XX-level Hokage

The blue pheasant changed direction and headed towards the Qinghai sea area.

On the bow of the Sun Pirates' ship in the Qinghai Sea, Mashiro is leisurely fishing.

Amatsuki wasn't particularly interested in fishing. He sat beside Mashiro, quietly tending to the katana Mashiro had given him. Seeing the fishing line still showing no reaction, Mashiro, who had gone a whole morning without any luck, could no longer contain herself.

A chakra thread suddenly appeared, following the fishing rod and line all the way to the hook, where it then split into dozens of even finer chakra threads. The threads spread through the lake water, passing through a giant sea fish that was swimming rapidly.

Then, Mashiro gently shook the fishing rod, causing the chakra threads to sway, and dozens of tiny chakra threads all passed through the giant sea fish's body. Finally, Mashiro pulled up the line, revealing a huge red sea fish on the hook. With a powerful jerk, the massive red sea fish slammed heavily onto the deck.

"That's amazing!" Jinbe couldn't help but praise.

As a fish-man, he knew very well that giant sea fish were very difficult to catch. They were more intelligent than ordinary fish, and the bait on human hooks was nothing to them.

"I just used some tricks," Mashiro said softly, putting away her fishing rod.

After using the Chakra Fishing Technique, she lost all interest in fishing. "Does Jinbe have any wishes?" Mashiro suddenly asked, looking at Jinbe.

"My wish? Why would you ask that?" Jinbe asked, scratching his head in confusion.

"It's nothing, I was just a little curious. After all, Jinbe is quite strong, and very talented," Mashiro said softly. "You flatter me," Jinbe said modestly.

Then he replied, "My wish is to work with Tiger to liberate the slaves, strive for peaceful coexistence between humans and fishmen, and protect the fishmen and mermaids of Fishman Island."

"What if Tiger passes away before you?" Mashiro continued to ask. Upon hearing this, Jinbe was stunned for a moment, and his expression turned somewhat ugly.

"Don't be angry, it's just a hypothetical situation. After all, no one can predict the future, right?" Mashiro said with a light laugh.

When Mashiro said, "After all, no one can predict the future," Tengetsu, who had been quietly wiping his katana beside Mashiro, looked up.

One glance at Masahiro.

Jinbe's expression became somewhat bewildered and complicated; he had never thought about this question before.

But Fan Ran only hesitated for a moment. Soon, Jinbe said with a firm look in his eyes, "Then I will inherit Tiger's ambition, continue to liberate slaves, strive to achieve peaceful coexistence between humans and fish-men, and do my best to protect the fish-men and mermaids of Fish-Man Island."

Upon hearing Jinbe's words, Mashiro gave him a look of appreciation.

He truly embodied "loyalty and righteousness" to the extreme; no wonder his future title as a Shichibukai is "Knight of the Sea," Jinbe the "Knight of the Sea." Moreover, according to Mashiro's understanding, Jinbe did indeed fulfill everything he promised in the future.

He became a Shichibukai, joined the Whitebeard Pirates, protected the entire Fishman Island under the Whitebeard flag, and actively promoted various tourism projects on Fishman Island.

Just then, the sea suddenly froze, and the pirate ship came to an instant stop. Everyone on board except Mashiro was affected by the sudden stop, some staggered and others fell directly to the ground.

Amatsuki Toki also suddenly fell down, but landed on Mashiro's thigh and managed to hug it.

Quickly recovering from the brief chaos, all the members of the Sun Pirates came to the deck, looking around, trying to find the cause of this sudden change.

"Abnormal weather? But we're in the first half of the Grand Line, there shouldn't be any abnormal weather here." Tiger said in confusion. Jinbe, Arlong, and the others looked at the sea that had suddenly turned into ice, completely bewildered.

Just then, Mashiro said softly, "No need to think about the reason anymore. This isn't due to natural causes, it's man-made." "Man-made? You mean…"

Tiger, after all, was one of the world's most outstanding explorers, and following Mashiro's words, he quickly realized something.

"Look, people are coming." Mashiro said softly, looking in one direction. Because the water had suddenly turned into ice, the ice fog on the sea surface was incredibly thick.

A figure riding a bicycle slowly emerges from the white icy mist.

As the icy mist gradually dissipated and the figure drew closer, the members of the Sun Pirates finally saw its true form.

A tall, burly man in a navy uniform, wearing a white suit vest and a dark blue shirt, with a green eye patch on his forehead, and sporting curly hair, approached the frozen ship of the Sun Pirates. He stroked his tousled curls and said somewhat lazily, "So you're the Sun Pirates?"

"Alright, I am now announcing in the name of Admiral Candidate, currently Vice Admiral Aokiji, that you are formally arrested."

Hearing Aokiji's words, all the members of the Sun Pirates, except for Mashiro and Toki, were stunned. Those who had some knowledge of the Navy, in particular, now wore expressions of despair.

A candidate for admiral—that's the future admiral, and the admiral is the highest combat force of the Navy Headquarters. In other words, what's standing in front of them now is the future highest combat force of the Navy.

Although they encountered a naval admiral on the special route out of Mary Geoise, they had hostages then, but not this time.

"Aokiji? No matter who you are, it's impossible to stop the sun from rising, not even for a Marine Admiral."

With that, Tiger jumped off the pirate ship. Jinbe, Arlong, and several other fish-men followed closely behind.

Landing on the ice, Tiger immediately launched an attack on Aokiji. "Fishman Karate - Samewagami Fist"

Tiger used all his strength to throw a powerful straight punch.

Jinbe and the others followed suit, simultaneously unleashing their Fish-Man Karate. Facing the onslaught, Aokiji made no attempt to dodge.

He met their attack head-on. "Crack!"

The blue pheasant shattered instantly, revealing the biting cold ice beneath.

Chapter 91: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation

Seeing this, Tiger quickly led Jinbe and the others to retreat.

"A Logia-type Devil Fruit user?" Tiger said in disbelief.

Aokiji didn't speak, but simply waved his hand. A shockwave of icy air instantly rushed towards Tiger and the others. "Frozen Time Capsule"

Seeing this, Tiger's abdomen instantly turned black and was placed in front of the cold shockwave, blocking it. "Armament Haki? That makes sense. How could he dare to break into Maria if he didn't have Haki?"

Haki can indeed resist or even suppress Logia-type Devil Fruit users, but only if your Haki is strong enough.

"Then let me see the strength of Fisher Tiger, who has been designated the third most sinner of our time by the World Government," Aokiji said with interest.

Immediately afterwards, Aokiji gathered cold air in his right arm and released an ice bird that charged toward Tiger with great force, freezing the ice surface with another layer of frost wherever it went.

"IceBlock"PheasantBeak - Pheasant Beak

Facing the charging ice bird, Tiger's arms turned purplish-black as he slammed them against the ice, then grabbed a huge block of ice and smashed it down on the bird. The massive block of ice collided with the ice bird, instantly shattering into dozens of pieces.

Aokiji crossed his arms, and the shattered ice instantly transformed into ice spikes, dozens of which pierced straight towards Tiger with "Ice Block One-Two Spikes".

Faced with the ice spike attack, Tiger once again covered his entire body with Haki, preparing to withstand it. At the same time, Jinbe and Arlong also launched another attack on Aokiji.

Arlong didn't possess any domineering aura and couldn't harm Aokiji, so he led the other fishmen to attack the ice surface with all their might.

The ice broke, revealing the seawater, and Jinbe unleashed Fish-Man Karate. The waves became his fists and palms, relentlessly attacking Aokiji.

However, the seawater will freeze instantly if you get too close to the Aokiji.

"Fishman karate is a very strong physical skill that combines the power of seawater with physical techniques. It can be said that most Devil Fruit users can win against a fishman who knows fishman karate, as long as the skill gap between the two sides is not too large."

Not to mention, fishmen can breathe underwater, so they can easily escape even if they can't win a fight.

Unfortunately, Aokiji was one of the few Devil Fruit users, and the gap in strength between him and Tiger and the others was huge. "On the ship," Mashiro said to Toki, who was watching the battle.

"Doesn't that mean Tiger and Jinbe are definitely going to lose?" Toki asked. Mashiro nodded slightly.

"Ah! How could this be? What if Captain Tiger and the others all dived into the sea and launched an underwater attack? Would that give them a chance to win?" Amatsuki said somewhat unwillingly.

After spending time with Tiger and Jinbe, she developed a fairly good impression of them.

“It’s useless. Doing this will only lead to a more crushing defeat,” Zhen Zi shook his head and said. “Why?” Guan Yue asked, somewhat puzzled.

Mashiro looked at the panel in front of her and said with a light laugh, "You'll see as you watch." [Name: Aokiji Kuzan]

Gender: Male Age: 26

Faction: Navy

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki; Devil Fruit: Logia type - Ice-Ice Fruit

Height: 298cm Luck Value: 90 Approval Rating: 0

[Logia-type Ice-Ice Fruit: Able to turn any part of the body into ice and create freezing air to freeze everything in contact with it, immune to physical attacks and non-Haki.]

Attacks and most energy attacks.

It can freeze all matter into ice, and use freezing air to create weapons. The pale blue ice blocks it creates can be freely transformed to create weapons of any shape to attack targets.

It can create ice with its body, turn objects it touches into ice, freeze the ocean instantly, and even permanently change the geology and climate of an island.

A person or creature frozen in ice will lose consciousness and enter a state of suspended animation. Their body will become as fragile as ice, easily shattering and dying from even minor impacts.

"Freezing the ocean... In a way, this fruit's ability has overcome one of the three weaknesses of Devil Fruits," Mashiro muttered to herself. The three weaknesses of Devil Fruits: seawater, Seastone, and Haki.

Clearly, Amazuki Toki was not the first to think of the method of attacking from underwater.

Jinbe led the other pirates, except Arlong, into the sea. Arlong continued to break the ice, while they assisted Tiger in attacking Aokiji.

Tiger instantly understood Jinbe's plan and began to attack Aokiji even faster. Aokiji also instantly realized Jinbe and the others' intentions, but he showed no sign of nervousness.

His body turned to ice and shattered instantly after dodging Tiger's punches. Aokiji's body solidified on the ice, forming an ice statue, his fingers resting on the surface.

"In the instant of IceTime, the ice begins to spread."

The ice beneath the surface began to freeze as well. Jinbe and the others saw that things were not going well and tried to dive down to avoid it, but the freezing speed was faster than their diving speed, and they were frozen in an instant.

Seeing this, Tiger was extremely angry and anxious, and hurriedly punched the ice surface, trying to rescue Jinbe and the others.

"I advise you not to do this. If the ice that froze them really breaks, they will shatter along with it," Aokiji said casually. Upon hearing this, Tiger clenched his fist, leaped up, and smashed straight at Aokiji.

This time, Aokiji made no attempt to dodge, saying softly, "I've had my fill of playing around; it's time to wrap things up." As he spoke, Aokiji's right hand turned to ice, clenching into a fist, black Haki condensing on it.

It was unleashed suddenly. "Ice Gloves"

In an instant, Tiger crashed heavily onto the ice and turned into an ice sculpture.

As Garp's disciple, Aokiji is still skilled in fist techniques, especially Garp's Iron Fist. Although he has not mastered it, he has already grasped the basics and even incorporated his own Devil Fruit ability into it.

At this point, only Arlong remained of all the fishmen who had disembarked.

Of course, if Tiger's Haki were strong enough, he could break free from the ice sculpture state and attack Aokiji again, but unfortunately, Tiger's Haki is not strong enough to reach that level.

As Aokiji approached step by step, Arlong felt his own insignificance for the first time. So this is the strength of those outside Fishman Island...?

But Aokiji had no interest in Arlong. He walked to the pirate ship and looked at Mashiro, who was watching the show on the deck. He asked in a lazy tone, "Want to continue watching the show, Your Highness Izumi?"

"Oh my, I never expected the World Government and the Navy to actually recognize my name. How strange!" Mashiro said with a light laugh.

"Of course, unless someone voluntarily gives up, no one can strip themselves of the title of Celestial Dragon," Aokiji said casually. Upon hearing this, Arlong was instantly stunned.

Lord Izumi, are you a Celestial Dragon?!

"Since you've put it that way, let's have a light spar." Mashiro said, floating into the air before landing on the ice.

"Arlong, prepare to rescue them. Bring Tiger and the others back to the ship," Mashiro said softly. "Hmm? Yes, Mashiro-sama," Arlong replied, though somewhat puzzled.

"Hey, don't look down on me like that." Aokiji said lightly. Dozens of ice spikes appeared out of thin air and pierced towards Mashiro.

Mashiro simply formed a hand seal. "Fire - Extinguishing Flame!"

Chapter 92: Ice That Cannot Freeze

Fire Path: Extinguishing Flames, is Mashiro's personal favorite fire-based technique.