After that, Ward and his crew, filled with dread, grief, and confusion, escaped back to the first half of the Grand Line. They recuperated at the Sabaody Archipelago for a while and decided to find Katrina to get revenge once they had recovered from their injuries.
However, a war broke out at the Sabaody Archipelago when three monsters clashed. Having witnessed the sheer power of true monsters, Ward decided to seek out Aeridar when he released a recruitnt notice for his crew. Ward decided he would join Aeridar’s crew and use his power to find Katrina.
The world was vast, and trying to find one person on their own would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Aeridar was a new Warlord of the Sea and a young monster. He would surely establish a powerful crew in the New World. With the authority of a Warlord of the Sea, finding soone would be much easier than it would be for them.
Back at the scene.
After getting rid of Gladius, Katrina turned and walked toward Ward. Her face, which was once pale but not without beauty, was now filled with a monstrous, insane expression.
"Heh heh heh... I’ll kill you! Blood! I will bathe in your blood! Heh heh heh..." Katrina stared at Ward, her eyes almost crazy, as if she wanted to devour him. She raised her hand and struck down.
"Armant Haki: Black Armored Paper Shield!"
Ward, who was sitting on the ground, was shocked and angry. He imdiately used his ability, and countless white papers gathered in front of him, forming a one-inch-thick shield. He also used Armant Haki to harden the shield, making it as solid as black steel.
Thud!
In an instant, Katrina’s descending hand turned as black as tal and slamd into the black shield. With a violent thud, the air trembled, and a powerful shockwave erupted, causing the entire shield to concave and crack into pieces.
Katrina’s hand, unchanged, continued its descent, striking Ward’s chest.
Rumble!
Ward felt a terrifying force from her palm. It slamd him into the ground. He felt as if his bones and organs were shattered, and a mouthful of fresh blood gushed out.
The ground behind him also crumbled, and half of his body sank into it. The shockwave of the impact created a fierce whirlwind, kicking up dust everywhere.
"Die!"
Katrina retracted her hand, saw that Ward wasn’t dead, and stomped down again.
"Guh... This isn’t good!"
Sensing her movents with his Observation Haki, Ward felt a pounding in his chest. Without ti to defend himself, and ignoring his injuries, he instinctively rolled to the side. Just as he rolled away, a foot wearing a white open-toed high heel slamd onto the ground.
In an instant...
Boom!
The ground within a ten-ter radius crumbled. The shockwave ford a visible wave that sent Ward flying. Dozens of cracks quickly spread outward as dust shot into the sky.
"Cough, cough..."
Gasping for air through the dust, Ward endured the sharp pain in his chest and body. Sweat poured down his face as he barely managed to sit up. His white suit was now covered in dirt and blood.
But when he saw the destruction caused by Katrina’s stomp, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes. The edge of his lips twitched as he muttered, "If I had taken that hit, I would have died for sure!"
"Heh heh heh... Ward, just accept your death. You can’t escape! Heh heh heh..." Katrina turned her head, looking at Ward from not far away, and let out a sinister laugh.
Suddenly, Ward said sothing shocking. "You’re not Katrina, are you?!"
"Hm?" Katrina raised an eyebrow, and the madness and malice on her face lessened slightly. "Why would you think that?"
"Cough... You weren’t like this before. No, it’s not that you’re not Katrina, you are Katrina." Ward’s lips bled as he spoke. "Even though the change is so dramatic, you must be her other side, her other personality. A dark side? A split personality?" He added, "And this state of yours must be related to the World Governnt. You never told the whole truth!"
"Heh heh heh... So you guessed it."
Although Katrina’s face was less insane and malicious, her gaze remained cold. "You rember my full na, right? Elsa Katrina. You even asked why my last na was so feminine."
"You told that a nun in a church gave you that na," Ward replied, wiping the blood from his mouth.
"That’s right, but I lied to you. Well... not a complete lie. Those are two nas. My real na is Elsa, which the nun did give ." A flicker of gentleness flashed in Katrina’s eyes, but it was gone as soon as it appeared, replaced by malice.
"Katrina... is that you?!" Ward’s eyes widened in shock.
"Heh heh heh... Katrina, that’s what the World Governnt nad ’’," Katrina said, a sinister glint in her eyes.
"The World Governnt? ’You’?" Ward narrowed his eyes.
"Heh heh heh... That’s right. The World Governnt. The dirty World Governnt!" Katrina’s face once again filled with a hateful, resentful expression, which was then replaced by madness. "Die!"
Katrina scread, taking a step forward. She instantly appeared in front of Ward and punched him.
CRACK!
RUMBLE!
Suddenly, a brilliant bolt of lightning sliced through the air and struck Katrina.
"AAAAAAH!"
Amidst the electricity, Katrina let out a gut-wrenching scream.
"What?!"
Ward’s eyes were wide. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. What was happening? A divine punishnt?
"Yahahahaha! You are lucky, mortal, to have received my blessing!"
Another bolt of lightning struck the ground near Ward. A strange man with a white turban, long earlobes, and four large drums on his back appeared. He held a golden staff in his hand, and small lightning bolts danced around his body.
"Who... who are you?" When the electricity dissipated, smoke rose from Katrina’s body. She stumbled and almost fell.
"Who are you?" Ward also asked.
"This many people! This sll! This pace!" The newcor ignored both Katrina and Ward. He looked around and then at the ground. "This is a war! This is what gets my blood pumping!"
"How dare you ignore !" Katrina, enraged that she was ignored, flashed forward and punched the man.
"Oh? You’re uninjured, and you have this speed!" The man looked surprised, but with a flash of electricity, he disappeared.
"He’s so fast! He beca lightning!"
No matter how fast Katrina was, she couldn’t beat lightning. Her punch hit nothing but air, but with her Observation Haki, she had sensed his movent.
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