Chapter 260: Admiral Aokiji Makes His Appearance!
Foxy's eyes darted around, "...Then the only explanation is that the newly famous Nameless Ralph is a coward who dares not accept a challenge."
Ralph smiled. Such a petty attempt at provocation.
"If I kill all of you, then no one will know I'm a coward, right?"
Ralph said this as if he were making casual conversation.
But his eyes told a different story.
They held the gaze of someone looking at the dead.
Foxy shivered, then snapped back to reality, pointing to the pirate crew behind him who were setting up the arena.
"Nonsense! Our Foxy Pirates have nearly a thousand members! How dare you boast like that?"
Ralph pulled Munch-Munch out from his chest.
Little Dinosaur was still asleep, a drop of drool hanging from the corner of its mouth.
"Show them something big."
Munch-Munch groggily opened its eyes, a bit grumpy from being woken up.
But it understood the command.
It opened its mouth, swallowed itself, and spat itself back out.
Roar.
Its body expanded.
Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters—
Finally stopping at a size as large as the Foxy Pirates' ship.
It was a massive Tyrannomon.
Its orange body was marked with black stripes, its teeth sharp as blades. As its feet stomped the ground, the earth trembled.
All members of the Foxy Pirates stopped their work.
They looked up.
Stunned.
"M-m-m-m... monster..."
"Mamma mia, what am I seeing?"
"It's an illusion! It must be an illusion!"
Munch-Munch opened its mouth, aiming at the sea.
Something was churning in its throat.
It was the Sky Island Dials it had eaten earlier—
Impact Dial, Flame Dial, Heat Dial, arranged and combined in a certain sequence to take effect.
Boom—
A fireball shot from its mouth and crashed into the sea.
Waves exploded, mist filled the air.
A wave of heat washed over them.
Ralph nodded in satisfaction.
With the Sky Island Dials working in tandem, Munch-Munch's move finally had a bit of Tyrannomon's flair.
The Foxy Pirates erupted into chaos.
"Waaaaaaah—"
The half-built arena was knocked over, the spectator stands were trampled, and hundreds of people scrambled to get back on the ship.
Some fell into the sea, others climbed over their comrades, crying and shouting in utter disarray.
Only three people didn't run.
Foxy, and the man and woman behind him.
The monkey-like male pirate, Hamburg, stood in front of Foxy.
The cheerleader woman, Porche, was pale-faced but didn't flee.
Only two loyal subordinates still thought of their captain.
Ralph looked at Foxy.
"Shall we continue the Davy Back Fight?"
Foxy's expression was blank as a wooden chicken, sweat beads rolling down his forehead one after another, his legs trembling like a sieve.
He was now certain.
This man named Ralph was not joking when he said he would "kill everyone."
When your life is threatened, who cares about a Davy Back Fight?
He wanted to run, but could he really escape like this?
He formed his fingers into the shape of a fox.
A purplish-red light wave shot from his fingertips.
Noro Noro Beam.
The ability of the Paramecia-type Noro Noro no Mi.
Anyone hit by the light wave would have all their movements slowed for thirty seconds.
Light travels fast.
But Foxy's movements were slow.
Ralph's Observation Haki had been active all along.
He saw Foxy's fingers begin to move and had already left his original position.
The light wave missed.
In the next instant, Ralph appeared behind Foxy.
Two fingers pressed against his shoulders.
Shigan · Acupressure.
Foxy's arms instantly lost strength, hanging limply at his sides, unable to lift.
Hamburg and Porche hadn't reacted at all.
They only saw the captain's invincible light beam shoot out, and then the captain's shoulders were tapped twice.
Next, Foxy knelt on the ground.
Ralph looked down at him.
Foxy looked up at him, lips trembling.
Porche also knelt.
"Spare us! We surrender! We won't play the game anymore!"
Hamburg also knelt, his head hitting the ground.
Ralph ignored them and turned to look at Lufia.
He waited for her to laugh or praise him a couple of words.
But Lufia's expression wasn't laughter.
It was disappointment.
"Ralph, why did you do this?"
Ralph was stunned.
"The crewmate recruitment game may be excessive, but if we don't even dare to compete, doesn't that mean we're admitting defeat?"
Lufia frowned, "Now that you've driven everyone away, what am I supposed to play?"
Ralph opened his mouth but couldn't speak.
He had messed up.
Not only was he thinking about how to handle things conveniently, how to solve trouble with the least cost.
He also wanted to break through the traditional Pirate framework, to rise above Davy Jones.
But he had overlooked what Lufia wanted.
Ralph scratched his head.
How to fix this?
Just then, his Observation Haki suddenly gave a warning.
A powerful presence had appeared!
Coming from the sea.
It was a chill.
The temperature plummeted.
Ralph turned to look at the sea.
Several ships of the Foxy Pirates hadn't gone far yet.
The Pirates on board were still running around in panic.
Then...
Crack!
The outermost ship began to freeze from the middle.
The ice spread as fast as if someone had hit fast-forward.
Three seconds, the entire ship froze into a block of ice.
The Pirates on board didn't even have time to jump into the sea before they were frozen along with the ship.
Crack crack crack—
The second ship, the third.
All of the Foxy Pirates' ships were frozen.
Munch-Munch stood on the shore, its massive thirty-meter frame the most conspicuous target on this beach.
A wave of cold air swept in from the sea, accurately striking it.
Crack!
Ice spread upward from its feet, calves, thighs, abdomen, chest—
Munch-Munch looked down, but before it could struggle, the ice had already covered its head.
A thirty-meter-tall tyrannosaurus ice sculpture stood on the shore.
Ralph's pupils contracted.
He rushed toward Munch-Munch, pressing his palm against the ice surface.
The ice was extremely cold.
The moment his skin made contact, it stung.
But he didn't care.
Munch-Munch's vital signs—
Still there.
Very faint.
But still there.
Ralph breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up toward the sea.
On the sea, a person riding a bicycle was heading toward the shore.
The bicycle wheels rolled over the seawater, leaving a trail of ice on the surface with each rotation.
The person was tall, with curly hair, wearing an eye mask and a white suit, looking half-asleep.
The bicycle stopped at the shore.
He got off and yawned.
"Yo."
Among those present, aside from Ralph, only Robin knew this person's identity.
The historian, known for her calm and composure, was struck with astonishment.
"One of the Navy Headquarters's three Admirals, Aokiji! Kuzan!"
"Why are you here?"
As soon as Robin spoke these words, the three remaining members of the Silver Fox Pirates immediately collapsed weakly to the ground.
They were just small-time Pirates who liked to play games everywhere and absorb other pirate crews—how could they possibly warrant the attention of a Navy Admiral!
In contrast, when the Straw Hat Pirates heard that the other party was a Navy Admiral, although they couldn't help but feel fear, their experiences from their adventures so far made them immediately...
Entering combat mode.
Looking at Kuzan again, he found a comfortable spot and lay down.
"The Foxy Pirates were purely accidental. The Straw Hat Pirates are my real target..."
Upon hearing this, the Foxy trio tried to slip away, but Kuzan's "however" made them kneel once more.
"However... I believe in a lazy form of justice."
"Dealing with all of you is just too much trouble!"
"I'll give you a chance—hand over Nico Robin, and I'll let the rest of you go!"
In an instant, the expressions of everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates changed.
As Lufia put it, it was the resolve to risk their lives for their comrades.
You see, Lufia!
On the sea, everything happens so suddenly.
Companions can join at any moment, and they can also be lost at any moment.
In a way...
David fights back
It's a constant battle!