Pirate: I'm an admiral now, what's wrong with taking a little extra money?

Kane suddenly opened his eyes, and a vertical blue line suddenly lit up deep in his pupils.

Observation Haki is not needed.

Through the layers of rain and towering waves, and through the feedback from the massive displaced air currents, he had already "seen" the enormous fleet.

Kane licked his rain-dampened lips, a glint of fervor flashing in his eyes.

At the current flight speed, it will take at least another one or two hours to get there. By then, it will be too late. If we wait until they are truly "mutually defeated" as the Air Marshal said before taking action, the reward for violation points will definitely be greatly reduced.

If you're going to do it, do it big.

Kane sneered inwardly, his right hand quietly pressing down on the crossbeam at the top of the mast.

Om-!

A surge of energy instantly enveloped the entire warship along the mast.

That's the rhythm of the wind.

"Since it's the prelude to a storm, it makes perfect sense for the wind to be a little stronger, right?"

Devil Fruit Ability - [Tailwind Super Acceleration]!

boom!!!

The dog-headed warship, which was already tossed about in the raging waves, suddenly felt as if it had been kicked in the backside. The entire stern sank sharply downwards, and then the bow rose high!

"Whoa! What's going on?!"

"Why did the ship suddenly accelerate?!"

Caught off guard, the sailors on deck tumbled together like rolling gourds.

Behind the warship, the originally chaotic gale seemed to have received some kind of king's command, converging into a terrifying thrust in one direction, pressing firmly against the warship's sails and stern!

The white waves that broke through the sides of the ship instantly stretched into two straight tangents, and the seawater even made a piercing tearing sound due to the excessive speed!

The Den Den Mushi in the engine room shrieked: "Reporting, Lieutenant-General Bogart! The reactor... the reactor readings are normal, but our speed has exceeded fifty knots! And it's still increasing! This is not scientifically possible! How can we possibly reach this speed in these giant waves?!"

Bogart gripped the railing tightly, staring at the compass and speedometer spinning wildly in his hands. For the first time, terror appeared on his usually calm face.

"That's way too fast..."

He suddenly looked up at the figure at the top of the observation deck, which appeared somewhat blurry in the wind and rain.

Is that kid?!

But it's not over yet.

“This speed isn’t enough,” Kane grinned, sensing the distance in the wind. “If the Sengoku general catches up, this show won’t be interesting.”

"Give it to me...faster!"

The airflow wings behind him suddenly expanded to twice their original size, exerting full control over the wind pressure within a ten-kilometer radius, creating a continuously moving "low-pressure zone" in front of the warship.

Push back and inhale!

Bang-!

A near-sonic boom exploded on the sea surface.

The entire massive steel warship briefly took to the air, performing a "leap" across the turbulent sea.

"Fifty nautical miles...ten minutes! Just ten minutes!"

Chapter 42 The Collapse of the Warring States: I'll put you on standby, but you're going to fight the Golden Lion alone?

Meanwhile, on a warship seventy nautical miles from the battlefield.

The general of the Warring States period was staring intently at the nautical chart, his face ashen.

"Where is that bastard Kapna?!"

The communications soldier, drenched in sweat and trembling in voice, reported: "Report...Reporting to Admiral Sengoku! We just lost signal from Vice Admiral Garp's ship!"

"It sank?!" Sengoku exclaimed in shock.

"No...no..." The communications soldier swallowed hard, as if he'd seen a ghost. "It's because he was moving too fast, he'd escaped our surveillance range! Based on the coordinates transmitted back just now...he...he..."

"What's wrong with him? Tell me quickly!"

"He's probably already reached the edge of the Golden Lion's encirclement!"

"what?!"

With a "crack," the teacup in Zhan Guo's hand shattered in his hand, and he instantly transformed into the form of a golden Buddha, his furious roar echoing through the heavens:

"Damn Garp!!! I told you to wait on the outskirts! Who gave you the right to take on an entire fleet single-handedly?!"

"It's over...it's all over...the original plan was to wait for them to both be severely injured..."

Sengoku covered his forehead in anguish.

……

The eye of the storm in the Adewol Sea.

Dark clouds loomed over the city, as if the sky had been torn open, and purple lightning bolts streaked wildly through the clouds. Each explosion illuminated the despairing disparity in troop strength on the sea.

Sixty heavy warships, each bearing the flag of the Flying Pirates, were spread out in a fan shape, their densely packed cannons locked onto the lone ship in the center—the Oro Jackson.

The wind howled and the waves surged.

But at the center of the collision between the two supreme Conqueror's Haki, the sea surface was eerily smooth as a mirror.

That's because the atmosphere was so compressed by these two forces that it couldn't move!

"Hehehehehe! Roger!"

A man wearing a kimono and wooden clogs, with wild, golden hair like a lion's mane, was floating in mid-air.

He had a cigar dangling from his mouth, his arms crossed, and the two famous swords at his waist, "Sakura-ju" and "Kokuro," gleamed with a bloodthirsty cold light under the lightning.

Flying Admiral, Golden Lion Shiki!

Currently, the most powerful overlord on this sea!

He looked down at Roger with arrogance: "Stop your futile resistance! Your adventure is over!"

"As long as you nod and become my right arm! Combined with my knowledge of the locations of ancient weapons and your ability to hear the voice of all things... we will be invincible!"

The golden lion spread his arms wide: "If we join forces, this world will be ours for the taking! Do you want to die here?"

On the deck of the Oro Jackson.

Jabba, Shanks, Bucky, and the other crew members had already gripped their weapons tightly, their faces extremely solemn.

Only the man at the bow of the ship still grinned, revealing his signature big white teeth, his two wild mustaches trembling with laughter.

"Hahahaha! Shiki! I've said it so many times!"

Gol D. Roger pressed down on his straw hat, which was fluttering wildly in the wind, with one hand, and slowly drew the Supreme Grade Sword Ace from his waist with the other.

Clang—!

The blade is drawn, its domineering aura soaring to the heavens!

A red and black shockwave suddenly erupted from him, actually tearing a hole in the thick dark clouds above his head!

"I have no interest in ruling the world! If I can't live as I please, what's the point of being a pirate?!"

Roger's eyes were sharp as an eagle's, the tip of his knife pointing directly at the golden lion in the sky: "You want my freedom? Then come and take it, Shiki!!"

"What a hopeless idiot!"

The Golden Lion's face darkened. "In that case, let your ship sink to the deepest part of this sea!"

He suddenly raised his right hand high, and the gunners of more than sixty warships behind him pulled the fuses at the same time.

"All fleet—fire!!!"

The muzzles of thousands of heavy cannons lit up simultaneously.

Rayleigh pushed up his glasses, drew his longsword, and said with a wry smile, "This is really big trouble, Captain..."

however.

Just one second before the first shell was fired.

boom--!!!

A deafening roar, brimming with the aesthetics of mechanical violence, suddenly erupted from the rear of the battlefield, so loud it even drowned out the thunder!

"What... Holy crap?!" Bucky's hand holding the binoculars trembled, and his eyeballs popped out.

Everyone, including the Golden Lion and Roger, instinctively turned to look.

"That is……"

Rayleigh pushed up his glasses and looked to his side and back in surprise.

Several nautical miles away, atop a giant wave, a naval warship with an unusual design was speeding towards them at a speed that defied common sense!

Its stern spewed out two blue jets of flame, and its bow was raised high, as it surfed on waves tens of meters high!

Even more terrifying, on the iconic dog head decoration at the bow of the ship, stands a man wearing a coat of justice, his face beaming with excitement.

“That is…” The golden lion’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Before he could react, the warship, propelled by the momentum of a giant wave, flew hundreds of meters into the air and crashed into the encirclement of the Golden Lion Fleet!

And at the moment when the warship leaps to its highest point.

The man moved.

Garp stomped on the dog head decoration on the warship, and his entire body transformed into a black lightning bolt, soaring into the sky and directly passing over dozens of Golden Lion warships.

"Hahaha! How could such a lively gathering be complete without this old man?!"

With a deafening laugh, the dog head decoration at Garp's feet shattered instantly.

He transformed into a black afterimage, creating a series of air bursts in the air, ignoring all the rules of physics, and charged straight at the golden lion in mid-air!

His right fist was stretched back to its limit, and the high density of Armament Haki dyed it as deep as obsidian.

"Roger is my prey! Who gave you bunch of small fry permission to lay a hand on him?!"