Smoker had no reason to lie, because such a lie would be easily exposed, and offending the Ancient Weapon Wood would be a losing proposition.
What convinced Hancock even more that Smoker's words were true was the "Gebrushhot" in Ain's possession, and the exceptionally powerful bullet she had just seen.
Even a fool would know that the only company on the entire ocean capable of manufacturing such a powerful weapon is Wood Weapons Company.
A weapon as powerful as Ain, which has never appeared on the sea before and is even lethal to ability users, is clearly not an ordinary product of Wood Weapons Company.
Ayn is merely a captain in the Navy Headquarters, while Wood, who monopolizes the entire world's arms trade, is someone even the world's nobles have to fawn over. How did she manage to get such weapons?
The answer is simple: she has a special relationship with Wood, and is very likely the sister of Wood, the owner of the weapons company, as Smoker mentioned.
"I have nothing to do with him. He's a pirate, and I'm a Marine. It's that simple!"
Ayn knew that her brother Wood was a naval mole, and she also knew about her relationship with him. Once investigated, it would be impossible to hide it from anyone.
However, it is not uncommon for the Navy to have kinship ties with pirates within the Navy Headquarters.
The most prominent example is Vice Admiral Garp, a hero of the Navy, whose son is Dragon, the world's most notorious criminal and leader of the Revolutionary Army, and whose grandson is a supernova among pirates.
To protect Wood's identity, Ain did not want to show how good her relationship with her brother Wood was. Instead, she decided to establish an absolute opposition between pirates and the navy so that no one would suspect Wood.
"I'm so sorry about that, I almost hurt you, little sister."
Whether Ain was a Marine or not became irrelevant after it was confirmed that Ain was Wood's sister.
"Little sister...?" When she heard Hancock address her as "little sister" and pull her up with a smile, Ain was immediately dumbfounded.
"That's right, you are Wood's sister. After we get married in the future, you will be my sister too, so it's not wrong for me to call you sister."
As Hancock spoke, she cupped her flushed cheeks in her hands, already imagining herself in a white wedding dress, with Wood reaching out to hold her hand.
"Brother Wood wants to marry you! No, that's impossible. He clearly said before that he's a single dog and doesn't deserve love."
Furthermore, as far as I know, the world's most beautiful woman, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, who is famous throughout the seas, shouldn't have any connection with my brother Wood.
It was bad enough that Nico Robin had threatened her "sister" identity before, but now another person has suddenly appeared who wants to become her sister-in-law.
Moreover, it wouldn't matter if it were just an ordinary guy; Ain was quite confident in her looks and figure. But when she looked at Hancock in front of her, Ain suddenly felt a little depressed.
A formidable enemy has arrived! The world's most beautiful woman!
Chapter 470 A Sea of Navy Actors
Wood was naturally unaware of the chaotic situation that was unfolding between his stepsister Ayn and his former lover Hancock.
No, it should be said that Wood is currently too preoccupied to care about anything else, because the enemy he is facing is extremely formidable.
Previously, when using the "Winter Knight" technique, Aokiji, who had eaten the "Ice-Ice Fruit," was clearly countered by Wood.
Although Wood is not completely immune to ice damage, the extremely high ice resistance of the "Winter Knight" itself, coupled with the enhancement of Armament Haki, resulted in Aokiji's ability being weakened by more than 80% when it was applied to Wood.
In terms of Haki, Wood's Haki level is no less than Aokiji's, and he is even stronger with his Conqueror's Haki.
In addition to his domineering presence, Wood possesses the swordsmanship of a great swordsman and an immense amount of magical power.
After only ten minutes of fighting, Aokiji was already struggling and was repeatedly beaten to a pulp by Wood.
However, there was nothing that could be done about it. Aokiji hadn't expected that Wood would develop such an armor that was so effective against his Devil Fruit ability.
Moreover, it would be one thing if it were just that his Devil Fruit ability was countered, but during his fight with Wood, Aokiji was increasingly surprised as the battle progressed.
He even knew exactly what type of Devil Fruit Wood had eaten.
Because, apart from the Phoenix that caught his "Bullish Mouth" at the beginning, Wood used a variety of other sword techniques afterwards.
These sword techniques are not only powerful in their own right, but also possess a variety of attributes.
There are swift, wind-like slashes, lightning-fast thrusts, heavy slashes that burn everything, and even ice that freezes everything just like him.
In addition to these outrageous elemental attacks, Wood himself also possesses the ability to "self-heal and regenerate".
In the previous battle, although Aokiji mostly took the beating, as a Marine Admiral and the highest combat power of the headquarters, he did manage to inflict some damage on Wood.
However, what Aokiji could not accept was that even the injuries he had inflicted on Wood healed themselves in a very short time.
Users who eat Devil Fruits can possess all sorts of bizarre and powerful abilities, but forgive Aokiji for his ignorance, he has never seen a Devil Fruit as outrageous as Wood's.
It has various elemental powers, and it even has self-regeneration! What the hell is there for him to do?
Wood initially enjoyed fighting Aokiji, since there were only a handful of top-tier fighters present, and he happened to encounter someone he could easily bully, someone who could both coast along and show off. He found the fight quite pleasant.
Unfortunately, there were always some clueless people present.
After being repeatedly humiliated by another Marine Admiral, Kizaru, Marco decisively chose to call for help.
There were only a handful of people present who could defeat a Marine Admiral, while Old Man was still locked in fierce combat with Akainu and several Shichibukai.
Marco was too embarrassed to ask his white-bearded father for help, as his father was already quite old and the execution platform was too far away.
Then, looking at the other side, Marco saw Wood, also a Marine Admiral, who easily crushed Aokiji. After marveling at how much stronger the "Ancient Weapon" Wood was than he had imagined, Marco immediately flew towards him.
Marco came to Wood's side to help, which Wood certainly wouldn't mind. However, the key point is that this guy didn't come alone. He was followed by a little tail... no, it should be a yellow old tail.
"Wood, our main objective now is to cover Ace's brother's way to the execution platform. He has the key to Ace's handcuffs."
"I'll handle the Sengoku period on the execution platform; the rest is up to you."
Wood: "(°_°)!!!"
Watching the large yellow-blue bird flash past him, and hearing what it had just said, Wood was speechless.
They're really treating him like a donkey! He only agreed to come and "go through the motions" as promised to the Warring States Marshal.
What the hell is going on now? Shouldn't he be on the Navy side? Why are his opponents two Navy Admirals?
"Admiral Kizaru, aren't you going to chase after that pineapple-headed guy? Actually, I'm not that familiar with him..."
And if I said that I came here this time actually on the Navy's side, that we are all friendly forces, would you believe me?
Wood hadn't expected that the pineapple-headed pirate from the Whitebeard Pirates, who seemed so honest, would actually be so treacherous, sending a wild Marine admiral right to his side, only to have him just leave like that.
And the player who was just coasting was also incredibly lacking in perseverance. He was about to win, but after seeing himself rampaging against Aokiji, he actually gave up chasing Marco and chose to fight to the death against himself.
Wood can maintain a steady advantage against Aokiji, who is his natural counter, and he can also hold his own against Akainu or Kizaru.
But if he were to face Aokiji and Kizaru together, he would really have no choice but to turn tail and run.
The "Winter Knight" has no resistance to Kizaru's "Glint-Glint Fruit". Although Kizaru's Haki level is not as good as Aokiji's, his "Glint-Glint Fruit" gives him a natural speed advantage.
As the "Flash Man," few men on the entire sea can match Kizaru's speed, and in addition to his speed advantage, Kizaru's swordsmanship is also exceptionally high.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding!"
Accompanied by a series of dense clanging sounds of metal striking metal, which traveled from the air to the ground and then back up into the air, two streaks of light, one yellow and one blue, continuously engaged in round after round of hand-to-hand combat at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye.
Compared to Hawkeye's bold and straightforward fighting style, Kizaru's swordsmanship is clearly as sleazy as his appearance.
However, if that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. Even if Kizaru is cunning, Wood's swordsmanship, which combines multiple styles, is enough to handle any situation.
But besides Kizaru, there's also Aokiji, who's always eyeing us covetously.
Aokiji's abilities were indeed severely countered by Wood's "Winter Knight," but he was still perfectly capable of playing a support role.
Besides its "cold" attribute, ice can also be used to restrict movement or cause penetrating damage.
Every time Wood and Kizaru collide and separate, Aokiji will look for an opportunity to attack Wood. Even if the attack is ineffective, it will expose a weakness in Wood and create an opportunity for Kizaru.
Under these conditions, the character who had been constantly beaten down changed from Aokiji to Wood.
If it weren't for the numerous healing magic arrays inscribed on Wood's body, he wouldn't have been able to hold out for long against two naval admirals.
Thanks to this, Wood has become the most dazzling figure on the entire battlefield, attracting even more attention than the world's strongest man, Whitebeard.
No wonder, Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, only has one opponent, Akainu, plus two Shichibukai. But Wood, on the other hand, single-handedly took on two Marine Admirals. That directly surpasses the strongest man in the world.
"As expected of the man known as the 'Ancient Weapon,' I wonder what price my father paid to get someone of this caliber to come and help?"
"You don't know this, do you? Before our Whitebeard Pirates participated in this war, we placed a huge order with their weapons company."
"And our pirate crew once sheltered Fish-Man Island. You know about Wood and his crew's relationship with the merfolk."
Seeing Wood single-handedly fight two Marine Admirals, the morale of the pirate camp instantly soared.
Originally, many people did not have high hopes for the battle to rescue Ace at Marine Headquarters.
After all, although they are one of the "Four Emperors" pirate crews, the Marine Headquarters is obviously not made of clay. Although the previous traitor, Osaka Spider, was misled by the Marines, what he said was not without reason.
Rescuing Ace would be very difficult. Leaving aside whether it's even possible, many of their people would definitely die in the end.
People fear death. Even many pirate crews under the Whitebeard Pirates, after witnessing the Navy's might, began to believe what Oswirl Spider had said before: that Whitebeard wanted to sacrifice most of them to save Ace's life.
However, upon witnessing Wood's incredible power, the pirates who had previously harbored doubts were instantly freed from their unease.
The old man had already made preparations, finding such a powerful ally to help them. This time, they might not only be able to rescue Ace, but also wreak havoc on the entire Marine Headquarters, making the whole world remember the fame of the "Whitebeard Pirates" once again.
However, what these pirates didn't know was that Whitebeard was also very puzzled as he watched Wood fight two Marine Admirals alone.
Only he himself knew that he had not called Wood to come and help, and that the relationship between the Whitebeard Pirates and the other party's weapons company was obviously not that good.
Even if Wood came here to help for some reason, Whitebeard really couldn't understand why the other party was working so hard.
Even with immense strength, facing two naval admirals is no laughing matter. If it's for some purpose, the cost and risk are far too great.
Could it be that there is a special connection between Wood and Ace that he is unaware of?
Meanwhile, the pirates, whose morale was soaring, were nearly driven mad with anger.
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