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

Zephyr straightened his chest, anchored by a pure belief no less powerful than a raging storm, and his powerful aura surged and rose, drawing the attention of the Marines back to Sakura.

"You brats, don't let her provoke you. It's our good fortune to have encountered an enemy like her. Unleash your righteous spirit and arrest her!"

Spurred on by Zephyr's voice, their gazes hardened, and they turned to Sakura in the distance with a shared sense of righteous indignation.

Noticing the change in atmosphere on the other ship, Sakura smiled even more brightly.

"Haha, this is the advantage of having experienced veterans on board, it's really great!"

Well then—come on, Navy!

Chapter 99 Gathering on Rubeck Island (Bonus chapter thanks to Tianyuan for the donation)

A violent storm raged, with lightning and thunder.

The waves surged like raging mountains, and in the dark sea and sky, a silver light hung down, connecting the sky and the sea.

Boom—! Clang—!

The sounds of metal and stone clanging mingled with the thunder.

The black iron spear, which was thrown over, collided violently with the suddenly rising ice pillar and crashed into the sea, splashing up a large spray of water.

Traufalga Roe's gaze shifted slightly from the medical scroll.

Then, an annoyed Sakura hit him on the head with a pointer.

"Well!"

Tears streaming down his face from the pain, Luo threw the scroll aside in despair and lay down on the ground like a spoiled child.

"Sister Xiaoying, it's been two weeks already, how can I concentrate on my studies with them making so much noise!"

"You were the one who said you wanted to learn medicine, and aren't you quite good at Yang Release techniques?"

Sakura crossed her arms and watched as Law placed his hand on her head, his palm emitting a green light.

Two weeks ago, Sakura, unable to resist Law's request, tried to teach him chakra.

She initially thought it was just a fun prank, but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

Chakra, as a spiritual energy that connects people, is a perfect match for the inhabitants of this world who can turn their will into weapons.

Almost the instant Sakura shared her chakra, Law instinctively understood how to utilize that power.

Combined with his unique physique in the One Piece world, Law was able to extract and control Yang Release in just two weeks of training.

Sakura's own chakra also underwent some kind of change after experiencing this connection.

From the perspective of perception, it seems to have an added flavor of 'source'.

—I sat up in shock while on my deathbed and realized that I was the progenitor myself.

"But they're so noisy!"

Luo let go of his limbs and collapsed to the ground.

As for "them," they were naturally the navy that had been chasing the Leviathan for ten days.

Zephyr, a former general known for not killing, has a fighting style that leans towards flanking and defense.

Engaging with them is more like being entangled by a well-coordinated pack of wolves, who, while maintaining distance, use sausage tactics to wear you down until you collapse from exhaustion.

But... this is completely different from the intense confrontation that Sakura longed for.

The old fox Zephyr has figured out people like Sakura perfectly. He wants a clash of wills, right?

Hey, I'm not giving it to you! I'll just rub against you but I won't go in, are you mad? Are you mad?

"As expected, none of those who rise to the rank of general are easy to deal with!"

Sakura pouted unhappily, her sharp gaze meeting that of the purple-haired middle-aged man on the distant warship.

"Haha, did she find out?"

Zephyr, also standing in the storm, wiped the rain off his face.

He then stepped off the bow of the ship, gathered Armament Haki in his right arm, and slammed it down on Smoker, who was fast asleep.

Bang!

"Ouch! What are you doing, you old geezer!"

Smoker, with a large bump on his head, clutched the wound and rolled around on the ground.

"Hmph, it's your turn now. You're a grown man, but you can't even last as long as Hina and that pirate girl over there!"

Zephyr grabbed Smoker with his large hand and carried him to the bow of the ship.

"We're about to drive her to Rubeck Island, where the military has laid an ambush to capture the Don Quixote family."

If we don't hurry now, we'll have to wait until she's surrounded..."

Zephyr lifted Smoker like a cannonball and aimed it at the Leviathan in the distance.

"There won't be a chance to fight... anymore!"

With a powerful throw, Smoker shot straight into the sky like a javelin.

Fortunately, as a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, he had developed flight skills, and his body turned into smoke as he rapidly ascended into the air.

Finally, due to the explosive reaction force, it successfully floated in mid-air.

"That old bastard!"

Smoker's cheek twitched, and he forced out a sound through clenched teeth.

However, despite the scolding, she should still remember the old man's kindness to her. At worst, she could skip his funeral and secretly make little pearls for him!

With a bright future in mind, Smoker dove towards the Leviathan below.

"Pirates, surrender!"

Smoker had already learned from intelligence from the staff that the other party did not possess Armament Haki.

Now that I, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, am going to capture her, I will win!

And then, nothing happened...

Accompanied by dark lightning, the aura of a domineering being dispelled all the smoke.

A storm sword grew larger and larger in Smoker's pupils until it slashed down on his stomach, cleaving him in two.

"not good!"

Before Smoker could even break out in a cold sweat, he was engulfed by the storm.

"Smoke-Smoke Fruit user, you and I really don't get along!"

The giant sword, composed entirely of thermal circulation, frantically devoured Smoker's smoke form as it emerged from his body, ultimately forming a giant smoke sword.

Sakura raised the greatsword like a spear, preparing to throw it.

"Hmph, you like the sausage tactic? Then go chase your sausages!"

With a cold snort, the girl's chakra surged, combining the monstrous strength of the giant royal family with a brief burst of chakra.

With all its might, it threw! With a roar, it easily traversed the long distance and plunged into the depths of the sea.

"Oh no, Smoker!"

Zephyr's pupils contracted on the warship. He abandoned his pursuit of Sakura and used Moonwalk to plunge into the giant sword's landing point.

The icy seawater enveloped him, but it did not hinder him. He used his Observation Haki to lock onto the location and quickly swam towards the giant sword.

"Serves you right, for using me as a whetstone for your students!"

As Sakura released her chilling aura, it instantly froze the entire sea surface behind the Leviathan.

The warship, fully loaded with naval elite training camp cadets, was trapped at sea, unable to move forward or backward.

Luo activated the device to release the coating, which wrapped around the hull, and began to dive.

Half an hour later, they were completely out of the warship's pursuit range.

"Phew, finally shook off those boring marines!"

Deep in the sea, Sakura leaned back on a beach chair on the deck and hummed a few words.

"Who told you to go out and provoke them? You could have just run away quietly from the start!"

Luo cleaned up the ship and sat down opposite Sakura.

"You don't understand, my purpose in going to sea is to travel around and fight."

Sakura raised her finger and waved it at him.

Looking at the pirate girl in front of him, who was a few years older than him, Law wondered, "That's strange. Don't you want to be the Pirate King?"

"That stuff is too much trouble, I don't want to get involved with it!"

Sakura shook her head, took out the permanent compass and sea chart, and began to calculate her current position.

After a few minutes of checking the compass and comparing it with the nautical chart, Sakura exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no! How did they manage to chase us all the way to Lubek Island?!"

“Rubeck, that sounds familiar?” Luo picked up the nautical chart, a sudden thought flashing through his mind: “It seems Mr. Corazon said he was coming here. Can we go directly to him?”

Faced with Luo Tianzhen's request, Xiaoying didn't know how to answer him.

Because Corazon should have already landed on the island and met Doflamingo, thus beginning the fateful battle between the two brothers.

On the other hand, it would be too cruel to leave Law completely unaware of Corazon's feelings for him.

After hesitating for a long time, she sighed softly and said, "We can't go to Corazon."

"Rubeck, Mignon, Seagull Island—this is where he chose to end things with Doflamingo!"

Upon hearing this, Luo felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and his body swayed.

"what?!"

The thought of the clumsy Corazon facing off against the terrifying Doflamingo made Law's heart race, making his expression increasingly grim.

"Why, why didn't you stop him?!"

Sakura let the boy in front of her pounce on her and loudly questioned him.

But she met Luo's gaze without flinching, and said frankly, "Because this is a man's decision. If he wants to take you into seclusion, he must personally sever ties with his past!"

Whether it's an undercover mission in the Navy or a wicked older brother, Corazon needs to rely on his own strength to break free from these things.

Otherwise, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, these past events will inevitably find him again sooner or later.

That might even put Luo in danger, which is something Corazon cannot tolerate!

"But, but..."

Luo's voice choked with sobs, and tears blurred her vision.

"Luo, don't interfere..."

Sakura was interrupted by Law, who was gritting his teeth, before she could finish speaking.

"Then I'm going too!"

"what?"

"I said I'm going to stand with Mr. Corazon and face all of this. Sakura-nee was just saying not to interfere with a man's decision, right?!"

The young man, brimming with passion, declared his will.

"You guys are all hopeless!"

With a smile playing on her lips, Sakura turned the rudder to its full throttle, and the Leviathan began to head towards the sea.

After all, what reason in the world could stop a man from heading to the sea?

So, let's set sail!

Chapter 100 It's all fate!

North Sea·Winter Island·Mignon.

Dark clouds covered the snow-covered land.