One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 698: Rest (Part )
The navy temporarily withdrew. After a day of fighting, the navy did not gain any advantage and lost a lot of manpower. Knowing that this battle would not be over in a day or two, it had no choice but to announce the retreat. After the entire fleet retreated eight nautical miles, both sides stopped fighting tacitly.

"how is the situation?"

Sengoku asked, looking at Zephyr and Garp.

"Not good. The other party has obviously seen through our plan. All the arrangements were prepared in advance. If I hadn't stepped in to help Kuzan many times, I'm afraid the result would definitely not be good. Jin of the Hundred Beasts has too much control over Kuzan."

Garp shook his head and said that he was not exaggerating, what he said was all true, Kuzan's physical skills were not too bad, but compared with the Lunaria clan, who were born to be the darlings of the world, it was somewhat insignificant, and the opponent's fruit ability completely ignored Kuzan's ability. At least before Kuzan's fruit awakened, it would be difficult to snatch control of the ice from Jhin.

"How is Kuzan doing now? Can he still fight?"

Zefa asked with some concern, each of these students was his favorite.

"It seems fine for now, but we can't go on like this. We are being completely targeted. If we don't change our strategy, we will definitely lose this war."

Zhan Guo said helplessly, he felt as if he was being severely targeted. He was known as a wise general, and logically, he should be the most suitable to perform on such a battlefield. However, the result was just the opposite. His plan was known to the enemy and was dealt with by the simplest and humiliating pairing tactic.

"That's right. Those pirates didn't even send more people to attack. They simply relied on pairing up to keep us helpless."

"Zefa, what's the situation over there? I know Dai of the Beasts is over there too. How's Sakaski doing?"

"It's stronger than Kuzan, at least we can put up a fight, but there's still that problem, the restraint of the fruit ability is too great. Although Sakaski's lava is strong, the opponent is born with the power of fire, plus the power of the mythical beasts, the gap is too big. Sakaski has done his best."

"Indeed, damn, where did these guys get these top-level mythical beast-type devil fruits, and why can't we ever find them."

The Warring States and the others sat down helplessly. Even Garp no longer had the desire to eat donuts. This battle was really too frustrating. It was obvious that their strength was not much worse than that of the opponent, but because of the restraint between the fruits, they were directly suppressed as a whole.

"Then there's the enemy's command system, which is also a big problem. When I was fighting Big Mom, I didn't see her taking any command actions, but the enemies on my side of the battlefield were proceeding in an orderly manner. How about you, Garp?"

"Almost. Although the fight between me and that old fellow Whitebeard was quite intense, which resulted in the battle line not being spread out too much, but generally speaking, Whitebeard did not give any orders, and the Four Emperors did not give any command at all."

"It's not that there is no command, but a different way of command. It's not Den Den Mushi, but the command is given through an unknown thing. As for who gave the order, it's still unclear."

Zhan Guo said this and took out a photo. The photo was not very clear, but you could see a person with his mouth wide open, shouting something at a square box.

"What is this?"

Garp and Zephyr looked at the photo and frowned at the same time. They said that battlefield communications have always been done with Den Den Mushi, and the Navy has an eavesdropping team second only to the CP organization. Not to mention ordinary Den Den Mushi, even those with single-line communication, although they don't know what is said, they can know that the other party has sent a message and where the message was sent to. But now, more than 40 eavesdropping Den Den Mushi heard nothing.

"I don't know. This was discovered by Borsalino. Even this photo was taken by Borsalino after he spent an entire afternoon squatting. It's a pity that he didn't get one to study."

Zhan Guo sat on the chair and said helplessly.

"This situation is really a headache. How about this? Let's not carry out this kind of scattered attacks tomorrow. Let's just gather our strength and charge from the front to seize a landing point as quickly as possible. At the same time, when we charge, let the people behind us ignore everything and bring back all the things we haven't seen before to conduct some research. Killing is no longer the main purpose of this war. What we need now is to understand how far the Four Emperors have developed." Zefa slapped the table and said, pointing to the criss-cross map.

"Indeed, what Zefa said is right. What's that saying? Oh, right, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will ensure victory in every battle, right? We know too little about the Four Emperors right now. The other side must have been preparing for this battle for a long time. I must not be impatient. This battle is not the kind of battle in the past where we can just fight. We won't see any results in ten days or half a month. We must be patient. By the way, don't forget to ask Tsuru to provide some supplies. I'm afraid this will become a war of attrition."

Garp sat down with his head covered. This kind of fighting style was not what he liked, but as a vice admiral and the current senior leader of the navy, Garp knew that this was not something he could choose. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to be prepared for a tug-of-war.

"Hey, Zefa, please inform He about this matter. It is true that I was naive this time. I originally thought that it would be over within two days. Alas, I thought it was too easy this time."

"You don't think it's easy. You feel that this battle is just a formality. You feel that this is another way for the pirates to give the World Government a way out. But you didn't expect that the pirates really want to fight this battle. Am I right?"

Garp looked around and took out a bag of senbei from somewhere. He ate while talking, and at the same time, he did not forget to give two senbei to Zephyr beside him.

"Alas, I can't hide it from you. Indeed, I just wanted to make a show of it at the beginning. To be honest, if I were not a marine, I would definitely applaud the Four Emperors' approach to this matter, and I might even lend a hand. I didn't even want to start a war at the beginning."

Facing his old friend, Sengoku spoke without scruples. If there were other people here, he would never say such words, but who made it happen that the people here are Zephyr and Garp?

"Who said it wasn't? Although it doesn't stop me from wanting to beat Kaido up."

Zefa had the same feeling. Not killing the admiral, this nickname was able to reflect Zefa's inner insistence on justice. He was willing to kill even the pirates, let alone those who were sold as slaves. If he was not afraid of being too involved, he himself would hope to be one of the people who went to rescue the slaves that night.

"I'm afraid your idea cannot be realized. According to the orders of the Five Elders, Kaido and Rose Lily are the targets of the Five Elders. Apart from these two, the Five Elders will not take action."

Zhan Guo shook his head and told Zefa the bad news.

"What's going on? Why are the Five Elders going crazy?"

Garp sat up suddenly and looked at Sengoku strangely. Even if the Five Elders had no intention of taking action, Garp would not be shocked, but the fact that they specifically targeted only two people was a bit strange.

"I don't know. Who can guess what's going on in their minds? Anyway, you just need to know this. Report to Kaido and Rose Lily immediately after you meet them. No matter what, the Five Elders can help us solve some problems after they take action."

Zhan Guo shook his head. He didn't understand what the Five Elders were thinking.

"Okay, you guys chat, I'll go check on the injured."

Zephyr took the last senbei from Garp's hand and threw it to Sengoku before going out. Sengoku looked at the senbei in his hand and felt that it looked familiar.

"Garp! You old man stole my senbei again!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Zefa obviously ate it too! Why don't you look for him? Oh my god! Are you serious?"

(End of this chapter)