Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

On the other side, in the waters surrounding Water Seven, at the Navy's G8 branch.

In his office at the top of the building, Commander Jonathan cuts a steak while his fiancée Jessica opens a bottle of red wine for him.

"Drinking alcohol while on duty? That's quite audacious!"

Sakazuki, sitting some distance away, had a cigar in his mouth and his legs propped up on the desk.

"But we have Brother Sakazuki here, and I'm not the highest-ranking person in charge of the base right now."

Jonathan, with the air of a seasoned veteran, picked up his red wine and slowly finished it.

He tilted the bottle towards Sakazuki and asked, "Want some?"

"Hmph, alcohol is a degenerate substance!"

Sakassky puffed on the cigar in his mouth until the embers glowed brightly.

Just as he was about to reprimand his old comrade, the Den Den Mushi in his arms rang.

Kaka!

The receiver was raised, and the Den Den Mushi displayed a simulated face with a goatee. "Moshi moshi, is this Admiral Akainu Sakazuki?"

"Who are you, and how do you know this number?"

Sakazuki frowned and picked up the microphone.

"Oh! CP0 Chief, codename Deepsea, sends his greetings."

The man on the other end of the receiver seemed to take off his hat and bow, but the Den Den Mushi couldn't simulate that gesture.

“CP…”

Upon hearing the code name, Sakazuki tightened his grip on the cigar.

“We have important intelligence to share with you and the encirclement fleet!” Deep Sea said calmly, “Your mission target has arrived at Water Seven and is currently traveling to Enies Lobby by sea train!”

"what?!"

Sakazuki clenched his fist and slammed it on Jonathan's desk.

"Our space interference equipment has been deployed. Please lead your team to participate in the encirclement and suppression as soon as possible. That's all."

A man's cheerful voice came through the phone, and the Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) hung up.

"She actually managed to get around it."

Jonathan, who overheard their conversation, was speechless.

Completely unaware of the immense damage her words had caused to Sakazuki, who was already enraged, she was left speechless.

"Shut up, Jonathan!"

Sakazuki slammed his fist on the table, snatched the wine from his glass, and gulped it down in large mouthfuls.

He then ordered the fleet to assemble and led the encirclement fleet straight to Enies Lobby.

Chapter 222 Hunter and Prey

Endless dim stars walk across the gloomy sky, while a train travels across the sea, piercing through wind and rain, shrouded in night.

After a six-hour drive, the towering main gate of Judiciary Island was finally in sight.

"Ok!"

Sakura opened her eyes, her pupils shimmering with iridescent light.

A small burst of lightning emerged from between Leviathan's feathers, forming Enel's head. "Hey, something's not right on that island up ahead!"

He was born with a mental network, and during the time he obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he further developed the fruit with Sakura's help.

Enel is now able to combine his Observation Haki with electromagnetic waves and spread it out to achieve wide-area perception.

Sakura, on the other hand, uses her Observation Haki, which allows her to perceive emotions, to read the scenes Enel has investigated, which means the content is somewhat distorted.

"It seems that Mr. Tom's arrest was a trap that was laid."

Sakura leaned against the window, looking towards Enies Lobby. "But what's their purpose? It can't be to capture me, can it?"

It's important to know that Tom and she weren't particularly close, and she was always on a round-the-world voyage.

Even if the intention was truly to use Tom as a trap to capture her, the arresting agency should have been the Navy, followed by widespread media coverage and dissemination of the news. Instead, they chose a spy agency like the CP, which is notorious for its blatant attempts to silence even the smallest threats.

"No, the original intention was still to execute Mr. Tom, but someone used the chaos caused by this incident to lure me into a trap."

The girl's gaze was focused, fixed on the undulating seawater outside the car. "To do something like this, they must have complete knowledge of my movements. Only one organization on this ocean can do this..."

"Whoever set this trap, this little thing is definitely not a good person."

More arcs of electricity seeped from the black feathers, and Enel had condensed an arm, which gripped a lightning spear that shimmered with dazzling light and pointed it at the bound iceberg.

But in the next instant, the spear was shattered by the aura emanating from the person in front of him, and in the almost frozen gaze, a rampant killing intent soared into the sky.

A cold darkness spread through the carriage, and the torrential rain outside the window seemed to transform into a bloody storm in the flickering light.

All these changes were caused by the dark lightning that emanated from those emerald eyes.

"CP0, Deep Sea!!!"

Sakura's hoarse voice was almost squeezed out from between her teeth.

Memories of how, in the Forsythe Islands, Kuina and Tiger nearly lost their lives flashed through her mind.

"Who is that?"

Enel withdrew his hand, still shaken, and turned to look at the other two.

After a moment of silence, Tiger answered him with a grim expression, "The head of CP0, the World Government's intelligence agency, the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield, and the guy who almost took our lives!"

"Enel, search this island for any creatures with a high concentration of bacteria in their bodies!"

Sakura, expressionless, grabbed Thunder and dragged him off Leviathan.

"Huh? How could I possibly do something like that!" Enel shook his head in denial.

"Focus your energy, believe in yourself. You're a natural-born master of Observation Haki. This shouldn't be difficult for you!"

With her eyes closed and fingers raised, Sakura unleashed her sensory ninjutsu, using the chakra link to find Enel's dazzling electric light in the darkness.

She then used a special sense to touch Enel. He, who had been forced by Sakura to use his wide-area perception, instantly felt himself connecting with an extremely powerful will.

The accuracy of his Observation Haki skyrocketed until it could easily penetrate the bodies of the soldiers on Enies Lobby and observe their microscopic conditions.

"Stop playing around, hurry up and find it! Your body can't hold on much longer!"

Just as Enel was indulging in this sense of omniscience, Sakura's voice suddenly rang out, pulling him back to reality.

Immediately afterwards, the two worked together, using their more precise electromagnetic Observation Haki to sense the soldiers on Enies Lobby and search for traces of the deep sea.

Just a second before the train was about to pull into its final stop, Enel and Sakura exclaimed in unison, "Found it!"

After saying that, Enel turned pale and collapsed, only to be caught by Sakura. Sakura then summoned Leviathan and stuffed the listless Enel into its belly.

"That guy's real body is on Enies Lobby!" Sakura's eyes gleamed. "This is an opportunity!"

Tiger frowned. "But his abilities are impossible to defend against."

“We’ve already been exposed. Even if we know that guy is on the island, it’s useless. We can’t just launch a full-scale attack, can we?” Kuina was also somewhat bewildered.

"Doesn't that guy like setting traps and being a hunter?" Sakura smiled slightly. "Then let's teach him that the hunter and the prey can switch places at any time!"

After saying that, Sakura pulled Leviathan along and whispered something in her ear, then opened the window of the sea train and let it fly out.

The train arrived at the station, and Sakura and her group escorted Iceberg toward the main gate of Enies Lobby.

"Wait, what are you doing here!" A naval squad member, also wearing a cloak, stepped out from the gate and blocked their way.

"This guy is the apprentice of Tom the fishman who was sent here before, and he's being escorted to the island for trial!"

Sakura didn't give her unit number or show any identification to verify her identity, because she believed that Abyss would take care of these things for her.

Sure enough, after hearing that they were being escorted by people associated with Tom, the guards easily let them through.

Upon entering the main island of Enies Lobby, after passing through a narrow strip of land completely suspended above the abyss of a giant waterfall, Sakura and the others arrive at the courthouse at the end of the island.

When the towering gate opened, a trial was taking place inside, with the person on trial being the very person they were there to rescue—the fishman shipwright Tom.

"Master Tom!"

Iceberg was about to rush forward excitedly when Sakura grabbed his shoulder, looked up at the dark clouds that were gradually covering the entire island outside the courthouse, then glanced at the man in a white suit sitting in the gallery before stepping inside.

"Iceberg? What are you doing here!" Tom, in the dock, became agitated upon seeing his disciple.

Upon seeing Iceberg's arrival, the three-headed judge on the high platform banged his gavel forcefully. "Alright, the accomplice Iceberg has been brought in. The trial may begin!"

"No, don't hurt him! This has nothing to do with my disciple!!!"

Tom's massive body struggled, rattling the chains binding him beneath the seat.

Pop, pop, pop!

In the distant audience, a man who had been listening for a long time clapped his hands, stood up, and walked up the steps toward the judge's bench.

The moment he stood up, several pillars of light rose from the waterfall abyss surrounding Enies Lobby, and then the space within the island slightly distorted, causing Sakura's chakra perception of time and space to be severed.

"What a touching teacher-student relationship, don't you think, Ms. Haruno?"

The man gracefully removed his mask, revealing an innocent-looking face. "That good-for-nothing Spandam did do one good thing by allowing me to have this face-to-face conversation with you."

I'd also like to take this opportunity to express my regret once again for not being able to work with you.

"Deep Sea, do you think you've got me cornered?"

Sakura sneered and reached out to grasp the Cloud Necklace at her waist.

"Of course, this is one of the world's central hubs—Enies Lobby."

The deep sea opened its arms, "The standing garrison alone has over ten thousand elite troops, not to mention the fleet that is also on its way to encircle and annihilate you."

"I see, so the navy was also involved."

Sakura lowered her head slightly, and iron clouds swirled with surging lightning emerged from the hilt of her sword.

Raise your hand and swing your knife.

The ferocious flying slash spun diagonally upwards, utterly destroying everything in sight.

Kuina and Tiger also dropped their disguises and rushed towards Iceberg and Tom amidst the chaos.

After breaking the chains binding the two men, they were about to evacuate them from the courthouse.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. I, as the host, will be criticized for being impolite if I fail to properly entertain my guests!"

The deep sea laughed and raised its palm, and countless bacteria snaked out from its arm, forming a sharp double-edged blade.

After coating himself with Armament Haki, he swung it at the four people who were trying to escape.

His arm suddenly extended, forming a chain sword, which whistled as it slashed down.

Clang——!

The black thorns formed by the dark clouds rushed forth, extending into the path that the chain sword must take, colliding with it and producing a metallic clang.

"Give young people some time to grow. As for now, let me play with you!"

The Conqueror's Haki was released without reservation, and suddenly, the heavens and earth shattered!

Chapter 223 Demon-Slaying Order

"You know what? Of all these government adversaries, I like you pirates the most. You just do things on impulse."

Deep Sea stepped into the air with moonwalk, while a large number of bacteria spread on the ground, immersing the entire referee team in a fungal carnival.

The next instant, these fungi and bacteria of various shapes began to swell, emitting a bright light as if a high explosive were being ignited.

"Because you are always so foolish, willing to step into danger time and time again for complete strangers!"

Amidst the hysterical laughter of the deep sea, the surging light on the bacterial cell suddenly contracted.

boom!

The towering courthouse trembled violently, as if it had been brutally ravaged by a hammer. Cracks spread and appeared, followed by intense light that shone through the cracks, expanding and spreading until it covered everything.

When the smoke and dust cleared, only half a ruin and a huge crater remained where the courthouse had once stood. Deep Sea stood on the platform supported by the fungal organisms, the fungal shell on his body, melted by the flames and the impact of the explosion, slowly peeling away.