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"The Buster Call isn't something that can be easily canceled. Even if it were canceled, the punishment still wouldn't be something we could bear."
Lucci's expression remained serious. After pondering for a moment, he said, "How long until the fleet arrives?"
"About two hours! But two hours is already enough for them to get far away from Water 7. I have to say, the ships built by Umbrella Corporation are quite fast."
Kaku said anxiously. "Two hours, what should we do?"
Lucci: "..."
Lucci was silent for a moment. Then he took a deep breath. At this instant, his gaze changed.
"I'll stop them!"
Kaku: "...?"
Wait, what did you say?
No, you? You're going to stop Ian, the God of the Sun?
…
At the same time, over here in Water 7.
"We're about to leave, yet the World Government's hyenas are still keeping an eye on us."
Zephyr seemed to have noticed traces of CP9 agents, but he did not pay them much attention and said with a chuckle: "They really don't feel at ease about us!"
"No need to worry about them."
Ian waved his hand. "Is everyone here? If everyone's here, then it's time for us to depart."
"We're leaving just like that? I heard the Straw Hat crew has already set off as well."
Hearing Ian's words, Zephyr smiled, then nudged his chin toward Ace, who was leaning against the ship's rail, looking somewhat dispirited. "It's just that it seems there's a kid on our ship whose heart hasn't settled yet!"
Ian: "..."
Ian helplessly shifted his gaze to the low-spirited Ace, but in the end still sighed. "Don't worry. The Straw Hat crew has already gone to rescue people."
"It's precisely because Luffy and the others went that I'm worried."
But those words did not lift Ace's spirits; instead, he spoke with even more concern. "That's an Admiral! It's something Luffy and the others simply can't handle at their current level."
As he spoke, he looked at Ian with hopeful eyes. "Mr. Ian, can't I really go help?"
"Relax, I've already notified the Whitebeard Pirates."
Seeing that expectant gaze, Ian thought for a moment and then stopped hiding it. "The Whitebeard Pirates will definitely send people over."
"Will they make it in time?"
"Who knows?"
Ian spread his hands. "Anyway, I've already said it. In the end, whether they make it or not depends on the Whitebeard Pirates themselves. If the Whitebeard Pirates arrive and we also get involved, then it'll probably really trigger a war."
It wasn't that he cared about war, but rather that causing a war just to rescue Teach, honestly, it felt strange somehow.
"Alright."
Seeing Ace about to say something more, Ian directly stopped him. "We should be leaving as well. If it really doesn't work..."
He still added a line of comfort: "... Then you can think of a way to jailbreak later!"
However, just as the ship slowly sailed away from the dock of Water 7, Zephyr suddenly spoke from the side, saying, "Looks like someone doesn't want us to leave so easily!"
Ian: "...?"
Those words immediately made Ian, Ace, and the others turn their heads together and look toward the direction of the port.
When they saw the figure rushing over from midair, Ian and Zephyr both frowned at the same time.
Then Ian broke into a grin. "I was already preparing to leave, and yet someone still doesn't want us to go!"
"No, perhaps it's not just someone!"
Unlike Ian, who was smiling, Zephyr seemed to realize something, his expression turning serious. "It's the World Government... They're making a move against us."
As soon as those words fell, that figure had already rushed onto the ship.
No, not just one figure.
When that figure landed on the deck, a transparent circular door opened on the ship, and then six more figures walked out.
CP9 agents!
Ian laughed again.
With CP9 agents here, then over on Enies Lobby it would be...
Which genius came up with this plan?
They deal with CP9, while the Straw Hat crew deals with an Admiral?
...
"Ian, the God of Sun!"
Staring at the person before him who had brought him, infinite terror two years ago, Lucci did not appear as calm as he seemed.
Although over the past two years he had trained himself like a madman, and his strength now far surpassed what it was two years ago, when facing this monster who was renowned across the seas, someone that even Marine Headquarters did not dare to easily provoke into war, and whom the seas called the God of Sun, he knew very well that he was simply not a match for such a monster.
But it wasn't as though he had no chance!
Two hours, no, it didn't even need two hours now. He only needed to stall this guy until the Buster Call fleet arrived.
And… nighttime was his opportunity!
After that incident two years ago, although he was lucky to survive, that horrifying scene of something like a blazing sun descending upon the sea at that time was still something he could not forget.
That kind of power was like a true god.
This was also the reason he had trained himself so frantically.
There was only one god on this sea, and that was the Celestial Dragons.
The Celestial Dragons were the gods of this world.
Therefore, while training, he had also continuously researched information about Ian, the God of Sun, and discovered that guy's Devil Fruit ability.
The Light-Light Fruit!
A Devil Fruit whose power dropped sharply at night.
Although none of the past Devil Fruit users could be as strong as this monster, he believed that this monster must also have the weaknesses left behind by a Devil Fruit.
So he could definitely stop him... No, perhaps he even had a chance to kill this terrifying guy.
Thinking of this, Lucci's heart was instantly filled with both excitement and fear, his eyes locked tightly onto Ian.
"I have already decided to leave."
Ian sighed helplessly. "I didn't expect that you would actually dare to come onto my ship, especially you two..."
His gaze casually swept over Lucci and Kaku. "You still dare to appear in front of me?"
Lucci and Kaku: "...?!"
As soon as those words fell, just that single glance instantly made Kaku and Lucci's bodies stiffen, their minds involuntarily recalling what happened in the West Blue back then.
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