Chapter 673
"Heh! Looks like I'll need to stall for a while longer." Aokiji smiled at Chen Fan, but inwardly he was cursing Strawberry. That bastard was so good at talking without understanding the situation. Stalling wasn't that easy. If he was so capable, he should come up here and stall for time himself.
Chen Fan shrugged and flicked his hand away, saying, "Looks like we can't capture the Crocodile alive today. I also promised someone I wouldn't harm any Marines, so I guess I'm reaping what I sowed. Besides, it's almost time."
Aokiji didn't understand what Chen Fan was talking about. Who was this "someone"? And was Chen Fan preparing to escape? If Chen Fan wanted to escape, where would he go? There were no ships on the sea. But looking up into the distance, she saw a ship appear—it was Chen Fan's "Chen Fan's Most Handsome Ship"!
Of course, it wasn't just Aokiji who saw it; Vice Admiral Strawberry also saw it and angrily shouted, "What's going on! Weren't all the ships in Rapeseed Port already blockaded? Especially this ship, which wasn't supposed to have many guards, how did it end up there?"
A navy officer rushed over and said to Strawberry, "Vice Admiral Rika ordered the ship to leave and told us to come this way."
"Nonsense! Lieutenant Vice Admiral Rika is unconscious right now, how could he possibly go over there to give orders?" Strawberry shouted.
Upon seeing the ship, Aokiji positioned herself between Chen Fan and the ship.
Chen Fan smiled at Aokiji and said, "Hey...! Admiral Aokiji of the Navy Headquarters, is it alright for you to stand there?"
Aokiji chuckled and said, "As long as we keep you occupied, everything will be fine. Besides, didn't you just say you promised someone you wouldn't harm any Marines?"
Chen Fan scratched the back of his head, a troubled look on his face, and said, "Oh dear...! This is bad. I've told my opponent all that. Using that move again doesn't seem to be working anymore. Well...! Let me show you something interesting." Chen Fan finished speaking with a mysterious smile at Aokiji, then pointed to the coastline.
Aokiji frowned slightly. Chen Fan was completely unpredictable; she never knew what he was planning to do next. This kind of opponent was the most annoying.
Chen Fan turned his gaze to Aokiji, but pointed in the opposite direction, his smile widening as he uttered two words: "Shigan!!"
Chapter 185 Solution
(Resolved in Chapter 185)
"Whoosh..." A shockwave, many times faster than a bullet, shot towards the shore, causing ripples in the air;
"Pfft...!"
As if a bullet had pierced his skull, a stream of blood gushed from the back of Crocodile's head. There was a black hole between Crocodile's eyebrows, from which drops of blood flowed, swirling around his nose and dripping onto the ground. Crocodile's eyes were wide open, as if he still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
With a "thud...!", it lay on the ground, mouth open, body twitching slightly before finally settling into stillness, lying motionless on the ground, completely dead;
Time seemed to have stopped from the moment it began. Staring wide-eyed at Crocodile lying dead on the ground, no one had expected Crocodile to die so suddenly. Everyone's attention was focused on the battle on the ice of the sea. The sudden shift caused everyone's brains to freeze. Only when Crocodile lay on the ground, completely dead, did their brains start functioning again, only to be met with this scene.
Aokiji looked at Chen Fan with a serious expression. Who was he? Who exactly was Chen Fan? Was he a student taught by some Marine? Zephyr? No, impossible. Zephyr wouldn't allow his student to become a pirate. Besides, Chen Fan had promised someone he wouldn't harm Marines. Who was that person? And why did Chen Fan know the Shigan from the Navy Six Styles?
"Don't overthink it. I just learned it after seeing those lieutenant Vice Admiral use it, but its power is too weak to be of much use, though it is very convenient," Chen Fan said to Aokiji with a smile.
"Alright! Although the ending wasn't perfect, I should go now. One Admiral has had it tough enough; another one and we're really going to be caught. Don't chase after them anymore, and do one more good deed while you're at it." Chen Fan finished speaking and stepped onto the sea.
"...!"
"Bang...!" Cracks like a spider web appeared on the ice beneath Chen Fan's feet;
"Boom...! Boom...!"
The ice floes began to tremble, and even the marines on the shore could feel the ground shaking beneath their feet. Aokiji's expression changed, and he leaped into the air. Just as Aokiji jumped, the ice shattered completely, like an explosion. White ice crystals shimmered in the sunlight, turning into ice shards. Then, with a splash, he landed, and the seawater churned once more.
When Aokiji fell, he landed on the sea surface, beneath a large block of ice that had solidified just before he landed. Devil Fruit User cannot come into contact with seawater, or they will lose their Devil Fruit abilities. Aokiji is considered one of the strongest Admiral in terms of combat ability in the sea. He looked at Chen Fan, who was flying in mid-air, with a very serious expression.
Chen Fan smiled and waved to Aokiji, then turned and flew towards Chen Fan ship.
On a naval warship by the sea, Hina took off her binoculars, put her sunglasses back on, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and watched Chen Fan's disappearing figure as she muttered to herself, "You've really gotten yourself into big trouble this time! Chen Fan, who exactly are you?"
A nearby navy officer, not hearing Hina's mutterings clearly, assumed Hina had given an order and quickly interjected, "What did you just say? Colonel Tina, no, Brigadier General Tina!" Hina had been promoted to Commodore after capturing Crocodile, and everything that followed was a plan orchestrated by Sengoku, which she was unaware of. Furthermore, she hadn't been involved in the Crocodile Hina mission, nor had Hina been informed that Marine Admiral would be personally coming to capture Chen Fan. What kind of Commodore was she? She'd be a laughingstock back at Navy Headquarters, but she had to face it.