Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Chapter 127 Dragon and Vegapunk

"Justice takes different forms depending on one's perspective, so I don't intend to criticize your sense of justice."

"However, if you try to stop us, I won't stand idly by!"

"Sauro, you..."

boom!!!

Just then, not far away, a rescue ship full of civilians was suddenly destroyed by artillery fire!

"!!!"

Aokiji turned his head stiffly, his mind going completely blank!

What happened?

Why were shells fired at the rescue ship?

What is Sakazuki doing?

asshole!!!

"……."

Sauro stared in horror at the sunken rescue ship, his anger finally reaching its peak.

"Kuzan!"

"Is this the Navy's justice?"

"After seeing all this, can you still feel at ease?"

Not far away on the sea, the innocent civilians on the rescue ship didn't even have time to scream or wail before they were turned into minced meat and sank into the sea.

The azure seawater was faintly tinged with blood red…

"..."

At that moment, the justice that Aokiji had always upheld was completely shattered by that cannon shot!

He stood there, stunned, staring silently in the direction the rescue ship had sunk.

After a long silence, Aokiji, suppressing his inner rage, raised his head and said to Saul with a complex expression:

"Ah, I won't be as ruthless as him!"

"I'm sorry, but no matter who's right or wrong, I can't just watch you leave."

"call--"

Aokiji let out a long sigh, then looked apologetically at his former friend:

"Sayonara, Sauro".

"Frozen Time Capsule!"

The moment the words left his mouth, a white blast of cold air shot up from the ground at an incredible speed toward Saul!

Where the cold air passes, all the vegetation is frozen into ice crystals.

In the blink of an eye, the former Navy Vice Admiral, now a wanted criminal by the World Government—the giant Jaguar D. Saul—was frozen in ice!

"call--"

Aokiji let out another long breath, giving his former friend one last, complicated look.

He then turned around and walked toward Akainu Sakazuki's warship, his anger blazing!

A short while later, on a naval warship.

Aokiji angrily questioned Sakazuki:

"Why did you attack the rescue ship!"

"Don't you know those are all innocent civilians?"

"Sakazuki!!"

However, facing the anger of his colleagues, Akainu remained unfazed, and said resolutely and ruthlessly:

"civilian?"

"Who said those in power are all commoners?"

"What if a prisoner sneaks up there?"

"I'm telling you, Kuzan!"

"Evil should be completely erased!"

"Eliminating the problem completely is necessary; even if there are some additional casualties, those are deserved losses!"

"..."

Aokiji stared in disbelief at his cold-blooded naval colleague, unable to utter another word.

……

After a long while, the bombing sounds disappeared.

The naval warships that had surrounded Ohara Island have also left.

After the cries of agony and the sounds of gunfire turned to complete silence, Suzuki stood amidst the ruins of the Tree of Omniscience, stored the book in his hand into the internal space of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit, and then walked towards the coast.

At this moment, the once bustling streets of Ohara have been completely reduced to ruins, and even the once lively docks are now only filled with the sound of waves crashing.

Looking at the devastation and ruins, Suzuki felt no emotion whatsoever.

He calmly stepped over one crater after another, and soon arrived at the side of the frozen giant Sauro.

Then, Suzuki opened his mouth and spat out a box.

"Little Robin, you can come out now."

The box was quickly opened, and Robin and her mother, Nicole Olvia, crawled out.

"Brother Suzuki, are you all better now?"

"It seems like we can't hear the cannon fire anymore..."

"This is……"

"Sauro!"

Little Robin, who had just emerged from his mother's arms, snuggled into her embrace, looking around at the world with a puzzled expression.

However, she soon discovered that her giant friend Saul, whom she had recently met, was lying on the ground like a corpse, covered in cold frost!

Little Robin rushed over, her face filled with worry, her little hands patting Saul's body, trying to wake him up.

"Sauro? Sauro..."

Nearby, Nicole Olbia also recognized her savior.

"What's going on, Saul!"

She and this giant were old acquaintances.

Sauro was wanted by the Navy because he secretly released the archaeologist Nicole Olbia from prison.

The two then escaped on the same warship.

However, due to being constantly pursued by the Navy, Nico Olvia was separated from Saul not long afterward.

The giant admiral then drifted with the ocean currents and accidentally ended up on Ohara Island, until he met Robin a few days ago...

"Don't worry, this giant isn't dead yet."

Suzuki then delivered news that brought relief to the mother and daughter.

"Really, Suzuki-nii-san?"

Little Robin looked over in surprise.

Suzuki nodded calmly, then looked intently at the towering, frozen giant, lost in thought:

"So Aokiji held back after all, Saul~"

"It seems they'll be here soon..."

A glint flashed in Suzuki's eyes, but he quickly put his thoughts aside.

He looked at little Robin, whose face still held a hint of worry, and said gently:

"Alright, get away from me, let me wake this giant up."

"Okay, Suzuki-nii-san..."

Little Robin and Nico Olvia glanced at Saul with concern, then obediently moved a little further away.

Suzuki directly formed hand seals and unleashed a Fire Release ninjutsu at the frozen giant lying on the ground.

The precisely controlled flames quickly melted all the frost off the giant's body.

"Where...where am I...?"

Sauro slowly opened his large eyes, his voice sounding weak and feeble.

Little Robin looked at his good friend whom he had met a few days ago with a look of delight.

"Sauro! Great, you're finally awake!"

Little Robin left her mother's arms and ran to Saul's side, her face full of worry.

"Robin... Robin!"

"Oh, you're alright, that's so good!"

Sauro forced himself to sit up, his face beaming with joy.

The giant's massive body caused the ground to shake. This giant vice admiral had been frozen by Aokiji while searching for Robin.

Little Robin looked up at his awakened friend and said happily:

"Yes! By the way,"

"Sauro, my mother is back too!"

"Look—"

"Hey, really? That's great, Robin!"

Sauro scratched the back of his head and smiled憨厚ly.

Immediately afterwards, the giant vice admiral looked in the direction Robin was pointing and saw Nico Olvia standing to the side.

Saul said with a mixture of surprise and delight:

"Olvia, so you're Robin's mother?"

"Hey hee hee hee hee..."

Nicole Olvia covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face, grateful for the survival of her savior.

"Sauro!"

"That's so good, you're okay! Waaah, I thought..."

Just then, little Robin, with stars in her eyes, pointed at Suzuki and said:

"By the way, Saulo, let me introduce you."

"It was Suzuki-nii who saved you just now, otherwise it would have been very dangerous if you had continued to freeze."

"Look, that's Suzuki-nii-nii!"

"And my mother and I were also saved by Suzuki-nii."

"Otherwise, with such powerful artillery fire, I'm afraid..."

Thinking back to the overwhelming barrage of shells, a hint of lingering fear appeared on Little Robin's face.

"Hey, come on, hee hee hee hee, is that right?"

Saulo turned to look at Suzuki, his face immediately showing astonishment.

"The Traveler!!"

"A bounty of 830 million Berries..."

This giant general had a good relationship with Aokiji, so he naturally had taken note of Suzuki's bounty.

However, remembering that Suzuki had just saved his life, Saul, who was kind, honest, and without prejudice, said with a hint of gratitude:

"Thank you, thank you for saving me, Suzuki!"

Suzuki smiled, then sat cross-legged on the ground, chatting with the others while waiting for Vegapunk to arrive.

……

However, the ones who arrived first were not Vegapunk and Monkey D. Dragon, but the giants from Elbaf.

After learning that Suzuki had not only saved Ohara's books but also Saul's life, these giants' goodwill towards Suzuki increased dramatically!

After a brief, cheerful conversation, the giants quickly led Sauro away.

As they were leaving, they warmly invited Suzuki to visit their hometown, Elbaf in the New World, sometime in the future.

Little Robin and Nico Olvia said their reluctant goodbyes to Saul.

The mother and daughter then stayed with Suzuki as they waited on the shore of Ohara.

……

Half a day later, a mysterious figure wearing a hood and an old man with a strange appearance who looked like a great inventor arrived in Ohara.

The two are none other than Monkey D. Dragon, the future leader of the Revolutionary Army, and Vegapunk, a genius on the high seas who is said to be 500 years ahead of his time!

Looking at the island of scholars, now riddled with holes, the dragon couldn't help but sigh:

"What a pity~"

"The World Government has really gone too far this time!"

"It seems these scholars have all been slaughtered by the Buster Call..."

Vegapunk, standing nearby, was equally unsettled: "Professor Clover..."

However, just then, a dissenting voice came from not far away:

"It's too early to say it's a pity."

"..."

Are there other people here too?

Who else would come to Ohara at this time?

Monkey D. Dragon turned his head and saw Suzuki leading Robin and her daughter toward him.

This is... a traveler!