One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239: [239] : The Encirclement Begins! Admiral Fujitora Arrives!

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"Brother! Are you alright?" Brûlée asked, looking worriedly at Katakuri.

"I’m fine. Don’t worry, Brûlée," Katakuri replied reassuringly. He was now wrapped in bandages, the most severe wound on his abdomen still seeping blood.

"DAMN YOU, KIZARU!" Oven snarled, his face contorted in pain and righteous fury.

"Thankfully, this is our territory—our forces held the advantage, forcing him to retreat," Katakuri commented, his expression dark.

As expected of a Marine Admiral... Kizaru is strong.

The Glint-Glint Fruit’s long-range lasers had destroyed many ships in their fleet. After notifying Big Mom, Katakuri had seen that Oven’s group was on the verge of being annihilated by Kizaru and had made the hard choice to attack

Big Mom was still on Onigashima, even if she left immediately, she wouldn’t arrive in time. By then, Oven and the others would have been long dead.

Katakuri had shown the resolve befitting the second-in-command of the Big Mom Pirates, immediately leading his fleet to engage Kizaru. But Kizaru’s Glint-Glint Fruit was too powerful.

His long-range lasers inflicted heavy losses on their fleet. Even his own ship was hit, and he took a laser to the abdomen. Luckily, Brûlée’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit ability allowed him to retreat—otherwise, his situation would have been even worse.

And though Big Mom didn’t arrive, reinforcements from Onigashima, led by Smoothie, had arrived. Seeing the approaching forces, Kizaru had finally withdrawn.

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"Brother." Smoothie arrived at Katakuri’s side, her expression dark.

"Our losses are too heavy. That bastard Kizaru was too ruthless!"

"Deploying an Admiral... it means the Navy has truly begun an operation to annihilate us! What are they trying to do?? ARE THE MARINES INSANE??" The 30th son of Big Mom, Minister of Mixing, Charlotte Chiboust, roared.

"There’s no point talking about this now. The war with the Navy... has begun," Katakuri stated, his expression incredibly grave.

Regardless of the Navy’s motives, the deployment of an Admiral meant this was now a full-scale war. And they had suffered such horrifying losses. For the sake of both revenge and the dignity of an Emperor’s crew, they had to retaliate.

Buru-buru-buru!

"MAMA!"

The Transponder Snail connected. Katakuri and the others immediately looked towards it.

"DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, KATAKURI! LET THE NAVY KNOW THE TERROR OF THE BIG MOM PIRATES!"

Big Mom’s neurotic, enraged roar came through the snail.

"YES!"

Led by Katakuri and Smoothie, the eyes of all of Big Mom’s children glinted with a fierce light.

To be bullied like this—if they didn’t retaliate, what face would the Big Mom Pirates have left to call themselves an Emperor crew??

How could they maintain their foothold in the New World??

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Marine Headquarters.

"What? Mass-producing Transponder Snails that can release Conqueror’s Haki??"

Akainu stared at Kizaru and Ryokugyu, slamming his fist on the table, veins bulging on his forehead.

The fact that Rowen could use Transponder Snails to release Conqueror’s Haki was no secret. Whether it was the famous Mariejois Incident or the annihilation of the Donquixote Family in Dressrosa—Sky Sovereign had used Transponder Snails to release his Haki.

But now the situation was completely different!

He was storing his Haki directly in the Snails, allowing them to be used without his personal involvement. And there wasn’t just one... there were three! They could be mass-produced!

"Though it’s unbelievable, that is indeed the case," Kizaru scratched his head.

"The Haki released is of a very high level. It can temporarily seal my Devil Fruit ability and cancel my elementalization," Ryokugyu added, his expression incredibly grave.

"If they can be mass-produced... that’s very troublesome. It’s so lethal even to an Admiral... A Vice Admiral would have no resistance at all before this Haki," Tsuru’s brows were deeply furrowed.

If that were the case, Vice Admirals on solo missions would be in extreme danger. Did this mean all future deployments would require at least one Admiral to lead?

They only had three Admirals!

Akainu, as Fleet Admiral, had to command from HQ.

Sengoku was semi-retired.

And Garp was only a force to be deployed in the most critical moments. At this rate, their Marine forces would be stretched incredibly thin!

"What’s worse is that it’s basically confirmed. The Big Mom Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet have joined forces," Tsuru sighed.

Though there were still many unresolved questions, the facts were before them.

The core members of all three crews had been seen fighting alongside each other against two Admirals.

Kizaru had confirmed the identities of Oven, Page One, and the others.

Faced with this evidence, even though Tsuru’s gut screamed that something was wrong, she had to accept the reality: the three Emperor crews had truly united.

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"BASICALLY?? DO WE STILL NEED TO DOUBT IT AT THIS POINT??" Akainu bit down hard on his cigar, glaring at Tsuru.

With ironclad proof right before their eyes, there was no room for doubt! The three Emperor crews were about to launch an all-out assault on the Navy!

The Navy was about to face the greatest crisis in its history!

"We still need to be careful. Our opponent, after all, is Sky Sovereign Rowen," Tsuru cautioned.

Suddenly— 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"REPORT!"

The office door was slammed open.

"Hm?" Akainu and Tsuru, still arguing, quickly looked over.

"THE BIG MOM PIRATES! THE BEASTS PIRATES! AND THE SKY SOVEREIGN GRAND FLEET’S FORCES! HAVE LAUNCHED A SURPRISE ATTACK ON THE G-5 BRANCH IN THE NEW WORLD!"

"G-5... HAS BEEN COMPLETELY WIPED OUT!"

The reporting Marine was drenched in cold sweat, but could only report the facts.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY??" Akainu and Tsuru shot up from their seats, their expressions utterly grim.

The G-5 Branch, located in the New World, was a special Marine unit. Unlike other branches, this group didn’t listen to Marine HQ’s orders—they were more like pirates than Marines, even torturing and killing pirates.

Though, unlike the original story, because of Rowen, Smoker never became the G-5 base commander, another person held the position.

"DO YOU STILL NEED TO DOUBT?? THEY’RE NOT EVEN PRETENDING ANYMORE!" Akainu roared, glaring at Tsuru.

If the joint annihilation of an entire Marine base wasn’t enough to confirm the alliance, what was?? Were they supposed to wait until the three crews were at the gates of the new Marine HQ??

"Phew! I understand." Tsuru exhaled slowly.

At this point, Tsuru had no time to ponder the inconsistencies.

The facts were before them. Just as Akainu said, if this situation didn’t confirm the alliance, then they’d have to wait until the three Emperor crews were at their doorstep to truly confirm it.

Pick the softest target first.

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New World, G-5 Branch.

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