"Hey, hey, what's going on with this guy!"
"Someone fainted? No... someone's dead!"
"What happened?"
People in the crowd kept falling, quickly alarming those around them. Accompanied by screams, the timid ones scattered in panic, plunging the entire port into chaos.
On the warship deck, Gion having witnessed Orion infusing Conqueror's Haki into the seal to send Gunko flying, remained relatively calm.
Ain, however, stared in disbelief at the scene revealed as the crowd dispersed—at least a hundred men and women lying lifeless on the ground.
Not only was Ain shocked by the sudden turn of events, but the accompanying Shichibukai inside the ship cabin also swiftly emerged onto the deck, startled by the sudden surge of Conqueror's Haki.
As the crowd that had previously clogged the port had mostly fled by now, the disguised pirates lying on the ground suddenly caught the attention of Jinbei, Doflamingo, Crocodile, and Moria, who had just arrived on the deck.
After a brief moment of shock, Doflamingo slightly tilted his head to glance at Orion, muttering to himself with a grave expression.
"How did he manage to control Conqueror's Haki with such precision?"
As a fellow awakened user of Conqueror's Haki, Doflamingo was certain that he could never achieve such a feat. Not only was he unable to suppress targets with precision, but even his own comrades would be affected when he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
What's more, among the powerful figures he had encountered at sea, even the likes of the Yonko Kaido or the newly crowned Yonko Red-Haired Shanks couldn't release their Conqueror's Haki without their crew members immediately preparing defenses or weaker individuals keeping their distance.
Because of this, he had always believed that Conqueror's Haki couldn't be controlled with precision. The best one could do was to wrap it around weapons or their body to maximize its destructive power.
As for whether it could be used to precisely suppress targets without harming innocents, he couldn't care less.
After all, he was not only the king of Dressrosa but also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea—killing wasn't a crime for him!
Mihawk, who had once crossed swords with Orion, showed little change in expression but was still stunned by the scene before him.
The precise targeting with Observation Haki, followed by the silent suppression with Conqueror's Haki—such a grand display was something even the world's greatest swordsman had never heard of.
It was worth noting that when Orion unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, there were at least ten thousand people gathered at the port, most of whom were ordinary civilians. The slightest misstep could have resulted in collateral damage.
Yet, without hesitation, Orion decisively used the combination of Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki to eliminate over a hundred pirates hidden among the crowd. This alone demonstrated that Orion mastery of both Conqueror's Haki and Observation Haki had reached an unparalleled level.
It was even possible that his understanding and application of Haki had surpassed everyone else's comprehension of Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
At that moment, Gion leaped off the warship, directing the Marine soldiers to drag the fallen pirates to the shore and line them up, while reassuring the remaining civilians.
"Don't be afraid, everyone!"
"These people are pirates who were hiding among the crowd."
"The Fleet Admiral eastern expedition is aimed at purging the pirates of the East Blue."
Hearing that those who had suddenly collapsed were actually pirates mixed in with the crowd, the scattered onlookers began to return, watching from a distance.
Meanwhile, a soldier quickly approached Gion, presenting a prepared list of pirate crews from the East Blue that were currently wanted and on record.
He reported loudly.
"Admiral Gion, after verification, these pirates belong to three different crews, totaling one hundred and nine individuals!"
Gion nodded and said curtly. "Take them away!"
Before the words had fully left her mouth, Gion immediately turned her gaze toward Orion, who was standing on the deck. Without wasting any more time, Orion flashed to the dock, walking past Gion.
Seeing this, the members of the Seven Warlords didn't hesitate either, leaping off the warship and following closely behind.
As Orion stepped forward, the crowd of onlookers gathered once again, but fortunately, the accompanying Marine soldiers immediately held them back. Even so, the crowd continued to erupt with excited shouts and screams.
When Orion left the port and entered Loguetown, the trailing crowd grew larger and larger, as if he were a world-renowned superstar. Wherever he went, screams and shouts followed.
The Shichibukai trailing at the back had completely faded into the background at this moment.
It wasn't that no one in Loguetown recognized them, but rather that everyone attention was focused on the young Marshal Orion.
"Fufufufufu, you're really popular, Marshal Orion!"
Doflamingo, with his hands in his pockets and his body hunched, walked side by side with Crocodile. He glanced around and grinned wickedly.
"Crocodile, do you know why Marshal Orion brought us to the East Blue? Because he doesn't trust that we've truly surrendered. He's not comfortable leaving us at Marine Headquarters!"
"If nothing unexpected happens, your Baroque Works members and my family members have probably already arrived at the headquarters! If you have any other ideas, maybe we can cooperate!"
"If you want to die, don't drag me into it!" Crocodile, with a cigar in his mouth, glanced sideways at Doflamingo, then raised his hand to point at a bar they were passing by.
"Do you think Marshal Orion just casually wiped out those pirates at the port?!"
"Huh?"
Doflamingo pupils slightly contracted, and he followed Crocodile gesture to look over.
When he saw the scene inside the bar through the street-facing floor-to-ceiling windows, his expression froze.
Inside the bar, more than a dozen men were lying haphazardly on the floor.
Although they were all disguised to look like ordinary people, he was Doflamingo. With just one glance, he could tell that every single person lying in the bar was, without exception, a pirate.
Before Doflamingo could recover from his shock, Crocodile took a deep drag from his cigar and exhaled a cloud of smoke.
"You can walk around Loguetown and see for yourself. I can tell you with certainty that, apart from the few of us, there isn't a single pirate left alive in Loguetown!"
"This… this can't be possible!"
Doflamingo looked up at Orion, who was walking ahead, surrounded by Marine officers like Gion and Ain, heading toward the Loguetown base.
His face was filled with horror.
"He just… used Conqueror's Haki to cover the entire Loguetown and precisely eliminated all the pirates in the city!"
Crocodile nodded. "Although the pirates in Loguetown are just small fry, who else in the world besides Marshal Orion could use Observation Haki to precisely lock onto them and then release Conqueror's Haki to wipe them all out?!"
Before he could finish, Crocodile suddenly turned his head to look at Doflamingo and added.
"Facing such a terrifyingly powerful Marine Fleet Admiral, do you think you could escape alive? Even if your family members have already arrived at the headquarters, how many lives do they have to risk for you? The most important thing is, Marshal Orion doesn't even need to personally deal with us! Right now, even the soldiers at the East Blue branch of the Marine are desperate for military achievements. Once they catch a whiff of us, no matter how famous we were before, they'll charge at us without hesitation! After all, if they die, they'll be posthumously honored as heroes, and their families will be under the Marine protection."
"His current eastern tour, along with everything he did previously in Cocoyasi Village, will completely reshape the ideology of the entire Marine."
"In the past, the Marine was indoctrinated with various forms of justice, but there was never a reward system targeting individual soldiers. This led many to prefer becoming pirates rather than joining the Marine."
"But as the system Marshal Orion established in Cocoyasi Village spreads throughout the Marine, its influence will quickly extend across the world!"
"Over time, many people will gradually change their previous mindset and eventually take pride in joining the Marine."
"So, if you don't want to die, just stay put at headquarters, Doflamingo."
"The Marine will soon make the entire world realize that there's only one true ruler of the seas."
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