The Navy Needs Reform
"Damn it!!"
Zephyr couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Gion! Stop them!"
"Good!"
Without any hesitation, Momousagi leaped into the air and swung her swords repeatedly with both hands, unleashing a series of powerful Flying Slash pierced the sky and shattered the invisible swords.
Zephyr also kept throwing punches, unleashing torrents of Haki energy to meet the attack.
"I'd like to see how long you can keep this up."
Invisible blades continuously condensed and fell around Luna Naito Knight.
"Hateful!"
Zephyr's face was extremely gloomy.
In that case, let alone helping Naito, they'd be stretched thin just protecting these warships.
Well then, it's time.
Naito shattered another large number of sword blades with a single punch, then took a deep breath. "Teacher Zephyr, take everyone and go first. I'll stay here and hold him off."
"Naito?"
Zephyr immediately raised his voice, "Are you kidding me? How could I possibly leave you here!"
Are you looking down on me again?
Naito smirked, and in the next instant, countless phantom Naito appeared, enveloping Luna Naito from all directions.
"Oh, what a scary move, but it won't work on me."
Luna Naito instantly conjured a giant projection sphere around her body, enveloping both herself and the surrounding sky.
While parrying the giant sword, Zephyr observed the battle situation and gritted his teeth inwardly.
In this way, no matter how many illusions there are, as long as the real body gets close to that guy, he will be able to detect them!
Instead of launching an attack, Naito's main body spoke in unison, and the resounding voice instantly spread across the entire sea.
"You'll only get in the way if you stay. This guy can't do anything to me. You should leave now, I'll come back to meet you later."
"Naito!!"
Veins bulged on Zephyr's forehead as he shattered an invisible giant sword that was coming straight at him with a powerful punch.
Unwilling to accept this!!
The boys who once needed his protection are now risking their lives to fight for their chance to escape, and he can't even offer them any real help!
Damn it!
"Naito-- "
The Vice Admiral Gion looked up at the sky, trying to see the boy's back clearly, but all he could see were illusions filling the sky.
Is this man, who always does things his own way, going to insist on going his own way again?
"Vice Admiral Naito!"
With the sounds from all the projections echoing simultaneously, the entire fleet, all the marines and scientists, heard Naito's words.
Even the most obtuse person wouldn't believe that Vice Admiral Naito genuinely found them a nuisance.
That great Vice Admiral, that hero who traveled thousands of miles to rescue them, is now left behind alone to face the terrifying monster so that they can escape safely!
"Vice Admiral Naito!!"
Some of the more sentimental marines were even in tears, wishing they could stay and fight alongside Vice Admiral Naito.
"Professor Zephyr, what are you still hesitating for? Don't forget who you are!"
As the sound echoed through the sky, a corner of the sphere surrounding Luna Naito shattered.
"Here!"
Luna Naito suddenly turned around and threw a backhand punch.
Boom!
Their fists collided again from a distance, and the heavens and earth roared once more like thunder!
Full speed ahead!
Zephyr's teeth were practically grinding to powder, but all he could do was roar like that.
"Everyone, don't let Naito down! Get out of here as fast as you can!"
"Vice Admiral Naito!!"
Countless naval officers and soldiers shed tears on the deck, involuntarily shouting for their heroes.
This is a naval hero, this is the great Vice Admiral Naito!
But all they could do was to live up to Vice Admiral Naito's efforts and sail away as quickly as possible.
"Naito, you must be safe and sound!"
Gion murmured to himself, his body leaping into the air as he continuously met the invisible giant swords that flew down from the sky.
In the sky, Naito was constantly sniping at the monster, preventing it from getting close to the departing fleet.
Naito, sometimes I really wish you weren't so great.
Chapter 226 The Navy Needs Reform
Still shrouded in illusions, the naval warships sped forward.
Perhaps the world was also moved by Vice Admiral Naito's courage in stepping forward, so a fierce storm swept across the sea, propelling the warships forward at an even faster pace.
Zephyr stood at the stern of the warship, staring intently at the distant sky.
The fierce battle between the two in the sky was no longer clearly visible. In fact, because Naito had created so many illusions, the entire process of their battle was obscured by the dense array of illusions, and all that could be heard was the continuous booming sound.
In fact, because the distance had already increased, the invisible blades that could easily cut through a warship had long since stopped flying towards them.
However, Zephyr did not go to support Naito.
He wasn't sure whether rushing over there now would help Naito or cause him trouble.
After all, in that brief encounter at G-14 Base last time, Zephyr's all-out attack couldn't even budge the Night King who was possessing that Lunarians woman.
The outcome this time will likely remain the same.
So, if you can't even hurt the other person, what kind of help are you talking about?
Zephyr clenched his fists silently.
That's really embarrassing.
"Don't worry, Professor Zephyr,"
Gion stood beside him, her hand on the hilt of her sword. "Naito will be alright."
Although she said such things, the veins on the back of her left hand, which was holding the sword, were bulging, and the hilt of the sword was trembling slightly along with her hand.
"Yes,"
Zephyr simply nodded slightly, his tone carrying a forced certainty, "As for Naito, he'll definitely be fine."
In the distant sky.
Naito stood calmly amidst the countless illusions.
The two projected figures are constantly colliding.
Each collision was actually very slight, but the resulting noise was earth-shattering.
The heavens and earth roared, and the wind howled.
These are just illusions, in fact.
"Lord Naito."
Luna flapped her wings and floated in front of Naito, bowing slightly and speaking respectfully.
"Thank you for your trouble, Luna, for making this special trip."
Naito said with a smile.
However, this trip is still very necessary.
Naito the Hero's reputation has now reached its maximum.
Well, nowadays, if there's a vacancy in the Admiral's position, no one should question me filling it, right?
"It's what I should do."
Luna, utterly loyal to Naito, spoke with a calm and collected tone, her expression one of utter certainty.
How much longer will it take to turn everyone into Hub?
Naito asked.
He has now almost completely abandoned any involvement in this matter.
He entrusted the task of pulling people into dreams entirely to his subordinates; now, every one of his subordinates possesses the ability to induce dreams.
While the authority to turn people into Hub hasn't been delegated, it's now largely automated.
Naito has a portion of his consciousness remaining in the Dream World, and that portion has now formed a rule that any stranger entering the Dream World for the first time will be directly invited.
In this way, Naito wouldn't need to spend a lot of time every day granting permissions to the Hub.
Of course, the price of this convenience is that he isn't particularly aware of the specific progress.
"It will take at least another three months."
Luna thought for a moment, then answered.
"Three months?"
Naito nodded slightly.
That's actually quite fast, considering it involves more than a dozen countries and numerous scattered settlements; it's only been a year and the transformation is already nearly complete.
It's worth noting that back in the Dunas Kingdom, it took almost a year just to convert all the residents of that country into Hub.
"Then don't be idle during this time,"
Naito said, "It's time to take down those troublesome Affiliated Nation too."
Today, there is no longer any need to consider the World Government and treat the Affiliated Nation differently.
Anyway, those few Affiliated Nation have already been almost completely infiltrated; all that's left is for them to raise their arms and call to arms.
"Yes."
Luna nodded slightly.
"Then, it's time to begin a new round of large-scale expansion."