The temperature of Kaido's body began to gradually dissipate. After cutting off Kaido's head, Yoriichi Tsugakuni did not leave immediately, but stood silently beside Kaido's body waiting for his breath to completely dissipate.
Only after Tsugakuin was no longer able to feel any vitality from Kaido's body did he slowly squat down, reach into Kaido's chest, and take out the ring embedded in pure gold.
After looking at it in his palm for a few seconds, Jiguo Yuanyi put the ring back on his finger.
The powerful observation Haki swept across the island, but Jigoku Yoshiichi suddenly discovered that Wang Zhi's breath had disappeared without a trace.
At least the Observation Haki that was enough to cover the entire Beehive Island was unable to detect Wang Zhi's breath on the island.
And it's not just Wang Zhi, Tsugikoku Yuichi also didn't sense BIG MOM's presence on the island.
Judging from the information he has obtained so far, BIG MOM should also be one of the great pirates cooperating with Wang Zhi, but when Tsugakuin Yoshiichi attacked Beehive Island, the only great pirates who tried to stop him were Kaido and Wang Zhi.
The other person was an unknown ability user who had just attacked him with a rock arm.
Normally speaking, with a big pirate like Wang Zhi occupying the Hive for so many years, there shouldn't be only a few strong men on the island.
According to Yoriichi Tsugakuni's perception, there was no strong person on the island with an aura as strong as Kaido.
The top fighters of Beehive Island seemed to have used some method to avoid the detection of Jigoku Yoshiichi's Observation Haki.
"Did Wang Zhi and his gang abandon Kaido and run away?"
"Out to sea? The speed shouldn't be so fast."
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was not in a hurry to act. After thinking for a while, he lowered his head slightly and looked at the ground. The observation Haki he released also changed direction and penetrated directly into the soil.
Beehive Island has long been built into a war fortress by pirates.
Although the surface of the Beehive Island is built like a normal country, the underground of the Beehive Island has long been dug by pirates and a super-large underground fortress has been built underground of the Beehive Island.
With the help of Yoriichi Tsugikuni's observation Haki, he could sense that tens of thousands of auras were hiding in the underground fortifications of the hive.
"Is this what Beehive Island means?"
Upon realizing this, Ji Guoyuan's eyes focused, and he was about to break through the surface defenses and pour fire into the underground fortifications, but he suddenly discovered that there were many faint and peaceful auras in his perception, and the owners of those auras did not have the bloodthirsty and violent feeling of pirates.
It seems that they are ordinary people who were captured and brought to the island.
Countless civilians are imprisoned underground on this honeycomb island. When the pirates need them, these "free laborers" can be used to farm, build, and entertain the pirates.
Ordinary people and pirates mixed together, which indirectly increased the difficulty of identification for Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Tearing a strip of cloth from Kaido's clothes, Yunyi hung Kaido's head on his waist, tightened the long sword in his hand, found a nearby bunker entrance, and then walked towards the entrance of the underground fortress of Beehive Island.
He ignored the pirates who were frantically fleeing to the port and trying to go out to sea. Compared to killing those pirates, it was more important to first ensure the safety of the imprisoned slaves.
Wang Zhi escaped by some unknown means, and the destruction of Beehive Island was already a foregone conclusion.
Rescuing a large number of ordinary people will enable these people to further expand the influence of the new navy after they return.
Therefore, whether from a humanitarian perspective or from an interest perspective, the lives of these people are much more precious than the lives of pirates!
At dusk.
Covered in blood, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi led a large group of people to the ruins of the central town of Beehive Island.
Ordinary pirates are no match for Yoshiichi Tsugakuni. The pirates were frightened after recognizing Yoshiichi Tsugakuni. This battle has turned into a one-sided massacre.
Yoriichirō's hair was stained with the pirates' blood, making it sticky and uncomfortable. Yoriichirō Tsugikuni, who led the slaves out of the bunker, still exuded a strong evil aura.
Even after the battle was over, this strong evil spirit lingered for a long time.
This terrifying aura even forced the people he rescued to not dare to get close or talk to their savior, Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
A small number of pirates managed to escape from Beehive Island by chance. In contrast, there were tens of thousands of pirates who failed to escape in time and died under the attack of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Although there are very few buildings in the town that have survived the attack by Tsugakugo Yoshiichi, these dilapidated house ruins can still serve as shelter for the people to spend the night.
After being rescued, the people who have been deprived of freedom for years will no longer care whether the so-called "accommodation conditions" are good enough.
It would be enough if there was a place where they didn't have to sleep in the wilderness.
Among the slaves liberated, Jiguo Yuanyi selected several leaders with relatively high prestige and asked these people to lead the slaves to find supplies on their own.
Fortunately, when the pirates fled, they did not even bother to take enough supplies with them and hurriedly left the island. The supplies on the Beehive Island were still abundant, and there was no problem in feeding these thousands of slaves for a few months.
Jigoku Yoshiichi has also informed Yixiao to send a transport ship to Beehive Island, on the one hand to collect the spoils, and on the other hand to send these slaves back to their country.
This is a huge project and it is not something that Tsugumi Yuichiro can handle alone.
After a tiring day, Ji Guoyuan searched half of the island but still could not find any trace of Wang Zhi and other cadres, so he had no choice but to give up the search.
It seems that the worst outcome has occurred.
Kaido has really become Wang Zhi's abandoned pawn.
"It's really pathetic!"
"A guy like you can actually become someone else's scapegoat."
On the coast, the exhausted Yoshikazu Tsugakuni sat on a rock and untied Kaido's head tied around his waist. A hint of sadness appeared on his face.
Yoriichi Tsugakuni has complicated feelings towards Kaido.
It can't be called hatred, nor can it be called disgust. And Tsugikoku Yoriichi also highly recognizes the strength that Kaido has used.
If he could have been born a few decades earlier, perhaps a strong man like Kaido would not have stood against him, and perhaps in dealing with the Five Elders, Tsugakuni Yoriichi would have had an extra powerful helper.
Kaido's nature is not bad. After all, it is the living environment that changed this guy.
Jiguo Yuanyi took a deep breath and looked towards the sea.
The setting sun dyed the sky orange, the breeze blew gently over the sparkling sea, and the sunset glow in the sky was reflected on the sea, which was beautiful.
Looking at the beautiful scene at sunset, the evil spirit on Jiguo Yuanyi's body gradually dissipated, and his thoughts became clear.
Although he did not kill Wang Zhi with his own hands, he was able to kill Bakin and his son, destroy the Beehive Island, and kill Kaido, but he did not explore another way to use pure gold.
Tsugikoku Yuichi basically achieved all the goals of this trip.
This is his way of comforting the souls of Cyrus and Dressrosa.
"sand--"
Just as Ji Guoyuan was trying to relieve the depression in his chest, the sound of light footsteps suddenly came from the woods behind him.
He slowly turned around and found a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, holding a plate full of pancakes and walking timidly towards Ji Guoyuan.
When the little girl saw Jiguo Yuanyi suddenly turn around and look at her, she was also frightened by his horrible appearance covered in blood, and her hand holding the plate couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Master Jiji Guoyuan"
“This is food.”
The girl seemed to be oppressed by the evil spirit that had not yet completely dissipated from Tsugumi Yoriichi's body. At this time, even her voice became a little trembling. After she finished speaking, she walked tremblingly in front of Tsugumi Yoriichi.
"Thanks"
It was not until this time that Tsugikoku Yoshiichi noticed that wisps of smoke were rising from the direction of the camp.
Just as he was about to thank her, the little girl seemed to be frightened. Before Ji Guoyuan could say thank you, she hurriedly put down the plate in her hand, screamed "Ah!", and quickly fled from the shore.
“.”
The pancake on the plate fell to the ground and was covered with a little dust. Ji Guoyuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.
He looked down at his blood-stained clothes, slowly stood up, and walked towards the beach.
Honeycomb Island, in a underground palace ten thousand meters underground.
Wang Zhi, who had disappeared, and his cadres gathered together at this time. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in the dark underground palace.
This is a projection screen of nearly five square meters, and a Den Den Mushi reflects a bird's-eye view of Beehive Island on the screen.
This is a distant view of the city on Honeycomb Island. All you can see in the picture is the city in ruins and the smoke rising from the center of the city.
The light and shadow illuminated the scene inside the underground palace.
Wang Zhi looked at the scene in the picture calmly. After a long silence, the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.
"Tsugikoku Yoriichi should not have left yet."
"We'll stay here for a few months before leaving."
Wang Zhi's words caused a flurry of discussion among the core cadres in the underground palace:
"Captain, are we just going to hide here? Why don't we go out and fight Jiguo Yuanyi? Are we going to lose to him?!"
"Yes! Captain, you're such a coward if you don't even resist!"
"You guys, are you going against the captain's orders?!"
These discussions disappeared with a roar from cadre Steed Reese.
Even a pirate has three lairs to hunt down a rabbit, let alone a big pirate like Wang Zhi who has been cultivating the Beehive Island for decades.
How could they not be prepared to deal with foreign enemies?
This underground palace, located ten thousand meters below sea level, was Wang Zhi's secret refuge. The existence of this underground palace was known only to a few of his most core cadres.
This underground palace was also built with the help of Los Peña's Island Fruit and Wang Zhi's own ability. If he encounters an enemy that he cannot deal with, he can use this method to avoid the attack of foreign enemies.
I originally thought that this underground palace would never be used, but I didn’t expect that it would actually be used today.
There was a lot of food and fresh water stored in the underground palace. Wang Zhi, who was cautious in his work, never slacked off and even did these things personally.
When Ji Guoyuan landed on the island and attacked, he only blocked Ji Guoyuan's attack one by one, and then he felt the enemy's strength and immediately chose to retreat, with no intention of fighting at all.
It was precisely because of Wang Zhi's decisiveness that the core cadres of Fengchao Island were able to survive.
"Be quiet, everyone!"
"You are all grown up now, you must learn to be patient!"
"Tsugikuni Yoriichi's strength is beyond my expectations. It would be best to avoid his edge."
"As long as we can survive, we won't have to worry about not having the opportunity to make a comeback."
"Those other guys, if they die, they die! It doesn't matter."
Wang Zhi sat on a sofa, holding a cup of fragrant tea in his hand, looking at the Honeycomb Island that had turned into ruins in the picture, and didn't take it seriously at all.
"Is Captain Tsugikuni Yoriichi really that powerful?"
"Tell me, is it possible that we will be discovered if we hide here?"
Los Peña's arm was now wrapped in bandages, and he felt a sharp pain in his arm as he spoke, as if the injury caused by Ji Guoyuan had left a shadow on him.
"Discover? Haha, no."
"Although I don't know how strong his Observation Haki is, I'm afraid he can't penetrate so deep underground."
"And even if he guessed that we might be hiding underground, the underground city on the surface would be enough for him to explore for a while."
"If he can't find any trace of us, he naturally won't think of continuing to explore. He will just think that we have somehow sailed out to sea."
"Don't worry, no one will find us here!"
"After Tsugakugo Yoshiichi leaves, we will still be the masters of Beehive Island!"
Wang Zhi didn't have any concerns about Los Peña at all. He had made several preparations. He had even specially built a secret port on the Honeycomb Island, and a huge underground town in the shallow underground.
And these things are, at best, just smoke bombs to divert the enemy's attention.
It is impossible to find this underground palace ten thousand meters below the surface by following those clues, and how can a normal person possibly find such a place?
Without the power of the devil fruit, it would be impossible to build such an underground palace.
Deep tunnels and underground palaces ten thousand meters below the ground are simply impossible to exist. The pressure of light alone can destroy everything in the underground palace.
but
If it's a devil fruit, that's another story!
Wang Zhi's prediction was correct. Even Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could not have imagined that the enemy might be hiding ten thousand meters underground.
After investigating the surface underground palace and rescuing thousands of people, he did not continue to investigate in depth.
Instead, after stabilizing the accommodation for these people, he tried to go out to sea to search. Although he successfully intercepted and killed some pirates who escaped from the Beehive Island, he still could not find any trace of Wang Zhi and others.
These guys seemed to have evaporated into thin air.
As time passed, the pirates who survived the escape from Beehive Island also spread the news of the destruction of Beehive Island.
It turns out that when Jigoku Yoshiichi attacked Beehive Island, many pirates left the island to "look for food", and the very independent BIG MOM was one of them.
It was also because of this coincidence that BIG MOM did not fight with Yoriichi Tsugakuin and luckily escaped.
Nearly half a month later, the transport ship of the International Nations arrived at Honeycomb Island.
The survivors on the island were taken away one after another, and this island, which was a gathering place of despair and sin, was also engulfed in a sea of fire.
At the same time, the news about the destruction of Beehive Island and Kaido's death spread throughout the world under the active promotion of the New Navy.
Perhaps in the eyes of some people, the news of the destruction of Beehive Island is no big deal at all, but those who truly understand the strength of Beehive Island were shocked when they saw this news.
(End of this chapter)
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