"Looks like I arrived just in time."
"The war is over."
A layer of ice suddenly spread across the sea. With a single leap,
Admiral Aokiji appeared before them,
"Aokiji..."
"Admiral Aokiji."
The Vice Admirals looked at Aokiji's figure with delight,
Sengoku asked with some concern,
"Kuzan."
"What about the soldiers?"
Sengoku was worried that under such terrifying aftershocks, even he had to fight desperately to survive,
and that the soldiers had all lost their lives in the chaos.
Aokiji nodded,
"I protected the main body of the retreating troops with ice."
"They're all right."
Then Aokiji turned his gaze to the man standing at the very center,
Under the man's calm gaze, Aokiji felt smaller than he ever had before,
not because of the difference in their height, but because of the gulf between their levels of life.
Aokiji slowly walked over and looked up at the man, fighting the urge to bow down before him,
"My lord."
Aokiji bowed slightly. He asked no questions and said nothing unnecessary, making his position clear,
Facing a peerless force on an entirely different level, the best choice was to join him if you couldn't beat him.
And Aokiji wasn't a diehard loyal to the World Government. On the contrary, he was one of the few good men in the Navy who followed the justice in his heart,
Nara Dan had not attacked the Navy or Sengoku and the others, which made his intentions clear,
He meant to rule this world in an orderly fashion. At the very least, he wouldn't carry out indiscriminate massacres like Imu.
"I've heard a lot about you, Admiral Aokiji."
Nara Dan smiled. He had some favorable feelings toward this admiral, who had his own convictions within the Navy.
Just then, Samehada's Water Release barrier suddenly vanished,