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However, in the face of Wood's fully unleashed "Observation Haki", all of Gion's flaws were exposed, and even Gion's movement trajectory was clearly seen by him.

Naturally, Gion, who was determined to win, unleashed dozens of powerful strikes in a few moments, but all of them failed.

Even Gion's final trump card, the "Jumping Rabbit" leaping slash, was easily blocked by Wood, who was holding the long sword Tenku horizontally.

"You seem quite surprised, but it's all true. You're not the only one whose strength has improved over the years."

Perhaps you have undergone considerable training, but I believe that what I have endured is no less than what anyone else has gone through.

Haki also has different levels of strength, and unfortunately, my Observation Haki recently underwent a significant breakthrough.

Gion thought Wood had great talent? But in reality, only Wood himself knew that his talent was actually quite ordinary, at least not comparable to true monsters like Gion and Aokiji.

Half of his success is attributed to the cheat system he has built, but Wood can say without hesitation that the other half is entirely due to his own hard work.

Over the course of several years, he was at the naval academy, where he underwent training several times that of others every day, and even secretly went to the back mountain to practice.

After being assigned to Impel Down, Wood fought day and night against some of the world's most dangerous criminals.

The first mission he carried out after that was the Mary Geoise incident, a near-death experience, where he faced hundreds of CP intelligence agents alone.

Although it has only been a few short years, Wood has been either cultivating or fighting. How could he not become stronger after such experiences?

Two years after the Straw Hat Pirates separated, when they reunited, each member was a completely different person.

Wood admitted that he didn't have the protagonist's halo, but the effort and hard work he put in were ten times, even a hundred times, greater than theirs!

If you lack talent, then make up for it with hard work! You may not be able to surpass a genius just by working hard, but if you do nothing, you will only ever be a slacker.

"Gion, this time I won't hold back! If you want to defeat me, this kind of resolve is far from enough!"

As Wood spoke, he unbuttoned his shirt and justice cape and tossed them aside.

The cloth shirt and justice cape should have been blown away by the sea breeze.

However, Wood's coat and cloak did not fall; instead, the moment he threw them down, they were immediately affected by gravity and plummeted at an astonishing speed.

"boom------!"

The moment the cloak and top hit the sea, the calm, mirror-like surface was instantly rippled with waves hundreds of meters high.

Those who knew the situation saw that Wood had just thrown clothes, but those who didn't would have thought he had just thrown a boulder weighing several tons.

The reason why the coat and the cloak of justice were done that way is simple: Wood added a lot of weighted lead bars to the inner layer, which is why Wood's cloak of justice could never float like others.

Wood was wearing this outfit when he fought Shiki the Golden Lion.

It wasn't because he was arrogant and wanted to show off, but because when he was at a disadvantage, Shiki didn't give him a chance to take off his clothes at all.

At that moment, Wood was in the seawater, and facing the helplessness brought on by suffocation, pulling out his pistol was already the limit, let alone removing the weighted equipment on his body.

Clearly, because he wasn't the main character, Shiki didn't follow the usual villainous boss tactic of chatting with him before making a move. Instead, he went straight for the kill when he had the upper hand.

"You've been fighting me in this state the whole time!"

Seeing Wood throw his shirt and Justice Cloak into the sea, even a fool like Gion could see that Wood hadn't used his full strength in the previous battle, and had even held back quite a bit.

Judging from the splashing water, Wood's equipment couldn't have been light at all, and he had been fighting with that kind of weight on his back!

Gion was furious because she felt she had been looked down upon. She had given it her all from the start, while Wood was only now getting serious.

"There's nothing surprising about it. I usually carry that kind of weight with me all the time."

Do you understand what this means? Gion, which means that when we sparred at the naval academy, you were also carrying something like this.

Of course, given the limitations of their capabilities back then, the weight they carried was certainly not as heavy as it is now.

Chapter 93 The Bounty on the Naval Traitor Wood

Before the weight was removed, Wood was able to barely suppress Gion. Now that the restrictions have been completely lifted, Wood's combat power has achieved a complete crushing and surpassing.

"So fast!"

With a single flash, Wood's feet shattered the air, and in an instant, his figure reduced the distance of a hundred meters to zero, appearing directly in front of Gion.

Gion sensed Wood's sudden appearance with her Observation Haki and hastily took defensive action.

However, when Kinpira received Tenku's slash, the immense pressure on his arm made Gion clearly feel the extremely obvious difference between the two.

Gion defended with both hands holding the sword, while Wood only held the sword with one hand. However, at the moment the blades clashed, Gion, who was holding the sword with both hands, could not even last a second before Wood cut her and her sword flying with a single blow.

As Gion flew backward, her body skimmed across the sea, splashing up large waves. Before she could regain her footing, Wood's figure suddenly reappeared behind her.

Just like two years ago when they were sparring at the Naval Academy, Wood appeared behind Gion without any warning.

Gion, who had a premonition, also made the same move they made two years ago.

Wood, who attacked from behind, was countered by Gion, but this time the same situation produced a completely different result.

Gion turned around and launched a counterattack, but before she could even swing her Kinpira sword, her wrist was already grabbed by Wood's right hand. Before Gion could make her next move, Wood's left hand had already bent into a sword and slashed at Gion's neck.

A sharp pain shot through her neck, followed by a blurring of consciousness as darkness gradually enveloped her vision.

Wood, who had knocked Gion unconscious with a single chop, picked her up in a princess carry and carried her back to the warship.

Witnessing the crushing defeat of their major general, Gion's dozens of subordinates were in a state of panic.

They originally thought this trip was purely for personal gain, since how could a mere traitorous naval lieutenant commander possibly be a match for Rear Admiral Gion?

However, who could have predicted such an unexpected outcome? Rear Admiral Gion was considered an outstanding figure among the rear admirals at headquarters, yet he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a former naval lieutenant commander.

Wood naturally didn't make things difficult for the navy members brought by Gion, since they were going to infiltrate the navy, not actually defecting.

"You bastard, what exactly do you want to do to Major General Gion!"

"You despicable man, come at me if you have a problem, but don't you dare lay a hand on Major General Gion."

"You used to be a member of the Navy, don't think that the Navy will let you off the hook after doing something like this!"

With Gion's defeat, the situation on the warships naturally underwent a dramatic reversal.

Russ and his men, who had already become prisoners, rose up again after Wood's victorious return, trapping the Gion Marines one by one like caterpillars.

However, the reason these sailors are so agitated now is not because they have become prisoners, but because of what Wood is doing.

While unconscious, Gion was thrown onto the deck by Wood, who then began searching her body as if no one else was around.

When they saw Wood groping the unconscious Gion, Gion's subordinates were instantly enraged, because they thought Wood was about to do something that would incur the wrath of heaven and man.

Women were already few and far between in the navy, and Gion was a famous goddess in the navy. Now that she had been defiled like this, the navy men were naturally extremely indignant.

Defeating Major General Gion wasn't enough; now they actually want to break her spirit with such actions? How utterly vicious!

"What are you thinking? Even if I were that desperate, I wouldn't go after a woman like Gion, okay?"

Don't you know how ruthless she is? If you actually did something to her, believe me, she could hunt you down all the way to Laugh Tale.

As it turned out, the navy's wild speculations did not come to pass. Wood's search of the unconscious Gion was simply to look for his own life paper.

Wood was well aware of how persistent Gion was, and given that his life was in her possession, it was not impossible for him to be constantly pursued and intercepted by her.

Therefore, in order to prevent future troubles, one's own life certificate must be destroyed.

Of course, Wood does not deny that in the process of searching for the Life Paper, he did get a lot of benefits and touched many places he shouldn't have been able to touch.

But there was no other way. After all, Wood didn't know where Gion had hidden the Life Papers, so he naturally had to work hard and search his entire body.

Wood, having retrieved the Life Paper from Gion, did not linger any longer and ordered Ruth and the others to immediately set sail and leave.

First it was Shiki the Golden Lion, then it was Gion. Even if the Marine Headquarters is slow to react, after failing to find Impel Down, they should be able to find this place soon.

A few more days passed, and the news bird from the news department once again flew to every corner of the ocean, bringing another major news story to the world.

Impel Down prison, known as an impregnable fortress, has actually been breached!

Shiki the Golden Lion not only crippled his own legs, but also became the first prisoner in the world to escape Impel Down, and even killed the warden of Impel Down.

The great pirate whose name was almost forgotten has proven to the entire sea that he, Shiki the Golden Lion, has returned!

Compared to the headline-grabbing story of Shiki the Golden Lion, Wood's defection from the Navy seemed like a minor incident.

After all, he was just a Navy Headquarters Lieutenant Commander. In a local branch, such a rank might be considered someone important, but in the entire New World, a mere Navy Headquarters Lieutenant Commander was nothing.

To put it bluntly, which of the slightly famous pirate crews on the high seas doesn't have a few innocent victims of the naval officers on their hands?

If Wood hadn't taken advantage of Shiki the Golden Lion's escape to release over a hundred prisoners from Impel Down, he wouldn't even deserve to be in today's newspaper.

"Captain, Captain, you still have a bounty on your head from the Navy Headquarters, but I think the bounty amount is really not commensurate with your achievements and what you have done."

On a pirate ship that had been simply converted from a naval warship, the newly appointed vice-captain, Ruth, hurriedly ran to the captain's cabin with today's newspaper in hand, presenting Wood with the newspaper he had just bought from Newsbird and the bounty poster.

Even without reading the newspaper, Wood could roughly tell what was written in it, after all, he was one of the people involved.

So Wood focused his attention on his latest bounty poster on the table...

Chapter 94 Novice Pirate Wood

"Wood, a traitor to the Navy, a former Navy Headquarters Lieutenant Commander, is a criminal who released a large number of prisoners from Impel Down. His bounty is 50 million Berries!"

The photo on the wanted poster made him look just as handsome as Wood himself, something Wood was extremely satisfied with.

But what's with the 50 million Berries bounty? No wonder Russ was making such a fuss; it's because this bounty amount is far beyond Wood's original expectations.

According to the original plan, Sengoku wanted Wood to join the Whitebeard Pirates as an undercover agent. However, with a bounty of 50 million Berries, would Whitebeard even consider him as his "adopted son"?