Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!
A dense barrage of cannon fire erupted as three pirate ships exchanged fire with the green warship, and a naval battle broke out across the sea.
There seemed to be some formidable pirates aboard the three pirate ships. The warship's cannonballs were often detonated prematurely while still in midair.
Before the pirate ships' cannonballs could land on the warship, Kuzan would use his Devil Fruit ability to "cool them down."
After several minutes of exchanging cannon fire, neither side had managed to do anything to the other, while Kuzan's stockpile of cannonballs had also been rapidly depleted.
"Hey, Yoriichi, if this naval battle keeps going, it'll never end. Just sink those three pirate ships."
"We're short on time. We need to reach Water Seven by the scheduled time."
After several minutes of artillery fire, Kuzan looked at the three intact pirate ships in the distance, took off his hat, scratched his fluffy hair, and said to Tsugikuni Yoriichi beside him.
"Sink them directly? That wouldn't be ideal. There should be supplies on those pirate ships. We've been going through food rather quickly lately. Without resupplying, our food and fresh water will probably last no more than a week."
"At our current speed, can we reach the next island within a week?"
Tsugikuni Yoriichi had already sheathed his sword. With both hands resting on the railing at the bow, he smiled at the three pirate ships in the distance and asked.
Sure enough, Kuzan fell silent upon hearing that. After a moment, he complained,
"We can't."
"It's all your fault. If you ate a little less at each meal, our supplies wouldn't be running out so fast."
"In that case, we'll have no choice but to engage in boarding combat."
As Kuzan spoke, he pointed at the