Chapter 37: Rivals

Shrill sirens echoed over Marinfando.

At the moment when the alarm sounded, all the navies in the headquarters immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

They looked solemn and hurried out of the base as fast as they could.

The first thing that catches your eye is the wreckage of a warship scattered along the shore of the inner bay.

It seems to have fallen straight from a great height, causing the entire hull to disintegrate.

"What's going on?"

Seeing the scattered wreckage of the warship, the navy was amazed.

"Hahaha......!"

Just as the navy was shocked by the wreckage of the warship, a rampant laughter came from above.

The navy jerked their heads up, and looked in the direction from which the laughter came, and saw the most horrific scene of their lives.

High in the sky, there were nine large warships suspended crookedly.

In the center, surrounded by these warships, is a huge island ship with a row of wooden oars extending from both sides of the hull and a rocky bottom.

Like the nine warships, this strangely shaped island ship is also firmly suspended in the air.

The man who laughed was standing in front of the island ship in the air.

The man had a wooden rudder on his head, and his long, wild blond hair, like a lion's sideburns, fluttered in the wind.

The most striking thing is not the rudder stuck above his head, but the man's legs, which have been replaced by two long knives.

This man is the Golden Lion Shiki who dismantled the myth of Impel's submarine prison at the cost of cutting off his legs twenty years ago.

"Haha."

Shiki laughed loudly.

With his arms in his arms, he looked condescendingly at the Navy Gate on the ground, as if looking down on a swarm of ants.

"What the hell is going on......"

The navy looked at the man standing in the sky and muttered to themselves in astonishment.

"It's the Golden Lion Shiki!!"

A handful of older navymen quickly recognized the identity of the man who stood in the air.

"Is that man the Golden Lion...... A pirate on par with One Piece Roger and Edward the Whitebeard! ”

"The first man to escape from prison in Advance City!"

"Twenty years ago, I almost destroyed Marin Fando, this time, do you want to do it again?"

After all, it was a legend more than 20 years ago, and most of the navies present only heard of it by name.

And now, they have finally seen the so-called legend with their own eyes.

shock

Terror.

That's how the navy really felt.

Karp, Sengoku, and Lieutenant General Tsuru came to the base pavilion one after another.

These three old navies, who have supported an era, look quite ugly at the moment.

Not only because of the arrogant behavior of the golden lion, but also because of the ten warships that were played by the golden lion.

The scene of the warship hanging in the air is no stranger to the Warring States.

Destroying warships as toys has always been the Golden Lion's forte.

Historically, they could only watch the golden lion smash down one warship after another.

You know, the cost of a warship is more than 100 million.

The loss of every warship means the loss of military spending and even combat power.

Sengoku, who was originally displeased because of the Fire Fist Ace incident, will have an even more ugly face.

"Karp, Sengoku ......"

The golden lion's eyes were amazing, and he sneered at the "old friend" standing in front of the railing of the pavilion.

The two sides looked at each other amid the blaring sirens.

Their eyes are intertwined, and they can clearly feel each other's hostility.

"Golden Lion Shiki!"

Karp frowned and said in a deep voice: "After disappearing for twenty years, and now returning to the sea, is it intended to take revenge on the world?" ”

Sengoku did not answer, but looked up at the golden lion floating in the sky like an angry Buddha.

The Golden Lion is a fluttering fruit capable of allowing itself and the inorganic matter it touches to float freely in the air and be able to control it.

In other words, as long as the golden lion does not take the initiative to land, even if Marin Fando has an amazing number of troops, there is nothing to do with the golden lion.

Twenty years ago, the Navy was able to put the Golden Lion in prison.

On the one hand, Karp and Sengoku joined forces, and on the other hand, the golden lion was determined to fight to the death.

You know, Karp and Sengoku can be said to be the highest combat power in the navy at that time.

Even so, it was at the cost of the destruction of most of Marin Vando that he finally succeeded in subduing the Golden Lion.

After twenty years of absence, this man ...... It's back.

Under the gaze of Sengoku, Karp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and all the navies, Shiki sneered and raised his right hand.

Seeing Shiji's movements, the Warring States seemed to be able to foresee what would happen next, and their eyes suddenly turned cold.

"This is a 'meeting gift' after a long absence."

A cold light flickered in Shiki's eyes, and his raised right hand suddenly fell.

With the movement of his hand waving and falling, the nine warships that were originally suspended in the air and stood still suddenly fell towards Marinfando.

On the warships, there are quite a few navies.

When the warship capsized, many navies were thrown out of the warship and fell to the ground.

Suddenly, a series of terrible screams sounded in the air.

On the ground, all the navies watched the warship and its colleagues fall from a high altitude, and their expressions changed drastically, and they fled in all directions like frightened birds.

"Stay away from the mouth of the bay!"

"Don't stand together, disperse!"

"Avoid, avoid, avoid!!"

Admirals hissed as they directed their men to what they thought was safe.

It's just that they are well aware.

When those nine warships landed, they would inevitably take the lives of many of their colleagues in an instant.

"Damn Golden Lion ......"

The panicked navy cursed the golden lion in their hearts.

High in the sky, in addition to the screams, there was the golden lion's disdainful laughter, which sounded particularly harsh.

Just as the warship was about to smash into the building of the naval headquarters and the mouth of the bay, the faces of the nearby navies suddenly showed a look of horror.

They felt the smell of death in their faces.

however

At this critical moment, a huge purple ripple rose into the sky, like a pair of invisible hands, steadily supporting the nine warships and navies that were about to land.

At the critical moment, it was Fuji Tiger who was in the Navy Headquarters who drew his sword and made a move.

Once called a monster by many people, he showed only the tip of his ability, and it was effortless to stop the nine warships that were rapidly falling to the ground.

"Huh?"

The cacophony suddenly disappeared.

Everyone first looked at the huge warship less than twenty meters above the ground, and then they all looked at the man in purple clothes and drawing his sword out of the sheath.

"It's Mr. Fujitora!!"

The navy that escaped suddenly erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

In this cheer that seemed to praise the savior, Fujitora, who used the gravity fruit ability to hover the warship, did not have any fluctuations in his emotions.

His eyes that couldn't see anything slowly looked towards the golden lion in the sky, and said calmly: "Although it can't be 'pulled' down, it is more than enough to stop the trick." ”

On the base pavilion.

Karp, Sengoku, and Lieutenant General Tsuru looked at Fujitora who turned the tide, and felt a sense of relief.

This man, who rarely shows his landscapes, has the strength of an admiral who is not inferior.

In the current situation, it has played a more outstanding role than the admiral.

High in the sky.

The golden lion looked at the vine tiger who hovered over the warship in amazement, and vaguely, he had a feeling as if he was facing an old enemy.

"Navy...... When did such a number one person come out?! ”