[One Piece/Arknights] For Whom the Ode Tolls?

Naval Headquarters, Marin Vando.

When the Polar arrived at the outer edge of the battlefield, the entire execution platform and the bay square had been frozen by Aoki Kuzan's ability, and the seawater had formed a thick surface of ice. Even across the seawater, ice and metal hull, Greta could still I heard the faint sounds of fighting coming from above.

But the reality did not leave her much time to worry about this. Bebo came from the control room with an anxious report: the ice ahead was too solid, and even the Polar Ship equipped with a special propeller could not break through the ice and continue moving forward. Not to mention quietly avoiding the eyes and ears of the navy and sneaking around behind the execution platform from underwater to make a surprise attack.

"Let's say goodbye here. It's just a waste of time if we continue like this. The mortar fire is too noisy and will definitely attract the navy's attention. The blown ice floe will also become an obstacle on the retreat route. "Although Greta's voice was as soft as usual, Luo still heard the tension in it. When he lowered his head for a moment, he could see that Shrike's fingers that were tightly grasping the shoulder strap of her satchel were white, and the strap was wrinkled by her. In a group, "I'm leaving, everyone, please be safe. Take care."

Obviously the person who should take care of herself the most is herself.

Luo lowered his eyes and stared at the shiny black bow//crossbow she took out from her satchel. Her knee-length coat swayed with her movements, revealing the sea-stone dagger tied to her thigh. Shrike even It was rare to pull out the shirt that was always tucked under his shorts to cover the densely packed collection of guns and weapons on his belt.

"Leave it to you," Greta put the satchel into Luo's hand and tried her best to give him a less nervous smile, but she seemed to fail - Luo's expression looked worried, so she gave up the smile, "It contains all my wealth...you have to keep it safe for me."

The Polar finally floated to the surface. Luo looked at her figure walking to the top of the gangway. After a while, he softly said: "I know. You... don't be brave, I won't let the crew risk fishing for waves." The head of Tecas."

——So, you have to bring him back alive to us.

I don’t know if Shrike understood this sentence, but she just turned back and smiled at Luo, and then flew into the sky covered with dark clouds and falling sparks.

"Something flew towards the execution platform!!!"

"——It's 'Butcher Bird'!!! She actually appears here, she must be here to save 'Fire Fist', right? Sure enough, she still fell and got involved with those damn pirates! !!”

"Sniper//Prepare for artillery fire!!! 'Butcher Bird' can fly and is not an esper. If she takes away the 'Fire Fist', it will be in trouble. Aim at her - fire!!!"

Following the navy's order, all long-range artillery fire was focused on the small but swift figure in the sky. The pirates who felt the pressure suddenly reduced raised their heads one after another. They were shocked and excited to see the shrike displaying her superb flying skills. Countless Bolides and ammunition roared past her side, but they failed to harm her in the slightest.

Greta even had time to move her hand to strum the bow//string. The triple light belt scattered yellow and black light arrows, repelling a wave of navy who tried to use the moon step to rush into the air to capture her.

"It's Gray-chan!!! Gray-chan is here too!!!"

"Gray-chan is so awesome. Those scumbags from the navy actually attacked the cute Gray-chan!!! Guys, come on! Don't lose to a cute girl!!!"

"Oh oh oh - Gray-chan will be protected by us -"

"Oh, it's really troublesome," Kuzan, the green pheasant on the ground, let out an unexplained sigh. Six or seven icicles appeared from under his feet, piercing the pirate who wanted to pounce on him. "I had known that between you and After meeting the 'Fire Fist', I should have warned you to stay away from their two-thorn spears!"

As he soared into the air, a sharp spear made of ice appeared in Kuzan's hand and was aimed at the bird in the air. Not long after it escaped from his hand, it was kicked to pieces by Marco, and ice shards were scattered all over the floor. .

"See clearly who your opponent is, Aokiji."

Kuzan scratched his hair and showed a distressed expression: "Ah la la, this is really distressing. Is this why you alerted the old one before you even hit the younger one?"

Marco snorted, raised his leg and kicked General Qingzhi in the head: "The disobedient little birdie will naturally have someone to educate her, but not now, let alone you who can take action."

When the battle below became more and more intense, the sky on the west side was suddenly lit up by yellow light. Ace on the execution platform raised his head, stared at the light and quickly gathered it into a dazzling light ball in the direction of Greta, using up all the strength in his body. Calling her name: "Greta!!! Why do you even have to come!!! Just let me be here alone, why do you-!!!"

What answered him was a dim light blade. In order to use the bow//crossbow in his hand to split the ball of light, the Shrike gave up flying and fell rapidly from the sky.

Amid the exclamations of the pirates and navy, she calmly twisted her body, facing down with her back to attack the general Kizaru above, while Porusalino looked at the scratches on his suit in surprise. He chose the latter between continuing to attack her and temporarily distanced himself, allowing the Shrike time to deploy his bow//arrow again, gliding towards the ground, using the shock wave and armed color Haki to repel the navy on both sides, and landed steadily on " Diamond” beside Joz.

Joz turned half of his body into diamonds, blocking the falling gravel and guns for the bird, and stared at the gray-faced Greta angrily and worriedly: "Greta!!! You Why did you come here by yourself? It’s very dangerous! Didn’t that Marco guy tell you to let you stand by on the outside!?"

Marco, who was innocently implicated, took back his kicked leg, turned his left wing back into a hand and touched his nose, defending himself: "I told you, yoi, it's obvious that this kid is disobedient and has the same temperament as that brat Ace. !”

They were still quite far away from the execution platform. Greta stared at her friend who was trapped on the high platform by the sea tower stone and covered with wounds.

Just one glance made her feel extremely anxious - she saw Hailoushi's shackles.

A long time ago, Greta had seen this kind of hard ore in the Navy, which was extremely difficult to break. Even if she could reach Ace now, there was Lieutenant General Garp on the execution platform, and Marshal Sengoku holding a seagull on his head, could she really do it one-on-two and unlock the sea tower stone shackles at the same time?

"Greta," she heard the voice of the captain of the first team. Greta looked up and saw Marco who had completely transformed into a bird. This was the first time she had seen Marco in his bird form, "Now that we are here, You have to be determined to win - bring that bastard boy back to the ship and protect yourself at the same time - you can do it!!!"

The ground shook violently, Akainu's roar mixed with countless lava pouring down, and broken ice cubes and metal knife fragments splashed everywhere.

Along with the stinging pain, the wounds left on the skin by Kizaru's laser light in the air gradually gathered into a fine blood network. Greta didn't care whether it was clean or not, and wiped her face casually, removing the dust from her face. Rub it away and let out the bitterness and anxiety in your chest with a deep breath.

"Although I am still too weak now - I can break Ace's shackles, but there is a lieutenant general and marshal above, and they will not sit idly by," Greta said, "I need at least two more Captain, please help me! Mr. Marco, can I ask you for the in-flight defense?"

"What nonsense are you talking about again, Gray," the phoenix's wings wrapped with green flames gently caressed her cheek. The itching pain gradually stopped. Marco wiped the blood scab from the shrike's face. Flying into the sky again, "You are as ridiculously brave as Ace. Let's go and pick up that bastard boy who doesn't make people worry!"