The Straw Hat Pirates Wiped Out, a New Arrival!

Chopper, who had been a rampaging monster, had now become docile under Feng Lei's control.

"Catch them!"

As soon as Feng Lei gave the order,

Chopper took enormous strides in the direction Nami and Robin had fled.

In an instant,

the earth-shaking tremors alerted Nami and Robin as they ran.

The two women turned and saw Chopper running toward them.

"Chopper?"

Nami knew that was Chopper in his transformed state and thought he was still in his right mind.

More importantly, she couldn't see Feng Lei.

She couldn't help feeling delighted.

But the next second,

Nami's expression changed.

"Roar!"

Chopper roared and reached out with his enormous hand, grabbing at her.

"Chopper! What are you doing?"

Nami's eyes widened. She couldn't believe Chopper would attack her.

Caught off guard, not only Nami but Robin, Sanji, and Zoro were seized in Chopper's enormous hand and held in his grasp.

"Chopper?"

A trace of panic appeared on Robin's face. She tried to struggle, but he held her so tightly that she couldn't even use her fruit powers.

After catching them, Chopper turned and walked toward Feng Lei.

"Chopper, where are you taking us?"

Nami kept calling out.

Then Chopper came to a stop in front of Feng Lei, looking docile. He slowly extended the hand holding them, presenting them to Feng Lei.

"You!"

Nami stared at Feng Lei in terror and demanded loudly, "What did you do to Chopper? Why is it obeying you?"

The Marine before them was far too powerful and mysterious.

Not only did he possess the Six Powers, but he also had Devil Fruit powers that let him create numerous clones.

Now he could even control Chopper!

"Is it those eyes?"

Robin had spotted Feng Lei's Sharingan.

The Mitsudomoe pattern was identical to the one in Chopper's eyes.

She couldn't help being startled.

There were even eyes that could control others?

What kind of Devil Fruit power was that?

Feng Lei didn't answer Nami's question. Instead, he gave Chopper another order.

"Bring the Straw Hat brat too!"

Chopper turned his enormous body and reached into the rubble for Luffy, whom Feng Lei had gravely wounded, then held him in his hand.

Seeing Luffy captured too, Nami and Robin were enveloped in despair.

Everyone had been captured!

Was this the end?

"We only just escaped from Enies Lobby!"

Robin bit her lip, her face full of unwillingness.

She had finally found companions she could trust.

Now she could only watch as the Marines captured them, and she would have to spend the rest of her life in Impel Down's prison.

"Ah la la!"

Suddenly,

an extremely lazy voice came from nearby.

In an instant,

the temperature around them began to drop. The moisture in the air condensed into tiny icicles that hung all around them before clattering to the ground like a burst of hail.

The sudden sight made Feng Lei, who had been about to leave, stop in his tracks.

"This chill?"

"Could it be..."

Feng Lei looked in the direction he sensed it coming from and saw a tall man approaching from nearby.

The man was nearly three meters tall, with a tall, lanky build and dark skin. His thick, fluffy, explosively curly black hair stuck out on both sides.

He had sharp eyes and brows, thick lips, and an expression that was always lazy and indifferent. A green-checkered sleep mask rested on his forehead.

With such obvious features, Feng Lei recognized him at a glance.

Aokiji!

A current Marine Admiral.

Why was he here?

"It's him!"

"That Marine Admiral!"

Nami recognized Aokiji too. Her pupils contracted sharply, and she fell into utter despair.

Feng Lei alone had already wiped them all out, and now a Marine Admiral had arrived. They were destined to be captured.

"Ah la la!"

"Sure enough, someone's fighting over here!"

Aokiji glanced at Robin and the others before his gaze settled on Feng Lei.

When he saw Feng Lei's Marine uniform, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He had been traveling and hadn't returned to Marine Headquarters or contacted them for some time, so naturally he didn't recognize Feng Lei, the Marine Academy's [Special Recruit].

He hadn't expected the young Marine before him to have captured Luffy and his crew.

It gave him something of a headache.

After all, he had ties to Luffy and Robin.

Naturally, he couldn't just watch the two of them be locked up in Impel Down.

But Feng Lei was a Marine, and he couldn't attack him either.

"Young Marine, I'm Aokiji. Could you hand these people over to me?"

In the end, Aokiji spoke up and asked Feng Lei to hand over Luffy and his crew.

He could hand them over to Garp afterward, so they wouldn't have to be locked up in Impel Down.

Hearing Aokiji's request,

Feng Lei narrowed his eyes.

He knew about Aokiji's ties to Luffy and his crew.

Before Enies Lobby, Aokiji had clearly been capable of arresting them, yet he had let them go.

Now that Feng Lei had captured them, Aokiji had spoken up to ask for them again.

Would he let them go after taking them?

Feng Lei wouldn't allow that.

"What if I refuse?"

Feng Lei said coldly.

"Hm?"

Aokiji was taken aback.

He had already given his name. Had this Marine never heard of him as an Admiral?

A Marine Admiral had asked him to hand over his captives, and he actually refused?

"Young man, you're a Marine. Haven't you heard my name?"

Aokiji was beginning to doubt Feng Lei's identity.

Perhaps he was only wearing Marine clothes.

Feng Lei smiled. "Who hasn't heard of Admiral Aokiji?"

"But if you think you can take them from me on the strength of your title as an Admiral, my answer is still..."

"No!"

At those words,

Aokiji frowned slightly.

He knew Aokiji was a Marine Admiral, yet still refused to hand them over?

When had the Marines acquired this hothead?

"Young man, they're very important to me. If you won't agree, then I'll have to inconvenience you."

After all, Luffy was Garp's own grandson, and Aokiji also had a connection with Robin. He decided to help as much as he could.

"You want to fight?"

A trace of excitement appeared in Feng Lei's eyes.

Fighting Luffy and the others hadn't been satisfying at all. He hadn't even been able to grind his learning progress.

If he could fight Aokiji, he might be able to max out his progress on the Eight Gates.

"You're being too unreasonable, young man."

"However,"

"these people are very important to me. Even if I take them, I'll report it to Fleet Admiral Sengoku and give you credit for capturing the Straw Hat Pirates."

Aokiji spoke slowly.

At the same time,

a chill spread from his body.

A layer of white ice formed beneath his feet and spread rapidly toward Feng Lei. Almost in the blink of an eye, it froze half of Feng Lei's foot, leaving him unable to move.

He didn't want to hurt Feng Lei, so he could only restrict his movement.

Then,

Aokiji started toward Nami and the others.

Just as Aokiji used the Ice-Ice Fruit's power, a system notification sounded in Feng Lei's mind.

[Host detected learning Ninjutsu. According to the system's assessment, the Ninjutsu being learned is: Ice Release!]

[Obtained Ninjutsu: Ice Release.]

[Ice Release: Learning progress 1%.]