"Let's simply deal with Uncle Roger's body first."
Roger had been dead for a while. There was no blood flowing from the wound anymore. Akira Stone straightened his clothes, and removed all the chains.
He said softly, "Uncle Roger, I'm sorry. I can't bury you in time. Wait a little longer. I'll send you back to your hometown soon. Wait a little longer."
Marco asked, "Akira Stone, what should we do next? Should we go find out where we are now first?"
Akira Stone nodded, and said, "Yeah. It's better to figure out where we are now first. If possible, let's get a ship."
"Then we..."
Before Marco could finish speaking, suddenly a huge rumble rang out. Then, Marco and Akira Stone felt the ground tremble. This made both of their expressions change drastically. They could naturally hear what this sound was.
"The sound of cannons. Someone is firing cannons at this place."
Marco and Akira Stone exchanged a glance. Marco said with a solemn expression.
Akira Stone said, "It's impossible for someone to fire cannons for no reason. Moreover, it's so close to us. The target is very likely..."
"Is us." Marco also guessed. He said, "Could it be the Navy?"
Akira Stone said, "I don't know. But it's definitely possible. We just escaped from Loguetown. It's only been two hours since we got here. It's not impossible for the Navy to catch up."
"Let's go, let's go take a look."
Akira Stone and Marco quickly moved. Akira Stone used Minazuki to carry Roger's body, and then quickly ran towards the coast of the small island. It was just that before they could run to the coast, they had already seen several huge Navy warships.
"It's the Navy."
Marco said with a gloomy expression, "How did those Navy guys know we were here?"
They themselves didn't know where they were. The Navy was actually able to find them, and even confirm that they were on the island, and directly attacked with cannons. How did this group of Navy find them? This made Marco very confused.
Although Akira Stone was also very puzzled in his heart, he still said, "No matter how they confirmed our location, the key now is how to get rid of them."
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as Akira Stone and the others arrived at the coast, they were greeted by a large wave of cannonballs, forcing Akira Stone and the others to dodge quickly.
In the sea in front of Akira Stone and the others, there were now three Navy warships scattered, facing the direction of the small island.
The three warships were very large. People who were familiar with Navy warships could know by looking at these three warships that these were the warships of Navy Vice Admirals.
Moreover, they were the three Navy Vice Admirals who had fought with Akira Stone and the others on the Loguetown plaza before.
Akainu Sakazuki, Aokiji Kuzan, and Kizaru Borsalino!
These three were precisely the ones who had been ordered by Navy Fleet Admiral Kong to come and chase after Akira Stone.
When Akira Stone and the others escaped the plaza, the three of them chased after the direction where Marco was flying at the fastest speed.
Although they couldn't fly, the Navy had many methods. Even if Marco didn't know where he had flown to, Akainu and the others were still able to find their traces, and chased all the way to this small island.
Akainu and the others weren't very familiar with the East Blue either. So after finding the small island where Akira Stone and the others had landed, they didn't know if there were any people on the island.
Logically speaking, the Navy shouldn't have fired cannons before figuring out the situation. Aokiji and Kizaru's warships didn't fire cannons. However, Akainu didn't have that much concern.
He didn't care about anything. He was certain that Akira Stone and the others were on the island. So he directly ordered to fire cannons. As for whether it would hurt other people, it wasn't within Akainu's consideration at all.
"That Sakazuki guy is really a madman."
Aokiji saw Akainu ordering to fire at the small island, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes. However, he didn't have a way. After all, they were both Navy Vice Admirals. He didn't have the right to point fingers at Akainu. He could only watch helplessly.
Kizaru on the other side wasn't surprised. He had known Akainu for so long. Naturally, he knew what kind of person Akainu was. To achieve his goal, he would use any means. This was Akainu. This was Akainu's absolute justice.
"But this is also good. That Sakazuki guy just wants to force them out. This also saves me the trouble."
Kizaru was right. Akira Stone and Marco were indeed very unhappy about being attacked by cannons. Akira Stone said to Marco, "It's too passive for us to stay on the island. These Navy guys are really crazy. They don't care about anything, and attack with indiscriminate cannons. If we stay here, we'll become targets."
Marco said, "Alright. Then we'll fly up. It'll be difficult for them to attack us."
As he spoke, Marco was about to transform into a phoenix form. However, Akira Stone quickly called out, "Wait. Don't transform. We'll sit on it." Akira Stone pointed at Minazuki behind him.
"Sit on it?" Marco looked at Minazuki in shock, and said blankly, "It can fly?"
Akira Stone covered his forehead, and said speechlessly, "Marco, what are your eyes for? Didn't you notice that it's always floating in the air?"
"Ah!"
Marco called out awkwardly. When he looked, it really was like that. He said with a灿 laugh, "I was concerned about your injuries before. Who would care about this? But can it really fly? Carrying us?"
Before, Marco really hadn't cared about Minazuki's state. He had seen that Minazuki was floating on the ground. However, he hadn't cared too much. It wasn't until Akira Stone mentioned it that he fully reacted.
Akira Stone said, "Don't worry. It's no problem even if a few more people come. Get on."
Akira Stone took the lead and jumped onto Minazuki's body. Then, Marco also jumped up. Akira Stone gently patted Minazuki's body. Minazuki immediately cried out, and then slowly flew up.
The Navy's cannon fire attacks were still continuing. But Akira Stone didn't want to entangle with the Navy at all. So after flying up, he immediately flew in the opposite direction of the Navy.
The Navy's three warships had been paying attention to the situation on the small island. Akainu and the other three were also looking with binoculars. Minazuki's volume was also very large.
So when Akira Stone controlled Minazuki to fly up, they were immediately discovered by Akainu and the others.
"It's them. That's right, it's Marco and that brat."
Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru's eyes immediately lit up. However, when they saw Akira Stone and the other two sitting on a strange fish-shaped monster flying in the air, their expressions immediately changed.
"What is that thing? Why can it fly?" Aokiji looked at Minazuki in confusion, his expression very puzzled.
Akainu clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice, "We absolutely can't let you escape again."
"Chase after them." Akainu shouted loudly at the Marines under him. Then, the warships shot towards the direction of Akira Stone and the others at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, Akainu also ordered loudly, "Fire at the direction they're flying in."
Akira Stone and the others' ability to fly was indeed very troublesome. But Akainu and the others weren't too worried. They had prepared fully before chasing after them. They couldn't fly, but they could attack Akira Stone and the others in the air.
As long as they kept interfering with Akira Stone and the others' flight, they could hang them all the time. After all, it was impossible for Akira Stone and the others to keep flying in the air. Sometimes, they had to land to resupply. At that time, it would be their opportunity.
"Damn it. Did these Navy guys eat gunpowder? They're so crazy."
Watching Akira Stone controlling Minazuki to constantly dodge the incoming cannonballs, Marco couldn't help but curse angrily.
The Navy's cannonballs were as if they didn't care about their lives, and kept chasing after them, making their speed unable to increase at all, and their altitude unable to increase either.
Just as Marco's angry curse ended, suddenly his expression changed drastically again, because countless golden lasers were shooting from below, attacking them at an extremely fast speed.
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