"Sky Cloud Cloud Sword!"
Kizaru didn't dare to be careless anymore.
He immediately extended his hand, golden light radiating from his palm.
In the next moment, the light condensed into a long sword that dropped into his grip.
At the same time—
Kizaru's body gleamed with intense golden brilliance.
Then, he dissolved into countless particles of light and vanished in an instant.
When he reappeared, he was already high above Naruto's head.
With his arm raised, the golden sword shimmered with blinding light.
Whoosh—
The blade descended.
Clang—!!!
Kizaru's eyes widened in disbelief.
He had finally begun to fight seriously—
Even summoned his treasured blade, Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi—
Yet his opening strike…
Was blocked.
No—
It wasn't that Naruto blocked it.
It was stopped by some invisible force.
Light blue chakra surged around Naruto's body, forming an ethereal silhouette.
The initial form of Susanoo emerged.
"What... is this?"
"Why is it so tough?!"
Ame-no-Murakumo flared with golden light.
It radiated intensely!
Kizaru, not hesitating, launched himself skyward and struck again.
Time itself seemed to halt around him.
Naruto, meanwhile, deactivated his incomplete Susanoo.
He stood still.
Closed his eyes.
He was testing a new power—
The power of the miko.
He reached beyond the present.
He glimpsed fragments of the future.
And in that state—he felt it.
Another power in this world, with eerily similar qualities—
The Sen Sen Fruit's (Mori Mori no Mi's) natural absorption responded instinctively.
"So this is… Haki."
Naruto recognized it.
It was Observation Haki.
He crossed his arms across his chest.
Shing—!
In a flash, Kizaru closed the distance.
His Kusanagi Sword stabbed straight at Naruto's heart.
But Naruto had already foreseen it.
He sidestepped.
Boom! Boom!
The force of Kizaru's missed attack sent tremors through the ground.
"Hm?" Kizaru narrowed his eyes.
This predictive movement... it was just like Observation Haki.
But something was off.
From the beginning, he hadn't sensed a single trace of Haki from Naruto.
Kizaru's sword, Ama-no-Kurosuke, switched its thrust to a sweeping slash.
But again—Naruto had already predicted it.
He raised his arm.
A strange power enveloped it instantly.
It intertwined with chakra in a way similar to Armament Haki coating.
Kizaru responded in kind—
His sword surged with Armament Haki, wrapped in blinding light.
Clang!!
He brought down Ame-no-Murakumo with full strength.
Golden light exploded outward.
Naruto's forearm met the blow directly.
The sword cracked—
Then shattered completely.
Kizaru leapt backward at full speed, retreating to the skies.
Below, the battlefield where Naruto had stood was now engulfed in thick, rising smoke.
But it wasn't over.
Kizaru's instincts screamed at him.
The feeling in his gut was growing worse by the second.
He crossed his arms dramatically.
Pouted slightly, and muttered:
"Yasakani no Magatama!!"
Shing—!
His arms flung forward violently.
Golden light exploded.
Hundreds of radiant orbs formed midair in front of him—
Each one glowing like a miniature sun.
They poured down in a cascade—
Bombarding Naruto's location with overwhelming force.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The island trembled.
Waves boiled and surged along the coastline.
A devastating display of area-of-effect destruction.
Even the Marine soldiers on the edges of the battlefield were forced to retreat.
"I-It's over… Admiral Kizaru is serious now… He'll destroy the whole island!"
"Run! Hurry up!"
"Admiral Kizaru's gone too far!"
Even the pirates watching from a distance were frightened, backing away in panic.
Their eyes shifted toward Mei Terumi, who was holding Jewelry Bonney.
Gulp—
They swallowed hard.
"Kizaru is way too strong… Is this the power of an Admiral?"
"Damn it! Even that man couldn't beat him?! We've gotta get out of here before it's too late!"
"But… look—why isn't that woman worried about her man at all…?"
"Damn it! Forget about that now. Bonney's a pirate with a 140 million berry bounty. Even she doesn't dare make a move... Let's just run for it!"
"The New World? Whoever wants to go there can go!"
"..."
Pirates and marines alike retreated together in a rare moment of uneasy peace.
No one dared break the silence as chaos loomed overhead.
Up in the sky, Admiral Kizaru continued to rain down Yasakani no Magatama, each volley brighter than the last. But his energy was draining rapidly.
Eventually, the bombardment stopped.
"That should be enough... right?" Kizaru muttered, clearly uncertain.
Despite everything, unease still gnawed at him.
"You missed," a calm voice echoed.
Boom—
Kizaru reflexively reacted.
He instantly turned into light, retreating at full speed.
Looking down, his eyes widened.
That man—Uzumaki Naruto—was still standing.
Untouched.
Not even a speck of dust marred his clothes.
Kizaru's instincts screamed at him to retreat.
But before he could vanish, Naruto's voice floated up once more—calm, curious.
"Don't worry."
"I'm curious, too. Let's see if the light of the Glint-Glint Fruit can escape this jutsu."
Kizaru froze mid-air.
Naruto slowly raised his hand.
A small, black orb of light flickered into existence—radiating a strange, crushing gravity.
Its presence was suffocating.
Everyone on the battlefield felt it.
Their muscles locked up. Every step became a struggle.
A few turned toward the sky, noticing something terrifying.
"Kizaru... He's just floating there?"
"That guy—Naruto—he's completely unharmed? Even after all of Kizaru's attacks?"
"Wait... is Kizaru trying to run away?"
All eyes turned skyward.
Panic swept through the ranks of navy soldiers.
"Admiral Kizaru... One of the Three Admirals..."
"He's fleeing?"
Faith shattered.
The word Justice emblazoned on Kizaru's cloak now seemed hollow.
It gleamed mockingly in the sunlight as he turned his back on everyone.
They didn't know—Kizaru was panicking.
He had stopped slacking. He'd fought seriously.
But none of it had mattered.
Naruto hadn't even gone all out.
Worse yet, Kizaru could feel it—Naruto was holding back, playing with him.
He knew... if he didn't run now, Naruto would unleash something far worse.
Something that would erase this island from existence.
This world is insane!
An unknown man just forced an admiral into retreat—
And he can't even run away!
Below, both marines and pirates had resigned themselves to fate.
Even from a distance, the overwhelming pressure of the battle still reached them.
Naruto stared at the small black sphere hovering before him.
With a thought, it rose slowly into the sky.
Kizaru's sense of danger spiked.
That black orb... It wasn't just a trick.
This was what Naruto meant when he said "try."
He considered turning back to fight.
But then he remembered the light-blue armor—Susanoo—something even Ame-no-Murakumogiri couldn't pierce.
Kizaru felt despair.
Naruto smiled faintly.
"Let's give this world a little scare."
"There's a moon in the Ninja World. There's one here, too... and Enel's already up there."
"Good things come in pairs."
Then, he spread his arms wide.
"Next time I'm here, I'll take your Glint-Glint Fruit for myself."
At that moment, terrifying chakra surged from his body.
The air howled.
Even Terumi Mei and Bonney had to retreat a step.
"What incredible power... Naruto, you can definitely bring Hokage-sama back!" Bonney's voice trembled with awe.
She now believed in Naruto completely.
Mei nodded, calm on the outside, but inside her heart was screaming.
Is this... the man I'm going to marry?
I feel so safe~!
And to think they've been living like this the whole time...
Thank goodness I'm not too late~!
Naruto's jutsu reached completion.
He brought his hands together.
Chakra surged.
Boom—!!!
The black sphere rose, now swollen with raw chakra.
It expanded rapidly, casting a growing shadow across the land.
Kizaru's face went pale.
It's complete...
That was the last thought in his mind before survival instincts kicked in.
He had to run—he couldn't afford to sit and wait for death.
"Planetary Devastation."
Naruto's voice was calm and low.
As the Rinnegan's power activated, an overwhelming gravitational force erupted—engulfing the entire island.
BOOM—BOOM—!!
The ground trembled violently.
Cracks tore across the land, and the earth beneath their feet began to rise. Chunks of rock and debris surged upward, drawn toward the small black sphere suspended in the sky.
Naruto turned and extended his hand. Mei Terumi was pulled gently into his arms.
Without hesitation, she reached out and grabbed Bonnie, who was still frozen in place, her mouth opening and closing, speechless.
Her gaze never left Naruto—eyes wide, as if staring at something unfathomable.
Naruto glanced toward another island in the Sabaody Archipelago.
"Let's go."
"There's another interesting force waiting over there."
With that, he tapped his toes lightly on the ground, and his body began to float upward.
Navy soldiers and pirate lackeys stood dumbfounded, unable to even scream. Their bodies were caught in the overwhelming suction of the Chibaku Tensei.
Meanwhile, Kizaru looked up, face drenched in cold sweat, a deep sense of dread settling in his chest.
"Tch…"
"Admiral Kizaru has located the Straw Hat Pirates!" a marine shouted earlier.
Now, no one dared repeat it.
At this moment, Kizaru was desperately trying to escape—his body flickering as he attempted to transform into light using the Yata no Kagami.
But no matter how fast he moved, the gravitational pull dragged him back.
Even with the power of the Pika Pika no Mi, he couldn't escape.
Exhaustion finally overtook him.
He muttered under his breath, bitter and helpless:
"Even the light of the Glint-Glint Fruit… can't escape your black hole..."
A massive boulder slammed into him mid-air.
Too drained to maintain his elemental form, Kizaru was helplessly flung toward the ever-growing black sphere of Planetary Devastation.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!
As Kizaru vanished into the crushing orb, the island collapsed entirely.
Countless pirates and marines were drawn into the sky and consumed by the sphere.
Only the civilians were spared—the gravitational pull miraculously bypassing them.
All they could do was watch in awe and terror as a massive sphere of stone hovered above, casting a long shadow across the sea.
No one remembered to breathe.
But soon… everyone across the seas would know the name Uzumaki Naruto.
Elsewhere.
Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were still locked in combat with Bartholomew Kuma.
Meanwhile, Naruto strolled casually alongside Mei Terumi and Bonney.
"Hashirama's bones!" Bonney screamed, snapping out of her daze.
"Are you trying to kill me?!"
"I mean— even if I'm already dead…"
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