PS: Regarding the promise to finish this volume by Thursday, I changed my mind and will finish it today!!! Ask for everything!

Chapter Ninety-Six: The Battle of Seken Island (1)

In order to be the most efficient, after arriving at the destination, the Straw Hats and his party decided to go their separate ways.

The unrecognizable Nami, Chopper, Robin, and Usopp are in charge of gathering intelligence, while the other major forces, including Zoro, stay in the hot springs and wait for the enemy to be figured out before making plans.

However, Zoro knew very well that if the original timeline had been followed, by the time they found Z's trace, the explosive rock would have already been arranged! Even if Zefa can be successfully paid and escaped from the pursuit of the navy, the destruction of Seken Island is a foregone conclusion.

So they have to be quick, at least stop the other party's actions before they finish setting up the explosive rocks!

This clue cannot be provided by Zoro himself for the time being, but at this moment, there is another key character on the island - in the original book, it was the appearance of the former admiral Pheasant that gave Luffy and his party Zefa a clue that they were on the island of Saiken.

But they had met a few days later, and now Sauron had to find a way to bring it forward...

So, while the others were enjoying the hot springs, the swordsman pinned the three swords alone and left the place silently. It's hard to find someone on this small and densely populated island, but it's not completely untraceable...

Pheasant's goal is actually the same as them, and he also intends to prevent Zefa from continuing to destroy Endpoint, but he has no position as a navy, and he is unwilling to take action unless he has to.

In other words, the place where the other party is most likely to appear is naturally the place where Zefa is likely to place the dynamite rock.

Other words...

The swordsman looked up at the crater in the distance in the middle of the island.

If you want to cause an explosive volcanic eruption with the explosion of dynamite rock, there is no better place to do it.

He moved his muscles for a moment, and then walked in that direction with a steady stride - even if he didn't find the pheasant on this trip, as long as he knew Zefa's exact movements, the effect would be the same.

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On the other side of Sequan, the vanguard of the Navy has also landed and arrived.

The unit, which numbered more than 500 men on three warships, was led by three rear admirals from the Navy Headquarters, and as soon as it landed, it began to conduct surveys on the island's rarely populated beaches and craters.

And their mission is not to directly arrest Zefa, after all, it is just a fool's dream to defeat the former admiral with this kind of combat power. The headquarters gave them more of a task as an intelligence gathering and reserve team, which was also to prevent the main combat force led by Bolusalino from being slipped away by the other side when they arrived.

Unfortunately, just as Zoro decided to go to the crater, one of the three major generals, Tarada, also decided to lead a team towards the crater. Although they went in different directions, according to the itinerary and speed, the probability of the two sides meeting near the crater is quite high.

What's more, no one can say whether the powerful old man has led his men to Seken Island earlier, and at this moment, whether he has laid an ambush near the crater...

Knowing or not knowing is often a source of fear.

Fearful of an unknown enemy, or the weight of the destruction of the world, the warriors who were tightly bound by these two chains sank their steps one after another, cautiously approaching their respective goals, not knowing when a bloody battle would begin.

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"The sea is watching, the beginning of this world, and the sea knows the end of this world."

The old voice, every inch is full of the saltiness of the sea, and the hoarse and deep echo is the admiration of those who love the sea, and it is also the elegy sung by those who hate the sea...

"So the direction it induces, is the path that should be forward. So it leads to the right world, pain, suffering, all for me, broad and gentle, for me. The sea is watching, the beginning of this world. The sea also knows that the end of this world. In the event that I disappear from this world, the all-knowing sea will guide me and will not be afraid, because of you, I will not be afraid, and my companions are waiting..."

Zefa looked into the distance, as if he had seen everything he had lost. His life full of misfortune and epic will come to an end here - with the whole new world, with all the pirates and evils, all thrown into the blazing furnace to reshape the true justice of this world!

"Teacher..."

"What's wrong?"

Ain knelt on one knee in front of the old man

"The installation of the explosives rock has only just begun, but the western slope has already found traces of the navy..."

"Oh?"

An exaggerated smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, and his large, heavy mechanical arm propped up the ground before he slammed to his feet

"This group of incompetent navies chased after them so quickly."

He said, and strode from the summit of the crater to the west

"Let all the personnel speed up the operation, this is just the vanguard of the navy, there is no need to panic."

"Teacher..."

"Needless to say."

Zefa did not stop, and after giving the order, he walked alone towards the position where the enemy appeared.

"The weak and incompetent navy will all be defeated by Zefa!"

Before the words are finished, people are far away...

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The special formations created by multiple volcanic eruptions are particularly striking in this area, and the smell of sulfur wafting through the air masks the impending blood. The jagged rocks formed by the solidification of the magma obscured the swordsman's vision, but did not hinder his natural instincts.

The right hand suddenly grasped the blade at his waist, and the completely subconscious action was the best reminder... It seems that after turning the next corner, what awaits Sauron will be a brutal fight!