After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"Report, we have captured a pirate. He is Buggy the Clown from the East Blue."

Several naval cadets managed to tie up Bucky, who was hiding, and brought him to Martin.

Martin declared righteously, "This clown, Bucky, is a pirate I captured. I was planning to take him to claim the reward and have him do odd jobs on the ship."

As he spoke, he winked at Bucky.

Bucky, who had been about to call for help, immediately fell silent.

He understood his father's meaning perfectly: he had no choice but to accept it, and his father would absolutely not save him.

My heart is bitter, but I won't say it.

"Zeff, I think I'm not going to Impel Down."

"I will put you on Drum Island."

Martin then suggested, "Otherwise, the voyage will take quite a while, and with so many people, we won't be able to keep up with the food supply."

Zefa shook his head slightly: "No, you need to be careful. You don't need to worry about the food; I already have a solution."

"Hey, why are you heading towards the Calm Belt?"

Nami, who was still bandaging her wound, suddenly realized something was wrong.

Because there was no wind around.

Martin also noticed something was wrong, discovering that the warship had entered an unfamiliar sea area.

"Hey, Professor Zephyr, did you have someone take the ship to the Calm Belt?"

Martin narrowed his eyes.

The other party didn't greet me.

Zephyr nodded: "We're about to cross the Calm Belt!"

"Passing through the Doldrums?"

Nami almost screamed.

The Calm Belt is a windless zone where one cannot use the wind to move forward. Moreover, it is inhabited by a large number of Sea Kings and can basically be considered a forbidden zone for humans. Apart from various powerful forces, only the Navy has special methods to pass through it.

The Navy installed Seastone on the bottom of its ships, allowing them to mimic the waves of the ocean, thus preventing Sea Kings from detecting and attacking them. Other pirate ships, on the other hand, were easily detected and attacked by Sea Kings.

This ship is indeed a naval vessel, but it doesn't have any special Seastone enhancements.

To everyone's surprise, Zephyr ordered the ships to be moved to the Calm Belt.

What is this going to do?

Zefa sighed, "You don't understand what kind of guy you caught."

He turned to look at Weevil, who was tightly chained up: "This guy is no ordinary pirate, but Whitebeard's own son, a man who can inherit Whitebeard's mantle."

"And we were being followed."

Zefa glanced warily at the sea behind him.

Martin also sensed the ship following behind him and nodded.

Zephyr is trying to enter the Calm Belt to shake off his pursuers.

At the same time, he was also wary of Whitebeard, Weevil's backer.

He can certainly be described as shrewd and calculating.

You know what, Zephyr's physical strength and combat power have declined a lot due to his age, but his wisdom is extraordinary.

Looking at Weevil again, the wound that had been pierced through his body had stopped bleeding; he was just lying on the ground, constantly crying out in pain.

"What an enviable vitality."

Martin couldn't help but marvel at this guy's strength.

He didn't use the God Gun to blow his head off because he didn't want to get too involved with Whitebeard. If he killed Weevil, Whitebeard would come knocking on his door tomorrow, even though Whitebeard never admitted that this thing was his offspring.

Whitebeard would have taken the initiative to fight Ace, who was adopted, let alone this one who might actually be his biological son. Whitebeard's health hasn't deteriorated to that extent yet. If he comes knocking, my Zanpakuto might not be able to defeat him right now.

Splash!

A gigantic creature emerged from the sea, its massive jaws snapping open as it lunged at the sea. The mouth was as large as a giant ship and brimming with boundless malice.

Flying Slash!

Martin drew his sword and unleashed a flying slash, sending out a thick sword aura with unparalleled power.

After that sword strike, the sea king's head was almost completely severed, and the sea king fell into the sea, splashing up a huge spray of water, while its blood stained the sea surface red.

"Wow, he killed a sea king with a single sword strike! He must be a great swordsman!"

"So handsome!"

A chorus of praise came from the side; the trainees admired the man who had rescued them from the bottom of their hearts.

Just as Martin breathed a sigh of relief, another sea king surfaced—a giant octopus-shaped sea king.

This creature was much larger than a ship, and its entire body was covered in strange scales.

The other naval soldiers were startled when they saw such a huge creature. No one had expected that the sea king in front of them would be so big, far exceeding the size of the ship.

"Be careful, this is a giant octopus, an elite among sea kings. It feeds on other sea kings and is very difficult to deal with."

Zefa reminded him from the side.

Flying Slash!

Martin then unleashed his Flying Slash, which struck the giant octopus. However, the octopus perfectly defended against the attack, as if the slash had hit a sponge and quickly disappeared from its trajectory.

"Indeed extraordinary, watch this!"

Martin, too lazy to waste time with the Sea King, sheathed his blade and then suddenly drew it, unleashing a massive sword aura that slammed into his opponent.

That wasn't enough. Following this flying slash, Martin's arm transformed into countless phantoms, unleashing countless sword energies.

The high-intensity sword energy, like a machine gun firing incessantly, slammed into the sea king, causing a massive explosion of sword energy.

Furthermore, all these sword energies struck the same spot, and the continuous slashes caused the giant octopus's head to explode instantly from countless heavy blows, while its massive body crashed onto the sea surface.

"Well done!"

Zefa couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "He truly is a swordsman. He uses the flying slash with such domineering power. I have never seen anything like it in my life."

He immediately sighed, "Everything will be fine from now on. There's enough food for us, and no sea monsters will approach us anytime soon."

At his call, the other naval cadets readily complied and immediately began hacking at the Sea King's body with swords, dismembering it and cutting off the flesh from its corpse.

The division of labor is quite clear, and it seems that the trainees have already learned about survival at sea and are about to graduate.

"Teacher Zephyr!"

Martin suddenly said, "You're not testing me on purpose, are you?"

Zefa grinned: "Of course, I want to see just how strong you really are."

Martin asked, "So how strong do you think I am?"

Zephyr assessed, "Judging from the fight just now, you should be at the level of a vice admiral. However, with that kind of swordsmanship that can severely injure the enemy in one blow, you are probably the most lethal vice admiral. You should be in the top three vice admirals in the entire navy."

Martin narrowed his eyes and suddenly looked behind him: "Professor Zephyr, do you think I can kill those two great pirates behind me?"

Zephyr raised an eyebrow and immediately used his Observation Haki to investigate. His expression changed slightly: "Damn it, the pirates on that ship behind us are catching up. Let's go, those two are tough to deal with!"

He used his Observation Haki to scan the pirate ship behind him, and two men appeared on the ship.

These two people should never have been here, yet they showed up at this exact moment.

One of them is Diamond Joz.

The other one is foil fencer Bista.

Yes, these two great pirates belonging to the Whitebeard Pirates had been following him all along.

These two have only just shown up. Are they Whitebeard Jr.'s caretakers?

It's important to know that these two are no weaker than Weevil, and they were both Whitebeard's right-hand men.

In the blink of an eye, black smoke billowed from the pirate ship, and its speed suddenly increased as it headed towards the warship. It seemed they were planning to kidnap someone!

Chapter 115 Life Return

Navy ships are generally specially modified to operate in calm waters.

This capability is actually a kind of human-powered propeller, which requires a lot of people to step on the axle at the back of the ship to start.

There are quite a few naval soldiers on board, so there's no problem with manpower.

The fact that the pirate ship also had a way to sail in the calm zone is a bit far-fetched.

Is that black smoke coming from a steam engine?

There's a lot of advanced technology in One Piece, including various technologies beyond human comprehension, such as steamships. However, it's quite surprising that a pirate could acquire one. [When I heard someone say that the One Piece world doesn't have steam power, I laughed and ignored them.]

Could it be that Whitebeard and Vegapunk were also having an affair?

Seeing that Diamond Jozu and Vista were speeding up and closing in, keeping up relentlessly, the people on the ship couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, steam power alone is not enough.

Their ships also seemed to have been specially modified to move freely in the calm zone, but they dared not pursue them.

And let's not forget the sea kings!

Sure enough, just as the ship was about to get close, several huge sea kings suddenly appeared and began to attack the pirate ship.

Seeing this, Jozu and Vista had no choice but to unleash their own attacks to stop the Sea Kings.

"Good, they can't catch up for now."

Zefa breathed a sigh of relief.

These two are no weaker than Weevil, and if they were to actually fight, their side might not be able to withstand the attack.

That pirate ship also lacked the technology to counter Sea Kings, and could only be besieged by them.

Sea Kings were not much of a problem for the two great pirates, but they could easily slow down their movements.