Pirates: Beyond Akainu

Chapter 174 As powerful as despair

Mary Joa.

The palace was in ruins.

Because Im is having a seizure.

"Ah! You bastard, don't even think about controlling me! Get out of my body!"

"Don't make any mistake! I am the owner of this body! You are just the energy I absorb!"

boom! boom! boom!
In Im's body, two souls are fighting for control of the body.

Zoro, who was tied to the stone pillar, looked at this scene in surprise. Not only did this Im look exactly like Luffy, but sometimes his voice was exactly the same.

"What exactly is going on?!"

"Your captain ate the Nika Fruit, and the Nika Fruit is the energy we, Lord Im, need." said a Five Elder Star next to Sauron.

Zoro knew the identities of these five old men, but he couldn't understand what they said and didn't quite understand the current situation.

"What Nika fruit? Didn't Luffy eat the rubber fruit? Our captain is in the body of this Im? No! He is coming to kill you!"

Sauron keenly captured the murderous aura emanating from Im.

"How is that possible? How could Sir Im..." Just as the tall five-old star was about to deny it, Im suddenly jumped over, sat on him, and bit his neck with her sharp mouth.

Blood flowed horizontally, and he immediately died, and most of the blood that flowed out was sucked into Im's mouth.

"I can't suppress Qiao Yinboyi's power anymore. Give me back the power I gave you!"

At this moment, Yi Mu, who was riding on the neck of the tall Wulaoxing, looked like a vampire, with scarlet eyes and murderous intent.

The other four five-old stars were terrified. Before they could react, Im had already sucked the tall five-old star into a human body and pounced on the other one.

The legs of the last three remaining Five Old Stars were already trembling, and they, who controlled the world government aloft, never imagined that they would end up like this one day.

But they couldn't escape, because their lives and their strength were given by Im.

"Alas... this is fate. We started because of Lord Yimu, and we should end because of Lord Yimu." The bald Five Old Stars put down their black swords and chose to accept their fate.

Im pounced on him next.

Quickly sucked dry, Im pounced on the next one.

Only the last one of the five old stars who once controlled the world's power is left, the one with a scar on his forehead.

"No... don't... I don't want to be absorbed back by Master Im, I am free..."

The last Wu Laoxing defeated Yim's obedience and ran away.

But it was all in vain in front of Im, who was now so powerful that he was bottomless.

He just stretched out one hand towards the escaping Wulaoxing and sucked him back out of thin air.

"Everything you have is given to you by me. Is there anything wrong with taking it back now?"

With his mouth full of blood, Im bit the last five old star.

When all the power of the five old stars was absorbed by Im, his face became much ruddy, and the voice of Luffy's soul no longer appeared.

"Hey! Can you please stop doing these things in front of our captain's face? It makes me sick."

Zoro, who was tied to the stone pillar, spoke.

Being called disgusting by others, Im turned his head angrily, staring at Sauron with his spiral-like red eyes, and then smiled:
"You are an important partner of the Nika fruit host. I can't kill you yet."

Sauron keenly grasped the key point from Im's words, so he continued to challenge: "What kind of skill is killing five bad old men? If you have the guts, put me down and give me the black knife on the ground. I only need one knife." I can chop off your head."

Im sneered contemptuously in Luffy's face and turned away from Zoro.

But Zoro refused to give up and shouted: "Are you scared, you bastard!? Luffy, Luffy! Do you hear me? Don't be suppressed by such a coward! Don't you want to become the Pirate King?!"

boom!boom!
Because of Sauron's words, Im's heart beat violently again, and he was angry: "Okay, okay! Since you want to die, I will kill you!"

With a casual move by Im, Sauron was put down from the stone pillar, and then he immediately picked up the black knife of the bald five old stars just now.

The black knife felt cold in the hand, but it did not recognize its owner and struggled in Sauron's hand.

"Hey! Do you even look down on me? It's just a knife and you can kill people according to my orders!"

Sauron suppressed the Black Knife with his strong willpower.

This made Im look surprised. Did he know what the black sword meant to the swordsman.

"You're not bad. Come on, I'll convince you that you lost."

"I've said it all, don't do these things in the face of our captain, say these words, it makes me sick!"

Sauron wielded the black knife and slashed wildly.

But when the sword approached Yim, it was like cutting on a barrier, unable to get even close. What shocked Zoro even more was that the black sword at the top of the sword broke even inch by inch.

"How is this possible..." Zoro couldn't believe that the man named Im in front of him was so terrifyingly strong.

Im smiled contemptuously: "I have almost become a god in this world, omnipotent and omniscient."

"god……"

Sauron chewed on this word. He had seen many people who claimed to be gods, but it was only in Im that he realized what the power of gods is.

Desperately powerful.

"Im-sama, something is not right! A group of pirates have attacked Mariejoia and are clamoring to rescue their captain and comrades."

Suddenly someone came deep into the palace and reported.

Zoro's eyes flashed, and he instantly thought of their friends in the Straw Hat Pirates.

"These fools..."

Im didn't respond.For so many years, he had always lived deep in the palace and was indifferent to most things in the outside world, because it was meaningless to him. Even when someone came to Mariejoia to cause trouble for him, he didn't bother to pay attention.

For example, Akainu last time, or Fisher Tiger earlier.

But things were different now, he had gotten what he wanted.

Then Im shook his neck. "It's time to go out and cleanse the world, clean it up and start a new history."

Im walked out of the depths of the palace, ignoring Sauron who had just challenged him. In his eyes, he was no different from an ant.

Outside Mariegio Palace.

The seven members of the Straw Hat Pirates work together to rescue their captains Luffy and Zoro.

In the absence of reinforcements from the navy, the seven members of the Straw Hat Pirates boarding the Red Continent were like entering an uninhabited land.

The only one who can resist them is CP0, but Rob Lucci in this timeline has not returned, so there are not many CP special agents.

"Ouch! You idiots are eating my machine cannons!" Franky opened his two-handed machine cannons and fired at Marigio's guards.

"Yo ho ho ho ho ho! Hello, where is our captain?" Brooke remained polite while killing without mercy.

"I actually killed everyone in the holy land of Mariejoia. This is definitely something I can brag about for the rest of my life!" Usopp was moved while pulling his newly made slingshot.

"Today's weather will be cloudy with thunder and lightning, so be careful, everyone!" Nami's weather wand spread out a large area with one blast.

"Miss Navigator Nami, do you know the location of Luffy and the others?" Robin asked the most important surprise while killing the enemy.

"Don't worry, Miss Robin! I just learned from the guards that Luffy and Luchi Swordsman are deep in the palace! Devil's Wind Kicks!" Sanji was the most active.

"There is an underground passage here! Is it right here?" Chopper made a surprising discovery.

Others looked at Chopper's discovery and were equally surprised.

"Sanji, go in and take a look first!" Nami ordered immediately, but remained cautious.

Sanji listened to Nami's orders the most and flew in with a "moon step".

Peng -!
But Sanji just kicked his legs and flew in, and then flew out completely.

"Sanji!" Chopper, who has the duty of a doctor, hurried to check on Sanji's injuries, and then cried loudly, "Sanji's whole body is broken!"

"What!?" Nami couldn't believe that someone could subdue the three powerful Sanji on their ship in an instant, and even break all his bones.

tread!tread!tread!
The sound of footsteps came from the dark passage.

"What bastard!?" Franky's right hand machine gun pointed at the entrance of the passage.

"Wait!" Robin seemed to have seen something and quickly stopped Franky from firing.

And soon, under the gaze of everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates, they saw clearly who came out of the passage.

"Luffy!?" Everyone said in unison. This guy wearing a robe and a crown is their captain, Monkey D. Luffy.

"He's not Luffy!" Another voice came from the passage, it was Zoro arriving.

Zoro: "This guy's name is Im, and he is the real controller of the World Government. He swallowed Luffy and turned into Luffy's face. Now Luffy is in his body."

"I didn't become Luffy's face because I devoured him." Im wagging her finger.

The Straw Hats no longer wanted to listen to his explanation. They must believe in their partner Zoro more.

Zoro added: "But he hasn't completely swallowed Luffy yet. We may be the key to awakening Luffy."

"What does this mean?" Usopp still didn't quite understand.

"Give me back our captain!" Nami, however, had already understood and took action first, waving the weather stick to bring down a large piece of thunder and lightning on Im's head.

But all these thunder and lightning dissipated automatically on Im's head.

"You are all so weak, how dare you come here."

Im flicked his fingers, and the moment he flicked his fingers, everyone in the Straw Hats, including Zoro, fell down.

"Twelve rounds of flower blooming!" Robin launched her offensive the moment she fell to the ground.

"Devil Fruit? This should be the power of God." Im smiled and waved again, and Robin's Devil Fruit ability disappeared.

Robin opened his frightened eyes, and immediately reminded him of something: "Chopper don't want it!"

But it was too late, Chopper had already swallowed three Rumble Balls he made, and started the rampage mode.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The gigantic and rampaging Chopper howled and hammered Im directly, but in the next second, Chopper, who became human after eating the Renren Fruit, turned into a wild reindeer.

"There's something wrong with this guy! You Devil Fruit users should stop attacking!" Usopp shouted.

"Ah?" Brooke, who had already unsheathed his sword, was startled, but the next second he turned into a skull.

A real skull can never die again.

The life gained because of the Underworld Fruit also disappears because of the departure of the Underworld Fruit.

"Brooke——!!" After witnessing the death of his partner with his own eyes, Frankie was furious and fired at Im wildly, but all the bullets dissipated invisible.

"You guys..."

Im just about to say something, but his expression suddenly changed.

"You bastard! How dare you kill my partner! My most important partner!!"

Im said Luffy's voice again, and after hearing this, everyone else believed that what Zoro said was true.

"Everyone! We are the key to waking up Luffy!" Nami was filled with tears at some point.

"But what are we going to do?" Usopp cried.

"Luffy is the man who is going to be the One Piece, and his dream shouldn't fall here."

Nami hugged her arms tightly, remembering every moment with Luffy.

"This time, I will save you!"

Nami suddenly ran towards Im with determination, then opened her arms and hugged him.Im unstoppable in this process.

"Luffy, wake up." Nami held Luffy's face gently.

"Ahhhh! I will not lose to you!"

Because of Nami's actions, Luffy in Im's body became even crazier.

"Are you kidding me! After so many years of planning! Will I lose to a friendly game like playing house like yours!?"

Im suddenly got the upper hand and was filled with anger.

"Okay, since these guys are your most important partners and your obsession, then I will kill them all!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Nami's body, which was holding Im, exploded.

The exploding flesh and blood spattered Im's luxurious robes and noble crown.

"Miss Nami——!!"

Sanji, who had already fallen to the ground with all his bones broken, saw the moment Nami exploded. He once again burst out with powerful force, directly used their family's transformation suit, and kicked Im with an extremely powerful kick.

But this is all in vain in the face of the huge gap.

Im's Rasengan just glared, and Sanji's body completely exploded.

It exploded in the air and sprayed blood on every member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

"You bastard!" Franky could no longer bear the death of his companions one after another, but he also saw how powerful Im was, so he started the self-destruction program and wanted to blow up the other party.

This self-destruction program is a new one installed by Franky, and it has astonishing power.

But Im had noticed it in advance, but just when he was about to make a move, Luffy's soul in his body once again took over for a moment.

"Don't stop me!" Im wanted to suppress it.

At this moment, Franky ran over and opened it by self-destruction.

Peng -! !

The sound of the explosion shook the earth, and the entire palace of Mariejoia was instantly blown into a piece of white ground.

After the smoke and dust, there was a huge pit.

It was Usopp who, at the last second before the explosion, pulled all his living friends, including the reindeer that had lost their humanity, into the pit to hide.

"Is Im dead?" Usopp was terrified. He didn't expect that in a short period of time, the Straw Hat Pirates, who had gone through so many hardships together, would actually die several times.

"No." Sauron shook his head in denial. He had already deeply realized how ridiculously powerful and desperate Im was.

And just as Sauron expected, Im at the center of the explosion was still safe and sound, and even the flesh and blood that had been covered in it had all disappeared.

The luxurious robe is as new as the wash.

But his expression was filled with pain and struggle.Without him, it was Luffy who was making the final resistance!He can sense changes in the outside world, so the death of his partner makes him extremely angry.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Im couldn't hold on any longer and fell to his knees.

"I said! I will not lose to this friendly game like yours!" Im's blood-red spiral eyes rotated crazily.

at this time.

A high-pitched dragon roar suddenly came from the nine heavens, and it came in an instant.

"what's the situation?"

Akainu stood on top of Doflamingo's monster dragon, looking at Mariejoia on the white ground and the man who was probably Imu but in pain, and was extremely surprised.

(End of this chapter)