The entire deck was now filled with marines. Soldiers lined up with guns, and gunners stood ready along the side of the ship. A tense and tense atmosphere spread throughout the ship.
"The shells are loaded!"
"Rifling matchlock inspection completed!"
"Fifteen degrees left rudder, steer the rudder, and move forward at full speed!"
Command orders and reports and replies continued to sound on the deck.
Major General Bulma was holding a cigar in his mouth, standing on the bow of the ship with his arms folded, squinting his eyes and looking coldly at the pirate ship that looked like a small black dot in the distance.
"I finally found you, the Hawkeye Pirates..."
Since leaving the G2 branch port in the early morning of that day, she led the warship, integrated intelligence from all parties, and searched for two days and one night. At this moment, she finally pursued the enemy.
Eagle Eyed Messiah.
With a bounty of 93 million Baileys and nearly a thousand loyal subordinates, he is undoubtedly a powerful pirate.
Even she is not completely sure of winning the opponent, and is ready to do everything in her power for a fierce battle.
"Major General Bulma!"
On the observation deck, a naval soldier in charge of reconnaissance suddenly exclaimed and reported loudly:
"The opponent suddenly turned around! It seems that he doesn't intend to escape and wants to fight us head-on!"
"Um?"
Bulma raised his eyebrows and sneered, "So confident? Humph, that saves effort."
This is just what she wanted.
The pirate ships of the Hawkeye Pirates have been modified and can even be compared with the Navy's standard warships in terms of speed.
And this is one of the main reasons why the opponent has been able to break through the naval siege and escape many times.
If the enemy just wanted to run away, it would take at least several hours of hard pursuit for her to stop him.
But now.
Since the opponent has no intention of escaping, he can rely on his strong firepower to gain the first mover advantage in the frontal battle, and then lead the entire army to attack them while the pirates are in a hurry.
The G2 branch warship under her name has the same specifications as the standard warship of the headquarters. In terms of firepower and effective range of cannonballs, it is completely incomparable to pirate ships.
"How much distance is left to enter the range of artillery fire?"
she asked calmly.
"Reporting to the Major General, the opponent is approaching at full speed. Within fifteen minutes at most, they will be within our range!"
"very good."
Major General Bulma nodded slightly and turned his eyes out of the corner of his eye. However, it was at this moment that he noticed Nosha and Kawakawa Hide, who were also ready for battle.
These two guys...
She was holding a cigar in her mouth and frowning slightly.
During these two days and one night of getting along, she often silently observed the performance of the two elite recruits of the headquarters, and had to admit that her extremely bad impression had really improved a lot.
Not to mention the skinny monkey-like Kagawa Hidema, all emotions and sorrows are displayed on his face. He is obviously the kind of little guy who has no thoughts and is relatively simple, and it is difficult to make people feel bad.
As for the black-haired boy who had a cold face with her at the port...
——This guy is simply a complete cultivator!
For most of the two days, he stayed in the training room behind closed doors. Except for eating and bathing, he was almost never seen outside the training room.
But even so, from the few interactions between him and his subordinates, it can be seen that the other person is a humble and polite boy with a gentle personality and a sunny boy.
Compared with the guys in Doluo two years ago, they are completely different.
Sure enough... is it because I am too prejudiced?
Major General Bulma narrowed his eyes and remained silent.
besides.
To be honest, what was most difficult for her to understand was the popularity of the black-haired boy.
This guy seemed to have some kind of irresistible charm. In just two days, he inexplicably gained a lot of fans on the warship.
Especially those female sailors, who would go to the training room whenever they had nothing to do, some would open the door to peek, and some would try to strike up a conversation in the restaurant, but she was confused.
Major General Bulma has three-quarters of giant blood, and his aesthetics are completely different from humans.
In her opinion, there is no difference in appearance between this guy and other "little men". At most, he is just a little more pleasing to the eye, not that handsome, right?
It was obvious that when the other party first boarded the ship, the sailors under his command shared the same hatred as him and had a hostile and indifferent attitude.
Why did everyone rebel in two days?
"Strange things..."
If you can’t figure it out, just stop thinking about it.
Major General Bulma came back from his thoughts and was about to put out his cigar and prepare to fight when he suddenly heard a faint sound of breaking wind coming from above his head.
She subconsciously raised her head, but before she could see what it was, there was already a scream coming from the watchtower.
Immediately, he saw the navy soldier who had reported before, his body fell directly from the top of the tower, and fell heavily to the deck with a "thud".
"Graves!"
The soldiers who were nearby reacted and immediately rushed over to check.
The next moment, they were shocked to find that Graves on the ground had not only turned into a corpse, but most of his head was missing, as if he had been shot to death by something...
This scene was so impactful that many soldiers looked past it and couldn't bear to watch it again.
"..."
Major General Bulma stared at the headless corpse, suddenly tiptoed, and jumped directly to the watchtower on moon steps.
She looked around, her eyes fell on the mast, she stretched out her hand and pulled out an arrow.
——This arrow penetrated almost half of the mast and penetrated extremely deep into the wood. The shape and material were quite peculiar. The whole body was pure white, almost transparent in the sunlight, and the tail feathers were like a soaring white eagle.
"really……"
Major General Bulma fell back on the deck, clutching the arrow, and looked gloomily at the pirate ship in the distance, "It was the arrow shot by the Eagle-Eyed Messiah."
"What!"
"This, how is this possible?"
There was a sound of air-conditioning all around, and many navy soldiers couldn't help but look in disbelief when they looked at the headless body on the ground.
The two ships are currently separated by several kilometers!
Even the turrets on the warships are temporarily unable to bombard the opponent's ships, and arrows, such a backward cold weapon, can actually shoot a colleague on the watchtower through the head from such a terrifying distance?
Major General Bulma looked at the arrow in his hand again. If he looked carefully, he could faintly feel that the arrow had an aura of armament that had not completely faded away.
"Not only is the rate of fire astonishing and the power terrifying, it is also silent and difficult to guard against."
Her face turned ugly, "Now we're in trouble, that Messiah's archery skills seem to be much more terrifying than what the intelligence data said..."
how so!
Was it because the woman had held back in the previous battle, or was it that the opponent's strength had improved by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time?
She had no way of knowing.
But there is no doubt that such tricky archery will make the navy's advantage in artillery range no longer exist, and it will completely become a passive disadvantaged side. I am afraid that it will suffer heavy losses before entering the artillery range.
Especially the gunners responsible for controlling the forts, if they are deliberately targeted, each one of them will face a huge risk of having his head shot...
Buzz!
At this moment, the inaudible sound of breaking wind came again.
"Damn it!"
Bulma's expression changed slightly, and he made a decisive decision, pulled out the ax from behind, stepped hard with his heel, and suddenly swept away towards the left side of the bow.
Her speed is not bad, and her movements are done in one go, showing agility that is incompatible with her huge body.
But even so, someone was still one step faster and got in front of her.
Whoosh!
The sword blade appeared out of thin air, and under Bulma's astonished gaze, it slashed out at a terrifying speed, splitting the arrow whose trajectory was hard to catch with the naked eye into two pieces with a "clang" sound from the middle.
The arrow hit the ground with a soft clatter.
"..."
The person who was almost hit by this arrow was a young gunner who was only 17 or 18 years old. He had a look of shock on his face and stared blankly at the black-haired boy who had appeared in front of him at some unknown time.
"Huh, luckily I caught up this time."
Nuo Xia withdrew his sword and felt the tiger's mouth was slightly numb from the shock. Seeing that the gunner was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the pirate ship at the far end of his sight, his eyes solemn.
Hawkeye Messiah's archery skills not only horrified the surrounding G2 soldiers, but also shocked him.
Across a few kilometers of sea, you can shoot an arrow at a warship. Is this a human being?
When he heard that the other party was a bandit and was good at bow and horse, he didn't take it seriously.
But now it seems that no one can compare to this archery skill in the entire first half of the Grand Route, right?
"Hey, kid."
Bulma's voice suddenly sounded behind him. He turned around and saw the giant female major general looking at him up and down, her eyes full of surprise: "I didn't expect you to have such good skills."
"good."
This should be the first time the other party has taken the initiative to talk to me in two days?
In the face of the threat, Nuo Xia didn't pay much attention to these trivial matters. He glanced at the pirate ship in the distance again, and doubts arose in his heart.
That Messiah can shoot so far. Why can every arrow be so accurate?
The first arrow hit the lookout's head. Because he was caught off guard, he didn't even react.
And if the second arrow had not been stopped, I am afraid that the young gunner would have been turned into another headless corpse.
Even if you eat the Black Eagle Fruit and have abnormal vision like an eagle, you won't be so powerful, right?
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First update, there are two more updates tonight.
ps: After reading the One Piece Newsletter information last night, I felt that Oda really seemed to have lost his mind when he wrote about the Kozuki family. I wouldn’t be surprised if he came up with any outrageous plot...
Well, Momonosuke will be sent away by Mrs. Shi next year. Do you think it would be better to deal with him before sending him away, or wait until he travels through time twenty years later?
(The protagonist will definitely not do it himself)
Please cast your vote and I will set the plot based on your opinions.
1. Choose the previous one and leave a message here;
2. If you choose the latter one, leave a message here.