One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

The three-man gunners are reloading.

Meanwhile, a naval officer was issuing an ultimatum to the entire town through a megaphone.

"Former Admiral Zephyr, if you don't want these innocent people to die because of your risky actions, come out and surrender!"

The naval forces were divided into two parts. One part was on warships, which used their long range to bombard the entire town.

The other part consists of the ground forces directly led by Kizaru and Fujitora, who will carry out the capture mission after the bombing.

In fact, the fact that Kizaru and Fujitora appeared together with the ground troops already reflected that the Navy had no hope of persuading them to surrender.

Is this all I've taught you?

Zefa pushed aside the fallen wooden stakes, and the huge boom shredder left a drag mark on the floor.

He stood on a high slope in the town, which faced the sea and the direction of the warships.

"Disregard for innocent lives, cloaking their ruthless and cruel actions in the name of justice, attempting to evade moral condemnation with a few words, and resorting to such shameless tricks to coerce others..."

"Is this all I've taught you?"

Zefa's voice drowned out the howling sea breeze, the whooshing sound of cannonballs cutting through the air, and the noisy footsteps on the deck...

The lieutenant general holding the microphone even reflexively lowered his head.

The previously noisy crowd fell silent.

Nearly half of the officers on the warship had received instruction from Zefa.

He was the chief instructor at the naval academy.

Now, the chief instructor, with his half-gray hair, stands on a high slope on a small island opposite the navy.

Despite being over seventy years old, he looked radiant when he put on cat-eye sunglasses and swept his hair back.

The angry shouts echoed across the nearby sea.

"The debt of human lives will not fall on my shoulders, but on yours!"

"If you want to stop me, your teacher, then come at me with fair and square strength!"

The warships that had fired their cannons fell completely silent.

Like a well-behaved student facing a teacher's reprimand, bowing their head and silently enduring it.

"Stop shooting. The teacher won't surrender because of this."

Kizaru's voice came from another Den Den Mushi.

The lieutenant general in charge of the warships could only nod and command, "All personnel, cease fire!"

His gaze swept around the harbor area again.

Fighting the head instructor... the pressure is immense.

As a lieutenant general, Staleys's feelings of shame came and went quickly, and he soon issued new orders.

"The warships should disperse, locate the warships they hijacked, and once located, do not attack without authorization; await orders from ground forces."

"Yes!"

"understand!"

The seven warships then dispersed, forming a ring to monitor every outlet to the sea on the island.

Although warships also use sails and masts, their power is not entirely wind-driven; they are powered by new energy sources, and steering does not rely too much on wind power.

After all, they were able to cross even the Calm Belt.

As the naval forces dispersed, the ground troops led by Kizaru and Fujitora officially entered the town.

"Thank you very much, Lord Kizaru."

Fujitora stepped onto the broken stone slab and bowed slightly to Kizaru in front of him.

The decision to stop the shelling was both Kizaru's judgment and Fujitora's request.

A blind man who believes in benevolence and justice finds it hard to accept that he is to lead a team to clear a scorched earth.

"Then let's try to finish this as quickly as possible."

"Your benevolence will only increase our casualties."

Kizaru remained noncommittal, stating that for citizens of non-member states, their lives were not considered lives, but rather those of some kind of wild beast.

It's cruel, but that's reality.

He wasn't just talking; he took a step forward.

A beam of light shot straight at Zefa.

Zefa decisively raised the shredder horizontally, the mechanical arm blocking his figure, but even so, the powerful laser still forced Zefa to move back two or three meters to slow down.

"Long time no see, Professor Zephyr."

After delivering a laser kick, Kizaru's body transformed into light particles and appeared beside Zephyr.

The best way to achieve a quick victory is, of course, to take down Zephyr's banner. Once Zephyr falls, the entire NEO Navy is nothing.

High mobility is one of Kizaru's major advantages.

"You should change your bad habits, Kizaru!"

As he spoke, Zefa suddenly sprang up. He had been holding the ES drug in his mouth when he climbed the hill, and now he swallowed it. The power that seemed to come back to him in his youth surged up again.

The enormous shredder was handled with effortless ease by him.

In an instant, it appeared in front of Kizaru, its three iron fingers spread wide, ready to grab him.

However, Kizaru's reaction speed was also quite fast, and his body had already begun to transform into particles again.

Seeing this, Zefa stopped trying to grab him and instead used all his strength to push forward.

The shredder, crafted from seastone, lashed out at Kizaru like a whip-like punch.

He flew backwards, crashing into a row of house walls and leaving long, cracked marks on the ground.

"Devil Fruit users should keep their distance from Seastone, Borsalino!"

Zephyr pressed his advantage, stomping his left foot heavily on the floor and leaping into the air, dragging the heavy crusher along with him, ready to attack again in the direction Kizaru had flown.

However, the Glint-Glint Fruit is much faster than him.

A flash of yellow light appeared, and Kizaru had already flown behind Zephyr, his white navy coat billowing in the sea breeze.

“You’re right, Professor Zephyr.”

He felt that Satan should take this suggestion seriously.

"Crush...the tornado!"

Zefa was not surprised by this. As the head instructor, he had a clear understanding of the three monsters he had produced.

The Glint-Glint Fruit has no weaknesses in speed, damage, or range, making it extremely versatile.

The Magma Fruit has a fierce burst of power and can be said to be extremely lethal, but it is somewhat lacking in mobility.

The advantage of the Frozen Fruit lies in its functionality, especially when at sea.

These were all summaries of Zephyr's years of observation and teaching. The difference was that back then it was to make these three monsters even more monstrous, but now it was to defeat them.

The shredder made a half-circle in the air, and the heavy machine whipped out a whirlwind that stopped Kizaru's next move.

Zefa then landed suddenly, like a boulder crashing into the ground, creating a large crater and sending up countless fragments of rock.

The rubble temporarily obstructed Kizaru's vision, but his battle instincts made him immediately spread his arms.

"The Eight-Foot Jade Curved Jewel!"

Countless orbs of light fell like a torrential downpour.

In response, there was the sound of spent cartridges falling off the shredder.

A barrage of bullets, like a Gatling gun, clashed head-on with the Yasakani no Magatama.

Human firearms and natural elements attempted to determine a victor in mid-air above the island, but compared to the physical strength consumed by Qiong Gouyu, the amount of ammunition that the shredder could store was limited, and it was quickly overwhelmed by the light curtain.

Zefa lifted the crusher and held it horizontally above his head. Even with his feet embedded in the stone slab, he was constantly being pushed backward by the impact of the light curtain.

In just a short time, the surrounding houses were also riddled with holes.

At this moment, Kizaru's aim was perfect again.

Many of the light orbs grazed Zephyr's body, leaving red-hot scars, while others that struck him directly were blocked by his Armament Haki.

“Professor Zephyr, give up. Your idea is far too dangerous.”

After pausing for a moment, Kizaru Kogyo turned around, gripped the Ame-no-Murakumo sword, and slashed down fiercely from above.

"Dangerous, but feasible."

What do you think the ocean will look like back then?

Zefa let out a long breath, a smile of relief spreading across his face.

Gunshots echoed throughout the town as Ain and Binz engaged in combat with the Navy in different alleys.

Even facing the pressure of a high-ranking general, Fujitora had to slow down his pace.

"The greatest obstacle that stood before the world has disappeared, the surging sea has covered the holy land, and the four seas, paradise and the new world, all will intertwine here."

"At that time, the paradise of pirates will cease to exist, and even the concept of pirates will change! The whole world will usher in a new destiny!"

"Can you imagine such a future, Borsalino?!"

Kizaru's gaze was hidden behind his brown sunglasses as he swung his Ama-no-Murakumo incessantly, leaving white streaks on the shredder.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a powerful tool specially customized for Zephyr by the Naval Science Unit.

An absurd idea interrupted Kizaru's reverie.

"You're already old, why don't you just enjoy your retirement?"

Just like Garp.

As long as he doesn't do anything, even if he has the son of a revolutionary army leader or the grandson of a pirate supernova, no one can do anything to him.

He remains a respected naval hero.