Blackbeard, with a gloomy expression, looked at Jozu, who was blocking in front of Akira. Van Augur's sneak attack was naturally at his instigation. Anyway, as long as he could kill Akira, everything was worth it, but it didn't seem so easy right now.
"How can others be allowed to disturb the Captain's battle?" Diamond Jozu grinned, and said with a smile.
"Akira, leave that guy to me. I'll take care of that bastard Teach," Jozu said to Akira.
Akira nodded. His eyes were only on Blackbeard at this time. As for that sniper Van Augur, he had never taken him seriously, because he had better partners.
"Blackbeard, do you know what I despise the most about you? It's your behavior. It's really too despicable, without the slightest bit of demeanor of a strong person. If a person like you were to obtain Pops's position, it would simply be the greatest insult to him."
Akira's eyes were full of disdain. He really looked down on Blackbeard. Even though Blackbeard's strength was very strong now, his style indeed made it impossible for anyone to have the slightest bit of goodwill towards him.
Although Akira hadn't met Charlotte Linlin, she probably couldn't do something like Blackbeard, let alone Red-Haired Shanks, and Kaido of the Beasts, who was known as the strongest in a one-on-one fight.
Blackbeard, however, said with indifference, "As long as I can win, anything is fine."
"You're really shameless enough."
Seeing that Blackbeard could actually say it so openly, Akira was even more disdainful.
Blackbeard laughed heartily and said, "Zehahaha, Akira, I acknowledge your strength, but it seems that my pirate crew is stronger than yours now. Take a good look. Your brothers can't hold back my subordinates."
Blackbeard pointed at the battlefield, laughing arrogantly. Indeed, Blackbeard had an advantage in numbers, and the several captains under his command were all amazingly strong.
The Whitebeard Pirates had been resisting well at the beginning, but slowly, the disadvantage in numbers became apparent. Several division commanders had even been injured under the siege of the Blackbeard Pirates, making the battle situation even more unfavorable.
"Is that so? I don't think so."
Akira glanced at the war, but sneered. While he was speaking, they saw a group of pirates with great momentum rushing out from not far away, quickly charging into the battlefield.
Although there weren't many of these people, they were all agile, and after joining the battlefield, they immediately dispersed many of the Blackbeard Pirates' people.
"More reinforcements?"
Seeing this scene, Blackbeard's expression changed. He had originally thought that all the people of the Whitebeard Pirates had gathered here, but he hadn't expected that there would actually be another group of people rushing out.
These people were naturally the people that Marco and them had left behind to wait for Akira, totaling several hundred people. To Marco and them, Akira's safety was always the most important.
So, the people who were left behind were all elites. These people immediately played a big role after joining the battlefield, giving the Blackbeard Pirates a heavy blow.
Akira said coldly, "Don't think that just because you've gathered some people in a short period of time, you can really shake our Whitebeard Pirates. You'll never know how powerful our Whitebeard Pirates are, just like now."
At the moment Akira's voice fell, they saw a tall figure suddenly rush out from the crowd, and then jump over the heads of a large number of pirates.
"Ice Age!"
A large amount of cold air emerged from that figure in the sky. In an instant, countless pirates were frozen and sealed in ice, more than 80% of whom were pirates from the Blackbeard Pirates, with only a small portion being people from the Whitebeard Pirates.
"It's Navy Admiral Aokiji."
This sudden scene caused the people of both pirate crews to have a drastic change in expression. They couldn't help but stop fighting, staring blankly at the figure slowly falling from the sky. The vast majority of people recognized this person, who was none other than Navy Admiral Aokiji.
"It's really Navy Admiral Aokiji. Why would he appear here? Could it be that the Navy is attacking?"
The people of both pirate crews looked at Aokiji in horror. Their first instinctive reaction was that the people from Navy Headquarters had come. So, they all quickly looked around, but they didn't find a single Navy soldier, let alone a large Navy force.
"What's going on? No Navy has appeared. Why would Aokiji appear here, and even take action? Does he really think he's invincible by himself, and can face our two pirate crews at the same time?"
Even the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, such as Marco and the others, and the high-ranking members of the Blackbeard Pirates, were all baffled.
Although Navy admirals were powerful, wasn't it too much for such an arrogant person to appear, and not put the people of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates in their eyes at all?
"Marco, Ace."
While Marco and Ace and the others were astonished, Curiel came to them. He saw that Marco seemed to be injured, and immediately asked with some concern, "Marco, are you injured?"
Because Akira was the fastest, he had arrived the earliest. Then, Jozu and the others had arrived a little later. Jozu had gone to support Akira, and Curiel had come to join up with Marco and them.
Marco, seeing Curiel, was also quite happy, saying, "You've finally come. You came at the right time."
Ace, however, frowned, looking at Aokiji, who had landed among those pirate ice sculptures, and said in a deep voice, "Why would Navy Admiral Aokiji come here? And it seems he came with you?"
Hearing Ace's doubts, Curiel said with a smile, "Your worries are unnecessary. Aokiji isn't an enemy. He's now a member of our Whitebeard Pirates, and also the captain of the Zero Division, appointed by Akira."
"Captain of the Zero Division?"
Even Marco, a man who had roamed the seas and seen a lot, had a look of horror on his face when he heard these words, let alone Ace. He almost dropped his eyeballs, shouting in disbelief with a face full of incredulity.
"Wait, Curiel, you're not joking with us, right? That Aokiji joined our pirate crew, and Akira even made him the captain of the Zero Division? What's going on with this Zero Division?"
Marco quickly waved his hand. The Whitebeard Pirates had always only had sixteen divisions. What was this Zero Division?
Curiel also said with a wry smile, "I'm not very clear either. Anyway, Akira just recruited Aokiji, and this Zero Division was something he came up with on the spur of the moment. He said that Aokiji was a Navy admiral after all, with both strength and wisdom. It would be a waste to be an ordinary pirate, and it wouldn't sound good either. But the division commander positions were all full, so he added a Zero Division."
"This, this is too hasty, right?"
Marco and Ace looked at each other. Even Marco, who was very familiar with Akira, was only left with shock and more shock at this time. A Navy admiral becoming a pirate, and even becoming a pirate in the Whitebeard Pirates, who were at war with Navy Headquarters. Who would believe it if you said it?
Ace frowned, and said, "That guy Aokiji killed a lot of our brothers back in Marineford. To let him join the pirate crew, this is really... Moreover, he's a Navy soldier. Is he trustworthy?"
Curiel said, "Even I'm not clear about this, but Akira is very trusting of Aokiji, and doesn't send anyone to monitor him, nor does he avoid him when doing things. But he hasn't had any unusual actions either, and he's even helping us now."
They saw Aokiji walking to a few Whitebeard Pirates pirates who had been frozen by him, removing the ice seals on their bodies. His actions made the Whitebeard Pirates pirates very astonished, but facing Aokiji, they didn't dare to take action either.
"See, he's indeed helping us," Curiel said, pointing at Aokiji.
Marco shook his head, and said, "To be honest, I still find it hard to accept. All of this is too absurd."
Even though they had seen it with their own eyes, Marco and the others couldn't accept it, because all of this completely exceeded their understanding. They hadn't heard of a Navy admiral defecting to the pirate world. Let alone a Navy admiral, even a Navy lieutenant junior grade, they might not be able to accept.
Curiel said, "Don't worry about whether you can accept it or not for now. The most important thing now is to defeat those guys Blackbeard first. We can discuss the other things slowly with Akira after everything is over."
Marco nodded, and said, "I know that Akira won't mess around, and I know what to do now."
After saying that, Marco suddenly shouted loudly, "Brothers, listen up! Aokiji is now the captain of our Whitebeard Pirates' Zero Division. Everyone, cooperate with his actions, and completely wipe out the Blackbeard Pirates."
As soon as Marco said these words, the entire battlefield fell silent. Whether it was the Whitebeard Pirates or the Blackbeard Pirates, they all had a stunned, incredulous expression, the same as Marco's expression before. Besides shock, there was only shock.
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