One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

As the spray subsided, large amounts of seawater exploded in the air and fell like raindrops.

Amidst this rain curtain, Giggs and Whitebeard gaze at each other across the sea.

A moment later, Giger smiled contemptuously, turned around gracefully, and his navy cloak fluttered in the wind.

Behind him stood all the marines. Zephyr, supported by Kizaru, looked at Giger with a look of satisfaction.

Giger's face was solemn as he spoke in a deep voice.

"Thank you all for your hard work! Victory belongs to the Navy! Justice will prevail!"

Upon hearing this, the naval officers and soldiers were all red-faced with excitement. They were all injured to varying degrees, but they still raised their hands and shouted loudly.

Giger disliked overemphasizing casualties. In his view, mourning was the first thing the defeated side should consider after the war, while the victorious side should celebrate and enjoy themselves.

Mourning comes later; providing the families of the fallen soldiers with the most adequate material support is the most practical thing to do.

Giger didn't want to see a repeat of the Marineford War, where the Navy won, but that idiot Koby messed things up, making the Navy look like they had suffered a defeat, like wilted eggplants.

At this moment, Roger and the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be shrouded in a shadow.

Roger stood silently in front of his crew. The casualties had been tallied, and including Jabba, a total of seven members of their pirate crew had perished.

Keep in mind that their pirate crew only had about thirty people in total, and this attack meant that almost a third of them had been killed.

At this moment, besides sadness, he felt mostly guilt.

Roger admitted that he had become arrogant; he overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent.

He originally thought that the Navy wouldn't dare to provoke him and the Whitebeard Pirates, but the reality was a resounding slap in the face.

As Giger said, his previous chase with Garp was really just a game, a game he played for so long that he overlooked the terror of the Navy.

The Navy is the most powerful force on this sea; its target is all the pirates in the world, not just any particular pirate crew.

After paying the price of seven of his companions' lives, Roger finally realized this.

Roger sighed heavily, and was about to say something to comfort the crew when a cry suddenly broke out.

The crying was coming from the Moby Dick next to them.

The two pirate crews kept pace with each other during their retreat, with the Jackson and the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship, the Moby Dick, very close to each other.

At this moment, the Moby Dick was filled with the wails of pirates.

Kozuki Toki held Momonosuke's headless body, tears streaming down her face as she leaned against Oden, who was now only half a body.

Marco silently walked to Whitebeard's side and whispered,

"Dad, let me try again. Maybe your face can still recover."

The white-bearded man's face was filled with pain. He waved his hand weakly and said,

"No need, Marco, go and help treat the others."

Marco raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eye, nodded, and turned to find the other wounded.

Swish!

Roger suddenly jumped onto the Moby Dick. The Whitebeard Pirates members around him only glanced at him before looking away. The scene was completely different from the high-class atmosphere Roger had when he last came here.

After all, the Whitebeard Pirates suffered far too many casualties this time.

Whitebeard was no longer in the mood to talk to Roger. He turned around, went back into the cabin, took out a large barrel of sake, and then went back to the deck to drink it by himself.

Roger walked up to Whitebeard and said,

"Newgate, let's talk."

Whitebeard downed the entire barrel of wine in one gulp and said...

"If you have something to say, just say it."

Roger glanced at Oden, hesitated for a moment, and then said,

"Could you... lend me Kozuki Oden?"

Click!

Whitebeard crushed the sake barrel in his hand to pieces in an instant, and reached behind him with his other hand to grab the Murakumo Kirihime lying behind him, then immediately slashed at Roger.

Roger sat cross-legged on the ground with his head down, seemingly showing no intention of avoiding the situation.

Murakumogiri finally hovered above Roger's head, his white beard clenched so tightly his teeth were grinding, and he squeezed out a single word through his clenched teeth.

"roll!"

Roger raised his head, looked directly into Whitebeard's eyes, and said something that caused Whitebeard's expression to change drastically.

"Newgate, I'm going to die!"

......

Upon their return to Marineford, Giggs and his companions were immediately treated like heroes.

Soon, with the vigorous promotion of the world governments, a newspaper spread throughout the world.

The newspapers directly described Gigg as a "legendary navy man," and his deeds included driving the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates to the brink of defeat.

Xiong, Lucia, Ginny, and others were all awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

Among them, Akainu and Kizaru were directly listed as candidates for admiral.

Giggs' reward was rather comical—billions of Berries—which made Kizaru incredibly envious.

Of course, Giger himself didn't care much about the meager monetary reward. He gave a portion to Kizaru and the others, and used the rest for compensation for the fallen soldiers.

Giggs' actions, coupled with this achievement, propelled his prestige in the Navy to its peak.

Sora also noticed this. To be honest, if Giger hadn't been so young, he really intended to hand over the position of Fleet Admiral to Giger.

Because the World Government has already conveyed its intention to him, and intends for him to take up the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

However, Giger himself is not in a hurry. He has plenty of time, and given his current prestige in the Navy, it doesn't really matter whether he becomes the Fleet Admiral sooner or later.

After spending some time at headquarters, Giger had the technology department build him a speedboat that looked very similar to Ace's, and it was powered by the same source of fire.

It's just that Giger's ship looks bigger and more luxurious.

Giger had been wanting to take a vacation for a while, so he decided to take a solo trip on this speedboat.

Once the speedboat was completed, Giger placed it in his Dark Bible, and then, accompanied by Lucia and others, went to the beach and threw the speedboat into the sea.

Then, Giger leaped and landed steadily on the speedboat.

The flames spread from his body to the engine room of the speedboat, bursting forth with astonishing speed, cutting through the sea and disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 175 Reencounter with Doflamingo

Beihai, in a town

The streets were bustling with people, who were busy with their own things as usual.

Until a group of men in suits emerged from one end of the street, and from the other end, another group of people dressed in strange clothes appeared.

A portly middle-aged man was surrounded by men in suits, glaring angrily at the man in front of him.

Among the group of people opposite him, the leader was a tall young man wearing a pink feather coat with an arrogant expression.

The young man wore an extremely exaggerated pair of red sunglasses and emitted a strange "fufufufu" laugh.

Hearing the young man's laughter, the middle-aged man's anger flared even more, and he shouted,

"Doflamingo! This is not Darkseid family territory! Get out of here now!"

Doflamingo picked his ear and smiled at Torebolo beside him.

"Torebol, what did that guy just say?"

Torrepol flicked the snot off his face and grinned slyly.

"Hehehe, he said he'd give us his territory!"

Doflamingo grinned and said,

"I see. Then we mustn't let their kindness go to waste."

He had barely finished speaking when he turned impatiently to the middle-aged man opposite him and said...

"Hey! This is my territory, get out of here!"

The middle-aged man, unable to contain himself any longer, raised a large, fat hand adorned with numerous gold rings and roared.

"You're asking for it! Men! Kill him!"

The men in suits immediately pulled out their guns and fired a volley at Doflamingo in front of them.

Doflamingo stood with his hands in his pockets and an arrogant smile on his face. Torebolo stood in front of him, and the bullets hitting him seemed to sink into the mud, without hurting him in the slightest.

Torrebel let out a series of "Hehehehe" laughs. Doflamingo grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him aside, then took a step forward and flicked his wrist.

"Bounce the thread!"

A swarm of transparent coils shot out from his fingertips, instantly piercing through the middle-aged man and his subordinates who were protecting him.

The man in the suit clutched his stomach and collapsed. His men panicked at the sight. Doflamingo was about to step forward when a crew-cut man behind him suddenly whispered...