"What is this?!"
Kizaru spoke in shock.
"He acquired the Float-Float Fruit's power a long time ago."
Aokiji's voice came from the side.
Immediately afterward, the twenty or thirty warships surrounding the Thunderer slowly rose into the air, flying upward.
"When did you even get all these warships...?!"
Kizaru drew a breath, an unreadable look in his eyes.
"If we're attacking Wano Country, naturally, we have to make every preparation for this war!"
"Anything I've touched comes under my control."
"All I had to do was take care of it beforehand."
Xia Le smiled faintly.
He looked up. Even from this deep, dark cavern, they could see sunlight through the opening above.
More than twenty warships slowly ascended toward it.
"I didn't touch every warship, and there would have been no point in doing so."
"So I haven't turned the entire fleet into a flying fleet."
"I'm simply sending our strongest elite forces up first."
"Once we crush the defensive line Kaido left here and take control of the Submerged Port, our troops will be able to pour in without interruption."
After a pause, Xia Le added almost casually.
"Of course, that newly established Flying Fleet didn't travel with us."
"They'll fly high into the sky and enter Wano Country from above."
"That's also a precaution against any problems here at the Front Harbor."
Kizaru fell silent, astonished by the meticulous thinking and thorough planning of the man before him.
Their plan for entering Wano Country had practically left no weakness unaddressed.
Above the Front Harbor.
There was another small harbor here, piled with all sorts of crates and cargo, with large numbers of pirates wearing horned helmets.
A skull flag stood firmly planted there, fluttering in the wind.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Those guys down below aren't