Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

The ice on Luffy and Sanji's bodies burst into several tiny cracks, and it seemed that they would be able to escape from it soon.

"You are so tenacious! Isn't this enough to bring you down completely?"

Aokiji waved his hand and condensed the ice blade again, but just as he took a step, a figure suddenly blocked his way.

"Ah, I haven't taken action for a while. I almost forgot about you, a troublesome guy."

Aokiji put his hands on his head and sighed with a frown, then looked at Reiner with a bit of vigilance, who suddenly stopped in the middle of the fight and now appeared out of nowhere.

"So, you've got some strange ideas again."

"Don't say that, I just thought of something interesting."

Reiner waved his hand, his voice calm and with a hint of playful laughter.

"You seem to still be bothered by what happened in O'Hara? After things here are over, do you want to go to Egghead with us?"

"Eghead?"

Aokiji was stunned when he heard the name. As a former navy officer, he naturally knew that this was Vegapunk's research institute. Reiner's words made him feel even more confused.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, is this an invitation? That's weird, right? We're enemies now. We should at least wait until the battle is over before discussing this. Hey, don't expect me to betray Teach."

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I don't know what Aokiji was thinking. The style of the painting suddenly changed and he started saying some inexplicable words. Reiner was silent for two seconds before continuing:

"Back then, those scholars risked their lives to hide O'Hara's research results. Vegapunk has been secretly studying the documents they left behind. Now that the truth has been revealed, the World Government has sent people to eliminate him."

Reiner said a few concise words, but the key words made Aokiji frown slightly, and he looked at him intently.

Researching the truth of history, and the World Government sending people to erase it, this sounds very familiar to Aokiji.

In addition to Vegapunk, there are also a large number of researchers on Egghead.

Aokiji has been in the navy's high-level positions for many years, and he is very familiar with the World Government's style of work. Now that they have taken action, they will definitely not stop at just killing Vegapunk. There is a high probability that they will wipe out all life on the entire island just like they did back then.

The best way to do this is to

Demon-slaying order!

It's simply a recurrence of the O'Hara incident.

Thinking of this, Aokiji became inexplicably restless, with all kinds of complex emotions mixed together.

"How did you know about this?"

"We just came from Egghead and had the misfortune of meeting that familiar old man. Luffy has already promised Vegapunk that he would go back to rescue him. I'm afraid the World Government will also send a lot of troops for this."

Reiner casually explained the reason, "As for the invitation you mentioned, there is no such thing. I just thought of what I said before. You can find the answer in your own way."

"In this case."

"What will you choose, Aokiji? Once again facing the O'Hara incident, who will you fight for this time?"

Reiner raised the corner of his mouth slightly, staring at Aokiji with burning eyes.

"A World Government trying to conceal the truth and stabilize its rule? Or a Navy that thinks it's maintaining stability, but is actually being manipulated and used as a pawn?"

"Or perhaps it's the pioneers who pursue history and explore the truth about the world, and the innocent civilians who are unknowingly dragged into it."

"Or maybe it's a pirate like us who acts recklessly and disrupts everything."

"No longer holding any position, now a free agent, what identity will you play in this incident?"

Reiner looked straight into Aokiji's eyes with a playful look.

"You keep paying attention to Robin's growth. Are you trying to find your own inner answers from her future?"

"I"

Aokiji's eyes froze, and he tried to deny it but stopped himself. Cold sweat broke out on his palms, and the other party's questioning echoed in his mind like the devil's whisper.

Reiner knew that Robin was not the only one deeply hurt by the O'Hara incident.

The guilt towards his best friend, the doubt towards the world government, the escape from the justice that was shaken in his heart, the scenes of that year were like a thorn that could never be pulled out, stuck deep in Aokiji's heart.

"You're a pirate, but you know so much."

Aokiji couldn't help but sigh softly. If he had met the Straw Hat Pirates first after leaving the navy, he might have boarded the ship and followed them.

"Unfortunately, Teach also told me something similar, so I became a member of the Blackbeard Pirates. But don't think that I am a traitor just because I left the navy."

Aokiji's eyes showed determination, and his fighting spirit was rekindled.

That's when.

boom!

boom!

Two sounds of breaking ice were heard in succession, and Luffy and Sanji finally broke free from the icy confinement, and ice cubes rolled off their bodies with a "crackling" sound.

"hateful!"

Sanji looked at Aokiji who was intercepted by Reiner and growled.

I was almost taken down by the opponent because of my carelessness. Even though I had become so much stronger, I ended up being a drag.

boom!

Sanji gritted his teeth and kicked the ice off his leg, clenching his fists, feeling somewhat unwilling.

"Ao Pheasant!!"

As soon as he broke free, Luffy shouted and rushed towards the other party at high speed.

"It seems I've been fooled. Was what I just said just to buy time?"

Aokiji's eyes darkened and he slapped the ground with his hands, and a cold air shock wave immediately spread.

"Ice·Ice Sword Tomb!!"

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

The cold air quickly spread along the ground towards Reiner, Luffy and Sanji, freezing everything it passed through, and countless ice blades rose from the ground.

"Every word I say is true. Delaying is useless against you."

boom! !

Reiner raised his knees and retreated, covered with a dark armed color, and stomped his foot hard to shatter the ice blade that had just emerged from the ice surface, jumped into the forest of ice blades, and quickly shuttled towards Aokiji.

At the same time, blue flames ignited from the surface of his body, and Reiner's flesh and skin were burned, leaving only a hideous skeleton with barbs.

Although the stronger undead cannot be easily recalled, the abilities of some weaker undead can still exert considerable power in his hands.

For example, Booger Man’s Explosion Fruit.

Reiner flexed his skeletal arm, and dazzling white-hot flames emanated from it.

"What form is this!?"

Aokiji looked surprised. The terrifying energy contained in that fist made his brain sting faintly with the alertness of his observation Haki.

"Ice Coffin!!"

Aokiji hurriedly pushed his palms forward, and the cold air in the air gathered towards his palms, quickly condensing into a thick ice coffin to block in front of him.

"You should keep this broken coffin for yourself!"

"10,000-ton equivalent explosive punch!!"

boom! !

A fierce blue flame flashed from Reiner's dark eye sockets, and he punched hard on the hard and thick ice coffin!

In Aokiji's frightened pupils, Reiner's fist exploded, and all the terrifying energy was released in an instant!

boom! ! !

The killing range covers an area of ​​several kilometers. The exaggerated wind pressure destroys everything in its path, shattering and blowing away all the frozen buildings around!

In an instant, the entire island shook violently.

"What the...what's going on! Is there an earthquake?!"

"Quick! Look over there!"

The sound of the explosion exploded in their ears like thunder, and everyone looked up at the sky with horror in their eyes.

A black mushroom cloud mixed with flames rose into the sky, covering the sky and the sun, so huge!

"Is this an explosion?"

"You're kidding! How big a shell would it take to achieve this?"

Countless pirates stared with their eyes wide open, their pupils trembling as they stood there in shock.

Under this level of explosion, Aokiji's ice coffin defense was also completely destroyed, and the whole person was blown away by the extremely high temperature wind pressure.

His clothes were tattered, revealing charred burn marks, and wisps of white smoke were coming out of all over his body. If you touched him, you would find that his skin was terribly hot, as if it had just been pulled out of a frying pan.

Although the power of the explosion was exaggerated, Reiner didn't think that it could bring Aokiji down.

This is especially true for Luffy and Sanji, who had just suffered a round of brutal beating.

"Fourth Gear Switch: Stretchman Mode!!"

Deng!Deng!Deng!

Luffy tucked his legs into his thighs, and a burst of energy erupted from below, propelling his body into flight at breakneck speed like a jet.

"Rubber rubber!"

When Luffy came in front of Aokiji, he compressed his arms tightly like springs, his eyes were furious, and his extreme domineering color stimulated an explosive black lightning, which wrapped around his fists and blasted out rapidly from top to bottom!

"Lion King Bazooka!!"

boom! !

Aokiji subconsciously crossed his arms in front of him to block, but there was a sound of bones breaking, and Luffy's fist pushed his arm into his chest!

Phew—bang! !

Aokiji's body fell rapidly from the sky above the island like a comet, crashing into the ground and creating a huge deep pit, with smoke and dust rising.

"Rubber-Rubber·Ape King Crow Cannon!!"