Impel Down, Level Six—The Eternal Hell.
Years ago, Arthur had released all of its most vicious criminals, killing any who refused to follow him. As a result, this level of the great prison was now sparsely populated.
In the time since, only a mere handful of new prisoners had been deemed worthy of its depths.
And now, with the Golden Lion Shiki’s escape, the place felt even more desolate. One or two half-dead pirates moaned weakly in the distance, their ...
2025-09-18 12:58:39 +0000 UTC
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While Bokue Keikain was still hard at work on Itogami Island—
In the Demon Realm's Northern Territory, within the Current Demon Lord faction's royal castle.
"Leo-chan, it's about time for lunch~"
As a beautiful blonde girl's voice echoed through the palace hall, the young Demon King who'd been buried in paperwork finally lifted his head from the throne.
"Phew~ Lunch again already, Sis?"
Leohart looked at the mountain of documents piled on his desk, then tilted ...
2025-09-18 12:29:16 +0000 UTC
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“What!?”
Caught completely off guard, Natsumi could only stand frozen, her eyes wide with shock.
‘Why hasn’t her power been reduced? I’ve never seen this happen before!’
Her mind raced, but her body couldn’t react in time. Ellen paid her no mind, swinging her sword down with the full force of her momentum.
But just as the blade was about to connect, a brilliant golden light flared to life around Natsumi, a power she didn’t know she possessed. The laser ...
2025-09-18 12:06:54 +0000 UTC
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The Ryougi Family.
In the past, they were an ancient lineage known as one of Japan’s four great demon-slaying families.
Unlike the other three fallen clans, the Ryougi still held a prominent position within Japan’s elite—no longer through the martial prowess of demon-slaying, but through finance, economics, and connections to yakuza organizations.
And Ryougi Kaname was the eldest son of this great family.
Neat black hair, handsome features inheri...
2025-09-18 11:49:36 +0000 UTC
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“So, how does freedom feel?” Shin asked Hina, who was staring out at the endless sea.
Hina shot him a sideways glance but said nothing. She already knew the news had spread like wildfire across the seas: A new member had joined the Kuja Pirates.
She was branded, tied to this crew for good.
There was no going back. In the eyes of the Marines, she was now a disgrace. Returning was impossible.
“Shin, there’s some important intel here. You should take a look,” Ro...
2025-09-18 11:24:46 +0000 UTC
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When Bruce Banner got home with the groceries, Nick Fury was already gone.
Betty knelt on the living room carpet, her eyes vacant and staring at nothing.
Seeing her like this, Bruce quickly closed the door, rushed to her side, and gently helped her up onto the sofa.
“Betty...”
“...”
She seemed to snap back to reality at his touch. Her eyes focused on him, and without a word, she lunged forward, crashing her lips against his.
Bruce froze for a second...
2025-09-18 10:33:09 +0000 UTC
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Is it hard to get a driver’s license in the United States?
Not at all.
Compared to the rigorous, multi-stage exams in other countries, getting a license in the US is ridiculously easy.
As long as you could shift gears, turn, and hit the brakes, you could get a license.
Of course, there was one catch. You had to bring your own car. The examiner would sit in the passenger seat, observing your habits and proficiency, and then decide if you passed.
And so, at the e...
2025-09-17 17:29:37 +0000 UTC
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"Clear your mind."
"Don't try to fight the recoil."
"Flow with it, like water."
"Don't force the shot—feel it."
"Be water."
On the deck, Jin stood behind Maya, guiding her aim. In her hands was a brand-new sniper rifle.
The Karabiner 98k.
During his travels through the North Blue, Jin hadn't just been training—he'd been developing the Munch-Munch Fruit, attempting to synthesize a firearm from scratch.
After ...
2025-09-17 14:59:52 +0000 UTC
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Time trickled by as Arthur convalesced.
One month later—
Arthur lay on the great bed in the Thunder God Palace, reading a newspaper. Tubes snaked from his body to a collection of medical instruments that beeped in a steady, rhythmic cadence, constantly recording the changes in his condition.
A full month of rest, and his injuries hadn't improved in the slightest. In fact, they showed signs of getting worse.
“Cough, cough, cough...”
2025-09-17 13:13:17 +0000 UTC
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Who would've thought the legendary, fearsome Witch of the Notaria would... embarrass herself in front of a man.
That splash of water didn't just freeze Natsuki—it stunned Aya Tokoyogi herself.
Even after Bokue closed the door behind him, both witches remained frozen in the break room.
Ugh...
Natsuki's mouth twitched internally.
She'd guessed Aya had been thoroughly worked over by this guy, but to react like this just from seeing him was way too extreme!
W...
2025-09-17 12:41:01 +0000 UTC
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When Natsumi came to her senses, she found herself held tightly in my arms.
Seeing her dazed expression, I reached out and ruffled her hair, a wide grin on my face.
“Hehe. No matter how you look at it, Natsumi is still just as cute as ever.” I gently tried to smooth out her tangled locks. “Though, this hair is a bit of a mess. We should probably tidy it up.”
Feeling the gentle hand on her head, Natsumi instinctively flinched. She looked up, her wide, emerald-green ey...
2025-09-17 12:18:51 +0000 UTC
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Kazuhiko Asagami knelt on the tatami mat, his palms and forehead pressed firmly against the floor. Beads of sweat dripped from his entire body, he looked as if he’d just been fished out of the water.
A moment ago, he had confessed everything, holding nothing back. Of course, in his retelling, he’d done his best to downplay his own role in the affair.
‘I didn’t know I had it in me...’ Kazuhiko thought grimly. Now, all he could do was wait for his fate to be decided. This ...
2025-09-17 11:53:35 +0000 UTC
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Back at Marine Headquarters, Marineford, Sengoku’s brow was furrowed. He’d just received intel that one of the Seven Warlords, Crocodile, was dead.
When the report first came in, Sengoku was stunned. Sure, Crocodile’s bounty was less than 100 million, but a wanted poster isn’t the whole story.
His bounty had been frozen the moment he joined the Warlords. At his current strength, he was easily worth over 300 million.
That might put him in danger in the New World, but ...
2025-09-17 11:22:56 +0000 UTC
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“Heh.”
“Go home??”
“I just ran from New York to New Mexico to level the Ross family cemetery, and then ran all the way back here from New Mexico.”
“What do you think I came here for?”
“Do I look like I have nothing better to do?”
“They started this war, not me!”
“They may have decided when it started, but they don’t get to decide when it ends. I do.”
Hawk's laugh died in his throat. His ice-cold gaze swept over the crowd ...
2025-09-17 10:30:49 +0000 UTC
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Buildings were coming down everywhere.
Across the entire Quantico base—black streaks of energy carved through structure after structure, sending concrete and steel crashing to the ground.
In the family housing district, screams echoed as men and women scattered in panic. The sky itself seemed to weep, the fires from below painting the clouds a hellish red.
The earth was trembling, the collapsing buildings slammed into the ground with a deafening roar.
In the half an ...
2025-09-16 17:15:23 +0000 UTC
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Flayed alive.
Death by a thousand cuts.
His face carved away piece by piece.
The most terrifying images Judge could conjure flooded his mind, one after another—paralyzing him with sheer, abject terror.
A sound from the depths of hell—the chime of the serpent's tail—amplified his terror, twisting it into horrifying hallucinations.
"Save... save me..."
Judge's arrogant facade crumbled, revealing the sniveling, selfish coward beneath.
In the face o...
2025-09-16 14:31:11 +0000 UTC
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Arthur’s condition was severe—like many aging legends of the sea—he now required a constant IV drip just to keep the grievous wound on his chest from worsening.
Without the medicine, the unchecked injury would fester and seep into his very bones. At that point, short of a miracle from a rare healing Devil Fruit, he would be beyond saving.
That was why he was so desperate to return to Raijin Island, to summon every doctor under his command and find a path to recovery.
N...
2025-09-16 12:45:10 +0000 UTC
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While Bokue Keikain was thoroughly "charging" Astarte in the office, in the break room next door, Natsuki Minamiya—who should've passed out immediately after an all-nighter—found herself tossing and turning.
After all, she hadn't fallen asleep by her own will in ten whole years.
For the past decade, though her body had been sleeping in the Prison Barrier, it was less "sleeping" and more being trapped as an anchor pinning down endless dreams.
Meanwhile, her consciousness ...
2025-09-16 12:07:40 +0000 UTC
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What do I do?
That big jerk is actually so gentle!
Thinking back on how he had teased her, Natsumi's face felt like it was on fire. It was a deeply stimulating, yet exhilarating feeling.
'In that case, to preserve world peace and save other innocent girls from his clutches, it’s my duty as the great Natsumi to take on this burden myself! Yes, that’s it! I’ll snatch this big jerk for myself and keep him by my side forever!'
Her giddy laughter faded, and her mood s...
2025-09-16 11:49:21 +0000 UTC
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‘Why are you so slow?’ Nyarlathotep’s indignant voice echoed in Haru’s mind.
This was the bustling downtown area of the city, and the streets were teeming with people. Of course, the most numerous were Japan’s specialty: high school girls.
Even though the winter chill lingered, the miniskirt culture seemed to have been deeply ingrained in the national identity.
The streets were filled with girls in school uniforms and warm pantyhose. Though the idea that there are ...
2025-09-16 11:24:18 +0000 UTC
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Crocodile arrived, bringing the agents of Baroque Works with him. Of course, he hadn't brought the entire organization—only his most elite senior agents.
The weaker ones would be completely useless, if a real fight broke out, they'd only get in the way.
"So, they're here."
Crocodile stared at Shin and the members of the Kuja Pirates from a distance. Steeling himself against the immense pressure rolling off them, he forced a slick, artificial smile and walked forward.
2025-09-16 11:03:55 +0000 UTC
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Gwen's face went completely blank as she stared at Natasha.
“I don’t know.”
“...”
Natasha stared back, her own voice low and steady. “Last night’s incident really wasn’t us. If we were coming for you, we would have been here long ago. Why wait until now?”
Gwen ignored her.
“Are you here to arrest me?”
“No.”
The moment the word left Natasha’s lips, Gwen pushed open her car door and got out.
Natasha opened the passenger...
2025-09-16 10:09:53 +0000 UTC
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Something big had just happened in New York City.
Media outlets with their ears to the ground had reporters scrambling back to their newsrooms from the moment the story broke.
By the time the sun rose, the new headlines were ready—
The New York Times: “MILITARY’S CHRISTMAS EVE CEMETERY RAID LEADS TO MASSACRE, CALVARY CEMETERY TURNED INTO A SLAUGHTERHOUSE!”
The Wall Street Journal: “ANOTHER DISASTER FOR G...
2025-09-15 15:10:33 +0000 UTC
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Jin could tell she had stopped because they were close to Germa 66's territory—close enough for reinforcements, but still within a safe enough buffer that she wouldn't lead danger directly to her family's doorstep.
She was probing him.
"Germa 66 was founded over three hundred years ago—" Jin began, his tone almost academic. "—They are an infamous family of assassins in the underworld, and long ago, they ruled the North Blue through sheer force of arms, dominating the sea wit...
2025-09-15 14:34:38 +0000 UTC
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The familiar name pierced through the haze of sleep. Arthur’s eyes snapped open, his gaze falling upon the white-haired woman on the Marine warship, who was now staring back at him.
Years...
It had been years since he’d last seen her. She looked the same, but the unwavering conviction that had once burned in her eyes was gone, replaced by a deep and abiding sorrow.
People were such complicated things.
Once, in the reckless arrogance of youth, you believe your choic...
2025-09-15 12:23:21 +0000 UTC
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Another night of wind and rain had passed.
As morning arrived in the hotel suite at the center of Itogami Island—
"Mmm~"
The air still carried traces of last night's battles. The short-haired girl sleeping on the right side of the bed let out a muddy murmur, throwing off the covers and rolling over to press her entire left side against Bokue Keikain beside her.
"Ahh~ Everything smells like Bokue..."
Yuuma Tokoyogi nuzzled closer with half-closed eyes, murmuring...
2025-09-15 12:02:21 +0000 UTC
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'I just have to hold out until tomorrow morning. Then I win, and I can make all the demands. I’ll claim him for myself. After doing something so awful, he has to take responsibility. Yes... that’s it!' Having made her decision, she seemed to resolve herself to just lie back and take it.
When I saw her eyes close again, I felt a jolt of surprise, my own eyes narrowing.
I had only meant to tease her a little, but her tolerance was incredible. Instead of revealing herself, she wa...
2025-09-15 11:34:04 +0000 UTC
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Tokyo Metropolis—
In the heart of the city, where every square inch of land was worth a fortune, sat an old, traditional Japanese-style estate.
The gate bore a plaque with bold characters written in elegant calligraphy: 'Asagami Family.'
The Asagami family was an ancient and storied clan, but it had only recently risen to prominence in the city's high society through real estate.
Their success was entirely due to the family head, Kou...
2025-09-15 11:13:28 +0000 UTC
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“Let me show you the power of a giant!”
Dorry roared, swinging his massive sword toward Shin and the others. He was pissed after getting caught off guard earlier and was ready to unleash hell.
Shin watched him charge, not particularly bothered. He hadn’t come here looking for a fight—he was just curious. But if a fight was what Dorry wanted, Shin wasn’t about to back down.
Besides, he didn’t even have to lift a finger. This was a perfect chance to test his crew...
2025-09-15 10:43:33 +0000 UTC
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Very long chapter!
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The Christmas of 2012 didn't look much different from any other year.
Holiday jingles played softly in the storefronts.
Snowflakes drifted down from the sky.
In the neighborhoods, children gathered in joyful packs, celebrating the special holiday.
The entirety of New York City was immersed in the joy of Christmas. Families were out celebrati...
2025-09-15 10:02:29 +0000 UTC
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