"Haha!" A smile actually appeared on Crocodile's cold face. "What an interesting fellow. He even managed to get his hands on a former high-ranking Marine officer? Looks like Blackbeard's pursuit is going to end with a whimper!"
Star Alliance's Deterrent Power!
After receiving the message Jazz had relayed, Crocodile immediately ordered Chinjao to withdraw all their men and gather every ship patrolling and scouting the nearby waters. They would rendezvous with Jazz, then evacuate across the board.
In Crocodile's view, with someone as powerful as Momousagi coming to receive them, unless Blackbeard had truly resolved to go to war with the Star Alliance right now, he could only obediently retreat!
"Hmph!" Crocodile sneered. "But whether you retreat or not won't change anything. You dared set your sights on me, so I have to give you a little surprise!"
Three hours later.
The tsunami behind them came swiftly. The Eight Treasures Navy had not even traveled for half a day, and the tsunami's speed across the sea was astonishing. Watching those enormous waves rise hundreds of meters high and blot out the sky, the Eight Treasures Navy was terrified.
Faced with such supernatural might, even if the Eight Treasures Navy could prepare themselves, the tsunami was sweeping in with overwhelming force. It would likely still have a considerable impact on them.
"Tch!" Crocodile stared at the towering waves with great displeasure, his gaze utterly cold. "Misjudged it. A distance of one hundred nautical miles was still too short. I couldn't even buy us a day."
Chinjao had already begun deploying men, ordering the entire Eight Treasures Navy fleet to lower their sails, stop their ships, secure all supplies, and have every sailor prepare for defense. All Devil Fruit users were to enter the cabins and stay away from the water.
Facing