One Piece : Kaido Brother

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Howling winds rushed past his ears as Shiki's face brimmed with a heroic smile.

His eyes shone brighter than ever before, like two burning suns.

The sea shrank beneath his feet, and Roger's group was no longer visible.

As he ascended higher, the air grew thinner and the temperature dropped steadily.

"Alright, this should be far enough!"

At nearly 20,000 meters high, Shiki stopped.

He looked down at the azure New World below.

Now, this once vibrant and magnificent New World had become riddled with devastation.

Above in the sky, beams of light continued to descend endlessly, as if without end.

At this altitude of 20,000 meters, what had appeared like an eye - Uranus - revealed its true form to Shiki.

It was an enormous spherical warship.

A fissure over ten kilometers long split through the middle of the warship.

The world-destroying beams of light shot out from this very fissure.

Shiki tossed aside his swords Shigure and Kogarashi, flexing his wrists.

Then, he took a deep breath and aimed both hands at the distant space warship Uranus.

"Let's see if I can pull you down!"

The power of the Float-Float Fruit erupted at full force!

With a furious roar, Shiki activated his ability.

Veins bulged on his arms as his intangible power traversed layers of space, descending upon Uranus!

Hum!

The hundred-kilometer-long Uranus suddenly trembled.

The fissure spewing light beams halted for an instant.

On Uranus' surface near the great fissure, Enel stumbled and fell hard on his backside.Behind him stood rows of short, mechanical soldiers from the moon.

Seeing Enel sit down, these mechanical soldiers imitated him and sat on the ground in an orderly manner.

But Enel wore a bewildered expression.

"What's going on? Why did the ground suddenly shake?"

Before he could ponder further, the massive fissure split open once more, spewing out an even thicker and more intense beam of light.

Shiki spat out a mouthful of blood, the skin on his arms tearing apart as blood vessels burst, spraying blood everywhere.

"I can't do it! This thing is too heavy—it's even more exaggerated than Wano Country! With my current abilities, I'm afraid..."

Just as Shiki was about to make another attempt, a wave of overwhelming terror suddenly struck him!

Whoosh!

A flash of light erupted from the colossal Uranus, and in the next moment, Shiki saw a massive beam of light piercing through tens of thousands of meters of empty space, instantly shooting straight toward him.

"Damn it! Does this broken thing actually possess intelligence?"

What Shiki didn't know was that although the Celestial Tribe Civilization wasn't specifically focused on technological advancement, technologically inclined civilizations undoubtedly made up the majority in the universe.

The control program on the sub-vessel automatically locking onto threatening targets was the most basic level of intelligence.

The terrifying attack arrived in an instant. Shiki barely had time to grab the two swords floating beside him and raise them above his head to block.

Boom!

The moment the beam of light descended, Shiki vomited blood once again and plummeted straight downward!

It was as if a ten-thousand-meter-high mountain had crashed down on him from above.

Shiki felt as though every bone in his body was groaning in agony, his muscles tearing apart.

Even with the Float-Float Fruit's ability pushed to its limit, he couldn't maintain his stance within the beam of light.

Down on the sea, Fujitora, who had been fully releasing his Observation Haki, suddenly grinned, much like Shiki had.

When he smiled, his pale, blind eyes were wide open.

His eyes were crisscrossed with horrifying scars.

Many years ago, Fujitora had witnessed countless atrocities in the world and had deliberately blinded himself.

He had always wished to remain blind so he wouldn't have to see the filth of this world.

That was until he met Luffy in Dressrosa.

For the first time, he thought, if only his eyes weren't blind, he could see what Luffy looked like.

And now, there was one more person Fujitora wished he could see.

"Shiki, even a ruthless and vicious great pirate like you can possess such resolve. Then why should I, an old man, fear sacrificing myself?"

Behind Fujitora, Momousagi didn't understand why he suddenly wore such a radiant smile.

"Everyone! This young lady Momousagi can be a bit impulsive. I ask that you bear with her a little."

Fujitora suddenly addressed the pirates before him.

Before Shanks, Doflamingo, and the others could react, he shot upward into the sky, just like Shiki had!

"Admiral Fujitora!" Momousagi took a few steps forward, staring blankly as Fujitora soared into the heavens.

Shanks watched in stunned silence as Fujitora also vanished from sight, vaguely understanding the intentions of both Shiki and him.

His vision suddenly grew blurry.

"Shiki, Fujitora..."

...

High in the sky, Shiki was struck down as if by divine punishment, plummeting from the heavens to the mortal world!

Below, a purple figure wielding a sword-cane shot upward like a meteor.

So fast that flames ignited around Fujitora's body.

Facing the pillar of light descending like a collapsing mountain, Fujitora fearlessly swung his cane sword!

"Gravity Blade! Rising Dragon!!"

The next moment, an overwhelmingly terrifying gravity erupted, crushing the void for dozens of miles.

Space twisted and collapsed under this invisible, immense force, and the pillar of light falling from the sky abruptly halted mid-air.

Within the pillar of light, Shiki caught his breath.

He leaped out of the pillar's range, flying in front of Fujitora, and without hesitation, swung the dual swords in his hands upward!

"Lion's Slash Wave!"

A thousand-meter-long sword wave slammed into the pillar of light, while the power of the Float-Float Fruit simultaneously activated in reverse, repelling upward.

Above the two, a burst of radiance, bright as the blazing sun, instantly exploded.

This dazzling, extreme light could be seen throughout the entire New World.

At this moment, the two mightiest forces on the sea—the righteous Marine Admiral and the notorious great pirate—joined forces once again to face a common enemy, just like in the battle 38 years ago!

However, this time, their enemy was the strongest ancient weapon, the sub-ship of an alien civilization!

Uranus!

"Fujitora! I never expected you to set aside your identity as a Marine Admiral and cooperate with a notorious great pirate like me."

Amid the raging winds, Shiki shouted to Fujitora, a smile on his face.

Fujitora was also smiling, but his grin was somewhat ferocious.

"Shiki! I know what you're planning. But relying on you alone, I doubt you can pull it down. It's too massive, and it's too far away from us!"

"I heard you can summon meteors from outer space. The distance shouldn't be much closer than this, right?"

Shiki shouted while cautiously glancing up at the giant eye above.

Simultaneously, the two continued flying upward in unison.

"I'm not as powerful as you imagine. The Gravity Fruit is quite strong, but at most, it can pull meteors within 50,000 meters, and they can't be too large. This battleship spans nearly a hundred kilometers in radius, and its mass is unimaginably huge. I have no confidence at all!"

Fujitora gripped his cane sword, flying alongside Shiki.

"If we want to pull down Uranus, we'll likely have to sacrifice everything—our lives, souls, abilities, all unleashed in one burst! Shiki, you'd better think this through!"

Shiki laughed heartily, his spirit soaring to the heavens.

"This is the destiny of the Golden Lion. Why should I fear death?"