Ryokugyu left in a sorry state. Being completely outclassed in every aspect by someone else's abilities felt awful, and Hashirama's Wood Dragon Technique had left him utterly unable to fight back.
If he had known that Hashirama had not even used his full strength, who knew how he would have felt.
The vice admirals on the other side were even more helpless against Tobirama's Water Release. The Flying Thunder God Technique was highly effective against taijutsu fighters. Instantaneous spatial movement was the fastest of all, and as long as one's reaction speed was fast enough, one could evade every attack.
The only problem was that without a ninjutsu like the Rasengan, there was no way to inflict efficient damage in an instant.
Another key reason was that the people of the Pirate World had an innate fear of the ocean. Everyone wanted to conquer the sea, yet everyone feared it.
Unfortunately, who could truly conquer this sea?
Even the Pirate King had not truly conquered the sea. Humanity had always merely operated upon the ocean's surface.
Not to mention that seawater naturally countered ability users.
The attempt to capture Hancock had failed, and a number of Marines had been lost. Ryokugyu had gotten off to a terrible start.
After the Marines left, Tobirama looked at the members of Amazon Lily before him, as well as the Pirate Empress, Hancock.
"Did you hear what was just said? From now on, Amazon Lily will be taken over by Konoha."
"Why?"
With the Marines gone, Hancock seemed to have regained a little confidence and became arrogant again.
Tobirama had not expected her to ask that. Did she really have no political sense at all?
Seeing Hancock still daring to question them, Flame Flower hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.
"Amazon Lily is