One Piece: sign-in to Ryujin Jakka

BOOM!

A deafening explosion tore through the skies!

Yet the scorched marks left behind by the flames were swiftly mended by an overwhelming life force. The fire could not even ignite the surface!

'What kind of terrifying regenerative power is this?!'

The thought flashed across Akainu's mind, but he had no better solution.

Meanwhile, Spandine, still before Roman, could only feel cold sweat pouring down his face.

He had seen Akainu's attack clearly, clearer than anyone else. Yet when the attack struck, not even a ripple appeared!

In an instant, the damage was repaired!

At this moment, fear completely overtook him.

'This man isn't foolish... he's simply brimming with absolute confidence in his strength!'

Realizing this, Spandine frantically retreated, before scrambling up and sprinting toward the coastline. He had to run!

This monster was not someone he could even think of resisting!

Watching Spandine's pathetic retreat, Roman's eyes flickered with disdain.

"Run? Where exactly do you think you can escape to?"

Schiing—!

Roman drew his sword—Ryūjin Jakka—its blade humming sharply through the air.

"All things in this world, turn to ash—Ryūjin Jakka!"

As his voice fell, Olvia and Robin felt their vision erupt in a blazing firestorm.

In the next instant—

A towering inferno erupted, ripping into the heavens!

An oppressive Reiatsu far greater than before, hundreds, even thousands of times stronger, swept across the battlefield.

In the senses of all present, it became a tangible state of Conqueror's Haki.

Roman stepped forward.

The earth beneath his feet cracked apart like spider webs!

His blade, sharpened by monstrous Reiatsu, slashed downward,

drawing a perfect arc through the air.

"Ryūjin Jakka: First Style—Cleansing Slash!"

Flames and spiritual pressure surged forth, devouring everything!

A colossal slash of pure fire blazed toward Aokiji and Akainu. The two Admirals' pupils shrank!

Without hesitation, they each unleashed their strongest techniques.

"Ice Age!"

"Meteor Volcano!"

If they couldn't get past his defense, then they could at least try to survive this slash of fire. If not, the warships behind them would not remain unscathed, reduced to cinders!

The three remaining Vice Admirals, seeing this, also roared and unleashed their full power, trying to support them.

BOOM!!!

Yet even as all five combined their might—

The fiery slash simply devoured their attacks, feeding on them, growing ever more massive!

BOOM!!!

Another earth-shattering boom!

The flaming slash tore past Spandine, smashing heavily into Aokiji, Akainu, and the others!

Even Akainu, wielder of magma itself, could not resist the blazing high temperatures Roman's strike carried. All five were blasted away like dolls!

Under Roman's terrifying control, the flames then curved toward the distant warships offshore—

BOOM!!!

Warships shattered like toys!

Flames and seawater erupted into the sky, raining down like a torrential storm.

The falling seawater quenched the burning plains, restoring the island to a quiet and pristine calm.

Olvia's lips trembled uncontrollably.

She had traveled the world, beyond Ohara—

She had seen many powerful figures…

But none could compare to the man before her.

"So strong..."

Her eyes sparkled with awe.

In this moment, Roman shone more brilliantly than anyone she had ever seen.

On the Sea...

Roman's earlier strike had stirred deep undercurrents across the waters.

Fragments of shattered warships floated like corpses.

Spandine, burned and battered, desperately clung to a wooden plank, dragging the unconscious Aokiji and Akainu behind him.

"You useless trash!" he roared.

"You two couldn't even beat one man?! You couldn't even defend yourselves?!"

"You dare call yourselves Admiral candidates?!"

"You're nothing but trash!"

Though he cursed them furiously, he still dragged them onward obediently. He had been lucky—

Roman's attack had mainly targeted the Admiral candidates.

He had managed to react just fast enough,

escaping with only severe burns across his back. But Akainu and Aokiji were now unconscious, powerless in the sea—

Their Devil Fruit abilities, nullified in seawater. Without Spandine's help, they would have drowned long ago.

After struggling for hours,

Spandine finally managed to report to the Five Elders.

As a special agent belonging to the CP agency, he had direct communication privileges. In his desperation to save himself, he exaggerated Roman's strength wildly, pushing all the blame onto the Marines.

"My lords, the Buster Call has failed!"

"My men fought bravely but were annihilated!"

"The Tree of Knowledge—suddenly came alive!"

"A flame-wielding monster destroyed everything with a single move!"

"Even Akainu, owner of the magma fruit, was burned!"

"The Marines? Worthless! Cowards! They fled in chaos, ships shattered, soldiers critically wounded!"

"This shows they never took the Buster Call seriously!"

In short, they had fought bravely against the terrifying enemy, but the Marines ruined everything.

Holy Land of Mary Geoise

Inside, the Five Elders listened coldly to the report through the Den-Den Mushi.

They did not believe everything Spandine said.

If Roman was truly that terrifying, Spandine would not have survived. But what made their hearts tremble was; the living Tree of Knowledge, and the heaven-piercing flames he described.

Three days ago, at Seawing Island

The same kind of fire had erupted—

Snatching away the Ope Ope no Mi in a single strike! Once again, an unstoppable, despair-inducing power. It could only mean—

"It's the same person."

"But who?!"

"What does he want?!"

A bald Elder, overcome with rage, slammed his fist onto the table.

CRACK!

The heavy stone table shattered into dust under his palm!

"We must mobilize more forces!"

"We know nothing-no name, no face, not even his goal!"

"Suppress all information about the Buster Call's failure immediately!"

If the news spread, the seas would erupt in chaos!

"Raise his bounty to 3 billion Berries!"

"Offer a 100 million Berries reward for any information!"

"All intelligence agents across the seas—gather every shred of information on this man!"

"We will find him, no one escapes the grasp of the World Government!"

"And as for Ohara—kill any Oharan found outside the island!"

"Investigate the Tree of Knowledge—how did it come to life?"

"And the Marines... It's time for some weeding!"

Their orders were swiftly issued.

Meanwhile, across the Grand Line—

Rumors of the mysterious fire-wielding swordsman, the Marine's Buster Call failure, and the living Tree of Knowledge, spread like wildfire across the sea...