CHAPTER 292 ASSAULT
Nicosia Kingdom—an insignificant little nation in the New World that nobody paid attention to.
Originally belonging to the Charlotte Family, having recently joined the alliance Zephyr established, and now left helpless and vulnerable again due to the Navy's attack—this nation witnessed today a major event shocking enough to shake the entire world.
The sea surface remained frozen solid, the massive Navy warships now locked in place on the frozen ocean.
The Navy soldiers who'd arrived aboard these warships had all fallen unconscious without exception.
Actually, not everyone had lost consciousness—one person remained awake at this moment.
"Hey hey hey, Brett-san, isn't this a bit much?"
Aokiji complained weakly.
He lay sprawled on the ground, his body wrapped round and round with chains.
The chains were secondary—the key issue was the handcuff locked on his wrist.
What could reduce a full Navy admiral to this state could only be Seastone handcuffs, naturally.
"Please bear with it a bit, Admiral Aokiji." Brett smiled. "A man like you—if we don't treat you seriously, we might end up paying for it ourselves."
"You're joking, right, Brett-san?" Aokiji sighed. "In front of someone like you, what could I possibly do?"
He felt his dignity as a Navy admiral had been completely shattered to pieces by this guy.
It was hard to imagine there could be someone this powerful in the world.
The Navy had truly been defeated utterly this time.
"So then, Zephyr-sensei, what do you plan to do next?"
Aokiji looked at Zephyr standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Brett, asking calmly. "The first phase of your strategic objective has been completely achieved, right?"
"Next comes Sakazuki and the others."
Zephyr had no intention of hiding anything. Victory was decided—Aokiji couldn't make any waves now. "There's no better opportunity than right now, is there?"
Aokiji fell silent.
If they were going to oppose the World Government, then now was indeed the perfect opportunity.
He, one of the admirals, had already been defeated. If the remaining two admirals also fell together, how much strength would remain of the Navy—the World Government's strongest force?
This sounded somewhat absurd. Over there were two Navy Headquarters admirals, Akainu and Kizaru, commanding a great Navy fleet—a force that would strike terror anywhere in the world.
Others always worried about being hunted by them. When had it ever been time to worry about their safety?
But there was no helping it—these two really possessed that level of strength.
After all, Zephyr-sensei's partner was Brett.
By now, Aokiji could only acknowledge Brett's strength.
This man absolutely possessed the power to quickly defeat a Navy admiral.
If he and Zephyr-sensei launched a surprise attack together, then just like now, the possibility that Sakazuki and Borsalino would also capsize in the gutter wasn't nonexistent—in fact, it was quite high.
Not much time had passed since Brett had escaped Mariejois and punched Sakazuki into serious injury with a single blow.
"Enough idle talk," Brett said. "We need to move quickly. With this side having lost contact, Akainu and the others will probably react soon."
Zephyr nodded. "Ain and the others should arrive soon too. Once they get here, we'll leave this place to them, then depart immediately."
Crushing the fleet led by Aokiji was only the beginning. What came next was to rush without stopping to Akainu and Kizaru's location and defeat them together as well.
That way, the Navy's main forces of this generation could be considered swept clean, and the World Government would suffer severe damage as well.
Brett looked forward to it greatly.
"Ara ara, this is really troublesome."
Aokiji sighed.
Who could have imagined that what should have been an assured subjugation campaign would ultimately evolve into the current situation?
Should he call Zephyr-sensei despicable, or say they'd been too careless?
Either way, the Navy had fallen into an unprecedented crisis this time.
But he himself was powerless to do anything. Aokiji sighed.
It didn't take long. The NEO Navy fleet led by Ain, coming to provide support, had already arrived.
Entrusting the pirates collapsed on the coast and the Navy personnel on the warships to them, Zephyr also instructed Ain to properly thank this nation's king for his cooperation in their performance this time.
Then, after all matters here were handled, Brett and Zephyr departed.
Brett transformed into his dragon-man form, wrapping Zephyr in flame clouds and pulling him along as they rushed through the sky.
The two Navy fleets would definitely maintain regular contact, so they had to hurry.
Fortunately, the two fleets had been close to each other from the start for mutual support. Though they'd now split up and moved separately, the actual distance between them wasn't far.
Time should be more than sufficient—they could completely catch them off guard.
However, to be honest, Brett held an optimistic attitude about the final outcome.
Though he'd already released half his stored energy, the next battlefield would be on the sea!
But there was no need to force things too much either.
Having already captured Aokiji, this victory was already glorious enough. Even if this next sortie returned empty-handed, they'd already profited immensely.
Now they just needed to act freely.
Brett accelerated.
Zephyr also pressed his lips together, his expression calm, his gaze resolute.
Since the Navy had already betrayed justice, then he would completely destroy this mistaken path!
On another part of the sea not far from here, the fleet commanded by Akainu and Kizaru advanced rapidly.
"What's wrong with that bastard Kuzan? Why hasn't there been any news for so long?"
Akainu said with some dissatisfaction.
A pirate with a four-hundred-million bounty could already be considered quite impressive even in the New World, but his opponent was a Navy Headquarters admiral.
Someone of that level facing Aokiji should be instantly defeated, shouldn't they?
Why had it dragged on this long with still no news coming through?
"Then I'll give Kuzan a call," Kizaru said.
But the attack came extremely suddenly.
Beneath the sea surface, a monster suddenly broke through the water, shooting straight up and biting into the great ship's bottom.
"What?!"
Akainu's expression changed drastically in an instant, but it was already too late.
The massive Navy warship snapped into two pieces in that moment, the monster rising into the air from the middle.
"Surprise!"
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