On the sea.
The Navy warships sailed majestically towards the harbor.
A group of pirates watched in terror as the warships approached!
"The Navy…"
One pirate recalled the major Sky Island incident he had watched on the image radio snail, and the fear in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal: "Are they going to war with the Konoha Pirates again?"
Whether it was the Navy or the Konoha Pirates, they were colossal forces to them, and the clash between these two powers would surely wreak havoc on everything around!
The Konoha Pirates were not a well-structured force, so they did not defend the harbor area. The Navy fleet landed on the Shampodi Archipelago unimpeded.
Akainu couldn't wait for the warship to dock. He leapt into the air, stepping across the sky with Moonwalk, and landed on the Shampodi Archipelago, raising his hand to unleash magma upon the pirates on the shore!
"Meigo!"
Akainu's arm instantly transformed into lava and extended, blasting a group of pirates away in a flash, causing them to scream in agony as they were scorched by the lava!
"Ahhhhh!"
"Get out of here quickly!"
"It's Admiral Akainu!"
In this vast sea, although the power of the Three Great Admirals is known, Akainu, the Mag-Mag Fruit user, is undisputedly the most ruthless against pirates!
It is said...
This admiral is exceptionally assertive...
In moments of combat necessity, to annihilate the scourge of pirates, he is willing to sacrifice even ordinary civilians or his subordinates!
"Hmph, a bunch of trash..."
Akainu withdrew his arm, and droplets of magma fell from his palm, instantly scorching the stone pavement. It wasn't his intention to target them specifically; he just couldn't resist when he saw a group of pirates in front of him.
However...
Executing the mission to bring back Vegapunk was more important, so Akainu didn't care about the pirates escaping from under his hand, nor did he choose to pursue them.
Nevertheless...
The pirates at the harbor were destined not to escape.
A streak of lightning suddenly surged through the harbor area, knocking down pirates who attempted to flee, and the lightning landed beside Akainu, gradually revealing the figure of Akihara Kagura.
Just in time, Kizaru's figure also transformed into a flash of light and landed beside them, commenting with interest: "What a terrifying pair..."
"You are slow, Borsalino."
Akainu turned his head slightly, glancing askance at Kizaru.
After all, despite three powerful Logia-type ability users deploying together, Akainu and Akihara Kagura had cleared the pirates from the harbor, yet Kizaru, the fastest, arrived the latest...
"After all, we need to save our energy for the battle..."
Kizaru sighed softly, finding a reason for himself: "That group of monsters is very terrifying, you can't let your guard down for a moment when facing them..."
"I do want to see..."
Akainu snorted coldly, stepping toward the auction house area.
Among the Three Great Admirals of the Navy Headquarters, only Akainu had never clashed with the Konoha Pirates.
Even though Akainu had seen the terrifying power of the Konoha Pirates through the image radio snail, he wished to engage them in a deadly battle himself!
At the auction house on Island 1.
This place had completely turned into a battlefield.
A group of White Zetsu monsters surrounded them, and Dark King Rayleigh, Red-haired Shanks, and Saint Figarland Garling, each wielding sharp blades, were charging back and forth within the auction house!
Saint Figarland Garling swung his long sword fiercely, slicing through sharply, instantly enveloped in Armament Haki, and directly severed a White Zetsu's arm. The White Zetsu showed no sign of fear or pain, continuing to charge toward him recklessly!
"Don't they feel pain?"
Saint Figarland Garling impatiently kicked the White Zetsu flying!
"Indeed a group of fearless monsters..."
Dark King Rayleigh's eyes faintly took on a grave look.
Because the behavior of this group of White Zetsu was too bizarre, and it was unknown through what experiments the Konoha Pirates had created such terrifying creatures!
"Something's off!"
Red-haired Shanks' face seemed unusually grim.
Because Red-haired Shanks noticed the arm of the White Zetsu that Saint Figarland Garling had cut off seemed alive, as if the arm flew back to its body!
"This is..."
"Buggy's ability!"
Red-haired Shanks suddenly recalled this ability.
This was Clown Buggy's Chop-Chop Demon Fruit ability, and any sharp slash was ineffective against a Chop-Chop Demon Fruit ability user!
This group of White Zetsu didn't care if their arms were chopped off or even if their bodies were sliced into many pieces because they possessed the Chop-Chop Demon Fruit ability within them!
Unfortunately...
Whether it was Red-haired Shanks, Dark King Rayleigh, or Saint Figarland Garling, they were all extremely good at using swordsmanship in battle...
These white creatures...
They seemed to be quite a headache for them...
Compared to these three...
Most pirates had clearly lost their will to fight...
Since they were basically only able to flee and hide under the attack of the White Zetsu!
Perhaps only Hundred Beasts Kaido and Charlotte Lingling, the two Sea Emperors, were performing decently, but even they had little will to fight and didn't want to waste time here.
After all...
The lesson of failure was too painful...
The two Sea Emperors did not want to linger any longer, for fear of another conflict with the Konoha Pirates, leading to the humiliation of being captured...