Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

They originally thought that only Shanks belonged to their level of strength, but now it seems that the Straw Hat Luffy has also reached that level.

In this way, they no longer have an advantage in terms of the number of strong individuals.

What frustrated him most was that the two CP0 guys were actually defeated by the Straw Hat crew's swordsman Zoro and chef Sanji.

Although the chef wearing the Germa combat suit didn't admit to being a Germa member, anyone could tell that the suit was definitely a Germa one.

Originally, if the two CP0 guys, along with the androids from the Science Unit, could hold off the Straw Hat crew and Buggy's crew, then he and Green Bull could definitely defeat the Straw Hat Pirates together.

However, the androids have held off the rest of the Straw Hat crew and the Buggy Pirates, and even have the upper hand. But the two CP0 bastards have been defeated, freeing up Zoro and Sanji to take action.

At this rate, even if Kizaru and Green Bull team up, it will probably be difficult for them to eliminate the opponent.

Needless to say, the Red-Haired Pirates are getting closer and closer and can come to their aid at any time.

"No, if we give up like this, we won't be able to explain ourselves when we get back! Admiral Borsalino, you hold off the rest of them, I'll deliver the fatal blow to Straw Hat! He's definitely close to his limit right now!" Green Bull said to Kizaru beside him, his eyes burning with madness.

"Oh dear~ Are we going to fight to the death? Fine, although I'm not willing, it would be quite disadvantageous for us if these people entered the North Blue! So... let's do it! Yasakani no Magatama!" After saying that, Kizaru flew into the air and turned into a huge ball of light, which looked like a small sun from a distance.

As Kizaru made his move, Green Bull also began to act. Green Bull's already enormous tree-like body swelled even more, making it clear that he was about to unleash his ultimate attack.

On the other side, Luffy, who was still in Nikka form, still intended to fight the two of them when he saw them attacking at the same time.

Although he had little strength left, he still showed no intention of retreating. Behind him were his wounded companions, who looked at Luffy with concern.

"Luffy, watch out!" As one of the former Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jinbe destroyed many of the artificial warlords, even though they were quite powerful, and still had some strength left.

So when Green Bull and Kizaru were on their way, Green Bull even slapped the sea surface with his palm, sending a current of seawater directly towards Kizaru.

However, as a Marine Admiral, Kizaru's attacks were clearly not so easy to defend against. Countless laser beams pierced through the ocean currents and shot towards Luffy.

"Pfft pfft pfft..." Although Luffy dodged many laser beams, Kizaru fired so many lasers at such a fast speed that Luffy simply couldn't dodge them all.

"Oh no, Franky!" Upon seeing Luffy get hit, Nami on the Sunny shouted loudly to Franky, who was piloting the Franky General.

"Leave it to me!" Franky had also noticed Luffy's situation, so he immediately decided to go and support Luffy.

"Boom!" But before Franky could act, the Franky General he was piloting exploded.

Just then, two artificial humans who were also members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea arrived and launched an attack on Franky. Franky's attention was focused on Luffy, so he had no way to dodge.

Chapter 818 Repelling the Navy

Luffy was caught in a pincer attack by Kizaru and Green Bull, while Franky was ambushed by the androids. What was initially a relatively smooth situation suddenly turned into a bad one.

However, Chopper and Brook rushed towards Franky immediately to rescue him.

But before they could get close, Franky had already emerged from General Franky.

Although General Franky suffered heavy losses, Franky himself was not seriously injured.

So the three of them joined forces and fought against the two "Seven Warlords of the Sea" androids who rushed over.

"Well... it's time to end this!" Green Bull, whose body had grown to enormous size once again, suddenly shot a tree branch at Luffy.

"Oh no!" Zoro saw this and wanted to rush forward to help, but a pain shot through his body. It was the injury he had sustained in the previous battle that hindered his movements.

In the previous battle, Zoro single-handedly arrived at and eliminated three of the "Seven Warlords of the Sea" androids, which consumed a lot of his stamina and also caused him considerable injuries.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Sanji didn't say a word. He lightly stepped forward and used the thrusters on his feet and the ability of Moonwalk to rush directly towards Luffy.

However, before he even arrived, three vice admirals blocked his way, preventing him from rescuing Luffy.

"Pfft!" In the blink of an eye, the tree branch that Green Bull fired directly entangled Luffy.

"Hahaha... It's over, Straw Hat Boy! You can't escape the entanglement of my branches!" Green Bull burst into laughter upon seeing this.

Meanwhile, Luffy, who was entangled, was struggling desperately, but Green Bull's branch was no ordinary branch; it was a branch that could absorb the enemy's energy.

So after struggling for a while, Luffy's entire body visibly began to shrink, and he soon could no longer maintain his Nikka form, turning into an ordinary rubber man.

But at this crucial moment, a red light suddenly flashed and cut off the branches that were binding Luffy.

"Ah~~" The green bull, whose branch had been cut off, let out a miserable scream, and its original huge size returned to its original size. It then fainted on the warship.

"Red-Haired Shanks's Observation Kill?" Kizaru, back on the warship, turned his head to look at the Red-Haired Pirates' ship not far away, which was slowly approaching them, and at the bow was Red-Haired Shanks himself!

The moment Kizaru saw Shanks, he knew their mission had failed!

Although they still hold the advantage in the overall situation, this is all thanks to the androids. However, in terms of high-end combat power, they have completely fallen behind.

Two members of CP0 have already been defeated, and now Green Bull is likely to lose his fighting ability as well. He alone is no match for the Red-Haired Pirates, let alone capture Straw Hat Luffy under their protection.

Therefore, after seeing the Red-Haired Pirates arrive, Kizaru ordered his subordinates to find Green Bull and begin an orderly retreat.

When the Straw Hat Pirates and Buggy's Pirates saw that the Navy had begun to retreat, they couldn't help but cheer; they had indeed repelled the Navy.

When Shanks arrived at the Sunny, the injured Luffy expressed his gratitude to Shanks.

If it weren't for Shanks, they would have been in real trouble.

Shanks circled Luffy a few times with a curious look on his face and asked, "What ability did you use before? Your Devil Fruit ability?"

Although he had heard a rumor, he had never seen the true form of the Nika Fruit, so Shanks was quite surprised to see that Luffy had actually awakened the fruit.

"Yes, I call it Gear 5, but according to Robin, mine should be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit. Later on the final island, after Robin read the documents, she told me that my Devil Fruit is very likely a Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Nika Fruit!" Luffy nodded and replied.

"A Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit?" Buggy, standing nearby, was so surprised his mouth almost dropped. He said, "But didn't you eat the Gum-Gum Fruit before? How can you eat a Zoan-type Devil Fruit again?"

"No, my Gum-Gum Fruit is actually called the Nika Fruit. It's just that there haven't been any awakened users of the Gum-Gum Fruit for hundreds of years, so people don't know that, and that's why it's called the Gum-Gum Fruit!" Luffy said honestly.

"By the way, Straw Hat Luffy, now that we've defeated the Marines, you should hand over the One Piece to me as promised!" Buggy said to Luffy with an expectant look on his face.

“Sure! Anyway, that thing isn’t very useful to us, but Robin said she wanted to keep it, so we brought it with us! Robin… could you give that thing to Buggy?” Luffy turned his head to look at Robin and asked.

“It’s just some documents. I definitely wouldn’t have given them to you before, because you don’t know their value. But if you really want them, I can give you my translation!” Robin said coldly.

If it weren't for Luffy, she wouldn't have given historical information to a pirate like Buggy who knows nothing.

"What? I don't know its value?" Bucky said, looking annoyed. "Do you even know who I am? I'm Bucky the Clown King! What good are those translations to me? I want the treasure!"

Upon hearing Buggy's words, Robin, who had already taken out the translation, put it away again and said, "You didn't want this yourself!"

"Damn it, I said I don't want it! I want the original!" Bucky said angrily.

In Bucky's view, it was originally taken from the final island, and it would definitely be very valuable if sold. No one would want this kind of translation.

Crocodile, standing to the side, was practically fuming. He yelled at Buggy, "Idiot, what good is the original? Do you know ancient script? Without Nico Robin's translation, those words are just words! But with Nico Robin's translation, that's the One Piece!"

Buggy was taken aback by this, looked at Robin in surprise, and said, "So... if you deliberately made a fake one, wouldn't I not know?"

“If you have the ability… you can naturally tell the difference!” Robin said expressionlessly.

“Alright, I’ll take both the original and the translation!” Bucky suddenly changed his mind.

“That’s impossible! I wasn’t going to give it to you in the first place!” Robin said firmly.

If the two continued talking, they might start fighting immediately, but at this moment, Shanks suddenly spoke up and said, "Buggy, since you think the translation is bad, then I'll trade you a treasure map!"

Chapter 819 The Angry Marshal Sakazuki

"You're talking nonsense! Shanks... You think you can just fob me off with an ordinary treasure map? Not so easy!" Bucky said unhappily.

"Oh? But what about your promise to Luffy? Wasn't it to give you the One Piece? The One Piece is that document! You'd be better off with a treasure map!" Shanks said with a smile.

"Bucky! Take that translation!" Crocodile was almost frantic. With the translation, they could find out the true nature of the One Piece, but Buggy was obsessing over some treasure. It was utterly unreasonable. If he weren't so badly injured, he would have already snatched it.

Buggy glanced at Crocodile, signaling him to be quiet, which nearly made Crocodile go berserk.

On the other hand, Shanks, looking completely confident, said to Bucky, "How about... three treasure maps? I guarantee one of them will contain a huge treasure!"

Sure enough, Buggy was immediately tempted by Shanks' words, but just as greed was about to overcome reason, Buggy suddenly realized what was happening, grabbed Shanks by the collar, and yelled, "Shanks...you're trying to lie to me? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Everyone was stunned, and their gazes towards Bucky immediately changed.

First of all, Shanks just displayed absolute power, even defeating a strongman like Green Bull with a single blow!

But what about Bucky? He's grabbing Shanks by the collar right now, and Shanks is all smiles. What ordinary person would dare to do that?

Crocodile, in particular, was quite pleased to see Bucky realize that Shanks had deceived him, after all, the Joker King wasn't entirely an idiot.

But he didn't expect that what Bucky said next would almost make him go berserk.

"You just pull out a few maps and think you can fool me into thinking they're treasure maps? I haven't even settled the score with you for what happened back then! You want me to give up the documents? Fine! But you'll have to pay more!" Bucky grabbed Shanks and said what he considered to be the most vicious words.

However, apart from Shanks, everyone, including Luffy, stared at Buggy in shock, seemingly unable to believe that he had just said those words.

They simply couldn't believe that there could be such a stupid person in the world. Everyone knows how important documents are these days, but in Bucky's eyes, they're not even worth a few treasure maps.

Furthermore, he believed that Shanks had deceived him, specifically regarding the treasure map, rather than the actual event itself.

"You actually want more money? Hey... Red Nose, don't push your luck!" But before everyone's shock had subsided, Luffy finally couldn't help but speak up.

Even Crocodile was starting to have doubts. Did Buggy know some extra information? Was that why he didn't want the documents and instead asked for the treasure map?

Otherwise, why would Luffy react so strongly?

On the other hand, the Straw Hat crew members were all covering their foreheads, looking utterly hopeless, as if they could no longer explain themselves to their captain.

The three people arguing over there, realizing they couldn't resolve the situation, actually started fighting.

Aside from Crocodile and the others, the members of Buggy's Pirates looked at their captain with admiration for daring to fight the Straw Hat Pirates who had arrived at the final island and the most mysterious of the Four Emperors, Shanks.

The members of the Red-Haired Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates completely ignored their captains. They were too lazy to pay attention to their captains' antics anymore. If things got too bad, they would just destroy them. Having captains like that was just too exhausting.

Fortunately, all three of them had just gone through a great battle and were exhausted, so Buggy and Luffy soon collapsed on the ground, panting heavily as they began to rest.

Shanks still had some energy left, but neither Luffy nor Buggy were people he wanted to truly hurt, so the fight earlier was just for fun.

On the other side, the navy, which was gradually withdrawing from the battlefield, contacted headquarters as soon as they left.

After Sakazuki learned that the plan had failed and the naval forces had been defeated, he smashed the table in front of him to pieces with a single punch.

"Straw Hat Boy... I really underestimated you!" Sakazuki said, biting off the cigar in his mouth, clearly annoyed.

According to the message personally delivered by Kizaru, the Straw Hat Pirates seem to have awakened their Devil Fruit powers, causing their combat strength to skyrocket. As a result, the strength of the entire pirate crew is now on par with the Four Emperors' headquarters.

Most importantly, the strength displayed by the Red-Haired Pirates made Sakazuki extremely wary; they actually possessed the power to defeat Green Bull in one blow.

Although Green Bull was caught off guard and not at his peak, Shanks' ability to defeat him in one blow forced Sakazuki to take him seriously.

"Buggy, the Clown King! How dare he cause trouble for me at a time like this... I will never forgive him!" As for the Buggy Pirates who appeared out of nowhere and bought the Straw Hat crew crucial time in the battle, Sakazuki was also quite annoyed.

Back when Reina wreaked havoc in Impel Down, the pirates who escaped were all subdued by the Clown King Buggy. Even Crocodile, one of the former Seven Warlords of the Sea, joined Buggy's pirate crew, which forced Sakazuki to take the matter seriously.