon impact and shattered into countless fragments that scattered across the ground.
In the headquarters of the World Government, figures flickered in and out of the offices of various department heads directly under its jurisdiction.
Soon, the massive floor-to-ceiling windows were filled with people.
In the Chamber of Power, Topman, Saturn and Nusjuro, who had been killed twice by Sengoku and then revived, seemed to sense something.
They all rose and walked to the windows to look outside.
When they saw the enormous "birdcage" descending from the sky and enveloping the holy land, their expressions changed drastically, and they exclaimed in unison.
"The String-String Fruit, Donquixote Doflamingo!"
"Damn it, who gave him the audacity!"
Nusjuro took a step forward and said in a deep voice "How dare he cause trouble in the holy land!"
"Gentlemen, gentlemen—"
Observing their reactions, Sengoku who was munching on rice crackers, slowly stood up.
"Doflamingo certainly doesn't have the guts to cause such a ruckus in the holy land, but someone is enabling his arrogance!"
"Calm down, all of you."
After a brief pause, Sengoku tossed another rice cracker into his mouth and continued.
"As long as you haven't assisted pirates in attacking Marine bases, this reckoning won't fall on your heads!"
***
At the same time.
In Pangaea Castle, the meeting hall of the God's Knights and the Flower Room, all eyes were drawn to the massive birdcage enveloping the holy land.
In Pangaea Plaza, most of the Celestial Dragons were strolling with their slaves and bodyguards.
Upon seeing the enormous birdcage descending from the sky, the Celestial Dragons blinked in confusion, while their bodyguards behind them widened their eyes in terror.
"Damn it, the Holy Land has been... been isolated by a birdcage? What's going on?"
"What else could it be? The Holy Land must have been invaded! Quickly, protect the nobles and get them out of here!"
Amidst the overlapping voices of the bodyguards, the Celestial Dragons, who had just stepped out for a stroll, were bewildered as they were swiftly escorted back to their mansions.
***
In the meeting hall of the God's Knights.
Garling, standing by the window, slightly raised his head to glance at the massive birdcage that had suddenly appeared above the Holy Land, enveloping it entirely.
His eyes narrowed slightly and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"The reckoning has come so swiftly!"
"As expected of you, Fleet Admiral Orion!"
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