And somewhere, in the New World of the internet, his edits began to cause real blackouts. Real thunder on clear nights.

Then he remembered the folder:

He hit play.

Akira laughed it off. Closed his laptop. Went to sleep.

That night, the video hit a million views. Comments flooded in: “This is canon now.” “How did you make the lightning look alive?” One user, @RedHaired_Editor, simply wrote: “You bent it to your will. That’s not an effect. That’s Conqueror’s Haki.”

Akira didn’t scream. He didn’t run.

The screen roared . Crimson and violet lightning erupted from both characters, clashing in the middle, warping the air. Zoro’s eye gleamed. Kaido grinned. For three seconds, it felt less like a video edit and more like a prophecy.

He dragged the first overlay onto the track. A crackle of deep crimson static bloomed over Zoro’s swords. Too red. He tweaked the blend mode to Screen , dropped opacity to 70%, and added a slight directional blur.