Outside, the wildly twisted base came crashing down.
Seeing this, Dragon and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.
"The monster is finally dead!"
"We fought an entire base. If we told anyone about this, they'd probably think we were crazy!"
As they sighed over the ordeal, Longinus pulled the warship back to the surface as well.
"Whew! We finally made it back alive!"
"Urgh~ I'm never riding on a ship again!"
Amid the overlapping laments, Aokiji flew over and asked, "Marshal, what's the situation down there?"
"Everyone's here, but Dr. Vegapunk is missing." Longinus pondered for a moment. "Moreover, the doctor seems to have been missing for quite some time. My guess is that before disappearing, he set this monster to prevent it from leaving the Devil Triangle Sea Area. That's why it couldn't get out, and why it attacked you so crazily when you passed through these waters."
"If that's the case, then at least the doctor doesn't seem to have any terrifying plans to destroy the world." Kizaru rubbed his chin and muttered.
"Regardless, Dr. Vegapunk secretly created such a dangerous existence, and his disappearance is an extremely dangerous signal!" Aokiji said solemnly. "After we return this time, we must issue a warrant for his—"
Just then, the monster, which had already fallen, suddenly fired a Laser Beam at Aokiji.
Crack!
Aokiji's body shattered directly into ice fragments, but soon, those remnants condensed into human form once more.
"The terrifying monster has come back to life again!" Shock appeared in Kizaru's eyes. "Boss Longinus, didn't you destroy its core?"
"I personally destroyed the control room. There's no doubt about that. And its reactions after the control room was destroyed were genuine as well!" Longinus said solemnly. "Now it seems that its main consciousness revived in another