G5 Branch.
Outside the base fortress, dozens of pirate ships were frantically attacking the fortress gate despite the bombardment of artillery shells.
On the smoke-filled sea, a dozen huge warships were hit by cannonballs and burst into flames, reflecting the pirates on other pirate ships like evil ghosts.
"Blow open, blast open the door of this damn fortress!"
On one of the pirate ships, a tall man wearing a military cap, a cloak with a flame pattern, and wooden clogs was holding a long knife and staring at the fortress gate in front of him, which he couldn't shake after blasting for a long time. He roared at the top of his voice, "Concentrate all your firepower and blast it open!"
Sasaki, also known as Sasaki, one of the "Flying Six" under Beasts Pirates led by Queen, Zoan·Dragon-Dragon Fruit·Ancient Zoan·a user with the ability to form a triceratops.
As early as when Beasts Pirates left Wano Country, he led three thousand members of Beasts Pirates secretly on a merchant ship arranged by King of Transport, and when all the navy's attention was attracted by the main force of Beasts Pirates and bigmom, he went straight to G-5 Base.
Because they had the merchant ships arranged by King of Transport as cover, they had an unimpeded journey, which also gave him full confidence in taking the G5 fortress.
However, he still underestimated the defense of this naval fortress. In the face of repeated bombings by dozens of pirate ships, they not only failed to break into the base, but they did not even blast open the fortress gate. The most important thing was that there were killers arranged by King of Undertakers in the base at this time. Faced with such a severe situation, the navy in the base actually persisted until now, which made him very angry after coming full of confidence.
Boom boom boom--
Dense explosions were heard one after another, and the shells whizzing from the direction of the fortress continued to explode around the warship. The splashing waves covered the waves one after another. Coupled with the rising thick smoke, Sasaki could not see clearly what was happening on the other side at any time.
Within the base.
The battle between hundreds of killers who infiltrated and the navy also became intense.
These killers were all strong men trained by King of Undertakers Yumit who spent a lot of money. Although they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they killed all the soldiers in the base. If Smoker and Vergo were not on the road to the fortress gate, they would have opened the fortress gate long ago!
At the commanding heights of the fortress, Tashigi is fighting the killers who are constantly rushing up, while paying attention to the movements of the warships outside the base.
It was precisely because of her distraction that she was almost killed several times by the oncoming killers. Even if she was lucky enough to escape, she was left with several shocking wounds on her body.
"Want to seize this commanding heights to help the pirates outside come in?"
Swinging the knife again to force the two approaching killers back, Tashigi held his injured shoulder with one hand, grabbed the handle of the long knife with the other and stood up precariously. He stared coldly at the killers rushing up below. He shook the tip of the knife slightly and then made a fighting stance. "Unless you step over my body!"
Before he finished speaking, Tashigi, who had been defending, suddenly leaned over and ejected, and Ryouku-kai Hana-shuu in his hand then struck with a strange arc of light towards the two killers who had just rushed to the fortress.
As two streaks of blood mist rose up, before the two killers could draw their swords, their necks were wiped open by the oncoming Kashu and they fell down.
However, it was not just the two killers who rushed to the fortress. As soon as the two fell down, several more killers rushed forward.
Facing several killers with rich combat experience, Tashigi, who had little actual combat experience, quickly fell into trouble and added a few more wounds to his body in a flurry.
But she still refused to retreat, and her petite body was like an insurmountable gap, making it impossible for these killers to rush into the fortress.
Boom boom boom--
Suddenly, a series of deafening explosions came out, shaking the entire fortress violently, causing Tashigi, who was already injured, to almost lose his balance and fall down.
Fortunately, she reacted in time and stabilized her body with the Kashu knife blade.
Just at this moment, another loud noise was heard.
Immediately afterwards, the fortress gate, which was bombarded by the concentrated firepower of the pirate ship, could no longer hold up and fell down.
"Not good!"
The moment the fortress gate fell, Tashigi's complexion suddenly changed. He turned around and shouted into the base regardless of the killers in front of him, "Smoker Rear Admiral!"
"You take care of yourself first, Navy girl!"
"After killing so many of our companions, I can't bear to kill you directly!"
"Scared hahaha~"
How could several killers miss this perfect opportunity? They all showed bloodthirsty smiles and then pounced on Tashigi in three directions at the same time.
Seeing this, Tashigi gritted his silver teeth and held the Kashu knife handle tightly, not retreating but advancing.
At the same time.
On the pirate ship outside the fortress gate, Sasaki looked overjoyed when he saw that the fortress gate had finally fallen down. He immediately rushed to the bow of the ship with his knife and shouted crazily, "Small gate, fight in, follow me!"
As the crazy shouts of Sasaki came out, the pirate ships on the sea accelerated one after another, rushing towards the fortress gate desperately against the continuous pouring of shells.
However, just as the first pirate ship was about to rush into the fortress, a harsh sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded in the sky behind the Beasts Pirates fleet led by Sasaki.
The next second, dense shells pulled out blazing white trajectory covers from the sky above the pirate ships one after another, towards the pirate ship that was about to rush into the base.
Boom boom boom--
An earth-shattering explosion suddenly sounded, and the pirate ship that was about to rush into the fortress was instantly covered and enveloped by the shock wave after the explosion, and then disintegrated at a speed visible to the naked eye amid the rapidly igniting fire.
"Where did the shelling come from!?"
Seeing the pirate ship at the front being killed, Sasaki's expression changed drastically, and then he turned around and looked around.
At this sight, his pupils suddenly contracted rapidly and uncontrollably.
On the sea behind them, warships rushed out of the billowing smoke one after another. The cannons on the warships continued to spit out tongues of fire. With the harsh sound of breaking through the air from far to near, the pirate ship in sight of victory was instantly shrouded in gunfire.
Looking at the warships that kept approaching, Sasaki's heart instantly sank to the bottom of the sea, and he roared unwillingly, "Damn it, why did the naval reinforcements come so fast!"
On the deck of a warship that was approaching at maximum speed, Ain, wearing a Vice Admiral coat, stood on the bow of the ship heroically, with no emotion in her cold eyes. Behind her, naval soldiers full of fighting spirit maintained a neat military posture, and a chilling air spread silently.
The warship had just approached a pirate ship. Ain, who was standing on the bow of the ship, did not hesitate at all. He pointed his sword directly at the pirates on the deck of the pirate ship, "Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
Before he finished speaking, Ain took the lead and held a sword to kill the pirate who had not yet fully recovered his senses.
"Kill!"
The navy that followed jumped from the deck of the warship like a tide. With just one charge, more than half of the pirates on the deck were slaughtered. The remaining pirates were so frightened by the navy's astonishing momentum that they forgot to fight back, and then fell in pieces amidst the intensive gunfire.
Several other warships also approached at this time. The naval officers and soldiers on the warship deck looked at the military merits walking across the way, shouting crazily and rushing towards one pirate ship after another.
A one-sided massacre began.
Half an hour later, all the pirates on the pirate ships on the sea were killed. Even Sasaki, a member of Flying Six, one of Beasts Pirates's strongest True Imposter, was suppressed by Ain and beheaded before he could even release Devil Fruit ability.
The battle in the base also reversed due to the timely appearance of Ain. Without the threat of shells constantly falling into the base, naval soldiers launched a counterattack under the leadership of Smoker and Vergo, and soon killed all the killers who had sneaked into the base.
When the warship sailed into the base, Ain led a group of reinforcements to the base port. Except for Vergo and Smoker, all the officers and soldiers in the base, including Tashigi, suffered varying degrees of injuries. More than dozens of soldiers closed their eyes forever in the fight with the killers.
Ain looked around the base, and finally glanced at Smoker and Tashigi, who was dragging his seriously injured body back to position.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Seeing this, Ain quickened his pace and walked to Smoker.
"Your mission is over, I salute you!"
"Next G5 Branch, I will take over the garrison."
After a slight pause, Ain turned to look at the officers and soldiers who died in this battle and were carried out of the pile of dead by the soldiers.
"All of them."
"Salute to the brothers who sacrificed their lives heroically!"
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The third update ends today.
Continue tomorrow.