The Star Gate Was Sealed!

"What!"

"My 'Super Fist Meteor' didn't kill anyone?!"

Garp stared in disbelief at Brook, who had just returned to his body and stood up to report the situation to him. Meanwhile Five Elders, Sora, Raymond, Sengoku, and other high-ranking officials who were constantly monitoring the situation through the surrounding Den Den Mushi all frowned.

"Yes, I saw a white, curved wall appear in front of the enemy's position, about fifty or sixty meters high. It looked a bit like something formed from wax, and it was that blocked most of the explosive energy from the Dyna Stone."

"Although the remaining energy was released after it shattered, the position was already deserted, indicating that the soldiers had been evacuated beforehand. However, Admiral Garp, the fortresses, trenches, and railway tracks on that position were all destroyed, so it wasn't entirely without effect."

Brook offered words of comfort.

His words caused Garp to frown, his face darkening instantly, looking like an unhappy old man.

"Yes."

At this moment, Sengoku said with a helpless expression.

"The enemy has a strong ability to Future Sight. In addition, the Star Gate is only two meters wide and three meters high. So no matter what we project, the direction will be a fixed straight line. Therefore, we can just evacuate the people there in advance!"

The Admiral present exchanged bewildered glances, so the problem had come full circle: they still needed to build a position Star Gate to increase their operational space and angles.

The problem is that, given the enemy's ability to Future Sight, there's an 80% chance they'll be attacked by some kind of 'Nuclear Weapons' as soon as they go out. If we send in the lower-level troops, they'll be bombarded by thousands of heavy howitzers.

Another unsolvable problem

"Hey, I really don't believe it. I just can't figure out what kind of world 'you' are?"

Inside the luxurious palace of Noah, Imu's mood wasn't very good either, or rather, he was getting annoyed by the fact that he couldn't find out the other party's 'identity' for so long.

Regardless of strength or weakness, victory or defeat, at least let him know who 'you' are, right?

Even if 'you' are really much stronger than 'me', then 'I'll' willingly close the Star Gate, right?

Isn't it a bit impolite of you not even to introduce yourself?

Imu kept ranting and raving in his mind. After a moment, he gave the Five Elders a tough order: find a way to capture an Otherworld from Star Gate Three!

Yes.

He planned to use his ability to 'Memory Reading' to 'see' the prisoner's memories. Although the language was different and he probably wouldn't understand what they were saying, he was sure he could find some familiar things.

That's enough!

But this command doesn't seem to be easy either.

Ultimately, the task fell to Moonlight Moria, since only his 'Doppelman' could safely capture people. So the 'Doppelman' flew out of the Star Gate once again.

As usual, it encountered no heavy artillery bombardment or other obstruction, only flying back after grabbing a struggling, armed soldier from the trench amidst many terrified gazes.

At once.

Several muffled thuds rang out, and huge holes were punched into the bodies of both the 'Doppelman' and the soldier in mid-air.

Anti-tank rifle!

Clearly, their meaning is simple: you, this dark creature, can roam freely, and even kill a few people if you're interested, but you can't take any living people with you!

Ruthless, yet very effective at blocking intelligence.

Under Moonlight Moria's control, the 'Doppelman' captured several more soldiers, all of whom were subjected to sniper fire from anti-tank rifles or heavy machine gun fire from multiple directions!

Left with no other option, Moria had to inform the higher-ups, and Imu quickly found out as well.

What if we can't capture any prisoners? Do we really have to take matters into our own hands?

To be honest, he didn't want to do that.

Just kidding. Without knowing what kind of world they're in or what unconventional methods they might use, he would never risk his life himself. Otherwise, what would be the point of having so many subordinates?

"But what kind of ability is this, that high wall formed from white wax?" Imu frowned as he looked at the intelligence document containing Brook's description.

Therefore, without clear pictures or videos, it's really difficult to tell what it is just from words or text!

But the other party is clearly blocking the Den Den Mushi from getting close, which is very annoying.

"Speaking of which, given how challenging this Otherworld is, shouldn't we have a public live stream to let all the Sea Star Person realize what Otherworld war really is?"

Of course, Imu also knew that the death of an Army General would definitely cause a huge uproar around the world and might even affect the image of the World Government.

But compared to instilling a sense of crisis and preparedness in most people, this small price seems worth paying.

Moreover, it would make everyone understand that the World Government is truly fighting tooth and nail for Otherworld resources for the Sea Star. Besides, they're bound to encounter this sooner or later, so it wouldn't hurt to let them experience it sooner.

In the future, the entire population of Sea Star will definitely participate in every aspect of conquering the Otherworld. Even if you are growing food, you must know that this food is for the army fighting on the front lines of the Otherworld!

"We can have the Publicity Department make a video from the footage we recorded earlier," Imu decided.

At the same time.

At 3:26 in the morning.

Just as the headquarters of the Otherworld Strategy Committee and the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces were High Command meetings overnight to consider how to break through the firepower and intelligence blockade of the Third Star Gate.

An unexpected situation presented itself as an urgent intelligence report to these high-ranking officials.

The Star Gate exit was sealed by extremely sturdy crystal, and the outside was covered with a layer of white substance that looked like wax!

Soon.

The Otherworld Strategy Committee immediately dispatched Research Commission composed of personnel from the Academy of Sciences, the Army Headquarters, CIPHER POL, and other parties.

When did this happen?

Sakazuki looked down at the four Army soldiers on guard and asked in a cold voice.

"Reporting to Admiral Akainu! According to the Den Den Mushi replay, this crystal layer appeared around 2:34 PM, and then just now, those white substances appeared as well!"

The Army soldier who answered gritted his teeth and said, trembling with fear, "There's nothing we can do; we really failed in our duty this time."

"Then why wasn't it discovered at the time?"

"Because it was transparent, and it made no sound, and also..." another Army soldier stammered.

Sakazuki looked at them expressionlessly and said, "And another thing is that your attention wasn't focused on the Star Gate, right?"

"Yes, yes, I'm very sorry, Admiral Akainu!"

These Army soldiers had no choice but to admit, despite the fact that while the Star Gate offered a view of another world, it was pitch black in the middle of the night—who could possibly stare at it for long?

"Go out and face your punishment."

Sakazuki turned his head away and ignored them. After all, these soldiers weren't deserters, and they weren't going to take a beating from his Great Eruption. Compared to that, he was more concerned about the situation of the Star Gate.

At this moment, Dr. Anas from the Materials Research Institute under the Academy of Sciences, with the help of four researchers, used a detection instrument to Scan the crystal composition.

"Such high strength and hardness, this thing can no longer be described as steel. Yet it doesn't look thick at all, and it's even transparent, somewhat like the Kabane's Heart Membrane, but it's not even in the same league. If I had to describe it, it would be similar to the abilities of that Vice Admiral Jozu."

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