One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

Chapter 178 On the Eve of the Great Battle

three days later.

Naval Headquarters, Marineford Pier.

At this majestic and sacred naval headquarters, countless naval soldiers stood in neat rows, their expressions solemn and filled with a chilling aura.

Naval officers, who were rarely seen in the past, were now a common sight here, with at least one naval lieutenant commander in almost every formation.

Furthermore, the soldiers were no ordinary men. They had sharp eyes, a unified and imposing presence, and an extremely menacing aura. They were clearly not comparable to the new recruits or those soldiers who lacked combat experience and were just coasting along.

These are all veterans from the Navy Headquarters with extensive combat experience!

Judging from their battle-hardened appearance, they were all veterans who had survived countless battles, and every move they made carried a sharp sense of discipline and obedience.

At this moment, their faces were all solemn. Some were wiping their weapons and sharpening their knives, while others had gloomy eyes and were making phone calls to their families.

It looked like a full-scale war was about to break out.

However, there were not dozens of warships on the dock that could accommodate so many people. Instead, there was only one heavily armed and sophisticated warship, which was slowly sailing out of the dock under the watchful eyes of countless naval soldiers.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku stood prominently at the bow of the ship, his gaze fixed solemnly on the boundless ocean ahead.

The naval personnel not far away, upon seeing a familiar figure behind Sengoku, exclaimed in surprise, "No way—?!"

"Could it be... the Navy hero Garp!?"

"Even he made a move?!"

The strongest vice admiral in history, known as the "Iron Fist Garp" and a "naval hero," appeared on the warship.

Apart from him, the entire crew of this well-equipped warship were high-ranking naval officers!

The vast majority of naval commanders are on board!

Just as the warship slowly sailed out of the harbor, Vice Admiral Kashoyama walked onto the bow deck, nodded to several familiar colleagues, and then walked to Sengoku's side.

"marshal!"

Zhan Guo was taken aback, snapping out of his thoughts and looking at the burning mountain beside him.

"What's wrong? Is the mountain on fire?"

"Marshal, I have a question—"

Fire Mountain frowned, somewhat puzzled. "Although you just mobilized the navy at headquarters and prepared for a full-scale war with the Revolutionary Army, however—"

He glanced at the lone warship at his feet. "Why is only this one ship setting sail?"

"How do we bring those brothers along?"

Upon hearing this, Sengoku chuckled and patted Huoshaoshan on the shoulder, "Ah, you mean this!"

"You should have seen that document, right? It's the intelligence about the Sky Current."

Huoshaoshan frowned, but nodded nonetheless. "I've seen it, but I still don't understand."

"What does this have to do with us setting off on the same ship?"

"Of course it's related!"

Sengoku picked up the document from the table behind him and showed Huoshaoshan a picture of the Sky-Piercing Current. "This current can lift ships to floating islands ten thousand meters in the air. Do you think it's powerful?"

Huoshaoshan was taken aback, then suddenly realized, "—You mean, ordinary warships can't withstand such a huge impact?"

Zhan Guo nodded, glancing at Huoshaoshan with satisfaction. "That's right, just as you thought. After researching the power of that surging ocean current, we specifically reinforced this warship to make it able to withstand powerful impacts."

"Moreover, riding that ocean current is extremely unpredictable. There must be a strong person on board to ensure that nothing goes wrong and that we don't fall from the sky and be smashed to pieces."

"Having spent so many years at sea, you should know that falling from thousands of meters above the water has almost the same impact as falling onto land, right?"

Huoshaoshan suddenly realized, then frowned again, "If that's the case, doesn't that mean only our warship can land on the sky island?"

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"Then how will the brothers keep up with us? Wasn't the mobilization just now pointless?"

Zhan Guo Si Ping had long anticipated that Huo Shao Shan would ask such a question, and immediately smiled, pointing to a figure not far away dressed in a pure white uniform, whose whole body was hidden in the shadows.

"He's an agent from the CP department; I specifically used my connections to borrow him."

"His Devil Fruit is the Door-Door Fruit, which allows him to open doors anywhere, so—"

"So once we reach the Sky Island, he can open the door and let the brothers of Marineford catch up with us?"

Huoshaoshan took over the conversation, his eyes lighting up.

"That's right!"

Sengoku smiled, stroking his long beard. "This way, we can not only completely avoid the losses the navy will suffer during the ascent to the sky island, but also minimize the impact and launch a surprise attack on the Revolutionary Army!"

"I don't believe they won't fortify the area around the sky island. Once we arrive with a large fleet of warships, the Revolutionary Army will probably have already moved their positions!"

"I see!" Huoshaoshan nodded, stepped back with an expression of agreement, and began preparing for the next battle.

Without a doubt, this will be a massive and brutal war, and one side will inevitably pay an extremely heavy price!

This specially built warship is extremely fast, and its hull has been modified with an engine modified by Vegapunk, making it the fastest sailing ship in the world, unmatched by any other sailing vessel.

Ripples were left on the sea behind the warship, and white waves lingered for a long time.

After about one or two hours, the warships gradually slowed down.

"Oh? Have we arrived?"

Kizaru, who was resting on the chair, stood up, stretched, and glanced at Akainu, who had a solemn expression and murderous intent in his eyes.

A large X-shaped scar had appeared on the opponent's chest, a wound sustained during the fierce battle with Kiro in Mary Geoise.

"Akainu, what are your thoughts?"

"—I have nothing to say."

Akainu's face was grim, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "I only want to completely destroy the Revolutionary Army!"

As the most famous radical in the Navy, Akainu even participated in the proposal to launch a large-scale attack on the Revolutionary Army.

He always believed that only by completely eradicating the evil seed of the revolutionary army from the world could the justice of the navy be upheld.

Seeing this, Kizaru raised an eyebrow. "Looks like you also hold a grudge against Kiro."

"But—me too."

Kizaru, who was usually lazy and slacking off, suddenly had a resolute killing intent in his eyes.

Kizaru glanced at his prosthetic left arm, his eyes turning sinister. "I will make Kiro pay a terrible price!"

"Let's start by destroying the Revolutionary Army!"

The two walked together to the bow deck, where most of the naval officers had been waiting for some time.

About ten minutes later, the clear sky above suddenly changed, and the cloudless blue sky turned gloomy.

Upon seeing this, Sengoku's eyes lit up with joy. "They've arrived!"