Surrender Without Resistance

This was the latter half of the Grand Line. Not long after defeating the Beasts Pirates, the Straw Hat Crew had left the samurai island of Wano Country.

To get closer to the final island, Laugh Tale, the Straw Hat Crew's pirate ship, the Thousand Sunny, was heading toward the next island—Elbaf, one of the islands inhabited by the Giant Tribe!

Boom! Boom!

"Where did that enemy attack come from?" Hearing the cannon fire and feeling the ship shake violently, the crew immediately went on alert.

"It's the Navy!" Violet, who was serving as lookout, used the powers of the Glare-Glare Fruit to spot six large Navy warships sailing toward them in the distance.

They were the only ship nearby, and they were a pirate ship at that. Unless the Navy was blind, there was no way it could miss a pirate ship sailing so brazenly!

Moreover, once the patrolling Navy recognized the Straw Hat emblem on the pirate ship, it contacted a nearby Navy base and called for more warships.

Although the news had not gone into much detail about the Straw Hat Crew's role in the defeat of Kaido of the Beasts, this intelligence had long been shared within the Navy. Internally, the Straw Hat Crew was considered one of the main culprits behind Kaido's defeat and the collapse of his forces.

"Six warships? Jinbe, hurry up and speed away!" Usopp took out his telescope and looked toward the stern, only to discover that six Navy warships had targeted them. He immediately urged Jinbe, who was at the helm, to find a way to shake off the pursuing warships so they would not come under attack!

"Not planning to fight?" William glanced at Luffy and saw that he had no intention of fighting. Instead, he seemed to enjoy