The New Fleet Admiral (Continued)

Dimon smiled slightly and took out the Devil Fruit he had acquired yesterday.

Animation!

As the golden light was infused, the fruit's shape immediately changed.

In the blink of an eye, a fruit transformed into a half-meter-tall black octopus. One of the octopus's tentacles scratched its head, and a hint of confusion appeared in its small eyes.

"Owner?"

"Welcome, fellow countryman." Dimon thought for a moment and smiled, "From now on, you'll be called... N'Zoth."

There was no way around it; the moment he saw an octopus-shaped demon, that name would immediately pop into his mind.

N'Zoth was still scratching his head. As a Devil Fruit even a dog would disdain, he vaguely remembered that its previous owner had died a terrible death.

Tell me about your abilities.

Dimon asked softly, feeling that this N'Zoth was a bit silly and cute.

Does spitting ink count? I can spit out large amounts of black ink.

"Poisonous?"

"Not poisonous."

Seemingly sensing his master's disapproval, N'Zoth quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "I can regenerate, Master!"

"Oh?"

"If my tentacles break off, they can regenerate naturally over time..."

What's the use of this?

Dimon thought of Kuranos, Yamata no Orochi could almost regenerate indefinitely.

Moreover, demons are Undying; even if all their tentacles are severed, they can be restored simply by regenerating once.

Well, we can't expect too much from ordinary Zoan; this is the normal situation for ordinary Zoan.

"Okay, I see you have a lot of hands, go to the city outside and move bricks."

Dimon raised his hand and tapped, imprinting the teleportation mark on the other person's forehead, then waved his hand.

"Oh."

The octopus N'Zoth slumped down, its tentacles crawling on the ground, and then it left the bedroom in the blink of an eye.

Seeing his dejected look, Dimon shook his head helplessly, wondering if he could enhance him.

"Ain, after you took refuge in the breeze, you gained power similar to that of Logia beings. What do you think N'Zoth can merge with?"

[Light?]

Light?

Like the wind, light is almost invisible and intangible.

Dimon nodded knowingly and decided to give it a try later.

[Master, the battle at Punk Hazard is over, and today's newspapers have published news about the new Fleet Admiral.]

"Where's the newspaper?"

[The News Coo don't come to Elegia; I read the newspaper on Hachinosu.]

As soon as I finished speaking, the image immediately flashed into my mind.

The man reading the newspaper, Blackbeard, was sitting alone on the deserted Moby Dick, guarding the ship by himself.

He ate his bread while watching the morning news.

Seemingly sensing something amiss, Blackbeard raised his head and looked around in confusion.

"He can already vaguely sense your presence."

Dimon had to admit that Blackbeard was very good at hiding his strength; apart from Red-Haired, probably not many people knew his current power.

In his early years, before Red-Haired became Four Emperors, he fought a battle with Blackbeard, and the three scars on his left eye were left from that time.

Yes, this human is very well hidden; he is an ambitious person.

Dimon closed his eyes slightly and carefully looked at the newspaper.

The front page of the newspaper featured news about the Navy's new Fleet Admiral— "Epic Showdown! The Navy's New Fleet Admiral, Akainu Sakazuki!"

"As expected, Akainu won."

Dimon was not surprised at all. Just as Whitebeard said, in land combat, Akainu's Devil Fruit was superior to Aokiji's.

The news reported that Akainu fought Aokiji for seven days and seven nights, and ultimately emerged victorious.

Aokiji, the loser, is seriously injured and his whereabouts are currently unknown.

Will Aokiji leave the Navy?

Dimon stroked his chin, thinking, "This is a clash of ideologies. Given Aokiji's personality, he'll most likely leave."

The two Admiral adhered to different principles of justice.

Akainu upholds Absolute Justice and is willing to kill civilians along with anyone in order to eliminate threats.

Aokiji embodies a Lazy Justice, as evidenced by his letting Robin escape in Ohara.

The duel between the two on Punk Hazard appears to be a contest for the position of Fleet Admiral, but it is essentially a clash of ideologies.

Therefore, Dimon judged that Aokiji would leave.

In the original storyline, after leaving, Aokiji arrived at Hachinosu and joined the Blackbeard Pirates, so it's hard to say whether he was an undercover agent.

Dimon immediately asked, "Where is the Wave-Breaking Warrior now?"

[They're on the island; they arrived in Elegia last night.]

[Aside from Big Eye and Samael, who are on a mission in the Holy Land, Bethany, who is in Vegapunk, and Mammon, who is infiltrating the Navy, everyone else has gathered here.]

Upon hearing this, Dimon nodded and said:

"Send Sigma and Kuranos to capture the severely wounded Aokiji."

Let's rewind a little.

Last night, on Flame Island, in Punk Hazard.

On a night with a nearly full moon, the stars were few and far between.

The plains at the heart of the island are half covered in ice and snow, and the other half engulfed in scorching wildfires.

At the boundary between the two, Aokiji lay on the ground, covered in blood.

His left leg was covered in blood, and the part below the knee was gone; the missing leg had been blasted into dust by the lava.

Although his right leg was still there, the skin on it was charred and burned, with patches of bright red burns covering the entire leg.

"Huff... huff..."

Aokiji braced himself on the ground with both hands, trying to get up.

Even this small movement would cause his arms to tremble uncontrollably. Seven days of intense fighting had left even Marine Admiral exhausted.

With a thud, he fell to the ground once again.

"Give up, Kuzan..."

Akainu breathed heavily and spoke with a livid expression.

As the victor of this battle, his condition wasn't much better than Aokiji's.

The Navy's cloak of justice was nowhere to be found. His bare upper body, with large areas of frostbite extending from his left shoulder to his left abdomen, presented a cold hue under the moonlight.

It's not just the surface injuries; the internal organs are also affected.

Only through sheer willpower did Akainu manage to stay alive.

"I won this battle, don't worry. After all, we were comrades, and I didn't want to kill you. As long as you admit defeat, the rescue team will be here soon."

Aokiji laughed, revealing his blood-stained teeth, and said:

"Idiot, who would admit defeat? Kill me, Sakazuki."

"You..."

Akainu's face grew increasingly pale. His agitation aggravated his internal injuries, causing him to cough up blood and nearly fall.

He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes fixed coldly on the defenseless Aokiji.

Akainu hesitated.

Despite upholding Absolute Justice, he still hesitated in the face of this situation.

"Hmph, you can just stay here and wait to die!"

Akainu ignored Aokiji and, dragging his weary body, turned and limped away.

A sentence echoed in the cold wind:

"My navy doesn't need idiots like you! Get out, Aokiji! Get out of my sight, or I might kill you!"

Akainu disappeared into the night.

Aokiji struggled to turn over and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

Life flashes through my mind like a revolving lantern.

Twenty-five years ago, he joined the Navy at the age of 19, studied under Zephyr, and distinguished himself in the training camp on Enies Lobby.

He was the top student in his class of new recruits and became a colonel right after graduation.

As Logia Devil Fruit user, the Navy sees him as a rising star, and many people have high hopes for him.

Just like Mammon today.

Mammon's current treatment is something he experienced once before in his early years.

Eight years later, at the age of 27, he was already a renowned Logia Vice Admiral. When pirates heard Aokiji's nickname, even the most arrogant pirates would be terrified and flee in panic.

That year, he participated in the Buster Call for the first time.

They were only informed at the time of the operation that the target of the extermination was Ohara, an island of archaeologists.

The Admiral Sengoku at the time told him that the scholars had broken the law first, and even if some were innocent, there was nothing that could be done, all for the sake of world peace.

He made his move; facing a former friend, a Giant Vice Admiral, he decisively attacked.

But a sliver of conscience deep within him led him to choose to give up at the last moment. He not only let go of an orphan from Ohara, but also cleverly let go of his friend.

At that time, Akainu ordered the ships carrying civilians to be bombarded.

At that time, Aokiji knew that he and this colleague were not on the same path.

"Time flies... In the blink of an eye, it's already been 25 years since I joined the Navy? I'm a middle-aged man now."

Aokiji muttered to himself sadly, and then couldn't help but cough.

Will I die if this continues?

Excessive blood loss and severe injuries necessitate finding a safe place to treat the broken leg first...

Aokiji tried to get up again, using his freezing power to condense an icy leg, but after only walking a dozen meters, he collapsed headfirst into the snow.

His consciousness faded, and he fell into a coma.

As his consciousness faded into slumber, the freezing power could no longer be maintained, and the half of the icy world rapidly melted away under the scorching heat of the earth's fire.

The ice and snow melted, and soon Flame Island returned to its original state.

After an unknown amount of time, Aokiji vaguely heard a conversation.

"That guy's really unlucky. Of all the places to fight, he had to choose this one."

"Indeed, this place was transformed into Flame Island by Samael, and his power remains on the island, making it an absolutely unfavorable environment for the Ice-Ice Fruit."

Samael?

The Wrath of the Seven Deadly Sins, a guy who calls himself the God of Flames.