463 463. Atomic Bomb

No one replies to Buggy's question. They just look at him warily because he has just singlehandedly cut the massive wall that separated the world. There's no way they could stay calm in front of this man now.

"Sigh, it seems you guys didn't pass your science exam. You guys should learn more about science, don't just learn politics. Well, whatever, I am feeling quite generous today, so I will explain it to you. I will even use the simplest explanation. So atom is the smallest part of a substance, it's the smallest part of everything in this world. Basically, an atom is what made everything, do you understand?"

"It seems they don't understand, Captain."

Cricket smirks while Buggy shakes his head while sighing sadly.

"They are too old, after all. Their brains must've shrunk and can't take such high knowledge. Whatever though. I just need to explain a few things. Anyway, old men, that was an atom. It's the smallest part of anything."

"What are you blabbering about, Clown?"

"Atom, of course."

Buggy says that while tossing the pure iron ball toward the 5 elders. They get startled and one of them cut the iron ball in half. But unlike what they expected, the iron ball doesn't explode as it is not a bomb as they thought.

"Oi, oi, you guys are so skeptical. I just want to give you some iron balls that resemble atoms. Here, 1 for each of you."

Buggu tosses 5 more pure iron balls toward the 5 elders. The elders are still wary, so Saint Ethanbaron cuts the iron balls again. But again, nothing happens. The iron balls just get cut in half, making Buggy sighs and shakes his head.

"You really can't trust others, huh? This is so heartbreaking. But well, you actually helped me."

The elders become very vigilant when they see Buggy suddenly grins evilly. They unconsciously activated their strange mythical zoan devil fruits which make Buggy and Clown Pirates surprised. Buggy knew the elders have some real power, but this is the first time he sees them using their devil fruit abilities, so he is still surprised.

"Oho, that's surprising, but that doesn't matter. I want to see if your mythical beasts' power can withstand scientific power. Old men, while nothing happened to those iron balls when they get cut, do you think the same thing will happen to atoms? What will actually happen when atoms get cut, do you know it? Well, I will show you the answer. I actually want your Lord to come out of the castle, but it seems they won't come out even after Marie Geoise fell."

The 5 elders widen their eyes in surprise when they hear Buggy saying 'their Lord'. It means he knows the existence of that person, which is shocking to them who always kept it as a secret. Buggy doesn't care though and he just smiles before he snaps his fingers on both hands.

*BOOOOOOMMMMMM*

An explosion bigger than any explosion the Clown Pirates have ever seen happens on Marie Geoise. It's so big that the fire of the explosion passes through the clouds and pierces the sky. The explosion is so bright too that it brightens half of New World and the light even passes Calm Belt to West and North Blue.

Everyone on nearby islands even needs to close their eyes because it's so bright for a moment. But it only lasts for a while before the impact of the explosion finally spreads. The uncut wall of Red Line trembles because of the impact and the wall near the explosion cracks.

The shockwave created by the explosion pushes Black Pearl far to the back. It even gets pushed quite far from Sabaody which also gets its bubbles destroyed by the shockwave. Luckily, because there is still a rather tall Red Line wall left on the sea blocking the shockwave, the Archipelago itself is safe, so no one gets hurt.

Though the remaining Red Line only protects Paradise. On New World's side, the shockwave spreads freely. Luckily, the 3 first islands of New World are still quite far from Red Line, so even though the shockwave reaches them, they are not destroyed, only receiving some damage to their buildings.

The same thing doesn't happen to Mew Marineford which is closer to Red Line. Luckily for them, Aokiji hasn't destroyed the Ice Dome yet, so it blocks the shockwave that comes toward them. Though the Ice Dome shatters after some time because the shockwave also contains heat that weakens the ice.

But there are many powerful marines on New Marineford. They managed to use their power to block the remaining impact and protected their men. Even so, many are still injured either because of the shockwave or the falling ice shards.

No one on Black Pearl gets hurt though because they were prepared for it. The Clowns have covered themselves with haki and they didn't receive direct impact, so they are fine. As for their ship, it's also fine because it was made with the best materials and methods.

Besides, their whole ship was protected by their executives' power. Buggy, Cricket, Palu, Enel, and Magnus used their advanced armament haki to block the shockwave. It obviously reduced the damage significantly even though the impact was too strong to be nullified completely.

"Captain, did you explode all 6 of those iron balls at the same time?"

"No, I made all 12 of those half-iron balls explode."

"12 explosions at the same time?! Damn, you are insane."

"I won't start any of these if I am sane."

Buggy grins, then the others also grin evilly. None of them is sane because only crazy people would agree to Buggy's plan to destroy the World Nobles and World Government.

Their ship flies on Cricket's Dragon's flame cloud toward the gap of Red Line that Buggy created again to look at Marie Geoise's condition. It is still filled with dust and smoke, so they can't see its condition clearly.

But it doesn't take long for the dust and smoke to disappear. The sight of the fallen Holy City is as they've expected. It is destroyed too much that most of the buildings here just disappeared without any traces. After all, the power of that atomic bomb was truly devastating.

"Damn, this atomic bomb is too powerful."

"Yeah, science is powerful indeed."

Buggy looks at the devastated area that now has a big crater on it. The very hard Red Line stone is destroyed to this extent, showing how powerful that explosion was. That was the power of the atomic bomb, created by splitting atoms that trigger nuclear fission reactions.

Though for Buggy, creating an atomic bomb was never his goal. What he always wanted was to know the limit of his power and how small can he chop things. So he always improve his mastery over his devil fruit until he finally reached the level of cutting even atoms.

It is not easy to cut atoms because aside from its size, Buggy also knows the danger of doing that. He knew a little about nuclear or atomic bombs in his past life on Earth and the basic principle behind it. So, of course, he couldn't just cut atoms recklessly even if he has the ability.

It took him years to finally reach the level of cutting atoms that he can control well. By control, he means splitting the atom he targets from a long distance. After all, it is a death wish for him to cut an atom near himself as it would explode and kill him.

He could only achieve it for a long time because he always tried to cut the atom from a long distance. The farther his target is, the harder it is for him to cut it. Even cutting a big object is difficult enough from a long distance, not to mention something as small as an atom.

But now, he finally mastered it to a good level even though there is still a requirement to split the targeted atom. He needs to touch the objects he wants to cut to the atomic level. It is to form a connection to the objects and the more important thing is to put the trigger.

When touching or holding the objects he wants to turn into bombs, Buggy inserts his awakened devil fruit's chopping power into them. He thought that method was impossible because he thought his devil fruit ability can only get released like sword attacks, after all.

But as his mastery over his devil fruit and haki increased, he found this method. He could combine his devil fruit ability and haki to preserve his power and activate it at will. The snaps of his fingers he did previously was his way to activate the power.

He has inserted his power into the pure iron balls, each on several spots. Then when he snapped his fingers, the power he stored on those iron balls got activated and cut the atoms of those iron balls. The reactions of those divided atoms released powerful energy in a complicated way that made them create overpower explosions.

Buggy ignited 6 iron balls that were cut in half, so there were 12 iron chunks. He ignited them at the same time, so there were 12 atomic bombs that exploded at the same time. Obviously, they will cause destruction at an unimaginable level.

Marie Goise has really gone now with no building left intact. Only those farthest from the source of the explosion still somehow retain their materials and foundations. Buildings that were close have been turned into dust and smoke.

If even the sturdy buildings became like that, there's no need to say anything about the living beings. They died and turned into ashes instantly. The weak ones died instantly, but the strong ones needed to suffer for a while. Surviving is almost impossible, but the chance is not zero. After all, living beings can have unimaginable power in this world.

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