Kill the Competition

Sirius shouted at the top of his lungs.

It was quite a distance from the coast where the navy was located, and unless they shouted loudly, the other side probably wouldn't hear them at all.

"We should have prepared a megaphone in advance."

After Sirius finished speaking, he said thoughtfully.

Is this the time to talk about this?

Jack roared.

However, Sirius's desperate shouting was quite effective, and soon Vice Admiral Tsuru's voice came through. Sirius heard her say...

"The navy and pirates have no business to discuss."

"Puff--"

Ulti out laughing instantly. The little girl's eyes crinkled into crescents, and her smile was warm. She didn't say anything, but it was as if she had said everything.

"Ulti, Sirius is already very sad!"

Yamato said seriously, "Stop laughing at him. He definitely didn't expect this, otherwise he wouldn't have made us wait here for so long."

Sirius's lips twitched.

Dear sister, thank you so much for your support.

But now was not the time to bicker with his friends, Sirius shouted again, "You won't even talk about business involving Heavenly Gold?"

Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was leading the navy towards Sirius and his men, frowned.

She looked up and saw a huge ice pillar standing above the cliff, behind Sirius and the others, with a faint golden light visible.

Heavenly Gold!

It's right here, without a doubt.

So--

"Shut up, you pirate!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru did not speak, but someone else did.

The man with the long head, in the middle of Marine Headquarters, roared Strawberry fury, "The righteous Marines have no right to make deals with pirates! Don't think you can do whatever you want in the name of justice!"

"These guys really dare to say that!"

Jack sneered, "Don't they know that the government and Wano Country have been trading with each other all these years?"

Sirius sighed softly. "So, there's really no room for negotiation?"

"The Heavenly Gold is right there."

Vice Admiral Tsuru replied, "There was no need for a trade in the first place, was there? Child, we will return home with the Heavenly Gold and you all."

"I see."

Sirius scratched his head helplessly. "Then there's really no other way but to fight?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? What else could there be between pirates and the navy but fighting?" Jack scoffed.

"Yes, I made a stupid mistake."

Sirius a soft sigh of relief. "What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiating table either. Since we can't make this deal with words, let's fight for it with steel and blood."

"It should have been done a long time ago!"

Jack brandished his twin blades. "Ready for battle, guys!"

Sirius glanced at him sideways. Had this guy stolen the lines that were supposed to be his?

"Let's fight!"

Yamato grinned as he pulled out the Spiked Club from his back, stepped forward, and stood side by side with Sirius.

"Roar!"

Behind Sirius, Ulti and her brother roared like Twin Dragons.

"This will be a very tough battle!"

As the navy drew closer, Vice Admiral Tsuru said in a deep voice, "The enemy's strength is extraordinary! Everyone must be careful."

"Don't worry, Sister He,"

Gion said with a smile, "Right now, their enemies are the Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded slightly.

This will undoubtedly be a difficult battle, and of the naval soldiers who landed with her, only a few will be able to return.

However, this battle was one that had to be fought.

Because the Heavenly Gold is far too important!

Because the navy has a duty to fight pirates!

Therefore, there was no possibility of easing the situation from the very beginning!

No matter how difficult the battle, the Navy will not hesitate to face it head-on!

This is the Navy's justice! It has been this way for eight hundred years.

This time, justice will prevail.

Vice Admiral Tsuru took out a Den Den Mushi and pressed the button.

The warships on the distant sea immediately reacted.

In an instant, a thousand cannons fired simultaneously, the booming sound continuous, even making Sirius find it somewhat jarring.

Then, a large patch of black dots blotted out the sky, streaking across the heavens like dark clouds, heading towards the cliff where Sirius and the others were.

"What is that?!"

Further behind Sirius and his group, on the bare mountaintop, a group of people suddenly appeared from behind the ridge.

They had just crossed the mountain when they saw artillery shells flying towards them.

"Yes, it's a warship!!"

"The navy is here! What's going on? We're a non- Affiliated Nation here!"

"Idiot! They're obviously after Black Wolf and his gang! A fight is about to break out!"

"Should we still go and seek refuge with Black Wolf?"

Let's wait and see.

If you go and join Black Wolf now, you'll be blown to bits!

At the back of the crowd, the long-haired man slowly walked up the hillside, found a relatively flat spot to sit down, and looked down at the scene below. At the same time, he took out a tarot deck and muttered to himself,

"Let me see how fate will choose."

"Kindness?"

Yamato turned around in surprise, looking towards the mountain peak, "Sirius?"

Sirius didn't even turn his head. "Ignore them, the important thing is this."

"Indeed, that's astonishing firepower."

Black Maria exclaimed, "The terrain can change in an instant!"

"Now seems like the time to talk about this."

Hiyori chuckled, "Sirius, aren't you going to do something?"

"Then let's do something."

Sirius smiled. "Yamato, you can have him now."

"Then leave it to me."

Yamato a grin, the Spiked Club she was holding already covered in white frost.

"Freeze me!!"

She brandished Spiked Club.

A white storm swept across the entire sky in an instant, obscuring the sunlight.

In an instant, hail began to fall from the sky.

Then, all the incoming shells were blown back.

Simple freezing air has no impact, but air wrapped around Spiked Club and then thrown out is a different story.

The shells, frozen solid, fell to the ground but did not explode; they were completely frozen inside and out.

"In just a moment, all the shells were—"

The people watching from the mountaintop were dumbfounded.

"That's incredible!! The Sirius Pirates!"

Then came cheers.

They longed to join such a pirate crew.

Higher up, the blond man flipped over a tarot card, and then his pupils suddenly contracted.

He suddenly looked up and down.

"In that instant, fate has made its choice!"

Sirius stood atop the cliff, looking down.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the navy was very close.

"That woman is—"

Black Maria noticed the woman who was half a step behind Vice Admiral Tsuru. "Momousagi? Her strength is far beyond what an ordinary Vice Admiral can match! Then there's Kashōzan, Momonga, Strawberry —all renowned pillars of the Navy!"

"This battle is likely to be quite difficult!" she sighed.

"Difficult? I see."

Sirius smiled. "Then let's lower the difficulty a bit."

"Yamato," he said, "We're here to kill this game, utterly crush them."

"OK!"

Yamato stood beside him, transforming into his Beastman State, gripping the Spiked Club with both hands. White freezing energy and pitch-black Haki intertwined on the Spiked Club.

Sirius also transformed into a werewolf, gripping a sword with both hands, black Inazuma crackling along its blade.

"...!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was rapidly approaching, suddenly changed his expression. "That's...!"

"Full defense!!"

"Gion, stop them!"

Momousagi raised her hand and drew her sword, unleashing a magnificent slash that soared into the sky.

But it was too late; Sirius and his companion brandished their weapons.

"Sea Hegemon!"