Bam!
With a thigh in his mouth, Lucky Roux charged forward. He raised his pistol and fired at the Navy, hitting Ryokugyu in the shoulder and chest!
Blood sprayed everywhere!
Ryokugyu's body healed quickly as he controlled the treeman to meet Lucky Roux!
The next moment!
A sense of impending death made Ryokugyu's heart drop into an icy chill!
When Ryokugyu looked instinctively, he saw Yasopp of the Red Hair Pirates aiming a gun at him, a seastone bullet wrapped in Armament Haki flying towards his forehead!
"!!!"
Fujitora was startled, stomping his foot on the ground!
As Fujitora's ability instantly activated, gravity significantly increased, causing the bullet to change direction and hit Ryokugyu's chest!
Ryokugyu's body was thrown backward!
Yasopp looked at his result and couldn't help but let out a light chuckle: "This Vice Admiral seems a bit incompetent..."
But...
After Yasopp finished laughing, he glanced at Fujitora, who was already battling with the Red Hair Pirates, seemingly blind yet wielding his cane sword fiercely.
"This guy..."
Yasopp shook his head with a sigh.
In terms of Observation Haki, Fujitora, the Vice Admiral, was quite sharp, moving the moment Yasopp pulled the trigger!
Yasopp hesitated for a second, then raised his sniper rifle again, firing in Fujitora's direction!
However...
Fujitora's Observation Haki was exceptionally strong!
He swung his cane sword, forcing back a pirate, and instantly altered the surrounding gravity, tilting his head slightly to dodge the sniper bullet!
"Soldier to Soldier, General to General."
Ben Beckman surveyed the battlefield, finding that naval officers and the pirate crew were already clashing, each side possessing no weaklings, fighting intensely.
However...
The Red Hair Pirates clearly held an advantage, known as the sea's most balanced crew, with members having high bounty averages, each possessing formidable strength!
Yet...
The tide of battle quickly turned.
The Admiral Aokiji, standing on the execution platform, seemed unable to sit still any longer.
This Admiral of the Navy Headquarters handed over command to Akihara Kagura and leaped from the execution platform, instantly freezing one pirate after another!
"Hey!"
Ben Beckman leapt towards Aokiji, raising his gun to intercept the Navy Admiral rampaging among the pirates: "Aokiji, isn't it a bit too early for a Navy Admiral to take action?"
"..."
Aokiji remained silent.
In his hand appeared an ice blade, coated with a layer of black Armament Haki, silently confronting the Red Hair in front of him.
There's no choice...
If he didn't take action...
The Navy resisting the Red Hair Pirates would be difficult.
After all, among the three Vice Admirals, Fujitora and Ryokugyu had acted, Fujitora performing decently, still holding his ground against the Red Hair Pirates...
As for Ryokugyu...
This Vice Admiral was a total failure, having a Logia-type Fruit but nearly killed by a sniper...
"I thought the Vice Admiral on the execution platform would make the first move..."
Ben Beckman sighed a bit regretfully, speaking slowly: "But with you here, who can stop Shanks?"
The next moment!
A figure rapidly leapt upwards!
Red-haired Shanks charged towards the execution platform!
Yet...
A strong, old figure swung a fist towards the Red Hair, striking the Western sword, stopping this Sea Emperor before the execution platform!
"Vice Admiral Garp..."
Red-haired Shanks frowned.
It shouldn't be Garp stopping him now, should it?
"Damn Red Hair..."
Garp's eyes were shadowed, his fist covered in Armament Haki, his muscles trembling, the blue-red veins pulsating!
"If it weren't for you, Luffy wouldn't have gone to sea..."
"..."
Red-haired Shanks fell silent.
"I don't want to see my grandson die here..."
Garp clenched his fist, gazing down like a mighty mountain upon the Red Hair: "But... I'm a Navy officer."
"Vice Admiral Garp!"
A group of Navy personnel watched the elderly soldier with teary eyes.
"This is really troublesome..."
Red-haired Shanks shook his head, sighing, raising his Western sword once more, his expression becoming serious: "I never thought I'd actually have to fight Captain Roger's old rival..."
"Grandpa... Shanks..."
Luffy knelt on the execution platform, surprisingly watching them.
His family...
The man he respected most...
Were they really going to duel here?
"Hey, Shanks, don't worry about me."
Luffy gritted his teeth and roared loudly.
"Luffy."
Red-haired Shanks raised his Western sword, pointing at Garp, the old Navy soldier: "This is no longer something you can decide."
Compared to them...
Right now, Luffy was really just a kid yet to grow up.
On the other side.
Marineford.
As the battle at Enies Lobby intensified, the Navy Headquarters' Marineford's warships were in position, with Admiral Sengoku the Buddha personally leading reinforcements intending to support Enies Lobby.
Yet...
A call from a Radio Snail disrupted Sengoku's plans.
The Blackbeard Pirates had infiltrated Impel Down, causing a commotion. The Revolutionary Army seized the opportunity to breach Impel Down, where Spandine and CP0 agents were slain by the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon, and many great pirates escaped amid the chaos...