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After all, the danger he posed to the entire ocean was far greater than that of a mere former naval lieutenant commander.

Before confirming whether Wood had truly betrayed them, Sengoku genuinely did not want to send too many troops to hunt him down.

Otherwise, it would be truly ridiculous if Wood were captured before the undercover operation even began.

"No, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, you all underestimate that guy Wood. If he really betrays the Navy to become a pirate, his future will be far more dangerous than that of a mere Golden Lion."

Shiki the Golden Lion is nothing more than a remnant of an era, a defeated foe of the Pirate King Roger. Having lost his edge, he is no longer a threat.

But Wood is different. No one knows him better than me. If I give him another twenty years... no, I'm afraid even less than ten years, the current Golden Lion will be no match for him.

Besides, I don't believe Wood would betray the Navy. There must be some special reason behind it, and I want to know the answer from him personally!

Chapter 89 Wood, who nearly died at the hands of Shiki

Sengoku received intelligence about Wood's defection to the Navy, and Gion, as a Rear Admiral in the Navy Headquarters, could not possibly be unaware of it.

When Gion first heard the news, she didn't believe it. However, when more information reached the Navy Headquarters and it was confirmed that Wood had led a hundred prisoners to hijack a warship and escape from Impel Down, Gion had no choice but to believe it.

Gion's feelings for Wood have always been quite complex; she considers him a friend, yet also a rival.

When Gion saw Wood in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, risking his life to help the fish-men for the sake of his own sense of justice, she felt admiration for him.

Despite Wood's seemingly unserious and sometimes shameless nature, he is a man who dares to kill Celestial Dragons for the sake of the weak and is willing to risk his life to venture alone into Mary Geoise for loyalty and gratitude.

Gion did not believe that someone who held such a strong sense of justice would betray the Navy.

So no matter what, Gion wanted to know the answer from the other party herself.

If that answer doesn't satisfy Gion, then she will uphold her justice and capture her former friend, Impel Down!

"Even if you think highly of former Navy Lieutenant Commander Wood, given his past record and strength, as well as his former rank as a lieutenant commander, deploying such combat power is indeed not in accordance with regulations."

It's important to understand that the Navy Headquarters is currently facing a shortage of manpower. In response to the Fishmen's attack on the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, we dispatched a large number of Navy personnel to search for Fisher Tiger and others.

Now, with Shiki the Golden Lion's prison break, the Navy Headquarters' manpower is limited, and they simply don't have the resources to hunt down a mere former Navy Lieutenant Commander.

Sengoku was clearly trying to smooth things over, but Gion believed that Sengoku was unfamiliar with Wood and did not have a clear understanding of his strength.

Gion wanted to tell Sengoku just how dangerous Wood was, but she realized she really didn't have any examples to give.

Wood is too low-key. He's been in the Navy for so long, but he has almost no decent combat record.

The only achievement she could boast about was what happened in Mary Geoise, but that was something that couldn't be brought to light, and Gion couldn't bring herself to talk about it.

"Then I don't need any extra troops, just the basic configuration of one warship should be enough!"

Marshal Sengoku remained unmoved by reason, missing the best time to pursue him. Catching up with Wood would be difficult, so Gion had no choice but to make a final compromise.

Seeing Gion's resolute attitude, and even the appearance that she would disobey orders and move out even if he didn't agree, Sengoku could only nod helplessly in the end.

Because he really couldn't find any other excuse, Gion was Wood's classmate and friend, and it was only natural for the navy to hunt down criminals, Sengoku really couldn't find any reason to refute it.

Seeing Gion slam the door and rush out after receiving approval, Sengoku could only secretly pray for Wood, hoping that he wouldn't be caught by Gion so easily.

However, Sengoku quickly came to terms with it. The ocean was vast, and even the Marine Headquarters couldn't accurately pinpoint Wood's location. Gion only had a few dozen Marines with her; how could she possibly find Wood so easily?

Unfortunately, Sengoku was unaware that Gion possessed Wood's Vivre Paper, which was left behind during their previous mission to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

With the guidance of the Life Paper, even if Wood escapes to Laugh Tale, he will never escape the clutches of Gion!

On the other side, Wood, who had been fighting Shiki the Golden Lion for a long time, was obviously unaware that he had been targeted by Gion.

"Shishiwei Haijuan!"

Under Shiki's "Float-Float Fruit" power, a large amount of seawater appeared to float in the air, and waves hundreds of meters high even converged to completely surround Wood.

At the crest of the waves, the seawater gathered into roaring lions, which opened their blood-red maws and bit down on Wood in the middle.

A powerful tsunami, like a natural disaster, roared towards Wood. Because his body was surrounded by a barrier of seawater, even with his powerful Observation Haki, he couldn't find a place to hide.

The only possible escape route was now blocked by the high waves, hundreds of meters away from Wood. Even with the fastest "Moonwalk" speed, it couldn't keep up with the speed of the falling waves.

The power of the "Float-Float Fruit" is terrifying. At the same time, Wood now understands why Shiki the Golden Lion was able to be on par with Whitebeard and Roger at his peak.

The "Float-Float Fruit" is actually no weaker than Whitebeard's "Tremor-Tremor Fruit".

Just like Whitebeard, who is the Earthquake Man, capable of causing earthquakes and sea tremors, Shiki's Float-Float Fruit can do the same.

The move he is currently using is called "Lion's Might - Earth Roll" on land, and "Lion's Might - Sea Roll" on the sea.

Putting everything else aside, Shiki, who used this Devil Fruit ability on the high seas, was virtually invincible, except for a few other Devil Fruit users.

As we all know, the nemesis of Devil Fruit users is seawater. If such a massive tsunami were to strike, how many users could withstand it?

Faced with the massive tsunami that swept down from the sky, Wood tried everything he could, but human strength was no match for natural disaster.

Although the dazzling series of slashes cleaved through the tsunami, for Shiki, who possessed the "Float-Float Fruit," making the seawater float and gather again was a piece of cake.

The surging seawater slammed Wood directly into the sea, and before he could swim to the surface, the power of the Float-Float Fruit twisted him and the surrounding seawater into a twisted stream that shot towards the sky.

"boom------!"

Wood, trapped in the water, gradually felt weak due to the intense feeling of suffocation. Just as Shiki was about to deliver the final blow to Wood, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the air.

As a flower of blood bloomed on Shiki's shoulder and body, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness wash over him.

The twisted water column that had been binding Wood now seemed to have lost its support, and he and the water fell into the sea.

"Seastone bullets! You brat, you actually have something like that on you!"

Seastone is already quite expensive on the sea, and because of its hardness, weapons made from it are even more exorbitantly priced.

Seastone pistols and bullets are the bane of ability users. Not to mention how outrageous their price is, ordinary people simply cannot have them.

Unfortunately, when he finally collected them all, Wood happened to have one of these things that most people would never have.

The origin of this sea stone pistol is that it was taken from the treasury of Charles Marco during Wood's looting.

Chapter 90 Gion's Pursuit

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When Wood took the seastone pistol, he thought it must be expensive, but he never expected it to actually come in handy at such a crucial moment.

Most of the things Wood stole from Charmaco Saint were lost at sea when he fled, but this pistol was spared because it was tucked into his waistband.

Logically speaking, given Shiki the Golden Lion's skill level, even with Seastone bullets, hitting his opponent shouldn't be an easy task.

However, Shiki was too overconfident. Although he saw Wood use a pistol, he did not use Armament Haki to defend himself, nor did he choose to dodge. Instead, he used the "Float-Float Fruit" ability to make the bullet float in the air.

The final result was obvious: how could the power of a Devil Fruit affect Seastone? In fact, by the time Shiki realized something was wrong, he had already been shot in the shoulder.

Seastone can cause Devil Fruit users to lose their abilities, and no matter how strong Shiki is, he is no exception.

Once the power of the Float-Float Fruit disappeared, he naturally could no longer maintain his levitation state. Fortunately, just as he was about to fall into the sea, Shiki finally endured the excruciating pain and managed to pull out the Seastone bullet from his shoulder.

The Seastone bullet was released, and the power returned to his body. However, when Shiki came to his senses, Wood was nowhere to be seen.

He wanted to continue pursuing Wood, but Skeeter's current condition was simply too bad.

He was already covered in wounds when he escaped from Impel Down, and his battle with Wood had further depleted his strength.

Wood himself was quite strong, and with the sea stone bullets that he found troublesome, as well as the possibility of the Navy catching up at any time, Shiki hesitated for a while before finally choosing to retreat.

And Wood's name was also remembered by Shiki. After so many years of conquering the seas, this was the first time that Shiki, the Golden Lion, had suffered a loss at the hands of a mere brat.

Wood did indeed run away because he felt it was too early for him to go head-to-head with Shiki the Golden Lion.

The only reason Shiki was able to injure him was because he was too overconfident and didn't expect to have something like Seastone bullets.

If the same situation occurs again, it will be no easy task for the sea stone bullets to achieve their goal once more.

Putting aside the fact that Armament Haki can withstand this thing, even without using Armament Haki, for powerful individuals like Shiki, a pistol is practically no different from a toy.

Wood had seen that Shiki was about to fall into the sea, but he did not choose to press his advantage.

He didn't believe that a pirate comparable to the Pirate King would die from a mere Seastone bullet.

After fighting for so long, Ruth and his crew's ship had long since sailed far away. Fortunately, Wood knew the ship's course beforehand and he himself had some nautical knowledge, so finding Ruth and his crew again shouldn't be difficult.

As for Shiki the Golden Lion, he is indeed strong, but his knowledge of navigation is probably not very good, otherwise he wouldn't have set his sights on Nami.

This is not surprising, because most pirates are like that; they are completely self-taught when it comes to navigation, and excellent navigators are not something you can find everywhere.

Using the sun in the sky and the wind direction at sea, Wood quickly determined his direction and then used his Moonwalk technique to head in a certain direction.

When Wood found Ruth and the others again, he was stunned by what he saw not far away.

Because there were not just one, but two naval warships in front of him!

One of them was stolen from Impel Down, that much is certain. As for the other one…

When Wood caught a glimpse of a figure on the ship in the distance, he immediately turned and ran without a second thought.

Unfortunately, just as Wood saw the other person, the person on the ship also saw Wood.

Upon discovering that Wood had turned and run away, he immediately jumped off the warship and used "Moonwalk" to chase after Wood.

Needless to say, the second warship to appear here was naturally Gion, which had come from the Navy Headquarters.

Because of Wood's Vivre Paper, Gion didn't need to take any detours and directly followed the direction Wood was in. Before even encountering Wood, she saw Ruth and his warships.

Although Gion only brought a dozen or so people, which was about the same number as Russ and his group, their combat strength was incomparable.