One Piece: Under the Throne

Leo followed the clues to the beach, but unfortunately Robin was gone. Instead, he met Vice Admiral Kuzan, a person he expected to meet but didn't want to meet.

"Ah la la la, isn't this the boy that Mr. Karp cares about? Why are you here?"

"Can you please move aside? I have to go save someone now and I don't have time to chat with you here."

【shave】

Kuzan appeared at the beach, blocking the frozen path behind him. "I won't let you go unless you explain clearly. Are you also a resident of O'Hara?"

"Get lost. You have no right to mention O'Hara. If you continue to hinder me, don't blame me for being rude."

"Now that you've shown up at O'Hara, we can't let you leave."

【Ice Ball】 Kuzan threw a huge ice ball at Leo.

"The power of freezing has no effect on me." Leo blocked the attack with one hand, and instantly the huge ice ball turned into a water ball floating in the air. The separated cold air lowered the surrounding scorching temperature a few degrees.

"Lieutenant General Kuzan, your ability is really good for cooling down. I'll give this back to you, [Sea God Flow Water Strike·Rainfall]."

Leo waved his hand and countless water drops shot out. Each drop of water was as powerful as a bullet, just like a Gatling gun firing. The intensive attack instantly enveloped Kuzan.

"You're a tough guy, but it seems our abilities counteract each other, [Ice Sheet]." A shield made of ice blocked Leo's attack. In the first round of probing, neither side gained an advantage.

Leo pulled out the dagger from his waist, and countless water drops began to gather on the blade. When he felt the heaviness coming from the dagger, Leo suddenly swung out a [Deep Blue Blade]. The water blade cut through the ice shield and hit Kuzan directly, and this blow chopped him into ice chips all over the sky.

Leo knew that this kind of attack would be useless against a natural ability user, so he had to take a defensive stance and wait for Kuzan to appear. Suddenly, Leo felt the temperature around him drop rapidly, and a chill was enveloping his body. Kuzan's figure also slowly emerged from the ice, and one arm had already locked Leo's throat.

"It's useless, your ability can't trap me." The water droplets in the air around Leo began to vibrate violently to slow down the speed of freezing, and then he activated his ability to separate the cold air.

After the crisis was resolved, Leo showed an ambiguous smile: "As a user of special abilities, it is very dangerous to approach me rashly." Leo stretched out his hand to Kuzan, who had not yet formed. Although he could not hurt the other party with the power of the fruit alone, once he grabbed Kuzan's body, Leo's ability to recover the power of the fruit or condense the seastone factor could restrain the other party. In this world, except for the original Devil Fruit Jesus, Leo is the person who stands at the top of all Devil Fruit users.

Looking at the hand reaching out to him, Kuzan suddenly felt like a disaster was about to happen. He immediately loosened his hand that was strangling Leo's neck and distanced himself from the other party again.

"Ah, that's strange. Your behavior just now made me feel very dangerous. Does your fruit have this ability?"

"Hmph! I am the nemesis of all those with special abilities [Deep Sea Ball Cage]." Leo stretched out his hand and made a fist towards Kuzan's position. The moisture in the air began to gather towards Kuzan, and it seemed that a water ball was about to form to trap him.

"I've already said that our abilities are mutually restraining. The ability to control water is useless to me." The water prison had not yet been completely formed, and as soon as they approached it, they were frozen into ice, and then fell at Kuzan's feet.

Leo didn't expect to control him with this trick. While Kuzan was standing still, Leo jumped directly onto the sea and put on the Seastone Mecha in an instant.

"Goodbye, Vice Admiral Kuzan, say hello to Uncle Garp for me." The mecha's feet rumbled and exploded, and the powerful propulsion allowed Leo to move quickly along the ice road.

"Hey! Boy, I admit that I underestimated you. Your ability is indeed tricky, but I have to be more serious next time."

As he finished speaking, Kuzan froze the surrounding sea, and the ice road that led Leo to find Robin also disappeared in the vast ice field.

Looking at the disappearing ice road, Leo was stunned for a few seconds. Thinking that he had tried so hard for so long but still failed to change Robin's fate, Leo was completely angry: "Die, you bastard Kuzan."

The mecha's shoulder cover opened and two gun barrels extended out, plus the launch port on the palm, and four lasers briefly charged and began to bombard the shore. The blue lasers bombarded the coast, and the power of the explosion exceeded that of the ship's guns. In an instant, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

But these were not enough to vent Leo's anger. Countless light bullets continued to shoot towards the direction of the mushroom cloud, as if to shatter a corner of O'Hara.

The smoke and dust dissipated, revealing the bumpy ground. Leo walked back to the shore from the sea surface in a few steps. "Get out of here. I know this kind of attack can't hurt you."

"Mr. Garp still underestimated you. You have a powerful fruit ability, and now you have demonstrated a technological power that is far ahead of your time. With your personality of doing things entirely on your own will, no one will be able to restrain you when you grow up."

"Go ahead if you want to get out of here. I'm so angry that I'm about to explode."

【Lan Jiao】

Several slashing blows came flying at him. Leo put his hands in front of him to block the attacks. The air slashes could not shake the seastone armor at all, but it made Leo feel a little uncomfortable.

【Shave】【Finger Gun】

Seeing that long-range attacks were ineffective, Kuzan approached Leo again, with his armed color domineering wrapped around his arms, and his dark fingers attacked Leo.

Although his eyes couldn't keep up with Kuzan's speed, Leo successfully captured the enemy's movements with tiny water droplets in the air. Kuzan was discovered by Leo just as he moved to Leo's side.

However, being able to sense something doesn't mean that the body can keep up, Leo could only make a defensive move and raised his hand to block the [Finger Gun]. Although the fingers wrapped in Armament Haki failed to break the seastone armor, the huge force made Leo fly backwards.

Kuzan stopped talking nonsense and his continuous attacks put Leo at a disadvantage in an instant.

He couldn't just passively take the beating. Although he had the seastone armor to protect him, the force that penetrated the armor still made Leo bleed. He used his ability again to summon [Poseidon Flow - Deep Sea Tornado] to interrupt Kuzan's continuous attack. Kuzan also froze the high-speed rotating water flow into ice before retreating.

"Sa, what are you going to do now? Although we can restrain each other in terms of ability, you are far behind in terms of combat power. I advise you to surrender obediently to avoid suffering again."

With a splash, the solid ice turned into sea water again to protect Leo. Leo breathed heavily. Being suppressed for so long had consumed a lot of his physical strength.

"Even if I die, I will never surrender to you executioners."

[Sea God Flow Strikes Water·Rain Falls]

Bang, bang, bang. The dense water droplets hit the ground, leaving it full of bullet holes. However, this attack was of no use to Kuzan except for destroying the venue.

"Is that all I can do? I'll give you one final blow." Kuzan used [Shave] again and came in front of Leo and kicked him in the abdomen.

Ah! Puff! Leo screamed and spurted out blood. Kuzan's kick broke several of his ribs.

However, this was the opportunity Leo had been waiting for, using his identity as bait to force Kuzan to deliver a fatal blow to him. The moment he was hit, Leo also grabbed Kuzan's long legs.

"Oh no, is this seastone?" Feeling weak in his body, Kuzan knew that he was careless.

Just when Kuzan was stunned, a stream of water wrapped around him tightly, and then Leo punched him in the face. Without any defense, Kuzan's face was swollen.

"Your Excellency the high and mighty Vice Admiral? Feel the greetings from a small person." Bang, bang, bang, as if to vent all the anger since the war began.

"You guys always like to kill people in the name of justice. How many innocent people have lived a miserable life because of you."

Leo stopped his fists, but still held Kuzan tightly.

"O'Hara's scholars committed a crime after all. They knew that it was forbidden to explore the historical text, but they did it anyway. Shouldn't they be punished?"

"Don't say it so easily. Look at O'Hara. What exactly is life in your eyes?"

"You are the naive one, right? If we don't punish them, won't the rules of the world become something that anyone can break at will?"

"Is this your excuse for turning this place into a living hell? In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the dictatorship of the superiors."

Kuzan could understand Leo's feelings to some extent, and he did not approve of Sakaski's ruthless approach. However, as a vice admiral of the navy, Kuzan did not allow him to bow to Leo's point of view, and he also believed that it was right to enforce justice.

"Sometimes even some sacrifices are necessary for the smooth execution of justice."

"You? Lieutenant General Kuzan, look at O'Hara. Your justice is burning. Maybe you did nothing wrong from your standpoint, but I just can't stand your attitude of contempt for life."

Rio suddenly let go of Kuzan, stood up and continued to say to him: "Lieutenant General Kuzan, what if one day you find that the justice you have always insisted on is wrong? What will you use to make up for the mistake you made today?"

Seeing that the other party had let go of his hand, Kuzan did not continue to attack: "The rules are clearly written. Scholars cannot break the law at will because of their curiosity. We are the guardians of order on the sea, and we will never tolerate those who dare to cross the bottom line."

Hahahaha! Leo roared to the sky, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Who made the rules? Those high-ranking Celestial Dragons? This kind of tragedy is not the first time that it has occurred in the West Sea. Is the justice you uphold really correct? If it is correct, why did Vice Admiral Sauro betray the Navy?"

Kuzan was puzzled by Leo's words. Has the World Government launched such a large-scale military operation in the West Sea before?

Leo stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth. "The World Government is just an organization recognized by more than 100 member countries. There are still many people in this world who do not agree with you. In the West Sea, your government used some inexplicable excuses to invade and destroy more than just O'Hara's island."

"In Rogue Town, Vice Admiral Garp once wanted to recruit me into the navy. Now I tell you, I will never join you. In my eyes, your navy is nothing more than a violent organization, a tool for those high-ranking Celestial Dragons to coerce the world." After saying that, Leo turned around and was about to leave.

"Stop, you can't leave. Your thoughts are too dangerous. If you let someone as young and powerful as you escape, it will bring disaster to the world in the future."

"Haha, Vice Admiral Kuzan, my country is not a member of the World Government, so there is no need to abide by your laws. If you attack me again, don't blame anyone if you die."

Kuzan wanted to attack again, but suddenly a golden sword light flashed in front of him, cutting a long crack on the ground.

Ah Fu and the Prime Minister entered the battlefield together. "Mr. Lieutenant General, I advise you not to be impulsive. We are not residents of O'Hara, so we have no obligation to cooperate with your investigation. Moreover, I think what my captain said is very correct. Is it that the scholars were destroyed because of breaking the law, or is it that the World Government used killing to warn the world? Your theory is nothing but the arrogance of the superior."

Leo fumbled in his arms for a few times, then threw a letter to Kuzan: "If you don't believe it, just take a look for yourself and find your hero to find out the truth. I believe your expression will be very interesting then.

Kuzan took the envelope and his pupils constricted after just one look. At that moment, his sense of justice seemed to be shaken.