Looking at the Kid Pirates, who had turned into ice sculptures, Aokiji was expressionless, and just stood there.
After about thirty seconds, suddenly, Kid's ice sculpture made a "crack" sound. Then, ice shards flew everywhere, and Kid's figure rushed out of the ice sculpture.
"Huff, huff!"
After breaking free from the ice, Kid kept panting. When he exhaled, he actually exhaled an astonishing white mist. He looked at his companions, who had been frozen in ice, and was extremely shocked, looking at Aokiji in horror.
"You bastard!"
It was only at this time that Kid knew how naive he was. He thought that his strength was already strong enough, and that even in the New World, he belonged to the top tier. But now, he understood that compared to a strong person like Aokiji, he was still far from it.
Before he could even react, he had been frozen by Aokiji. Although he had broken free, his whole body was now filled with cold air, his hands and feet were ice-cold, his combat power had sharply decreased, and he was no match for Aokiji at all.
As he spoke, another sound of breaking free rang out. They saw that the person who had broken free from the ice sculpture was the number two figure on the ship, "Kamazo the Manslayer" Killer.
However, his appearance was even more wretched than Kid's. His whole body was actually trembling involuntarily, and his face was pale. It could be seen that he had been frozen badly.
"Killer, are you alright?" Kid asked Killer.
Killer tightly gripped his twin swords, and stared at Aokiji intently, and said, "Kid, he's too strong."
Strong!
Kid naturally knew this very well. But he couldn't understand how strong Aokiji was. He only knew that for them, Aokiji was an invincible existence, so powerful that it was beyond their imagination.
"Navy Admiral, is this the power of a Navy Admiral? How can they be so strong?"
Only by really coming into contact with the real person could they feel how strong a Navy Admiral-level strong person was. Now, Aokiji was standing in front of them. But Kid couldn't even bring himself to think about taking action.
"How could that Straw Hat kid dare to face them during the Summit War when they're this powerful?"
Kid had witnessed the scene when Straw Hat Luffy had faced the Navy Admirals alone during the Summit War. He believed that he was stronger than Straw Hat Luffy. But at this time, facing Aokiji, he couldn't even muster the will to resist. He couldn't compare to Straw Hat Luffy at all.
"How can I be inferior to that guy!"
Kid was very unwilling. Suddenly, he shouted loudly, "Ah!"
They saw the metal all around him rapidly gathering towards him, quickly forming two giant metal arms, and then shouting fiercely in the direction where Aokiji was, "Reflect!"
They saw a very large number of metal objects and weapons rapidly shooting towards Aokiji, and their speed was no less than the speed of bullets. If all of them hit, they would definitely be able to tear a normal person to pieces.
But he was facing the former Navy Admiral, current captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Zero Division, Aokiji. They saw that before those metal objects and weapons could fly to Aokiji, they had all turned into ice sculptures. Then, one by one, they fell from the sky.
"Are you sure you want to fight me?" Aokiji asked Kid with a cold tone.
"Kid!"
Killer, who was on the side, quickly opened his mouth, and said, "Kid, calm down. We're no match for him right now. He didn't immediately take action to kill us, which means he doesn't want to kill us. Wait a minute. Let's listen to what else he has to say?"
Killer had completely seen the gap between them and Aokiji. If they really fought, they would all die at Aokiji's hands. It would be impossible to even escape. So, he didn't want to fight at all.
And most importantly, he saw that Aokiji hadn't immediately taken a ruthless action, which showed that the other party didn't want to kill them immediately. Then, there was still room for negotiation.
Under Killer's persuasion, Kid calmed down. Actually, he also knew the gap between him and Aokiji. It was just that he really couldn't accept it in his heart. Luffy dared to resist and move forward bravely when facing Aokiji and them. Why couldn't he? That's why he had chosen to take action just now.
"Aokiji, what exactly do you want to do? I said, I won't join your Whitebeard Pirates. If you want to fight or kill, I will definitely keep you company," Kid shouted angrily at Aokiji.
Aokiji said lightly, "I'm not a Navy anymore. Naturally, I don't have any grievances or hatred with you. It's just that this is the captain's order. He told me to invite you to join the pirate crew. Since you're not willing, I won't force you. The captain said that if you're not willing to join our pirate crew, then I'll give you another choice."
Kid asked, "What choice?"
Aokiji said, "You should be very clear about the struggle between our Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates."
Kid relaxed slightly, and nodded, and said, "We naturally know. The struggle between your Whitebeard Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates is the biggest event in the New World now. I'm afraid no one doesn't know. But what does this have to do with me?"
Aokiji said, "Because we're about to go to war with the Blackbeard Pirates. The captain must win. So, he needs to completely wipe out the Blackbeard Pirates. And you, are the combat power that our captain has taken a fancy to."
Kid instantly understood what Aokiji meant. He laughed, "Hehe, I really didn't expect that it would actually be like this."
The laughter stopped. He asked, "Your captain wants us to help you deal with the Blackbeard Pirates, right?"
Aokiji asked, "So, what's your answer?"
Kid didn't reply immediately. Instead, his expression was constantly changing. He was also thinking in his heart. Judging from Aokiji's posture, if he refused, he would likely anger the other party.
At that time, if they fought to the death, the ones who would suffer in the end would definitely be them. But if he agreed, they would have to face the Blackbeard Pirates. But the Blackbeard Pirates weren't so easy to deal with either. They were also a behemoth.
Seemingly having a choice, there was actually no choice at all. If they didn't agree, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to leave here alive. If they agreed, they would have to face the Blackbeard Pirates.
However, although Blackbeard was terrifying, the Whitebeard Pirates would definitely not let them face them directly. The main force would definitely still be the Whitebeard Pirates. In that case, they would still have a great chance of surviving.
"Killer, what do you think?"
Even though he already had an idea in his heart, Kid didn't say it immediately. Instead, he asked Killer, who was next to him.
Killer replied almost without thinking, "We seem to have no choice now. Moreover, to be honest, this decisive battle between the two pirate crews is a matter of time. Compared to that Blackbeard, I'm also more optimistic about Death God. So, we can agree."
Kid nodded noncommittally. Whether it was Death God or Blackbeard, they weren't existences that they could currently come into contact with. So, he didn't evaluate who was more powerful between the two. Because in his eyes, no matter who was powerful between these two, they were both targets that he had to surpass in the future.
"Then what do you want us to do?" Kid asked.
Aokiji said, "It's very simple. When we go to war with the Blackbeard Pirates, you will launch a sneak attack on the Blackbeard Pirates from behind."
"It's that simple?" Kid asked with some surprise.
Aokiji said, "Otherwise, what did you think? With your current ability, are you qualified to face the people of the Blackbeard Pirates head-on?"
Kid's expression immediately became very ugly. Although he also knew that his pirate crew was far inferior to the Blackbeard Pirates, you couldn't say it so bluntly, right?
"Aren't you afraid that we'll slack off?" Kid suddenly asked.
Aokiji's expression suddenly became contemptuous. He asked in a very sarcastic tone, "With you guys, do you dare?"
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