Bite!

Rhodes raised his hand and swept it, and the two hook blades flew out directly, he looked at Batra, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Superman is a metal fruit, it's an interesting ability." ”

Among the information inquired by Kaku and others, there was naturally a specific ability of Batra, but Rhodes didn't care, and only listened to a metal fruit.

Now it looks like an advanced version of the Chopping Fruit, with a body similar to the glutinous fruit of the BIGMOM Pirates Katakuri, and has become a liquid metal, which is somewhat close to the natural form.

That's a pretty good ability.

If you can awaken, you will become extremely powerful, and you may surpass the natural system!

Hearing Rhodes' words, Batra grinned, caught the hook blade arm that flew back in the whirlwind, and rushed to Rhodes with a sinister smile, "Interesting? You'll see it right away...... Despair! ”

Airplanes!

His fist suddenly fluidized, turning into an incredibly sharp spear, and with his punch, it slammed into Rhodes' chest.

In the face of Batra's blow, Rhodes folded his five fingers and threw a fluttering punch.

Rumble!

The fist collided with the spear, and instead of Batra's imagination of the spear piercing through Rhodes' fist, the spear began to shatter from the spear's head, shattering all the way down to the shape of its arm.

Immediately after, his arm was wreaked by the wrath of the twisting force, and it instantly cracked and exploded, blood and broken bones splattered everywhere, and the whole person also flew backwards.

"Ahhhh

Batra looked at his right arm, which was shattered in an instant, and let out a terrible scream.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely stiff.

The expressions of those smiling pirates were all fixed on their faces, and in the next moment, they all turned into expressions of disbelief, and even more horror.

"Captain's arm...... How can it be?! ”

"Hey, kidding, captain, captain! I'm sure I'll be able to recover in an instant! ”

Several pirates stretched out their hands at Bart, who was rolling on the ground screaming, and tried to walk over, but their bodies were all frozen in place, unable to take a step.

In the field.

A look of disappointment flashed in Rhodes' eyes as he strode towards Batra.

"Is there only this level, it's a pity that this fruit fell into your hands."

"No...... It can't be ......"

Looking at Rhodes as he walked by, Batra's eyes showed horror and fear.

How did Rhodes' fist shatter his metal form, which was harder than steel, and hit his entity, completely destroying one of his arms?!

"The frog at the bottom of the well."

Rhodes uttered the last word in an indifferent tone, and stepped down.

Even though Batra's whole body melted into a liquid metal glowing with silver light, it still had no effect, and it exploded directly by Rhodes's foot, and blood and broken bones splattered everywhere.

"The bounty is 180 million Bailey, 'mobile weapon' Batra, who has completed the hunt, received a reward, and has 40 talent proficiency points."

"Ho ho ho, I'm afraid I don't even know what domineering is, right? I don't have a chance to know. ”

Lafitte, who was not far away, watched this scene, grinned, and walked towards the remaining pirates.

When the rest of the pirates saw that their captain was killed three or five times, they already had a chill down their spines, like falling into an ice cellar, and after reacting, they dared to stay where they were, and they turned around and fled.

Laugh at! Laugh at!

Lafitte's figure flickered a few times in the field, killing seven or eight pirates in an instant.

The rest of the pirates scattered and tried to escape, but Rhodes lifted his foot and stepped lightly, and the ground rolled and surged, turning into a huge ball of dirt and stone in an instant, enveloping everyone else in it, crushing and obliterating them.

Crash!

After killing all the pirates, Rhodes raised his hand and the dirt tumbled, throwing all the corpses and blood out of the manor. At the same time, they rushed to the burning cherry blossom tree, preventing the fire from spreading.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

The old man guarding the manor watched this scene, his dry eyes became a little moist, he coughed twice with difficulty, and barely stood up.

He also recognized Rhodes and knew that Rhodes was a pirate, but Rhodes extinguished Batra and the others, and also stopped the spread of the fire, no matter what Rhodes was, he was the benefactor who saved this centuries-old Sakura Manor.

"Thank you for ......"

"You're welcome."

Rhodes looked at the cherry blossom tree that was gradually burning out, and casually asked, "Are you the only one guarding here?" ”

"Yes, I'm the only one left."

The old man nodded and sighed softly.

Reaching out to gently catch a falling cherry blossom, Rhodes shook his head and turned to walk out of the manor, and Lafitte quickly followed.

Watching Rhodes leave, the old man let out a long breath and sat back on the ground, although a tree was destroyed, but after all, he kept the manor.

Ghost Hand Rhodes ......

It is completely different from the image of the government's report, but it is similar to the gossip that circulated some time ago, thinking of this, the old man shook his head with a wry smile and sighed.

What the hell do the Navy and the government want to do with this world?

……

After destroying Batra and his gang, the main purpose of the trip had been accomplished, and the magnetic force that stored the record pointer would remain for at least ten days, so Rhodes and Lafitte and the others were temporarily dispersed.

The scenery on this island is rare, and even Lafitte has some interest in cherry blossoms, as if she had some kind of whimsical idea.

……

Five days later.

Rhodes, who was strolling down the cherry blossom street and enjoying the scenery and the occasional beautiful girl in a cheongsam, suddenly rang the phone bug in his pocket.

After answering the phone, Lafitte's rare, somewhat solemn voice came from the other side.

"Captain, we seem to be in trouble, there are five of them on the west bank...... No, the six Navy warships, which are large warships from the headquarters, seem to have been docked for a long time. ”

Six large warships!

And it's from the Navy Headquarters!

Such a troop configuration is not comparable to the navy of any branch, appearing on this island, and its target is undoubtedly their ghost hand pirates.

"It's finally here, the Navy of the Headquarters."

Hearing Lafitte's words, Rhodes' eyes flashed with a fluctuation, and he stopped and muttered in a low voice.

Even with Kaku and the others as a peripheral intelligence network, even with the speed of the Ghost Shadow that dominates the sea, it is impossible to avoid the navy and government that have eyeliner on almost every island forever.

"Need I find out?"

Lafitte asked in a low voice on the other end of the phone bug.

"No need."

Rhodes shook his head, looked at the end of the street with a deep gaze, and said, "They're already here...... This time we are one step behind in intelligence, and hopefully we will not meet the admiral. ”

Rhodes was at a three-way intersection, and the whole street was deserted at some point, except for the silent scattering of cherry blossoms.

Trample! Trample! Trample!

No one spoke, and there was a dense sound of footsteps in all three directions almost at the same time, and the footsteps were from far and near, like the last sign before the tsunami, dull and oppressive.

A few seconds later.

On the street directly in front of Rhodes, an admiral dressed in a naval justice shackle, embroidered with the epaulettes of a lieutenant general, and shaved a dark purple mohican.

Almost at the same time, on the street behind Rhodes, an admiral in a brown jacket, a navy coat of justice, and a cigar in his mouth led the way.

Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters.

Flying squirrel! Mozambia!

Rhodes stood indifferently in place, looked at the navy that gathered silently, and said slowly to the phone bug in his hand:

"Lafitte, you and Robin go to the Ghost Shadow to rendezvous, don't let the Navy wreck my ship."

After saying this, he hung up the phone bug and put it in his pocket.

A few seconds later.

The navy, which had come from the last direction, moved out of the way to the sides, and a scarred admiral slowly stepped out of it, forming a triangle with the flying squirrels and Mozambia, sandwiching Rhodes in the center.

The three vice admirals of the Navy Headquarters gathered on the cherry blossom street, and no one spoke, but the atmosphere of this street had become extremely oppressive, almost suffocating.

In a state of depression.

Dauberman, who was the last to appear, broke the oppressive and frozen atmosphere, he slowly opened his mouth at Rhodes, pressed his right hand on the hilt, and slowly pulled the blade out of the scabbard.

"Finally met."

"Ghost Hand...... Rhodes. ”

……

Meanwhile.

The news of the appearance of six warships of the Navy's headquarters on Spring Island also quickly spread to all parts of the world, attracting the attention of countless forces.

Three lieutenant generals of the headquarters, six large warships, and the navy dispatched such a terrifying force, what do you want to do?!

Soon.

Suspicious, these forces quickly began to obtain information from various sources, and finally obtained information that......

The Ghost Hand Pirates appeared on the island of Spring a few days ago!

"I see, it's to exterminate the Ghost Hand Pirates."

"Six large warships in the headquarters, such a troop configuration is a little too much, and the navy is really moving this time."

The atmosphere of the major forces that learned of this news was solemn, and no matter how much they stirred up trouble on the sea, they absolutely could not completely provoke the government and navy!

This is the iron rule!

Once offended, it completely angers the navy and the government, unless you are the Four Emperors, you will have no way to survive if you look at the entire sea.

The most terrifying force on this sea, the government and navy that rule this world, have finally shown their grandeur after being repeatedly disgraced by the Ghost Hand Pirates!