Seeing Victor's confident expression, Sakazuki said, "All right, I agree to join forces with you."
"Then wait for my message." Victor took out a Den Den Mushi and handed it to Sakazuki. "I'll contact you once I'm ready."
Sakazuki put away the Den Den Mushi and turned to leave.
Victor rested his hands on the ship's railing and looked out at the sea.
The position of Marine Admiral was drawing closer and closer.
The Flying Pirates had lost half their fleet, and many people had been seriously injured in the storm.
Even Golden Lion had been wounded.
Therefore, the Flying Pirates needed a large amount of medical supplies, as well as materials to repair their ships.
In the New World, the only way to purchase such large quantities of medical supplies and ship-repair materials was through Saladia's black market.
Victor had caused a huge commotion in Saladia's black market before, and had even cut off Kari's left hand.
Kari was the typical sort who yielded to neither threats nor kindness.
As the king of the New World's underground black market, Kari had his own principles.
If he submitted to Victor, not only would he be unable to keep his business going, but he himself would also lose face.
Therefore, the Flying Pirates believed that Kari would not betray them.
Saladia's black market.
The Flying Pirates had sent several ships.
At the pier, boxed-up medicine and mountains of materials were being carried aboard.
"Move faster."
"Be careful. Don't damage the medicine."
The pirates of the Flying Pirates wielded whips, lashing the slaves who transported the supplies.
The black market's workers, meanwhile, were counting the money.
This was truly a huge profit.
However, neither the Flying Pirates nor the black-market workers noticed that someone had quietly climbed aboard a ship and hidden among the cargo.
On the open sea.
Ten warships were floating on the surface.
At that moment, inside the flagship's cabin, Victor smoked while waiting for news.
Sakazuki sat to Victor's left.
Sakazuki had requested leave from Kong, and it had been approved.
Besides Sakazuki, Onigumo and Dogman had also requested leave.
"Is it just us?"
Onigumo asked Victor.
Victor replied, "We're launching a surprise attack. We won't need that many people."
Onigumo and Dogman both frowned.
They felt that the battle plan was far too reckless!
Buru buru.
Buru buru.
At that moment, the Den Den Mushi began to ring.
Victor picked up the receiver.
"Lord Victor, I've found their location. Follow the Vivre Card and come find me."
The Den Den Mushi imitated the voice of a young man.
The young man was named Mavy.
He had originally been a Lieutenant Commander at Branch G5, but was now a captain at Branch G1.
Victor said seriously, "Well done. You have only one task now, and that's to stay alive."
"Yes!" Mavy replied.
After the call ended, Victor said to Connor and Leiter, "Let's go."
"Yes!" Connor and Leiter went to relay the order.
New World, Saint Island.
Viewed from above, the entire shape of Saint Island resembled a crescent moon.
After the Rocks Pirates disbanded, Golden Lion came to Saint Island. Ever since then, it had remained Golden Lion's territory.
At present, sixteen pirate ships were still anchored in Saint Island's bay.
The defeat at Edowar Beach had cost the Flying Pirates half their fleet.
By then, Golden Lion Shiki had awakened and accepted the fact that a ship's wheel had been embedded in his head.
Because the wheel had been driven in too deeply to remove, he looked like a chicken.
"Have you found Roger?"
Golden Lion asked the man beside him.
The man was Dr. Indigo. With his bizarre appearance, he was the mad scientist of the Golden Lion Pirates.
Dr. Indigo replied, "Not yet. But their situation shouldn't be much better than ours."
"Don't underestimate them. That's Roger's ship."
Although Golden Lion thought highly of himself and looked down on people like Byrnndi World and Redfield, he had never underestimated Roger.
In his eyes, Roger was the only man qualified to compete with him for supremacy over the world.
Even if he lost to Roger, Golden Lion did not feel ashamed.
Meanwhile.
A fleet composed of ten large warships was sailing in a single line toward Saint Island, where Golden Lion was stationed.
Any pirates they encountered during the journey were wiped out.
After more than ten days and nights of sailing.
At last, Saint Island appeared before them.
Victor said to Sakazuki, "You'll act as the vanguard and attack the harbor head-on."
"You want us to serve as bait?" Onigumo asked with a frown.
"Is there a problem?" Victor asked Sakazuki.
Sakazuki coolly shook his head.
"Then it's settled."
Victor looked at the sky. Before long, the moon would disappear behind the clouds. It was the perfect time for a surprise attack.
Under the night sky, the harbor fell silent as the moonlight vanished.
Some of the Golden Lion Pirates' men had already drunk themselves unconscious.
Even those who were sober had gathered together to gamble.
They had never imagined they would be attacked.
They were the overlords of the New World now. Who would dare attack them?
At that moment, dozens of small boats quietly approached.
Each small boat carried twenty Marines.
Sakazuki was aboard one of them.
The heart rates of Onigumo, Dogman, and the others quickened.
They knew full well how dangerous tonight's mission was!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As three signal flares shot into the sky.
Sakazuki and the others leaped up and charged onto the pier.
"Kill!"
Nearly a thousand Marines stormed the pier, cutting down anyone they saw.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Marines fired at close range. Rows of bullets tore through the air, and row after row of pirate underlings fell to the ground like wheat beneath a scythe before they could even stand up.
The surprise attack had come too suddenly.
"What's going on?"
At that moment, a man with a braided beard was awakened by the commotion.
The man was named Andre, nicknamed Dirty Beard. He was the captain of the Golden Lion Pirates' nineteenth ship.
"Captain, the Marines—the Marines have launched a surprise attack."
A pirate rushed in in panic and reported to Andre.
Upon hearing this, Andre kicked his subordinate away, grabbed a large cleaver, and strode outside.
Andre quickly spotted Sakazuki.
At that moment, both of Sakazuki's arms had transformed into magma. Pirate corpses could be seen everywhere around him.
The deaths of these pirates were all horribly gruesome.
"Brat, I'm going to cut off your head!"
Seeing this scene, Andre flew into a rage.
Those dead underlings were all his men.
Dirty Beard Andre had a bounty of 300 million Beli.
Sakazuki said nothing. He simply stood where he was, waiting for Andre to approach.
"Die!"
Andre leaped high into the air. Armament Haki coiled around the great blade in his hand as he brought it down viciously toward Sakazuki's neck.
Sakazuki's head was about to be chopped off!
Yet Sakazuki remained motionless.
Just as the blade was about to reach him.
Sakazuki moved!
"Cerberus!"
A gray-black magma palm shot out!
They were simply too close. Andre had no chance to dodge!
His head was blasted apart!
Instant kill!
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