Chapter 108: Decisive Battle (VII) [VIP]
Just as Shanks guessed, the Red Hair Pirates were indeed stopped by someone and were unable to rush over to join him.
And the one who stopped them was none other than the culprit who brought all this to the world.
Watching the soldiers equipped with exoskeletons fall one after another, Yale not only did not help, but even his expression remained unchanged.
He just sat there leisurely, like a bystander, admiring the planet's natives killing each other.
A small bullet wrapped in domineering power attacked his face.
Yale didn't move, and someone in front of him spontaneously came over to act as a human shield.
However, this meat shield obviously underestimated the power of this bullet.
As the vice-captain of the Red Hair Pirates, Beckman's domineering strength is naturally not to be underestimated. After firing a gun, a blow with all his strength is enough to defeat the defense of the exoskeleton and directly penetrate the human body.
Blood splattered from the back of the meat shield.
Yale frowned in disgust, and with a wave of his hand, he threw the blood drop that was stagnant in the air away.
At the same time, a scream of terror and despair rang out.
The middle-aged man who was also wearing an exoskeleton and fighting with the pirates shook off the suppression around him and hurried to the side of the meat shield in an extremely awkward posture using both his hands and feet.
He covered his wife's bleeding chest with both hands, tears streaming down his face and his voice trembling.
"No...Norma, hold on, don't die, is there a doctor? Where is there a doctor?!"
Voices filled with despair and pleading echoed across the battlefield.
"Save her, please, someone please save her!!"
"Damn it!" The Red Hair Pirates' doctor cursed and hurriedly dodged the laser weapon fired from not far away.
As a doctor, he would not stand idly by while his patients were ill, but in this situation...
"Hongo! Go!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A steady shout rang out, and several bullets intercepted the opponent's attack with extreme precision, clearing a small gap for Hongxiang.
Jesus Bu was standing on a high point not far away, holding a smoking gun and grinning at this side.
Almost at the same time, the monkey Mengshida burst out with amazing strength. It screamed and pounced on the back of a person, using its sharp claws and teeth to frantically bite the enemy who was entangled with it.
Hongo took a deep breath, seized this fleeting opportunity, and rushed towards the wounded man like lightning without looking back.
He knew he had the protection of the most reliable companions in the world.
"Get out of the way, I'm a doctor!"
The tearful man quickly made way and watched Hong Xiang skillfully take out medicines and tools from the medicine box. He felt relieved and had time to think about why things had turned out like this.
Why is he here and why is his wife injured?
This memory immediately brought back everything that had happened before.
The outsiders declared war on the islands, and they… He and his wife, two honest and timid civilians, actually chose to sign up.
That was clearly not what they thought.
They clearly didn't want to join the war, and didn't want to hurt anyone, but why...
Recalling the people he had killed, the man's face changed and he covered his mouth and retched.
At this moment, the head of the woman lying on the ground suddenly tilted to the side as if all the bones had been pulled out.
His heart skipped a beat, and he ignored the nausea in his heart and hurried forward to inquire about the situation.
"Doctor, how is my wife, she..."
His voice stopped abruptly as Hongo withdrew his hand.
Hongo shook his head and sighed, "Too much blood loss, and my internal organs are also..."
Beckman's attack was aimed at Yale, so naturally he used all his strength.
A civilian with an ordinary physique would not be able to withstand such terrifying power even with an exoskeleton to cushion the blow.
The man fell to the ground exhausted, and shook his wife's body in disbelief.
"Wake up! Norma, you won't die. How can you die when I'm not even dead yet?"
The body was like a puddle of mud and it took a while for it to stiffen.
Hearing the desperate cries and seeing the scene of separation of life and death, some citizens of the island group who were fighting the pirates gradually stopped their actions.
There was struggle, confusion and bewilderment in their eyes.
The cold commands and the soft emotions within the heart fought against each other, vying for control over the will.
Yale supported his chin with one hand and watched the little story happening here with great interest.
There was no sadness in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were raised, but he spoke words of concern.
"It's so pitiful! I can't bear to watch this anymore. Joel, go find the murderer who killed your wife and take revenge, okay?"
I don't know what it was about these words that irritated the husband named Joel.
He suddenly raised his head, kneeling on the ground with his wife in his arms, staring at the former god with red eyes.
"It's you! You did all this!" Joel roared, gritting his teeth.
"You are the culprit. You disrupted our lives! You killed my wife!!!"
Several retching sounds were heard, and some civilians who had regained their self-awareness remembered the people they had killed while being controlled.
Those who shed the same red blood as them and bravely came here to fight for freedom in order to fight against outsiders.
Yale's face darkened and he frowned in disapproval.
"You are living happily on the islands. If those people outside can voluntarily hand over control of the planet to me, I will let everyone live like an island, instead of having this kind of thing that even I can't bear to see happen."
"That's enough, Yale!" Beckman interrupted Yale's defense in a deep voice.
"We will never submit to the rule of an invader! If you want to rule our world, kill all the rebels first!"
"That's right! If you want to rule this place, you must first step over our dead bodies!"
"We pirates will never surrender!"
Everyone in the Red Hair Pirates immediately echoed the vice-captain's words.
Most of them were injured, and many of their brothers who had been with them day and night died before their eyes. At this moment, they all looked like they wanted to kill Yale directly.
And that’s exactly what they did.
The pirates tried their best to rush towards Yale, even if it could only cause a little trouble to Yale, it would be worth it.
The citizens of the island group, having regained their will, also took action.
They blocked their controlled companions and tried to awaken their consciousness with words.
This approach is effective but also ineffective.
What was effective was that some people were persuaded and gradually regained their sanity.
But some people were provoked to become more extreme and irrationally attacked the traitors who betrayed the island group.
After all, the number of people on the battlefield is limited, and there will always be a moment when all will be killed in the infighting.
Joel collapsed.
The guy who tried his best to avenge his wife was cut in half by a long laser blade.
The island citizen who killed him was covered in blood, but had an almost fanatical smile on his face.
"Ha! I killed him, I killed this traitor!" He immediately looked at Yale, showing his loyalty to the god with the pious attitude of a believer.
"Respected Captain Yale, I killed him, the traitor..."
A long stick with domineering power came whistling.
Hongo gasped, wiped the blood from his face that was blocking his vision, and his red eyes swept around coldly.
There were corpses everywhere, and blood gathered into pools, soaking the dark brown earth.
Everything was exactly the same as the picture of hell that Yale had shown them before.
The only difference is that now it is them killing each other.
And in that picture, it was Yale who was controlling the metal ball with his own hands.
Apart from a few cadres of the Red Hair Pirates, there was no one else alive at the scene.
Hong Xiang quickly glanced around and saw many familiar faces, including his drinking companions the day before and his brothers who once complained about his sloppy bandaging techniques. Now they were all lying quietly on the ground.
The cold sea breeze made Hongo feel cold all over.
He suddenly felt a little confused. What was the point of all this?
Everyone is dead...
Is there any meaning in all this they do?
"Come on." In mid-air, Yale, with his back to the sun, spread out his arms, his voice full of tolerance.
"I give you a chance to live. Obey me and acknowledge that I am the ruler of this planet. After that, you can live happily."
Hongo looked at him and couldn't help squinting because he was facing the sunlight.
He sneered in his heart and gripped the weapon in his hand even tighter.
Beckman, Laki, Jesus, and all the people who were still alive made the same gesture.
Beckman laughed and tried to smoke a cigarette but pulled out a blood-soaked pack.
He simply gave up smoking, threw away the cigarette box in his hand, and sighed with a bit of regret: "What a pity, although I do despise that idiot, I have no intention of changing jobs."
"Don't waste your energy. Our only loyalty is to our leader."
Laki made a disgusted expression, "As for you, you're just a loser who's about to be defeated by us!"
"Why waste so much time talking to him? Avenge our brothers—kill him!!!"
Jesus Bu had already aimed the muzzle of his gun at Yale's eyebrows, and as soon as he finished speaking, he fired the gun decisively.
As the only team among the Four Emperors without Devil Fruit users, the Red Hair Pirates, especially the cadres, are all powerful people who are proficient in Haki.
The bullet, packed with the might of a full-strength attack, along with the attacks of others, pierced straight into the figure sitting in the air.
Yale was not angry because of their disrespect, but instead smiled tolerantly.
"It's okay, I forgive your choice."
Several attacks, powerful enough to instantly annihilate a powerful enemy, came at him from different directions.
Just before this devastating combined attack was about to engulf him, a figure, so fast that it was beyond visual detection, suddenly appeared at the intersection of all the attack trajectories!
With his red hair flying and his cloak fluttering, Griffin's white light annihilated all attacks.
"Ship...Captain?!"
Seeing the familiar figure standing in front of Yale in a protective posture, everyone's face showed a look of surprise and solemnity.
"Haha." Yale laughed happily, "Look, your captain made the right choice."
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