The Hot-Tempered Akainu, Fruit Awakening

The Den Den Mushi was quickly answered.

The colonel immediately said, "Fleet Admiral, I am Colonel Akainu's colonel. Vice Admiral Akainu is currently fighting a monster wearing a cloak."

"Is it that mysterious person?"

"No, that mysterious person is watching from afar. This other mysterious person is built like a small hill!"

"So there are two mysterious people! And Akainu rushed in without knowing anything?!"

Sengoku had felt some hesitation when he sent Akainu out.

He feared that Akainu's overly rigid principles would make him act recklessly.

That was why Sengoku had repeatedly emphasized it before Akainu departed.

Yet he had never expected Akainu to remain so willful.

"How is the battle going?!"

The colonel glanced up at the sky and said, "Vice Admiral Akainu seems to want to end the battle quickly, but the enemy's recovery ability is simply too powerful. Every wound Vice Admiral Akainu inflicts recovers in a very short time!"

Upon hearing the colonel's words, Sengoku, who was currently in Marineford, felt as though a blaze of fury was about to burst out of his chest.

More importantly, Sengoku had learned that there was more than one cloaked mysterious person.

They might even be an organization!

Bang!

In a fit of rage, Sengoku shattered the desk before him with a single palm strike.

He was being held back by someone else, while that mysterious person was watching from afar like a tiger eyeing its prey.

Had Akainu truly thrown his orders and the Marines' strict discipline to the back of his mind?

Was he really going to throw away his life right on their doorstep?

In truth, Akainu was also suffering miserably.

After undergoing hellish training, his strength had increased dramatically.

He had believed that his power should now be comparable to Roya's!

Not to mention that he still had a trump card he had yet to use.

But who could have known that the monster before him possessed an absurdly powerful regenerative ability?

No matter how severe the wounds he inflicted on Weevil, they healed in only a moment.

Even Weevil's stamina seemed endless. How was he supposed to fight this?!

As for retreating, Akainu would never allow such a thought in his mind.

Justice could never lose to evil!

But Sengoku did not see it that way!

"I grant you command authority over this operation. Begin preparing for an immediate retreat, and inform Akainu that once he breaks free, he is to withdraw at once. Leave Ohara alone for now!"

With that, Sengoku hung up the Den Den Mushi.

The information conveyed through the Den Den Mushi alone was already giving Sengoku a massive headache.

There was more than one mysterious person; they might even be an organization.

That meant Ohara was extremely dangerous, but the New World was even more chaotic now. The Marines simply had no way to handle so many matters at once!

Moreover, the Marines' reputation had been steadily recovering because of Roya's actions.

Yet Akainu's reckless attack had once again brought shame upon the Marines.

"Akainu, that bastard! He can't accomplish anything, but he ruins everything!"

Elsewhere.

The Marines in the waters around Ohara had already begun reassigning soldiers and conducting an orderly retreat.

Akainu, who was fighting in the sky, naturally noticed this as well.

Having just taken a punch from Weevil, Akainu's already fiery temper completely exploded at that moment!

"You are fleeing before the battle! Anyone who dares retreat will be dealt with according to military law!"

At that moment, the colonel aboard the warship finally erupted.

Gathering all his courage, he shouted at Akainu, "Even if military law has been violated, you violated it first! Besides, Fleet Admiral Sengoku just granted me command authority over this operation. I now order you to retreat immediately!"

As soon as he said those words, thunderous applause broke out among the soldiers aboard the warship.

They had long since had enough of Akainu.

Now, right before their eyes, a mere colonel was berating Vice Admiral Akainu.

They had never heard of or seen anything like this before.

Today had truly broadened their horizons.

And it was not only their horizons that had been broadened.

Even Roya, Robin, and Olvia found it eye-opening.

Olvia even teased Roya from the side, "Roya, are your Marines always this chaotic?"

"Who knows? Sengoku may have had good intentions, but he overlooked Akainu's personality. Akainu has probably waited a long time for this day. There was no way he would slowly probe them, so the fault lies with Akainu."

"It was Akainu's presence that turned this operation into a joke. Still, it is quite entertaining, isn't it?"

Robin's eyes curved into crescents as she stood beside Roya and nodded vigorously.

"But I've grown tired of watching. Since the Marines plan to retreat, let's give them a gift. We can't let them come all this way for nothing, can we? After all, my current identity stands against the Marines!"

As Roya spoke, he slowly drew Ryujin Jakka.

"Weevil, come back!"

Roya lowered his voice, making it sound somewhat muffled.

Upon hearing Roya's words, Weevil immediately turned and left, no longer even bothering to pay attention to Akainu's attacks.

He let Akainu's attacks land on his body, then simply regenerated.

Akainu's brows knitted tightly.

Weevil had withdrawn, yet Akainu sensed an immensely powerful aura locking onto him.

Danger had already wrapped itself around him!

Akainu looked at Roya and thought, Is he about to make his move?

Just as that thought crossed Akainu's mind, towering flames shot into the sky.

An arrogant and terrifying spiritual pressure, like Conqueror's Haki, bore down on Akainu.

It made Akainu's body tremble uncontrollably.

"His Conqueror's Haki seems to have grown even stronger!"

Only then did Akainu realize.

It was not just him who had grown stronger. This guy had been growing stronger too!!!

Blood seeped from between Akainu's tightly clenched teeth!

But his unyielding principles would not permit him to turn his back and flee.

He would rather die than bow before evil!

With that thought, Akainu prepared to risk his life in one final strike!

"Awakening—Meteor Volcano!"

The clouds across the sky turned into crystal-clear fiery clouds.

The Fruit's power began affecting the surrounding weather.

Scorching heat continuously pressed down from the sky.

Akainu pushed his Fruit power to its absolute limit.

"Take a look at the results of my relentless training these past days—Fruit Awakening!"

As Akainu's words fell, countless meteor sparks gathered in the sky.

Those meteor sparks seemed to transform into gigantic lava fists, crashing down toward Ohara.

The retreating Marine soldiers were completely stunned by the sight.

They had never expected Akainu to have been holding back until now.

No wonder he had been so arrogant, thinking he could challenge two mysterious people alone.

"This attack is far too terrifying!"

"It's clearly a wide-range attack, yet the energy contained in every lava giant fist feels astonishing!"

"If it's Akainu as he is now, he should be able to fight two enemies by himself!"

The Marine soldiers had gradually moved away from Ohara, so all they could feel was the scorching heat filling the sky.

They could not sense the terrifying pressure emanating from Roya. Otherwise, they would not have said such things.

The corners of Roya's mouth beneath his cloak lifted slightly. The flames gradually converged, and then...