Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

"Hehe! Looks like I'll need to stall for a while longer." Aokiji smiled at Chen Fan, though inwardly he was cursing Strawberry. That bastard made it sound so easy. Stalling was not that simple. If he had the guts, he could come up and stall Chen Fan himself.

Chen Fan shrugged and spread his hands. "Looks like I won't be able to capture Crocodile alive today. I also promised someone I wouldn't harm any Marines, so I'm partly to blame for this. Besides, it's about time."

Aokiji had no idea what Chen Fan meant. Promised someone? Who was that someone? Was Chen Fan preparing to flee? But if he fled, where could he go? There were no ships on the sea. Yet when he looked into the distance, he saw a ship appear on the horizon—it was Chen Fan's ship, the Chen Fan's Most Handsome Ship.

Aokiji was not the only one who saw it. Vice Admiral Strawberry saw it too and roared furiously, "What is going on?! Didn't we seal off every ship in Rapeseed Port? Especially that ship—we assigned plenty of men to guard it. How did it end up there?"

A Marine hurried over and said to Strawberry, "Vice Admiral Rika ordered that ship to leave, and she told us to come over here."

"Bullshit! Vice Admiral Rika is unconscious right now. How could she possibly have gone over there to give orders?" Strawberry shouted.

After seeing the ship, Aokiji moved to block the path between Chen Fan and it.

Chen Fan smiled at Aokiji. "Hey, hey... Admiral Aokiji of Navy Headquarters, could you stand right there for me?"

Aokiji smiled. "As long as I keep you here, everything will be fine. Besides, didn't you just say that you promised someone you wouldn't harm the lives of