Pirate's Swordsman

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Accompanied by the sound of heavy jingo fighting, the sword blade that suddenly came to the front was blocked by the tea dolphin in the chest. After the two looked at each other, they instantly entered the fierce close combat stage.

“Something is wrong”

On the deck below, Ba Tuo looked up at the two warring parties. Seeing that Ross was slightly downwind, he suddenly felt a thump in his heart and had a bad premonition.

If it were normal times, he believed that with Senior Ross's strength, even if he couldn't defeat the tea dolphin Lieutenant General, he could at least hold him back for a long time.

But the problem is that the current senior Rose has just experienced a bloody battle, and his physical strength is far less than what he was at his peak, and his opponent is completely a new force waiting to work.

Adding the two together, it may not take long for this battle to be decided.

"Hey"

With this in his mind, Bator quickly made a decision. He suddenly turned his head and shouted towards the Straw Hat Pirates on his ship:

"I will stay to help Senior Ross wean off his queen. You should take advantage of the moment and leave as quickly as possible."

"Oh but"

Luffy was stunned. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Bato's roar: "Stop talking nonsense. If we don't leave, it will be too late. Do you want our efforts to be in vain?"

"Let's go, Luffy"

Luffy was still hesitating, but Sanji on the side had already pulled him, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Bato is right, now is not the time to show off."

They were held in prison for several days. They were tired, hungry, and physically weak. Not only did they not increase their fighting power much, they were just burdens.

"Okay."

Having said this, Luffy, no matter how stubborn he was, understood the stakes in the current situation. After silently glancing at Bator's back, he turned around and ran towards the bow of the ship, preparing to take over the rudder. .

However, at this moment.

boom

A huge explosion suddenly resounded in the ears, and the cannonball entered the water, causing huge waves in the sea near the bow, causing the entire pirate ship to shake violently.

Luffy and the others staggered and almost fell to the ground. When they steadied their bodies and looked up into the distance, their expressions suddenly changed.

In the dim sea fog, another huge navy warship was slowly approaching, and on the bow, a figure with a ferocious scar on his face and a majestic body was looking at them coldly.

Vice Admiral of the Naval Headquarters, Dauberman.

"Why is there a navy coming here?"

Usopp was so frightened that his legs became weak for a while, and he couldn't help but screamed: "Hey, what should we do, Luffy, our way back is also blocked?"

Is there no way out?

Luffy took a deep breath, turned his head slightly, and happened to catch the eyes of Zoro and Sanji. The three of them looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"It's really unlucky."

Sauron pulled out three swords, holding two in his left and right hands, and biting one tightly with his mouth.

"There is no way, the goddess of fate is not on our side today."

Sanji lit a cigarette and slowly blew out a smoke ring, "It seems that we can only go all out and fight to the end with Bartolos and the others."

"Ha ha ha ha"

Luffy slammed his fists on his chest and grinned brightly:

"Just to my liking"

It is early October in the year 1520 of the Haiyuan calendar.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Tsuru, Chief of Staff of the Navy, the Navy set up an ambush near the windless zone in advance, and successfully surrounded the Yonko Shano, who came to rescue the members of the Straw Hat Pirates.

After the fierce battle, the Bartol Club suffered heavy damage. Except for a few members who managed to escape by jumping into the sea, everyone else, including the captain Bartolomeo, became prisoners.

Ross, captain of the Hayate Pirates' headquarters, was defeated in a fierce battle with the headquarter's candidate for general, Otani, and had one of his arms chopped off by the latter. He was escorted to Impel Down together with the captured Straw Hat Pirates.

The day after the incident.

The Navy Headquarters issued a notice, announcing that Ross, Bartolomeo, and Sanji Zoro of the Straw Hat Pirates would be executed on the execution platform at the Port of Marinevando in fifteen days, and it would be broadcast live to the world simultaneously.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked

Countless people have turned their attention to the new world.

Many forces know that the situation in the New World has become increasingly tense recently. The conflict between the two imperial groups, the Hayate Pirates and the Beast Pirates, is getting deeper and deeper, and is about to break out.

Under this premise, several important cadres of the Hayate Pirates were executed by the navy in a high-profile manner, including even the younger brother of the Four Emperor Shano himself, Blackfoot Sanji.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the purpose of this move by the Navy Headquarters is undoubtedly to take the opportunity to disrupt the strategic deployment of the Hayate Pirates, forcibly lure their main force from the depths of the New World, and then use their home field advantage to calmly respond to the challenge.

They vaguely smelled the breath of an approaching storm, and a depressing feeling lingered in their hearts, making them somewhat breathless.

"The sky is about to change"

I don't know how many people, after receiving the news, looked up at the sky outside the window with solemn expressions and murmured in low voices.

Faced with such a dilemma.

As one of the four emperors, the swordsman Xia Nuo, how should he choose at this moment?

Rumble

In the pitch-black night, heavy rain fell, and thunder roared from time to time. The flashes of lightning not only lit up the sky, but also illuminated the gloomy faces of all the officials present in the castle hall.

"I didn't expect that even Captain Ross failed."

"You can't blame him for this. After all, the Navy was prepared in advance. Not only did they dispatch a candidate general, but there was also a Lieutenant General Dauberman from the headquarters to outflank the enemy from behind."

"How dare you announce that in fifteen days, the execution will be broadcast live in front of the whole world."

"Huh, what an arrogant decision. It doesn't take us into consideration at all."

Noisy discussions reached his ears, but Xia Nuo's face remained as calm as water.

He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the hall with his hands folded, silent, his eyes as dark as paint, quietly looking at the night sky under the rain curtain.

The rain is getting heavier.

The thunder outside was still continuous, but as time passed, the discussion in the hall gradually became quieter.

After experiencing the initial shock and indignation after receiving the news, all the cadres tacitly stopped talking and turned their attention to the tall figure at the door.

They are waiting for orders from their captain.

"It seems that the Navy couldn't hold it back after all and wants to re-enact a war on top of me."

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Nuo finally sighed quietly and turned around slowly, revealing a handsome, expressionless face.

"If you want me to mobilize all my troops and fall into passive position, the navy has a good plan."

In the shadow of the night, Xia Nuo's tone was calm and indifferent, so cold that it made people feel chilled in their hearts, "Unfortunately, their plan will eventually come to nothing."