Marine Admiral "Scarlet Snake"!

Before Mongge appeared a woman wearing a white Marine cloak, with an excellent figure, nearly as tall as Mongge.

As soon as she appeared, she attacked Mongge. Despite being a woman, her immense power almost overwhelmed Mongge.

Mongge was already a top-tier powerhouse on this vast sea.

But if there was anyone above Mongge.

It would be the current Marine Admirals and the future Pirate Emperors.

And the woman before him was one of the three Marine Admirals.

"Scarlet Snake" Rona Von Braun.

A rare female Admiral in the entire history of the Marines, and also one of the world's top Great Swordsmen.

One of the few individuals who had made Mongge suffer multiple setbacks during pursuits.

In Mongge's memory, this woman did not appear in the future.

But it wasn't strange to think about.

There were still over fifty years until the main storyline began.

Among the Marines, there was only one he recognized.

Steel Bone Kong.

The future Fleet Admiral, World Government Commander-in-Chief.

But even such a famous figure.

At this time, he hadn't even achieved the rank of Marine Admiral yet.

He was still an Admiral candidate.

Since Kong was an Admiral candidate, who were the current Marine Admirals?

The answer was right before him.

Time had brought some frost, and even the most beautiful woman in her youth could not escape the marks left by age.

But even so, the woman before him was still beautiful.

Like a fine wine, she didn't lose her flavor with the passage of time.

"Rona Von Braun, why are you here?"

Looking at the woman before him, Mongge's tone was solemn. He never expected that the CP were just bait, and the real crisis was hidden behind them.

"Heh heh, a woman's intuition."

Rona Von Braun's scarlet lips curved into a beautiful arc. Her gaze intently scrutinized Mongge, like a venomous snake watching its prey.

"It's been five years. I thought you'd have aged terribly, but I didn't expect you to look even better than you did five years ago."

Rona Von Braun's entry into Elbaf was completely unexpected. For a non-affiliated nation with such powerful strength as the Land of Giants, the Marines generally adopted an attitude of non-interference and cautious treatment.

Without orders, even an Admiral would not casually step into a non-affiliated nation.

In fact, if Mongge hadn't appeared, Rona wouldn't have shown herself at all. She didn't care about the lives of a bunch of CP agents.

After unexpectedly discovering the CP's ship, she remembered that the Marines seemed to have some dealings with the "Holy Mother" Garumoro on Elbaf, and behind Garumoro, there seemed to be Mongge's influence.

Considering that the White Wolf Pirates had been missing for half a year, Rona decided to follow these CP agents to the island, just to try her luck.

Who would have thought that fate would actually give her such a surprise.

"Mongge, surrender yourself."

Rona wore a beautiful smile.

"You couldn't beat me five years ago, and you certainly can't win now. If you surrender, I'll arrange a special cell for you in Impel Down."

"Heh, spare me."

He had finally waited for the system. His body, which had been like a withered tree, had regained its vitality. Let alone a Marine Admiral, even a Fleet Admiral couldn't make Mongge surrender.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to defeat you and bring you to justice!"

As her voice fell, Rona's gaze sharpened. Intense Haki was poured into her long sword, and a bone-chilling sharpness bloomed on her blade.

"Flower Slash!"

A scarlet crescent-shaped shockwave surged towards Mongge, ascending into the sky. She went all out from the very first move, not even sparing a glance at the three CP0 members behind Mongge.

"This is bad!"

"Dodge quickly!"

Mongge, who was directly in front of Rona, bore the brunt of the attack, but the residual shockwave also sent the three CP0 agents flying.

It could be said that if Mongge hadn't absorbed most of the damage from Rona's strike, this single attack would have severely wounded the three CP agents, including Roke.

Facing Rona's indiscriminate attack, Roke didn't dare to complain.

Because everyone who knew Rona understood.

This female Marine Admiral codenamed "Scarlet Snake" had a notoriously bad temper.

"Let's go!"

They thought the mission was about to fail, and not only that, but their lives might be lost as well.

Who knew things would take a turn? Their Marine Admiral had actually appeared.

As for why "Scarlet Snake" Rona was here...

Roke didn't dare to think about it, nor did he dare to ask.

"Quick, quick! While Admiral Scarlet Snake distracts the enemy, we'll carry out our mission!"

Roke said in a low voice.

Marine Admirals were the strongest forces in this world. Forget White Wolf Moger; even with the Giant King of Elbaf added to the mix.

If Rona wanted to leave, no one could stop her.

Three CP agents bowed slightly to Rona and then quickly ran towards the Giant Tribe's village.

Seeing this, Moger frowned.

"What, want to go over there?"

Rona said flippantly, "Ten years ago, you might have been able to match my speed, but now? Can you still keep up?"

Although Moger's condition looked much better than five years ago, Rona didn't believe he had recovered to his peak combat strength.

No matter who it was, after passing their prime, their strength would only decline with age.

She had never heard of anyone getting stronger with age.

"Hah, want to try?"

He exhaled softly. The moment he saw Rona, Moger knew he had to go all out.

Strangely, the system hadn't reacted yet.

This was a Marine Admiral!

Moger could only speculate that in the timeline recorded by the system, Rona had already become an old woman, either retired or lost her combat ability.

Rona's gaze suddenly turned cold.

As one of the top powerhouses in this world, not an Devil Fruit user, but a pure swordsman, Rona's Observation Haki was undoubtedly top-tier.

She didn't like the look in Moger's eyes just now!

"Moon Slicer!"

A seemingly unadorned flying slash, but its range was enough to split the forest for thousands of meters behind Moger in half.

And Moger's response was:

"Cold Strike!"

The temperature in the forest, already below minus ten degrees Celsius, plummeted further.

Winter was his domain.

Thanks to the harsh winter, thanks to the heavy snow last night.

A Giant Wolf lunged fiercely at Rona.

Beauty and the beast.

Not a fairy tale, but a battle to the death!

In the Giant Tribe's village, Linlin, dizzy from seven days of starvation, groggily climbed up. Just as she was about to find some snow to eat like cake, three figures in white suits appeared before her.

"We're short-handed, which one should we grab?"

"The Giant Tribe's child. If we grab a Giant Tribe child, even that 'Holy Mother' will have to negotiate with us."

"..."

Casually hoisting a sleeping Giant Tribe child, who was several times his size, onto his shoulder, Roke walked up to Charlotte Linlin.

He jumped up and delivered a chop.

"Sleep!"

Roke landed back on the ground, but the expected feeling of knocking out the Giant Tribe child didn't materialize. The child in front of him didn't fall.

And his hand hurt.

Roke looked up and saw Linlin, who had taken his chop, looking at him blankly as if nothing had happened.

"What are you doing?"

Charlotte Linlin asked blankly, biting her finger.