Chapter 224: The Battle of Ice and Fire, the Clash of Justice! (Two in One)
Sakaski's eyes swept over Kuzan, and after muttering gloomily, he looked at the naval gun under Kuzan's feet.
The warship's main gun had been frozen solid by Kuzan's devil fruit ability. Through the transparent ice, Sakaski could still see the long crack on the gun barrel.
The steel gun barrel had been cracked by Kuzan's freezing.
Sakaski's gaze shifted back to Kuzan, his expression darkening.
"Vice Admiral Kukuzan?" The sailors on the deck saw Kuzan's figure and looked at him in surprise. They didn't know why he suddenly appeared on this warship and froze the ship's guns to prevent them from carrying out the demon-slaying order.
Looking at the stunned and bewildered expressions of the people around him, Kuzan frowned and said:
"Why are your artillery fire directed at the refugee ships on the west coast?"
"Don't you know that those gathered there are just ordinary people?"
"The target of this mission is the scholars on this island who are illegally researching blank history. Do you understand what your target is?"
Although Kuzan said this to all the sailors on the deck, his eyes only swept over the other sailors and looked directly at Sakaski.
Kuzan knew very well that the only person on this warship who was qualified to give such an order was Sakaski. Sakaski was a serious man, and the sailors under him were also well controlled by him. Without Sakaski's approval, no one would disobey his orders and act on their own.
Noticing Kuzan's gaze, Sakaski remained calm, raised his head, looked directly into Kuzan's eyes, and snorted softly:
"snort!"
"I was the one who gave the order to attack the refugee ship!"
"So, Kuzan, do you have any opinions?!"
"You should have seen the chaos. With that kind of screening, there's no way to guarantee that scholars haven't infiltrated those 'refugees.'"
"If even just one of O'Hara's scholars escapes, all our efforts will be wasted!"
"Is the goal of the mission just the Demon Slayer Order?"
"Our mission is to prevent unnecessary turmoil in the world!"
"The one who doesn't understand the mission objective is you!"
When Sakaski said this, he was very confident. At the end, he even shouted at Kuzan. As soon as the voice fell, Sakaski waved his hand to the subordinates behind him and ordered:
"The main guns are useless. Turn the ship around and continue the attack with the side guns!"
"Sink that refuge ship!"
Sakaski's face was resolute, he ignored Kuzan and gave the order directly.
Kuzan was stunned when he heard Sakaski's explanation. His first reaction to what Sakaski said was "no problem". However, after a brief moment of shock, Kuzan reacted immediately and said angrily:
"Sakaski, as a marine, are you planning to kill innocent people?"
"There might be scholars aboard the refugee ship, so we need to intensify the screening!"
"You made this decision just to save trouble!"
Hearing Kuzan's words, the navy soldiers on the deck who were ready to take action stopped in their tracks, turned around to look at Kuzan, then looked at Sakaski, and after a little hesitation, left the deck and continued their action.
For ordinary marines, although Kuzan and Sakaski both have the rank of lieutenant general, on this ship, Sakaski is the leader.
"Killing innocent people?"
"I'm doing this for the greater good!"
"For this, what does the sacrifice of a few people mean? As long as I can maintain peace and stability in this world, even if it means sacrificing myself, it doesn't matter!!"
Sakaski didn't hesitate at all in the face of Kuzan's questioning. He shouted directly. Seeing Kuzan open his mouth and was about to say something, Sakaski interrupted him directly:
"Kuzan, are you going to stop me and stop the Navy Headquarters from continuing to implement the Demon Killing Order?!"
As he spoke, Sakaski's right arm had already turned into magma. Even though Kuzan was several meters away from Sakaski, he could still clearly feel the rolling heat wave. The strong smell of sulfur rushed into his nostrils, making Kuzan frown.
"I'm not stopping the Navy from carrying out the Demon Killing Order. I'm just stopping you from killing innocent people!"
Kuzan strengthened his belief. As he spoke, a thin mist of ice came out of his mouth. In the blink of an eye, the ice under his feet spread rapidly around. The sea surface around Sakaski's warship quickly froze. Not only that, Kuzan's devil fruit ability was also affecting the entire warship.
All the guns and shells on the warship were directly sealed by the thick ice.
"asshole!"
Noticing Kuzan's movements, Sakaski no longer hesitated. After a roar, Sakaski flew directly towards Kuzan at the bow of the ship. As he swung his fist, rolling heat waves gushed out from the magma and rushed towards Kuzan.
"Sakaski!"
Kuzan quickly pulled out a dead wood from his waist and pointed the tip of the knife at Sakaski in the air. Facing Sakaski's attack, he not only did not dodge, but instead straightened his body and took the initiative to meet it. A pillar of ice shot out directly from the blade.
At the same time, ice spikes condensed out from the ice pillar and turned into a huge barbed net, covering Sakaski from all sides.
"boom!!!!!"
Thick ice and lava collided with each other, and the mist spread directly on the deck, blocking the vision of Kuzan and Sakaski. At this moment, countless ice spikes pierced through the thick mist and stabbed towards Sakaski.
Sakaski could clearly feel that these ice spikes were filled with powerful armed color domineering.
"He actually integrated Haki into the power of the Nature Devil Fruit?"
"I haven't seen you for a while. This guy's understanding of Haki and the development of his devil fruit abilities have become stronger!"
Sakaski looked at the attacks coming from all around him, his pupils shrinking slightly. His body completely transformed into the elements. Just as he was about to counterattack, a cold voice came from behind him:
"Sakaski, stop it now!"
"I don't want to hurt my companions."
Sakaski was halfway through his elemental transformation, his entire body already transformed into lava. The magma overflowing from his feet had already melted through the ice and the deck. The moment he heard this voice, Sakaski paused, slowly turned his head, and looked behind him.
At some point, Kuzan's figure had already passed through the thick mist and came behind Sakaski. The dead wood in his hand was wrapped in a sharp ice knife, and the powerful armed color domineering had formed a sword edge, pressing against Sakaski's vest.
It was obvious that he could succeed in one strike, but Kuzan stopped at this moment.
Kuzan's body is now half physical and half elemental. When he spoke, bursts of cold air emanated from his half-elemental body.
"Anyone who disobeys orders is not my companion!"
Looking at Kuzan behind him, there was no extra expression on Sakaski's elementalized face. After a roar, Sakaski's body suddenly accelerated the process of elementalization. The magma directly penetrated the deck of the warship, and the rolling lava flowed into the cabin. Sakaski's figure suddenly disappeared from Kuzan's sight.
“Boom!!!!”
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the cabin of the warship, and a figure broke through the hull and landed on the ice. Sakaski stood up as soon as he touched the ice, and quickly rushed towards the refuge ship in the distance.
Although he is the owner of the Nature Fruit, Sakaski, who once studied under Zephyr, is also proficient in the Navy Six Styles. However, after eating the Devil Fruit, the Navy Six Styles are of no use to him.
But today, the six styles that he had abandoned for many years were picked up again by him, and they came in handy.
Sakaski's figure, like a lava demon, lightly tapped in the air, and a sonic boom suddenly sounded from the air. Sakaski's figure rushed towards the refuge ship in the distance at a rapid speed.
Big fire!
In mid-air, lava began to condense on Sakaski's right arm, forming a giant lava arm more than ten meters long, which slammed down hard on the refuge ship docked on the coast.
On the refugee ship at this time, there were not only O'Hara's people, but also Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan's subordinates, and even several CP9 members wearing black suits on the ship, but Sakaski simply turned a blind eye to all of this.
What he wants to do is to destroy this ship and never let any of O'Hara's people go!
Only by killing them all can we eliminate the trouble forever!
"What is that then?"
"Lieutenant General Sakaski!? Why would Lieutenant General Sakaski attack us?"
"Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General Sakaski, we are the navy!"
On the refugee ship, ordinary people and navy personnel saw the huge lava fist covering the sky and shouted in horror. The navy opened their arms towards Sakaski and waved hard, trying to attract Sakaski's attention.
However, what responded to them was a huge fist that came down quickly.
Bits of magma fell onto the deck, and the terrifying heat directly burned through the deck, leaving a burning hole on the deck, and then fell into the cabin.
Just when Sakaski's attack was about to fall, a terrifying gravity was suddenly exerted on him. Caught off guard, Sakaski's figure flew directly over the refugee ship and then slammed heavily on the beach.
The violent recoil made Sakaski unable to breathe and he lay on the beach, unable to stand up for a while.
“This power is”
Sakaski slowly exited the elemental state and felt a strong sense of disharmony in his body, and a sweet taste came from his throat.
A gust of sea breeze blew, and Kuzan's figure began to slowly gather in front of Sakaski. Kuzan grabbed the long sword with one hand, pointed at Sakaski on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant General Sakaski, I will never allow you to continue to attack the refugee ship!"
"If you insist, then walk over my dead body."
"I won't hold back anymore!"
Looking at Kuzan's determined expression, Sakaski slowly stood up. Without any unnecessary nonsense, hot magma began to gush out from his arms. In the blink of an eye, Sakaski's feet were covered with magma. At this moment, he was like a volcano about to erupt, accumulating terrifying energy.
When Kuzan saw Sakaski's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh softly. A thin layer of ice mist came out of his mouth, and a thick layer of ice had already formed under his feet.
The freely flowing magma and the rapidly spreading ice suddenly collided with each other, and thick mist rose from the shore. Just as Sakaski was about to take action, a loud explosion suddenly came from the sea, and a figure quickly crossed hundreds of meters of sea area and approached the shore quickly.
A moment later, a tall sailor suddenly broke into the battlefield.
Although it was winter, the sailor was wearing a pair of wooden clogs, and when he stepped on the ice, there was a slight sound.
Sakaski looked carefully and found that the navy man who appeared on the coast was a familiar face.
"Are you the navy officer on Ji Guoyuan's ship?"
"A smile!"
Sakaski recognized the person and frowned slightly. He recalled the gravity that had been inexplicably transmitted to him before, and realized that the previous attack was the ability of the navy in front of him.
"I'm truly, truly sorry."
"Lieutenant General Sakaski, please spare these innocent people!"
Yixiao tapped the ice with his cane, slowly walked to Kuzan's side, and stood side by side with Kuzan.
Although he said something like "sorry," Sakaski was very clear about what Yixiao meant. If he disagreed, he would have to face not only Kuzan but also Yixiao in front of him.
Sakaski also had a deep impression of Issho. When he first met Yoriichi Tsugakuni in the South China Sea, Sakaski felt the terrifying power of Issho's devil fruit from afar.
After being shot down by Tsugekuni Yoriichi in the South China Sea and rescued by his subordinates, Sakaski became interested in Tsugekuni Yoriichi. Before that, he only knew Tsugekuni Yoriichi indirectly from Zephyr and from conversations with the headquarters navy.
The first time I met Ji Guoyuan was in the South China Sea.
After that, Sakaski also investigated the navy personnel around Yoshikazu Tsugakuni.
The smile in front of me was one of the targets of the investigation at that time.
Ever since Yixiao left the Dawn Sword branch of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, he and Kuzan have been active in the world. Today, Sakaski met Yixiao for the second time after several years.
"Do you know how much trouble your actions will potentially bring to this world?"
In front of Yixiao and Kuzan, Sakaski's tone softened a little, but when he said this, he was still full of confidence and his voice was loud.
"All I know is that slaughtering ordinary people for a vague 'possibility' can absolutely not be called justice!"
"Sakaski, you and I are going in opposite directions!"
Kuzan looked resolute, without any confusion in his eyes, and spoke with a firm tone.
Yixiao heard this and didn't say much. He showed a faint smile on his face, then took a step back and came to Kuzan's side and back. He slowly raised his cane and held the hilt of the knife with one hand. His attitude was self-evident.
Sakaski looked at the two of them, his expression changing from gloomy to bright. His gaze passed over Kuzan and Yixiao and looked at the refuge ship docked on the shore. He was silent for a long time, and his body began to withdraw from the elemental state. He walked past Kuzan and Yixiao.
"Your naiveté will eventually bring disaster to this world."
"I hope that when that day comes, you will still be as resolute as you are now and not regret it."
"I will report this matter to General Zhan Guo."
As he spoke, Sakaski walked to the shore, took a deep look at the refugee ship, then jumped and left O'Hara.
Looking at Sakaski's departing back, Kuzan put his hands in his trousers and muttered to himself:
"I will never regret it!"
"Although the pursuit of pure justice is difficult, I will never give up. I will work hard with Yixiao and that guy!"
(End of this chapter)
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