novelraw Chapter 465: Shichibukai Make You, Shichibukai Break You
Chapter 465: Shichibukai Make You, Shichibukai Break You
Bartolomeo was starting to doubt life itself.
Clearly, his barrier was supposed to be invincible...
But the pain coming from his stomach forced him to realize that his barrier had betrayed him once again,
This was already the second time!!!
The first time he’d had such an unexpected experience was back in Loguetown, before he watched his idol Luffy’s execution highlight moment,
He met that man in black, whose gaze alone had dealt him heavy damage.
And Sabo, who had just punched Bartolomeo hard enough to make him vomit, at this moment didn’t feel the slightest bit embarrassed. Instead, he pushed the brim of his hat with a finger.
"Sorry, but I can’t let you have the Float-Float Fruit."
After Bartolomeo was defeated, the battle in Block B no longer had any suspense.
Even that king who had been charging up his King’s Punch for so long was defeated by Sabo.
The King’s Punch was powerful, yes, but the long charge time, long startup, and long ending lag
Made it very easy for a true master of hand-to-hand combat to knock the user down ahead of time, or avoid the frontal impact of the King’s Punch and directly capture the exhausted user.
Watching Sabo in the arena striking the MVP winner’s pose, Orin simply felt a bit bored.
He wasn’t going to watch Luffy’s upcoming match anymore.
There seemed to be something more interesting elsewhere.
No one noticed
That the figure originally at the commentator’s seat slowly disappeared from where it had been.
...
On the other side,
A gigantic yet somewhat shabby great ship was sailing along the New World route,
Like a divine vessel on tour,
Pulled by super-massive Sea Kings; the ripples alone formed tsunamis strong enough to overturn ordinary pirate ships.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
Sadgeo, his head wrapped in bandages, was sitting very comfortably on the deck, drinking and feasting with the people on the ship.
On Noah at this moment, figures of many races could vaguely be seen,
A large number of Fish-Men, some Long-Leg tribe, Long-Arm tribe, several Giants... and even two Mink tribe members.
Heaven only knew why, but Sadgeo seemed to carry some kind of destiny; along the way he encountered all sorts of races,
Either sheltering them with strength, or intimidating them with force,
The races and power under his command were steadily accumulating.
"Captain Sadgeo is really amazing; not even an Admiral is a match for him!!!"
"And we’ve got super-massive Sea Kings as escorts— even if a huge Marine fleet came, they wouldn’t be able to withstand him charging straight through!!!"
"Yeah~ I heard that during that Marine encirclement battle, a Sea King directly swallowed the meteor an Admiral summoned!!!!"
Whether because of Sadgeo’s ambition, his strength, or the pursuit of freedom,
These followers from various races gradually recognized him.
A normal Giant who was half Sadgeo’s size laughed.
"Speaking of which, Captain Sadgeo’s build seems to count as an ancient giant in Elbaf, just like King Harald!!!"
Sadgeo, this guy who looked very much like Joy Boy, laughed heartily, completely mingling with his subordinates.
Inside the cabin,
Several Fish-Men carried food into a massive room.
"Your Highness, we’ve brought you food."
Shirahoshi didn’t react much when she saw them arrive; she simply nodded.
Although her life on Noah was quite good and the people on the ship respected her a lot, she didn’t like this kind of life.
The Fish-Men could see Shirahoshi’s mood and felt reluctant in their hearts.
They were King Neptune’s trusted aides, so of course they cared about Princess Shirahoshi.
"Your Highness, if you truly dislike your current life, we may have a way."
"A way?"
Shirahoshi blinked her innocent eyes at them, but soon dimmed again.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t leave, but that she couldn’t leave for the sake of Fish-Man Island. After all, half of Fish-Man Island was nominally under Sadgeo’s protection now.
"We understand your concerns..."
Seeing Princess Shirahoshi like this, the Fish-Men continued, beads of sweat appearing on their faces as if they were a bit nervous.
"But we’ve seen an opportunity. Next, Noah will sail toward Green Bit. This is top-secret information Captain Sadgeo got not long ago— there are Tontatta living there."
"Green... Bit?"
Princess Shirahoshi tilted her head, seemingly confused.
"Green Bit is right next to Dressrosa. We heard that Orin-san is there right now."
These Fish-Men were quite well-informed. They often read newspapers and also knew about the recently sensational Float-Float Fruit incident.
"Yeah, yeah~"
"Orin-san likes you so much, Your Highness— he’ll definitely have a way!!!"
...
New World, beside Dressrosa,
Green Bit.
Law and his group had arrived here. They were dragging Caesar along to negotiate with Doflamingo.
If he wanted Caesar back, he had to voluntarily give up his position as Shichibukai.
Now Law had come,
But Doflamingo had absolutely no intention of giving up the position; the statement he’d issued earlier had been fake.
He was one of the core members of the young generation— how could he willingly give up his bonds with Orin and the others?
So Law was ambushed.
"Fufufufu!!!"
"Law, you’re still as naive as ever~"
On the other side, Law was greatly shocked.
"Impossible— you even managed to retract the order revoking the Shichibukai status? You Shichibukai, together with that man, haven’t you already broken with the World Government?!!!"
This was beyond his expectations.
"Fufufufufu hahaha!!!"
Hearing such naive words, Doffy laughed wildly and arrogantly.
"You still don’t understand, Law. Even if you’ve obtained the position of Shichibukai, Shichibukai are not the same~"
"Among those at the summit of the world, relationships are never about you live or I die— only about exchanges~"
Green Bull had also appeared on Green Bit Island.
Countless trees grew, covering every inch of the visible ground; the power of the forest kept strangling everything,
Even experts like Doflamingo and Law were, for a time, struggling to cope.
"The environment here is really refreshing~"
Green Bull liked Green Bit’s environment— nothing but primeval forest.
But Doflamingo had no time to argue with Green Bull; he charged toward Law.
Green Bull occasionally helped out as well; obstacles kept appearing in the forest, and in just moments, Law was subdued on the ground.
Yet just as Doflamingo was about to finish Law off, Green Bull stopped him.
The two confronted each other.
"Nani?"
"My mission is arrest. Trafalgar Law, as a former Shichibukai, has already formed an alliance with Straw Hat Luffy, so I’m taking him back into custody."
"After all, Trafalgar Law is a Shichibukai~"
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