"The moment the pirate ship entered Kuzan and the others' attack range, Kuzan leaped forward and unleashed his ultimate move on the sea: 'Frozen Time Capsule!'"
Instantly, a path formed on the sea, and Kuzan rapidly approached the pirate ship as if ice-skating. In an instant, the pirate ship was encased into a completely frozen ice ship.
"Hey! Come and receive them!"
In less than a minute, Kuzan's voice was heard from the opposite ship on the warship.
"As expected of a monster who is on par with Vice Admiral Sakazuki and Vice Admiral Borsalino!"
Seeing how quickly they had dealt with a New World pirate crew, the Marines on the warship couldn't help but admire them internally.
With this lineup, they wouldn't be afraid even if they had to fight Hundred Beasts Kaido!
When the Marines brought the pirates, half-frozen by Kuzan, back to the warship, Sakazuki approached and said, "Just these few people?"
Nearby, a Lieutenant Junior Grade stepped forward to report: "Report, according to the data, their captain is Kunagiri Pirates, with a bounty of 75 million Beli. According to intelligence, it should be a pirate crew of over 50 people!"
Sakazuki's hand began to burn with scorching magma, emitting black smoke. He punched through the body of one pirate, leaving only six others.
Seeing Sakazuki's cruel and ruthless actions, the remaining six pirates were stunned. What about the promise of surrendering if they couldn't defeat the Navy and being spared to live out their lives in prison?
"Answer my questions properly, and I might let you live out your remaining years in Underwater Prison. Otherwise, this will be your fate!"
Sakazuki said, pointing to the pirate beside him who had been melted into a puddle.
This was his interrogation method. If there were two or more subjects for torture, he would kill one first to achieve a deterrent effect.
Although this was cruel and violated some Navy regulations, it was very effective.
After asking a few more questions, Sakazuki nodded: "I see. You just happened to pass by Byrnblus Island, then discovered pirates fighting there, got caught in the crossfire, and were wiped out?"
Saying that, Sakazuki's expression turned serious: "Tell me, who were the pirates fighting?"
Faced with the Navy's relentless questioning, these bound pirates dared not lie, unless they wanted to become one with the magma. Thus, they shouted in extreme fear: "Kaido, it was, it was Hundred Beasts Kaido!"
On the warship, the Marines' pupils constricted. Sakazuki took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Kaido, he's still on Byrnblus Island, right?"
Saying that, Sakazuki's eyes flickered to the right, "This time, it's your credit, Kuzan!"
If he had directly shouted "Meteor Volcano," a new move he had just developed, he probably wouldn't have gotten this intelligence. Although Sakazuki was extreme and hated pirates intensely, he wasn't a greedy or shameless person. He naturally gave credit to Kuzan.
However, Kuzan was indifferent to everything. Without answering Sakazuki, he walked forward with his hands in his pockets and asked, "What else? Who was the pirate fighting Kaido?"
The pirate with the red headband replied: "No, we don't know. We were so scared that Kaido was half-dead that we… we only focused on escaping. The person fighting him at the time was directly thrown into the sea. We didn't get a good look!"
"Uh, mhm!"
Sakazuki let out a muffled grunt from his throat. The pirates were startled. "We, we're not lying!"
"Please, believe us!"
"Yes, spare our lives! We've told you everything we know!"
Not getting complete intelligence, Sakazuki became extremely enraged. His palm turned into magma, and he roared: "Useless trash, die!"
Seeing Kuzan stop him, Sakazuki didn't say much more and could only grunt "Tsk" and stop.
"Lock them up and keep a close watch. Helmsman, change course, head for Byrnblus!"
After Kuzan gave the order, he turned and walked towards Garp. Despite the great commotion that had just occurred, Garp was still fast asleep.
Kuzan's personality leaned towards laziness and indifference. It was unclear if it was related to his Ice-Ice Fruit ability, but his lazy, sleepy habits were definitely linked to Garp.
"Wake up Mr. Garp. All hands, go to Level 1 alert. The target is Hundred Beasts Kaido!"
Kuzan believed he himself was definitely no match for Kaido, even with Sakazuki added. In the end, it would still rely on Garp. He couldn't let him keep sleeping!
...
When the warship finally reached Byrnblus after half a day, Kuzan activated his ability the moment they saw the whirlpools in the sea near the island, freezing the sea.
Although he couldn't achieve the level he would at Admiral rank, he could still manage a sea area around an island.
Garp's warship docked on the north coast, not in the same direction as Grimm's ship. Even so, the frozen sea alerted Plank and Jiana on the ship.
Plank immediately contacted Grimm, who was in a close-quarters combat with Kaido: "Boss, if I'm not mistaken, it's the Navy. Should we go and eliminate them?"
"No need. Keep a good watch on them and don't let them disturb my fight. It's rare to find an interesting opponent!"
...
Meanwhile, Garp, finally woken up, leaped onto the ice and shouted to the disembarking crew: "Everyone follow me! The target is that tough-skinned kid Kaido. You guys can't handle him. The rest of you form a perimeter around the island to prevent Kaido's crew from arriving!"
Although Kaido liked to wander alone, his subordinates carried his Life Paper, and often followed behind Kaido. Therefore, even if they found Kaido, they still had to guard against the Kaido Pirates. It wouldn't be strange if they appeared the next second.
"Yes!"
Nearly a thousand soldiers on the ship immediately sprang into action, preparing to form a surrounding patrol net on the island, constantly on alert for the arrival of the Kaido Pirates.
"Sakazuki brat and Kuzan brat, come with me!"
Garp led the two into the jungle. Along the way, there were ruins everywhere: trees were cut down, mountains were split open, and the corpses of many rare animals lay in the grass by the roadside.
"Damn it~ As expected of Hundred Beasts Kaido, his fights are so exaggerated."
Kuzan, seeing the corpses of dead animals around, asked Garp's retreating back: "Mr. Garp, who do you think is fighting Kaido?"
As soon as Kuzan finished speaking, the ground suddenly trembled. Then, a roar and a burst of fire exploded on the other side of a giant mountain, with flames shooting into the sky.
"That's Kaido's voice!"
Garp quickened his pace, with Sakazuki and Kuzan following behind. He said, "Based on the intelligence provided by those pirates, they've been fighting here for at least a day and a night. Not many people can fight Kaido to this extent!"
Soon, the three reached a mountain over five hundred meters high on Byrnblus. Looking ahead, they saw in the valley below, not far away, a giant and extremely enraged blue dragon circling in the air—it was Hundred Beasts Kaido.
Furthermore, Kaido's dragon body was covered in blood, as if severely wounded.
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