Morgan, I Will Punish You in the Name of the Moon

At the dojo.

"Hey, Smoker, do you know why Instructor Z asked us to help find a map?" Hina asked with a frown.

"Since I once received Instructor Z's kindness, I'll help with a few favors." Smoker smoked without looking at Hina, casually staring somewhere as he continued, "I still haven't figured out why Instructor Z wants us to find a map for him."

Hina fell silent for a moment. "Since that incident, Instructor Z has changed greatly. Cipher Pol has been keeping a close eye on him, though no one knows what they're guarding against."

Smoker said nothing after hearing that. He frowned, his face obscured by curling smoke.

Suddenly, a marine came running over, gasping for breath. "Vice Admiral Smoker, Rear Admiral Hina, Major Tashigi is fighting someone in the street!"

"Hm?" Smoker suddenly raised his head and looked at the marine who had delivered the report.

He already had a naturally fierce face, and with that scar, he frightened the marine so badly that the man stammered, "I... I still don't know the exact situation..."

"Forget it, don't make things hard for him. Let's go take a look. We have nothing better to do anyway," Hina said flatly.

Hina looked at Smoker. Smoker nodded, and the two rose together, heading toward the battle.

The hypnotist Jango and Iron Fist Fullbody exchanged a glance and followed close behind.

Several Cipher Pol assassins in black suits hid in the shadows, coldly watching the battle unfold.

One of them took out a miniature Den Den Mushi and began contacting his direct superior to report the situation.

"Reporting to Officer Jerry, Rear Admiral Hina's warship arrived in this town not long ago." The man in black sounded slightly surprised as he continued, "Colonel Tashigi has also appeared in this town and is currently fighting the fugitive, former Major Morgan. However, Vice Admiral Smoker has not been spotted."

"Since Tashigi has appeared, Smoker should be in that town as well." Jerry paused. "As for the fugitive Morgan, you can ignore him for now. Your current mission is to investigate why Rear Admiral Hina and Vice Admiral Smoker have appeared there at the same time."

"Yes, sir."

"Have you found any trace of Zephyr?" Jerry asked.

"Not yet."

"If the intelligence is correct, he should be there as well. Continue tracking them and report at any time," Jerry ordered.

"Yes, sir!" the Cipher Pol assassin replied solemnly.

After saying that, he put away the miniature Den Den Mushi and glanced through the crowd. He had the distinct feeling that someone had been watching him just now.

But after looking carefully, he found nothing. Perhaps it had been an illusion.

Wuli withdrew his gaze. Cipher Pol really was impossible to shake off. He pondered it briefly, then stopped paying attention.

Because the battle between Tashigi and Morgan in the street was reaching its climax.

The victor would be decided at any moment.

Watching Morgan destroy the entire street, Tashigi gritted her teeth. The attacks unleashed by the sword in her hand grew stronger and stronger.

After one of Morgan's attacks, he revealed an opening.

A sharp gleam flashed through Tashigi's eyes as she seized the opportunity and launched her attack.

Buzz!

The sword in Tashigi's hand, Shigure, was instantly coated in black Armament Haki.

"Rain Slash!"

She took the chance to unleash a slash too swift to see, its dazzling sword light charging toward Morgan like a torrential downpour.

Morgan's pupils contracted, and his expression grew more solemn. Enhanced by Armament Haki, Tashigi's attack power could not be underestimated.

Although Morgan did his utmost to block Tashigi's slashes, he was still forced back more than a dozen steps, with many fine wounds appearing across his body.

"Could that female marine really defeat Axe-Hand Morgan?" a pirate mixed into the crowd exclaimed in surprise.

"Rain Slash? Interesting." Wuli watched from the side with interest. "But judging by the situation, it'll be very difficult for Tashigi to win."

Morgan stretched his body, completely unconcerned with his bleeding wounds.

"It seems you have some skill, but this level is nowhere near enough! Let me show you what true strength is!!"

Morgan's gaze sharpened. With a muffled roar, he erupted with a powerful aura that spread in all directions.

As the axe in his hand swung, large cracks split through the air. Wild winds howled and whistled!

Facing Morgan's attack, Tashigi raised her sword to block it.

Bang!

Morgan's overwhelming strength knocked her back several meters.

She had just raised her head, ready to counterattack, when Morgan had already appeared before her!

His axe transformed once more, chopping down at Tashigi with the terrifying force of a mountain-splitting strike!

Pfft!

Tashigi was sent flying before she could do anything, blood spraying from her mouth.

Just as Tashigi thought she was about to hit the ground, she felt someone catch her.

Turning her head, she saw that it was the fool who had nearly spent a fortune buying a sword.

"Another one here to die!"

Wuli said to Tashigi, "Let me borrow your sword."

Wuli drew the second sword, Kashu, from Tashigi's waist and happened to block Morgan's iron axe.

Morgan retreated several steps, while Wuli used Morgan's force to pull back more than a dozen steps and set Tashigi down.

Wuli pointed his sword at Morgan and said with a serious expression, "Morgan, I will punish you in the name of the moon."

Tashigi had been full of worry, but upon hearing Wuli's words, though she did not understand what they meant, confidence in him rose within her heart.

Morgan was enraged. His expression became extremely ugly, fury burning in his eyes as a vein at his temple throbbed faintly.

Was this newcomer who had appeared out of nowhere looking down on him? Unforgivable!

"Absolutely unforgivable!!!"

As he roared, his axe seemed to transform into the phantom of a gigantic battle axe, cleaving down from midair toward the ground. Whirlwinds erupted in every direction like vortices, accompanied by continuous thunderous explosions!

Rumble!

The massive axe, dozens of meters long, swept across the street. Its momentum was unstoppable, its strike tyrannical beyond compare, as though it could split apart everything!

It slashed toward Wuli!

The surrounding spectators could not help holding their breath and backing away on their own. This aura was too powerful.

It slowed their perception of the changes in their surroundings by half a beat.

"Is it snowing?!!"

Snow began to fall. Look! Pure white flakes drifted in the wind, covering the street and settling over the rooftops.

A layer of frost spread over the Kashu in Wuli's hand.

Morgan's attack tore apart the crystalline, gleaming snowflakes.

The flakes had initially been small, but then the wind suddenly grew fiercer, the snowfall denser, and the flakes larger, as if they had woven a white net. All at once, the people could no longer see anything.

They only heard Wuli say calmly, "Second Form of the Floating Feather Divine Wind Style Sword: Blowing Snow."

The wind and snow gradually dispersed, and the people slowly made out the figures within the storm.

Wuli turned and walked toward Tashigi. Behind him, blood sprayed from Morgan's body, staining the white snow red before he collapsed.