The situation on the field became clear in an instant.
Unless something unexpected happened, the Blackbeard Pirates' destruction was only a matter of time.
Outside the battle zone.
Aokiji glanced at Maud, who had knocked Blackbeard to the ground, and his expression grew slightly complicated.
That was way too fast...
Aokiji scratched hard at the back of his head, then looked over the other crew members' battles.
Aside from Jaya, who ranked third in combat power within the crew, everyone else was fighting several opponents at once. Judging from the situation, victory was already a foregone conclusion.
After all, their side held an overwhelming advantage not only in numbers, but also in attributes that thoroughly countered their opponents.
Aside from Brook, who could resist Shiryu's Venom-Venom Fruit ability, the most obvious example was probably Hawkins, whose number of substitutes far exceeded Van Augur's supply of bullets.
If Van Augur was not skilled in Usopp Style, then once he ran out of bullets, Urouge would most likely smash him to pieces with his pencil pillar.
Of course, the most crucial point was that after Blackbeard had fallen, neither he nor Maud had entered the fray yet.
"Looks like I won't need to step in."
After assessing the situation, Aokiji sighed inwardly.
Before leaving the Marines, he had considered the Blackbeard Pirates a group with tremendous potential for danger. If allowed to grow unchecked, they might become an imposing pirate force in a short time.
Encountering the Blackbeard Pirates here today could be said to be a complete accident, but at the same time, it was an opportunity to eliminate them on the spot.
Aokiji simply had not expected Maud's desire to kill the Blackbeard Pirates to be so intense. Even more unexpected was that what he had assumed would be a