"I am Golden Lion Shiji, a flying pirate, admiral of the Golden Lion Fleet, captain of the Golden Lion Pirates, and the former number one person in the world..."
As if the outcome was decided, Shiji casually threw away the wooden stick in his hand and yelled at Esdeath with relief.
"Thirty-eight years ago, I joined the Rocks Pirates and sailed across the sea with a group of bastards with dreams. Thirty-six years ago, I formed the Sky Pirates..."
"Twenty-five years ago, in Aite Wall, if it hadn't been for that storm, I would have been the one who finally became famous!"
"Twenty-two years ago, I single-handedly challenged the Navy Headquarters, and half of Marine Vando was destroyed by me..."
"So what if I enter Impel City? So what if I have a rudder stuck on my head? I'm still a golden lion!"
"I have been crossing the sea for more than 40 years. How could I lose to a brat like you?"
Shiki almost roared at Esdeath.
"The era led by the Golden Lion has just begun!"
"What's the Great Pirate Age? What's One Piece? They're all worth mentioning in front of me!"
"I want to destroy the East China Sea, declare war on the navy, declare war on the world government..."
Esdeath said nothing, biting her lip, staring at the hysterical Shiji, with a hint of sympathy in her ice-blue eyes.
"Hey! You little brat, is there anything else you want to say before you die?" Shiji grinned and said to Esdeath.
"A dying person has nothing to say."
Esdeath slowly spoke, white light appeared in her right hand, and she held Ying Ju's sword blade. White frost spread from the tip of the sword to the hilt, freezing together with the wound on Esdeath's chest.
"Do you think this can stop my Ying Ju? It's really ridiculous. As long as I think about it, it can split you into two halves immediately! But you still have self-awareness and know that you will..."
As Shi Ji was talking, his expression suddenly froze. He felt his forehead was wet and hot. He raised his hand and thick blood emerged from the top of his head, slid from his forehead to the corners of his eyes, and dripped down to the ground along his cheeks.
.
Feeling like the world was spinning for a moment, Shi Ji covered his head and slowly sat cross-legged on the ground.
His vitality has been declining crazily since he took off the rudder, and now it has reached its end.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The surrounding floating islands lost their buoyancy and fell into the sea one by one. The large central island also shook and slowly fell.
Esdeath straightened up and came to Shiji despite the pain.
"Unexpectedly, in the end... I still lost..."
Shiji lowered his eyebrows, looked at the blood on his hands, and then looked at Esdeath.
Esdeath held a broken piece of Muramasa in her left hand.
"I don't need the wrong person to end my pain!"
"No, I am standing here just to prove that I am the last strong one." Esdeath said.
"Jie hahahaha, strong man." Shi Ji couldn't help laughing.
"Esdeath, you win... take your trophies and go and become famous in the sea!"
As the words fell, the large central island began to disintegrate from the edge, bit by bit.
He raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at the sky. The clouds in the sky gradually turned into a smiling face with a mustache and a captain's hat.
A smile appeared on Shiji's face, and he stretched out his hand as if holding a wine glass.
"Roger...the era that originally belonged to me ended long ago with your death..."
Shi Ji smiled miserably and closed his eyes.
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A red light flashed in Esdeath's eyes. After confirming that Shiji had no life breath, his whole body relaxed, and then he felt abnormal pain all over his body.
Four days and nearly five days of fighting had kept her body in a state of overload. This was the most intense battle since she joined the navy.
After many days of fighting, old wounds were added to new wounds, and the body's self-healing ability could no longer keep up with the speed of the injuries. Her whole body was covered in blood. Under the influence of her ability, the wounds were forcibly frozen, stopping the blood from turning into ice slag.
Esdeath stumbled towards the edge of the island, while Shiki's moves kept flashing back in her head.
Lion Senkiri Valley, chopper, lion power, the highest level of weapon color, overlord color entanglement... She seems to have mastered all the moves that Shiji knows.
Like the golden lion, she is now in the stage of rejuvenation.
"In my current state, I can't use the Moon Step, and my fruit ability...it seems I can only wait for someone to take over."
Esdeath leaned against a big rock, her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred. She looked up at Annan who was running towards him, and fainted with relief.
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In a coma, Esdeath felt as if someone was picking her up from the waist, and then there was a whistling wind in her ears.
"Doctor! Damn it, Smoker, call the doctor over here!" Annan's voice rang from her ears.
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"Major Annan, Esdeath's injury is too serious. The conditions on the ship are limited...it's really..."
"Idiot! Incompetent!"
"Rage is useless at this time. Major Annan, please take Major Esdeath to the Iceman." This was Culomi's voice.
"The medical facilities on the Ice Fire Man are relatively complete and should be able to last until the Kingdom of Quinta..."
"The patient lost too much blood and needs a lot of S-type blood."
"I have type S blood, draw it from me." Annan said.
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"Major Annan, our modern medicine is still very reliable. Are you sure you don't want to try shock therapy?"
"I'll divorce you%^&x9..."
"Um...if this doesn't work, why not try hypothermia therapy? Don't worry, our modern medicine is still very..."
Esdeath completely lost consciousness.
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At this time, the Ice and Fire Man is on board.
Annan showed one arm and listened to the ship's doctor's medical advice expressionlessly while transfusing blood.
"There are successful cases of hypothermia therapy. By injecting an appropriate amount of low-temperature blood into the patient, her body can enter a state similar to animal 'hibernation'..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking." Kuromi interrupted the ship's doctor, "No new treatments, just treat Major Esdeath with normal first aid methods. The naval base of the Kingdom of Quinta has complete medical treatment.
facility."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In less than an hour, the Ice Fire Man arrived at the port of the Kingdom of Quinta.
Several military doctors in white coats boarded the Iceman and then pushed Esdeath to the hospital at the naval base.
Under the guidance of professional doctors and treatment with advanced medical facilities, Esdeath's vital signs were completely stable.
Annan sat outside the operating room and looked at Ying Ju who was taken out of Esdeath.
Two hours later, the lights in the operating room went out.
"The patient is no longer in danger and has regained consciousness." The doctor came out, took off his mask and said to Annan.
"But she has to rest in bed for a few days. After all, her whole body is extremely weak..."
"Understood, thank you doctor." Annan shook hands with the doctor and then walked into the ward.
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When Esdeath woke up again, what she saw when she opened her eyes was the white ceiling in the medical room.
Crunch.
Annan opened the door and walked in, sitting next to Esdeath's bed.
"Why are you so embarrassed? Smile." Seeing Annan's sullen face, Esdeath said with a smile.
"Why, are you worried that I'm dead?"
"There's nothing to worry about." Annan leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair.
"You are Esdeath."
"I often hear this sentence from Golden Lion." Esdeath said, "But he is indeed very strong. He is truly worthy of being the legendary great pirate..."
"It seems that you benefited a lot from this battle." Annan smiled.
"Of course." Esdeath stretched out her hand, her arm covered with bandages. The moment she raised her hand, the corners of Esdeath's mouth twitched slightly, and then she put her hand down again.
"Don't move around when you're done." Annan tucked Esdeath's arm back into the bed, "Lie down and recuperate."
"I used to be lying on the hospital bed and you were sitting by the bed, but now my identity has changed," Annan said.
"Hmm, how did I take care of you before, and now you have to take care of me like that." Esdeath blinked and smiled.
"Are you sure?" Annan thought about it for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Before Esdeath could reply, Smoker walked in and said to Annan.
"Annan, people from our headquarters are here."
Smoker couldn't help but be startled when he saw the "energetic" Esdeath.
"Esdeath, you...are you awake?" Smoker said in surprise.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Esdeath tilted her head and asked.
"...Forget it, what a monster." Smoker was speechless by Esdeath's question.
"Then I'll go see the people from my headquarters first. You can just lie on the bed and rest." Annan stood up, walked to Smoker, raised his hand and picked the cigar from his mouth.
"No smoking in the ward."
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At this time, several standard large warships of the headquarters had already docked at the port.
The ship lowered the stairs and several people stepped down.
"Ah... we're finally here."
Garp held a pack of senbei in his hand and smiled while eating.
"Hahahaha, I thought I could have a fight with Shi Ji, but I didn't expect it was already over."
"Shut up. It's so noisy. We've been talking all the way. Let's go."
The crane in front of him glanced at him and got off the boat.
Annan and Smoker came to the port and met He and Garp head-on.
"Lieutenant General Garp, Lieutenant General Crane."
Annan and Smoker saluted.
"Oh! Annan, I have heard that you and Esdeath wiped out Shiji." Garp said to Annan with a smile.
"This is none of my business, it was all done by Esdeath alone." Annan shook his head.
"Is it just Esdeath?" He said. "With the relationship between the two of you, will you not take action?"
"ah……"
"Forget it." He waved his hand, "Since the battle is over, let's clean up the battlefield and prepare to return home. You will write a report on the battle and submit it to the headquarters."
"Just have a good rest now."
As expected, the navy of the headquarters acted vigorously and resolutely, with clear division of labor between groups. They cleaned up the battlefield and brought down Muramasa and Kuku who were left on the central island. But strangely enough, although Shi Ji was dead, his ability
It has not completely disappeared, there is still a part of the large central island floating in the air.
Annan believes that this may be a permanent effect of the fruit's awakening.
The body of King Mento of the Kingdom of Kunta was also found. In the collapsed palace, due to the farce at the succession ceremony, the guard captain Baal had become the new king, so his body was hastily buried.
However, after the death of Monto, the "curse" of the Quinta Kingdom disappeared. Perhaps it was because Monto was the releaser, or because IQ and the "curse" conflicted, neutralizing the curse. This
We have to wait for further confirmation from Navy researchers.
Shiji's body was also brought to the ship.
"Shi Ji... is indeed dead."
Garp looked at Shiji and couldn't help but sigh.
"One of the most powerful figures in the past has disappeared."
"Well, you should be glad that he is dead, Garp." He said lightly. "This madman wants to destroy your hometown."
"Hahahaha, that's true. Thank you very much, Annan. If it weren't for you and Esdeath, Donghai would not have been able to escape this disaster."
Garp smiled and said to Annan.
"Forget it, even if I don't come, your grandson will take care of it." Annan said in his heart.
Seeing that Annan didn't reply, Garp stepped forward and saw Annan inspecting the broken Muramasa, and suddenly realized:
"It turns out that your knife is broken. No wonder you are so unhappy. I remember that there is a country on the Grand Line. The sword processing technology there is very exquisite. You can go there to repair your sword. I remember that country is called...
What's coming?"
"Okay, Garp." He said helplessly, "Shiji has summoned many pirate groups, and those pirates have been captured by the navy. Smoker alone can't do it. Can you go and help?
"
After Garp left, He looked at Annan and said:
"Did you intervene in the battle between Esdeath and Shiji?"
"Twice, once when Esdeath was exhausted, and once when the Golden Lion Fruit awakened. I had to take action to attract his attention, otherwise Esdeath's life would be in danger." Annan replied.
He nodded, "You did the right thing. A battle of this level will be of great benefit to Esdeath whether he wins or loses it, but once you involve too much, it will make Esdeath feel bottlenecked...
"
He is also a top strong person, so he knows that bottlenecks will always appear in the growth stage of a strong person. Once he has a grudge, it will have a great impact on a person's future.
Annan nodded thoughtfully.
"Let's get out of here first." He turned around and walked to the deck, "After all, the Kingdom of Quinta is no longer a member of the World Government, and it would not be good for the navy to stay here for a long time."
"Did the Kingdom of Kunta...really break away from the World Government?" Annan asked curiously, "I found out suddenly. I remember such a big thing, shouldn't the two sides argue about it for several years?"
He smiled: "Normally, this is indeed the case, but certain resources of the Quinta Kingdom are too highly sought after in the market, and the world government just wants to maximize profits."