Admiral Arrives!

Marine Admiral Aokiji!

Only one person could do something like this.

"If that's the case, then Navy Headquarters really did send an Admiral here as reinforcements." Xi Yan frowned.

That meant they needed to consider how their partners would retreat.

Challenging a Marine Admiral was certainly thrilling, but they also had to take their partners' safety into account.

Xi Yan glanced at the two men lying on the ground and foaming at the mouth. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to kill them immediately.

If the Marine Admiral arrived before Luffy defeated Rob Lucci, they could still use these two guys to hold him back.

After summoning another clone, the Shadow Clone vanished from the spot.

"Twelve Flower Blooms!"

Nico Robin used her ability to relentlessly attack the Marines charging toward her, reducing the enemy's fighting force.

Fortunately, because of Xi Yan, there were not as many Marines with effective combat ability as expected.

Most of them were merely struggling to stay alive on the sea, with little strength left to join the battle.

Those who could participate were basically lieutenant commanders or above.

"Whoosh~"

At that moment, something suddenly flew out of the water and landed precisely in front of Nico Robin.

Seeing the familiar object, Nico Robin instinctively caught it.

"This is... a scroll?"

Nami looked at the object in Nico Robin's hands in surprise. Why was there a scroll here?

Nico Robin did not explain. She simply tucked it into her clothes, then looked at Blueno. "Has something changed?"

"Everyone, prepare to withdraw." Blueno said calmly, "A Marine Admiral has arrived."

"An Admi..."

Nami's face instantly went pale. They had only been worried about a Marine Admiral, and now one had really come?!

That kind of terrifying monster was simply not something they could handle.

"What do we do? Straw Hat and the others' battle isn't over yet." Franky said.

"We can only see who finishes faster."

Sanji took a deep breath, lit the cigarette he had snatched from a lifeboat, and said, "In that case, let's get on the ship first. We..."

Before Sanji could finish, a Vice Admiral burst out of the sea and slashed at a nearby lifeboat!

Slash!

Like cutting tofu, the lifeboat was split cleanly in half almost instantly!

"Hmph, trying to run?!" Strawberry sneered, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. "Stay here obediently!"

The Navy had lost so much face this time. Did they think they could still leave alive?

At this point, Strawberry could no longer care about anything else. In any case, he could not let these ignorant fools leave here alive!

After doing that, Strawberry turned and charged toward the waters, intending to join his two companions in killing that Ninja!

"It's over, the ship's gone..."

Nami was completely numb. They had finally managed to seize a ship, and the enemy had casually split it in two with one slash... How were they supposed to escape now?

Seeing that Nami seemed to have lost her fighting spirit, Blueno fell silent for a moment before saying, "Everyone, enter the Air Door first!"

They had to ensure their partners survived first. As for the ship... they would think of another way. If worse came to worst, they could try using one of the flooded Navy warships.

Although Nami and the others were puzzled, out of trust in Xi Yan, they still walked over to Blueno and entered the newly opened Air Door.

Nico Robin did not waste any words either. Without hesitation, she snapped Spandam's neck and casually tossed him into the sea.

Only then did she enter the Air Door.

Blueno, meanwhile, used Soru to rush to Usopp's side, dragged the bewildered Usopp back, and casually threw him into the Air Door.

"Bastard, aren't you with CP9?!" a Marine Captain roared angrily. "Why are you helping pirates?"

The enemy's only escape ship had already been destroyed, yet he was helping them leave?

However, Blueno merely gave him a cold glance and said disdainfully, "What the hell does it have to do with you?"

Without giving him another chance to talk nonsense, he turned and entered the Air Door, disappearing from sight.

Marine Captain: ...

"Was this also the World Government's decision?" a lieutenant commander asked in confusion.

"Bullshit! How could that be possible? That guy must have betrayed us!"

"Just wait, you'll be hunted down until you die!!"

The Marine Captain was furious, but all he could do was rage helplessly.

Inside the Air Door, Nami and the others all looked at Blueno in confusion.

"You've already figured out how to leave, right?" Zoro said. "There isn't much air in such a small space."

Just as he was about to take a drag, Sanji seemed to realize something and lowered his head, crushing his cigarette beneath his foot.

"Green Algae Head is right." Sanji said. "Without a ship, leaving this place is nothing but a pipe dream."

"The space issue is easy to solve. I just need to keep moving forward." Blueno said flatly. "The problem is how to leave this place."

"So you don't have a solution either?" Sanji stared blankly.

"We can only seize a warship." Blueno said.

As he spoke, he could clearly see several intact Navy warships in the waters through the light screen at the side.

Although they had been flooded, once they left the waters, they could still possibly serve as transportation.

"No, I'm still completely confused. Why did we suddenly come in here?" Usopp said.

"A Marine Admiral has arrived." Kokoro said.

"An Admiral, an Admiral!" Kimone said.

"An Admiral..." Usopp's legs went weak, and he nearly dropped to his knees.

How long had it been? Were they really going to face that terrifying monster again?

Damn it, Sanji's worries had actually come true. That terrifying monster had really arrived!

At that moment, Usopp noticed a small dot suddenly appearing on the sea. It seemed to be rushing toward them at incredible speed.

"What's that?"

Usopp stared at the distance in confusion, then instinctively put on the goggles on his head that allowed him to see farther, intending to check whether it was the so-called Marine Admiral.

But when he saw what it really was, Usopp's body trembled at once as though he had been struck by lightning.

"What's wrong with you?"

Zoro looked at Usopp in confusion. He had no idea why this guy had suddenly started trembling. Had he seen the Marine Admiral?

Still puzzled, Zoro followed his gaze into the distance, but he did not notice anything unusual.

When it came to eyesight, no one in the Straw Hat Pirates could compare to Usopp!

"It's... it's our partner coming to pick us up..."

"Partner?" Franky stared blankly. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Other than Straw Hat and Ninja Bro, who were fighting outside, weren't all the Straw Hat Pirates already here?

"Hey, Usopp, you haven't got a fever, have you?" Zoro also looked at Usopp with concern, not knowing what had suddenly gotten into this kid.

He instinctively wanted Chopper to take a look, but gave up when he realized Chopper was still asleep.

With tears streaming down his face, Usopp grabbed Zoro by the collar and shouted excitedly, "Don't we still have one more partner?!"

"It's Merry, Merry!!"

"Merry came to pick us up!!"

At that moment, Usopp even felt as if he could hear Merry calling to them, that incomparably familiar voice!

(Everyone, I've come to pick you up.)

"Merry!!!"