"..."
Whitebeard remained silent, saying nothing.
Even someone as proud as Whitebeard couldn't help but take notice at this moment.
"..."
Shanks' arm was trembling faintly.
The other onlookers could all see Akihara Kagura's strength, let alone him, the one directly involved. Only he could personally experience that kind of despair...
The despair that comes with such a vast difference in power...
"Not even good enough to be a nail clipper..."
Akihara Kagura glanced at his own fingers, then looked down at the shocked and fearful red-haired Shanks: "Seems you still have a long way to go compared to Mihawk's kenjutsu..."
"..."
A group of people blinked rapidly.
How come...
Was he humiliating him?
He actually humiliated a Sea Emperor by saying he wasn't fit to be his nail clipper?
"Shanks."
Just as everyone was speechless or terrified of Akihara Kagura, an old and deep voice echoed in Shanks' ear.
"?"
Shanks suddenly looked up to see Saint Figarland Garling uttering to him: "Live on..."
In an instant!
Saint Figarland Garling abruptly grasped his rapier!
Seizing the moment while Akihara Kagura was humiliating red-haired Shanks, too distracted to use the String-String Fruit ability. This former renowned Divine Knight Order Commander among the Heavenly Celestial Dragons directly lifted his sharp blade upside down and stabbed the rapier into his own chest!
At this moment, Saint Figarland Garling didn't want to continue fighting with red-haired Shanks; his life had long reached its end, and the future should fall on Shanks!
Blood...
Instantly dyed Saint Figarland Garling's chest red!
In this moment, the once Heavenly Celestial Dragon, like a knight marching toward the end of life, raised his blade and used it to end his own life, cleansing the shame fate imposed by his enemy.
Everyone could tell Saint Figarland Garling's suicide was largely because he didn't want to continue mutual destruction with red-haired Shanks.
"Garling..."
Shanks bit his teeth and could only leap back to his Red Force.
In this moment...
Saint Figarland Garling was victorious...
However...
It's only up to this point.
"Dead?"
Akihara Kagura raised his finger, manipulating Saint Figarland Garling's body to stagger and walk, clearly dissatisfied. He eventually broke off his strings, allowing the corpse to fall to the ground.
"I have no more interest in the weak."
Akihara Kagura shook his head regretfully, seemingly a bit unsatisfied, waving his hand: "Since the Heavenly Celestial Dragon is dead, the reckoning about them can only end here..."
"Hmm?"
Sengoku and Akainu showed some surprise.
The navy present also felt something strange.
Where were all the Heavenly Celestial Dragons dead?
Hadn't they captured a group of them? Even though the high-level Heavenly Celestial Dragons were all dead, some remnants...
Thud...
Thud... Thud...
The sound of each Heavenly Celestial Dragon collapsing one after another, their heads rolling on the deck, frightening the navy escorting them to retreat in panic!
When...
When did they get killed!
"Alright."
"Now it's time to handle the others."
"Marshal Sengoku, Marshal Sakazuki."
Akihara Kagura's figure floated in the air, watching Sengoku and Akainu and others: "Any plans from the navy? Are you going to join those pirates in resisting the New World, or join me in capturing all the pirates here?"
"..."
Sengoku and Akainu simultaneously furrowed their brows.
This question was tough for them both to decide; these two navy admirals felt unprecedented difficulty, wondering which side they should stand on?
Akihara Kagura, this guy...
He's really played them too hard!
He fooled the entire navy, the whole sea!
Moreover...
Once the pirates are completely subdued by Akihara Kagura, the navy alone definitely couldn't be a match for the Konoha Pirates. If the Konoha Pirates do something...
"Alright."
Akihara Kagura looked at the two struggling navy admirals, and couldn't help but chuckle: "In return for the care you've given me, I will allow you plenty of time to consider, though whether you resist or comply doesn't really matter to me..."
"!!!"
Sengoku and Akainu clenched their fists simultaneously.
As navy admirals, their combat power is not weak, but they were so blatantly ignored by this guy, as if he wasn't even facing anyone!
Navy Admiral is different from Navy Admiral!
Wait...
Admiral?
Sengoku furrowed his brows, looking at Fujitora and Kizaru in the air, said in a deep voice: "Borsalino, what are you still doing there!"
Because Sengoku knew Fujitora was definitely with the Konoha Pirates, but Borsalino was someone trained and promoted by their older generation!
This Admiral...
Must have acted earlier just to help a colleague?
"It seems... a bit regretful..."
Kizaru wore a mysterious smile filled with regret, pursing his chin: "It's unexpected that we would stand on different sides..."
"..."
Sengoku fully understood Kizaru's stance.
This bastard Kizaru, a user of the Flash-Flash Fruit ability, is the most useful fruit ability among all the navy admirals, capable of dealing with enemies of any level. Yet this bastard joined Akihara Kagura!
"Alright."
"Let's go."
Akihara Kagura's body suddenly moved rapidly!
This navy admiral, after resolving the Heavenly Celestial Dragons' trouble, sped his body to the sky above the Konoha Pirates, joining ranks with his subordinates he brought along!
"Kaguya."
Akihara Kagura lifted his gaze a bit, watching tens of thousands of pirates, yet softly calling Kaguya's name.
"I've been here all along..."
Otsutsuki Kaguya heard Akihara Kagura's voice, raised her delicate fingers, and a jet-black Truth-Seeking Orb flew towards Akihara Kagura!
That Truth-Seeking Orb transformed in the air into a slender chair, appearing below Akihara Kagura, allowing him to sit stably on the floating Truth-Seeking Orb chair...
Akihara Kagura leisurely sat down, relaxedly leaning against the chair back, crossing one leg over the other, sitting this way on the chair as thin as paper, leisurely looking down at the tens of thousands of pirates...
"..."
Tens of thousands of pirates finally met the master.
This one...
Can also be considered a widely known big figure.
At least the title of a navy admiral is enough to make most pirates flee.
"Gurarararara..."
Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, grasping his large blade, stepped forward, his strong voice echoing in the air as he looked up at Akihara Kagura sitting in the air: "It's quite unexpected for me that a navy admiral would actually be the master of the Konoha Pirates..."
"It's something unavoidable."
Akihara Kagura lowered his head slightly, looking down at Edward Newgate: "Because their strength is weaker than mine, they naturally could only be forced to submit to the strong..."
"Spit!"
A Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates disdainfully spat towards the group of figures on the Black Island: "Being someone else's dog! We won't surrender even in death!"
"Shut up!"
Whitebeard sternly ordered his sons.
"Quite interesting..."
Akihara Kagura tilted his head, curiously watching that Captain, chuckling: "A group of pampered dogs scolding a group of people who work hard to train..."
"Edward Newgate sir..."
"It seems you're really not good at educating your sons; in the end, you've raised them all into pet dogs..."
Akihara Kagura looked down towards the crew of the Whitebeard Pirates: "Their power is forever so weak..."
"In such an environment, your sons never need to strive for their lives but only entrust their will to a Captain, when the Captains realize their helplessness, they pass their will to you, the stronger one..."
"In the end, everyone will forever place their hopes on you, relying on you, the strong one, to lead them to places they do not belong..."