A few days later.
The wind and waves on the sea were quite strong. Although it was noon, the sky was covered with dark clouds, which loomed over the Kingdom of Solbe.
The commercial street in the northern part of the kingdom was bustling with people. Ever since the cruel old king left the country, the people had formed an autonomous system with the support of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
People's lives are getting better and better.
Although the Kingdom of Solbey is not rich in resources, it is located in the South China Sea and has relatively developed trade routes. Smart people can always find ways to make a fortune, and honest people can have enough food and drink as long as they are willing to work hard. If they are a little frugal, they can save some money to improve their lives and resist risks.
"It looks like it's going to rain soon, honey, hurry up and put away the clothes!"
"The weather is changing quickly, don't get wet."
At a corner of the street, the man who was watching over the shop looked up at the heavy clouds in the sky, then turned around and shouted to his wife in the shop.
Not only the couple, but also the pedestrians on the street noticed the change in weather and started to walk in a hurry.
"boom--"
A flash point appeared in the clouds, and then a muffled thunder exploded in the clouds. The roar of thunder soon spread throughout the entire island.
"clatter--"
Bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, smashing into tiny raindrops as they landed on the ground. In an instant, the downpour came down in torrents, and the once bustling streets quickly became deserted.
At the door of the shop, the man looked at the sky that suddenly changed color and couldn't help complaining, "What terrible weather."
"Now there's no business."
"I don't know how long this rain will last. Why don't we close the shop early and find some friends to play cards together?"
The man looked at the sudden heavy rain, scratched his head in distress, and muttered to himself.
This is how businessmen are, they have to rely on luck for their livelihood.
The rain is hazy.
On the beach south of the Kingdom of Solbe, a tall figure wearing a raincoat stood quietly in the rain, looking at the sea level in the distance.
Due to the heavy rain, visibility at sea became quite low.
At first glance, the sea in the distance was gray and the scene on the sea could not be seen clearly at all.
“Here I come.”
On the shore, the bear let out a whisper, his expression looking a little gloomy at this moment.
Just the next moment after the bear whispered, a few spots of light suddenly appeared on the sea level in the distance.
The light was extremely conspicuous on the sea, and Xiong was not unfamiliar with that light. It was the fog light of a warship. Even in the navy, only a very small number of ships could be equipped with it.
"ju——"
A sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard above the distant sea. At this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through the dark clouds above, and rumbling thunder came from the sky.
And that shriek was also drowned out by the thunder.
The bear stretched out his arms slightly, raised his head, and saw a cannonball falling rapidly from the sky, flying directly towards where he was.
"As long as I can protect the people of the Solbei Kingdom, I will not hesitate to do anything!"
Looking at the rapidly approaching cannonball, determination flashed in Xiong's eyes. He quickly raised his palm and slammed the cannonball in the air. The cannonball disappeared in front of Xiong in an instant.
"boom--"
Suddenly, without any warning, a flash of fire appeared on the sea in the distance.
"Vice Admiral John, the stern of the ship was bombarded for unknown reasons!"
On the sea a thousand meters away from the Kingdom of Solbe, warships from the Navy Headquarters entered into battle formation under the command of Spandine.
These warships received orders from their superiors and came to the Kingdom of Solbe to carry out the Demon Killing Order. The entire fleet consists of ten large ships with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, led by five vice admirals and under the command of Spandine, the supreme commander of CP9 of the World Government.
John Jando is a giant and one of the five lieutenant generals who carried out the Demon Slayer Order.
The Kingdom of Solbe has appeared in sight. The artillery attack just now was fired from John Jando's ship. It was just a calibration test.
However, unexpectedly, although the artillery bombardment was successfully launched, it seemed to have turned into a dud due to the heavy rain.
The test launch was unsuccessful and their ship was also bombarded for unknown reasons.
This demon-slaying order started off somewhat unfavorably.
"Bombardment?!"
"How is this possible?"
"Could it be that the navy on another ship mishandled the operation and accidentally fired?!"
Feeling the vibration of the warship and hearing the report from his subordinates, Lieutenant General John Jaindo's face turned stern and he asked in a deep voice.
"Report, there are people on the coast!"
"That figure is likely the former Shichibukai, Bartholomew Kuma!"
Without waiting for his adjutant to reply, the navy on the watchtower passed this information to the navy on the deck via the Den Den Mushi.
"Bear?!"
When Lieutenant General John Jando heard this, his expression froze. He quickly walked to the bow of the ship and leaned out to look at the distant coast.
The warship was quite far away from the distant island, and it was raining heavily. Without the help of a telescope, it was impossible to see the distant scenery clearly.
Lieutenant General John Jando squinted his eyes and could only see a small black dot the size of an ant on the coast of the distant island.
"Bear, that's what it is!"
Although he couldn't see the figure in the distance clearly, John Jando thought of the unexplained attack the ship had just suffered and immediately confirmed the other party's identity.
He had heard of the power of the Meat-Glob Fruit.
Before setting off, these lieutenant generals already knew who the enemy was.
"Lieutenant General John Jaundo? What are we going to do?"
"Bartholomew Kuma is a user with special abilities. The bombardment just now must have been knocked back by him using the Meatball Fruit."
"Should we continue the attack?"
"Let's get to the island and get rid of that guy first."
After hearing the news from the lookout, John Jando's adjutant obviously guessed why the stern of the ship had just been hit by artillery fire.
He was concerned about the bear's ability and asked in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter."
"Raise the muzzle and fire at the island."
"He's just a person with special abilities."
"It's impossible to withstand a bombardment of the magnitude of the Demon Slayer Order."
Vice Admiral John Jaindo calmly waved his hand and gave the order. As his order was announced, the sailors on the deck quickly became busy.
On the coast.
After blocking the navy's artillery fire, Xiong found that the other side suddenly stopped, but Xiong did not relax. He knew that the real attack had not yet begun.
“Dongdongdongdong——”
As Xiong expected, the naval fleet only conducted a test firing once before launching a large-scale artillery bombardment. The roar of the naval guns rang out on the sea, like thunder.
After a while, countless shells whizzed in from afar, and in the blink of an eye they reached the top of the bear's head and flew rapidly towards the center of the island.
The navy had no intention of spending any more time on the bear. Their goal was to destroy the entire Solbe Kingdom.
“These guys.”
The bear raised his head and looked at the shells raining down on the island from the sky, gnashing his teeth in anger.
It was obviously him who attacked the Celestial Dragons' ship, and the navy should have noticed him, but the navy did not attack him at all. Instead, they prioritized attacking ordinary people on the island.
Angry in his heart, the bear didn't hesitate at all. He immediately jumped up with his huge body and flew directly into the air.
He swung his palms out repeatedly, and powerful shock waves hit the shells falling towards the town, blowing them into the sea.
“Boom boom boom boom—”
As the shells exploded prematurely in the air, a series of roars were heard on the other side of the sea, and thick flames also engulfed the bear's body.
On the command ship, Spandine was holding a telescope and was about to appreciate the beautiful scenery under the Demon-Slaying Order, but he did not expect that the artillery shells fired by the fleet would inexplicably explode in mid-air.
This sudden scene made his smile freeze on his face.
"What's going on? What happened?!"
Spandine asked in surprise as he looked at the Solbe Kingdom in the distance, which was obscured by flames.
"Report, someone is resisting the artillery fire."
"It's Bartholomew Bear!"
Someone quickly reported the situation. Spandane's eyes twitched slightly when he heard Kuma's name, and he grabbed the Den Den Mushi and roared:
"Don't stop, keep bombarding, keep bombarding!!!"
Spandain shouted at the top of his lungs. In fact, there was no need for his reminder at all. The navy officers who were carrying out the demon-killing order had no intention of stopping the bombardment.
There was a roar of cannons on the sea, and another round of salvos was fired towards the Kingdom of Solbe.
However, this time, as soon as the salvo of gunfire sounded, the navy was shocked to find that the sea level in front of them seemed to have suddenly risen at this moment.
On the coast.
The bear's figure fell quickly from the air. After taking a deep breath, he took a stance, made some adjustments, put his hands together in front of his chest, and activated the power of the Meatball Fruit.
As the bear slowly opened its palms, a transparent little bear paw appeared in the center of its palms.
The bear spread out his hands and gently moved the transparent little bear paw in the palm of his hand, and the paw floated towards the sea in front of the bear.
As the transparent bear paw slowly flew out, its volume expanded rapidly. The raindrops falling from the sky were bounced away and disappeared without a trace the moment they touched the expanded transparent bear paw.
In front of the bear, a transparent space appeared that was not affected by the rain.
The transparent bear paw fell into the sea and suddenly exploded.
A dazzling white light suddenly burst out in the sea.
At this moment, heaven and earth were silent.
Suddenly, huge waves arose on the sea surface, spanning hundreds of meters. As the waves rushed towards the distant sea, the width and height of the waves were still growing rapidly.
When the waves approached the naval fleet, they had turned into a tsunami, spanning ten thousand meters, stretching as far as the eye could see, with waves tens of meters high, crashing directly down towards the naval warships.
"How is this possible?!!"
On the command ship, Spandane stared at the approaching tsunami, his mouth open in disbelief. On the deck, the sailors stared at the tsunami, their minds blank, their energy and resolve gone.
In the fleet, several lieutenant generals were also shocked by the bear's amazing power, and anxiously directed the people on the ship to evade it.
However, in this tsunami, human power is ultimately extremely limited.
With no one standing up to resist this violation, everything the navy did was in vain.
The warship was caught by the waves and could not resist the power of "nature". It was swept into the sea by the waves.
The heavy rain is still falling.
The fog lights in the distance have disappeared without a trace.
The turbulent sea water slowly calmed down.
Bear stood on the beach, looking at the vast sea in the distance, two tear marks appeared on his face. Gently taking off the rain hat on his head, Bear raised his head and let the rain fall on his body.
A little further away, Mihawk stood in an open space with a long sword on his back, watching the tsunami caused by the bear submerge the navy's fleet. He turned around without saying a word and disappeared in the rain.
The entire naval fleet carrying out the demon-killing order was destroyed!
Thunderstorms come quickly and go away quickly.
The heavy rain stopped in less than an hour.
The thick dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated. Although there was no sunlight, the originally desolate streets of the Solbe Kingdom became bustling again.
In front of a shop on the street, a man, cigarette in his mouth, looked at the clearing sky again, a distressed expression on his face:
"This damn weather changes so quickly!"
"My poker friends have already made an appointment, and it's sunny?!"
All nations.
One Heart Dojo.
In the dojo, a group of young swordsmen in training uniforms sat cross-legged around the area, looking at the two men holding wooden swords and confronting each other in the center of the dojo, all with an expression of great interest on their faces.
This is a "regular show" in their dojo - the eldest sister teaches the ignorant newbie a lesson.
The two people facing each other were a boy and a girl. The girl was slightly older, about ten years old, with a pretty face and short hair. She held a wooden sword in both hands and scolded her opponent:
"Just because you have an extra sword in your hand doesn't mean you're a two-sword swordsman."
"Having another knife doesn't necessarily make you any more powerful than before."
"This will only hinder you!"
This girl is the daughter of Shimotsuki Koshiro, named Kuina, and is the most talented swordsman girl in Isshin Dojo.
Her opponent was Zoro, who had been training with Yoriichi Tsugakuni for a period of time.
Zoro is young and boys develop late, so he is more than a head shorter than Kuina. Although he is not as tall as Kuina, Zoro is holding a wooden sword in each hand at this time, and the aura he exudes does not show any fear at all.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"I'm different now!"
"I will definitely be able to defeat you today!"
Zoro listened to Kuina's words, bared his teeth, and shouted angrily.
However, his powerful "declaration" caused bursts of laughter among the people in other dojos and academies around him.
Defeat Kuina?
Since Zoro entered the scene, he has often challenged Kuina, but failed every time.
In Kuina's hands, Zoro would often have his weapon knocked away after just a few moves. In their opinion, the result of today's fight would be the same.
As for Zoro holding two swords? To the students, this was pure grandstanding.
If the more swords one holds, the stronger a swordsman becomes, then are there any swordsmen in this world who only carry one weapon?!
"snort!"
Kuina looked at Zoro's aggressive look, snorted, and glanced at him with some pride.
Feeling Kuina's gaze, Zoro no longer hesitated. He exerted force with his feet and rushed directly towards Kuina.
(End of this chapter)
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