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

Sakazuki launched a tyrannical charge, wanting to see just how far Sima Di could go!

Usopp instinctively tried to run, but Brook stopped him with his sword.

"Usopp, stop running!" Brook's eyes blazed with a fiercer light. "It's such a rare opportunity to have a great admiral as a sparring partner, don't miss it, hohoho—"

He was the first to raise his sword to meet Sakazuki...

Then he was punched and sent flying.

The difference is obvious!

But Brook immediately got up after landing, unharmed thanks to the damage-sharing aura, and continued his charge at Sakazuki!

Usopp felt a little calmer and was finally able to settle down and think about what to do.

run?

If you won't die, why run away?

As Brooke said...

A sparring partner with a top-ranking player – what a rare opportunity!

Seeing the group being thoroughly beaten by Sakazuki, Sima Di couldn't help but nod.

And he concentrated his Armament Haki to its extreme.

He can be immune to magma and flames, but he has to withstand physical attacks from martial arts techniques.

Fortunately, Sakazuki is not a master of physical combat, so he cannot break through the defense in a short time.

Sima Di, enduring the attacks that kept popping up, landed on Kuzan.

Seeing Kuzan's wary gaze, Sima Di waved his hand.

"I'm not here to fight you. Let's sit down and talk."

Kuzan stared at him strangely.

He's a naval admiral, you're a pirate, what's there for the two of you to talk about?

Who knew that Kuzan's very first sentence would break his defenses!

"I'm planning to support you in becoming the Fleet Admiral of the Navy, what do you think?"

Kuzan stared at Sima Di with a strange look.

Haven't spoken yet,

Sakazuki, in the distance, was furious!

"You bastard! Do you think you can just decide who the Fleet Admiral is?"

"That's easy," Sima Di laughed. "As long as I kill you, this naval admiral..."

"brush--"

"Click——"

Sima Di grabbed the ice blade that Kuzan swung at him, and the collision of Armament Haki produced a piercing friction sound.

"I would never cooperate with pirates to harm my colleagues just for the position of Fleet Admiral!" Kuzan said sternly.

"I was just using an analogy, don't get angry." Sima Di raised the Hyōrinmaru and gestured, "Aren't you going to sit down and talk?"

The implication is...

If all else fails, you can just kneel down and talk.

Catching a blade barehanded with 100% accuracy as a "control skill" is still quite overpowered.

Kuzan thought for half a second...

He silently dispelled the ice blades—Sengoku and Borsalino both knelt firmly, and he didn't think he would be an exception.

then,

Kuzan and Sima Di remained at peace.

Meanwhile, Sakazuki was "torturing" several people.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Sima Di can usually hold his own against them. When it comes to Brook and his men, they wouldn't stand a chance against a furious naval admiral.

It was a one-sided and brutal defeat.

"What exactly are you planning to do? Train your subordinates?" Kuzan asked.

“This is just a side effect,” Sima Di said. “I’m serious. I want to support you in becoming the Navy Admiral.”

"The method I just mentioned?"

"That was a joke. The Sakazukis are ruthless, but that's only towards pirates." Sima Di shook his head and said, "Actually, I prefer to call myself an explorer rather than a pirate."

"An explorer?" Kuzan's eyes gleamed.

Looking back at all the things the Straw Hat Pirates have done, it seems like they're either saving the country or on their way to saving the country.

It rarely has direct conflicts with the navy.

At Marineford,

To be honest, with the likes of the Roger Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Straw Hat Pirates, they could easily crush the Navy in a head-on confrontation.

However, the naval casualties were within an acceptable range.

seem......

"You orchestrated the Marineford War, didn't you?" Kuzan asked. "You seem to be deliberately avoiding large-scale casualties?"

"Oh? We've been discovered?" Sima Di asked in surprise. "I thought no one would have noticed."

"I didn't really care at first..."

Kuzan glanced at Sima Di.

He was practically enduring all of Sakazuki's attacks, yet he was still able to chat idly with himself...

It’s only been a few days?

During the Marineford War,

Sima Di's combat strength should not be much different from what it is now.

But he was "going easy" the whole time, even more so than Borsalino.

Only the second time they really got serious.

Although the commotion was quite loud, a closer look revealed that there were actually very few casualties.

To know......

Under Sima Di's plan, everyone's high-end combat power was properly allocated at that time!

For a long period of time, Emperor Sima was in a state of "unattended".

If he had wanted to go on a killing spree back then...

The surviving navy now has to be reduced to at least half!

of course,

The navy will not stand idly by, and the pirates will suffer heavy casualties as well.

so......

“If you said you were an explorer, I could understand why you showed mercy to the Navy,” Kuzan said strangely. “But… compared to pirates, world governments are far more ruthless towards explorers!”

“Of course,” Sima Di scoffed. “Even a great pirate like Whitebeard only troubles the Fleet Admiral; the Celestial Dragons remain high above and unaffected. But an explorer like Roger can shake the very foundations of world politics.”

"You have strong opinions about world politics?" Kuzan asked sharply.

"Do you really want to be a dog of the world's political system?" Sima Di asked in surprise.

"..."

After a brief silence, Emperor Sima continued—

"Although the Navy is a lackey of world governments and has many problems such as corruption, it is still barely maintaining order at sea."

"The Whitebeard Pirates are called pirates, but they no longer dare to engage in pirate raids. They are more like an autonomous country."

"When pirates are no longer restricted, it will ultimately be the common people at the bottom who suffer."

"Although I do not have a compassionate heart that desires peace for the world, I would not knowingly do such a thing."

This explanation made Deku sigh in admiration.

"It's a pity that the Straw Hat Pirates, not the Marines, were the first to encounter you," Kuzan said regretfully.

"In fact, I took the initiative to join the Straw Hat Pirates."

"why?"

"Because they are explorers, not pirates, just like me."

Is that so?

Kuzan frowned, deep in thought.