"Tch, tch…"

  "El onii- is amazing!"

  High up in the sky, Linlin, who had just regrouped with Gerd and Lily, stood ohundercloud Zeus, while the others stood on Hera. They looked down i the chaos below, especially the gigantic trench that stretched aultiple peninsus aended into the sea.

  "El onii-'s Elbaf Spear is so powerful…" Linlin's eyes sparkled with admiration and longing. "I wish I could reach that level someday!"

  "Linlin, you're the st person who should say that…" Gerd, clutg onto Thundercloud Hera, retrieved her soul fragment from the Homies she had sent out earlier, along with the souls she had retly harvested. She rolled her eyes at Linlin and sighed. "I wish I could reach 'your' level someday!"

  "Hmph, are you both trying to make me feel inferior?" Lily, feeling disheartened, put her hand to her forehead. Linlin was a born monster, destio have tremendous power, even if she couldn't surpass El iure. Gerd, though not quite on Linlin's level, possessed the Soul-Soul Fruit, a perfect cheat ability. With its perfect synergy with Life Return and the ability to imbue life into objects, Gerd's future strength was assured.

  Meanwhile, Lily, despite having the Pile-Pile Fruit, which allowed her to fuse with other living beings, was clearly less powerful. Her abilities leaned more toward support. Of course, Lily was still very satisfied with her own power. The ability te with others and enhaheir strength was fasating.

  "You're the oh the enviable ability to gain strength effortlessly!" Gerd retorted, tilting her head toward Lily with a pyful smirk. Gerd's Soul-Soul Fruit might be great for enhang her training, but Lily's Pile-Pile Fruit, allowio fuse with others and share sensations, was just as advantageous in its own way. Over time, through tinuous fusion and training with Linlin, Lily had seen tremendous growth in her abilities.

  Despite being the you giantess in the Fallen Angel Pirates, she had already awakened and mastered both Observation Haki and Armament Haki. Her rapid development was astonishing.

  Both Lily and Linlin owed much of their progress to Lily's unique fruit power. They had often fused with El, who demonstrated his mastery of martial arts, swordsmanship, Haki, and devil fruit abilities. Through shared senses and El's thh instru, both had lear an incredible pace. Thanks to the fusion, they had developed eiques and bee signifitly stronger over the past year.

  "Tch, tch…" Lily grinned smugly, puffing out her chest. "That strength es from all my hard work. How could you call that effortless?"

  Gerd's observations were spot on. While Lily still had room for improvement, her exceptional abilities put her far ahead of many of their iant rades. But she wasn't about to fuse with any of those smelly boys! They weren't as or handsome as El onii-.

  "All right, enough chatter," Gerd said, spinning her Reaper's Scythe in her hand, creating powerful gusts of wind. She poioward the sea, where a vast Navy fleet was slowly spreading out to surround the Sabaody Archipego. "Time to get to work!"

  Since Lily had gained her Pile-Pile Fruit powers, she and Linlin had traiensively under El's guidance, practig their fusion teiques and honing their teamwork. They had even experimented with bining multiple devil fruit abilities to develop devastating new moves. Now, they were eager to put their skills to the test on such a grand stage.

  "Ma ma ma ma~! Let's get started!" Linlin's eyes shone brightly with excitement. "Lily, Gerd… let me take the lead this time! You two take over round."

  "Sure!" Lily and Gerd agreed with smiles. In actual battle, there wasn't any of the usual bickering about who would lead, like during their training sessions. Linlin was the stro among them, so it made sense for her to be in charge.

  "Fusion Form: Shinigami Mode!"

  Lily grabbed hold of the other two, her body glowing as she activated her Pile-Pile Fruit power. In an instant, the three of them vanished, repced by a t female giant, standing over twenty meters tall. This new form biheir features—Gerd's sharpness, Linlin's ferocity, and Lily's green hair—all fused into ohe on in the giantess's hand transformed into an enormous scythe.

  "Lily, Gerd, I've heard the Navy has a famous 'Trio' formation…" Linlin, now in trol, looked down at their massive new body with excitement, her voice full of glee. "Don't you think we could be the Trio of the Fallen Angel Pirates? Tch, tch!"

  "Oh? Then we'll be the Fallen Angel Pirates' Trio Queens!" Lily chimed in with amusement. "Or how about 'Queen Linlin, Lily, and Gerd'?"

  "Tch, tch! Great niame!" Linlin ughed, her face filled with delight.

  Meanwhile, aboard the Navy's fgship, Vice Admiral Frank, a tall and imposing figure draped in the justice cape, stood at the bow of the ship. His expression was serious as he issued orders to the fleet via a Den Den Mushi: "All units, spread out and surround the Sabaody Archipego. Prepare for nding operations. For justice, we ot allow these criminals who attacked the Celestial Dragons to escape!"

  "Who is that?" a soldier asked, his eyes widening as he looked toward the sky.

  "A female giantess? What's that o her?"

  "Is that… a cloud with a face? And a sun too?"

  "The intelligence said there was a giant girl among the attackers."

  "She's heading straight for the coast…"

  "Adjust the ons! Prepare to fire!"

  The Marines were filled with shod apprehension as they watched the enormous figure flying toward them atop the strange, face-like cloud. ons were readied, and the fleet braced for impact.

  "Ma ma ma ma~! Zeus, Hera…" Linlin smirked as she looked at two of the Navy's battleships perfectly aligned in her sight. She gave her orders with a grin: "Let's give the Navy a warm wele!"

  "Yes, Linlin-sama!" both Zeus and Hera replied in unison.

  "Crackle… crackle…" In an instant, their faces turned sinister as their bodies darkened and crackled with electriergy.

  "Wrath of Thunder!!!"

  'Boom! Boom!'

  Bleam