"Yamato, wait for me. I'm coming to save you!"
Ace burned with endless flames. No matter what kind of enemy stood in front of him, he would use these blazing fists of his to defeat them.
"Buster Call! Fire!"
Just as Ace was gazing ahead, Marine warships suddenly appeared one after another. Loaded with countless shells, they began firing in the direction of Ace and the others.
"Huh? A Buster Call?"
"I don't see a single current Marine admiral here!"
"And the only one who could authorize a Buster Call is being held up by me. Who gave the order?"
Scopper Gaban, who was currently fighting Borsalino, raised an eyebrow. He had clearly tied Borsalino down, so who exactly had issued the Buster Call at a time like this?
"Arara…"
"It's been a while, everyone…"
Just as countless powerful fighters were wondering what was happening, the man who walked out onto the deck of one of the Marine warships immediately froze everyone present with his presence.
"Former Marine Admiral Kuzan…"
"Didn't you say you weren't going to get involved in matters between the Marines and pirates anymore?"
Ace's eyes trembled as he stared at the sudden arrival. After the Summit War, he had been together with Sabo the whole time, and since he was also staying with the Revolutionary Army, he had naturally come into contact with Kuzan alongside them. Only after truly dealing with Kuzan did Ace understand just how powerful the man in front of him really was. The strength Kuzan had shown in the Summit War was nowhere near his true power. Out of respect for Ace's grandfather, Garp, Kuzan had held back an ocean's worth.
"I really don't plan on messing around with the World Government or the Marines anymore, but…"
"This fortress is my fortress."
"You all just waltzed in so casually…"
"Doesn't that make me look bad?"
Kuzan, wearing a Marine Justice coat, kept one hand in his pants pocket as he looked at Ace and spoke coldly.
"Your fortress?"
Ace froze. He didn't understand what Kuzan meant. As far as he remembered, hadn't Kuzan already left the Marines?
"Yeah."
"Didn't you know? I'm the commander-in-chief of this World Government fortress of justice now. Technically speaking, I'm on the same level as Sakazuki."
Kuzan deliberately brought up Sakazuki, as if he was still annoyed that he had lost to him and failed to become Fleet Admiral.
"Damn it, that's a serious enemy…"
Gaban looked at Kuzan and gritted his teeth. Kuzan's strength was enough to give even him a headache. And with Kuzan appearing right as he was locked in battle with Borsalino, the balance of this fight had become impossible to predict.
"Buzz, boom!"
Just as Gaban turned his head, a beam of light pierced straight through his arm.
"That hurts…"
Gaban's face turned cold as sweat kept beading across his forehead.
"Gaban, where are you looking?"
"Or have you already decided you can afford to get distracted while fighting me?"
"That's so scary."
"So scary, so scary."
Borsalino held a laser sword in one hand and fired a beam from the other, piercing Gaban's arm directly.
"Hiss…"
Gaban felt the hole in his arm, and his expression changed as cold sweat covered his forehead.
"Gaban!"
Ace saw Gaban's arm get pierced and his face changed. He shouted in agitation, then his body turned into flame as he attacked Borsalino.
"So scary…"
Borsalino looked at Ace charging toward him. His mouth said he was scared, but in reality, he could not even be bothered to dodge. He simply let the flames strike his body.
As a light human, he was not afraid of such low-level attacks at all.
On the other side, Kuzan came bearing down on Gaban and Ace along with countless cannon shells. Facing two former Marine admirals, it was as if they had fallen into a deathtrap with no way out.
"Boom!"
Just as Kuzan was about to do something, an endless burst of Conqueror's Haki crushed toward him. In an instant, countless Marines on the warships behind him collapsed unconscious.
"Arara…"
"A troublesome person has arrived…"
Kuzan scratched his cheek. He seemed a little tired, because someone extremely troublesome had shown up.
"Hahaha…"
"Ahahaha…"
"Gaban, you've gotten weaker. So you really are old, huh? And Ace, you're so weak. Compared to Captain Roger, you're completely pathetic!"
Along with that wild, domineering Conqueror's Haki, a figure like an asura walked out of the cabin.
"So it's you, Bullet…"
"Damn it, if you were here, you should've come out sooner!"
Gaban looked at the burly man who had emerged and spoke in annoyance.
"If I came out earlier, I wouldn't have gotten to see you embarrass yourselves like this."
"Watching you all look so weak really makes me happy."
"Especially you, brat…"
Douglas Bullet released endless Conqueror's Haki. He did not stop until he reached Ace's side, then mocked him relentlessly.
"You want a fight?"
Ace's gaze sharpened as he looked at Bullet. Conqueror's Haki poured from his eyes and collided with Bullet's.
"Forget it…"
"You're still too weak right now. Once you mature a little more, that'll be when I start savoring you."
Bullet stared coldly at Ace for a while, then shook his head and walked toward Kuzan.
"So scary…"
Borsalino, who had injured Gaban's arm, turned into countless flashes of light and arrived beside Kuzan. He looked at the suddenly appearing Bullet and shook his head, putting on a frightened expression.
"Damn it…"
"You troublesome people, stop showing up one after another!"
"Ice Age!"
To prevent anyone from coming up through Wano Country's waterfall, Kuzan leaped high into the air and unleashed Ice Age, freezing all the warships along with the entire waterfall of Wano Country.
"The sea turned into land?"
"Go! Brothers, charge!"
The pirates looked at the sea that had already frozen into ice, their eyes sharpening before they shouted at the top of their lungs.
The next second, countless pirates and Revolutionary Army fighters jumped onto the ice and charged toward the Marines.
The strong fighters on the Marine side refused to back down as well. They took up their weapons and entered close-quarters combat against the pirates.
"Bullet, you deal with that bastard Borsalino!"
"Kuzan is mine…"
Gaban glanced at Borsalino, then at Kuzan. At his age, facing Borsalino had a high chance of getting him killed by some underhanded trick. At a time like this, the best opponent for him was Kuzan.
"Hmph. Why not leave both of them to me?"
Bullet glared at Gaban and spoke angrily.
"Stop acting tough. You can't beat both of them at the same time."
Gaban glared back at Bullet, and in the next second, the two of them attacked Kuzan and Borsalino at the same time.
"Boom!"
For a time, four top-tier fighters unleashed an earth-shattering battle.
"Ace, hurry!"
Gaban did not forget to remind Ace. He had to make Ace remember why he had come here.
"Got it…"
Ace nodded, then avoided the Marines and pirates as he ran toward the distance.
At the same time, below the great waterfall…
A Marine warship marked with the word "Issho" sailed toward Wano Country.
"I didn't expect this place to really turn into such a mess…"
"No wonder Sakazuki was furious enough to curse the heavens."
"Hahaha. This really is interesting…"
Sitting on the deck of the warship was a man with his eyes tightly closed, wearing a kimono and wooden sandals, with a katana in his hand. The man looked like a top-class swordsman.
"Isn't that Marine Admiral Issho? How scary. I can't believe even an admiral like you was dragged here…"
Just as the warship slowly advanced toward Wano Country, a man standing on the ice with a metal pipe in his hand seemed to have been waiting there in full readiness.
"You're the Revolutionary Army's second-in-command, Chief of Staff Sabo, correct?"
"If you're the only one here, I fear you'll have to stay here today, because I'm serious this time."
The man sitting on the deck with his eyes tightly shut did not need to use his eyes to look at anyone. He simply sat there with his hand on his blade, and the powerful pressure radiating from him was already enough to make people's hearts tremble.
"Too bad I'm not alone."
Sabo smiled faintly. Suddenly, the waterfall behind him began churning. Then a giant pushed the iceberg aside and walked out. Beside the giant stood a woman with a cigarette in her mouth and dressed rather lightly, as well as a mysterious figure in black whose entire body radiated overwhelming pressure. Countless crows flew continuously around the mysterious figure.
"How rare. The Revolutionary Army's four army commanders are all here…"
"Looks like the next fight will be a tough one."
After confirming the enemy's fighting strength, the man with his eyes closed sighed helplessly. He stood from his seat with his katana in hand. Even when facing the Revolutionary Army's four army commanders at the same time, this man remained calm, for he was one of the current admirals of Marine Headquarters, Fujitora Issho.
"…"
However, the danger the Revolutionary Army felt did not come only from the Marine admiral standing in plain sight. On Fujitora's ship, there were also two Marine vice admirals.
One was Vice Admiral Momonga. The other was a sleazy-looking man with a hat on his head and a plaid shirt on his body, giving off an incredibly unserious air. The man smiled as he looked at all the four army commanders, as if no matter which one of them he faced, he was absolutely certain he would not lose.
"These guys are pretty troublesome…"
The man surrounded by flying crows felt a headache coming on as he looked at the lineup across from them.
"It's fine. Holding them off as much as possible is enough. Mr. Dragon has already gone up."
Sabo shook his head. He knew all too well how powerful the enemies in front of them were. If the four of them joined forces, defeating a Marine admiral would already be impressive. But the other side still had two vice admirals, and most importantly, those two vice admirals were far from ordinary. One of them even made Sabo feel pressured.
He was not even sure he could beat that sleazy-looking man. In the depths of his instincts, Sabo could sense that this man possessed terrifying power comparable to a Marine admiral.
So they did not necessarily have to defeat their opponents. They only needed to stall them.
Their general had already gone up.
Unfortunately, their general had also been blocked.
"Damn it. I didn't expect I'd have to fight you here…"
Dragon faced the man blocking him, and there was not a trace of carelessness in his expression.
"Ahahaha…"
"I didn't expect my mission would be to fight you either."
"I feel like a battle between you and me definitely won't be very pleasant."
The man wore a Justice coat over a green suit. As he looked at Revolutionary Army leader Dragon standing in front of him, he seemed to have a headache.
"So there's no helping it. Since you're alone, I can't just casually let you go."
"After all, I'm a Marine admiral."
"If I ignored you, wouldn't that make me look bad?"
Current Marine Admiral Ryokugyu Aramaki smiled at Revolutionary Army leader Dragon.
"Then let's fight."
"Let's fight."
As the two spoke, wild winds suddenly roared across the sky. At the same time, countless vines rose from the ground and attacked the Marine admiral.
"Boom!"
Heaven and earth shook as two top-tier fighters erupted into an unprecedented clash.
As one powerful fighter after another was blocked…
As one expert after another was held back…
Ace crossed one Marine defensive line after another, advancing deeper and deeper inside.
At last…
Ace finally reached the top floor of the fortress of justice. It was the hall that symbolized justice.
Ace looked at the empty hall and felt a wave of panic in his heart. After sweeping his eyes across the surroundings, he finally noticed the woman in a white wedding dress, seated high upon the throne.
"Yamato!"
Ace's eyes lit up as he looked at the woman on the throne. He prepared to rush forward and save her.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
Unfortunately, a beam of heat vision descended from the sky and blocked Ace's path.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"Ace, you can't interrupt my fun."
Jovian arrived late, dressed in a white suit with a Marine Justice coat draped over his shoulders. He walked up beside Yamato, who was wearing the wedding dress on the throne, and wrapped one arm around her taut, slender waist, hardened through training.
"Ace. You're too late. Yamato has already been molded into my shape."
Jovian smiled faintly at Ace and spoke coldly.
"You bastard!"
"Let Yamato go!"
Ace looked at the scene before him, and countless flames of rage immediately surged up inside him. Endless fire burned around his hand as he punched toward Jovian.
"Boom!"
The fierce flames seemed capable of burning everything.
But just as those flames were about to reach Jovian, a slash cut them cleanly in half.
"How impressive, little brother. As expected of Mr. Garp's grandson!"
A graceful woman with a stunning pair of long legs, a spider tattoo on one thigh, and a sharp katana in her hand blocked Ace's path.
"You're…"
Ace looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared and felt a headache coming on.
He could sense it. The woman who had appeared had power inside her comparable to a Marine admiral. That power was extremely dangerous, and she was not an opponent the current him could afford to touch.
"Let's begin."
"The final act."
On the other side, Jovian held Yamato's slender waist with one hand while holding her hand with the other, dancing an elegant dance on the throne.
It was the most sincere dance he could offer for the fact that the entire Garp family was about to be arrested and thrown into Impel Down.
Although Yamato did not know how to dance, she could still follow Jovian's movements and keep swaying with him.
"Yamato, you'd better dance well. After all, you wouldn't want Wano Country's innocent trash to be sent off to build that bridge that will never be completed, would you? Im said to send them to build the bridge, but I spoke up in the middle and stopped it…"
Jovian held Yamato by the waist and leaned close to her ear, whispering softly.
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