The meteor fell on the coast of Shuixianxing Island, but from the golden flames walked out a red-haired young man with a long sword on his waist.
This strange scene made the faces of all the pirates present change drastically. Just by looking up at the young man's face, many people recognized the identity of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
As one of the most powerful people in the world today, anyone who pays attention to the world situation knows the face of Yuichiro Tsugikuni.
What's more, his long red hair is so iconic, and his handsome face can easily leave a deep impression in other people's minds.
"The Straw Hat Grand Fleet, right?"
As he spoke, Jigoku Yoshiichi gently drew out the long sword from his waist. Although it sounded like he was asking questions, judging from his expression, he had obviously confirmed the identities of these people.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi looked around, his gaze only lingering for a moment on the Sunny docked in the distant harbor, and then fell on the boy and girl lying on the ground in front of the campfire not far away.
The aura of these people was somewhat different from that of the pirates present. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi could not sense any ferocity or bloodiness from them.
Ignoring the pirates who had their weapons drawn and looked alert, Jigoku Yuanyi slowly walked towards the young boys and girls.
"Who are you?"
“Stop!!”
The pirates who recognized Tsugakuni Yoriichi were all trembling with fear and vigilance, standing quietly by the side, not daring to even breathe. However, with so many pirates present, it was impossible for all of them to recognize Tsugakuni Yoriichi at a glance.
There were still some people with limited knowledge who immediately shouted to stop Ji Guoyuan when they saw him approaching their "trophies". By the time the people nearby heard their companions' shouts, it was too late to stop him.
Tsugumi Yuichiro kept walking, and no one saw any other movement from him. They only saw a flash of sword light suddenly shoot out, and it flew over the crowd in a breath, accurately hitting the pirate who had just shouted to stop him.
The latter didn't even react until he was hit by the sword light. He raised the knife towards Tsugikuni Yoriichi and opened his mouth to say something, but the blood surging in his throat blocked his voice. After a while, his consciousness left his body.
“Plop—”
The pirate's body fell powerlessly to the ground. When the people around heard the sound and looked, they saw that their companion had been beheaded and dead. This bloody and horrifying scene made the people around swallow subconsciously, and they didn't dare to look up at Ji Guoyuan.
A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.
Tsugakuni Yoriichi's reputation and majesty have always relied on his sword.
"Where are you from? Why are you here?"
Jiguo Yuanyi walked in front of the group of boys and girls, gently rested the back of the long sword in his hand on his right shoulder, and asked softly.
Yoriichi Tsugakuni's observation Haki is extremely sensitive to the perception of breath. It is precisely because Yoriichi Tsugakuni noticed that the breath of these boys and girls was very different from the "smell" of pirates that he chose to land here.
Otherwise, this beach would have been engulfed in flames long ago.
Of course, Yoshiichirō would not forget the fundamental purpose of his trip, but in addition to achieving his goal, he would not mind wasting time and energy to help some weak people who could be helped.
"We live in town. We were brought here by pirates."
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni walked out from the landing point of the meteor, and in a short while, he killed a pirate casually. Even though he spoke softly at this moment, from the perspective of these boys and girls, they could still feel the huge pressure from Yoshiichi Tsugakuni.
Not knowing whether the visitor was good or evil, when facing Yuanyi's questions, he couldn't help but speak with fear and stuttering.
"In town."
When Jigoku Yoshiichi approached the Mizusei Star Island, his observation Haki had already covered the entire island. He naturally knew that there was a town in the distance where ordinary people lived.
I thought that with Straw Hat Luffy and Rayleigh present, these pirates would not dare to act rashly even if they were stationed here, because based on Yoriichi Tsugakuni's understanding of Luffy and Rayleigh, they would not sit idly by and watch such a thing happen under their noses.
But now it seems that he has overestimated Luffy and the others after all. After all, whether it is the Straw Hat Pirates or the Roger Pirates, they are all small elite pirate groups, and the management ability of these people is almost zero.
Seeing these people in front of him, Jigoku Yoshiichi became more convinced that his choice was correct. Without any nonsense, a golden flame ignited in the palm of his left hand, and then he casually sprinkled it on the boys and girls in front of him.
The flames quickly enveloped the bodies of these people, carrying them slowly into the air, and then flew rapidly towards the distant town.
Although the number of pirates is large, the amount of "trophies" under their control is relatively small. Although Luffy and Rayleigh's management ability of these pirates is not very good, these people are also afraid of leaders like Luffy and Rayleigh, and dare not be too blatant when doing things.
Therefore, the number of people affected was not large.
Ji Guoyuan released his Observation Haki, sensed it carefully, and used his ability to send a group of people away. Then, the only people left present were those guys covered in blood.
From beginning to end, the pirates watched quietly from the side without taking any unusual action. Only after Tsugakuin Yoshiichi finished all this did a short, brown-haired young man bow to Tsugakuin Yoshiichi from a distance. Then he dared to approach Tsugakuin Yoshiichi and introduced himself as he walked:
"Mr. Jiguoyuan Jiguo."
"I am Harta, the captain of the 12th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates."
"Excuse me, why are you here?"
The Whitebeard Pirates had previously reached an agreement with Yoriichi Tsugakuni. Strictly speaking, these remnants of Whitebeard were actually affiliated with Yoriichi Tsugakuni. Kozuki Oden promised on behalf of the entire group that they would help Yoriichi Tsugakuni and his new navy.
But unfortunately, in Kozuki Oden's heart, the promise he made to Tsugikuni Yoriichi is naturally not as important as Joy Boy.
Harta also thought that his status gave him the capital to negotiate with Jiguo Yuanyi, so he dared to show up. However, he was also aware of the huge gap in strength and status between the two sides, so he was very polite before approaching Jiguo Yuanyi.
"The Whitebeard Pirates?"
"I should be the one asking you this. Why are you hanging out with other pirate groups instead of staying in Wano Country?"
After just two sentences, Harta was speechless. It was Kozuki Oden's idea to help the Straw Hat Pirates, and after Whitebeard, the Whitebeard Pirates supported Kozuki Oden as captain.
Harta didn't know why Oden broke his promise with Yoriichi Tsugakuni and left Wano Country. Since the death of Whitebeard, people like them were already satisfied to be able to live with their "family".
However, from their point of view, it is impossible to go against Oden's will.
When Jiguo Yuanyi saw that Harta didn't say anything and had no intention of asking further questions, Jiguo Yuanyi already had the answer in his heart before asking this question.
"Since you didn't keep your promise, you can't blame me."
"Eliminating pirates is our navy's job!"
Ji Guoyuan held the long sword in his hand horizontally, and his whole aura suddenly changed.
"No, no." Harta realized something immediately after hearing this and looked up suddenly, but what greeted him was the slash from Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Conqueror's Haki condensed into a black blade light and released it, sweeping out directly under the horrified gaze of the pirates. Many pirates noticed Tsugikuni Yoriichi's attack and raised their weapons to try to resist. However, the moment their weapons filled with Armament Haki touched the slashing blow, they were directly cut off, and there was no way to block it at all.
The pirates' bodies were just like their tofu-like weapons, being cut in pieces by the horizontal blows.
In just a blink of an eye, the originally joyful seaside party had turned into a Shura scene.
The ground was littered with broken limbs and bodies, as well as pirates who were only breathing their last breaths, lying in a pool of blood, wailing and screaming. The strong smell of blood filled the air.
With just one strike, more than a quarter of the pirates in the large fleet were killed.
Without any pause, Jiguo Yuanyi slashed with the long sword in his hand, and released one slash after another, plowing through one pirate after another. Jiguo Yuanyi killed people like mowing grass, and no pirate was his match. In a short while, the blood had dyed the beach red, and there was no breath of life around Jiguo Yuanyi.
Except for a very small number of pirates who were fleeing towards the harbor, thousands of pirates were killed by Ji Guoyuan's sword.
The flowing blood gathered into a trickle and flowed towards the sea.
Under the moonlight, Ji Guoyuan, whose clothes were not even stained with a trace of blood, shook the long sword in his hand lightly, glanced around at the corpses, and looked in the direction of the Sunny.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni did not use the relatively "soft" devil fruit ability. When facing pirates, only absolute terror could completely intimidate these guys.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni will make all the pirates in the world remember what will be the final fate of becoming a pirate!
The moment Tsugakuni Yoshiichirō's domineering aura was released, the strong men on the Sunny could naturally perceive it clearly. Rayleigh, Oden, Luffy and others also reacted quickly, leaving the ship at a high speed and rushing towards the coast.
However, when they arrived at the scene, all they saw were corpses all over the ground and Yoriichi Tsugikuni standing in the sea of corpses and blood with a knife.
Luffy rushed the fastest. After seeing the corpses all over the ground, he became furious. With his mind on fire, he didn't care who the enemy was. He roared and swung his fist towards Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
"You bastard—"
Just a moment ago, Luffy was bragging and drinking with these people, fantasizing about how he would share the great treasure with those who had helped him, but when Luffy saw these people again, they had turned into corpses.
Luffy, who is sentimental, naturally could not tolerate such a thing. He took action directly without even thinking of speaking.
"Hey, Luffy!!!"
"Stop it, Luffy!"
Rayleigh and Beckman obviously did not expect Luffy to attack so hastily. When they saw the man standing in the middle of the pile of corpses, their faces suddenly changed and they shouted hurriedly.
But their intervention was obviously too late.
The punch attacking Yoshiichi Tsugakuni was quite powerful. Although Luffy had not entered the Nika form at this time, his attack power in the Gear Second form, combined with his increasingly proficient domineering Haki, should not be underestimated.
However, facing Luffy's attack, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni just glanced at him and had no intention of drawing his sword to block it. Instead, he slashed directly towards Luffy.
Tsugakuni Yoriichi's slash came later but arrived first. Luffy's fist was still more than ten meters away from Tsugakuni Yoriichi, but the black slash was already approaching Luffy.
Luffy obviously didn't expect the enemy's attack to come so quickly. By the time he noticed it, it was already too late to avoid it. He was about to be killed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash.
The figures of Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden jumped out from both sides of Luffy. Rayleigh drew his sword and Kozuki Oden wielded two swords. The blades of the two men crossed and directly cut on the incoming attack.
"Buzz—"
Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash was very heavy. The veins on Rayleigh and Oden's arms were exposed like dragons. They tried their best, but could only barely withstand Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash, and had no way to blast away the enemy's sword light.
Feeling the terrifying power of the enemy's slash, Rayleigh and Oden looked at each other tacitly, and swung the blades in their hands upwards, directly changing the direction of the swing, and directing the slash released by Tsugikuni Yoshiichirō towards the sky.
The slash soared into the sky under Luffy's astonished gaze, blasting away the few dark clouds over the Water Star Island, and then sank into the night, disappearing without a trace.
“Boom—”
The slashing attack disappeared, and rumbling thunder could be heard from the sky.
At the same time, Luffy's fist, which he had swung with all his strength, had already reached the front of Yoriichi Tsugakuni, but Yoriichi Tsugakuni just raised his left hand casually to block it. Luffy felt like he had hit an impenetrable iron wall, and his arms softened due to the terrible recoil and quickly retracted towards Luffy.
Just one encounter, the terrifying gap in strength between the enemy and us made both Kozuki Oden and Rayleigh sweat profusely.
Although Beckman and Sanji did not attack together, they saw the calmness and casualness shown by Tsugikuni Yoshiichi in attack and defense, and immediately realized that the strength of this guy in front of them was not on the same level as them.
"Hello, hello, hello"
"What on earth brought you, the Navy Chief of Staff, to Shuixian Star Island in person? And why did you cause such a big fuss?"
"Tsugikoku Yuichi, what are you trying to do?!"
Although Rayleigh was intimidated by Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's strength and knew that Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had ill intentions, he still maintained the calmness that a Pirate King crew member should have, and spoke to break the tense and oppressive atmosphere.
When he lowered his arm, the numbness and soreness in his arm frightened Rayleigh.
"do what?"
"I just wanted to clean up some garbage that needed to be cleaned up."
(End of this chapter)
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