In terms of combat power, Ace was naturally completely victorious. Before the Summit War, Ace's strength was already very powerful. He was a bit weaker than a Navy admiral, but he was still a quasi-admiral level existence.
Although Hawkins was a supernova, and also had many subordinates, even if they were added together, they still weren't Ace's opponent. From the start of the battle, he had already been suppressed by Ace.
But accidents often happened unintentionally. When Ace was chasing after the Hawkins Pirates, he actually encountered another supernova, who was the captain of the On Air Pirates, Scratchmen Apoo.
This Apoo was definitely a strange person. His personality was unpredictable. Ordinary pirates, upon seeing Ace of the Whitebeard Pirates chasing after the Hawkins Pirates, would definitely choose to avoid him.
After all, although the Whitebeard Pirates were a bit declining now, they were definitely not someone that ordinary people could afford to provoke, especially the famous "Fire Fist" Ace.
But Apoo was different. When he saw Hawkins being chased by Ace, not only did he not escape, but he instead took his people to rescue Hawkins, and joined forces with Hawkins to fight Ace.
Two supernovas, plus so many of their subordinates, joined forces to deal with Ace. But Ace's power was now becoming stronger and stronger. So, the two of them were still beaten very badly. In the end, they had to escape again. It was just that this time, it turned into two people running away.
Because Akira had instructed them not to be too blatant, to prevent attracting the Blackbeard Pirates, Ace could only give up helplessly after chasing for a period of time, and return to the Whitebeard Pirates.
Things weren't going smoothly for Ace. Things weren't going very smoothly for Aokiji either. Aokiji's personality belonged to the kind that was relatively lazy. So, even after joining the Whitebeard Pirates, he wasn't in a hurry to complete the mission that Akira had given him. Instead, he was leisurely pursuing the footsteps of the Kid Pirates.
While Aokiji was slowly taking action, the Kid Pirates were also encountering no small troubles. However, their troubles weren't coming from others, but from Navy Headquarters, which had just moved into the New World.
During this period of time, besides the Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates, among the pirate forces, it was their generation of supernovas who were the most active. And the Kid Pirates were one of the ones who were jumping the most happily. In a short period of time, they had already made a not small name for themselves. Now, the forces in the New World all knew that there was a supernova named Kid.
Being able to make a name for themselves in the New World, and it was also at this tense moment when the Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates were fighting, was enough to prove the Kid Pirates' extraordinariness.
After a few months, after entering the New World, Kid's strength had improved very quickly. In addition, he also had Killer, who was also a supernova, under his command. The two of them working together had set off a hurricane.
However, although the Kid Pirates were doing very well in the New World, because they were overly flamboyant, they had also attracted the attention of Navy Headquarters. Akainu had just moved Navy Headquarters into the New World, and was worrying about not having a way to establish his authority. So, he turned his attention to the famous big pirates in the New World, and the Kid Pirates were one of the targets.
"Kid, the Navy is chasing too closely. What do we do?"
On the Kid Pirates' ship, Killer looked at the pirate ship chasing closely behind, and asked Kid, who was at the bow of the ship.
Kid snorted coldly with a face full of displeasure, and said, "Why are these annoying guys always chasing after us? It's already been several days, right? Don't they need to rest?"
The Kid Pirates had been chased by the Navy behind them for several days. This had made his anger grow more and more intense. The Navy's warships were indeed more high-end than their pirate ships. No matter what method he thought of, he couldn't shake off the Navy warships behind him.
Killer, who was wearing a mask, said, "That guy behind us is completely like a mad dog, chasing after us relentlessly. What's even more troublesome is that this guy is a Logia ability user, and restrains our abilities."
"White Hunter, Smoker. Isn't this guy from the first half of the Grand Line? Why has he run to the New World now, and is also independently leading a Navy warship?"
It turned out that the person chasing the Kid Pirates was "White Hunter" Smoker, a Logia ability user who was also extremely rare in Navy Headquarters. He had now been transferred from Navy Headquarters to the G-5 Branch in the New World, and was independently leading the G-5 Branch. He could be said to be a person with high position and great power.
He had originally been transferred to the New World to find his old opponent Straw Hat Luffy. It was just that Luffy had hidden himself at this time, and hadn't shown his face. Later, he received an order from Akainu, telling him to chase down the Kid Pirates. So, he had chased them on orders. This chase had lasted for several days.
As a Logia ability user, Smoker's strength was actually not weak. He had already been a captain in Loguetown. During the Summit War, he had also displayed powerful strength. Although he couldn't be said to be very strong, relying on his Logia ability, he was a difficult existence for many people to defeat. Even the current Kid Pirates were having a headache when facing Smoker, and could only choose to escape.
"Vice Admiral Smoker, the other party is already within our attack range. May I ask if we should carry out a bombardment?"
The G-5 Branch was different from ordinary Navy branches. They weren't traditional Navy soldiers, but a group of Navy that was the least like the Navy, completely outlaws. Even Smoker had spent a lot of effort to temporarily recruit them.
Although the Navy soldiers of the G-5 Branch were a bunch of thorns, it had to be admitted that being able to survive in the New World was inherently not a simple matter. So, their combat power was also much stronger than ordinary Navy soldiers.
Smoker's personality was also different from ordinary Navy generals. So, in a few months, he had gotten along with this group of ruffians. This time, he was very active in chasing the Kid Pirates on orders.
Hearing his subordinate's words, Smoker immediately said in a deep voice, "Open fire, attack them, we must not let them run away again."
He had been chasing the Kid Pirates for several days. Each time, he had let the other party run away. This made Smoker very unhappy. He had fought Kid before, and he was also very wary of the other party's strength.
He knew that if he allowed the other party to continue developing, he might become a troublesome person like Straw Hat Luffy. So, to prevent accidents, he was so persistent.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of artillery fire exploded wildly. The pirate ship of the Kid Pirates, which was rapidly escaping, suddenly shook violently. However, it wasn't that the ship had been hit, but that the surrounding sea had been hit. The vibration produced by the explosion made the pirate ship shake.
"Not good, Captain, the Navy's artillery fire is too fierce. We can't accelerate."
The helmsman of the Kid Pirates shouted urgently. He had to control the ship to dodge the artillery fire, and he also had to control the balance. Naturally, there was no way to accelerate.
"Damn White Smoke."
Kid roared angrily. Smoker's frantic pursuit made him very furious. He shouted, "If we can't accelerate, then we won't accelerate. Everyone listen to my orders, open fire, open fire. I want to see who can last until the end."
Even a clay figurine had some temper, let alone someone as self-confident as Kid. Previously, he hadn't wanted to fight Smoker and them because it was meaningless, and Smoker was indeed difficult to deal with.
That's why he had chosen to escape. But now that Smoker was chasing closely, bullying him too much, he really couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately prepared to fight Smoker.
The two sides constantly attacked with artillery fire. Although the number of times they hit wasn't very high, it was still very fierce. However, artillery fire was only an auxiliary after all. The ships of the two sides were constantly approaching.
The artillery fire attacks seemed to be much more cautious. When the two ships got close, the number of times they opened fire became even less.
They saw the Navy on the warship suddenly swing thick iron chains, throwing them onto the Kid Pirates' ship, and fixing them. Then, those G-5 Navy soldiers all charged towards the Kid Pirates' ship, and stopped the artillery fire attacks.
Among them, Smoker's speed was the fastest. He suddenly turned into white smoke, and shot out like a cannonball, quickly flying to the Kid Pirates' ship, and charging straight at Kid.
"White Hunter, Smoker!"
Kid roared. They saw the iron weapons and metal all around him rapidly gathering towards him, forming two huge metal arms, and smashing towards Smoker.
Because of Kid's ability, there were always a lot of metal materials prepared on the pirate ship. As soon as he took action, he immediately exerted his advantage, gathering all the metal materials onto his body, and fighting Smoker.
Smoker and Kid's abilities were both relatively special. One was a Logia, and the other was a suspected magnetic ability user. The fight wasn't gorgeous. Instead, it was somewhat boring, because at this time, Smoker and Kid hadn't learned to use Haki yet. They were relying more on their abilities to fight.
But the problem was here. Smoker was a Logia. Although Kid's ability was very strong, he couldn't hurt Smoker at all. And Smoker didn't have Haki. Relying only on the little bit of seastone on his Nanashaku Jitte, he couldn't hit Kid at all, because Kid was completely surrounded by two huge metal arms. No matter how hard he tried, he was always unable to break through the defense.
Besides the fight between Smoker and Kid, where neither side could do anything to the other, the others in the Kid Pirates were also fighting with Smoker's subordinates. In terms of numbers, the Navy naturally had the advantage. However, the pirates under Kid's command were very strong.
Especially Killer, whose pair of scythes were even more skillfully wielded, and had no opponents among the Navy. It still took dozens of people working together to barely hold him back. The others had also met the Navy.
The two sides were fighting fiercely on the Kid Pirates' ship. Both sides had casualties. However, slowly, it was obvious that the Navy side had the advantage, because this group of Navy, although they were ruffians, had a good ability to cooperate. In addition, they had more people. Naturally, they had the advantage.
Just as the two sides were fighting back and forth, and were extremely fierce, a lazy voice suddenly rang out in their ears.
"Ara ara, what's so lively here!"
The voice wasn't loud, but in this fierce battle, it exploded like thunder, causing all the Navy and pirates who were fighting to stop their actions involuntarily, and look towards the source of the voice.
"This is?"
When they turned their heads to look, their expressions all changed greatly. Whether they were pirates or Navy soldiers, they were all filled with horror, as if they had seen the most terrifying person in the world.
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