One Piece : Glory To The Fleet Admiral

Chapter 476: Welcome to the Holy Land, Figarland Shanks!

As Shanks, enveloped in Conqueror's Haki, rapidly descended toward the Holy Land, alarm bells immediately rang out across the sky.

Countless elite Marines with formidable auras rushed out from barracks in every corner, swiftly taking up their assigned positions.

However, when they looked up and clearly saw the "object" trailing a long tail of flames in a direct descent, everyone froze.

"Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack!!"

A young soldier who had recently been transferred to the Holy Land turned pale, his hands trembling so violently as he held his rifle that he could barely maintain his grip.

"What kind of reaction is that?"

An older officer in his forties beside him didn't even turn his head, simply smacking the back of the young soldier's head with his hand. In a tone that suggested he had seen it all before, he lazily remarked.

"As a Marine soldier, what kind of example are you setting with such panic? Never mind that what's falling is just an afterimage—even if it were a real enemy attack, with our heroic Marines stationed here, they wouldn't stand a chance!"

With that, the veteran glanced at the growing afterimage in the sky and analyzed with a serious expression.

"Look at the flight trajectory, and feel that familiar Conqueror's Haki..."

"Tsk, it's probably another unlucky fool who's been 'delivered' back from the New World by the Fleet Admiral."

At these words, the previously tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.

All the Marine soldiers wore expressions of sudden understanding, their taut bodies easing up.

Some even began whispering to each other, pointing at the sky.

"This scene reminds me of when Gunko of the God's Knights was sent back from Marine Headquarters by the Fleet Admiral!"

"Pfft, hahaha! Speaking of that, I actually felt a bit sorry for Gunko for a few seconds. She had a perfectly good path to take, but she insisted on using the teleportation array. Ended up getting blown back by the mines the Fleet Admiral planted—and not just once, but twice!"

"Hey, hey, senpai, can you explain in detail what happened? The Fleet Admiral is so powerful—why would he need to resort to planting mines?"

"What do you know? Do you even know what kind of mines those were?"

"What kind of mines?"

"Conqueror's Haki mines!"

"Mines made with Conqueror's Haki? The Fleet Admiral is incredible!"

"So, is the unlucky one falling toward the Holy Land now also someone who stepped on the Fleet Admiral's Conqueror's Haki mines?"

"Most likely!"

For a moment, everyone looked up at the unfortunate figure in the sky with a sense of pity.

...

Meanwhile, deep within Pangea Castle.

Outside the Chamber of Authority.

Shamrock appeared outside the door the instant the alarms sounded, his expression grave as he looked up at the sky.

Before Shamrock could issue any orders, several figures gathered behind him almost simultaneously—key members of the God's Knights.

"Fufufufufu..."

A bizarre, highly distinctive laugh suddenly rang out from the shadows on the other side.

Immediately after, Doflamingo, draped in his iconic pink feather coat, emerged with his hands in his pockets, sauntering out in his signature carefree stride.

After glancing at Shamrock and the others, Doflamingo adjusted his sunglasses and sneered.

"Captain Shamrock, who is this distinguished guest? To dare descend alone onto Mary Geoise—such admirable courage, hehehehahaha~"

Shamrock shot him a cold look but remained silent.

Just as Doflamingo positioned himself opposite Shamrock and his group, the figure hurtling down from the sky enveloped in Conqueror's Haki suddenly accelerated its descent upon reaching a few hundred meters above the Holy Land.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of deafening sonic booms erupted consecutively in the sky, the piercing shrieks of torn air causing those with weaker constitutions below to clutch their ears in pain, dizziness overwhelming them.

In the next second, under the horrified gazes of everyone in the Holy Land, the figure crashed at an astonishing speed into the vast artificial forest outside Pangea Castle!

With an earth-shaking roar that seemed capable of splitting the entire Red Line, the ground trembled violently.

A massive cloud of mixed soil and wood splinters billowed from the impact site, while a perfect ring of violent shockwaves ravaged the surroundings, instantly pulverizing every meticulously cultivated exorbitantly priced artificial tree within a radius of several hundred meters!

The indescribable visual impact made every witness's heart race wildly.

"Hurry! Go check it out now!"

"Secure the area! No one is allowed to approach!"

Marines stationed in the Holy Land and CP agents swarmed forward like a tide, surrounding the terrifying crater amid billowing smoke as if facing a formidable enemy.

Countless black gun barrels, radiating cold killing intent, uniformly aimed at the center of the crater.

Amid the swirling dust, CP combatants led by Rob Lucci silently occupied all the most advantageous attack positions like elite hunters.

Hattori, the pigeon perched on Lucci's shoulder, cooed restlessly.

Shamrock and Doflamingo arrived almost simultaneously, taking positions less than ten meters from the crater on opposite sides.

The moment they steadied themselves—

A figure abruptly flipped upright from within the crater, staggering to its feet. It was Shanks, sent home by Orion's blade!

As soon as he stood, Shanks immediately pressed a hand against his chest, attempting to suppress the rampaging domineering energy inside him. Instead, the movement agitated the force, making it impossible to contain.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood before he could catch his breath.

Before he could recover, the dense footsteps and sounds of rifle bolts being drawn outside the crater clearly reached his ears.

Shanks' pupils contracted slightly before he looked up.

At the crater's edge, when the crowd recognized the face of the uninvited guest who had descended from the sky and obliterated the artificial forest, Lucci, Shamrock, Doflamingo, and the others all underwent drastic changes in expression almost simultaneously.

Lucci's pupils constricted sharply as he instinctively exclaimed, "Red-Haired Shanks!"

Shamrock's hand gripping his sword hilt tightened abruptly, his face filled with shock and doubt as he spoke almost in unison with Lucci.

"Shanks?!"

Only Doflamingo, after a brief moment of stunned disbelief, stretched his lips into an unprecedented wide grin.

Then, his signature, bone-chilling eerie laughter broke the dead silence of the scene, dripping with undisguised schadenfreude and extreme mockery.

"Fufufufufu! If it isn't the renowned Four Emperor of the New World, Red-Haired Shanks!"

Doflamingo spread his arms wide as if greeting an old friend, yet his tone dripped with utmost sarcasm.

"What happened?"

"Looking like a beaten dog?"

"But don't worry, you've got plenty of face here!!"

"Welcome back to the Holy Land, Figarland Shanks! Hehehehahaha~"