One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288: [288] : A Clash of Haki That Tears the Sky! An Epic War!

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"ADMIRAL AOKIJI??"

Momonga and the other Dove-leaning Vice Admirals’ eyes went wide, their entire bodies trembling.

That appearance, that voice, that tone—THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET IT.

The absolute leader of their Dove faction, the former Marine Admiral, one of the candidates for Fleet Admiral, the man who had died at the hands of Sky Sovereign Rowen during the Summit War...

The former user of the Ice-Ice Fruit, Admiral Aokiji.

"KUZAN?? WHAT IS GOING ON??"

Gion stared at Aokiji in horror.

Resurrection??

How could such a thing be possible?

But the proof was right before their eyes. Both Crocodile and Kuzan had died at the hands of Sky Sovereign Rowen...

But now, they had truly returned from the dead and were standing right here.

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"Kuzan... What the hell is going on??"

For the first time, all of the Five Elders began to break out in a cold sweat.

What could be more incredible, more God-like, than an immortal body??

Resurrection, without a doubt.

If they could rationalize Crocodile’s return—perhaps he had been secretly captured by Sky Sovereign during the Alabasta incident and later recruited, his death faked—Kuzan was a different story.

He had been killed by Sky Sovereign in front of the entire world during the live broadcast of the Summit War.

His resurrection... was undeniable.

THE UNKNOWN BRINGS GREAT FEAR.

At this moment, the Five Elders, who had always been fearless with their immortal bodies, felt true terror for the first time.

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"Aokiji... so it was you who froze me just now. YOU’VE BETRAYED THE MARINES!"

Akainu bit down hard on his cigar, his eyes bloodshot.

His sense of justice and Aokiji’s had always been like fire and water.

But for this man, who had joined the Marines with him, trained under Z with him, become a Vice Admiral with him, and then an Admiral with him... he had always treated him differently from others.

Just like in the original story, when the two had fought to the death for the position of Fleet Admiral, Akainu—the man of iron blood and cold cruelty, had unexpectedly spared Aokiji’s life when he was completely defenseless.

Aokiji was an absolute peak powerhouse on these seas, and the power of his Ice-Ice Fruit was chillingly effective in a war.

To let such a top-tier fighter go, who then joined the Blackbeard Pirates and was directly responsible for the capture of the legendary Marine Hero, Garp, on Hachinosu—It was, without a doubt, a major stain on Akainu’s career.

But in this timeline, Aokiji hadn’t fought him for the Fleet Admiral position but had died on the battlefield at the Summit War.

Akainu had even placed a photo of Aokiji in the most prominent spot on his Fleet Admiral’s desk.

But now, he had thought it was Sky Sovereign Rowen who had used the Ice-Ice Fruit to stop his magma. He never imagined it was Aokiji!

How could Akainu accept this??

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"Arara... Aokiji? I’m not a Marine anymore. ’Aokiji’ died for the Marines on the battlefield of the Summit War."

Kuzan scratched his head.

As a Special Elemental Homie, his hair was now made of ice. Though he still had his lazy demeanor, his now-icy eyes flashed with an astonishingly cold light. He had no regrets about his time in the Marines.

"I AM NOW A FIGHTER UNDER SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN... KUZAN!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A frightening wave of frost, wrapped in a bone-chilling wind, howled furiously in the atmosphere, with Kuzan at its center.

Kuzan’s words brought immense pain to Momonga and the other Dove Vice Admirals, but they couldn’t say a word against him.

To die on the battlefield was the highest honor for any Marine, to dedicate one’s life and everything to justice.

Admiral Aokiji—no, Kuzan truly owed the Marines nothing.

But to see the man they had once followed now standing on the opposite side... it brought a deep, heartfelt pain to Momonga and the others.

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"You... have no Haki on you. What are you now?"

Akainu didn’t respond further.

For powerhouses of their level, their Wills were already forged like iron. To try and change their minds with words was simply naive. Similarly, for Kuzan to be able to say such words, to declare himself a fighter under Sky Sovereign, meant that the man had already made his final decision.

All he could do was to kill this former colleague, now his enemy, once again.

But Akainu still found it strange.

Kuzan’s presence was strong, but it was purely the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit. There wasn’t a single trace of Haki.

Kuzan had inherited Garp’s "Iron Fist"—his Armament Haki was among the strongest on the seas.

But now—there wasn’t a single shred of it.

And Kuzan’s form was completely elementalized.

While it wasn’t strange for a Logia user to fully elementalize, maintaining that state consumed a large amount of unnecessary stamina. Generally, Logia users would only partially elementalize in battle, just enough to use their powers, which didn’t affect their combat strength and saved stamina.

Unless—

Akainu’s eyes scanned the battlefield.

Just as he thought.

Crocodile, and that man who called himself "God Enel"—they were also in a fully elementalized state.

"Homies... BIG MOM’S SOUL-SOUL FRUIT ABILITY," Akainu said coldly.

"Arara, as expected of you, Sakazuki. That’s right. We are now Special Elemental Homies," Kuzan admitted without hesitation.

The signs were obvious. And Elemental Homies had been made famous by Big Mom years ago. It was impossible to hide it from a top-tier powerhouse like Sakazuki.

Besides, there was no need to hide it.

At this point, both sides’ combat strengths were more or less on the table. A small piece of information like this was irrelevant.

"But the Soul-Soul Fruit alone can’t do something like this..." Akainu said, his eyes fixed on Kuzan.

If the Soul-Soul Fruit could bring people back from the dead—how could Big Mom have never shown such an ability?

It definitely wasn’t just the Soul-Soul Fruit.

There had to be other Devil Fruit abilities involved.

And the only one who could do this was—without a doubt—the man who could use countless Devil Fruits, who could even combine them to unleash power beyond their individual limits...

SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN!

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Kuzan just smiled at this, saying nothing more.

Rowen’s abilities were already known to the world.

During the Summit War, Rowen had used the Munch-Munch, Magnet-Magnet, and Rumble-Rumble Fruits to kill him in a single blow.

From then on, Sakazuki’s Magma-Magma Fruit was no longer known as the Devil Fruit with the highest attack power—but the single Devil Fruit with the highest attack power. Rowen’s Super Electromagnetic Cannon had long since surpassed it.

It wasn’t hard to guess that Rowen had used multiple Devil Fruit abilities to "resurrect" them.

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Warcury’s expression darkened. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Saturn’s earlier judgment that Sky Sovereign was on this island was based on the appearance of the Ice-Ice Fruit and the intel from their spy among Vegapunk’s satellites, York—a double guarantee that should have made the judgment infallible.

"ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The Roar Of Conqueror’s Haki.

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