PIRATES: I WORK IN NAVY FROM NINE TO FIVE

Doll moved first.

Her body launched forward like a bullet, and in an instant, both her arms were shrouded in jet-black Armament Haki. Without hesitation, she met the downward swing of the giant's massive sword head-on.

"Giant warriors, huh? G-14 has some of those too," she muttered. "I've sparred plenty with them."

BOOM!!!

Her fist collided with the greatsword.

The resulting shockwave exploded outward with a deafening roar.

Doll was blasted backward like a cannonball.

Not everyone was Whitebeard, capable of catching a giant's blade barehanded.

And more importantly, these two were not ordinary giants.

They were Dorry the Blue Ogre and Brogy the Red Ogre, legendary warriors whose names had shaken the Grand Line a century ago.

In that hundred years, the two had clashed in countless peak battles.

Their combat instinct had never dulled—it had only sharpened.

BANG!!

Doll's body smashed into the mountain behind her. The sheer impact shattered the stone, sending up a wave of dust and debris that rolled across the landscape like a sandstorm.

Seeing his blow land, Dorry wasted no time—he immediately withdrew his sword and turned toward Luo Yu.

From the beginning, Luo Yu had simply stood there, sipping his wine, calm and composed.

To a warrior like Dorry, that was the height of insult.

But just as he turned, a sharp whoosh split the air.

A figure flashed in front of him.

"What strength…" Doll's voice rang out. "Compared to the giant vice admiral stationed at our base, you're at least ten times stronger."

Her body reappeared right in front of Dorry, fully cloaked in inky-black Armament Haki that gleamed like obsidian armor.

"But maybe you've been isolated too long to know—on this sea, we also have Haki. And trying to take me down in one swing?" She narrowed her eyes. "You've underestimated the Navy."

Dorry's eyes narrowed slightly.

It wasn't just arrogance.

They had truly been cut off from the evolution of this world.

They had seen Devil Fruits a century ago… but this strange black coating—this "Haki"—was foreign to them.

"Rokushiki Secret Art: Tempest Kick – Flowing Sakura Break!"

Doll used Geppo to leap into midair. Her long legs, encased in tight combat pants, slashed down like blades.

The Rankyaku, empowered by Ryuo (Flowing Sakura), erupted into a massive slash that spanned over a dozen meters, slicing toward Dorry in a brilliant arc.

Dorry's expression shifted slightly. He raised his sword just in time to meet the blow.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A flurry of heavy strikes followed.

Clash after clash, the battlefield turned into a storm of steel and shockwaves.

The two fighters—one massive, one compact—were locked in a blistering exchange.

Doll was quick and precise, darting like a wasp. Dorry was raw power, swinging with wild, destructive force.

His greatsword moved in sweeping arcs that shattered the air itself.

With each swing, he crushed Doll's Ryuo-infused slashes and blew back the surrounding trees and terrain.

The sheer shockwaves forced the spectators to retreat, again and again.

As the stalemate dragged on, Brogy remained where he stood, not interfering.

Instead, his sharp gaze stayed fixed on Luo Yu.

He knew well—this man, calm and unmoving, was the true threat.

BOOM!

Dorry cleaved through another one of Doll's airborne strikes. The resulting explosion blasted a shockwave outward.

Doll rode the backlash to withdraw, flipping gracefully through the air and halting midair with Geppo a hundred meters away.

She steadied herself and began focusing Ryuo into her right leg, compressing it with deadly intensity.

"No wonder Admiral Luo Yu picked you as his special forces," she muttered. "You're no joke."

"But if that's the limit of your power…"

"Then don't blame me for ending this now!"

"Rokushiki Secret Art: Circular Severance—Void Rend!!"

Doll's body spun rapidly like a compass needle. Her right leg, charged with Ryuo and energy, slashed outward in a devastating arc.

A massive Tempest Kick erupted from the rotation—dozens of meters wide, tearing through the air with the roar of a hurricane.

The shockwave soared toward Dorry like a reaper's blade.

Dorry's expression shifted.

He looked down at his sword—it was already chipped from the earlier exchanges.

At last, he understood why Luo Yu had claimed they were "out of touch with the era."

A hundred years ago, who would dare challenge the might of giants head-on?

Yet now, here stood a Navy vice admiral, matching him blow for blow.

But rather than be dismayed, Dorry's long-buried fighting spirit suddenly ignited.

He gripped his sword with both hands, throwing his head back in a booming laugh.

"HAH! So this is the Navy of a new era!"

"Then let's end it with a single clash!!"

"Elbaf Spear: Sovereign Nation!!!"

His fingers locked tight around the hilt. The muscles in his arms bulged like boulders as he channeled every ounce of force into the blade.

A terrifying pressure exploded from his body, and his greatsword began to hum.

BOOM!!!

He brought the sword down with the fury of a god.

The shockwave that erupted ripped the air asunder.

It collided head-on with Doll's Void Rend, sending out a blinding flash and a thunderous roar.

BOOM!!!!

The impact point became a swirling storm of raw destruction.

Winds howled as trees, boulders, and dust were blown into oblivion.

Even Doll, stationed a hundred meters back, felt the crushing pressure surge toward her.

Her expression darkened.

As a vice admiral, she'd clashed with many strong foes—even members of the Four Emperors' crews.

Though she hadn't fought Charlotte Linlin or Kaido directly, she had witnessed their most devastating techniques.

Blows like this—capable of splitting mountains and parting seas—were their signature moves.

She had never expected to see a giant unleash something on par with those legends.

The Marines' own giant soldiers couldn't even perform the basic version of Elbaf Spear.

"Vice Admiral Doll, get out of there!!" shouted Hina, voice sharp.

Doll snapped back to attention.

She looked down and saw the shockwave tearing through the battlefield—unstoppable, heading straight for her.

Everyone watching held their breath.

And then—

BOOM!!!

A second blast of Conqueror's Haki erupted like a tidal wave.

Luo Yu moved.

From his body burst a violent surge of black lightning-like energy, crashing outward like a tsunami.

His entire figure became enveloped in thick, obsidian-colored Armament Haki, layered over his Conqueror's aura.

The surging wave of power clashed with the Elbaf Spear's shockwave—head-on.

KRAK-BOOM!!!

The resulting collision ripped the air itself apart.

For a moment, the black tide of Luo Yu's power seemed to stall—then suddenly surged forward with even greater force.