Pirate: I am Kozuki's nemesis and Nika's enemy!

"Hey, this navy guy, can you give way for a moment?"

A lazy voice suddenly sounded behind Kuzan.

He subconsciously wanted to move away, but with just a quick glance, the chill on his body began to rise uncontrollably.

"Dark Dragon?"

"Don't you know your current situation? How dare you come to me!"

Half of Kuzan's body was covered with a thick layer of frost. He pointed at the calm young man in front of him. He was very angry at the moment after witnessing the destruction of the refugee ship.

"Did you decide to give up on yourself because you knew you couldn't defeat the Demon Slayer Order? Let me defeat you!"

"Ice ball!"

After he finished speaking, without giving the other party a chance to answer, Kuzan raised his hand and five cold icicles shot towards Jello's face.

"You've eaten the coldest devil fruit, but why are you still so irritable?" Jello said calmly, transforming his body into a dragon man.

"Remember, as long as I want to leave, the Navy's Demon Slayer Order can't stop me."

A crazy smile appeared on Jello's lips, and his left hand covered with dragon scale armor was burning with raging fire. "Aokiji, if you want to catch me, you must be at least an admiral of the navy!!"

“Fire Dragon Fist!!”

A punch was thrown, a fire dragon roared, and several ice pillars were engulfed in flames. A thick white fog filled the battlefield, obscuring the vision of both sides.

Kuzan was fully focused, using his Observation Haki to sense Zero's location. He exhaled a breath of cold air, and a sharp ice knife appeared in his clenched right hand.

"what are you looking for?"

"Why don't you tell me? My fist will give you the answer!"

Being in the white fog, Jello seemed to be unaffected. He not only found Kuzan's position accurately, but also bombarded the ice blade in Kuzan's hand with an attack wrapped in lightning.

"Ok?"

"This is truly an incredible opponent. His observation Haki perception is superior to mine."

Kuzan looked at the man who suddenly appeared diagonally above him and sighed sincerely. He raised the ice blade and stabbed it hard at Jello's fist.

"Crack!" With a crisp sound, the sharp ice blade collided with Jello's fist and broke into two. The flying ice chips scratched Kuzan's cheek, and the bright red blood spilled on the ground.

After a brief fight, the two quickly distanced themselves and had a general understanding of each other's strength.

"Although I am a little reluctant, I have to admit that you are qualified to fight against Garp-senpai!"

Aokiji wiped the blood off his face with the back of his hand and looked at Zero as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"Senior Garp? You marines shouldn't praise him too much, or he'll fall miserably!"

Jello turned over his right hand which was frozen by the cold air and said calmly.

During the short moment of talking, the wound healed quickly.

"Senior Garp is a recognized hero of the navy, the man who chased the Pirate King Roger all over the world. Don't think that just because you bump fists with him, you have the qualifications to question him!"

At this moment, Kuzan looked like a little fan whose idol had been hacked, and the anger on his face was clearly visible.

From his perspective, Garp, who has refused to be promoted to admiral of the navy many times, is really...

The man in front of him must be unable to bear to see Senior Garp being respected, so he would say such a thing.

"I'm not questioning his strength. I'm just questioning whether the justice of Vice Admiral Garp and your entire navy is truly pure."

"Think carefully, your navy was created to protect the safety of the people or to maintain the rule of the world government."

"Once you figure it out, you're always welcome to come find me in the New World!!"

Jello said calmly, standing up and preparing to leave.

When Kuzan heard this, he couldn't help but think of how Sakaski strictly enforced the demon-killing order and ordered his navy to fire at the refugee ship.

Unlike Sakaski, whose original intention was to eliminate pirates, Kuzan joined the navy with the intention of protecting the people. The two had different original intentions, so naturally their future paths would drift apart.

Jello's words planted the seed of early rebellion against the navy in Kuzan's heart.

"If you want to sway me with words like this, then it's just a waste of words."

"As a pirate, you questioned the justice of Garp-senpai and the navy in front of me, and threatened to let me find you."

"How is it possible that the navy and pirates are connected?"

Kuzan, who was shaken in his heart, said stubbornly.

"Oh?"

"Is this how Garp, who has a murky relationship with Roger, taught you?"

Jello asked Kuzan meaningfully.

"Don't slander others' innocence out of thin air, especially our naval heroes!"

"Ice time!!"

Kuzan gritted his teeth, and the icy cold from his elemental body caused a thick layer of ice to condense on the ground beneath his feet, which continued to spread towards Jello in front of him.

Soon, Jello's body was firmly frozen in the ice, leaving a lifelike ice sculpture of a dragon man on the ground.

"This trick is still the most useful, and it has never failed!"

Feeling that he had won the game, Kuzan slowly walked towards the ice sculpture, praising it.

The next second, spider-web-like cracks began to spread across the ice sculpture.

With a "bang", the broken ice fell to the ground.

"I was careless just now and didn't dodge, so I was successfully ambushed by you!"

Jello broke free from the ice and patted the remaining ice chips on his body as if nothing had happened.

"Damn it... Although my moves can effectively control him, they can't cause him any significant damage."

Kuzan frowned and exclaimed in his heart.

Just as Kuzan thought, it would be difficult for an opponent of the same level to cause real damage to Zero in dragon form, let alone injure him.

"I said, the Navy Demon Slayer Order can't hold me back, including you, Aokiji Kuzan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jello, who had packed his luggage, turned into a huge black dragon and hovered in the sky above O'Hara.

"Ow!"

The roar of a dragon resounded, and several hot breaths of giant dragons descended from the sky, and their target was obviously Kuzan who was standing on the ground.

"Ice Age!!!"

Kuzan was quick-witted and quick-handed, emitting cold air from his body to resist the dragon's hot breath attack. Thick white fog once again filled the entire battlefield, blocking the vision of both sides.

The dragon swung its tail, and several wind blades whizzed and cut towards the battlefield in the white fog, and the black dragon flew away.

After dealing with the wind blade, Kuzan ran out of the white fog quickly and chased all the way to the O'Hara coast, but the black dragon's back had already disappeared into the sky.

On the sea, the wreckage of several naval ships were burning with flames, which were the works of Jello who took advantage of the situation.

For some reason, when Kuzan saw the fire, he couldn't help but think of the refugee ship burned by the artillery fire.

After a while, Sakaski, who heard the noise, also rushed here.

Seeing the warship he was on destroyed in flames, Sakaski was furious, and the gushing magma scorched the ground beneath his feet.

"How dare you leave from that direction, Pirate Anlong? You should be thankful that you were arrested by the navy supporting the Demon Slayer Order."

"Otherwise, even if you hide at the ends of the earth, I will find you, defeat you with my own hands, and send you to Impel Down!!"

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