Chapter 124: Pure Chaos (1)
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Outside the Colosseum was a mess, but less than before. After the Nine-Tailed Fox was dealt with, it was a bit calmer than before. The danger of the nine tails slamming around and sending flying debris toward them at the speed of bullets was now gone.
Still, it wasn't exactly an easy fight. There were Marines, the Kuja Pirates, and the Senju Pirates, numbering close to a hundred people, going against basically the entirety of Dressrosa. The civilians were cursing at them, calling them villains and monsters, while the soldiers fought against them.
"We need to do something about the civilians, they're so annoying!"
Mikita yelled amidst the conflict, as some civilians were throwing stones at them while they were fighting against the low-ladder minions of Donquixote Pirates. The Beast Pirates and Big Mom Pirates weren't giving them any free time, either, they were the bigger problem, in fact.
"We can't! Do not hurt any civilians!"
Kujaku, the Marine Rear-Admiral under Tsunade, shouted in a warning voice. She was with Tsunade in the watchtower earlier, but Tsunade ordered her to flee outside and come here right before she engaged with King. Kujaku didn't like it, but she didn't want to get caught in a stray beam of Boa Hancock, so she followed the order.
Though at least, she managed to drag one of the other subordinates with her. It was Smoothie's escort, Charlotte Amande. In the watchtower, she had left Smoothie and Page-One with Hancock and Sandersonia. Kujaku believed Hancock would win, she should be at a similar power level to Smoothie, if not a bit stronger, and Page-One would be taken care of by Sandersonia. The synergy between Hancock and Sandersonia was more than Smoothie and Page-One since unlike the former two, the latter two were fighting together for the first time. Plus, Boa Hancock's power simply gave her a one-shot victory if she could land a beam at her enemy.
Still, with Charlotte Amande now outside, she was leading the Big Mom pirates to fight better, in opposition to the Beast Pirates who were doing whatever they wanted.
"Fucking marines are so fucking annoying, fucking hell!"
Mikita spat out a series of curses as she moved through the air like a snake, at a speed beyond most people could even comprehend, as she took out the Beast Pirates' minions one after another. The biggest damage dealer was not her, however, it was the blue-haired princess wielding two nunchucks, it hit anyone with a devil fruit with a paralyzing effect, as the weapon was made out of Sea Prism Stone, and she took out enemies with the sound of bones being crushed resounding in the area.
The other heavy hitter should have been Nami, but sadly in this crowd mixed with enemies and foes, she couldn't make any big explosions. Even so, she would have dealt with more enemies, if someone a very bad match for her didn't show up.
Gladius of Donquixote Pirates, having eaten the Pop-Pop Fruit, was an odd enemy for Nami. The first thing was, both of them were immune to explosions, and their form of explosions was a bit different.
While Nami's Bomb-Bomb fruit allowed her to create explosions of sound, wind, and fire, and also make her own body explode, it was different from Gladius. His Pop-Pop fruit didn't allow the same form of explosion as Nami, he could only inflate himself, or any inorganic object he touches, to make them burst outwards. There was no fire and heat involved, though the gears installed on his suit allowed him to make smaller fire explosions, but that wasn't his fruit's original power.
"Agh, die!"
"Ugh!"
Nami and Gladius were far from the main battle site, they didn't want anybody to get caught in their fight. So they had moved to the side throughout the battle, and now they were on a grassy landscape, throwing hands at each other.
Gladius' Fruit definitely was more versatile, but Nami's was more useful and destructive. Gladius could make himself inflate and explode, and he could do the same with inorganic matters too, but he couldn't fly like Nami, he couldn't use AP-Shot, and his explosions didn't burn the skin. Also, since his fruit didn't provide fire properties, he wasn't immune to fire-type explosions, while Nami was immune to any sort of explosion he did toward him.
At the same time, Gladius' hair was coated in poison, and he wasn't physically weak either. It was an even match, but not an ever-lasting one. One person would come out on top sooner or later.
That only left Robin from the Senju Pirates, and Karoo too. Thankfully, they were together, as Robin rode Karoo's back, the duck ran around the battlefield while Robin kept her arms crossed and sniped people with her powers, by making hands appear on their necks and twisting them in ways it shouldn't be.
"Looks like they're doing well," said a man in disguise, as he ran.
While everyone was fighting, the real Hashirama, who had left the Colosseum a long time ago, even before the Final Match had begun, was running through the town in disguise, and rushing to somewhere more important. All the other Hashirama's were clones, all of them, and he had even sent one to the underground dumpster beneath the Colosseum.
The preparation for the big battles was done, but before that, he would have to go and destroy the SMILE Factory, and save some dwarves along the way. By the time he would enter the battle, he was sure to clash with the biggest fishes on this pond.
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"Smelly place, innit?" Hashirama, a clone, looked around the dumpster he was in and said. "Why didn't Doffy bro take care of this better? It smells too much."
"This guy is..."
The dumpster that was hidden underneath the Colosseum was filled with people today. A lot had already been turned into toys, their memories erased, but a lot remained. Mostly the people from Block D, but a few from Block C remained too.
One such remaining from Block D was the previous King of Dressrosa, King Riku the III. He was looking at Hashirama with questioning eyes, the same as everyone else present.
From the looks of it, when Hashirama had just dropped to this place via the fake medic elevator above, a lot of people were bowing to the King. Most people hated Riku on the surface, so them bowing to him meant he had talked to them about the truth by now.
"You're Ra, right? Did you lose the finals? I have to say, I am surprised." King Riku said while looking at his masked face.
Hashirama just waved it off. "Oh, that, no. I think I won. Not that I'd know, I am just a clone. It's one of my powers."
"You!" Another man yelled, and turning to face him Hashirama found Cavendish. "It's you! You cheater, what sort of powers are these? What devil fruit did you eat?!"
"Mate, shut up." Hashirama ignored him and turned back to Riku with a smile. He took off his mask and gently grabbed Riku's hand. "Dear father-in-law, nice to meet you."
King Riku choked on air, beginning to cough uncontrollably, as he looked at the bold young man in shock. He wasn't the only one, there were a lot of broken toys in the area, they were the toys that couldn't function properly and were thrown here, they knew the truth, and they respected the King. Along with the previous General of King Riku who had participated in this event as a gladiator to keep Rebecca safe. All of these people flared in anger at him, staring at him with gawking hateful eyes.
King Riku cleared his throat. "W-what are you talking about, young man? I only have one son-in-law, and you certainly don't look like him."
Hashirama smiled. "I know it's surprising, but your daughter, Viola, has already given her heart to me. Oh, on that note, she also requested me to save this country, so I guess I'll do that too. I am here to beat that devil little girl who's been turning everyone into toys."
This time the people blinked, surprised. They exchanged glances and some began to whisper to one another. Before anyone could say anything though, a robotic arm rushed down from the countless holes in the ceiling above.
"Oh no, it's coming again!"
Someone yelled, but it was too fast for anybody to dodge. This time, it came for Cavendish, wrapping around his body with three large metallic fingers. He struggled and tried to free himself, but he was unable to.
"Oh, it's time for me to go. See you soon."
Hashirama quickly said and jumped on top of Cavendish's body, as they were yanked towards the ceiling and into the metallic bee-house-like structure above.
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A moment later, the two of them popped into a room.
"Huh? It's two people at once?" The voice of a little girl was heard, soon overpowered by the yell of a middle-aged man.
"What is Ra doing here?!" It was Trebol, the right-hand man of Doflamingo, who yelled in pure shock, immediately reacting by throwing his right hand toward the two of them.
He had eaten the Sticky-Sticky Fruit, which allowed him to release a sticky fluid that'd make anyone get stuck. He was deployed here with Sugar to keep her safe by gluing the captured people and allowing her to use her powers on them.
However, Hashirama moved fast and easily dodged the incoming projectile of gross stickiness. Cavendish couldn't dodge sadly, since he was too slow, as he began to yell in horror at the gross state he was thrown in.
"W-what's going on?!" The little girl with green hair and a cute outfit yelled, hiding behind Trebol.
Hashirama looked at her with cold eyes. That child-like appearance wouldn't fool him, that little shit was a devil. He didn't want to kill people, but a large part of him really wished to make an exception because of her.
Taking a breath, he paused in the air and then the entire world turned green as he let out a burst of Conqueror's Haki.
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Trebol gagged and his face showed pure shock, while the little girl was too weak to react, her eyes simply went blank and she fell on her back.
"N-NOOOO!"
Trebol yelled in fright, but it was too late. He ignored Hashirama, turning his back on him, to grab Sugar and try to wake her up. However, that was a mistake on his part for sure, as Hashirama went ahead and released an explosive kick on his neck.
"Stupid."
There was a short groan, his fake body of snot splashed to one side and he too went unconscious.
Doflamingo's right hand was out just like that, but most importantly, Doflamingo's greatest weapon, Sugar, was out.
By now, the entire country must be going crazy, and it was Doflamingo who would be going crazier.
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