The person is wearing a straw hat, and starts with the power of words!

With a wave of his hand, Sima Di...

These 100,000 swords shot towards the Buster Call fleet like arrows, turning the colossal warships, which were like small islands, into sitting ducks, their hulls studded with countless swords.

The soldiers on deck were not so lucky; many who couldn't dodge in time were blown to bits.

Naval officers of the rank of lieutenant commander and above are not afraid of this barrage of ordinary swords, so...

Emperor Sima arranged a big one for them!

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32. Kuzan reappears! Abandoning the Going Merry?

Emperor Sima arranged a big one for them!

Hyōrinmaru, in its Shikai form, transformed into an ice dragon and flew out, crashing into the deck of a colossal warship. The activation of its power instantly froze all the careless marines nearby, treating everyone equally, from lieutenant commanders to rear admirals, turning them all into ice sculptures.

Only one lieutenant general reacted quickly, using Moonwalk to escape the attack.

but......

"Kacha—kacha—"

The colossal warship shattered inch by inch from the point where Hyōrinmaru landed, breaking apart like a collapsing iceberg into the sea.

Many naval officers were already furious, but then something even more outrageous happened!

Most of the swords and blades slowly disappeared right before their eyes, returning to the golden vaults of the King's Treasury.

And with a wave of Sima Di's hand, it swept in once more!

Hey!

That's just how shameless I am!

With the same recipe and the same taste, a colossal warship once again shattered into wreckage and crashed into the sea.

Just as Sima Di was preparing to continue replicating and bury the remaining three colossal warships.

Vast expanses of ice rose from the sea surface, instantly forming a thick ice wall tens of thousands of meters high, separating the colossal warship from the Going Merry.

It's obvious without even thinking that it was Kuzan, who was hiding in the shadows, who made the move.

After all, he was a naval admiral, and he couldn't bear to see the navy being brutally slaughtered by the enemy.

but......

Did they really think they could save them with just an ice wall?

Sima Di lowered his waist, clenched his fist, and exhaled as he unleashed a punch. The air transformed into a shockwave that shattered the ten-thousand-meter-long ice wall and swept irresistibly toward the remaining three supergiant warships, directly intercepting and destroying them, causing them to sink into the sea.

"Tsk!" Sima Di looked at Robin and raised an eyebrow, saying, "This can be considered revenge for you."

Robin was so moved that she hugged Sima Di, her tears wetting the latter's chest.

If only Emperor Sima had been here back then!

"Gluck cluck-"

The sea froze over, trapping the Going Merry on the ice.

An ice pillar rose parallel to the Going Merry, and at its top, an ice block condensed into the stern-faced Kuzan, staring unfriendly at Sima Di.

I let you all go, but you showed no mercy at all?

Sima Di released Robin and met Kuzan's gaze without the slightest fear.

Who asked you to release the water?

If you want to fight, then fight!

The Great Crimson Lotus Hyōrinmaru fell into his hands, and twelve crimson lotus ice crystals bloomed behind him, while an ice dragon spread its wings and circled the Going Merry to protect it.

Swastika!

Sima Di manipulated the water molecules in the atmosphere, turning the solid ice that trapped the Going Merry back into water, allowing the ice dragon to escort the Going Merry away, while he himself stood in mid-air confronting Kuzan.

Luffy instinctively wanted to join the battle, but Crocus held him back.

"Let him go, you're no match for him."

Iceberg's lips twitched slightly...

nonsense!

A naval admiral—how could an ordinary person possibly be his match?

Robin also looked at Sima Di with concern. Although she trusted Sima Di, their opponent was, after all, a Marine Admiral...

Contrary to the concerns of those in the know, Sima Di had the opposite view.

"You didn't get enough of the fight earlier, so don't run away halfway through this one!" Sima Di provoked.

However......

Faced with the arrogant Sima Di, Kuzan simply shook his head calmly.

“I won’t come looking for a fight with you, but… Robin said your wisdom is unmatched, and I have a question for you.”

clam?

Are you here to ask a question?

He killed so many sailors...

Wait!

Observation Haki swept across,

Sima Di discovered ice cocoons on the sea surface. Kuzan had actually rescued most of the navy, and they were now converging on an ice island.

No wonder he didn't intend to kill.

Sima Di rolled his eyes in boredom and waved his hand dismissively.

"Ask away, ask away, and then get out of here."

He also lost the will to take action.

After all, if Kuzan really wants to leave, he doesn't really have any good ways to keep him here.

Then he ran away halfway through the fight again, leaving him feeling awkward and stuck in the middle.

"Why...did you choose to be a pirate instead of a navy?" Kuzan asked.

really,

It's still because of his conflicted belief in "justice".

"Compared to the restrictive and corrupt navy, the freedom to adventure as a pirate is much more appealing to me," Sima Di said truthfully. "I want to see scenery that others can't see, experience adventures they can't experience, and do things that others can't do!"

Kuzan was even more confused by such a purely "adventurer" statement.

"Then... why does it have to be pirates?" Kuzan asked again.

"That's your second question already," Sima Di retorted. "Did I choose to become a pirate? Wasn't it because your Navy put a bounty on me?"

"As far as I know, you attacked the Marines and saved Straw Hat Luffy, which is why you were..."

"So Luffy is an utterly heinous pirate?" Sima Di retorted. "Arlong the Fishman was terrorizing Cocoyasi Village, and the Marine branch not only colluded with him, but Luffy defeated Arlong, cutting off the Marine branch's source of income, so he was put on a bounty?"

Kuzan remained silent.

a long time,

He said quietly, "The navy may be incompetent, but it is still necessary to maintain the stability of the sea. We cannot negate the efforts of the entire navy just because of the corruption of a few branches."

“I admit that there are also those in the Navy who have a sense of justice.” Sima Di nodded: “But if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. As long as the Celestial Dragons are still around, the Navy can never uphold true justice and will always just be the Celestial Dragons’ dogs.”

These words were so offensive they were practically an insult.

Kuzan, however, had no words to refute it, because it was indeed the truth.

so......

If we are to uphold his sense of justice, is the only way really...?

Kuzan shook his head and glanced at Sima Di.

“You do see things very clearly, but your perspective isn’t broad enough to mean anything.”

"I'll wait until you reach the New World and become one of the Four Emperors, then we can continue our conversation..."

"Kacha——"

Kuzan shattered into pieces, turning into ice flowers that drifted down.

I'm at a loss when it comes to dealing with Sima Di!

You, a Marine Admiral, are encouraging a pirate like me to reach the level of a Yonko (Emperor of the Sea)?

It sounds so weird!