Pirate's Swordsman

"The situation is special, please understand."

Xia Nuo had a pretty good impression of this naval swordsman with whom he had sparred. His eyes fell on Peach Rabbit's face and he smiled slightly:

"You have also seen my state. If you two get closer and suddenly get into trouble, I will be in danger."

"Hey, hey, this joke is not funny at all."

Taotu shrugged and said with a bitter smile: "A man who can defeat the Four Emperors, no matter how weak he looks, is not something a little person like me would dare to do. Besides, wasn't there a lesson learned just now?"

What she was referring to was naturally the Carmelite nun who had been reduced to ashes. Xia Nuo smiled and said nothing, with no intention of intervening.

Seeing that he could not get more information about the nun, Taotu was a little disappointed, but he did not show it on his face. He stopped talking politely and said seriously:

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense. Although Stierres and I are here this time, although it is a bit abrupt, we do have two serious matters that we want to discuss with you."

"First of all, it's about these remaining cadres of the Big Mom Pirates."

Taotu glanced back at the battlefield being cleaned up and said softly:

"There are many people with fruit abilities here. If possible, I hope you can deliver them to the navy and imprison them in Impel Down City. As compensation, we will pay the bounty one by one according to the wanted order, no matter how much the total amount is. huge."

"The bounty is what you should pay, but it is not compensation."

Xia Nuo did not express his attitude immediately, but said noncommittally, "Go on, what is the other thing?"

"The other thing is much more important."

Taotu and Stierres looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then continued:

"You also know that our headquarters' deployment in the New World has always been lacking. After so many years of hard work, we have only set up two branches near the entrance."

"This time, after the death of Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, the structure of the new world is destined to be completely overturned. But fortunately, the one who replaces Big Mom is half of our navy."

After Taotu said this, he took a deep breath, then raised his head slightly, looked directly into Xia Nuo's eyes, and said in a sincere tone:

"Xia Nuo, our headquarters has decided to cooperate with you. In the next few days, we will dispatch a large number of troops to help the Gale Fleet clean up the remaining forces of the nations and consolidate your territory in the new world."

"In return, we hope that you will release Ice Peach Island and Dressrosa as the base for our headquarters to expand in the new world in the future."

As soon as these words came out, the temperature around the boulder suddenly dropped sharply.

All the cadres cast cold glances at the two of them, which made Stierres' heart tighten and he subconsciously tightened the hilt of the sword at his waist.

The smile on Xia Nuo's face also gradually faded.

"I understand these requests may sound offensive."

In comparison, Taotu's expression was much calmer. She seemed not to notice the gazes of the surrounding cadres, but still looked at Xia Nuo and said in a deep voice:

"But please believe that before this, the support our navy can provide is far beyond your imagination, and after you give up these two islands, this department will also provide a large amount of compensation."

"In addition, I just came here to make an announcement first. The specific cooperation matters are not something I can decide. Naturally, someone else will come to discuss with you later."

"Oh"

Xia Nuo glanced at Peach Rabbit with a half-smile, "Isn't there a general from our headquarters who personally came over to join in the fun?"

"you guessed right."

Before Taotu could reply, a deep and powerful voice suddenly sounded from the sky.

Immediately, a red figure wearing a cloak of justice floated down from above and landed firmly on the ground in front of the boulder.

"That is"

Seeing this sudden appearance, the faces of the officers of the Gale Fleet changed at the same time. They stood up one after another, clenched their weapons and gathered around, forming a faint encirclement.

"General Sakaski"

Taotu was also startled and couldn't help but scream:

"Why didn't you, Marshal of the Warring States Period, say before that General Porusalino was coming here?"

The visitor is a middle-aged man of about fifty years old, with a resolute face and a calm and solemn temperament. He is wearing a dark red suit with a rose on his chest. He wears a navy hat on his head and a white cloak of justice draped behind him. The sea breeze rustled.

It was none other than the Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Akainu Sakaski.

"Polusalino is at least half a day's journey away from here."

Akainu glanced at Peach Rabbit, and said with an indifferent expression:

"I happened to be doing errands nearby. I was afraid that he would be too slow and delay my business, so I just came over and made the trip for him."

Dislike the yellow ape's slow movements

Momotu couldn't help but be stunned. What kind of reason is this? There is no one in the entire navy headquarters who doesn't know that Admiral Kizaru, who is a user of the Shining Fruit ability, has the highest mobility among the three generals.

wrong

But as soon as she thought about it, she keenly noticed something, frowned slightly, and asked tentatively:

"What you mean is that the headquarters has no plan to replace anyone. It was your own impromptu decision to come here without approval from the headquarters."

"What's the difference?"

Akainu snorted coldly and said expressionlessly:

"It is related to the future of the new world, and there is no room for any delay. If I don't even have the power to make emergency decisions, why should I be a general of the headquarters?"

After saying these words, he ignored Peach Rabbit and turned his attention to Xia Nuo sitting on the boulder.

At the same time, Xia Nuo was also looking at him. Their eyes intertwined in mid-air, and they immediately narrowed their eyes slightly at the same time.

For a moment, the entire boulder fell into silence.

"I have to say, Swift Wind Swordsman Xia Nuo"

After a while, Akainu took the initiative to speak, his voice low and somewhat magnetic:

"Even from the moment you defeated Kuzan, I had tried my best to think highly of you, but in the end I still underestimated you. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, even a being of the level of the Four Emperors would know how to Death by your hands."

"It was just a fluke."

Xia Nuo smiled slightly, and after glancing at the frowning Momotu from the corner of his eye, it fell on Akainu's face again:

"This seems to be the first meeting between you and me. General Akainu, you traveled thousands of miles ahead of Kizaru and rushed here just to talk nonsense to me?"