Crocodile listened to Annan's words and said with an indifferent expression.
There is no doubt that Crocodile was an extremely confident person in the past, but the various events he experienced in Alabasta and Impel Down have made him much more restrained now.
"Shalan!"
Crocodile and Annan were in a stalemate for a while. He sensed that Luffy and others had left the square with his sense of sight and color. He gathered a sandstorm in his hand and threw it forward. In an instant, the wind became fierce and a large amount of sand and gravel filled the area around Annan.
"Fighting you to the end won't do me any good. You should think about how to deal with Whitebeard, Navy."
By the time Annan dispersed the sandstorm, there was no trace of Crocodile in sight, and Luffy and others also disappeared.
There was a hint of red in Annan's eyes, and he quickly locked onto Crocodile's aura. Next to Crocodile, there was a familiar person - Doflamingo.
"They are all unstable factors." Annan shook his head.
The Shichibukai and the Navy are both subordinate agencies of the World Government, and they will neither execute nor listen to the Navy's orders.
In essence, they are also pirates. Since they are pirates, they are an unstable factor on the battlefield.
Maybe we'll get a big one for the Navy in the end.
Annan took a brief look at the five Shichibukai. Except for Xiong, the other four were paddling. Among them, Hancock seemed to have noticed Annan's gaze and glared at him fiercely.
"Just paddle, it's better than defecting." Annan ignored Hancock's eyes that wanted to tear him into pieces, and walked towards the execution platform.
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On the execution platform, Sengoku saw Jinbei leaving the square with Luffy, whose life and death were unknown, and glanced at Garp below, feeling relieved.
Faced with the strong pressure from the Whitebeard Pirates, the navy was unable to concentrate too many troops to besiege Luffy alone. However, the navy below the rank of lieutenant general could not stop Luffy at all. Without Annan, Luffy would most likely end up on the execution platform.
"Fortunately, Annan stopped Straw Hat Luffy and prevented the situation from deteriorating further."
Sengoku stared at the battle below. Although he had eliminated Luffy, his face was still slightly gloomy.
At this moment, Akainu is trying his best to stop Whitebeard in the square, while Aokiji is involved in a joint confrontation with Marco and Jozi. At the same time, the vice admirals are also having a fierce battle with the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates.
of fighting.
The situation on the battlefield is stalemate, both sides are evenly matched, and it is difficult to decide the winner immediately. Sengoku is in urgent need of someone who can break the balance on the battlefield and end the war. Although he has many candidates in mind, unfortunately, he either cannot get in touch or is not reliable enough.
"I don't know what went wrong with Porusalino in the rear, and I can't get in touch with him. I can't get in touch with Esdeath either."
Warring States frowned, "As for the Shichibukai..."
He looked down. The Shichibukai, who should have been the deciding factor, chose to wait and see what happened instead of taking any action.
Although the agreement for the recruitment of the Shichibukai clearly specified the task of dealing with Whitebeard and his pirate group, these Shichibukai were obviously ineffective, and the Warring States Period had nothing to do about it.
"Marshal Warring States, now that the plan has reached this stage, shouldn't it be time to order the surrounding warships to come closer?"
Annan walked onto the execution platform and reminded him.
According to the navy's plan, once the pirates land, the surrounding navy warships will take the opportunity to destroy all the pirate ships of the Whitebeard Pirates and cut off their escape route. In this way, even if they are lucky enough to save Ai from the execution platform,
Even so, he couldn't leave Malinfando.
"That's right, it's time to take the next step." Warring States nodded.
"Notify the outer warships and destroy all non-naval ships around Marinevando!"