"Broadcast live?" one of the Five Elders questioned.

  "A grand fireworks dispy?" another echoed.

  "What do you mean?"

  For a moment, the emosphere on Cake Isnd shifted. The Five Elders' faces darkened, while the gathered forces of the Wover—led by Fleet Admiral Hammons William, CP0 elite agents, and members of the Holy Knights—were ed with arm and anger. A sense of dread washed over them.

  "Fireworks?" Steel Bone Kong muttered.

  Realization struck. Steel Bone Kong’s expression drastically ged as he looked at Fallen Angel El with horror.

  "Don't tell me..."

  "What did you do!?" Hammons William, ing to the same clusion, gred at El with unbridled fury.

  But El didn't o ahe s projected by the Den Den Mushi provided all the expnation needed.

  "BOOM!!!"

  A deafening explosioed, shog everyone present.

  "BOOM... BOOM... RUMBLE..."

  Oer another, massive explosions engulfed Marineford, the Marine Headquarters. Before the horrified eyes of the audiehe proud and majestic bastion of justice was ed ihe fortress colpsed, reduced to rubble. A raging inferno swallowed the once-imposing structure, leaving only a wastend of fire and smoke.

  "Ah... Ah..." someoammered.

  "Marineford..."

  "No... this 't be real..."

  "It must be a joke, right?"

  "Someone, please tell me this isn't happening!"

  Watg the destru unfold on the s, the forces of the Wover, led by the Five Elders, froze in shock. Beads of cold sweat rolled down their faces. Even Rocks, Roger, and the legendary Silver and Bronze of the Roger Pirates were no exception. Their expressions were painted with disbelief.

  No one could fathom it. Marineford, the so-called bastion of justice, had been obliterated in a series of explosions, now reduced to an infernal wastend.

  For an anization like the Wover—ay that had ruled the world for turies, standing unchalleop the global order—this was unpreted. For the Marihe iron fist of the Wover who had reigned over the seas as the undisputed maritime power, this was nothing short of catastrophid to make it worse, this destru was being broadcast live to the entire world.

  One could only imagihe ripple effect of this apocalyptic se, how it would shake the world to its core, eroding faith in the institutions of power.

  "Damn it..." one of the Five Elders cursed.

  "That bastard—!"

  The Five Elders, Steel Bone Kong, and the other Wover leaders trembled with rage.

  "The Marine Headquarters... destroyed..." Hammons William's face turned pale as reality sank in. His body trembled, veins bulging with fury. Suddenly, he clutched his chest, his face reddening dangerously.

  "Urgh...!!"

  His knees buckled, and he colpsed to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

  "Fleet Admiral William—!" a Marine cried out.

  The sight of Hammons William spitting blood sent waves of panic through the crowd. But William, seemingly ed by rage, ignored his dition. His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging as he gred at El with murderous i.

  "You damned Fallen Angel El, I will never five you!!!" he shouted.

  "Cck... cck... cck..." The sound of footsteps echoed.

  "A warning? Just a warning?" El's voice cut through the tension. The air on Cake Isnd froze as those words left his mouth.

  "Guess what? Will Mary Geoise explode ?" he tinued.

  "What!?" one of the Five Elders excimed.

  "You... you pnted bombs in the Holy Land too!?" aammered.

  "Do you have any idea what you've done!?"

  "Damn you, Fallen Angel!"

  Shock rippled through the gathered forces. The thought of Mary Geoise, the heart of Wover power and the residence of the Celestial Dragons, being obliterated sent waves of disbelief and terror across the battlefield. Even the hardened warriors of the Wover, used to chaos and bloodshed, were pale with fear.

  "What a crazy bastard...!" The Five Elders’ faces were twisted with shod fury, beads of cold sweat f on their brows. They had uimated the Fallen Ao think he'd infiltrated Mary Geoise itself, pnting explosives uheir noses.

  Ahe fear wasn't just for the Celestial Dragons or the tless sves and Mariatiohere. It was for someone far more important.

  That person.

  Imu.

  The ruler of the Celestial Dragons and the true sn of the Wover. While they doubted Imu could be killed by mere explosions, the thought of disturbing their master was enough to chill their blood. Failure to protect the Holy Land could mean not just death but a fate far worse.

  "That bastard..." one of them growled.

  "He's gooo far this time!"

  "You're insane, kid!" Even the seasoned Fleet Admiral Hammons William trembled with rage and fear, his voice crag.

  El simply smiled, leaning casually on his massive give.

  "Don't even think about trying to warn your people to evacuate," he said, his voice calm but ced with malice. His golden eyes bore into the Five Elders. "Make your decision. Quickly.

  "Or would you rather give the entire world a front-row seat to a fireworks dispy like no other?"

  The implication was clear: dey, and Mary Geoise burns.

  Tension thied the air. Even the most battle-hardened warriors on the Wover's side found themselves paralyzed, uo think beyond the immediate threat.

  El's cold smirk only deepened. For all their power and authority, the leaders of the world were now at his mercy.

  Bleam