Those who play tactics have dirty hearts!

Time returned to when the two were blasted into the sea.

After being paralyzed by the Lightning Release ninjutsu, the two were sent into the sea without surprise.

But they were Vice Admirals of Navy Headquarters, the backbone of the Navy, the elite of the elite. Naturally, they wouldn't fall into a panic because of this.

Because they knew that once they panicked, only death awaited them. This was experience summed up from countless life-and-death battles!

Damn it, I can't move...

Onigumo's heart was filled with anger. Who would have thought that the ninja kid not only possessed the ability to control seawater but could now also release lightning!

Why did such a monstrous guy not even have a bounty before? What was the Navy's intelligence department doing!

Doberman's mood wasn't much better. He originally thought that with the two of them working together, taking down this pirate would be no problem.

The result... Not only did they fail to inflict effective damage on the enemy, but they also put themselves in danger.

If it weren't for their strong physiques, the power of that lightning would have killed them!

Fortunately, Observation Haki could still be used.

Onigumo learned Return to Life. His control over his body is even stronger than mine. I hope he can recover soon, Doberman prayed in his heart.

At least they could return to the surface before the oxygen in their bodies ran out!

Of course, he also hoped that the ninja kid didn't take this opportunity... Damn it!

Doberman's thoughts weren't finished when his Observation Haki sensed two Water Dragons suddenly appearing above them, rapidly charging towards them.

I knew it wouldn't be that simple! Doberman thought angrily.

"Boom!"

The two Water Dragons, one after the other, struck the two of them, pushing them towards the deeper parts of the sea.

The immense impact force broke several of their ribs and caused their bodies to lose more oxygen, plunging them into extreme danger!

Once dragged into the deeper parts of the sea, they might not have a chance to return to the surface!

To be drowned by seawater as Vice Admirals of Navy Headquarters... This was an outcome they couldn't accept!

Damn it, move, body!! Onigumo roared in his heart: Return to Life!

Return to Life!!

Return!!

Perhaps due to the special nature of Return to Life, Onigumo's body gradually regained mobility.

The moment he could move, Onigumo raised his longsword and, with a backhand, shattered the Water Dragon on his body!

Now Onigumo faced two choices:

One was to abandon Doberman and return to the surface himself.

The other was to use the momentum from the recent impact to save Doberman, who had already been thrown a short distance away, but this carried the risk of him dying there as well.

If it were any other time, Onigumo might have given up directly, but... he couldn't afford to lose face now!!

Being drowned as a hawk faction Navy Vice Admiral would be mocked by the dove faction for their entire lives if they found out!

With this belief, Onigumo turned his body and kicked off with his legs.

Moonwalk!

"Bang~"

The seawater churned as Onigumo kicked, and he himself rapidly plunged downwards. The moment he approached Doberman, he slashed with his sword.

"Pfft!"

The sharp longsword pierced the Water Dragon's body, forcefully shattering it, and at the same time, it didn't harm Doberman, showing his control over his strength.

Doberman, now free, breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally saved.

Next was... Huh?

Damn it, where did these Sea Kings come from!!!

In Doberman's senses, a hundred-meter-long Sea King appeared beside him and lunged to bite him.

Its sharp fangs, each larger than Doberman's body, meant that if he was bitten while unable to use Armament Haki, he would die!

"Pfft!!"

Even with Onigumo's timely assistance, Doberman was still bitten on his right arm, and his arm was swallowed in one bite.

The pain of the severed limb quickly reached Doberman's brain, causing veins to bulge on his face.

He turned his head to look at the Sea King that Onigumo had just killed with a sword and immediately noticed something different about it, which sparked a hint of doubt in his heart.

Red eyes, black comma... Are all Sea Kings like this now?

Time returned to the present.

"Hu... Hu..."

Doberman and Onigumo gasped for air, greedily absorbing oxygen. They felt like they had narrowly escaped death.

If Onigumo hadn't recovered even a little faster, both of them would have died in the sea.

Those giant Sea Kings would absolutely not have let them go as mere desserts!

Doberman knew clearly that if Onigumo hadn't intervened, he might have lost more than just an arm.

Although he didn't know why Sea Kings appeared here, nor why they attacked them, they had finally managed to eliminate that ninja kid.

"Don't... don't underestimate the Navy's Justice, kid," Doberman said fiercely. "This is the price for underestimating us!"

"Huh?"

Onigumo suddenly felt something was wrong. Why wasn't the guy they had both hit bleeding?

A Logia Devil Fruit user?

But that didn't seem right either. To completely eliminate the guy, they had both used their last bit of oxygen to imbue their attacks with Haki. Even Logia users would have been hit.

Unless... this guy had already elementalized his body beforehand!

But elementalizing beforehand required extremely strong Observation Haki, and this guy had clearly been ambushed by them, meaning he didn't possess such Haki.

So... what was going on now?

Doberman also sensed something was amiss. He immediately looked up at Xi Yan's eyes and found the other party looking at them with a mocking gaze.

That gaze was as if to say: You actually hit me, I was really careless~

That feeling was full of mockery!

"Welcome to my cage~"

BOOM!!

The body of 'Xi Yan' who had been hit by the two began to distort, eventually exploding into a large splash of water.

And these splashes of water didn't fly out like the previous Water Dragon Bullet. Instead, they rapidly condensed towards the two, forming into water balls!

Doberman and Onigumo's expressions changed. They instinctively wanted to use Geppo to escape, but their weapons were both restrained by the water pressure, making it impossible to draw them out immediately!

There were only two choices now: either abandon their weapons and flee, or find a way to shatter the gradually condensing water balls.

The two thought about it. With their strength, launching a slash to cleave the water balls should be no problem.

In that moment of hesitation, they lost the best opportunity to escape and were firmly enveloped by the water balls.

Xi Yan's figure slowly rose from underwater, placing his hand on the formed water ball.

"Water Release: Water Prison Technique!"

Looking at Xi Yan appearing again, Onigumo's face turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

They had miscalculated. The immense water pressure and the special binding force made them unable to move. They could only watch helplessly as the guy outside looked at them with a mocking gaze.

"Two, do you like the gift I prepared for you?" Xi Yan said with a smile.

Doberman was so angered that he choked on water. If not for his strong willpower, he would probably be drowning right now.

Bastard!

As expected, those who play tactics have dirty hearts!

As if afraid they would escape, Xi Yan zapped them again with Lightning Release, making Onigumo's lungs feel like they were about to explode.

'Bastard!!'