One Piece: Marine Luffy, Garp regrets it

Under the influence of Luffy's magnetic field, Kaido's world spun. His ears rang with an incessant high-pitched whine, his heart hammered against his ribs, and blood surged through his veins with unnatural force. His body was in such a terrible state that maintaining his focus on the battle had become nearly impossible.

As the Golden Lightning Staff bore down upon him, Kaido summoned every ounce of his strength to reinforce his defenses with Conqueror's and Armament Haki. The black gleam of his hardened scales intensified as he fought to repel the attack, but he couldn't sustain the effort. A sudden wave of dizziness washed over him, causing a momentary lapse in his Conqueror's Haki—a critical opening that didn't escape Luffy's notice.

"You're finished!" Luffy shouted triumphantly, seizing the opportunity.

The colossal staff, condensed from pure lightning and nearly as thick as Kaido's head, crashed down with devastating force as the Emperor's protective aura faltered. Luffy channeled all his power into the Thunder Giant's strike, focusing the attack directly on Kaido's crown.

The impact sent Kaido plummeting toward the island like a meteor, his massive dragon form trailing lightning as he fell. When he struck the ground, the entire island shuddered violently, the force of the collision causing fractures to spread through the bedrock. Along the coastline, chunks of land cracked and broke away, sliding into the churning sea.

After driving Kaido to the ground, Luffy demonstrated what it truly meant to press an advantage. Rather than allowing his opponent to recover, he commanded his Thunder Giant to descend upon the fallen dragon with a relentless barrage of strikes.

Eventually, Luffy discarded the Lightning Staff entirely. The Thunder Giant seized Kaido by his serpentine neck with one massive hand while the other formed into a fist the size of a small ship, raining blow after devastating blow upon the dragon's head.

Stunned by this merciless assault, Kaido found himself unable to mount an effective counterattack. His thoughts scattered with each impact, consciousness threatening to slip away entirely.

Yet even after hundreds of punches, Luffy's thirst for victory remained unquenched. With a thought, he commanded the Thunder Giant to adjust its grip, forcing Kaido's head into a crushing hold.

"Hehe, try my finishing move," Luffy taunted, his voice echoing through the Thunder Giant.

He raised his right hand, extending his index and middle fingers skyward. A wild, almost manic grin spread across his face as he shouted:

"Art is EXPLOSION! GIGAVOLT KATSU!!!"

As the final syllable left his lips, a blinding white light engulfed the Thunder Giant's form. The radiance expanded rapidly, illuminating the sky and sea as though a new sun had been born. Even the women watching from thousands of meters away had to shield their eyes, the intensity of the light forcing their eyelids shut.

An earth-shattering explosion followed, the sound so powerful it sent waves of pressure rippling outward in all directions. The observers' ears rang painfully, their heads spinning as the concussive force washed over them.

Before they could recover from the initial shock, a horrific shockwave swept toward them, carrying a massive cloud of dust and debris. The very air itself seemed to compress and expand with violent force.

Koala, her body enhanced by the Azure Dragon Fruit, managed to regain her senses slightly faster than the others. When she managed to open her eyes against the onslaught, what she witnessed looked more like a natural disaster than the aftermath of a battle.

Her face drained of color as she quickly directed the flame cloud beneath their feet to retreat further, carrying them away from the expanding shockwave.

As their vision slowly returned, the women stared in disbelief at what remained of the island. A gigantic mushroom cloud rose from where the center of the island had been, its towering form casting an ominous shadow across the sea.

"He... he did it!" Yamato exclaimed, her voice a mixture of awe and vindication. "With an attack that powerful, even that bastard Kaido must be finished!"

The flash that had preceded Luffy's explosion had been particularly brutal for Violet, whose enhanced eyesight made her especially vulnerable to such intense light. She rubbed her aching eyes, wincing at the lingering discomfort.

"Damn it," she muttered, "how could that giant just explode like that? Thankfully I reacted quickly, or I'd be completely blind right now with no way to see whether Kaido survived or not."

Luffy himself had no idea that the explosion he'd triggered on impulse had nearly incapacitated some of his allies. Fortunately, Mansherry was present among the group. Though she too had been temporarily blinded by the flash, her natural tears contained extraordinary healing properties.

Following her instinct to never waste such precious liquid, she collected the tears that had involuntarily fallen from her eyes and sprinkled them over the affected women.

Almost instantaneously, Violet's stinging pain subsided. Not only were their eyes healed, but the ringing in their ears and the dizziness that had clouded their minds vanished completely, leaving no trace of injury.

Hancock shook her head, confirming that she was fully recovered before turning her attention back to the distant explosion site.

"Telescope," she urged, "use your ability to check on Luffy. And Kaido—is that monster finally dead?"

"Hey!" Violet objected sharply. "Who are you calling a telescope?!"

"Whoever answers is clearly the one I'm referring to," Hancock replied coolly. "Stop talking nonsense and take a look."

"You... hmph! I'm too tired to argue with you right now."

Violet silently filed this slight away, planning to find some way to exact revenge when they returned to safer territory. Standing firm atop the flame cloud, she slowly closed her physical eyes, allowing her Devil Fruit power to activate.

Her Glare-Glare Fruit ability let her vision travel effortlessly across tens of thousands of meters, penetrating the dust and smoke that still filled the air, seeking information about the aftermath on the unnamed island.

"Wait... where's the island?" she suddenly exclaimed, genuine confusion in her voice. "Why is the island gone?!"

Violet's outcry sent a shock through the group. They all exchanged alarmed glances, the same terrifying thought occurring to each of them simultaneously.

The explosion wasn't just powerful enough to defeat Kaido—it was powerful enough to sink an entire island.

Yamato, however, had priorities other than geography. She grabbed Violet's shoulders, her grip urgent and demanding.

"What about Kaido?" she pressed anxiously. "What about that bastard? Can you see him?"

"Stop shaking me!" Violet complained, trying to maintain her concentration. "I can't see clearly when you're jostling me like that!"

She refocused her extraordinary vision, carefully scanning through the vast cloud of smoke and debris that now hung over the sea where an island had once been.

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