Even in her deepest heart, she still strongly supported this Pirate Crew of beautiful girls her age.
Of course, it wasn't just them; even some other legion commanders and cadres thought the same.
"I've said it before, the captain of this Pirate Crew is extraordinary, don't look at her as only being around my son's age right now," Dragon said with a confident expression, while also eagerly anticipating this battle… The Straw Hat Pirates, still in Water Seven.
And Iceberg and Franky at Galley-La Company.
They had worries, but more than that, they silently cheered on the Pink Hat Pirates in their hearts.
Only Luffy looked terrified, watching his grandfather on the screen, feeling his head inexplicably ache again… Marineford.
Sengoku and Tsuru, along with other Navy High Command, were also watching this live broadcast. They silently cheered for the Marines in their hearts, hoping they would definitely win this time, or at least not lose in a disgraceful manner.
Meanwhile, the Gorosei of the World Government also paid close attention.
After all, another Devil Fruit, named after a god, which they had not understood before, seemed to have appeared.
Coupled with Luna's strength, they now even elevated Luna's threat to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons above Luffy's.
After all, the nika fruit hadn't awakened for almost 800 years, and they weren't optimistic about whether Luffy could awaken it.
Unlike Luna, she now undeniably possessed top Four Emperors-level combat power… At this moment, both sides were ready.
On the Pink Hat Pirates' side, Shiro had all the robots return to the pirate ship's cabin, and all members of the Bei Group prepared for battle.
After all, robots were fine for guarding, but not for actual combat. This time was the perfect opportunity for the Bei Group to conduct practical combat experiments.
Including the Bei Group, the Pink Hat Pirates had 17 members.
On the Marine side, there were five top-tier powerhouses, five Vice Admirals, and hundreds of Marine Soldiers.
In the eyes of many who didn't know the truth, they all believed the Marines were sure to win this time, even some top-tier powerhouses thought so. However, the Marines, who had faced them many times, clearly understood that taking down the Pink Hat Pirates would be very difficult, even harder than taking down a Four Emperor Crew.
After an unknown period of standoff, with a gust of sea breeze, the battle finally began.
"Haha, Aokiji," Garp laughed loudly, turning his head slightly.
"Hmph, Nojiko," Luna sneered, saying the same.
"Ice Age." Aokiji nodded, then leaped into the air, extending both palms and releasing Freezing cold breath to both sides.
"Ice Seal." Nojiko also nodded on her side. Snowflakes swirled around her, lifting her into the air. With her hands forward, she released a breath of ice.
Both simultaneously unleashed Freezing abilities, hitting the sea.
Large amounts of seawater began to freeze into ice, and the air also grew cold.
At the same time, the ice-type Devil Fruit Users from both sides began their showdown.
Aokiji was stronger than Nojiko, but as fellow ice-type Devil Fruit Users, the Ice Sky Snow Woman Fruit Mythical Zoan was much stronger than the Freeze-Freeze Fruit.
With one adding and one subtracting, the two sides surprisingly ended up evenly matched. Aokiji's ice was closer to silver and white, while Nojiko's ice leaned more towards blue.
Ultimately, the two colors of ice each occupied half of the completely frozen sea area.
The Pink Hat Pirates' pirate ship and Garp's warship were simultaneously frozen in the ice.
The entire icy sea surface immediately became bitterly cold, with snowflakes dancing. On some ice surfaces, there were several icebergs or ice spikes. This was truly a massive, beautiful, yet dangerous ice battlefield.
"Yo, not bad at all. Is this the power of the Ice Sky Snow Woman Fruit? It truly lives up to its reputation," Aokiji said with a surprised expression.
He suddenly remembered his previous battles with Tatsumaki and Luna, and he had forgotten that this was the ice-type beauty in the Pink Hat Pirates he originally cared about most.
At the same time, he had to admit that if Nojiko were allowed to grow for a while longer, her ice would be no worse than his own, especially since she also controlled snow.
Of course, Aokiji didn't know, but perhaps he would soon, that Nojiko was actually his bane.
"You're not bad either, worthy of being the strongest ice-type Logia Type Devil Fruit."
Nojiko smiled. At the same time, she was a little excited and thrilled. She hadn't expected that she would actually have a chance to speak as an equal with such a strong opponent. This small excitement and thrill also extended to the upcoming battle.
"Aokiji, stop boasting! Get out of the way, I'm going to unleash my ultimate move!"
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