"Are you kidding me?"
Fujitora desperately tried to use gravity to repel the flying rocks around him, but still could not stop the gravity pulling on him: "I am very sure... there is supposed to be only one Press-Press Fruit..."
"But..."
"The ability to manipulate gravity is not exclusive to that fruit..."
Akihara Kagura raised his hand, sealing Fujitora within the stone sphere created by Chibaku Tensei, and directly slapped the stone sphere with his palm: "One Thousandfold·Super Heavyweight Rock Jutsu!"
In the next moment!
The gravity of the stone sphere suddenly intensified!
Fujitora, sealed inside, felt a peculiar force acting against his body, with the gravity of Chibaku Tensei pulling him upward, while the gravity of the Heavyweight Rock forcing him downward, making his body increasingly pained under the dual pressures!
Boom!
The massive stone sphere finally crashed down to the ground!
The entire sphere shattered directly, and Fujitora, who was sealed inside, fell out in a disheveled state, gasping heavily while lying on the ground!
Clearly...
Akihara Kagura was even better at using gravity than he was!
He would lose to Akihara Kagura in the area he was most skilled at!
Yet...
This also reminded Fujitora of something!
"Your abilities give me a very bad feeling..."
Fujitora recalled some battle rumors about the Konoha Pirates, and said in a deep voice, "It's said that the Vice Captain of the Konoha Pirates, Uchiha Madara, can also use repulsive force in combat. I heard a name, Almighty Push, this miraculous ability shouldn't be common..."
"You're right."
Akihara Kagura slowly floated down, revealing his connection with the Konoha Pirates: "I indeed have a close relationship with the Konoha Pirates, which is why I dared to brazenly talk about killing Vice Admiral Ryokugyu..."
"In truth..."
"My real intention..."
"Is to have the Konoha Pirates ambush Vice Admiral Ryokugyu..."
"!!!"
The veins on Fujitora's forehead bulged.
This is...
What does it mean?
A rising Natural Type Vice Admiral within the Navy colluding with the world's most feared pirates? Especially since he admitted it so openly!
"You probably have thought about it..."
Akihara Kagura chuckled lightly and extended his hand to Fujitora: "Another reason I came to this meeting was to invite you to join us."
"..."
Fujitora gripped his staff-blade tightly, not extending his hand, but said in a muffled voice: "I am a member of the Navy, and what I should do is..."
"Admiral Aokiji is aware of this too."
Akihara Kagura interrupted Fujitora and directly revealed the truth within the Navy: "The entire top of the Navy, except for Admiral Akainu who is completely unaware, Admiral Aokiji, Admiral Kizaru, including Marshal Sengoku, all have close ties with the Konoha Pirates..."
"No one knows the evils caused by the Heavenly Celestial Dragons better than the Admirals, so whether it's the Alabasta Incident, the Mary Geoise Incident, or the Sky Island Incident, all were completed behind the scenes by the top of the Navy collaborating with the Konoha Pirates..."
"..."
Fujitora was momentarily at a loss for words.
This...
What does it mean?
If he chooses not to join, will he be excluded by the Navy's top ranks like Admiral Akainu?
Although Fujitora also deeply resented the tyrannical rule of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons and the World Government, knowing that the top Navy ranks were colluding with the Konoha Pirates was too much for Fujitora's worldview...
"So..."
Fujitora took a deep breath and expressed Akihara Kagura's intention: "Do you want to use the pirates to overthrow the rule of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons? Won't the top Navy ranks worry the oceanic situation will spiral out of control?"
"You know..."
Akihara Kagura's smile suddenly became playful, as if mocking something: "Is there anything worse than the Heavenly Celestial Dragons ruling the world?"
"Indeed..."
Fujitora sighed deeply and grasped Akihara Kagura's hand.
"Nothing could be worse than this..."