[CP9 Warship]
"So it was you who said it! Bastard!"
Jabra finally found out who the culprit was that spread his embarrassing story, grabbing Fukurou's mouth and shouting.
"When will you ever get rid of your bad habit of being too talkative!"
"Don't scold Fukurou anymore, it was my fault, let me perform seppuku to apologize!"
Another CP9 member, Kumadori, stood to the side, performing his specialty seppuku with his katana.
Thud!
The sound of a heavy object striking the hull made the three of them freeze, all stopping in their tracks.
"What's going on?"
The sounds grew more and more dense.
"Could it be hailing?"
Puzzled, Jabra walked out of the command room and went up to the deck.
On the Grand Line, the weather was extremely changeable. One second sunny and calm, the next second stormy, such situations happened often.
A little hail was a small problem.
Bang!
A thermite grenade smashed against his head. He clutched his head and picked the grenade up.
"What is this thing?"
Suddenly a spark shot out from the grenade, expanding in his pupils.
BOOM!
In an instant the entire warship was engulfed by a sea of fire.
Seeing such a scene, Mr. 9 was wildly excited, laughter echoing from the control room.
"Art is an explosion!!!"
"Boss, mission accomplished, the warship has been sunk." He reported his work to Jotaro seriously.
"Well done." Jotaro praised him, then his brows furrowed tightly as he muttered, "Another batch has arrived."
———
"Cough, cough, cough…"
Jabra was pulled aboard by Navy soldiers, coughing violently.
He was a Devil Fruit ability user, not good with water, and had almost drowned.
"Damn it, who attacked us!"
The temperature of a thermite grenade explosion could easily melt steel, but its power, against a Rokushiki expert, was still somewhat lacking.
The three of Jabra's group only looked rather bedraggled, but in fact hadn't suffered too serious injuries.
At the moment of the grenade's explosion, they had used one of the Rokushiki defensive skills, Tekkai, to block most of the damage.
"You really look pathetic. Koby, Helmeppo, take them down, leave the rest to this old man."
Monkey D. Garp waved his hand, signaling the CP9 government members to quickly get lost and not get in the way of his work.
"Navy Hero, Garp!" Jabra cried out in surprise.
Garp was a legendary figure within the Navy.
Everyone in the government had heard his great name, as well as his legendary deeds.
"Didn't expect the Navy helper Spandam contacted to be Iron Fist Garp."
"This time that guy is done for!"
Even though they were CP9, towards Garp they did not dare show the slightest disrespect. They quickly got up and made way.
"As long as I sink that ship ahead, right." Garp said carelessly, "Bring me the cannonballs."
So-called cannonballs were actually just solid iron spheres.
They saw Garp casually pick up an iron ball, weigh it in his hand, then make a throwing motion.
Jabra exclaimed, "What is he doing, could it be he's planning to throw cannonballs by hand?"
Koby said, "Just watch. In Vice Admiral Garp's hands, even an iron ball's power is no less than that of artillery."
"Hah!"
Garp's hand wrapped thickly in Armament Haki as he forcefully hurled the iron ball.
The high-speed moving iron ball gave off repeated sonic booms.
Along its path, seawater surged high.
Confident, Garp turned around, pulling his dog-headed hat down.
"Mission complete, I'm going back for a nap."
Jabra cried out, "Such powerful strength!"
Even if he used Rokushiki's Tekkai, he could not defend against this kind of power.
"Hahaha, that criminal now has only one road left, death!"
———
"Boss, radar has detected an object approaching at high speed, most likely a cannonball fired by the enemy."
"Shall we activate the intercept missiles?"
Looking at the fast-moving red dot on the radar, Mr. 9 hurriedly reported, also asking for the next command.
Jotaro stood up, his face stern as frost.
"Too late!"
Even his Observation Haki sensed the danger coming closer.
At this distance, before the intercept missiles could be launched, the enemy's attack would already hit them first.
"You focus on reconnaissance and positioning." Jotaro opened the dining hall door and stepped out, "Leave the interception to me."
"Understood!" Mr. 9's worry instantly disappeared.
With Jotaro helping, he didn't need to care about defense anymore, and began on-the-spot reconnaissance and locating of the enemy warship.
Jotaro stood at the very front of the Ark Maxim, the sound of sonic booms in his ears growing louder and louder.
"Such powerful strength. The cannonball is even wrapped in Haki?"
'Yare yare daze, looks like there's a troublesome enemy on the other side.'
"Star Platinum!"
"Ora!"
Star Platinum stretched out a hand, blocking Garp's thrown iron ball with its palm.
The iron ball spun rapidly in his palm.
Steam rose from Jotaro's hand.
Under this force, the Ark Maxim was pushed at extreme speed in the opposite direction.
"Yaro!"
Jotaro let out a low shout.
"Ora!" Star Platinum exerted even greater power, finally completely unloading the force contained in the iron ball.
Since the iron ball had Haki wrapped around it, Jotaro didn't stop it by smashing.
Because if two opposing Hakis suddenly clashed, the explosion could damage the ship.
He didn't want to be changing ships every few days, that would be too troublesome.
"Here, have your iron ball back!"
Star Platinum made a throwing motion, using even more force than Garp had.
"Ora!"
From the high-speed friction, the outer layer of the iron ball turned red.
"How many warships are there on the enemy side?"
After throwing, Jotaro asked about the situation.
Mr. 9 replied, "There are three Navy warships."
A cold glint flashed in Jotaro's eyes. "Prepare the anti-ship missiles for strike."
Mr. 9's face lit up with excitement. "Understood!"
The power of anti-ship missiles could not be compared with just a few thermite grenades.
Up until now, Mr. 9 hadn't used them yet.
"Let them taste the power of anti-ship missiles."
A massive turret rose up from the deck.
Mr. 9, holding back his excitement, began the countdown.
"10, 9, 8… 1, 0!"
BOOM!
The solid rocket motor at the tail of the anti-ship missile blasted out dazzling flames, sweeping white smoke as it shot into the sky.
"So spectacular…"
Nami and the others, peeking out from the dining room at the scene outside, couldn't help but sigh.
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