Pirate: I am a logistics person, what the hell is the emperor

Chapter 377 The dramatic moment of war

The scorching sun in the afternoon warmed the sea water, and the waves surged gently, sparkling with shimmering golden fragments. A few white seabirds were startled, and a huge raft-shaped log ship pushed through the waves and slowly approached.

From a distance of more than a thousand meters, one could already faintly see smoke rising from the burning on Honeycomb Island, and the buildings were shattered into pieces, like a pile of ruins.

"Damn Straw Hat Pirates for turning my Beehive Island into this mess!"

Teach stood alone at the bow, clenching his fists tightly. Seeing the devastated scene on the island, he gnashed his teeth in hatred.

crunch~
The door to the rear cabin was opened, and a tall, thin figure walked out, with black curly hair under a dark blue short hat. Aokiji came to Teach, put his fingers together, and raised his hand to adjust his sunglasses.

"What are you going to do later? If we start a war, I'm afraid we won't have much advantage."

"Humph, that depends on whether the other party will leave now."

Turning his head to look at Aokiji, Teach smiled sinisterly and said in a tentative tone:
"You won't regret it now, will you, Kuzan?"

"Well, now that I'm on this boat, I can only go all the way to the end. At least I won't do anything that goes against my decision."

Aokiji held his head and spoke lazily.

He left the navy in order to find his own path and look at this era of pirates from another perspective.

He didn't refuse when Blackbeard invited him, and he won't regret it now.

The black sails with three skulls painted on them were blown full by the wind, and the log warship continued to sail towards Beehive Island.

"Luffy! They're coming!"

At the same time, Usopp, who was scouting on the roof of a flat building high on the island, also discovered the other party.

Through the telescope, the figures of Teach and Aokiji standing at the bow came clearly into his sight.
"Sure enough, that Aokiji guy is here too."

Putting down the telescope, Usopp's face became serious. He supported himself on the wall, turned over and jumped off the house, and ran towards the people in the square.

"Yoshi, let's go."

Hearing the sound, Luffy walked towards the coast with a determined look.

Reiner summoned several undead and carried the tied-up Shiliu and others away.

The pirates on the island have not been dealt with yet, but after the four remaining cadres were all captured, they did not dare to act rashly and just observed them from a very long distance.

Ignoring these miscellaneous soldiers, they soon passed through the yellow houses made of earth and stones and arrived at the coast.

Blackbeard's ship happened to dock at the shore. Teach, Aokiji, and Van Oka jumped from the bow of the ship onto the soft sand beach, and confronted Luffy and his crew who were lined up on the opposite side, dozens of meters away.

"Hahaha! Do you still remember me, Straw Hat Boy? When we were on Gaya Island, I never thought that a skinny guy like you would reach this height one day."

When they met, Teach no longer had any of his previous angry expressions. Instead, he grinned at Luffy, revealing two rows of large white teeth with gaps between them.

"But it's true. A man like you is destined to be extraordinary as long as he is still alive. It turns out that we are the same kind of people, hahahaha!"

A gleam of light flashed in Teach's eyes, and he sneered arrogantly:
"I had a premonition then that we would meet again on the sea one day. I never thought we would meet again in this way today. It really disappoints me."

"Stop talking nonsense, Teach! Where's Hancock? Hand her over!"

Luffy waved his hand and shouted loudly, without any intention of wasting time talking to the other party.

Teach looked at Luffy with a playful smile on his face, and waved to the back without turning his head.

"Bring everyone out!"

In response to his words, a dozen pirates walked out of the cabin of the log battleship at the rear, carrying the frozen Hancock and the petrified Lafitte and others to the beach.

"You seem very anxious. Is this woman important to you?"

Teach smiled grimly and tried to test Luffy with words, but was interrupted by Reiner.

"Stop talking nonsense. Tell Aokiji to deactivate his ability and have your men send him over. The person you want is here."

Reiner pulled out a heavily tied figure and threw it out.

For both parties, exchanging hostages is an inevitable choice, and only by cutting the Gordian knot can accidents be avoided.

Pizarro fell on the beach and got a face full of sand. He shook his head to get rid of the sand and quickly looked up at Blackbeard opposite him and shouted:
"Don't dawdle, Tikki! Hurry up and save me, this damn guy is really going to kill me!"

His voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of fear. His body was covered in blood and he looked extremely miserable. There were cuts on his joints and blood was flowing onto the beach, solidifying into clumps of sand.

Seeing this, Teach's face immediately darkened.

A quick glance revealed that the situation of Shiryu and the others behind Reiner was similar to that of Pizarro. Even if they were exchanged back, they would not be able to recover in a short time and would not be able to rejoin the battle.

Reiner looked at the other party calmly. This was naturally his method. Letting the tiger go back to the mountain was too stupid.

As long as these people are not completely disabled, Blackbeard will not be willing to abandon them directly.

Teach could guess what he was thinking, because Hancock was in the same state at the moment. He looked at Reiner coldly and said without turning his head:
"Kuzan."

"Ah~, I see."

Aokiji responded lazily, slowly walked to Hancock and stopped, putting his hand on her shoulder.

Soon, the ice that emitted a chill that even the scorching sun could not melt began to melt, revealing the long, smooth black hair, face, abdomen, thighs and other parts of the skin.

boom.

As soon as the ice was broken, Hancock, who was breathing weakly and falling into a coma, fell limply on the beach.

Her whole body was soaked with traces of water from the melted ice. Her long black hair was wet and stuck to her frostbitten, white and tender skin that was slightly pink. She had a frown on her face and looked very weak.

"Hancock!!"

"Ms. Hankku!!"

Nami and the others shouted anxiously, and they were so panicked that they couldn't help but rush forward.

"Don't act rashly!"

Tiqi shouted and took a step forward to stop them.

Nami and the others paused, gritting their teeth and staring at each other.

sand~sand~
Hearing the noise, Hancock, who was lying on the ground, moved slightly, her eyelashes trembling as she opened her eyes with difficulty, and the figures of their group were reflected in her blurry vision.

"Nanami?"

"Why are you here?"

Hancock made a very weak sound, and pressed her hands on the beach with difficulty to try to support her body, but suddenly she became weak and fell down again.

Where is this place?

Leaning her elbows on the beach, Hancock raised her head with difficulty again. Her vision gradually became clear, and she finally saw Reiner and his group.

"Nami?"

Hancock's eyes were slightly surprised, and when she saw Blackbeard and Aokiji beside her, she gritted her teeth and her face immediately became gloomy.

"Teachie.!"

"Are you okay Hancock! Just wait a minute, we'll get you back soon!"

Nami shouted worriedly, and immediately turned around and glared at Blackbeard.

"We have your people in our hands, let Hancock go quickly!"

"Thief, hahahaha! You can't just let him go."

Tiqi raised his head and laughed loudly, his eyes were fierce and his face was fierce.

"Do you think I'd be so foolish as to put myself in a deadly situation? I can exchange people, but I have one condition: first, let her remove the petrification of my men!"

Now that things have come to this, he doesn't know the rest of the Straw Hat crew, but Reiner will definitely not give up. He already knew who Reiner was back in the Marineford War. Even if Reiner did give up, Teach would not let them go.

He is extremely confident in his own strength, not to mention that there are so many people with special abilities in the Straw Hat Pirates who can be restrained by him, plus Aokiji is there.

But he wasn't stupid enough to rely on three people to go to war with the Straw Hat Pirates. Of course, he had to create as many favorable conditions as possible before starting a war.

"Hurry up! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. Don't even think I'll let you go until you're free from the petrification!"

Tiqi waved his hands and shouted angrily, his eyes fierce.

Black mist began to emerge from his back and attached to his body. It was obvious that he was ready to deal with unexpected changes at any time.

Seeing his posture, Reiner and his party immediately became alert. Zoro's eyes darkened, and he took a step forward with his hands on the hilt of his sword, ready to take action at any time.

For a moment, the confrontation between the two sides made the atmosphere even more tense.

The pirates behind Blackbeard shuddered in their throats and broke out in cold sweat on their foreheads. They were shocked to find that their backs were soaked and their limbs were stiff and unable to move, as if the air around them had sunk down and pressed down on them.

Hancock looked at the two parties confronting each other. Although she had just regained consciousness from being frozen, she could roughly guess the current situation.

Even though she would rather die than give Blackbeard any ease, Hancock would definitely not make things difficult for the Straw Hat Pirates since they took the risk to help her. She still cast a questioning look at Reiner and his crew.

"can."

Without any extra consideration, Reiner responded to Blackbeard indifferently and turned to look at Hancock.

"How's your condition? Can you do it?"

There was a silence of less than a second. Hancock looked at Reiner and nodded slightly.
"Well, just removing the petrification won't cost me much."

"I know."

In response to Reiner's signal, Hancock took a breath, slowly stood up, and stared at Blackbeard coldly with hatred.

"You can't do anything right now. Don't act rashly, Hancock."

Teach curled his lips slightly, waved back and asked his men to bring the petrified Lafayette and others forward.

Soon, Hancock placed her palm on the stone statues in front of her and blew a breath, and the gray color on the bodies of Lafayette, Jote, and Catalina gradually faded away.

They had no memory of the period when they were petrified, and were still a little dazed when they recovered. When they saw Hancock in front of them, they slowly recalled the battle on Nine Snake Island and finally reacted.

"I see, were we just petrified?"

"Hahaha, it feels so good to be alive. It seems I'm lucky."

"Hahahaha! Welcome back! It cost me a lot to save you."

Teach immediately looked at Lafayette and the others, smiling with some enthusiasm.

"Stop pretending, Teach. Let Aokiji bring the people over."

Without giving the other party time to talk nonsense, Reiner spoke directly.

The smile on Teach's face disappeared, and he turned around and looked at Reiner seriously.

There is no one who is suitable to receive the Sweet-Sweet Fruit at the moment, so it is not very necessary to keep Hancock. As for holding him as a hostage,
He would not do such a stupid thing as abandoning Xiliu and others in front of his subordinates unless there was sufficient benefit or it was a life-and-death situation. Besides, he was reluctant to give up such powerful subordinates.

Tiqi clenched his five fingers, which were covered with jeweled rings, into fists, with black mist wrapped around them. He did not hesitate and spoke in a deep voice:
"Kuzan, go ahead."

Aokiji didn't respond. He put one hand in his pocket and looked at Reiner indifferently. Then he turned to look at Hancock and waved his hand to freeze her hands together.

"Let's go."

Aokiji came over with Hancock, and Reiner also pulled the tied Shiryu and others forward.

People on both sides stared nervously at Reiner and Aokiji on the field, as if every step weighed heavily on their hearts.

Both sides knew what would happen after the hostage exchange. As the two parties got closer and closer, everyone's heart gradually rose to their throat.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw in the newspaper that you joined Blackbeard's gang."

Coming in front of Aokiji, Reiner looked at him with interest.
If he was going undercover, it was a bit strange that Teach let him on board. Reiner was somewhat confused about his intentions.

"I just wanted to try to make a choice for myself, but you, after two years, have become a figure capable of stirring up trouble."

Aokiji stopped with an expressionless face, looked down at Reiner, and said in a faint voice:
"Sometimes I think back to what would have happened if I had sent you all to Impel Down."

"That's such a shame."

As he said that, Reiner pulled the rope and pulled up Shiliu and the others behind him.

"Alright, let him go."

"You let go first."

"No, you put it down first."

"If you don't let me go, I won't let you go either."

Aokiji spoke in a lazy tone, but he was very determined to confront Reiner.

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No, you’ve probably read too many of these two story-based novels.

The actions of the two men stunned the hostages behind them, and even Blackbeard couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Forget about Reiner, but is Aokiji such a person?
Nami, who was behind him, had veins popping up on her forehead. She closed her eyes and couldn't help but raise her fist.

"Well, if it were someone else, I wouldn't be so cautious."

Aokiji looked annoyed, raised his hand to support his head and said lazily:
"But you are a different matter. It's better to be more careful."

"."

Has my reputation reached this point? Reiner looked speechless and pulled the rope to pull Shiryu and the others up.

At the same time, Aokiji also pushed Hancock out.

This dramatic hostage transaction allowed many people to relax a little.

However, at the moment the exchange was completed!

"Dark Water!!"

"Zoron!!"

boom! ! boom! !
Teach and Reiner shouted at the same time, and Van Oka and Usopp opened fire directly!
Ding!
A bullet broke through the air at a speed exceeding the speed of sound and shot towards Reiner. It made a crisp sound on the way and was brushed by another bullet, changing its trajectory and hitting the soft sand.

At the same moment, a powerful and targeted gravitational force acted on Reiner and Hancock at the same time. Teach showed a ferocious look on his face and stretched out his palm, which was wrapped in a layer of black mist like a black glove, and the gravitational force was emitted from it!

Reiner stomped his feet into the sand, grabbed the frightened Hancock with one hand, pulled her over and threw her hard behind him, and with the other hand, he clenched his fist and punched out to force Aokiji back.

"Reiner!!"

Luffy and the others shouted out in haste and worry.

Just as Reiner's feet left the ground and were about to be sucked in, a figure passed by him at a faster speed.

Zoro was so fast that he turned into a stream of light, with his hand on the hilt of the sword, flying straight out almost close to the ground!
Stupid! !

A flash of cold sword light appeared, and Zoro instantly flashed behind Blackbeard and sheathed the sword!

"Itto-ryu·Death·Lion Song Song!!"

laugh! !

As Teach looked incredulous, a large amount of blood foam splashed out, and a bloody mess appeared on his naked chest!

(End of this chapter)