Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Air combat is disadvantageous for us, let's go down!" Seeing this, Garp lowered his altitude while keeping Shiki at bay.

Whether it's Sanji or Marco, their goal is Nami, so even though they're a bit unhappy, they can only cooperate with Garp to suppress Shiki.

Meanwhile, Loguetown had been completely transformed into a battlefield due to the presence of those wild beasts. With the main floating island falling, the executives of the Golden Lion Pirates also appeared in Loguetown one by one.

"Sir! What do we do now?" Akainu's adjutant asked him, watching the retreating Marines.

It is obvious that the East China Sea Branch Navy is completely incompetent. If it were the Navy soldiers from headquarters, even if they were outmatched, they would never have been able to fight to this extent!

Akainu casually dispatched a retreating Marine and roared, "Anyone who retreats again will be executed on the spot!"

Under Akainu's coercion, the Marines had no choice but to fight desperately against the monsters, and the devastated battlefield strangely stabilized temporarily, but all of this was sustained by the lives of the Marines.

However, as Shiki the Golden Lion, Garp, Marco, Sanji, and others slowly descended, the situation seemed to start getting out of control again.

Because those monsters showed signs of going berserk after seeing Shiki, the Marines, who were already on the verge of collapse, began to retreat continuously, and even Akainu's words were no longer effective.

Moreover, it seems that due to Akainu's oppressive policies, many Marine soldiers are considering starting to rebel.

Seeing this, Garp was also unable to focus on fighting Shiki. He wanted to go and rescue the soldiers, but Shiki entangled him, preventing him from escaping.

However, neither Sanji nor Marco had any intention of helping Garp. They were pirates to begin with, and they would never have teamed up with Garp if it weren't for saving Nami.

"Captain!" Upon seeing Shiki, Indigo and the others also approached him. They had all been injured when they fell from the sky.

"Keep a close eye on our navigator!" Seeing his own people, Golden Lion could finally unleash his full power.

"Garp, I'll leave this to you, and I'll take care of the people over there, okay?" Marco wasn't in a hurry when he saw Shiki hand Nami over to his subordinates. Apart from Shiki the Golden Lion, he really didn't take anyone else seriously.

Although Garp was reluctant to agree, he figured he could deal with as many as he could, so he nodded and said, "If you rescue people and then run away, don't blame me for attacking Xuan Yue Island!"

Garp had no choice but to agree to Marco's suggestion. Akainu had exhausted too much energy before, so Garp wasn't sure if he could still hold his own. In any case, he couldn't rely on Akainu to keep things under control.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of that guy!" Marco said with a light laugh, pointing at Indigo who was holding Nami.

On the other side, Sanji, who also landed in Loguetown, made a different choice from Marco. He took down everything that stood in his way, whether it was the Marines or monsters, because the East Blue was his hometown, and he would not allow these monsters to run rampant.

Moreover, he didn't have much energy left when he came down, so he separated from Shiki and the others. What he needs to do now is to find Shiki or reunite with Luffy and the others who are on their way.

"Boom boom boom..." Garp and Shiki began to fight. Even monsters dared not approach the place where the two were fighting, and the Marines had already dispersed after Garp's reminder.

"Wow~~ What are these things?" Luffy, who had just arrived on the island, was extremely surprised when he saw the strange-looking monster in front of him.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. Loguetown is in a lot of chaos right now, and Nami might be in danger too. We must find Nami first!" Robin said seriously.

Although she thought she had seen Marco in his phoenix form before, she wasn't sure if it was him, so she couldn't rely on Marco and could only trust Luffy and the others.

Unfortunately, before the battle plan they had been discussing could even be implemented, Luffy disappeared. And a while later, Zoro, who was following behind them, also got lost. Thus, all three of the Straw Hat crew's strongest fighters went missing, leaving Usopp and the others utterly speechless.

"Don't worry about them. With their strength, they'll be fine. Let's go rescue Nami first!" Robin had now become the leader of the team.

Moreover, through her own abilities, she has located Nami's position and seen that Marco is also there.

Soon, the great melee in Loguetown truly began, with battles seemingly taking place everywhere. The addition of the Straw Hat Pirates and the Kuja Pirates further escalated the chaos.

"My lord! It's the Kuja Pirates, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! Have they come to our aid?" Akainu's lieutenant exclaimed with delight upon seeing Hancock.

However, Akainu showed no sign of surprise.

"They're not that kind! But we can't be bothered with them right now, give them all a good attack!" Akainu said softly, his eyes narrowed.

"Yes! Attack with all your might!" Akainu's adjutant was naturally a representative of the hawks, so even though countless marines were killed or wounded, they still shouted for an attack.

"Shiki! Your goal is impossible to achieve! Give up!" Garp, who was fighting Shiki, felt a pang of heartache. Too many Marine soldiers had been killed or wounded. If the fighting continued, the East Blue Marines would be wiped out.

"Hehehehehe... Garp! How about it? My kids are pretty good, aren't they! If it weren't for that guy Reina refusing to cooperate with me, we could have created even more powerful monsters! Then, not only the East Blue, but the whole world would be ours! But it's enough for now. I was just testing the level of these kids anyway! Hehehehehe..." Shiki the Golden Lion replied with a loud laugh.

Indeed, the East Sea was not his destination. He did not bring all the monsters this time, only the first batch of monsters. These monsters were his early experiments and were not the strongest.

However, Loguetown in the East Blue also holds special significance for him. It is the place where his greatest and only rival and friend, the Pirate King Roger, was born and died, so he wants to destroy it.

Chapter 503 Garp VS Golden Lion

"Nami!" Luffy shouted as he sat atop a raging elephant, looking around in disbelief.

After arriving in Loguetown, Luffy got separated from his crew, or rather, he lost them. In any case, he was definitely not the one who got lost, because he was the captain, and the place he was in was the Sunny Road.

Once there was only one person left, Luffy began to unleash his true nature. Seeing so many interesting monsters, he immediately went up to greet them, but they didn't seem very friendly. But that didn't matter. Who was Luffy? He was the man who would become the Pirate King. A few wild beasts were nothing more than that. Although they looked strange, they were indeed wild beasts in essence. Couldn't he tame them?

So after taking down several wild beasts, Luffy successfully tamed (kidnapped) a creature with the body of an elephant and the head of a lion.

Meanwhile, Zoro, who had gotten lost, somehow ended up at the place where Shiki and Garp were fighting, where he also met Sanji, who had just arrived.

"Green Moss Head, what are you doing here?" Sanji asked in surprise as he saw Zoro suddenly appear.

"Is it strange that I'm here? But you... weren't you supposed to be rescuing Nami? Where is Nami?" Zoro replied calmly.

He certainly wouldn't say that he got lost again, but Sanji was in the same boat! He lost track of Nami, so naturally he didn't want to tell Zoro either.

So the two of them maintained a strange peace, standing there watching Garp and Shiki fight.

"Why didn't you go and help!" *2

After a moment of silence, seemingly feeling a little awkward, Sanji and Zoro spoke at the same time.

"You go if you want, I'm not going!" *2

The two spoke at the same time again.

Having said the same thing twice, and to people they least liked, both Sanji and Zoro looked like they'd swallowed a dead fly.

But before they could make any move, Luffy, riding an elephant, arrived.

"Huh? What are you doing here?" Luffy asked in surprise.

Zoro and Sanji were both too tired to answer, but thankfully, before Luffy could say anything more, they saw Garp fighting Shiki.

"Grandpa...Grandpa?" Upon seeing Garp, Luffy's legs began to tremble, and he felt unwell.

"Luffy?" After forcing Shiki back with a punch, Garp naturally noticed Luffy and shouted, "What are you doing here, you brat?"

After being yelled at by Garp, Luffy immediately decided to run away. Back in Water 7, the old man had clearly said he wouldn't catch him, but then he turned around and threw a huge iron ball at them, almost killing them.

"Luffy, why are you running! Shiki the Golden Lion is here!" Seeing Luffy run past, Sanji and Zoro naturally had to follow, but wasn't their target Shiki the Golden Lion? Why were they running now that they had seen him?

"You brat, your crewmate has been taken away by Shiki's officers, and Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates has caught up with him!" Seeing Luffy run away, Garp didn't pursue him, but simply told Luffy about Nami's whereabouts.

"Thanks, Grandpa... I'll come help you again after I rescue Nami!" Luffy shouted back as he ran.

"You brat... do I need your help?" Garp replied with a loud laugh.

However, before he could finish speaking, he was sent flying by a slash from the Golden Lion.

"Hmph, you dare to get distracted while fighting me? Garp, you underestimate me too much!" Shiki the Golden Lion flew towards Garp, preparing to continue his attack.

"Hahaha... Golden Lion, you haven't eaten enough, have you? You didn't feel a thing when I hit you!" Garp crawled out of the ruins, took off his tattered Justice Cloak, wiped the blood from his forehead, and laughed as he spoke.

"Is that so? You won't think that way in a moment! Lion's Might - Earth Roll!" As the battle between the two intensified, the destructive power of their moves also increased. If they continued fighting like this, Loguetown's final fate would probably not be good.

However, once the battle begins, Garp is not one to hold back, and there is no one present who can intervene in their fight.

"Boom boom boom..."

Ignoring the two fighting fiercely over there, Marco continued to chase after Indigo and his group, naturally in order to rescue Nami, who had already fainted.

"Scaledo! Stop him! Cittagimo, let's go! We've achieved our goal of destroying Loguetown, we can retreat now!" Indigo ran while throwing some chemicals at Marco, trying to stop him.

"What about the captain? Are we just going to run away like this?" the fishman Cittagimo asked, frowning.

“Idiot, the captain will naturally retreat after we retreat. Otherwise, if we all die here, the captain won’t be able to handle the subsequent plans by himself!” Indigo said with a sneer.

It wasn't that he was cowardly or afraid of death and wanted to abandon the Golden Lion; rather, it was simply their original plan.

However, it is clear that Scaledo the gorilla is the one to be abandoned. Although he is quite strong, he is definitely not able to stop Marco.

“Okay!” Upon hearing this, Kitajimo, who was carrying Nami, nodded and ran away with Indigo.

As for the gorilla Scaredo, he stayed behind to cover the rear and try to stop Marco.

"Idiot, you can't stop me, not even by wasting my time. Don't you know I can fly?" Marco, who followed behind, immediately understood the gorilla Scaledo's plan upon seeing him.

However, he didn't intend to deal with the other party. Instead, he spread his arms, which turned into wings, and flew over the head of the gorilla Scaredo, chasing directly towards Indigo and the others.

"Whoa~~ Roar!" Scaledo roared and used the houses on both sides to leap up, trying to knock Marco down. However, Marco, now in his half-beast form, was not so easily hit.

However, thanks to the interference of the gorilla Scaredo, his progress has indeed slowed down.

"Damn gorilla! Looks like I can't catch up in peace without dealing with you first?" Marco stopped immediately upon seeing this, intending to take care of the other party here first.

"Sanji, this guy is yours!" But at that moment, Sanji and Luffy rushed over.

"No problem, I'd be happy to serve you, Captain!" Without saying a word, Sanji rushed forward and kicked Scaredo, sending him flying.

Marco was surprised to see the two suddenly rush out, let alone Scarlet, who didn't even have time to react.

Chapter 504 Brother-in-law

"Straw Hat Boy... Luffy?" Marco exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Luffy.

"Eh? You are...?" Luffy didn't recognize Marco when he heard Marco call out his name.

"I am Marco, the captain of the first division of the Whitebeard Pirates!" Marco's face darkened as he introduced himself.

"Ah! I remember now, you're Uncle Reina and Ace's comrade!" Luffy immediately remembered who Marco was, but asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

“My wife is Nami’s sister! Why do you think I’m here?” Marco replied helplessly.

"Huh? Huh? Huh?" Luffy looked incredulous. He knew Nami's sister, but he never expected her to marry Marco.

"Alright, enough talk. Nami is just ahead, let's go after her! Was there any problem handing that gorilla over to your companion?" Marco knew that now was not the time to talk about these things; the priority was to rescue Nami first.

"Don't worry! Sanji is very strong. It's just that Zoro is missing. He's probably lost again!" Luffy said with a frustrated look.

The three of them were clearly moving together, but Zoro suddenly disappeared.

Marco naturally knew Sanji's strength; they had previously teamed up to fight Shiki.

As they talked, the two chased after Indigo, and soon Marco, with his aerial advantage, caught up with them.

"Citakimo, stop him!" Although Indigo was cursing the gorilla Scaredo in his heart for being useless, he still ordered his companions to continue blocking the pursuers. In the end, as long as he and Nami escaped, that would be fine. After they reunited with Shiki, they had more important things to do.

However, he clearly miscalculated this time, because in addition to Marco, Luffy also came after them.

"Give Nami back to me!" Luffy stood in front of Indigo and said earnestly.