Dr. Kureha’s speed was inhuman.
The moment she had carved away the last of the dead flesh from Arthur’s body, her hands flew across a control panel at the side of the operating table.
A transparent glass coffin rose and enveloped him, sealing him off from the world. One by one, plastic tubes connected to the coffin, and a viscous, medicinal liquid instantly flooded the chamber.
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Arthur felt the same powerlessness he’d felt when they had first put S...
2025-10-03 13:25:47 +0000 UTC
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"Huff... huff..."
The girl's labored breathing echoed through the mountains. By the time Yura reached Yasaka Shrine, two full hours had passed.
As mentioned before, while technically within Kyoto's boundaries, Yasaka Shrine sat deep in the mountains. Even with the onmyoji girl's skills, the climb from the mountain's base took over an hour.
The ridiculous part was that Yura had rushed out so frantically she'd only realized partway there that she hadn't brought any talismans...
2025-10-03 12:34:56 +0000 UTC
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To celebrate Mukuro’s arrival, and since it was a holiday, the girls decided we should all go on a hot springs trip. With so many of us, we had to take three cars.
I was driving, with Kotori, Origami, Tohka, Mukuro, and Mayuri.
The second car was driven by Nia, our resident shut-in, with Miku, Kaguya, Yuzuru, and Mana as her passengers.
The last car had Reine at the wheel, with Kurumi, Sawa, Yoshino, Natsumi, and Ellen.
Once everything was ready, I looked over at Nia...
2025-10-03 11:51:22 +0000 UTC
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Clack… clack…
The soft collision of indoor slippers against the wooden floor echoed in the quiet night.
Haru walked down the hallway of the ancient structure known as the Asagami residence, his expression exceptionally grave, like a solemn idol.
Following his routine of the past few months, he should have been in the bamboo forest at this time, playing the ‘Boring’ staring game with Shiki. However, a call from a magical communicator had disr...
2025-10-03 11:32:44 +0000 UTC
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Not long after, news of the war spread across the entire world, delivered by the News Coo to every corner of the globe.
"DAMN THAT MORGANS."
Morgans was one of the Emperors of the Underworld—the president of the World Economic News Paper and the man responsible for crowning the Straw Hat Luffy as the Fifth Emperor in the original story.
While Luffy wasn't weak at the time, being hailed as the Fifth Emperor was clearly setting him up for a fall.
The News Coo were all ...
2025-10-03 11:01:14 +0000 UTC
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Ten minutes later, Hawk showered and changed into a Winnie the Pooh pajama set Gwen had bought him, came back downstairs.
The Hell Witch, still wreathed in blue flame, looked at him, her voice filled with gratitude.
"Thank you, Hawk. You're a good man."
"Yes. You're not like the men who burned us."
“No.”
"You—"
"Stop." Hawk held up a hand, cutting her off. He didn't know why, but every time the other souls in her started talking, it felt like he was l...
2025-10-03 10:20:56 +0000 UTC
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BOOOOOOOOM!
High above New York City, a sonic boom ripped through the night sky.
Hawk’s figure, moving at Mach 50, streaked toward a small town near Augusta, Maine.
At the S.H.I.E.L.D. command center in New York, it was a quiet night. The agents on duty, with nothing major happening, were chatting idly.
Suddenly, a red alert box flashed across the main screen. The base’s early warning system blared to life at the exact moment Hawk had gone...
2025-10-02 14:24:14 +0000 UTC
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"Smoker, I'm not trying to pick a fight here, but your Loguetown is a real dump compared to Lunia Port."
Inside the Marine base, Jin made himself right at home, launching into a casual, rambling conversation.
A vein throbbed in Smoker's temple.
"Hey, hey! Don't think just because you're a king—and Hina's boyfriend—you can waltz in here and start giving me orders. This is my town."
Smoker had already heard about Hina's promotion. They were close friends, and he was ...
2025-10-02 13:20:40 +0000 UTC
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The underground operating room was a gloomy dark space.
The air was thick with a faint, cloying stench of rot, a smell that brought to mind terrifying, and often fatal, human experiments.
But Arthur was bold and confident. A man with his kind of power feels no fear. In the face of the unknown, some men even feel a sense of excitement.
It was the spirit of adventure.
Anyone who chose the path of a pirate had to face an endless unknown sea.
And besides, Shiryu stil...
2025-10-02 12:35:57 +0000 UTC
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The moment Itogami Island appeared in Kyoto's coastal waters, piercing alarms blared throughout the barrier hall at the Keikain clan's main house.
"Warning! Warning! Detection barrier issuing highest-level alert!"
"What's happening?!"
"According to the data, a massive object suddenly appeared in Kyoto's coastal waters! The scale is roughly... this size is insane, let me calculate... uh... about the size of all of Tokyo!"
"What... are you sure the detection barrier isn'...
2025-10-02 12:11:05 +0000 UTC
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“Eh? Wait…”
With a startled cry from Mukuro, we materialized inside the Spirit villa.
Her expression was a complicated mix of emotions, but after a bit of gentle persuasion, she finally agreed to stay. A short while later, she emerged from the guest room, shyly wearing the clothes I had prepared for her.
She wore gleaming purple high heels and white stockings that barely concealed the soft, pinkish skin of her long, slender legs. The form-fitting outfit did little to h...
2025-10-02 11:42:20 +0000 UTC
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SHIKI's pace was deliberately slow. Like a curious child, she paused frequently to observe the shops on both sides of the street, occasionally stepping inside for a closer look.
However, despite walking for four hours on the journey home, she only purchased one item: a red-and-black checkered leather jacket from a small clothing store.
She bought it only after Haru, on an impulse, asked if she needed something to fend off the lingering cold. The bill, naturally, fell to Haru.
<...
2025-10-02 11:25:03 +0000 UTC
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“What an arrogant declaration. The ‘Era of Blackbeard’? What does that make Shin? I’ll kill that pompous bastard right now.”
Hancock drew her sword, her voice laced with fury. Who the hell did Blackbeard think he was, making such a grandiose claim?
“Hancock, calm down.” Shin placed a hand on hers, calming her down.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Pay him no mind."
Blackbeard’s ambition was massive, but his strength didn’t quite match up—a...
2025-10-02 11:00:43 +0000 UTC
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“Hello.”
The smile on Gwen's face was so bright it could've lit up the entire city. She held out her left hand to Sharon.
There was no need to ask why it was her left hand.
The six-carat, purplish-red diamond engagement ring on her left ring finger was doing all the talking.
Every girl who’s just gotten engaged wants to show it off to the world. Gwen was no exception.
Of course, if a woman gets engaged and doesn’t post a single thing about it on social me...
2025-10-02 10:15:02 +0000 UTC
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The next morning.
Hawk woke to the scent of his girlfriend Gwen’s hair as she lay on top of him, playfully tickling his nose. He opened his eyes, his consciousness slowly returning from the depths of his Cosmo.
Wait... not his girlfriend anymore. His fiancée!
He had proposed last night. And she had said YES.
Technically, he should have asked George and Helen for their permission first.
But the moment had felt right. And they had been there, so...
2025-10-01 13:42:43 +0000 UTC
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The father had already departed from this world.
Even before his child could draw its first breath, he had been put to death by the Marines.
All that remained was the woman who would be a mother, and the unborn child within her.
The truth of the father's identity had to remain a secret—known to no one.
To protect the child in her womb, she went into seclusion in the village that had raised her.
And so, hidden from the world, a new life quietly entered it.
2025-10-01 12:44:16 +0000 UTC
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There were five paths to a long life upon the seas—or so the legends claimed.
The blood of giants. The bones of Millennial Dragons. The strange power of Pure Gold. A handful of time-bending Devil Fruits.
And the Perennial Youth Operation.
Kureha had lived for so long, and her first question to any stranger was always, “Want to know the secret to my eternal youth?”
She was hiding something in plain sight.
The blood of giants, the bones of dragons, and Pure G...
2025-10-01 12:04:31 +0000 UTC
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All things considered, the entire moving process had taken about a day and a half.
Just yesterday morning, Itogami Island had still been under the Japanese government's jurisdiction—still part of Japanese territory.
But a day and a half later, this massive artificial island had become Bokue Keikain's personal private domain, complete with luxury sky villas built atop the island's tallest structure, the Keystone Gate.
By now, the sky villa complex above the Keystone Gate ha...
2025-10-01 11:44:48 +0000 UTC
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After lunch, the girls wanted me to join them at the mall, but I politely declined.
With all the nightly… activities with Kurumi lately, I realized it had been a while since I’d visited Mukuro.
Normally, no matter how busy—I always made time to go chat with her.
At first, she had been resistant to my visits. But slowly, painstakingly, I had seen the walls around her heart begin to crack. She was even beginning to smile more often.
But then, I had suddenly stopped...
2025-10-01 11:21:57 +0000 UTC
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“Hah! Hah! That was exhilarating!”
SHIKI was slumped over a park bench, her slender arms pressing down on her thighs to support her body as she spoke with heavy, ragged breaths.
Beads of sweat slowly broke out on her exquisite cheeks, tracing a path down to her new, mustard-yellow kimono, which was already damp.
Though utterly exhausted, she was filled with a sense of pure triumph. The memory of dashing out of the store, looking back at Haru’s bewildered expression as ...
2025-10-01 11:09:12 +0000 UTC
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Even with his near-invincible power, cutting a swath through anyone who stood in his way, Whitebeard still couldn't get close to Ace’s body. The Admirals were no pushovers, and the endless barrage of cannonballs was no joke.
Plowing through the storm of steel, Whitebeard began to show signs of injury.
Cannonballs rained down on him as if the Marines had an infinite supply. Akainu, despite having his face nearly caved in and deformed by Whitebeard's earlier punch, relentlessly bl...
2025-10-01 10:49:47 +0000 UTC
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As one of the six Infinity Stones, the Soul Stone’s power was immense.
Its primary function was the manipulation of life and death, but it also excelled at sensing, stealing, and imprisoning souls. Its core ability was to grant access to the Soul World.
But the method of obtaining it was uniquely, brutally cruel.
Especially for someone like Hawk.
To claim the Soul Stone, one had to sacrifice the soul of the person they loved most. Only then would the stone reveal its...
2025-10-01 10:08:50 +0000 UTC
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Hawk and Peter returned to the hotel one after the other.
Just as Peter had predicted, they had barely reached the entrance when Mary Jane and Gwen emerged, laughing and talking.
The next second, Mary Jane’s jaw dropped. She glanced back at the hotel, then at her boyfriend, who was now standing next to Hawk. “I thought you guys were staying in today.”
Peter didn’t say a word. He just looked at Hawk.
His expression said it all.
See? We just got back from s...
2025-09-30 14:41:16 +0000 UTC
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At the docks, Jin and Gion shook hands.
Gion possessed a figure that was both slender and voluptuous—utterly captivating.
She was tall, and even without her high heels, she stood at an imposing three meters, the standard height for a Marine Admiral.
Her hair, as dark as a storm cloud, was elegantly pinned up, revealing a long, graceful neck.
She wore a magenta silk blouse with short, capped sleeves, over which she draped her coat of justice.
The lace cuffs expo...
2025-09-30 13:47:07 +0000 UTC
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Drum Kingdom, an island on the fourth magnetic route of the Grand Line, was a land of perpetual winter.
Its snows never melted, its cold biting and unnatural.
Perhaps it was because of this harsh weather that so few travelers ever came here. Outsiders knew of its masterful medical arts, but few understood their true extent.
Before the island's highest, sheerest cliff, Arthur and Shiryu did not leap.
Instead, they stepped onto the great iron chains that stretched from t...
2025-09-30 12:57:40 +0000 UTC
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Morning came.
The golden sun rose over the sea, scattering the last of the island’s shadows.
In the southern district of Itogami, inside one of the luxury villas, a certain black-haired girl lay curled beneath her blankets, still sound asleep. Gone was the gothic dress she usually wore, tonight, she’d traded it for soft children’s pajamas.
This was Natsuki Minamiya—once the Witch of the Void, now a Senior Attack Mage of the Island Guard, living here ...
2025-09-30 12:23:16 +0000 UTC
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“Kurumi.”
I looked down at the girl who had buried her face in my chest, refusing to come out, and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Are you sure you want to just keep holding me like this?” I teased. “Tohka and the others are already getting ready. They might come looking for you soon.”
At my words, I felt her flinch.
‘That’s right,’ she was surely thinking. ‘It’s almost noon. They’ll be up any second now. What if they come looking for me and find us...
2025-09-30 11:54:01 +0000 UTC
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“Welcome!”
The glamorous female clerks all executed sharp, professional bows, greeting Haru and SHIKI as they entered the shop.
“Is the young lady looking for a kimono? Our store offers—” The clerk closest to them noticed the torn hem of SHIKI’s kimono, her eyes immediately lighting up as she rushed forward to begin her sales pitch.
Seeing the initiative taken, the other clerks paused, regret visible on their faces.
Salespeople in large department stores ar...
2025-09-30 11:34:36 +0000 UTC
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"Blackbeard, you're not exactly captain material. Shiryu and Catarina are dead, and you haven't said a word."
After Shin’s Pluton had departed, Avalo Pizarro seized the opportunity to challenge Blackbeard.
Blackbeard’s face was already grim, but now he shot a vicious glare at Pizarro.
"Don't forget who got you out of Impel Down." Blackbeard looked ready to throw down.
He usually didn't mind Pizarro’s ambition, but now was not the time. If he let Pizarro run his m...
2025-09-30 11:18:05 +0000 UTC
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A deafening roar split the sky above Stonehenge, echoing across the entire Salisbury Plain. A dragon—massive, magnificent, bathed in crimson fire—burst from Hawk's broad back and shot into the sky.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The thick storm clouds overhead responded instantly. The moment the fire dragon pierced through them, they ignited, transforming into a burning tapestry of scarlet and gold.
Blood-red storm clouds.
Within Hawk's Cosmo, the Phoenix Heart pu...
2025-09-30 10:36:01 +0000 UTC
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