Chapter 327: Chapter 327: Imu’s Military Force, Shamrock
Chapter 327: Imu’s Military Force, Shamrock
Bang!
Smoker’s Jitte, wrapped in Armament Haki, smashed into the ground, generating a massive shockwave.
"Ah!"
Chopper let out a cry of pain as his figure was blasted away.
His strength was far inferior to Smoker’s, not to mention that right now he was carrying Luffy and the other two — making it even more impossible to fight.
All he could do was continuously flee.
And simultaneously—
"..."
Sipping the last bit of cola from his cup through a straw, Roy narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the Straw Hat crew being hunted down by Smoker.
"They are actually on this island too... mm, but calculating the time, it indeed should be about right."
A hint of thought appeared in his expression.
Jinbe appearing on the Sabaody Archipelago today was within his expectations — in the upcoming matters regarding Fish-Man Island, he indeed had things he needed Jinbe’s help with.
But the arrival of the Straw Hat crew was something Roy hadn’t expected.
To be honest, by today, he didn’t have much special emotion towards Luffy.
This contemporary Nika was currently not his enemy — after all, they were both thorns in Imu’s side, and the enemy of an enemy is a friend.
But at the same time, he didn’t expect Luffy to provide him with much help in opposing Imu.
In fact, after already glimpsing the true face of Joy Boy and Davy Jones’ plan, Roy now no longer placed his hopes on anyone — the only thing he could trust was his own power.
So he actually hadn’t thought he would meet Luffy here.
"Give up, comrades of Straw Hat."
Smoker was trash-talking.
"White Fist!"
The fist edge formed from smoke bombarded Chopper’s body, instantly sending the latter’s figure flying far away.
Biting his cigar and gripping his Jitte, Smoker accelerated his pursuit. "Your adventure ends today."
He had no intention of holding back whatsoever.
But—
"Is that so? This old man doesn’t think so."
"This old man can’t just watch young seedlings die prematurely like this."
Beneath the soaring Smoker, a suddenly sounding aged voice made his figure abruptly pause.
Someone?
Horror appeared in Smoker’s eyes — his Armament Haki hadn’t sensed the presence of anyone else nearby at all.
But before he had time to think further—
The next moment, Smoker saw a figure leap up from below.
Beneath his fluttering long silver hair, he held an unadorned longsword in his hand.
Without any flashy movements, he simply raised his sword and swung a slash towards Smoker.
BOOM!
Smoker almost instinctively raised his Jitte to defend, but he immediately found — the slash didn’t hit him, but passed right by.
Yet Smoker’s figure, which had turned into smoke, was still blown far away by the fierce wind accompanying that slash.
VMMM!
It wasn’t until a golden shockwave descended that Smoker barely managed to stabilize his figure.
When he raised his head, he found that figure had already leaped up like a phantom.
Swoosh!
He grabbed Chopper, seemed to say something to the latter, and Chopper immediately transformed into Heavy Point, carrying Luffy and the others in his arms.
The next moment, that old man’s figure turned into a blur again, grabbing Chopper and rapidly fleeing the scene.
"That’s..."
Looking at the other party’s back, Smoker instantly recognized him.
"Dark King Rayleigh!?"
He widened his eyes in disbelief, feeling like he had seen a ghost.
The last time he was about to catch the Straw Hat crew, the Revolutionary Dragon stopped him.
Now that he finally saw an opportunity again, Dark King Rayleigh suddenly jumped out?
"Damn it..."
Smoker immediately turned into a trail of smoke, about to pursue.
But—
"Still chasing? Do you have a death wish?"
Roy’s hand stopped Smoker’s action.
"Roy — you bastard... why didn’t you stop them?"
Smoker glared angrily, his face full of confusion.
"Hey, hey — that is the Dark King. The fact that his strike just now only pushed you away is enough to show he has no intention of a death match with us."
Roy shrugged. "Since that’s the case, why should I stop him?"
He tossed the cola cup in his hand aside.
"Don’t forget, Smoker — what is the purpose of us being here."
He looked at Smoker seriously. "If I start a war with Dark King Rayleigh at a time like this, this island will disappear... and then, the original plan Vice Admiral Garp and I had will also be impossible to carry out."
Hearing this, Smoker was stunned.
Then he couldn’t help but grit his teeth tightly.
Of course he understood Roy’s meaning.
The reason the Star Hunter Unit appeared here was because the World Government was about to launch an attack on Fish-Man Island.
But Roy and Garp had already reached a consensus.
They knew that even the Star Hunter Unit clearly couldn’t stop the action the World Government was determined to carry out this time.
But they intended to try their best to save the lives of more innocent Fish-Men during this incident, and had formulated a plan for this.
And the Sabaody Archipelago directly above Fish-Man Island was the key to executing this plan.
The reason Smoker, Hans, and the others had been clearing out the pirates on the Sabaody Archipelago recently, as well as the warships moored at the Star Hunter Unit Command Headquarters, was largely to ensure the implementation of this plan.
Under such circumstances, Smoker naturally understood — they couldn’t start a war with Dark King Rayleigh.
After all, even though the latter had lost to the Zodiac Snake not long ago, a legend is still a legend.
Now Roy might have the strength to deal with the Dark King, but a great war between the two would inevitably lead to the subsequent plans being impossible to implement.
Even if Smoker was indignant, and even though he cared about the Straw Hat kid, he still had to admit Roy was right — today was indeed not the time.
"Damn it... how on earth did that Straw Hat kid hook up with the Dark King..."
Looking at Rayleigh, who had already disappeared from sight, Smoker only slightly clenched his fists, but his feet didn’t move an inch.
Well, that’s of course because the Straw Hat kid is Roger’s reincarnated soul boy — it’s only natural for Rayleigh to protect his captain’s return to the throne.
Roy muttered in his heart, but naturally didn’t say a single word out loud.
He merely silently watched the direction Rayleigh fled, pondering.
"Luffy should have heard my conversation with Jinbe earlier... this guy won’t do anything reckless, right?"
He thought to himself.
"Let’s go, Smoker — first take the Knight of the Sea back to command headquarters..."
After a brief hesitation, Roy said this to Smoker, whose face was still full of unwillingness.
However, exactly at that moment—
Buru buru.
Buru buru.
The Transponder Snail on him suddenly rang.
"Hm?"
Roy frowned and picked up the Transponder Snail. "Hello? Hans?"
"Boss — Fall and I caught a big fish."
Roy moved the Transponder Snail further away and scratched his ear — this guy’s voice was truly loud after eating his fill.
"...Hah? A big fish?"
Before coming here to support Smoker, he had heard that Hans and Fall found another pirate crew in another part of the island and engaged in battle with them.
There was naturally nothing to say about the outcome — after undergoing Garp’s rigorous special training, the progress in Hans and Fall’s strength was already considerable. Coupled with the fact that the troops they led were all elites of the Star Hunter Unit transferred from various departments of the Marines and the Government, let alone pirates from Paradise, even elite pirate crews from the New World under the Four Emperors wouldn’t be their match.
But what Roy didn’t expect was—
"Yes — the guy we caught is a Supernova among the pirates this year. The ’Surgeon of Death’ Trafalgar Law!"
"...Oh!?"
Now, Roy’s interest was piqued again.
Holy Land Mary Geoise, Pangea Castle.
The Five Elders, who had been relatively low-profile recently, were gathered in the Room of Authority.
However, because Saint Saturn had fallen at the hands of Snake, a new face appeared among them.
It was an old man with white hair and beard, his hairstyle resembling a crescent moon.
He was the new Warrior God of Scientific Defense — Saint Figarland Garling.
Of course, he was not the main character in the Room of Authority at this moment.
The true main character was the man standing before him.
"Shamrock, you should understand the significance of this mission."
That was a red-haired man.
He wore a sword at his waist and armor on his body, and the key point was — his appearance was almost identical to the Four Emperor Shanks. The only difference between the two being that the other party had no scar over his left eye.
He was the current Commander of the God’s Knights, and also the sole surviving member of the currently disbanded God’s Knights.
Saint Figarland Shamrock.
"The God’s Knights inherently symbolize the military force of that Lord."
Saint Garling looked at his most prized son. "And you are the only God’s Knight now. You are the symbol of His military force."
"That Lord has converged the power of all the God’s Knights into your body alone, and even bestowed that power upon you... Shamrock, do not disappoint Him."
The words fell.
Shamrock raised his right arm and placed it on his left arm — there, that glorious mark was bringing him endless power.
"Rest assured, Father."
"My Divine Servants and I will surely destroy Fish-Man Island and the Sunlight Tree Eve."
He answered like this.
Subsequently, after elegantly nodding to Saint Garling and the other four Five Elders, he turned and left the Room of Authority.
Outside the Room of Authority, several knights — similarly dressed in Celestial Dragon attire — were waiting on one knee.
"Everyone."
Shamrock spoke coldly, his crimson cape sweeping past the kneeling knights. "Before setting out, I will repeat it once more — I do not allow you to take any unauthorized actions. Otherwise I will execute you with my own hands."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of those few knights turned gloomy.
Like Shamrock, they were all originally God’s Knights.
But after the incidents in Dressrosa and Egghead Island not long ago, that Lord Imu personally ordered the disbandment of the God’s Knights — the entire order only retained Shamrock alone as the Commander.
And they, from their strength to their abilities, were downgraded in all aspects, becoming Divine Servants belonging to Shamrock.
Besides that, the portion of power that had belonged to them was completely bestowed upon Shamrock by Lord Imu.
This naturally made them feel resentful.
But clearly, they also knew that resentment had no meaning — the current Shamrock’s power far exceeded theirs, and he even held the power of life and death over them.
Therefore—
"Yes!" ×N
Even if they were unwilling, ultimately they could only obey orders.
Looking at these former colleagues, there was no emotion in Shamrock’s eyes.
Such are the rules among Celestial Dragons — the noble need not maintain even superficial politeness towards the lowly, and the strong may enslave the weak.
He had long adapted to such rules.
"Then — let’s set out."
Shamrock silently gave the order, then led the Divine Servants away from Pangea Castle.
However, he had only just walked out the gates.
Buru buru.
"Hm?"
The Transponder Snail ringing at his waist made Shamrock raise an eyebrow.
"It’s the Transponder Snail responsible for monitoring the Star Hunter Unit in Sabaody..."
He naturally knew the ownership of those Transponder Snails.
The nature of this operation to destroy Fish-Man Island was very special.
The crucial point lay in ensuring the Sunlight Tree Eve was destroyed — and the fall of the Sunlight Tree Eve would inevitably lead to the destruction of Fish-Man Island.
Both Shamrock and the Five Elders knew very well that those two from the Star Hunter Unit might not necessarily cooperate in this matter.
They believed Black Judge and Garp might go all out to defeat The Zodiac, but they also knew they would absolutely not attack civilians.
So as the actual leader of this operation, Shamrock not only had to complete his own mission, but also had to guard against the Star Hunter Unit to a large extent — which was why he had arranged for CP0 agents to gather intelligence on the Sabaody Archipelago very early on.
Fortunately, up until now, neither Roy nor Garp had put up the most intense resistance.
According to the information Shamrock had gathered, they seemed to merely intend to try their best to save more Fish-Man civilians.
"Hello."
With such thoughts, Shamrock slowly answered the Transponder Snail.
"Lord Saint Shamrock — just now, Black Judge and his subordinates successfully captured the Seven Warlord Knight of the Sea Jinbe and the Surgeon of Death Trafalgar Law."
"You also know, the ability of that guy Trafalgar is the Op-Op Fruit ability the Government has always been searching for, so I thought..."
As the CP0 agent’s words reached this point, Shamrock’s eyebrows instantly raised.
"The Op-Op Fruit?"
At the same time he heard the name of this fruit, he had already changed his mind.
He turned his head and looked at the group of subordinates behind him.
"You don’t need to head to Fish-Man Island anymore — now, you immediately go to the Sabaody Archipelago and take over the Star Hunter Unit’s prison and the Op-Op Fruit ability user."
"You must ensure he is sent back to Mary Geoise in the first instance."
After obtaining unprecedented power, he had also come to know a great deal of information he hadn’t understood before.
Now, he knew very well the significance of the Op-Op Fruit to that Lord Imu.
"..." ×N
However, the other Divine Servants could not understand.
They only felt that Shamrock wanted to hog all the credit — this made the anger in their eyes visible to the naked eye.
But ultimately, they could only nod helplessly. "Yes, Commander."
(End of Chapter)
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