Pirate: I'm about to do something big!

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Marineford warships are docked at the port.

Marines carrying out their routine supply transport missions were also drawn to the loud noise coming from Oris Square, which connects to the port.

Some of the unsuspecting marines instinctively put down their work, grabbed their guns, and headed toward the source of the commotion.

They thought a major pirate attack had occurred at Marine Headquarters, something that had happened before.

But when they arrived, they found that many colleagues had already formed a large circle, standing far away, whispering to each other, but no one had crossed the cordon made of black barriers in front of them.

"Is this Lieutenant Colonel Tina, one of Brigadier General Alyosha's subordinates? What happened?"

Some marines recognized Tina and Smoker, who were in charge of maintaining order, and relaxed their vigilance, asking their colleagues who had arrived earlier.

"Oh, it's nothing. Brigadier General Alyosha just wants Major General Stobery to stay in bed at headquarters for six months to reflect on his actions."

"Huh? Why? Why would Brigadier General Alyosha make a move at headquarters?"

"You didn't know, did you? Rear Admiral Stobelli disobeyed orders and sabotaged Commodore Alyosha's plans during the operation to hunt down the Sun Pirates. He even drew his sword against Commodore Alyosha and pointed his cannons at his own allies!"

"I knew Brigadier General Alyosha wouldn't get so angry for no reason."

Some of the marines who arrived first explained the situation, and the marines who were later attracted also came to support Alyosha.

This is the reputation Alyosha has built up over fourteen years at the Naval Headquarters.

A figure similar to the current naval instructor and former naval admiral "Black Arm" Zephyr.

During peacetime training, the marines are held to high standards, adhering to the training philosophy of "more sweat in peacetime, less blood in wartime."

During his rest periods, he would also go out to sea alone to hunt sea kings and provide extra food for the sailors who had been tired all day.

On ordinary days, he would also take people to Marineford, the town where military families live, to express the Navy's condolences to the families of fallen sailors and help solve the living problems of the sailors and their families.

The reputation built up day after day, year after year, led the arriving marines to unanimously support Alyosha after learning about his reputation.

After all, it was definitely Stobery's fault no matter how you looked at it, no wonder that Commodore Alyosha, who always showed a gentle side to the Marines, was so angry.

"Dual Sword Style: Wind Slash!"

Stobelli, wielding twin swords imbued with Armament Haki, shouted his attack and slashed at Alyosha in front of him.

However, Alyosha easily cleaved the sword wind with his wooden sword, which was imbued with Armament Haki.

With a flurry of sword energy, Stoberi, wielding two swords, accelerated using the "Shave" move from the Six Styles, and charged towards Alyosha.

Just as the twin swords were about to strike, Alyosha, with uncanny foresight, anticipated Stobelli's attack trajectory and thrust his wooden sword forward, thwarting Stobelli's attack and forcing him to change tactics on the spot.

But Alyosha continued to wield his wooden sword, striking hard at the openings that forced Stoberi to change his tactics.

The thick wooden sword was more like a stick than a sword, further enhanced by Armament Haki.

This forced Stoberry to use Armament Haki to cover his body with every blow Alyosha struck, in order to block Alyosha's attacks.

He managed to defend, but his attack rhythm was completely disrupted, and Alyosha gained complete control.

Alyosha struck Stobery's leg with his club, forcing him to retreat and allowing Alyosha to seize the attacking space ahead of time.

Alyosha tapped his hand, and Stoberi had to parry with his sword. Then Alyosha's 50-yard-long foot stomped on his face, sending him flying backward with blood spurting from his mouth and nose, and knocking out a few teeth in the process.

But Alyosha didn't pursue directly. Instead, he held the wooden sword and walked slowly toward Stobelli with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Stobery, you really should reflect on your actions. As a major general who came from headquarters, your abilities are worrying. You can't even cut through this wooden sword in my hand."

"Arrogant!"

Alyosha's calm tone, coupled with his refined demeanor and gentle smile, still revealed a warm smile.

This gave the marines watching the scene the illusion that Alyosha was genuinely worried about Rear Admiral Stobery's abilities, putting aside past grievances.

But for Stobelli, this was the greatest insult.

Stobery bowed slightly, crossed his twin swords in front of him, and exerted force with his legs.

Six Styles - Shave!

His target was the wooden sword in Alyosha's hand. He couldn't let the marines at headquarters think that he, as a rear admiral, couldn't even cut a wooden sword in Alyosha's hand with the help of Armament Haki.

Alyosha smiled slightly and also used the Six Styles: Shave.

However, unlike Stoberg, he did not make a long movement; instead, he arrived first and landed in the best position to attack Stoberg, raising his knife to stab.

Stobelli was jolted out of his high-speed dash. Before Stobelli could even swing his twin blades, he was struck on the rectangular head.

His military cap flew up, revealing a bright red mark on his long forehead.

This was a poke created by Alyosha using Armament Haki, and it wouldn't be easy for Stobery to erase it.

The insulting blow did not anger Stobelli; instead, it gave him a triumphant smile.

He abandoned his twin swords, looked at Alyosha whose chest was exposed from the thrust, and cursed:

"Too naive, a ten-finger gun!"

Stobelli coated his ten fingers with Armament Haki and stabbed Alyosha in the chest, who was right in front of him.

As one of only two offensive taijutsu techniques among the six styles, it possesses speed and hardness exceeding that of bullets, easily piercing through steel, and is further enhanced by Armament Haki.

But the premise is, just like a bullet, it only has to hit someone to be lethal.

Ten fingers pierced through his chest, but Stobery felt no feedback as if the finger gun had penetrated his flesh.

What he saw before him was nothing more than a fleeting image of Alyosha.

A sharp object pressed against Stobery's back, making his heart skip a beat.

That was Alyosha's wooden sword. He had long since mastered top-tier Observation Haki, which allowed him to sense, absorb, control, and refine the life energy of all things through his innate ability.

Through this, Alyosha accurately predicted every move Stobery made, including Stobery's abandonment of his knife and his sneak attack with a finger gun.

"I am truly disappointed, Mr. Stoberry."

Finger Pistol - Shockwave!

Because of his innate monstrous physique, and his top-level Observation Haki, similar to that in the Dragon Ball series, which allows him to sense, absorb, control, and refine the life energy of all things.

After mastering all six styles, Alyosha combined them with his own physique and Observation Haki to develop his own variations of the six styles.

In Alyosha's hands, the brief airtime skill Moonwalk becomes the flight skill Moonwalk: Soaring Through the Sky.

In Alyosha's hands, the finger gun, originally designed for close-range piercing attacks, became a true finger gun, usable both at close and long range, and it didn't necessarily have to be released through the fingers.

Just like right now.

When Stoberi felt Alyosha's wooden sword pressed against his back and heard him warn him, he immediately shouted.

"Iron block!"

Before he finished speaking, an invisible shockwave was released from the tip of Alyosha's wooden sword, blasting Stobery into the air.

Iron Body and Armament Haki made Stoberi immune to most of the damage, but he was also stunned and disoriented, unable to control his limbs for a while and unable to use his Armament Haki for protection.

Alyosha looked at Stobery, whom he had knocked into the air, stretched his limbs, and then made his move.

Shave - Instant Step!

His figure vanished from the ground in an instant, appearing ahead of Stobelli's flight path.

He gripped the wooden sword tightly in both hands, raised it high, and swung it powerfully at the flying Stoberi, as if hitting a baseball.

The air was blasted into a sonic boom, and Stoberi was transformed into a ball, adjusting its flight trajectory again in mid-air.

Alyosha reappeared in front of Stobery and struck again.

Then he was hit again in the next spot.

Stobelli was completely turned into a pinball, flying back and forth more than ten times under Alyosha's constant adjustments in position in the air before finally landing.

The massive body crashed into the Oris Square, creating a spiderweb-like crack, and the onlookers of the marines also witnessed the horrific state of Stobelli.

His eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.

His limbs were twisted, and even his most prominent rectangular skull was deformed by Alyosha's blows.

Alyosha approached Stobery and, looking at Stobery's rectangular head, which he had bent at a ninety-degree angle, measured it with his wooden sword.

Prepare for the final blow to straighten Stobery's skull.

Alyosha wiggled his hips, struck a golf swinging pose, and prepared to hit the ball.

The next moment, a figure rushed in front of Alyosha and blocked Alyosha's attack with his fist.

"Alyosha, stop throwing a tantrum! Magma Fist!"

Akainu Sakazuki, a powerful Marine who ate the Logia-type Devil Fruit, Magma-Magma Fruit.

With his combined mastery of Armament Haki and Observation Haki, every move he makes carries a destructive force akin to a natural disaster.

Sakazuki used Armament Haki to cover the Stobelli, his Stand, to block Alyosha's final attack. He then clenched his left fist, and his magma-like fist slammed towards Alyosha's face.

Moonwalk - Dancing in the Sky!

Alyosha lightly stepped forward, creating distance between himself and Sakazuki before Sakazuki's magma fist could strike him, and hovered in mid-air.

Ok?

I felt the intense, freezing air surrounding me, which rapidly condensed into frost in the air.

Iron Block - Dust-Free Land!

An invisible, ring-shaped force field was released from Alyosha, forming an absolutely defensive vacuum zone within a three-foot radius around him.

This prevents the surrounding condensed frozen air from getting close.

Yellow flashes of light weaved through the frost.

In the blink of an eye, another layer of light prison appeared outside Alyosha's invisible force field.

Kizaru Borsalino stood on the ice platform created by Aokiji Kuzan, striking a peacemaker pose.

"That's enough, Alyosha. If you keep fighting, I'll have to get Kuzan, Sakazuki, and I to keep an eye on you."

"This time, I agree with Borsalino. You've taught Stoberi a lesson enough, Alyosha."

"Would you believe me if I said that what I just did was to help Major General Stobery snap his head back?"

Seeing that the three lieutenant generals, Red, Blue, and Yellow, had all come forward, Alyosha simply spread his hands and put away the wooden sword in his hand.

Aokiji and Kizaru wisely withdrew their powers, allowing Alyosha to fall from the sky.

Although Akainu on the ground was unhappy with Alyosha's sudden attack on Stobelli, he had no choice but to back down because of the circumstances.

More importantly, he wasn't absolutely certain he could defeat Alyosha.

The opponent's talent, monstrous physique, and the ultimate development of the Six Styles.

This means that even without eating a Devil Fruit, Alyosha possesses fighting power comparable to that of the three members of the Red, Blue, and Yellow trio.

Otherwise, the high-ranking officers of the Navy Headquarters, including Sengoku, would not have thought that Alyosha, who was only a commodore, could compete for the position of admiral.

The position of a general certainly requires many things: military merit, battle record, and popularity, but the most important thing is that you are strong enough.

Alyosha met all of these conditions.

At this moment, Sengoku's adjutant hurriedly arrived, holding a Den Den Mushi and cursing loudly, and also announced Alyosha's punishment in front of everyone.

"Alyosha! You bastard, how dare you start a fight at headquarters! You're suspended from duty and will be temporarily replaced by your adjutant, Dol, as brigadier general! Report to the propaganda department!"

"I accept this punishment, Warring States Marshal."

Alyosha didn't mind; he hadn't visited the administrative departments at headquarters in a long time, so he treated it as a vacation.

Having accepted Sengoku's punishment, Alyosha ignored Sakazuki's displeasure and turned to walk towards the headquarters building, casually greeting Aokiji and Kizaru along the way.

"Mr. Kuzan, Mr. Borsalino, would you like to come to my house after work?"

"What good news, Alyosha?"

"Well, on the way to hunt down the Sun Pirates, we also wiped out a group of bandits on an island. The island's civilians gave us a lot of good stuff and local specialties. I couldn't possibly wipe them all out by myself."

"That's really great news, Alyosha. I have plenty of free time."

"I'm really looking forward to Alyosha's cooking. You're known throughout the headquarters for being a big eater and a great cook."

"Haha, this is one of my few hobbies~"

Alyosha, Aokiji, and Kizaru left side by side, leaving only Akainu and the unconscious Stobelli beneath him, who had been punished by Alyosha.

The marines who had watched the excitement in the square dispersed to attend to their own business.

It seems that Alyosha, Aokiji, and Kizaru are the three admirals, while Akainu has become the isolated one.

As for the injuries on Stobery's body, Alyosha handled them with great care.

It's roughly the kind of injury that requires six months of bed rest and recovery; it's serious, but not fatal, and won't leave any lasting effects.

Watching the three figures disappear into the distance, Sakazuki spat in annoyance.

He had someone come and carry Stobery away before slowly walking towards the headquarters building and returning to his office.

Naval Headquarters Building.

Marshal Sengoku watched everything happening in the plaza through a Den Den Mushi, his face extremely grim.

Garp, on the other hand, was gloating.

"I already told you, Alyosha may have a good temper, but when he gets angry, he won't care whether you're a superior or a subordinate."

"Don't you dare meddle, Garp!"