Chapter 229: Desperate Situation (part 2)
“?!”
“You, you are… Cipher Pol!”
Looking at the two familiar faces in black suits in front of him, Bin Jack reacted almost immediately.
【Cipher Pol】 abbreviated as CP, is publicly composed of eight departments from CP1 to CP8, and is a secret spy agency under the World Government-affiliated institution Justice Island.
As a force independent of the Navy, their main job is to engage in shady work like espionage and assassination.
Although their apparent strength is not as powerful as the Navy’s, they are deeply trusted by the World Government, and even in the eyes of some true high-level figures, CP is the inner lining of the World Government.
However, due to their pervasive nature and unscrupulous methods, even within the World Government, they are figures that make people change color at the mention.
“Sorry, First Mate. Although we spent a short time together, we still have to ask you to die.”
“So that’s it. Now it seems the conflict between Wald and the Beasts Pirates was also instigated by you!”
“Cough!”
“When you boldly attacked the Celestial Dragons’ ship, your ending was already doomed.”
Whoosh!
Without saying any more nonsense, the two CP agents used “Shave” to teleport in front of Bin Jack.
“Finger Pistol!”
Pitch-black Armament Haki coated their fingers, and the Navy’s signature body technique was equally powerful in these agents’ hands.
“Cordyceps Heavy Strike!”
Seeing their own First Mate completely unable to react, Nai Qin no longer cared about the battle situation on Wald’s side and directly used a Traditional Chinese Medicine Fist move to force back the two agents.
“Still resisting stubbornly?”
“You can’t possibly leave this sea area alive today.”
The two CP agents said coldly.
The lifeboat was not large in size, and fighting in such a cramped space was a huge advantage for these agents proficient in assassination techniques.
“Hmph! Not necessarily… Chinese Medicine Poison Mist!”
Nai Qin stepped in front of Bin Jack and swung her sleeve, immediately sending a large cloud of green mist straight at the two agents.
“Moonwalk!”*2
Bang~bang~
“Rankyaku!”*2
The two agents coordinated seamlessly, immediately launching attacks from left and right after using Moonwalk to escape the poison mist range.
Whoosh—!
Whoosh—!
Splash!
The bow where Nai Qin and Bin Jack were was instantly sliced off and fell into the sea, but after the poison mist dissipated, the two were nowhere to be seen.
“Escaped into the sea? What a trouble…”
“Ignore them for now, go help the others finish off the remaining members of the Wald Pirates.”
To ensure nothing went wrong, the CP members planted by the World Government in the Wald Pirates far exceeded these two, and these members did not know each other, only revealing themselves together upon receiving the order to act.
Habitually adjusting his hat, one of them looked at the battle in the sky and added:
“By the way, contact the Navy side and tell them they can move out.”
“Mm.”
……
“Uro-ro-ro-ro!”
“Wald, your crew members are too weak! They got completely wiped out so easily!”
In the clouds, Kaido was still maintaining his dragon form, constantly twisting his body to dodge attacks from Wald.
He was consciously dragging Wald away, keeping him away from his pirate ship.
After all, with Wald’s Devil Fruit Ability, paired with the cannons on those warships, he could unleash maximum power; now pulling the battlefield into the sky, he could only rely on the special small cannonballs he carried.
Taking a moment to glance at the enemy’s only warship that had been sunk, Kaido revealed a smile of a plan succeeding.
This time, bringing almost all combat personnel and ships from within the organization to encircle this notorious World Destroyer in the New World was essentially Kaido wanting to test what level the Beasts Pirates’ current combat power had reached.
No matter how much training at home or how good the performance, it was just paper strength.
True combat power measurement still had to be on the battlefield; Kaido didn’t want his subordinates to become like those decorative armies raised by kingdoms.
『Lost two… no, three ships. But this cannon rhythm and sinking speed isn’t bad.』
Although the warships’ battle damage ratio was three to one, sinking the enemy ships in such a short time was already quite good.
After all, judging from those warship wreckage, the enemy had deployed ability users, and Kaido noticed that their side’s cannon fire rhythm had been very good, quickly adjusting even after a mid-battle disruption.
Some were happy, some worried; while Kaido was still nodding inwardly at his fleet’s performance, Wald, who was fighting him, was not in a good mood~
His side hadn’t exchanged many moves yet, and when he looked down, the ship was gone!
This sank too fast!
Although relying on the Momo Fruit’s own speed amplification allowed him to easily use air-staying techniques like ‘Moonwalk’, he couldn’t keep jumping around in the sky like this?!
“Damn it!”
“Momo·Hundred Times Scattershot!”
Throwing a handful of special cannonballs with great force, the anxious Wald directly used the maximum hundred times amplification!
Over a dozen cannonballs turned into terrifying kinetic weapons the instant he activated his ability, smashing hard into Kaido’s massive dragon body.
Bang!!!
The chain of massive explosions directly shattered Kaido’s dragon scales flying everywhere.
“Ah… that hurts! It hurts so much, damn it!”
“Heat Breath!”
“Momo·Fifty Times Speed!”
With near-teleportation speed, Wald vanished from under Kaido’s dragon breath and suddenly appeared above his head.
“Momo·Fifty Times Hammer!”
Body spinning at high speed, using the terrifying speed amplification from the Momo Fruit, Wald concentrated all the accumulated centrifugal force into his right fist and hammered down fiercely!
Bang!
A sound like an earthquake reverberated in the sky, and the originally thick ink-like dark clouds were directly churned up and down by this punch.
The Wald Pirates might not be strong enough, but World Destroyer Bondi Wald was absolutely not weak!
Although neither side might have been serious, a man who had clashed with naval powerhouses like the Navy, Roger, Golden Lion, Whitebeard on the sea and retreated unscathed couldn’t lack real skill.
The Momo Fruit’s pervert-like ability was enough to prop up a powerhouse no one could ignore.
At least for the current Kaido, Bondi Wald was an opponent requiring full effort.
……
“Ugh…!”
After a cry of pain, Kaido was directly punched into rolling his eyes, his body swaying as he plummeted downward.
“Hmph!”
No time to care about Kaido falling from the clouds, Wald immediately stepped back to his own fleet’s wreckage, now a sea of fire, using steps like “Moonwalk”.
“Boss!”
“Binjack Boss!”
“Where are you?”
On a lifeboat, Wald shouted loudly, but everywhere he looked was broken masts and debris.
His crew members were either lying on floating wood or drifting on the sea surface, but all were silent… completely silent!
If observed closely, one would find gunshot-like holes at these people’s throats and hearts.
But Wald had no heart to care about that now; he was increasingly anxious to find his boss.
“Boss!”
……
On the other side, Kaido, who had taken a heavy hammer blow, had reverted to human form and stood up from the Beasts Pirates’ main ship.
“Ouch ouch ouch! It hurts so much!”
“That guy Wald really has some strength.”
Clutching his forehead, Kaido reflected on his earlier underestimation.
The Mythical Zoan’s super recovery power and combat endurance made him subconsciously test enemies first with his highest-defense beast form in battle.
This tactic was originally fine; after all, figuring out the opponent’s moves would make it easier to gain the upper hand in subsequent fights.
But this time he took a fall; in his Azure Dragon form, he couldn’t dodge the enemy’s super heavy blow and was directly struck down!
『Looks like I need to be more careful in the future.』
After reflecting inwardly, Kaido asked the person beside him.
“Ember, what’s the situation on the other side now?”
“Skipgate just called via Den Den Mushi; the Navy side has started moving.”
Recalling the earlier communication, Ember reported briefly:
“And it’s not just the Navy; they also spotted quite a few pirate flags in that fleet.”
“Heh heh! Navy and pirates mixed together? This scene is really nostalgic~”
That multi-faction grand melee from back then, even after so long, every detail remained vivid in Kaido’s memory.
“Right, what about those two brats?”
“With their speed, they should have arrived long ago.”
