In the waters not far from the port where the Death Star was docked, twenty large warships formed a fan shape, aimed at the island.
A Navy Vice Admiral shook a feather fan, maintaining a calm smile, his thin and sharp beard swaying gently with the movement of the fan.
A colonel ran over from nearby, saluted him in a naval manner, and said, "Vice Admiral Komei, we are ready!"
The Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral, known for his strategy, 'Komei'.
"What about the PX?" Komei asked.
"Also ready to deploy!"
"Good... Make the necessary deployments, keep the Disaster Pirates pinned down here!" Komei chuckled twice, "This battle is the opportunity to destroy the Disaster Pirates!"
"But, Vice Admiral Komei, there are orders from above to preserve Celent as much as possible..." The Navy hesitated for a moment and said.
"What's worth keeping in a place like this?"
Komei glared at him and said:
"Eliminating evil is what we should be doing. I don't care about what those above want; the Navy's duty is to deal with Pirates. The PX will only destroy necessary infrastructure and won't harm civilian lives."
As an Elite Vice Admiral, he knew some of the World Government's schemes.
Celent, as a place with a gold mine, used to be under Whitebeard's control. But after Whitebeard died and Maroni took over, they initially thought they couldn't attain it.
However, Maroni collaborated with the World Government. This guy is quite incredible — his ability can directly transform people into zombie-like slaves, aligning with the World Government's interests. With the presence of the gold mine, the World Government was naturally willing to cooperate with Maroni.
The nearby Navy bases often came over, besides cooperation and trade, to prevent any Pirate from taking over the place.
Yes, mainly to guard against the Disaster Pirates!
Recently, the most threatening one is this figure.
When the Disaster Pirates set sail, they got the information through surveillance ships and special agents under the Disaster's power. Komei had just returned from an official trip, fighting Pirates in this part of the New World.
Upon hearing this news, he immediately thought this was an opportunity.
Because now there might be a chance to keep the Disaster Pirates stranded on this island.
If the entire island is destroyed, along with the ship the Disaster Pirates are on, it can serve as a pivot point to snipe the remaining Disaster Pirates at sea.
As the Captain is trapped on the island, his subordinates will certainly come to rescue him. However, Pirates are predominantly strong only because of their leaders. As long as the leader doesn't participate, the remaining Pirates can be defeated one by one at sea.
"Once the plan is completed, Sage trapped on the island is the bait. After breaking the Disaster Pirates, an Admiral will be called to capture the Disaster, eliminating the threat of the Four Emperors."
Komei's eyes twitched, revealing hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, "If Pirates like these, who do whatever they please and bring pain to the people, are allowed to grow, it's our negligence!"
The World Government's schemes?
They have nothing to do with him. He's just the Navy, only wanting to carry out justice.
Since he was harmed by Pirates when he was young and vowed to use his strategy to drive Pirates away, everything he does is to combat Pirates.
Justice... will not disappear!
Besides, the disappearance of the Disaster Pirates is also a good thing for those above. That's why they submitted the application through Komei; otherwise, where would they get twenty warships from?
For the plan's success, Komei united most of the naval forces around, aiming to ensure victory with one blow.
Now is the chance!
Komei swung the feather fan, giving orders. His commands were transmitted through the Radio Snail, and twenty large warships simultaneously adjusted their cannons.
Each ship had three Peacekeepers that were also deployed, with half raising their palms to gather lasers.
The other half were loaded into cannons. The most accurate use of these artificial weapons is to be launched through the cannon barrel, simple and direct, without giving the Disaster a chance to turn the tables.
"Atta..."
Bang!
Komei raised the feather fan and swung it down fiercely. But just as the sound was issued, the sky inexplicably flashed with a thunderbolt, instantly stirring a strong wind and causing a heavy downpour.
A storm?
No problem, these new cannons are waterproof!
Crack!
The thunder from the sky struck downwards, splitting into countless tiny lightning bolts.
At the moment they descended from above, they turned black and red, striking the big warship's cannons, forcefully shattering parts of the cannons and causing them to collapse entirely.
The standing Navy personnel trembled in their bodies, their eyes turned white, foaming at the mouth, and fell down as the thunder descended.
Komei's pupils contracted, "Supreme King?!"
After speaking, he sensed something and looked straight to the sky.
Bang!
The already darkened sky was stirred with another thunderbolt, under which a terrifying figure was leaping through the air.
"That is..." Komei widened his mouth, his eyes filled with fear.
In the air, with white hair and a black-base, red-tipped fur cloak wildly fluttering in the storm, he kicked off the air quickly, moving above the warship. In one hand, a thick black flame ignited.
Sizzle!
There was electricity moving in the black flame, merging with the black lightning blooming from outside the fist.
"Quite the formation, let me say hello!"
Sage glared downwards, swung forcefully, "Hundred Ghosts Assault Break!"
The wind pressure impact mixed with black and red lightning was like someone painting in the sky and earth with a thick brush, leaving a distinctly intense black-and-red mark, pressing down on the twenty large warships.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Masts were broken, cannons collapsed, real lightning and impacts from the Supreme King caused explosions in the places storing gunpowder, igniting clusters of flames.
In just a moment, twenty warships sank into the seawater, ignited in flames, with some unlucky ones directly blown to pieces, causing the ship to collapse and sink into the water.
When the impact reached, even though Komei had used Haki to shape harden the feather fan, turning it into a long sword to resist.
The impact's strength was utterly unstoppable; the hardened Haki shattered, the feather fan shattered into fragments, and his body was riddled with blood in the impact, flying backward and crashing into a broken mast section, then collapsing on the deck.
Blood flowed down his forehead, trickling into his eyes, turning his vision scarlet.
In the scarlet vision, all he could see were the fallen Navy personnel, and in front, the sudden descent of a presence with just a pair of feet visible.
"Damn it!"
Beside him, on a nearby warship, a Vice Admiral covered in wounds and resembling a bloodied man staggered to his feet, pounced onto an undamaged cannon, and aimed it at the intruder on the deck.
"Still standing, Vice Admiral?"
Sage, standing on the deck, drew the flintlock gun from his waist, aiming at the warship, said:
"At this moment, the best choice is to lay down obediently, because when I destroy you, perhaps you might fall into the water and have a chance to survive...hundredfold."
Bang!
The lead bullet shot out from the gun barrel instantly expanded a hundredfold, and its speed amplified hundredfold, transforming into a shadow that collided with the warship.
Boom!!
With just one hit, the object that turned from a lead bullet into a cannonball first smashed the warship, then exploded at the center, shattering the entire ship into fragments that flew everywhere, raising a cloud of black smoke.
"Disaster!!"
From another warship engulfed in flames, a person jumped out, also wounded, but their body transformed into a human-beast form resembling an otter, wielding a hammer resembling a shell, covered in Haki, and smashed over.
"I am Navy Vice Admiral Pomsky, I'm going to arrest you!"
On the opposite side, another Vice Admiral charged over, hands clawed together, under Armament Hardening turning his palms black, akin to a beast's bite, grabbing downwards.
"I am Navy Vice Admiral Tosa, Disaster, don't get too pleased with yourself! Tosa Bite!"
"Zoan-type? And... Ten-Finger Finger Gun?"
Sage's lips curled up, flintlock gun pointed upward, pulling the trigger, "Hundred Times Speed."
Bang!
The lead bullet, also mixed with Haki, shot out at a tremendous speed, first breaking the shell hammer of the Zoan-type Vice Admiral, piercing into his head.
Pomsky's body trembled all over, under the piercing force, his downward smashing body recoiled upward, eyes dimmed, falling into the sea.
Sage extended his other hand, striking toward the charging Tosa, breaking through Tosa's hands, hitting his upper face.
Bang!
Tosa's upper head shattered, collapsing straight onto the deck, completely motionless.
Neither strength nor Haki could be resisted by a Vice Admiral.
Sage glanced at the dead Tosa, smiled and said, "This kind of scene, it's not my first time experiencing it, you never learn your lesson!"
Just as he was about to take something out from his cloak, he felt the approaching storm, clicked his tongue, looked up at the sky, "You're getting annoying..."
Black-red torrents surged up and enveloped Sage, blocking the storm, making Sage's surrounding calm.
He took out a cigar from inside his cloak, casually lit it at a burning place, bit it in his mouth, then slowly walked towards Komei.
At this moment, Komei had just raised his head, seeing the gun barrel aiming at his forehead.
Sage exhaled smoke, pushed the flintlock gun forward, pressing it against Komei's forehead.
"You did well, almost succeeded, but... sometimes close is still far off."
Not just these Navies excel at planning, Sage is also adept at it.
When he saw the future, he knew what these people intended to do.
If they left him on this island, then used it as bait to take down his Pirates one by one... they might actually succeed!
At that time, even if he still existed, wanting to start over would require much effort, especially since it's now a crucial moment for securing territory.
Once timing is missed, gathering forces later would lag far behind Teach.
"Pirate!"
Komei stammered, hoarsely said, "Justice will prevail!"
"Hehehe..."
Sage chuckled lightly, "Justice? Evil? No truth could be found across the sea, right and wrong don't matter, victory is the most important thing, as long as I win, many people willing to back me!"
"Don't you know? Even my startup method is now being praised! Hahahaha, hohahahahaha!"
That's true, Sage's startup not only included robbery but also coercion and intimidation.
Otherwise, how could Moriah easily board the ship?
By smooth talking?
Hawkins and Urouge were also coerced aboard.
But recently there's a rumor saying these subordinates boarded willingly, saying Sage never forced anyone...
Even killing nobles robbing kings started being praised, both by overseas pirates and by people under governance, saying Sage is fearless against authority...
Ha!
"If you win, I'm just an evil pirate, if you lose... I'm a destructive disaster! This is the truth of the sea!"
Sage's finger placed on the trigger, about to pull it down.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept over, quickly freezing the front half of the ship completely, stalling the fires, and turning Sage into an ice sculpture.
Crack!
The surface of the ice sculpture shattered instantly, Sage twisted his neck, looking sideways.
On his side, the damaged burning warships, flames suppressed by the cold, turned into frost, while on the sea, an icy pathway extended.
At the end of the pathway, a peculiar giant penguin could be seen, along with a bicycle parked beside it, and a person in a vagrant appearance emitting cold air.
"Kuzan!" Sage snarled.