Pirate's Swordsman

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MiG was shocked and thought he heard wrongly, "How could General Kuzan come so fast?"

"I heard that there happened to be a mission in the waters near Dressrosa, which is only more than a hundred nautical miles away from us. After you reported it to the headquarters before, the Warring States Marshal directly invited him to come."

Major General Nuwes gave a rough explanation. Miguel immediately did not dare to delay any more and hurriedly ran to arrange people to implement the reception. Nuwes watched Miguel leave, then came to the steps and extended his hand to Xiano. With one hand, he said politely:

"Your Excellency Xia Nuo, I am Major General Nuwis, the deputy base commander of the G5 branch. I just heard about today's incident from the phone bug. Thank you very much for your help."

"Just a little thing."

Xia Nuo smiled slightly, and after shaking hands with Nuvis and chatting for a while, at the latter's invitation, he also came to the gate of the base, preparing to meet Aokiji.

Speaking of which, this is the first time he has met a naval admiral. This kind of top warrior who stands at the pinnacle of the pirate world, six months ago, Xia Nuo would have definitely chosen to run away immediately, not even giving him a chance to confront him head-on. .

But now that we have become the Shichibukai and the hostilities have been temporarily lifted, there is no need to be so evasive anymore. Especially this time it is Aokiji who comes instead of Akainu. Xia Nuo really wants to stay and communicate with this person up close. of.

Of course, although he was quite calm and composed, the rest of the crew of the Gale Pirates couldn't be so calm, especially Ivy, who was standing at the back, looking at Xia Nuo hesitantly, as if she wanted to remind him What, but in the end he lowered his head with a slightly gloomy expression.

"The general has arrived"

A moment later, an exclamation suddenly came from the navy soldiers in front. Xia Nuo squinted his eyes and looked towards the sea in the distance, and sure enough he saw a vague figure rushing towards this side.

Unlike normal people, the figure was neither leaning on a boat nor swimming on his own, but was riding an old-fashioned bicycle.

When the distance got closer, you could see that he was quite tall, wearing a white suit and a dark blue shirt, and a green eye patch on his forehead. His expression was leisurely and unhurried, as if he was walking in his own backyard.

It was Aokiji, one of the three great generals of the navy.

After the bicycle landed on the shore, Major General Nuwes hurriedly led all the navy at the door to greet him. After giving a military salute, he couldn't hide his excitement and said: "General Kuzan, you are finally here."

As the highest combat power within the Navy, the three generals have always been the idols of the majority of officers and soldiers at the grassroots level. Although Nuves is already a major general, he will inevitably lose his temper when he sees his idol in his youth.

"Ah."

Qingzhi nodded gently to several of his subordinates, as if they had met each other before, and then his eyes searched around and quickly landed on Xia Nuo's face.

"His Majesty Shichibukai, Xia Nuo, right?" He pushed the bicycle and walked over, lowered his head and smiled at Xia Nuo, "Well, this is the first time we meet, you are much younger than you look in the photo, hello."

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Qingzhi was nearly three meters tall, while Xia Nuo was only a little over 1.9 meters tall. He suddenly came so close. Xia Nuo had no choice but to raise his head if he wanted to see his face. He was speechless and had to take two steps back before facing towards The somewhat unattractive guy in front of him nodded and said:

"Hello, General Qing Pheasant."

"Ah, you'd better call me Kuzan." Qingzhi picked his ears and said indifferently, "Let's go and chat first. If you have anything to eat, prepare something for me. I didn't eat anything after riding on the sea for a whole day, but I’m really hungry.”

"Yes, General." Nuwis next to him quickly agreed, and Colonel Miguel stepped forward at the right time and led everyone to the canteen of the naval base.

It was meal time, and there were many soldiers eating in the restaurant. When they saw Qingzhi's figure, they all stood up and saluted excitedly. After Qingzhi greeted them with a smile, he waved his hand to signal everyone to sit back. , don’t be too restrained because of his arrival.

The food in the base canteen is not bad, with a wide variety of meat and vegetarian dishes. After the food was served, Aoki pheasant just like an ordinary naval soldier, ate there in big mouths as if no one else was watching, taking chopsticks and spoonfuls, chewing happily, and he didn't look like a general. .

Xia Nuo sat across from Aokiji. While eating, he marveled at Aokiji's eating speed. He felt that the amount of food consumed was indeed proportional to the body size.

But there are always exceptions to everything. For example, Kidd, this kid occupied a table by himself. The dishes on the table were almost piled up into a mountain. His head was still buried in it and he was digging wildly without any sign of stopping. The chefs at the window were stunned.

When everyone had almost finished eating, it was time to talk about the main topic. Aokiji had not even wiped the rice from the corner of his mouth, so he calmly stated his intention to Xia Nuo. In addition to dealing with the follow-up incident of Vergo's rebellion, he was mainly here to deal with the aftermath of the Virgo rebellion. It was for Xia Nuo himself.

The fact that Vergo was revealed to be Doflamingo's undercover agent this time had a really bad impact on the senior management of the headquarters, especially since it happened immediately after the collective defection of the giant generals.

Aokiji brought the meaning of the Warring States Period. He hoped that after leaving the G5 branch, Xia Nuo could cooperate with the navy to control public opinion and not spread the details of the Vergo incident to the outside world. He should minimize the major incident and cover up the incident as vaguely as possible. .

Xia Nuo had seen this kind of approach of rushing to cover up any scandals in the Navy many times. Although he scorned this, due to his current position, he readily agreed on the spot.

Up to this point, the atmosphere between the two parties was still relatively friendly, but Aokiji's next words instantly solidified the atmosphere and lowered it to freezing point:

"Besides, I have another matter to discuss with you."

Qingzhi turned his head and glanced at the people in the cafeteria. He suddenly stretched out a finger, pointed at Ivy and said slowly, "This is the princess who ran away from home in Goa Kingdom. I want to take her back this time." , and return it to her father."

The whole restaurant fell into silence, but Ivy was frightened, her face turned pale, her hands tightly clutched her skirt, and she looked at Xia Nuo with a pleading look on her face.

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Xia Nuo's original movement of drinking tea also stopped at this moment. He was silent for a while, raised his head and stared at Aoki with squinted eyes, "Are you serious?"

"Ah la la, you can say so." Qingzhi crossed his arms behind his head and said in a casual tone, "After all, the Kingdom of Goa has sent several letters of reprimand to our headquarters this year, and even Marie Joa It’s a rare urging over there, but the marshal has already had this intention, so I just happened to catch up this time.”

"What if I refuse?" Xia Nuo glanced at Ivy, first gave her a reassuring look, then looked back at Qing Zhi and said calmly.

Chapter 343 Xia Nuo vs Qing Pheasant

"If you refuse"

Qingzhi slowly stood up, his body nearly three meters under pressure was full of pressure. He looked down at Xia Nuo below and said lightly, "That's why I came to make the trip myself."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant instantly became tense.

The crew members of the Gale Pirates stood up one after another, formed a circle to protect Ivy, and gathered behind Xia Nuo, staring at Aoji with unkind eyes, while the other naval soldiers in the restaurant were confused for a while. After taking measures, they also raised their guns and gathered behind Qing Pheasant, waiting for him to issue orders.

Xia Nuo also stared coldly at Aokiji. His right hand was already on Lake Toya, ready for a fight to the death at any time.

however

At this moment, Qingzhi suddenly sat back on the stool and yawned lazily. Facing everyone's stunned gazes, he curled his lips and said to himself: "Well, it's better than expected." I am more determined. I really don’t understand why this kind of offending job always falls on me.”

Finally, he looked up and saw that everyone was still stunned. Qingzhi waved his hands and said, "It's just a joke. If everyone is nervous, put down their guns. It won't be a big deal. It won't be a big deal."

The navy soldiers were all dumbfounded. They stayed there and didn't understand what Aojichi was causing. However, the Hayate Pirates came to their senses first. Under the signal from Xia Nuo's eyes, they all put their weapons back first. .

"General Kuzan."

Xia Nuo also sat down again and frowned at Aoki in front of him, "Although Ivy is the princess of Goa Kingdom in name, she was tortured in the palace and had to be married into the Tianlong family. It took a lot of hard work. She escaped after a lot of hardships, she is now my crew member, and she doesn’t want to go back and live like that again, and I respect her choice, so please don’t make such jokes.”

"is that so"

Qingzhi was obviously startled for a moment. He obviously did not expect that Ivy's experience would be so tragic. He had not specifically inquired about the situation before, thinking that Ivy was just a little girl who was used to being spoiled and ran away at odds with her parents.

Now that Xia Nuo said this, he looked at Ivy who looked nervous and felt a little sorry.

"It's my fault that you were frightened. I'm sorry." Thinking of this, Qingzhi stood up and bowed slightly to Ivy, saying solemnly.

"It's okay."

After all, Ivy has a tough temperament. Although she lost her composure briefly because of being too frightened, she quickly came to her senses and quickly stood up to avoid the gift. After hesitating for a while, she bit her silver teeth and said:

"Well, actually, as long as you don't embarrass our captain, it doesn't matter if I go back with you."

This time Qingzhi was really a little surprised. He looked at the blue-haired girl in front of him with a resolute look despite her slightly red eyes. He was silent for a rare moment, then rubbed his forehead and sighed:

"Don't worry. Although the pressure from above is quite tight this time, which makes it a little difficult for me to handle, it is actually not without a suitable solution."

The next second, Xia Nuo noticed that this guy's eyes suddenly fell on him again, and he looked up and down. Just when he had a bad premonition in his heart, he heard Qing Pheasant say:

"Come on, Xia Nuo, let's go have a fight outside."

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Xia Nuo was stunned. Before he could say anything, the crew behind him stood up and glared at Qingzhi. He quickly stopped him, turned to Qingzhi and said strangely: "What do you mean by this?"

"Ah la la, it's very simple. Since I received this order from the headquarters, I have to do something. Otherwise, if I go back, I will definitely be sprayed by the old man again."

Qingzhi crossed his hands on the table and made a crackling sound. He looked at Xia Nuo with a half-smile and said, "So, you and I have to have a fight. The louder the noise, the better. After I go back, I It’s better to send a message to Goa Kingdom.”

This is true. Xia Nuoxu raised his eyes and looked at Qing Zhi, but why do I always feel that you just want to take the opportunity to beat me up?

But now that the words have come to this, Xia Nuo can't refuse anything anymore. In addition, Qingzhi is also an open-minded person, so there is no need to worry about him going back on his words. Well, since he said it was just a show, I guess the other party won't do it at all. Use all your strength, even if you don't bother to use 50% of your strength, you won't be beaten too badly.

"alright."

Xia Nuo nodded, his mentality changed quickly, and he had begun to regard this battle as a rare opportunity to learn from each other. He had only fought against a strong man like Aokiji before with one Hawkeye before.

Speaking of which, it is really difficult to judge who is stronger between Hawkeye and Aokiji. Judging from the strength and status on paper, Aokiji is obviously better, but Xia Nuo always feels that Hawkeye still hides a lot of things. Not exposed, after all, in the past ten years, almost no one in the world has seen him fight to the death with all his strength.

After reaching a basic consensus, the two left the restaurant at the same time and came to the north side of the base. This is an undeveloped wasteland with a wide area and the sea next to it, which is enough to withstand the aftermath of the battle between the two.

As for the navy and Hayate Pirates crew members who wanted to watch the battle, they all consciously stayed on the third floor of the fortress and watched from a distance through the wall. Not only did they have a wide view here, but there was no danger of being affected and injured.

"In order to act more realistically, I decided that I should make the first move."

Before Xia Nuo could stand still, he heard such bullshit from the Qing Pheasant opposite him. His expression suddenly changed. When he looked up, he saw several extremely sharp ice blades growing in size in his eyes.

You're a great admiral, but you still do sneak attacks.

Xia Nuo secretly complained in his heart, but did not dare to slow down his hand movements at all. In an instant, Toyako Iai unsheathed his sword and slashed horizontally from left to right to meet these sudden ice blades.

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Deafening roars sounded one after another. The toughness of these seemingly random ice blades was far beyond ordinary people's imagination. Even Xia Nuo's sword energy was in a stalemate in mid-air for a second or two before killing it. Completely cut off.

For a moment, broken ice cubes fell to the ground one after another, raising large swaths of fog.

Facing the aftermath of the sword energy that continued to fly towards him, Qingzhi had no intention of evading. He just stretched out a palm and used a thick layer of condensed ice to easily block the sword. offensive.