Chapter 250: Turning The Tide
“I’ll come to your aid!”
Aoxi, who had yielded the main attack position, was naturally not idle either. She directly did a backflip to Obei’s back, then placed both hands on her back.
“Eighteen Styles of the Tail—Old Man Pushing Cart!”
Crimson wings instantly extended, and the slender dragon tail also began spinning rapidly like a propeller… Obei in front hadn’t even had time to complain about this lousy name when she felt an extremely strong pushing sensation on her back.
It was really strong and powerful, strong and powerful!
At this moment, Aoxi seemed to have transformed into a ruthless Red Dragon brand turbofan engine, providing Obei with the ultimate physical boost!
And this move was indeed effective. Sengoku, who was already in the lower position, was caught off guard again by the opponent’s suddenly enhanced thrust and was actually pushed bit by bit toward the sea surface.
『This is bad!』
“What a chance!”
“Obei!”
“Got it!”
The two who were in sync instantly reached a tacit understanding. A pair of thick dark blue wings suddenly unfurled, forming a bizarre angle with the crimson dragon wings behind her.
Whoosh—whoosh—hiss~
The two pairs of wings in completely different styles flapped in an odd yet harmonious rhythm.
The massive airflows stirred up circulated in the narrow space between the four wings, clashing with each other, confronting each other, then merging… ultimately forming a powerful turbulent flow that brought the two the utmost propulsion.
“Take this! This is our blood-boiling combo move!”
“This, this is!”
The many soldiers and officers on the warship watched this scene in the sky, all dumbfounded.
The originally invisible wind now not only had color, but also shape!
The propulsion turbulent flow formed by Aoxi and Obei’s paired wings flapping didn’t dissipate after completing its mission, but instead kept gathering behind the two!
As the thrust grew stronger and the turbulence more abundant, it actually gradually pulled down the thick clouds from the sky…
Clouds are formless, wind is shapeless, yet these two most changeable and elusive things between heaven and earth took on fixed shapes in their intertwining at this moment.
It was as if a world-ending iron fist was swung down from the clouds by a titan that reached the heavens.
In everyone’s eyes, opposite Sengoku, a massive fist composed of wind and clouds wrapped around a majestic giant dragon on its arm was smashing ruthlessly downward.
Sengoku’s pupils dilated wide. Even knowing that the so-called giant’s fist had no substance, just an illusion formed by specific airflows, it didn’t stop the ‘illusion’ from arising in his heart that he was confronting a god.
Bang~
Bang~bang~
Bang~bang~bang~
The frequency of the Moonwalk underfoot kept increasing, but it still couldn’t halt the trend of his body’s descent.
The massive pressure ahead like a falling sky forced him to retreat again and again!
Twenty meters!
Nineteen meters!
Seventeen meters!
Thirteen meters!
Eleven meters!
The distance to the sea surface was getting closer! Lower and lower!
If this continued, the instant he touched the seawater would be his defeat as Navy Admiral—the Buddha Sengoku!
“Seven meters!”
“Only seven meters left!”
“How do you feel now, feel anything?”
“Kekekekekeke!”
The red-haired brat’s voice full of malicious mockery came from ahead, but Sengoku had no mind to pay attention.
As the ‘Wise General’, he whose strength far surpassed Aoxi, the two of them, even Kaido, was actually going to be defeated in this manner!
Insult!
And an undoubted… ultimate insult!
In Sengoku’s heart, this was undoubtedly more terrifying and frightening than facing a billion vicious pirates!!!
And above all that—unwillingness!
“I—I’m a Navy Admiral!”
“I’m the Navy who will suppress all pirates with ‘Dominating Justice’ in the future, returning peaceful lives to all ordinary people on the sea!”
“I absolutely, absolutely will not fall here!!!!”
“Hah!”
“Admiral!”
“Admiral Sengoku! You…”
Sengoku’s speech directly shocked all the Navy present. It was their first time hearing this always composed admiral so bluntly shout out his ideals.
【Dominating Justice】, truly stirring!
“Everyone, stop standing around! Immediately support Admiral Sengoku!”
Vice Admiral Mien, who had woken up, was the first to step forward. Dragging his injured body, he leaped up and arrived behind Sengoku.
“Admiral, that justice that lets everyone live in peace… please let me help you with it too!”
Saying this, ignoring the wound splitting open from overexertion, he placed both hands on Sengoku’s back and stepped Moonwalk with all his might!
Bang!
Bang!
That sound of stepping through the air was like heavy hammers pounding on the hearts of all the Navy below, pounding on their justice hearts that had weathered storms yet remained steadfast.
“I’ll help you!”
“Me too!”
“And me!”
…
“Admiral Sengoku, we will always admire you!”
In an instant, all the officers who could use Moonwalk gathered behind Sengoku, under that shining golden Justice Coat.
And the remaining ordinary soldiers who couldn’t use Moonwalk weren’t idle either; they all sang the resounding Navy Justice Song, their voices shaking the heavens for a moment!
“…”
“This, this is dual boost from willpower and BGM?”
Aoxi said somewhat uneasily from behind.
And Obei in front of her was dumbfounded.
Ignoring the critical moment of the struggle, she forcibly twisted her head back and stared deathly at Aoxi with a murderous gaze.
“Eh? W-what’s wrong with you?”
“What’s wrong?”
“You still have the nerve to ask what’s wrong?!”
Obei gnashed her teeth:
“Can’t you just shut that lousy mouth of yours?! You had to pop out with mockery right when we were about to win.”
“Would it kill you to fight quietly! Or do you not know how to fight without opening your mouth?!”
“You with the countdown! You with the ‘how do you feel’! You with the ‘kekeke’! Now look, they’ve united as one! We’re just waiting to get steamrolled!”
Obei now felt a sense of despair like pushing all the way to the demon king’s castle only to find her teammate was a demon king army spy.
“T-this, can you blame me?”
“I just habitually said a few things offhand. Who could’ve predicted this willpower explosion?”
Aoxi retorted guiltily, then quickly changed the subject.
“Hey! This isn’t the time to dwell on that!”
“Quickly turn your head back, and we’ll focus on the enemy!”
“…”
“No use.”
“Eh?”
“The time for the backup hidden energy has ended.”
As soon as Obei finished speaking, the black gang wind instantly collapsed. The oncoming golden impact mercilessly blasted the two whose divine power was exhausted flying, directly shattering the ‘Giant’s Fist’ behind them as well.
Buzz—boom!
The clouds in the sky were once again blasted with an even bigger hole.
Plop~
Plop~
Several seconds later, two splashes of similar volume came one after the other.
Sunlight shone through the hole in the clouds, falling on the two little ones floating on the sea surface with eyes spinning and passed out.
“Phew~”
“It’s over.”
“Yeah, it’s over.”
Battle over, the officers in the air returned to the ship.
Though the prolonged overload Moonwalk made their legs tremble a bit, the joy of victory still soothed their physical and mental fatigue well.
“Haha, didn’t expect these two brats to be this strong~ practically two mini calamities.”
“If it were me, I’d probably not last even one round.”
“But as expected, Admiral Sengoku is even more amazing~”
A major general sighed, but was immediately interrupted by a serious voice:
“What are you saying? If not for you all, I alone couldn’t have beaten them.”
“This victory is all thanks to you!”
“Y-you, what are you saying? We could only watch from afar the whole time, only contributing at the very end…”
“No, it was precisely your support at the last moment that turned my defeat into victory.”
“Not just you officers, but also those ordinary soldiers—their cheering was very crucial!”
“In this battle, you all are the contributors!”
At this point, Sengoku’s originally serious voice also became impassioned. After enduring hardships and finally turning defeat to victory through everyone’s united belief in justice, what could be more fitting for the Navy’s main theme?
“By the way, Admiral, that 【Dominating Justice】 is…”
“Yeah, sounds so cool! ‘Dominating’!”
“Uh… this, that…”
He had shouted it out in the heat of the moment then, but now thinking back, it felt a bit embarrassing.
After all, this so-called 【Dominating Justice】 was still just in its embryonic form. Sengoku originally planned to refine it over the coming days and implement it as his justice philosophy after becoming Fleet Admiral.
“Alright! We’ll talk about that later. First, go deal with those two brats.”
In the end, Sengoku chose to change the subject, turning his gaze to Aoxi and the two floating on the sea.
『They didn’t even sink straight to the seabed, these two exactly…』
“Admiral, should we kill them directly?”
“No, first cuff them with Seastone Handcuffs and lock them up.”
“Their abilities are very special. Taking them back for research might help us.”
After all, making ability users unafraid of seawater was technology that broke common sense no matter how you thought about it.
“Yes!”
Vice Admiral Mien nodded, about to take the Seastone Handcuffs handed over by a soldier, but was stopped by another major general he was close with.
“Mien, you’re injured, so rest up first. Leave this small task to me.”
“Mm… alright. Be careful, cuff several pairs of handcuffs.”
“Haha, with me handling it, don’t worry~”
That major general smiled and nodded, then looked at Mien’s waist.
“By the way, your sword was broken by that red-haired brat, right? I got a famous sword recently; try it when we get back.”
“How could I…”
“Don’t stand on ceremony~ We’re from the same batch, came out from under Mr. Zephyr together back then—what’s with the politeness?”
“Just treat me to a meal at the Golden Glazed Pavilion later.”
“…”
“…Fine.”
“Haha~ Bring a few extra wallets; I don’t want to end up washing plates there.”
Getting a satisfactory reply, that major general smiled and waved, then leaped off the deck.
Bang~
“Divine Strike.”
The hours after getting off work really aren’t enough for writing! Can’t even finish four thousand words!!
