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Chapter 292 Otake Maru Suzuka Mountain

"Otake Maru"

Someone blurted it out, then quickly corrected themselves.

"Ahem, is the young master finally returning?"

Crab Princess's words shocked everyone! Among the forces of the Sea Kingdom, the elusive Elder Hai Ming was undoubtedly the pillar of the family.

The reason why the Sea Kingdom was able to fight against the Nine-Tailed Forces until now, and even before the appearance of 'Pseudo-Dazzling', was because of the formidable strength of 'Sea Roar'. He was also the first extraordinary being to be evaluated as a Dragon-level being.

Now there are two more Dragon-level beings:

The strongest Onmyoji in history, Abe no Seimei, and the strongest modern Onmyoji, Yu-kun.

Although Yu-kun's normal level is only 'Demon Level', how could the government make such a claim? In the propaganda of the island nation, Yu-kun is already the undisputed 'Number One Person Below God', a transcendent being.

As the young master of Suzuka Mountain in the 'Sea Kingdom', if Ōtakemaru were to return, he would undoubtedly be a Dragon-level being!

Two Dragon-level enemies—how can the Nine-Tails' current forces possibly fight them?
Unless Ootengu is also a magic-type character.
"Very good!!"

While everyone else was still in shock, the three-meter-tall Teach had already knelt down on one knee.

"My 'Sea Kingdom' will surely sweep away the mere Nine-Tailed Fox and unify the four seas!"

"Lady Kani, please give the order!"

???

Ugh, that bastard.
KYG, realizing what was happening, looked shocked.
You black bastard, didn't you just say you wanted to be 'king'?

She knelt down even faster than me? No way—

"Congratulations, young master, on your imminent triumphant return!"

"Lady Kani-hime, shall we set off now?"

"Not urgent,"

Raising her delicate white hand, Crab Princess turned and pointed north amidst the shocked, bewildered, anxious, and expectant gazes of the crowd.

“Once Suzuka returns, the young master will personally give the order.”

Young Master

Where is the young master?
Following Crab Princess's finger, everyone looked at a calm, azure sea that stretched to the horizon with nothing in sight.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The other party is the leader of the Sea Kingdom, so it's unlikely that he came by boat.

How will this young master of Suzuka Mountain make his appearance?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Tokyo,

Operations command center
"what?"

"Has the young master of Suzuka Mountain returned ahead of schedule?"

The island's high-ranking cabinet officials, who were heartbroken by the loss of Oniowari Castle, had just caught their breath when they heard news from the southern seas.

"Hi, this is something that Lady Kani just announced."

The Shenmu was, after all, a flying aircraft carrier of an island nation. The navy stationed there immediately relayed the intelligence back: just like everyone else, they were also shocked because they did not know that the young master of the Sea Kingdom would return.

The old master of the Sea Kingdom, 'Hai Ming', once turned Yokosuka upside down. How powerful must this young master be?
"Send over the live signal."

"No need,"

Before the Prime Minister could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Director Zhu Ya.

"That KYG has already started streaming."

The young man, aspiring to be a 'news king,' was right there on the scene; why would the island nation's navy need to conduct reconnaissance?

Sure enough, KYG's face, which everyone knows, and his exaggerated body movements soon appeared on the large screen in the command room.

"Ladies and gentlemen,"

"Whether it's day or night in your country, put down your work and welcome our young master from the Sea Kingdom—"

【Us? The Sea Kingdom? Young Master? What have I missed?】

[Idiot, Lord KYG is Kani-hime's lapdog. What's wrong with him referring to 'our Sea Kingdom'?]

[Young Master? Isn't that Lord Ōtakemaru? Has Lord Ōtakemaru finally returned?]

As everyone knows, I've always been a citizen of the Sea Kingdom!

【The Sea Kingdom is Invincible】

The chat immediately sprang to life, after all, this was the live stream of the world's number one extraordinary blogger; even when the screen was black, it maintained millions of active viewers: countless people were afraid of missing a single second of information, because all sorts of extraordinary treasures could easily appear in the places this extraordinary blogger reported on.

Information is power, it is money, it is the future!
As the number of viewers in the live stream began to surge, other countries also began to broadcast it simultaneously, and even countries on the other side of the planet got out of bed to watch the live stream.

Everyone was glued to the live stream, eager to know just how strong this young master of the Sea Kingdom was and what his personality was like.

That's just how extraordinary powerhouses are.

The strong only need to tear mountains and seas apart, but ordinary people have many more things to consider: which side to side to pledge allegiance to, whether to fawn over them or run away.
Where is the young master?

[Perhaps the sea that was only visible emerged from the sea?]

Watching the live stream, countless people speculated: This is normal, after all, it's a sea kingdom, so naturally they live in the sea.

Speaking of which, the territory of the Sea Kingdom is called 'Suzuka Mountain', but it seems that no one knows where this mountain is: it is definitely not that scenic coastal mountain in the eastern part of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Before countless witnesses, the sea swelled up.

The entire sea surface was like a sheet, constantly rising, rising, and rising again;

The affected area can range from 10 meters to 100 meters, 1,000 meters, or even 10,000 meters!
???

Ah, the sea—

A noisy commotion arose aboard the Shenmu.

The exclamations came from the island nation's navy: those selected to work on the 'Shinmoku' were all handpicked, not the kind of salaried civil servants.

But these elite soldiers all gaped, pointing to the distant sea.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the sea 'bulged' up.

Indeed, it is the boundless sea that is constantly rising, and the immeasurable seawater is spreading out in all directions.

From a distance, it just looks absurd and abstract, so abstract that it makes people wonder if it's an illusion.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!
The next second, the 'protrusion' shattered, and a massive amount of seawater overflowed like an avalanche! A thunderous roar came first, shaking all the ships anchored in this area, including the aircraft carrier-sized 'Shenmu'.

The violent tremors traveled along the hull, the deck, and all the way to their feet; the people on the surrounding ships, large and small, all buckled at the knees and knelt down on the deck.

Following closely behind were giant waves, hundreds of meters high, that spread out in a ring shape:

One billion? Ten billion? Or hundreds of billions of tons?
Countless waves of seawater surged forth like billions of ferocious beasts, wantonly trampling and crushing everything in their path!
As the giant wave continued to spread, it rapidly 'straightened' in everyone's eyes, forming a 'sea wall' hundreds of meters high that stretched as far as the eye could see. No, it should be said that 'land and sea' were crashing down on us.

What is the height of 100 meters?
A modern 30-story building is roughly 100 meters tall.

Moreover, unlike the slender tall buildings, the 'waves' in front of us, which resemble mountains or cliffs, are of unknown length;

Accompanied by a thunderous roar, waves larger than any recorded in human history swept in indifferently, like rolling vehicles about to crush a swarm of ants.

Indeed, in the face of such extraordinary waves, let alone ships with hull heights of several meters or even tens of meters, even a behemoth like the Shenmu, which is like an aircraft carrier, only has a 'mere' 60-odd meters above the water.

This includes all the cell towers.

"God,"

"A great flood that submerged the world."

On the deck, the naval commanders from Western countries had already begun to subconsciously make the sign of the cross.

"Hey, is this considered a superpower?"

Even the ambitious Teach couldn't help but gape, revealing a set of black and yellow teeth. Before such a massive wave, what were carrier strike groups, what were port cities? They were nothing but toys to be destroyed with a flick of the wrist!
Such power, only a god could possess, right?

Although Abe no Seimei and Yu were both designated as 'Dragon-level' by the island nation's government;
But what is the difference between a dragon and a god to ordinary people, or rather, most extraordinary individuals?
These are all terrifying entities capable of wiping out hundreds of thousands of people in a single move: just like this super giant wave in front of us, if it were to surge towards a coastal city, it would easily cause millions of casualties.

"It's over, it's over"

"We're doomed, God, why?"

Everyone who witnessed this colossal wave stood frozen in place, only able to murmur unconsciously.

run?
Unless you can fly, where can you run to?!

"Ruf."

"Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Even the members of the 'Luffy Adventure Team' were dumbfounded!

"Yes, this is the power of that lord."

Of the group, only Luffy remained relatively calm. He knew that 'Ōtakemaru' had been resurrected, and that even a wisp of the other's thoughts was unfathomable. Despite the shock at the colossal wave before him, he was not afraid.

In his mind, the young master of the Sea Kingdom had a good character and was not a bloodthirsty or murderous person.

so---

Rumble, rumble! ! ! !
A thunderous roar completely drowned out everyone's hearing. The world before their eyes was shaking rapidly, and their faces and clothes were trembling violently. Just as most people closed their eyes and waited for death, the colossal wave suddenly parted.

It was like an invisible blade cleaving through the waves, or like a curtain being pulled open from both sides.

The enormous wave bypassed the countless ships centered around the Shenmu, surging past from both sides!

The surging torrents, like mountains and continents, swept around the area where everyone was; everyone watched as the sea, like sheer cliffs, flowed endlessly, carrying countless marine creatures: even whale sharks, 20 meters long, were carried by the seawater and swam through the air, their reflections shimmering in the stunned eyes of the crowd.

Surprisingly, such devastating waves did not significantly affect their area.

“What a spectacle!”

Luffy, who was the first to come to his senses, spoke first.
He had met Ōtakemaru once and believed that the person who gave him power was not someone who killed indiscriminately.

Just as expected,

Now begin to appreciate the scene before you—

"Hehehe, Zorro, I didn't expect your mouth to open so wide."

"That's right, this is a sight that is rarely seen even once every tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years."

???

click,

He raised his hand to put his dislocated jaw back up, which had been stretched to its limit.

"It's truly spectacular, almost like a god."

Touching the two short sticks at his waist, Zorro, with his green hair, couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart.

"Such power,"

Is it something I can touch?
"Tsk, what a scare."

A blond man in a suit next to him casually took out a cigarette, and then:

He put the lighter in his mouth and repeatedly flicked the cigarette with his trembling hand.

"Sanji, you're holding your cigarette upside down."

The girl, slumped on the deck, wiped the sweat from her brow, extremely glad she had gone to the restroom before coming; otherwise:
Like many of the superhumans on deck who were terrified, they made a huge fool of themselves.

"Humph!"

He snorted coldly,
Teach waved his hand impatiently at the fact that some of his men were so scared they wet themselves and even emitted a foul stench.

A blush appeared on the pale faces of these superhumans, and they all pulled up their pants, turned around, and jumped off the deck.

It's not their fault; after all, the Teach Pirates weren't the only ones with such a large influx of people.

"Oh oh oh!!!"

"Is this the power of Lord Ōtakemaru?!"

Of course, there are also some rather bizarre ones.

Holding the live streaming equipment, KYG screamed, completely excited, and even his pants bulged out with a large bulge.

"Hahahaha, my Sea Kingdom is the strongest!!"

"Lord Ōtakemaru, our beloved—?"

KYG's enthusiastic shouts came to an abrupt halt, because this colossal wave was not Ōtakemaru 'showing off his strength' at all, but rather the aftershocks of his appearance!

As a massive amount of seawater surged past on both sides, a new structure appeared on the sea surface:
Mountains

Using mountains to describe it would be too small.

It should be said that it is an island composed of a continuous range of mountains!
The island has no flowers or plants, but it has a large number of coral reefs; there are no birds or beasts, but instead, there are strange-shaped fish; large amounts of seawater form lakes on the island, and the water flows that rise up from the ground bend into 'arch bridges' and form roads.
There are also pavilions, towers, buildings, squares and streets dotting the landscape; all are magnificent, with white jade pillars, glazed tiles, and gemstones everywhere, making them incredibly precious!

Generally speaking, decorating with large amounts of gold and jewelry inevitably gives people the feeling of being a "nouveau riche".

But when all the buildings on the island are made of jewels, then only:
Unparalleled luxury!
It was this dreamlike island that rose from the sea that caused the super wave just now!
The rising island didn't stop; it continued to rise, higher and higher, until it transformed into a dreamlike place floating in the air. All who witnessed it had a profound realization:
This is 'Mount Suzuka'!

"That is?"

"There are people below the island."

"Hiss, could it be—"

A collective gasp of astonishment rippled through the air aboard the Shenmu.
This is an unconscious inhalation action that occurs when a living being is in a state of extreme fear, tension, or agitation.

They were all extraordinary beings, and their eyesight was naturally different from that of ordinary people. They had already noticed that there was a person below the island that had flown out of the sea!

That's right,

There was someone located below the island.
“Ah, ah, ah—”

KYG, who was streaming the live stream, naturally saw the figure and was so excited he could only pant.

Boom~~~~
The island moved, rumbling towards us;

The air it displaced left giant white trails on both sides and behind the island.

"Kani-hime,"

A sound rang out in the sky, causing everyone in the area to look up.

Below the island, a tall man with short hair wore simple yet magnificent dark gold armor, with a thick 'sujiro' tied around his waist, and his skirt armor was decorated with the sea, auspicious clouds, and immortal mountains.
The two demon horns on its head, representing a 'great demon,' were as clear as white jade, and its expression was a mixture of arrogance and kindness.

Most importantly, he was floating in the air, holding the island in one hand.

This island was indeed lifted up by him!

Wuwuwu————

A tornado appeared out of nowhere, then rapidly shrank, transforming into a robe-clad 'Sea Roar' that landed on the deck of the Shenmu.

And 'Kujira', with a long bone sword hanging from his waist, also leaped from the sea.

"Welcome, young master!" x3
Under the leadership of Haiming, who bowed deeply,

Kani-hime and Kyukira both knelt down on one knee and bowed to the man in the sky who was holding up an island with one hand.

"Um,"

"I am back."

With a slight nod in response, everyone immediately understood:

This is the young lord of the Sea Kingdom: Ōtakemaru!
(End of this chapter)