Arceus' Pirate Journey

As the Howler Whale King's mouth closed, the camping lantern in Zeraora's hand became the only source of light. In order not to burn the Howler Whale King, the flame on Shayina's back had long been extinguished. In fact, unless there was a battle, Shayina and Jin would not keep the fire lit.

Kuzan didn't know what he was stepping on, but the soft touch gave him a jolt. Even though he couldn't see outside, Kuzan knew that the whale had already set off...

Chapter 1112: The battle between the same period is really cold

From the outside, after Zeraora and others entered its belly, the Howler Whale King retreated back to the inland sea, and after accelerating, it directly jumped over the outer defense wall of Wano Country.

The round body drew an arc in the air, and the blue fins kept swinging. The king whale adjusted its body shape in this way.

Although it looks clumsy and stupid, jumping is the forte of the king whale, which is also its fighting method. The king whale will make the opponent unconscious by the shock wave generated when its body hits the waves.

After arriving at the outer sea of ​​Wano Country, the Whale King took a deep breath, filled his body with air, and then dived into the deep sea.

No matter how rough the waves outside Wano Country were, they were much gentler in the deep sea. Kuzan inside also felt the bumps gradually disappearing, and the surroundings fell into silence.

Zeraora would occasionally give directions to the Howler Whale King, while Shayna would close her eyes and rest. After thinking for a while, Kuzan finally took out an eye mask and began his nap.

The space inside the King Whale's body is very spacious, so even the three of them didn't feel stuffy.

[Blood and lightning, what a familiar combination. ]

He joined the navy two years later than Sakaski and Borsalino, but with his own abilities, Kuzan was considered a grade skipper, and eventually became a monster rookie of the navy at the same time as Akainu and Kizaru.

The three natural abilities of magma, flash, and ice laid the foundation for the navy for an era.

At this point, the magma and flashes are gone, replaced by flames and lightning. In a sense, this is an era that makes him feel familiar.

......

After a while, the whale king, which was sailing steadily, suddenly let out a muffled roar.

"We'll be at Egghead soon, but this place seems to be a little special. The howler whales are in some trouble."

From the roar of the Whale King, Zeraora heard an unpleasant emotion and understood what the Whale King meant.

"It's time to prepare for action. Just like what we have assigned before, Kuzan, this is your first action. Please be serious and show us what a general can do."

"Ala, I'm going to be very nervous if you say that, but don't worry, as agreed, I'll take care of the difficult guys, and you just need to go find what you need."

While the three were talking, the Howler Whale King also launched its attack.

The purpose of the Howling Whale King moving underwater was to sneak in, but after approaching Egghead, the Howling Whale King encountered a large number of sea beasts, some of which had strange mechanical devices on their heads.

These sea beasts became interested in the Howler Whale King that was approaching here and blocked its way.

The sea area around Egghead is a restricted area, and the ships are blocked by the sea beast weapons controlled by Vegapunk. Sea lions, sea giraffes, sea wolves and many ferocious sea beasts have surrounded the Howler Whale King who has arrived here.

It's not that they discovered a problem with the King Orca, it's just biological instinct. Sea beasts also need to eat, and the King Orca, a seemingly stupid prey, gives them a sense of being easy to control.

Buzz-!

A blue light flashed in the eyes of the Howling Whale King, and under its control, the sea water released powerful shock waves to the surroundings. The Howling Whale King was not a troop transport ship without any resistance, it was at least an armed troop transport ship.

The waves of water forced back the surrounding sea beasts, and the Howler Whale King began to surface. It had broken through the outer defenses from the deep sea and arrived near Egghead. It was time to launch formal action.

The power of the water waves repelled all the sea beasts that tried to approach the Howler Whale King, and also triggered the alarm in Egghead. After receiving the alarm, Lilith, who was nearby, drove a huge robot closer.

"Lilith, what's going on over there? Lilith?"

For some reason, Lilith suddenly lost communication, and no matter how Sakya called out, there was no response. At the same time, the alarm on Egghead sounded.

Egghead has been transformed by Vegapunk, and a device called "Island-Wide Air Conditioning" has been integrated into the ground. Through this device, Egghead will always be kept at a constant temperature.

But at the same time that Lilith lost contact, the temperature on the island began to drop sharply.

"Low temperature warning?"

Vegapunk guessed that someone would come looking for the stone slab, but exactly when and who would come was beyond his estimation.

"Dr. Vegapunk! There are intruders approaching Egghead, and the old man asked me to help you take refuge!"

Before Shakya figured out the situation on the island, Zhan Taomaru broke into the place where Vegapunk's main body was located with a big axe. At this time, he was still the security captain of Vegapunk and had the obligation to protect his safety.

"Intruder? Who is it?"

"The former admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Kuzan. But there is bad news. Now he...is confirmed to join the Beasts."

Zhan Taomaru's tone was not relaxed. Before, the news of Kuzan joining the Beasts had only been spread sporadically.

After being tricked by Yamato, Kuzan entered Onigashima, but during this period, Kuzan did not have any mission. Instead, he disappeared from the face of the earth.

But this time it was different. When Kuzan appeared with Shaina and Zeraora and used his abilities without hesitation, everything was settled. The former admiral who had left the navy had embarked on the path of a pirate.

Vegapunk didn't say anything, but just followed Zhan Taomaru away from here, and a special mission was also transmitted to all his clones through the communicator developed by Vegapunk.

......

“Ice time!”

Outside of Egghead, except for the area where the Howler Whale King is located, the surrounding sea beasts and the giant robot that just surfaced from the sea have all turned into ice. This is why Lilith has lost contact.

At this moment, inside the robot, Lilith's hand was on the communication device, but she had no chance to press the button at all.

She had just arrived here and had not even had time to make any contact when Kuzan, who had just left the belly of the Howler Whale King, completely froze her.

Neither the special cold-proof clothing nor the mecha outside could provide Lilith with effective defense.

At the same time, King Whale dived again and returned to the safe deep sea. In the sky not far away, Kizaru's figure also appeared in the air.

After the Wald incident was dealt with, Fujitora and Green Bull also had more tasks. Among them, the job of guarding Marijoa has been given to Green Bull, and the liberated Kizaru naturally has more tasks as well.

He had worked with Vegapunk to complete a lot of research. Now that some of Vegapunk's research was nearing completion, Kizaru was naturally sent over.

Kizaru originally thought that this would be an extremely easy mission like the ones a few years ago. After all, the number of pirates who intended to go to Egghead on a normal day was very small.

Even if there were any, most of them died halfway, and the very few who could get close to the island would be destroyed by the army of sea beasts.

But today, they are destined to be some unusual enemies.

"It's really scary. Why would Yanxue, Leiguang, and the big officials of the Beasts appear here at the same time?"

Kizaru did not receive any response from Saina and Zeraora. The two figures, one red and one yellow, ignored Kizaru's existence and rushed straight into the island.

"Hmm? It's not nice to ignore me like this."

"I should be the one to say this, Borsalino. I don't like being ignored."

Kizaru's body began to disperse, as if he was about to transform into an element and chase after the enemy, but at this moment, a strong chill pierced into his body, forcing him to stop his original plan.

"Kuzan, what are you going to do?"

"You've already seen it, so of course I have to stop you."

"You used to be a marine, is this really a good idea? As a former admiral, it's not a glorious thing to choose to join forces with pirates."

"That matter doesn't matter anymore, but remember to tell Sakaski that battle can be hot, or... ice-cold."

Chapter 1113: Burning Funds, Disappearing Signals

"Ice Cross!"

The moisture in the air condensed into two sharp ice spikes, stabbing towards Borsalino from different directions. After the collision, the ice was not damaged by the impact force, but instead combined into an ice cross.

Sharp ice spikes pierced out of Borsalino's chest, and at first glance, it seemed that Borsalino had been skewered into a gourd.

"Kuzan... you are so heartless, you actually did such a cruel thing..."

Borsalino raised his arms weakly in mid-air, his eyes full of disbelief.

I can't believe that my former comrade-in-arms could be so cruel and ruthless, without any regard for our friendship, and at the same time I feel a little annoyed.

"Stop pretending. If you like acting so much, just quit."

Looking at Borsalino who was extremely weak and might die at any time, Kuzan's expression did not fluctuate at all. If he had to say something, it was that the frost on his face became even greater.

At this time, he had already come in front of Borsalino and swung his right hand towards Borsalino's face.

"Frozen time capsule!"

The sharp freezing air rushed towards Borsalino, and soon an ice sculpture in the shape of Borsalino appeared on the cross. However, this ice sculpture was just an empty shell. When Kuzan's ability began to take effect, Borsalino had already reached a safe area through elementalization.

At the same time as Borsalino disappeared, the ice cross generated by Kuzan also began to fall downwards. Ice blocks cannot fly. Kuzan's exploding pheasant beak and two thorn spears can be suspended in the air because of the influence of his ability, but it is only a brief suspension and does not last long.

The ice cross was able to remain suspended in the air just now because it was supported by Borsalino's ability. It transformed into an element to avoid damage, pretended to be pierced, and then showed off its acting skills in front of Kuzan.

A large amount of cold current surged out from under Kuzan's feet, and the temperature of the surrounding environment dropped a few degrees again.

The fallen cross was frozen again during its fall, and Kuzan stopped at his own

Above the tall icicles he had created, he was level with Borsalino flying in the air.

"It's been so long since we last met, and you're still the same, Borsalino."

"Same here, did you know that Sakaski had someone do a tattoo on him some time ago? You left him with quite a few scars?"

"Compared to my leg, that little injury is nothing, right?"

Kuzan lifted up his trouser legs, revealing the prosthetic limbs made of ice underneath. Unlike the body brought by elementalization, Borsalino could even see the sunlight reflected from the smooth ice legs through his sunglasses.

"Perhaps, but Kuzan, what exactly are you going to do?"

Borsalino's voice still had a hint of playfulness, but Kuzan, who was familiar with him, knew that Borsalino had become serious at this moment. Before Kuzan could say anything, Borsalino had already transformed into a dazzling spot of light.

"Eight-foot beautiful magatama!"

Dense laser beams shot in all directions, and Vegapunk's sea beast weapons suffered an unexpected disaster. After being frozen by Kuzan, they were now blown into pieces by Borsalino's laser. Even if they could be thawed, they would have been scrapped.

Under the intensive fire attack, the giant robot driven by Lilith was unharmed and even began to thaw under the high temperature caused by the laser explosion.

Although it seems that he has no accuracy, in fact, Borsalino's attack is very measured. He can accurately shoot people like a sieve, or he can shoot thousands of times without even touching the edge, showing what is the edge jade.

As the body thawed, the robot's internal facilities began to operate again, the temperature in the cab began to rise, and Lilith, who had been frozen into ice, regained her freedom.

"Huh... Is that Aokiji? Why is he here? It seems that the system of this robot is not perfect enough. It was actually frozen directly. I have to strengthen it later..."

From the internal monitor, Lilith had already seen the people fighting outside, and then she saw several more sea beasts being smashed into pieces by Kizaru's attack.

"Hey, hey! Pay attention! Those are funds! You have to reimburse me for the damage!"

Vegapunk has always been in a state of financial shortage. Although the six clones were created by him, they have their own independent consciousness. Among them, Lilith represents evil and has the least concerns about rules.

Among all the Vegapunks, she is the one who cares most about funding.

After all, the World Government is not a bunch of fools. They provide funding to Vegapunk in the hope that Vegapunk can research something useful to them.

Pacifists, flying dragons, these kinds of weapons are what they need.

But Vegapunk himself does not like to study weapons of mass destruction. His ideal is to create an eternal energy source that can be used by all mankind inexhaustibly.

Whether it is island-wide air conditioning or food-making machines, these are the products he made in the process. As for the source of funds for these things, they were naturally scraped from the World Government.

However, 99% of the things Vegapunk made could not be mass-produced due to technical problems, so he had to make them himself. This meant that he could not directly profit from his inventions, and his funds were always insufficient.

Lilith robs nearby pirates every day for funding. She feels very distressed when she sees the sea beast weapons that were completely destroyed by Kizaru.

Lilith's voice reached Kuzan and Borsalino through the loudspeaker, but neither of them took it to heart.

"Kuzan, it seems like there's no clear winner between ice and light."

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Just stay here and chat with me."

It is difficult to determine the winner between nature-type ability users, and the stronger the nature-type ability users, the more difficult it is. However, Kuzan's purpose is not to determine the winner. Once Sha Yinna and the others finish their tasks, this operation will naturally end.

"Although I really want to do this, I can't, Kuzan. Now that you have made this choice, we are enemies, Yasakami."

Borsalino turned into a flash of light and refracted several times in a row. He had no intention of fighting with Kuzan. His mission was to protect Vegapunk's safety. Nothing else was important.

For example, Lilith, the avatar of Vegapunk, Borsalino was not interested in what an avatar would eventually become.

In addition to Kuzan, there are two equally dangerous guys who have rushed to Egghead. He has to deal with this matter. Although he doesn't know what the purpose of the beasts coming here is, as long as he does the opposite of the enemy's thinking, most of the time he will be right.

If there is really no other way, then his mission... may become to kill Vegapunk. Someone who cannot be controlled by him must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

After temporarily getting rid of Kuzan, Kizaru also picked up the Den Den Mushi and planned to notify the headquarters. Kuzan alone was enough to keep him busy for a while, and with Sayina and Zeraora, he couldn't handle it all by himself.

But for some reason, his Den Den Mushi couldn't receive any signal at all.

"Strange, I didn't use the Den Den Mushi this time, so why can't I make a call?"

Borsalino does have a habit of using the black Den Den Mushi to communicate, but that is more like the character he has set for himself. As long as he often uses the wrong Den Den Mushi, he can give a reasonable explanation when others can't contact him.

When necessary, he could still distinguish between ordinary Den Den Mushi and tapped Den Den Mushi, but no matter how many times he tried, the only sound coming from the Den Den Mushi receiver was a busy tone.