Sailing: Start by plundering the Koby entry! Chapter 196

“Huff!”

Terrifying frost emanated from around Rune.

Most of Rune’s body had transformed into ice, radiating astonishingly cold air.

Centered on Rune, everything around him was covered in a layer of frost by the dreadful cold.

This Devil Fruit ability, the Navy Headquarters, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Seven Warlords of the Sea! The entire world! No one was unfamiliar with it!

One of the Navy Headquarters’ Admirals, Aokiji’s Logia-type Ice-Ice Fruit ability!

But now, this ability was in the hands of Celestial Rune!

And the figure of Aokiji, the Navy Headquarters Admiral, had disappeared within the destructive, dazzling blue-purple light.

Coupled with the agonizing roar of Fleet Admiral Sengoku of the Navy Headquarters.

The implications were self-evident!

Navy Headquarters Admiral, Aokiji, was dead!

The man who killed the Navy Headquarters Admiral was Celestial, Rune!

“Aokiji!”

Sengoku’s eyes were bloodshot.

Dead!

Aokiji was dead!

Aokiji, whom he had placed great hope in, grooming him as the next Supreme Commander of the Navy Headquarters, the successor to the Fleet Admiral position, was dead!

He died at the hands of Celestial Rune!

Sengoku’s eyes were filled with pain.

The same agony as when Doflamingo’s younger brother, who was actually an undercover agent he had sent, Rosinante, whom Sengoku regarded as an adopted son, had died, swept through Sengoku’s heart.

If the war hadn’t still been ongoing, Sengoku would surely have been unable to hold back his tears at this moment.

It was all his fault! He had failed to recognize Celestial Rune’s true target!

This man’s true target from the start had been Aokiji!

Whether it was killing Doflamingo, or the Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability that had caused such chaos at Navy Headquarters, Marineford,

It was all for this one strike!

A strike to put Aokiji to death!

Yet, his Great Buddha form ability had once again been defeated by this ultimate individual’s schemes and calculations.

Aokiji had died on the battlefield.

But Sengoku could only grit his teeth, even if they shattered, he had to adjust his emotions.

The war wasn’t over yet! He was the Supreme Commander of this war!

If they were to be defeated, the Navy’s losses would only be even more terrible!

“Aokiji!”

Garp stared blankly at Rune displaying the Ice-Ice Fruit ability, and at the completely vanished Aokiji.

Tears streamed down the cheeks of this iron-blooded man.

This man, who hadn’t cried in who knows how many years, the Navy’s spiritual totem, Hero Garp, had shed tears twice today.

Once, for his family, Ace.

Once, now, because of his disciple, Aokiji.

Aokiji had followed behind him, learning the Iron Fist, since he couldn’t even use Haki.

At first, he hadn’t accepted Aokiji as a disciple at all, but Aokiji’s perseverance had moved him, imitating his self-destructive training methods to cultivate the Iron Fist.

Gradually, Garp had truly regarded Aokiji as a disciple, and began to teach Aokiji the true Iron Fist.

He was his true, legacy disciple.

Before becoming a Navy Headquarters Admiral, Aokiji had always been on Garp’s ship, following Garp on his eastern and western campaigns.

Starting as a Marine, he had gradually nurtured Aokiji into a Navy Headquarters Admiral.

Although Aokiji’s nominal teacher was Zephyr, Zephyr was the Navy’s general instructor, teaching all promising newcomers in the Navy to grow.

Aokiji’s true teacher was Garp.

In the original story, during the Hive Island battle, Garp faced Aokiji, and also said the words “Foolish disciple, I expel you from my school.”

His legacy disciple being killed before his eyes, even a man like Garp had fallen into extreme grief.

“Do you see it! Garp!”

Sengoku’s teeth were almost shattered, but as the Navy’s Supreme Commander, the initiator of this war, he couldn’t fall.

“What kind of man we are facing! Do you see it!”

Sengoku looked at Rune, his eyes twitching.

“This is war! You bastard! If you continue to be so lost! It’s not just Aokiji!

All the Marines could be buried at this man’s hands! Do you want to see all of this! Garp!”

Sengoku roared.

“!!!”

Garp gritted his teeth, his lowered face covered with tears.

“Kuzan.”

Tsuru, below the execution platform, also had tears welling up in her eyes.

Tsuru had been teammates with Sengoku and Garp in their youth.

Aokiji, as Garp’s disciple and Sengoku’s favored candidate for the next Fleet Admiral, had a very close relationship with her as well.

Dying on the battlefield before her eyes, even this Grand Staff Officer, who possessed the Wash-Wash Fruit ability and could wash away her own mixed thoughts, allowing herself to always be in a state of absolute calm, had fallen into pain.

“Kuzan, is dead?”

Momousagi’s eyes were also somewhat blank.

“Admiral Aokiji!”

Vice Admirals like Komir, belonging to the pacifist faction of the Navy Headquarters, shed tears on the battlefield.

Their pacifist faction’s leader!

Admiral Aokiji, had died just like that!

He died at the hands of Celestial Rune!

“Admiral, the Admiral is dead!!!”

Sabaody Archipelago.

In a silence, terrified cries echoed throughout the Sabaody Archipelago.

The World Government, the Navy Headquarters’ highest combat power, a Navy Headquarters Admiral, had died on the battlefield!

He died at the hands of Celestial Rune!

Good heavens!

How many years had it been! When had a Navy Headquarters Admiral in office ever died in battle?!

Although Aokiji and Akainu, in the reports of the World Economic Journal, had been defeated by Celestial Rune,

The details of those two battles were later dug out.

And the Navy Headquarters and the World Government had also condemned Celestial Rune’s despicable tactics, and had not acknowledged the Navy Headquarters Admirals’ defeat.

Aokiji’s defeat was because he had been tricked by Celestial Rune’s hidden Human-Human Fruit ability.

Akainu’s Buster Call defeat was because Celestial Rune’s hidden Door-Door Fruit ability had completely changed the course of the battle.

The intelligence aspect had been hit with a dimensional reduction, leading to these two defeats.

Of course, in the aftermath of the Enies Lobby battle, Celestial Rune and Akainu fighting to exhaustion was also dug out and reported to the entire sea.

Although in the eyes of truly top-tier powerhouses, defeat was defeat, and there were no so many excuses.

Celestial Rune was undoubtedly one of the top-tier combat forces on this sea, and no one had the right to question it.

But for the many ordinary people on this sea, and even ordinary Marines, they needed a reason to comfort themselves.

It wasn’t that the Navy Headquarters Admirals were weak, it was that Celestial Rune was too insidious!

Even if they fell for Celestial Rune’s tricks, these two Admirals still safely withdrew from the battlefield, and were alive and well!

The Navy Headquarters still had enough power to protect the safety and justice of this sea!

After this war began, Akainu’s valiant performance also inspired countless civilians and reporters.

He even seriously injured Whitebeard, who was known as the strongest man in the world!

Another Navy Headquarters Admiral, Kizaru, also displayed incredibly terrifying power, kicking away the Pirate King’s right-hand man, the Roger Pirates’ vice-captain, the legendary pirate, Dark King Rayleigh.

Confidence in the Navy Admirals had returned to the hearts of many civilians, reporters, and even many Marines.

But now!

Navy Headquarters Admiral, Aokiji! Died on the battlefield!

He died at the hands of Celestial Rune! He was killed with a direct hit!

There were no more excuses! There was no more fluke!

This man, could kill an Admiral!

This was something that even Whitebeard, and even Roger, had never done!

Fear, terror, shock, countless negative emotions filled the entire Sabaody Archipelago.

Reporters were quickly writing articles, reporting the situation here to the world.

A Navy Headquarters Admiral dying in battle, this was super major news!

The power of Celestial Rune, the world’s strongest Devil Fruit ability user, was directly displayed in front of the whole world through this war broadcast.

Letting the whole world know, just how terrifying this man was!

“Aokiji.”

Kizaru’s sunglasses were dim, and the sunglasses seemed unable to cover up the psychological fluctuations that this man had always hidden.

“Tear! Boom!”

The ruins were blasted open by countless violent and tyrannical red-black lightning.

Rayleigh, wrapped in Conqueror’s Haki, walked out of the ruins.

“What a terrifying Devil Fruit ability.”

Rayleigh’s face was also filled with amazement.

Kizaru’s full-force Light Speed Kick was strong, but although he was old, he wasn’t so weak that he would be defeated by this one move.

Being kicked away was also because if he took it head-on, it would consume too much Haki and stamina.

Now that he was older, he needed to conserve every bit of stamina and Haki on such a battlefield.

It was better to rely on inertia, constantly dissipating the power of that Light Speed Kick, minimizing the consumption of Haki and stamina.

Although the scene looked a bit unsightly, Rayleigh had experienced too much, and compared to the result, a temporary unsightly scene was nothing.

Battles at their level were a war of attrition, and it was very difficult to win in a short time.

Only when Haki and stamina were consumed to a certain extent was it the key moment to determine the outcome.

This also showed how terrifying Rune’s Super Electromagnetic Railgun was.

Even the well-informed Rayleigh was filled with amazement.

Such a Devil Fruit ability, he was seeing for the first time.

Being able to achieve such destructive power with a Devil Fruit, there was only Celestial Rune.

“Huff.”

Kizaru took a deep breath, his eyes under the sunglasses were extremely grim.

“Swoosh!”

He instantly appeared in front of Rayleigh, his Ama no Murakumo sword aiming for fatal blows.

Watching Aokiji die before his eyes, this Admiral who had always been a slacker, had even begun to adopt a desperate fighting style!

As the fastest Devil Fruit ability, Kizaru was incredibly terrifying when he fought desperately.

Rayleigh, for a time, was also sweating on his forehead, constantly parrying.

“Kuzan.”

Akainu, the leader of the hawkish faction who was constantly at odds with Aokiji’s pacifist faction within the Navy, now had a drastic change in expression.

Seemingly ruthless and iron-blooded Akainu, actually had special feelings for his colleagues.

In the original story’s Fleet Admiral dispute, Akainu, who had beaten Aokiji to the point where he had no power to resist, was unable to deliver the final blow against this former colleague.

Kizaru, who went to Egghead Island to carry out the mission of killing his close friend Vegapunk and his beloved junior Sentomaru, in a state of extreme inner torment, angrily scolded Akainu, who said he was slacking off in his work, “If you have time to doubt me, you should come and see for yourself, you brat!”

The always iron-blooded Akainu, facing such a scolding, only said, “I’m sorry, brother.”

Cold-blooded and ruthless, was only for completing the Navy’s goals of justice. []

But as the Mag-Mag Fruit ability user, Akainu’s heart had never truly been cold.

“You can cry too? Magma brat.”

Whitebeard coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking at Akainu with a few tears in the corners of his eyes, his eyes narrowed.

“Whitebeard, let your remnant body be buried here, there’s no better place for your grave than here.”

Akainu raised his head, the few tears in the corners of his eyes had long been evaporated by the power of the Mag-Mag Fruit, his eyes coldly and violently looking at Whitebeard.

“Hmm!!!”

With an angry roar, Akainu completely began to fight desperately.

Whitebeard, who was already seriously injured and whose bodily functions were extremely deteriorated, was also struggling to parry.

“Avenge Admiral Aokiji! Kill these pirates!”

The Marines roared repeatedly, their eyes bloodshot.

“Humph! The Navy Admirals are dead! Your Navy’s defeat is inevitable!”

The pirates, facing the Marines’ frantic counterattack, also shouted repeatedly, their morale high.

In hatred and pain, the Navy launched a frantic counterattack, but they were the ones who had achieved a major victory!

Celestial Rune, had killed a Navy Headquarters Admiral!

Morale, was naturally high.

In the instant that Aokiji was killed, the Navy, in sorrow and pain, began a frantic counterattack.

The pirates, encouraged by the killing of the Navy Headquarters Admiral, were also high in morale, not avoiding at all, and clashing with the Marines.

The situation on the battlefield, at this moment, continued to escalate.

“That Aokiji actually died, what a terrifying Devil Fruit ability.”

Hawkeye’s eagle-like sharp eyes were also incredibly shaken at this moment.

As the world’s greatest swordsman, Hawkeye’s swordsmanship was superb, and unlike Zoro’s fierce swordsmanship, Hawkeye’s swordsmanship was both hard and soft.

Hard could cut off mountains, and be indestructible,

Soft could be like in the East Blue, not cutting the bullets at all, changing their trajectory like ripples in the water.

Attack and defense, both stood at the top of this world.

But facing such an attack, Hawkeye asked himself if he could take it head-on.

That attack power was really too terrifying, even if he dissipated the force, there was no space or time.

For a Devil Fruit ability to create such a terrible attack, it was really incredible.

“An Admiral, was killed?”

Hancock pursed her red lips.

The Celestial Dragons outside, relied on the protection of the Navy Headquarters Admirals to be so unscrupulous.

As long as the Celestial Dragons were harmed, it would attract the Navy Admirals.

Under such terrible deterrence, almost no one dared to harm the Celestial Dragons.

But this man, in the Holy Land of Mariejois, used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out countless Celestial Dragons, creating the world-shocking Mariejois incident,

Telling the world that the Celestial Dragons, in the face of Conqueror’s Haki, would also faint!

Now, he had killed the Celestial Dragons’ important protective force, a Navy Headquarters Admiral, on the spot under the world’s gaze!

At this moment, Hancock’s heartbeat was not only beating violently, but her pretty face was also flushed with an abnormal blush.

“Boa Hancock! Immediately encircle and suppress the pirates! Eliminate the supernova pirate groups under Celestial Rune!”

A Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral shouted loudly.

In the current battle situation, these Seven Warlords of the Sea must intervene in the battlefield!

“Hmm?!”

Beautiful veins appeared on Hancock’s forehead.

“Slave Arrow!”

Hancock transformed a huge pink peach-colored heart-shaped substance, and then pulled it back like a bow and arrow.

“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”

Countless pink arrows were shot out, and the pirates and Marines who were hit were all petrified.

“Are you crazy! Boa Hancock! So indiscriminate!”

The Vice Admiral roared, his arm also hit by an arrow.

“Humph! No matter what I do, I will be forgiven, because I am too beautiful.”

Hancock made her signature condescending gesture.

But there was some confusion in her eyes.

What’s wrong with me? As soon as I hear Celestial Rune’s name, my mood fluctuates so much.

“Buzz! Swoosh!”

A mass of air compressed to the extreme, was directly slapped out by Kuma.

“Boom!”

The air compressed to the extreme instantly expanded, causing an incredibly terrifying explosion.

“Seven Warlords of the Sea, Tyrant! Bartholomew Kuma!”

Many pirates looked at Kuma’s attack in horror.

“Father!”

Bonney bit her lip, at this time she had turned into a 24-year-old.

But Bonney was confident that no matter how old she became, her father would recognize her.

But, no!

Her father’s consciousness, had really been completely stripped away.

But the Paw-Paw Fruit’s ability was still there, indicating that it was the same as Rune had said, he had become a living dead state.

But her father didn’t attack her! Indicating that he still retained some subconsciousness deep in his soul.

Even if all his consciousness was erased, his daughter was still the most important thing to Kuma.

Tears streamed down Bonney’s eyes.

Bonney looked at the counterattacking Navy, and bit her teeth in hatred.

Bonney activated the Age-Age Fruit ability, and clashed with the Marines.

“Ace! I’m coming!”

Luffy, whose Haki had recovered, continued to charge towards the execution platform.

“Swoosh!”

A terrifying slash, was suddenly unleashed.

Hawkeye gripped the Black Sword Yoru, Hawkeye coldly.

The world’s number one, slash!.