The gaze that sought to kill him was dangerous and stimulating.
The Conqueror's Haki that followed, suppressing him, made Rocks gasp for breath.
Too terrifying.
Only when facing it directly did he realize that he couldn't resist even the sheer aura.
"To kill you, I don't necessarily need to kill Buggy."
"I have plenty of means."
"However, Buggy dared to let escaped pirates go, which means he has lost the righteous heart of a Marine."
"Dead is dead."
Benedict didn't care.
The Xuanwu Navy was not short of powerful fighters.
If they were short, they would simply summon them.
Therefore, Benedict didn't care about Buggy at all now.
As for the so-called secrets,
Once Rocks' identity was confirmed, the desire to uncover secrets vanished.
Rocks hadn't expected Benedict to be so decisive.
He immediately struggled, trying to escape.
However, Benedict's eyes instantly turned into Rinnegan.
Bansho Tenin, in Benedict's hands, immediately exerted immense power.
Rocks' struggles were utterly useless, and Benedict grabbed him by the neck.
"Goodbye, Rocks."
"This era does not belong to you. Living is merely lingering on."
"It's better to die and be done with it."
Rocks, held by the neck, his hands unable to resist under the control of immense power.
He became meat for Benedict to slaughter as he pleased.
*Crack!*
Benedict crushed Buggy's neck.
Not only that, Benedict extended a finger and pierced Buggy's heart.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully killing a Devil Fruit user and obtaining the Chop-Chop Fruit. Does the host wish to use the Devil Fruit to summon a special forces soldier?"
"Summon!" Benedict said without hesitation, not intending to squeeze it dry this time.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully using the Chop-Chop Fruit and successfully summoning the special forces soldier 'Heavenly Wolf Conqueror' - Cao Cao."
The next moment,
As the island gradually collapsed and the seawater was being cut, a figure walked out of a beam of light.
With this figure emerging, the previously cut seawater and island were instantly sliced into even finer pieces.
Shanks felt the force acting upon him, and if he wasn't careful, his body would split, with dense cracks appearing.
Fortunately, his Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki were incredibly powerful, allowing him to react in time.
Only then did the power of the Chop-Chop Fruit acting on his body disappear.
Even so,
Shanks was incredibly shocked.
This was Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit power.
But now, someone he had never seen before was using the power of the Chop-Chop Fruit, and moreover, in its awakened state.
Benedict looked at the imposing Cao Cao, who held a large saber and wore sunglasses, and a smile appeared on his face.
Giving the Chop-Chop Fruit to Cao Cao felt somewhat strange.
However, Benedict believed that a figure like Cao Cao could make excellent use of the fruit's power.
"S+ tier combat power and potential."
"To achieve such combat power and potential without using a designated special summoning stone is very high."
"However, with Buggy's current combat power and the abilities he had developed from his fruit, S+ tier is indeed deserved."
Benedict threw Buggy's corpse aside, letting it disappear into the sea.
He was the Marshal of the Xuanwu Navy.
And he was acting for justice.
But people had selfish desires; no one possessed absolute justice.
Buggy's concealment and his actions had gone against the Xuanwu Navy.
Especially helping Shanks escape prison, which had touched his bottom line.
Therefore, from that moment on, Buggy had been sentenced to death by Benedict.
And even more so, with Rocks still alive within Buggy's body, there was no way he could be allowed to live.
Cao Cao glanced at Shanks beside him, causing Shanks to feel a prickle of fear and not dare to breathe heavily.
Only then did Cao Cao look at Benedict, clasp his hands, bow, and respectfully say, "Cao Cao greets the Marshal."
Benedict flew down, hovering in mid-air, glanced at Cao Cao, and nodded, indicating his satisfaction.
Then, Benedict turned to Shanks and said, "I won't give you much time."
"You'd best find the Rubber-Rubber Fruit as soon as possible."
After speaking, Benedict left immediately.
Cao Cao followed suit.
Watching Benedict and Cao Cao depart, Shanks stood in place, falling into a brief silence.
At this moment, Shanks couldn't help but wonder if the outcome would have been different if he had accepted Benedict's invitation back then.
Would Buggy not have died?
Or would he have ended up like Buggy, killed by Benedict?
Benn Beckman, Lucky Roo, and Yasopp, controlling the ship, arrived before Shanks and remained silent.
Their captain's talent was already extraordinarily monstrous.
However, in front of Benedict, monstrousness couldn't contend with a monster.
"Let's go, our journey can't stop just like this."
A moment later, Shanks grabbed his hat, pulled it down over his head, and smiled.
Buggy was dead.
Despite harboring resentment towards Benedict in his heart,
He also knew that without absolute power, this resentment had to be suppressed.
Meanwhile,
Benedict, taking Cao Cao with him, sped towards the latter half of the Grand Line.
Wano Country, Kuri.
This was where Benedict and Monkey D. Dragon had arranged to meet.
Yaso, piloting the floating island and leading eighty S+ tier powerhouses, including Jōshiro, Enel, Borsalino, and Kuzan, successfully arrived above Kuri after seven days and seven nights of flight.
When Benedict arrived, they were still on their way.
However, Monkey D. Dragon's eight legion commanders had arrived ahead of time and met with Kozuki Oden.
Monkey D. Dragon wanted to bring Kozuki Oden along.
Because Kozuki Oden's strength was sufficient, and Dragon considered him someone trustworthy after careful consideration.
"Are you ready?" Benedict scanned the strength of Bartholomew Kuma and the others, all of whom had reached S+ tier combat power, and without wasting ordinary awakening potions, he asked with a smile.
"Of course, no problem," Monkey D. Dragon replied with a smile.
"Are you participating too?" Benedict looked at Kozuki Oden and said, "Are you abandoning your country again?"
Kozuki Oden said with a chuckle, "How could I miss such a war?"
"Besides, Wano Country can develop normally without me."
Wano Country had already opened its borders.
There were certainly many trivial matters.
But the samurai of Wano Country were not to be trifled with.
Therefore, Kozuki Oden was very confident.