"Aokiji! What are you doing?!!" Hancock's face was cold as frost. Enraged, countless shards of ice crystallized around him. If Hancock hadn't interfered, he could have definitely saved Garp. Even severely injured was better than dead.
On the icy battlefield, countless hateful gazes shifted to Hancock. Pirates will always be pirates, completely unreliable, actually turning traitor at a critical moment!
Hearing this, Hancock smoothed her hair, leaped gracefully, and landed on Salome's back, looking down on everyone with utter arrogance. "妾身 only agreed to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates. She never said she would make an enemy of Leo, nor did she promise not to act against the Marines!"
"So妾身 has not violated the agreement. Moreover~" As she spoke, Hancock struck her classic, alluring pose, cooing, "Since妾身 is so breathtakingly beautiful, you will all forgive her, right?!!"
In an instant, countless Marines' eyes turned to hearts, nodding like wooden chickens.
"Yes, we will forgive you."
"This damnable charm..."
"I... I've fallen for her..."
Under the power of the Love-Love Fruit, the Marine soldiers had no power to resist, unable to muster even a shred of anger.
"SILENCE!!!" A cold shout exploded like thunder, feeling like a bucket of ice water had been dumped over the Marines' heads, their eyes clearing once more.
"Hancock!!" Aokiji glared at her, his killing intent palpable. In the matter of Garp's death, Hancock's crime was no less than Leo's!
Hancock returned to her normal demeanor, glancing down at her ample figure, now covered by modest clothing, and shot Leo a somewhat resentful look. If she were still wearing that previous wine-red, revealing cheongsam, forget these small fries, even a Marine Admiral would have succumbed to her charm. Sigh~ Hancock pouted helplessly. There was no helping it; her man was possessive, and she could only indulge him.
"Well done." After using his healing power to return to peak condition, Leo teleported to her side first and gave Hancock an approving nod. Although he had killed Garp, the battle had also consumed a massive amount of his energy. With his current strength, defeating an Admiral-level fighter wasn't hard, but killing one was not easy either.
"When has妾身 ever let you down~" Hancock lightly tapped her toes, leaping down from Salome's back and intimately linking her arm with Leo's, looking at him as if seeking praise.
The sight of the two of them acting as if no one else was there caused tens of thousands of Marines and pirates to freeze on the spot, their expressions dumbfounded. They all knew Leo was lustful and only recruited female crew members. But who was Hancock?! The famous Pirate Empress, one of the Warlords of the Sea, the ruler of Amazon Lily... and she had been conquered by Leo too?!
Hiss~ Those who regained their senses couldn't help but suck in a sharp, cold breath. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe the aloof and cold Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock, had such an obedient, docile side?! For the first time, they felt that describing Hancock with the term 'little woman' wasn't incongruous at all.
"HAN! COCK!!!" On the execution platform, Sengoku ground his molars until they creaked. If his guess was correct, Leo had spent the last missing month on Amazon Lily in the Calm Belt!! Holy shit!!! Wait...
Trembling with rage, Sengoku suddenly paused. If he remembered correctly, before coming here, Hancock had visited Impel Down. Thinking of this, a dreadful premonition arose in Sengoku's heart. The prisoners held there were all major felons!!
"Sengoku, no need to shout.妾身 can hear you perfectly well." Hancock shot a cold glance his way, her voice icy in response.
Sengoku temporarily set aside his chaotic thoughts and roared, "Hancock! Do you know the consequences of your actions?!! Soon, Amazon Lily will cease to exist because of your foolish behavior today!! Even if you escape, the other women on the island cannot!!" Sengoku's words were sharp and pointed; he was truly furious.
Hearing this, a disdainful sneer curled Hancock's lips. "Sengoku, you should worry more about how you're going to survive today's crisis. Why don't you take a good look at the current situation?" Hancock gestured teasingly with her chin towards the various fronts of the battlefield.
Sengoku suppressed his rage, letting out heavy nasal breaths. If one word could describe the entire battlefield, it was 'unstoppable.' The Whitebeard Pirates were unstoppable, their 50,000 forces making the 100,000 elite Marines howl in defeat! Garp's gruesome death had sent the pirates' adrenaline soaring. Fighting with equal strength, they held their own against two Marines at once! They were like beasts on stimulants, charging fearlessly towards the inner bay. The situation was excellent!
"HAHAHAHAHA! Leo, thank you!!!"
"My sons, we're about to break through the outer bay! Keep charging!!"
"OHHHH!!"
"Even Garp is dead! What is there to fear?! Kill them all!!"
The Whitebeard Pirates cast grateful looks towards Leo before launching another wave of attacks. First, he pinned down two top-tier fighters, Garp and Kizaru. Then he killed Garp. And now, Hancock had turned against the Marines. Their powerful enemies were dwindling one by one, all thanks to Leo. It was settled; Leo was their sworn brother from another mother!
Leo's face remained expressionless, but he sneered inwardly. You're thanking me too early. The brighter you smile now, the more miserably you'll cry later.
Leo glanced towards the Moby Dick. Whitebeard, holding his bisento, stood proudly at the whale ship's prow, majestic and imposing, his cloak flapping dramatically behind him. Akainu is moving too slowly. He still hasn't forced Whitebeard to act. Leo grumbled internally. Although he wanted to reclaim the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he wasn't foolish enough to become the Marines' pawn. He would just sit back and wait. Let Whitebeard and Akainu weaken each other, then he would strike like lightning and finish the job!
As he pondered, heavy footsteps echoed from the foggy outer sea, growing closer. It was like the beating of war drums; the intense vibrations made the rubble and ice fragments on the surface jump.
"Captain Little Oars Jr. is here!!" a pirate shouted, pointing towards the outer sea. Hearing this, many of his comrades showed excited expressions. An ancient giant, a veritable killing machine on the battlefield!
"Damn it! Who is it now?! Is this ever going to end?!"
"What is that thing?! It's so huge?!"
"Is he with the Whitebeard Pirates too?!"
The Marine soldiers looked in terror at the mountain-like, robust figure, fear growing in their hearts. Approaching them was a giant, entirely green, even larger than a regular giant. Each step his massive body took brought a mountain-like sense of oppression. The already demoralized Marines felt their legs turn to jelly at the sight of Little Oars Jr.
"Damn it! Is that the descendant of the Country Puller, Oars?!!" Sengoku frowned slightly, feeling a headache coming on. This guy was insignificant in front of true powerhouses, but to the 100,000 elite Marines, he was like an ant.
"Ace, wait for me! I'll save you right away!!" Little Oars Jr. wielded a several-meter-long zanbato. With a casual swing, it was like a scythe cutting grass, sending a bloody wave of severed heads flying. The soldiers' faces still bore expressions of terror at the moment of death. Perhaps finding the zanbato unwieldy, Little Oars Jr. discarded it disdainfully. Then he picked up a Marine warship to use as a weapon, sweeping away large swathes of enemies with each swing. The hundreds-of-tons-heavy warship, even a glancing blow, could snuff out several lives.
"Ace, wait for me!!" Little Oars Jr. marched forward with heavy steps, focused and steady. He paid no mind to Garp or Leo. His goal was singular: Ace on the execution platform! Even enduring the Marines' artillery bombardment, his steps never wavered.
"You three! Aren't you going to act?!! Are you planning to betray the Marines like Hancock?!!" Sengoku roared towards the Warlords' platform!!
"Fufufufufufu~ Fleet Admiral Sengoku, don't be angry. I have no such thoughts." The Heavenly Yaksha, Donquixote Doflamingo, shrugged, then stuck his hands in his pockets and swaggered towards Little Oars Jr.
Mihawk said nothing, drew his sword, and entered the battlefield, seeking out the Whitebeard Pirates' 5th Division Commander, the fellow swordsman Flower Sword Vista. With Sengoku on the verge of a meltdown, he saw no need to provoke him further.
"Yeehihihihi... It's time to expand my zombie army!!" Gecko Moria let out a sinister chuckle, rubbed his hands together excitedly, and headed towards the area with the most corpses. His task today was simple: collect, collect, collect! Of course, he also had to be wary of Doflamingo's sneak attacks.
Meanwhile, Doflamingo actively engaged Little Oars Jr. Using his String-String Fruit abilities, Little Oars Jr. was quickly outmatched, becoming like a manipulated puppet, constantly acquiring new, crisscrossing injuries. His forward progress was forcibly halted.
"Fufufufufu~ So you're Little Oars Jr., huh?!!"
"Five Color String!"
Doflamingo laughed strangely, pulling five differently colored strings from his hands. Flashing around, he severed one of Little Oars Jr.'s legs. The killing machine in others' eyes was nothing but a little brother before him.
Squelch— For a moment, blood gushed out like a fountain, a horrifying sight. The already battered Little Oars Jr., after losing his left leg, could no longer hold on and crashed down with a tremendous BOOM!
"I @#%&..." Sengoku's face turned black as he cursed. As luck would have it, Little Oars Jr. fell right onto the surrounding wall of the inner bay, smashing a huge breach in it. Causing trouble even in death, huh?! Now, the Whitebeard Pirates could drive straight in without any further obstacles.
"Brothers! Don't let Captain Little Oars Jr.'s sacrifice be in vain! Charge!!"
"Damn it! Avenge Captain Little Oars Jr.!"
"Marines in the inner bay, wash your necks! I'm coming!"
Though grieving, the Whitebeard side naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. Once they broke into the inner bay, rescuing Ace was only... two or three steps away. Led by division commanders like Diamond Jozu, Flower Sword Vista, and Blenheim, the Whitebeard Pirates charged forward rapidly. Marco the Phoenix circled in the air, waiting for his chance.
At the same time.
"Everyone, move aside!!!" With a loud shout, Whitey Bay piloted her icebreaker, crashing into the existing breach and making it even larger. Following her were over a dozen captains of the Whitebeard allied fleets. They had successfully broken through the outer Marine blockade and come to support. The battlefield situation was extremely favorable for the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Little Oars Jr.~" At the whale ship's prow, Whitebeard gazed at the fallen giant and let out a soft sigh. He had warned Little Oars Jr. before coming here. But... it was useless. On a battlefield crowded with powerhouses, Little Oars Jr.'s size made him a living target.
"Pops!" Just then, one of the allied captains, Squard, suddenly boarded the Moby Dick.
"He's here!!" Leo's eyes lit up. The famous scene of familial 'love' was about to play out!
The following events unfolded almost identically to the original story. Squard, deceived by Akainu, stabbed Whitebeard. After Whitebeard's loving explanation, Squard finally learned the truth.
"Pops!!" Squard wept bitterly with regret.
"Silly son~" A giant arm pulled Squard into an embrace. Whitebeard shook his head, unconcerned, his voice gentle. "The fault is not yours. You were deceived by Sakazuki."
"Pops..." Squard's voice trembled. Seeing the blood flowing from Whitebeard's chest, his heart felt as if being sliced by a knife. He had caused all of this.
"Squard, I said the fault is not yours."
Whitebeard released Squard, gripped his naginata, and leaped down from the whale ship's prow. With an invisible shockwave that swept out in all directions, Whitebeard's icy voice slowly spread.
"Sakazuki! To use such a despicable method to sow discord between me and my sons!"
From the inconspicuous crowd, Akainu, dressed in his dark red suit, slowly stepped forward. Looking at the stab wound on Whitebeard's chest, he sneered, "Whitebeard, Squard never trusted you to begin with. I merely added fuel to the fire."
"SAKAZUKI, YOU'RE COURTING DEATH!!!"
A dragon has reversed scales; touch them and you die. And all his sons were Whitebeard's reverse scales!!
Whitebeard said no more. His tall figure leaped into the air, his naginata wreathed in a transparent halo, slashing fiercely towards Akainu.
"Hehehehe... Whitebeard, this place will be your grave today!!"
"Great Eruption: Hell Hound!!"
Akainu, refusing to be outdone, stepped forward. His right arm transformed into high-temperature magma, taking the shape of a ferocious dog's head. The狰狞 (ferocious) mastiff opened its bloody maw, elongating as it tore towards Whitebeard's chest.
The battle between the Marine's top Admiral and the World's Strongest Man had officially begun!
Watching the two locked in fierce combat, Leo nodded in satisfaction. Of course, he wasn't idle either, still engaged with Aokiji. He also took a moment to glance at the battle between Kizaru and his seven women. Nami and Robin were naturally the main force, with the others responsible for flanking and harassment. The two sides were currently at a stalemate.
"Hancock, keep Aokiji busy! I'll be right back!" After shattering an ice pheasant, Leo used his Observation Haki to sense something and instantly vanished!
Inner Bay Battlefield.
"You despicable pirates! None of you will leave Marine Headquarters alive today!!"
"Black Cage!!!"
Marine Captain Hina shouted coldly, her slender arms suddenly extending rail-like iron branches.
"What is this?!"
"Bastards, everyone be careful!!"
Trapped within, a dozen or so Whitebeard Pirates became wary, but it was too late.
"Trap them!!" Hina's gaze sharpened. She brought her arms together, and the railings rapidly contracted, directly enveloping the pirates.
Meanwhile, not far from Hina, accompanied by two screams, two pirates fell simultaneously, their bodies covered in blood. Their chests had been turned into swiss cheese, riddled with holes. A horror for those with trypophobia.
"Isuka, well done!" Hina's voice praised from nearby.
Isuka blushed, shaking her head modestly. "You're the impressive one, Ma'am."
Hina nodded slightly, continuing her praise. "Not arrogant, not impatient. Very good."
"Let's continue. Kill all these pirates who muddy the seas!!"
"Yes, Ma'am!" Isuka nodded firmly.
However, just as the two prepared to move to another part of the battlefield to deal with other Whitebeard Pirates, a tall figure abruptly entered their field of vision.
"Le... Leo?!"
"Leo!"
Their delicate bodies trembled in unison.
"Come with me." Leo looked at the two trembling women with a light laugh. Without another word, he teleported them away, returning to the luxurious airship, the Maxim!
Before their horrified expressions could fade, Leo skillfully imprinted the Slave Mark into their minds, successfully recruiting them! When it came to beautiful Marine women, no explanation was needed. Things like loyalty couldn't be changed with a few words.
"You two, introduce yourselves to each other." After leaving this simple instruction for the women, Leo teleported away again, returning to the battlefield.
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