Chapter 44: New World
The surface light had long disappeared, swallowed by the ocean's ever-deepening hues — but now, after hours of descent and travel through the Grand Line's final gate, the Voidreign ship rose once more... into a sea of madness and legend.
They had arrived.
The New World.
The ocean here seemed thicker... wilder. The clouds swirled unnaturally above, and lightning forked across the sky in silence. Towering waves danced like titans, and the very air tasted different — charged with chaos, soaked with ambition, and alive with danger.
On deck, Jessie stood tall as wind whipped past his coat, eyes focused forward.
Behind him, Shirahoshi and Uta stared in awe at the distorted horizon, while Kuina silently unsheathed her blade, feeling the shift in pressure.
A new Chapter had begun.
Meanwhile, across the sea — at the Marine Headquarters, New Marineford — a storm of tension brewed.
Inside the colossal command chamber, Fleet Admiral Akainu stood behind a metal desk, fists clenched, steam rising from his lava-hot skin.
His eyes glared at the reports on the table.
"Any word from our surveillance ships? The Voidreign crew... where are they?" he barked, voice like volcanic thunder.