Chapter 42: Stalemate and Promotion
The duel between Harvey and the Yellow Ape attracted most of the attention on the battlefield, and everyone knew that the outcome of the battle here would determine the direction of the battlefield, and if Harvey won, the defeat of the navy would be in sight, and the entire North Sea would no longer be able to stop Harvey. If the Yellow Ape wins, the advantage that Harvey's allies have gained in other battles will be in vain, and the young man's dream will run aground before it can set sail, and the Storm Pirates will be removed from the sea.
For both sides, they cannot afford to lose. But judging from the current situation, Harvey is undoubtedly the suppressed side, and in the face of the yellow ape's stormy frenzy, Harvey can only barely hold on.
"Oh, boy, what about the momentum just now." As an old fritter who has dealt with the battlefield for half his life, the yellow ape knows how to use psychological warfare or language to exert pressure on the opponent, and many guys with empty power will be disrupted under psychological pressure, "Obviously I was ashamed to want my life just now, but now I don't even dare to attack?" ”
But Harvey is not the kind of person who will mess up because of this psychological pressure, the purpose of the yellow ape is obvious, he wants to induce Harvey to attack, Harvey's impermeable defense makes him have no good way for a while, with his character, he doesn't like this kind of protracted war of a delaying nature, compared to slowly grinding the opponent to death with positional warfare here, the yellow ape prefers to use the powerful ability brought by the devil fruit to give the opponent a thunderous blow, which can also be seen from the original book, the yellow ape is the kind of thing that doesn't do it, a strong man who will end the battle in the fastest way with a single move.
But now the Yellow Ape's tactics have been suppressed, the wind is not weaker than the light, both sides are top natural abilities, plus Harvey's abilities are very comprehensive, there are no shortcomings, resulting in the Yellow Ape can only endure the temperament and Harvey slowly grind.
"Aren't you having the upper hand?" Harvey could still laugh out loud in this situation, "What's the hurry, you monkey in a yellow suit." ”
The yellow ape's face was a little ugly, although he would not be angry because of these words, but Harvey was clearly a counterattack to what he had just said, which showed that this young man definitely had a firm state of mind that did not match his age. Thinking of this, the yellow ape smiled, "There is no need for words to test between us, after all, we are not the kind of people who will be shaken by this kind of thing." Let's talk about real battles! The Tiancong Cloud Sword in the Yellow Ape's hand became more offensive and powerful, and for a while, Harvey's situation was even worse.
Ah Yu and Wang Hassan wanted to come to the rescue of Harvey, but they were entangled by their respective opponents for a while, and these naval generals were not so easy to dismiss, especially the lieutenant of the yellow ape, his physical skills and domineering were quite good, and the six styles were extremely powerful in his hands, although Ah Yu could suppress him, but he would not be able to completely win for a while, let alone leave him to rescue Harvey, so that if one was not careful, he would be attacked from behind, and the situation of the Storm Pirates would be even worse.
"Rumors, you're supposed to be stronger than you are." The yellow ape's mouth has not stopped since the beginning of the battle, although he said that he would no longer use words to tempt, but he still chattered endlessly, "After all, it is a sea thief with a bounty of more than 100 million, but I came with the consciousness of dying in battle?" ”
In all fairness, this bounty definitely does not overestimate Xavi's strength, but rather underestimates it a little. Usually, those pirates with a bounty of 150 million can't have a relationship with the yellow ape. Huang Ape's true thoughts in his heart were that he would complain to the people in the staff department about this matter when he went back, and the bounty judge they were responsible for completely miscalculated the strength of the bounty criminal. What Yellow Ape didn't know was that Harvey's bounty was handled by his immediate boss, Admiral Sengoku, and although he had taken precautions against Harvey's threat, Harvey's strength was far beyond Sengoku's expectations.
Although the yellow ape usually looks lazy, compared to the pheasant and the red dog who are on the same level as him in the navy, the yellow ape's style is more like a pure soldier and absolutely obeys orders. Unlike Pheasant, which will let mission targets escape because of personal feelings, it will not do things outside of its mission like Akainu. In other words, although this guy is the lowest-looking and most obscene in the top echelons of the Navy, he is indeed the most military-styled. Because he did not have a clear understanding of justice, the navy had debated the understanding of justice from the beginning of its existence, and was thus divided into conservatives and radicals. But the yellow ape is not any faction, his view of justice is the opinion of his superiors, and he will do whatever his superiors say.
Such a person is in the Navy, and the various factions of the world government, including the Navy, will be very comfortable with him, because he maintains the best traditions of the military, absolutely obeys orders, and has no thoughts of his own. Therefore, it can be seen that in the original book, Admiral Yellow Ape is in charge of the most special and probably the most important department in the navy, the naval scientific unit. This is a department where all forces and personnel of the world government are absolutely concentrated, and the fact that the yellow ape can be his head in this department speaks for itself, at least every faction within the world government is very reassuring to him.
But the yellow ape is one thing that cannot be compared with the pheasant and the red dog, that is, the yellow ape can never be the marshal of the navy, it is very reassuring to have no consideration of justice, but as a marshal, it is not good, as the leader of the world's largest armed group, the marshal must have his own thoughts, radical or conservative, or even reckless, or Ma Nanshan, it doesn't matter, what kind of marshal has appeared in the history of the navy, but only one point, the marshal must have his own considerations about justice. This is why in the original book, both the pheasant and the red dog have people who support the succession of marshals, but the yellow ape, who is also a general, is not cared for.
"It's not good to get distracted in battle." The two sides have exchanged more than 100 moves, the yellow ape found a gap, used the sky cloud to block the 'chaos' in Harvey's hand, and then kicked straight to Harvey's chest, and the calf and the whole foot were covered by black armed domineering, Harvey couldn't dodge, and was kicked directly to the stern.
Spitting blood, Harvey looked at the clear blue sky a little sluggishly, and the yellow ape's light-speed kick really lived up to its name, just kicking it in the position of the heart, almost stopping Harvey's heartbeat. How long has it been, how long has it been since he had encountered such a situation where he had to fight hard to have a chance of winning, Harvey desperately stood up with his sword on his hand, gasping for air, trying to adjust his breathing.
In this desperate situation, Harvey could still laugh, "Sure enough, it's right to go to sea." Otherwise, how can you see how big the world is? ”