Sabaody Archipelago, naval base.
Following Kizaru, several more figures headed towards the base. Unlike Kizaru, these figures were all exceptionally tall.
The leader was a tall, fat man with fair skin, carrying a huge axe on his shoulder.
Before arriving at the base, the man turned to the several tall figures behind him and said, "You all stay put and wait for me here!"
"Instructions received!"
The man nodded, then walked straight into the base, asked a few navy personnel, and soon arrived at his destination.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw a man sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, leisurely drinking tea, with a somewhat lewd expression on his face.
"Hey Uncle Kizaru, didn't you arrive earlier? Why are you still sitting here drinking tea instead of catching those imposters?"
Indeed, the man drinking tea was Kizaru. After hearing this, Kizaru slowly put down his cup and said:
" Sentomaru, calm down! Let them enjoy themselves a little longer! Don't you think it would be better to deliver the fatal blow when they're at their most excited?"
"Besides, they're just a bunch of pirate rabble. You'll definitely need to bring the Pacifista to deal with them. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for a Marine Admiral like me to have to fight these weaklings!"
Sentomaru was speechless once again. He was clearly just lazy, not ashamed.
Pshaw, even a dog wouldn't believe that!
Shaking his head, Sentomaru stopped dwelling on the issue and instead looked at Kizaru, asking, "So, can we go deal with them now? Otherwise, it'll be troublesome if they escape to the New World!"
"I also brought five Pacifista with me; that's more than enough to deal with those small fry!"
"Alright! Let's go then!"
After saying that, Kizaru took another sip of tea and slowly stood up, looking in a certain direction as if he could see something through the wall.
Then, in a voice only he could hear, Kizaru said, "If I really can't win, then I can only take it out on you fakes. Prepare to experience cruelty!!"
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On the other side, somewhere on the island.
"Wait... did I just come here?"
Zoro looked at the very familiar scene before him and couldn't help but say something, then silently stared at the scene before him.
After a while~
Zoro clapped his hands, having come up with a great idea, and then chose a direction and walked towards it.
He planned to keep going in this direction, never turning back halfway, and if he encountered any obstacles... he'd chop them down!
However, Zoro had only taken a couple of steps when he heard a commotion.
"Hey! Hurry up! Luffy is waiting for us at 46th Floor, this is big news!"
"I heard that all the Straw Hat Pirates will be going there to discuss their departure tomorrow."
"Haha... Is Luffy finally going to march into the New World? Just thinking about it is so exciting! I can finally kill people again! I've been so bored these past few days!"
"Alright, we can talk about it over there. Let's hurry up and get there now, or we won't want to keep Luffy Yamato and the crew waiting."
"At that point, Xia Chen the Sovereign might just blow a breath and we're finished!"
"That's right, that's right, let's go!"
The sound faded into the distance, but Zoro stopped walking.
If you look at it from the front, you'll see that Zoro's face looks completely bewildered.
???
Luffy Xia Chen march into the New World?
He recognized each of the words individually, but why couldn't he understand them when they were put together?
He'd only been on the island a short time, right? How come his pirate crew suddenly has so many more pirates under their command, and they're going to the New World tomorrow?
Why hasn't he received any message?
With this question in mind, Zoro decided it was necessary to go with them and see for himself.
Meanwhile, someone had already arrived at the location of Pirate #46's gathering place, but at the very top of Tree #46.
Xia Chen stood comfortably on the huge tree canopy, holding a drink specially made by Sanji in his hand, gazing calmly into the distance.
I must say, this tree is really tall; the view from the top of the canopy is incredibly far!
You can even see some islands in the distance, it's a bit unbelievable!
Although Xia Chen's gaze was fixed on the distance, most of his attention was actually on the " Straw Hat Pirates " below.
His powerful Observation Haki allowed him to clearly perceive the situation below, even from the treetops.
To be fair, he had no problem with the other imposters, but he wondered if the imposter dared to look so unnatural.
Does she resemble him at all, except for the clothes she's wearing?
How could those pirates possibly believe it was him?
If even a ten-tenths of people who don't resemble him can impersonate him, then anyone on the street could be Xia Chen.
After watching for a while, Xia Chen shifted his attention away, otherwise he was afraid that if he continued watching, he wouldn't be able to resist going down and killing that imposter.
However... someone is already preparing to help him with this...
Below, in the pirate gathering place.
" Luffy," " Xia Chen," and the others sat on a comfortable leather sofa, with an indistinct number of pirates in front of them.
They were all celebrating loudly, because their "Captain Luffy " was about to lead them into the New World.
The day when they can punch the Four Emperors of the Sea and kick the Marine Admiral is not far off!
The thought of this made them even more excited. They wouldn't have dared to even consider such a idea before, but now that they had joined the Straw Hat Pirates, the crew's powerful foundation gave them the confidence to think and act on it.
"Wow, this is quite lively, isn't it!"
Just as the pirates were celebrating wildly, a lewd voice came from afar.
It didn't sound very loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.
The sound drew everyone's attention, and they saw a man in a navy cloak walking at the front, followed by a man carrying a huge axe and a group of tall figures that looked like bears.
"Huh? You navy dare to come to the place where we pirates gather? Don't you have a death wish?"
A pirate shouted, a bloodthirsty smile spreading across his face.
"It's been so many days since we've had any killings, so today we can give you few marines some practice. You can only blame your bad luck for coming at this time!"
With that, the pirate's voice boomed out. He wanted to kill all the marines in front of him and show off in front of Captain Luffy so that he could have a higher status.
As the man charged forward, the surrounding pirates shouted, "Kill these Marines, Captain Moss! Let them know the strength of the Straw Hat Pirates!"
"Hahaha... Navy, you've really messed with me today. Captain Moss is a man with a bounty of 150 million, not someone you Navy guys can mess with!"
Hearing the numerous pirates praising him, Moss smiled. Yes, today he was going to make these marines bleed...
"Pfft!"
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