After the two collided, they each retreated. Chen Fan had not used his full strength, and neither had Aokiji. This area was, after all, where ordinary civilians lived; not far away were houses and residents of Rapeseed Flower City.
Aokiji no longer wore that lazy expression. Chen Fan had truly become a thorny problem for him. It seemed that he had held the upper hand in their earlier exchange, but in truth, he had no way to deal with Chen Fan for the time being. Meanwhile, Chen Fan possessed the means to injure him. Aokiji scratched his head in frustration and said to Chen Fan, "This is troublesome! If this keeps up, we might both lose! Good grief, why is a rookie this strong? No wonder even Crocodile lost to you."
Chen Fan smiled and said, "There's a better solution. Just hand Crocodile over to me. You can say Crocodile committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Aokiji froze slightly after hearing Chen Fan's words. "That really is a good idea!" As he spoke, he glanced at Crocodile. Crocodile felt a chill crawl down his spine under the gazes of Aokiji and Chen Fan.
The others were stunned as well. How was that a good idea? It did not solve anything at all.
"If I hand him over to you, will you come with us to Navy Headquarters?" Aokiji asked Chen Fan.
Chen Fan was also taken aback. Although Aokiji was lazy and laid-back, he was also extremely calm. He would slowly analyze Chen Fan's words instead of being easily provoked like Crocodile.
"Me, go to Navy Headquarters? Well, it's not impossible. How about thirty years from now?" Chen Fan said with a smile.
"Then there's nothing to discuss."
"Seems like there isn't."
"If you don't mind, let's change locations."