Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

Rayleigh, standing on the stern of the ship, encouraged Sakura Haruno below.

"Keep swimming! If you fall too far behind, you'll get eaten by the sea kings!"

Realizing she had been tricked, Sakura Haruno could only roar and swim with all her might, her long, mournful howl waking everyone on the ship.

"Damn it——!"

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Chapter 6: Old friends gone, new friends arrived.

Sakura Haruno had a nightmare.

Amidst the enormous waves whipped up by the raging storm, a demon urged itself to swim faster.

In the middle of it, she seemed to encounter Captain Roger, but before she could shout "Captain, help me!"

Then the captain said to the demon, "It's about to awaken," and then... the demon, its eyes bloodshot, ran away wildly.

While still yelling something like, "You don't want to fail at awakening Observation Haki either, do you?", he caught up with us.

"Sakura!" "Sakura!"

The murky, sticky sound seemed to come from the surface of the water, and the sound of bubbles churning in the seawater entered my ears.

—Uncle Rayleigh is calling me... but I'm so sleepy... I don't want to talk to him.

Sakura Haruno wanted to just keep sinking in the cold sea until she was completely swallowed by darkness.

Boom! ! !

A flash of lightning streaked across the dark clouds, illuminating Rayleigh's devilish smile.

Raindrops fell on Sakura Haruno's porcelain doll-like face, causing the girl to cast a hazy gaze.

A deadly sense of crisis surged up her spine, sounding an alarm bell in Sakura Haruno's mind.

With an instinctive roar, she turned her head to the side, narrowly avoiding a rapier falling vertically.

The sword lightly kissed her cheek before piercing the wooden plank beneath her.

"!!!"

Sakura Haruno suddenly opened her eyes wide, the cool touch spreading across her face, dispelling her sleepiness.

She sat up, completely ignoring the few strands of her cherry-pink hair that had been cut off by the knife tip, and gasped for breath.

"You've mastered Observation Haki in just three months. Well done."

Rayleigh clapped his hands in praise as he stepped forward and drew his rapier.

"You old bastard, you jerk!!!"

Sakura Haruno is still sweating profusely about the fact that her head was almost pierced.

Sweat and rain mingled together, and Sakura Haruno couldn't help but grit her teeth and stomp her feet.

God knows how she survived those three months.

Ridley's training was so simple and brutal: throw them into the sea and make them swim after the Al Jackson.

They swam until she was exhausted, then pulled her onto the boat and hit her on the head with a stick adorned with military coloring.

Until ten days ago, when Sakura Haruno could vaguely sense the trajectory of the stick, that demon actually replaced the stick with his own rapier.

However, the reason why such training has to last so long is partly due to Sakura Haruno's own physique as a member of the Giant royal family.

As we all know, giants are creatures with high health and stamina.

It has become extremely difficult to exhaust Sakura Haruno's stamina to the maximum extent.

Therefore, in the later stages of training, it often devolves into a tug-of-war of endurance between the two sides, resulting in mutual torment.

"Shanks, Bucky!"

Sakura Haruno clenched her fists, her eyes darting around, trying to find those two treacherous guys.

Looking back now, they must have known about Rayleigh's training regimen all along.

That's why when Rayleigh repeatedly extended the invitation that day, he didn't see those two guys.

Damn it—! I was still too young!

"Alright, let's wait and see before we cause them any trouble. Something exciting is about to begin."

Rayleigh reached out to stop Sakura Haruno, pointing at the two people on the deck.

The man on the left is Roger, and the man on the right is Douglas Barrett.

The renewed surge of thunder was like a starting pistol, and the two figures melted into the darkness simultaneously.

Then, through the new senses brought about by Observation Haki, Sakura Haruno saw—

Barrett, stirring the purple fluid and fusing the substance into his right arm, threw a powerful punch.

He met Roger's longsword, which was brimming with dark lightning and crackling with fiery domineering energy.

boom! ! !

The pure white light flowed and rose, transforming into a violent roar that surpassed even the thunder.

The longsword, accompanied by a storm and thunder, slashed down with a whoosh, easily tearing through the purple substance in Barrett's hand and sending him flying.

Douglas Barrett's massive body crashed into the railing of the Al Jackson and slid to the ground.

"So strong..."

Sakura Haruno's voice and Barrett's voice were in sync.

The girl's Observation Haki detected the fading of Barrett's Haki and she turned to look at Rayleigh.

"Uncle Rayleigh, can he really be your equal?"

"Of course, if it doesn't involve a life-or-death struggle."

Rayleigh, arms crossed, winked at her with his right eye and gave her a mysterious smile.

Why not have a life-or-death battle? They're deliberately leaving a cliffhanger to whet people's appetites.

Riddler, get out of the Al Jackson!

Sakura Haruno rolled her eyes at Rayleigh and turned to continue her swordsmanship training.

The days at sea were carried away by the salty sea breeze.

A few days after Barrett's failed challenge to Roger.

Unsurprisingly, Douglas Barrett chose to leave the Roger Pirates.

Before leaving, Roger insisted on giving Barrett a small boat and a large amount of supplies, even though Barrett had initially refused.

Thanks to the captain's capriciousness, the entire pirate crew's voyage had to be changed course midway.

To make matters worse, they encountered the navy while resupplying.

New World - Spring Island Cavallola

"Iron!"

Facing Sakura Haruno's fist, the marine in front of her used the Rokushiki Testai.

A suffocatingly terrifying storm burst forth, and Sakura Haruno's fist slammed into the marine's body across a long distance.

Under the unprecedented outburst of violent power, the navy officer coughed up a mouthful of blood, flew backward, smashed through several rocks, and passed out.

"Wow~, they actually dared to use their bodies to block that monstrous gorilla's punch, really..."

Bucky, who was crouching on the boulder, muttered to himself, but was suddenly locked onto by a gaze filled with intense killing intent.

Fortunately, his next discovery saved his life.

"Captain, Whitebeard's ship is on the other side of the island!"

Hearing Buggy's shout, Sakura Haruno's anger faltered.

If her memory serves her correctly, this should be the place where the Roger Pirates were about to fight the Whitebeard Pirates.

In other words, is the Kozuki family about to board the ship?

Suddenly, the premonition of Observation Haki buzzed in his mind, and a red light flashed in Haruno Sakura's emerald pupils.

Turning his head to look into the depths of the forest, he felt a powerful aura rapidly approaching.

"Gun-Pseudo...wait, why is it a little girl?"

Kozuki Oden saw Sakura Haruno's appearance clearly, and his previously prepared sword stance loosened.

"What's wrong with the little girl? She didn't eat your rice!"

Sakura Haruno, already in a bad mood, clenched her fists as if to punch someone.

But Roger, who suddenly appeared beside her, gently grabbed her hand and grinned at her.

"Wait, Sakura, I can't let you get hurt!"

Roger used his arm to pull Sakura Haruno behind his back while simultaneously drawing his famous sword, Ace, from his waist.

"Yo! Samurai, you dare to attack my crew? Are you mentally prepared?"

"Gods, sir!"

The air tore apart, and the domineering roared!

Roger's sword light struck Kozuki Oden, whose defenses were wide open. The surging afterglow mixed with black lightning pushed Kozuki Oden into smashing four or five large trees before finally embedding himself deeply into the rock wall.

"Honestly, Captain Roger just wanted to fight."

Sakura Haruno pouted in dissatisfaction and protested angrily to Roger.

"This is not the time to talk about this, it's coming!"

As Roger's voice faded, a towering giant descended from the sky.

The massive naginata in his hand crackled with thunder, causing his speed and power to surge.

Roger, who was on the ground, threw Sakura Haruno backward and took a big step, crushing the rock layer on the ground.

The sword energy bursts forth with a sharp, piercing roar as it is swung back during the swing.

From that overwhelming, domineering color that made everything else lose its luster, two grinning faces emerged.

The collision between Roger and Whitebeard tore the sky apart, blasting a huge hole in the dense clouds.

The rock strata on the ground shattered, and the fierce air currents uprooted giant trees and blew away many members of the pirate crew.

A moment later, Roger and Whitebeard, having exchanged greetings, stood amidst the ruins and burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha"

"Gulalalalala"

When the laughter stopped, the two of them said something in perfect unison.

Leave all your belongings behind!

Roger Pirates vs. Whitebeard Pirates.

The battle officially begins.

Chapter 7 Ninjas and Samurai

The icy sea wind whipped up sounds of punches, roars, and the clashing of swords...

Lightning flashed across the dark clouds, and raindrops fell on the girl's cherry-pink short hair.

She was surrounded by a circle of defeated pirates, and the girl was exhausted from the long battle.

"Has it been three days...?"

Sakura Haruno wiped the sweat from her brow and looked toward the center of the battlefield, where thunder raged.

Roger's hearty laughter mingled with the deep, resonant voice of his white beard, suggesting that the battle was still some time away.

Behind her, the air was violently torn apart, bursting forth with a thunderous roar.