One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 216 Attack, Golden Lion Attacks
"Shiki..."

With the help of the power of the fruit, Ross transformed into an ordinary cloud and floated above the Golden Lion Fleet. Two big round eyeballs popped out in front of the cloud and looked down.

From this perspective, one can see the fleet clearly, and as long as they show signs of taking action, one can attack them from behind.

Shiki's fruit ability means that his escape methods and speeds are very diverse and swift, so he cannot make a big noise and alert the enemy.

With Garp and Zephyr around, he only needs to play a good supporting role to arrest the Golden Lion, and then create an accident to kill Shiki, which would be perfect!
Although pirates like this are usually captured alive, Kapuzefa and his companions are more than capable of capturing a Golden Lion that is blocked and unable to escape.

However, not to mention that the Golden Lion attacked his students and adopted children, the Float-Float Fruit alone was enough reason for Ross to kill the Golden Lion.

This fruit belongs to the superhuman series, and its ability covers an incredibly wide range, from the sea water to the islands, all are within its control.

Even clouds that are thinner than sea water and cannot even be called solid are within the control range of the Floating Fruit!

In his life, Ross was only afraid of two kinds of people.

The first type is people who can threaten him, and the second type is people who can threaten his nest.

Unfortunately, Golden Lion has both of them thanks to the Float-Float Fruit, plus his identity as a pirate and his dream of dominating the world.

Since he has given me the chance today, I must die here no matter what!

Anyway, this old lion won’t have many years to live. Even if he crawls out of the underwater prison, he will just keep lying dormant.

Dying early or late is death, so why not leave your life here?
.........

On the sea, on the warship.

Zefa prefers to stay on the warship with his family rather than on the deck.

This time, he accepted Ross's invitation and brought his wife and son, as well as most of the cadets, while a few chose to stay at the Navy Headquarters to rest and train.

Influenced by Ross, he felt that every stage of a child's life was extremely important, especially since he had only one child, and he often consulted Ross about his upbringing methods.

Well, it’s a bit too... gentle compared to the usual methods on the sea.

Maybe it has something to do with Ross’s personality, but Zefa still agrees with some of his ideas.

For example, do not do to others what you do not want others do to you, strive for excellence rather than building towers to the moon, and be powerful in actions rather than in appearance.

First: Don’t force your children to do things that you cannot do yourself. If they are willing to do so, help them. If they are not willing, cultivate them in the direction they like.

Second: You can ask your child to seek breakthroughs based on what he already has, but you cannot ask him to run as soon as he learns to walk.

Third: Dignity and lessons should be demonstrated in actions, rather than simply admonishing and teaching.

"Dad, Walter and I built a warship model today. Look, it can even fire cannonballs!"

A model of a warship was floating above Ze Ping's palm. It was exactly the same model as Zefa's ship, and from the appearance alone it looked like a scaled-down replica.

But it is only half a meter long.

Ze Ping happily waved his hand to summon a piece of iron plate, placed it on the table not far away, and pointed the model warship at that direction. The giant main gun in front of the warship made a slight sound.

"Oh!"

There was a slight sound of the gun being fired, and an iron bullet with obvious marks of being squeezed was fired out.

"Ding!"

The bullet embedded itself into the iron plate with a slight sound, and the power of the bullet made Zefa very happy.

However, he still asked:
"That's great, son, but don't use the power carelessly just because you have it. You must first know what the power is for."

"I know this! Strength is used to protect family members and those you cherish, such as Walter. He taught me how to make this model step by step!"

Ze Ping raised his hand to answer. His personality was as gentle as his father's. Combined with his mother's personality, he did not regard this gentleness as weakness.

He used to envy strength and wanted to possess it because his mother taught him that his father was a man of integrity and that to be a man one must first possess strength.

But at that time he just simply admired his father.

But ever since the pirate attack and seeing his mother's legs cut off to protect him, he has understood the true meaning of strength.

It's protection! You can become a marine like your father and protect the people, or you can be a quiet and anonymous person and protect the people you care about.

Obviously, based on his experience, he firmly chose the latter.

Zefa smiled with relief when he heard this. Ze Ping gave an answer that he thought was perfect. He was not a good husband and he knew nothing about the death of his wife and son.

But he hopes his children don't make the same mistake.

"That's right, but there's one more thing you have to remember. Look at this. This is the medal Dad received after he was promoted to lieutenant general."

As he spoke, Zefa took out a medal in the shape of a folded-wing seagull that he had kept close to him. The pure gold glittered brightly in front of Zefa's eyes. He said:

"You know, son, there is a tragic story behind this medal. Your father did not get it by protecting me, but by hurting me."

"harm?"

Ze Ping took the medal from Zefa, leaned against his father's thigh and raised his head in confusion. He looked at Zefa and asked:

"Dad, are you going to tell a story? Just like Walter told me, his father often uses this method to tell them some truths."

Zefa nodded when he heard this. If he just relied on simple words to teach children, perhaps most of them would never listen.

But if you tell it as a story, it will be different. Zefa said slowly:
"It was a quiet afternoon. I had just returned from patrol when I received a call from the Marshal. He said..."

"Emergency! Emergency! All units, please be alerted and enter the first level combat readiness state! We are under attack from the Flying Admiral Shiki the Golden Lion!

I repeat, emergency combat readiness! We have been attacked by the legendary pirate, Flying Admiral Shiki the Golden Lion!!!"

Just when Zefa was about to happily communicate with his son, the announcer's roar resounded throughout the warship.

Without time to think, Zefa rushed to the cabinet in his room and took out a special package.

"Oh!"

He threw the package heavily to the ground, and it soon expanded into a small enclosed house made up of island clouds, with only one window facing upwards. Through the slightly transparent structure, one could see the sea water in the middle.

That is a layer of Haiyun impact protection.

"Quick, Ze Ping, Shirley, go in and hide first, I'll be back soon! Don't worry, it's just a Shiki, it can be solved quickly!"

Zefa said anxiously. Although he said it was okay, he was actually more nervous than anyone else. This was his family!
Fortunately, Ross gave him this emergency survival prop. As long as he goes inside and sticks the processed cloud to the entrance with his hands, he can achieve absolute protection. Even if it is crushed by a huge rock, it will not be deformed or damaged, and he is not afraid of being submerged by sea water.

As long as you hide in it and recover your strength, you can escape.

"My dear, you must be careful..."

Shirley hugged Zefa gently and then quickly pulled away, then without saying a word, she carried Ze Ping into the protective house.

She used to be a navy officer, so she naturally knew the importance of timing. She must not hesitate too much in such situations, otherwise the consequences would be devastating!

As a wife, she cannot let her husband worry, which will put him in a dangerous situation.

"And Walter, Cap, it's up to you first!"

Zefa said this, no longer looking at the gently shaking safe house in the room. Now the warship was climbing on the reverse current of Upside Down Mountain, and any movement would cause violent shaking.

He must go to the room where Walter is as soon as possible to protect him! Otherwise, he will never forgive himself in his life.

Before leaving, Ross placed Walter's safety entirely on himself and Cap!

……

Not to mention Zefa's actions, on the deck at this moment, Garp, who was originally slacking off, was startled and stood up and prepared for battle the moment he saw several islands falling.

He shouted to remind the reporter to sound the alarm. Sakaski, Long, Borsalino and Kuzan, who was shaking a little, were also on high alert.

They were currently climbing the reverse current of Upside Down Mountain, and the entire ship was climbing upwards like a snail. Looking up at the sky from this perspective, the several small islands slowly falling down were very oppressive.

Some marines even unconsciously dropped their flintlock rifles in this scenario, waiting with dull eyes for the moment when the island would fall.

"Mr. Karp, can you break them? Leave the rest to us. We must not let the warship fall into the current of Upside Down Mountain!"

Sakaski said calmly, clenching his hands tightly.

He was not worried whether he could win this battle. He was just a mere Shi Ji. He could take two of his swords without dying. He was just an old guy who would soon be surpassed by him.

They have two great admirals, Garp and Zephyr, on their ship!
However, this is not an ordinary sea surface, but a reverse current that turns the mountains upside down! Once the fragments of these islands smash a part of the warship, it is very likely that their entire ship will fall!

In this situation, even if Garp and Zephyr join forces, they may not be able to save the navy on the ship!
The timing and location of the Golden Lion's attack were just perfect! For them, the difficulty level instantly increased from normal to a brief level of hell!

Moreover, there were several pirate ships behind those small islands, with a huge island ship in the center, and the Golden Lion standing on the edge overlooking them.

Really, so arrogant!

"Okay! Once Zephyr settles Walter and the others, he will come to support us. Damn Shiki, I will definitely lock you up in Impel Down this time!"

Garp nodded, then took a stance and began to accumulate strength, using his observation Haki to fully activate and determine the best point to attack.

It was not difficult for him to smash these small islands, some of which were not even as big as the mountains on the giant island.

But there were too many of them, and the Golden Lion deliberately dispersed them and divided them into three waves to ensure that the entire warship could be sunk at once!

"Fist Bone Galaxy Impact!"

"tong——"

Garp stomped his feet and jumped, flying high into the sky. His iron fist was covered with condensed Armament Haki, and the air was sparking as he accumulated power in slow motion.

"boom!!!"

In an instant, a huge explosion spread in all directions, and the air above the front of the warship was turned into a vacuum by Garp's punch, and the wind from his fist tore through the air and exploded to the left and right.

The impact of the second stage of Armament Haki followed closely, and the invisible fist crossed a distance of one hundred meters in an instant and hit the weak point of the largest island, and then shattered the two small islands behind it without losing momentum.

"Galaxy Impact!"

He threw another punch, and then another punch, and then another punch, and several punches hit all the islands accurately. There were even cracks on Garp's fists, and blood was flowing out.

"Bang bang bang!"

The islands exploded one by one like fireworks, turning into piles of rocks that filled the sky and continued to fall downwards.

Garp fell to the ground and staggered on the deck, sweat on his forehead and his Armament Haki retracted. Several cracks starting from his fists and extending to his forearms were shocking.

Blood continued to spurt out, and the military doctor on the ship quickly began to look for medicine to replenish the body's energy.

Although the output has been weakened, such an external big move consumes a lot of energy for Garp, and it is completely incomparable to real punches.

But the effect was very good. Not only were those islands shattered by themselves, but some of them were even turned into dust and dissipated.

He looked at Long with a look that said "I'll leave it to you".

He had to take a short break so that he could fight the final golden lion.

……

“It’s really exciting, but for a group of weaklings, they took a risk and consumed a lot of physical strength at once, even at the cost of squeezing their own bodies to quickly resolve the crisis.

Is this what you consider a partner, Roger? It's so boring. Just wait, you will receive news of the death of a naval hero soon."

The Golden Lion stood on the island ship and chuckled, with a huge cigar in his mouth and the two swords, Sakura Ten and Ku Mu, tightly held in his hands.

He really looked down upon Garp's behavior, as he was willing to risk his own life for the sake of others' lives.

Is this looking down on his equally matched opponent?

You are so weak, the final outcome is that you will be killed by me!

If Golden Lion had only a slight chance of killing Garp at the beginning, now he has at least 60% chance!

The most taboo thing for a strong person is to consume a large amount of physical strength at one time. This behavior can only be used in the end or temporary retreat.

If you dare to do this during a battle, the only consequence will be failure and death!
"My fellow lads, get ready and charge forward, kill those marines, and hone your will and strength through battle!"

With a wave of his hand, Shiki's pirate ships began to fall under his control, only a distance away from the rubble, using them as natural cover to move forward.

"Eight-foot beautiful magatama!"

"Hurricane Siren Song!"

Below, Borsalino and the dragon teamed up, golden light rain and blue hurricane...

(End of this chapter)