One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141 - [141] : [BONUS] - Dimensional Beatdown on Marine HQ! The Great Staff Officer Loses Her Cool!

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Marine Headquarters!

BANG!

Sengoku slammed his fist violently onto the desk.

"Doberman and Strawberry are dead!!! Half the Buster Call fleet—annihilated!" Sengoku's eyes were bloodshot with fury.

Doberman and Strawberry were Elite among the HQ Vice Admirals. They had rendered distinguished service to the Navy, absolute pillars of Marine strength—Yet they died just like that!

Less than ten minutes since the Buster Call passed through the Gates of Justice and engaged Sky Sovereign Rowen—Two Marine HQ Vice Admirals dead, half the Buster Call fleet lost!

Such catastrophic losses—even Sengoku hadn't anticipated this.

This was a Super Buster Call led by Akainu himself!

Akainu's strength was undoubtedly the greatest among the three Marine Admirals. Not only did he possess the Magma-Magma Fruit, but his iron will and ruthless dedication to Absolute Justice had forged the strongest Armament Haki among the Admirals...

Akainu's physique, further enhanced by the top-tier Magma-Magma Fruit and being in his prime, was arguably the strongest in Marine HQ—even stronger than Sengoku's own Buddha Form.

Sengoku had believed that with Akainu leading, even if they couldn't capture Rowen, they could at least seize several core members of the Straw Hats with the Buster Call's overwhelming numbers—like Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!

During Aokiji's brief clash with him, Aokiji noticed something strange about Zoro—a bizarre, demonic power that allowed him, even without mastering Haōshoku Coating, to channel a sliver of Conqueror's Haki's might into his attacks...

Displaying such terrifying aptitude without even mastering Haōshoku Coating! Once he did master it, Zoro would become a great enemy of the Navy! He too had the potential to possess Emperor-level power!

They couldn't allow another Shanks to emerge!

Such horrifying potential absolutely could not be ignored!

The bottom line for this Buster Call, in Sengoku's mind, was the capture of Roronoa Zoro!

As for Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy—Garp's damn grandson—capturing him would be best, but if not, they could deal with him later.

The primary target of this Buster Call, in reality, wasn't Rowen or Straw Hat Luffy—it was Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro.

For this, Sengoku had already given orders to the five deploying Vice Admirals: Kill or capture Zoro at all costs!

Sengoku believed that once the battle began, Rowen would be in for a big surprise! And the combined might of five Vice Admirals and ten Buster Call warships should be more than enough to achieve this objective!

But who could have known???

Sky Sovereign Rowen—had Awakened CP9's Door-Door Fruit!

An Awakened Door-Door Fruit—was completely outside their pre-battle planning!

Because of this ability, Akainu's Meteor Volcano, instead of causing any damage or trouble to the enemy, sank three of their own Buster Call warships!

Even worse—the appearance of this ability completely nullified all long-range attacks against Rowen and the Straw Hats. The ten Buster Call warships, originally an advantage in firepower, had become a liability!

Akainu's long-range attacks couldn't be used; the fleet was reduced to taking a completely passive beating!

And Sky Sovereign Rowen was also an Ultimate Human with an Awakened Human-Human Fruit. Through a series of schemes, in less than ten minutes of engagement, Doberman and Strawberry were killed in action!

The Buster Call warships had become useless decorations!

Originally, in Marine HQ's war plan, these warships, in conjunction with Akainu's Meteor Volcano, were supposed to unleash prolonged, long-range fire barrages on Rowen and the Straw Hats' location!

Not necessarily to defeat Rowen, but to exhaust his stamina and Haki—that was the objective. But the appearance of the Door-Door Fruit ability rendered their entire war plan useless paper—

Now, what was once an absolute numerical superiority against the Straw Hats had become an even match.

The casualties from this Buster Call against Rowen and the Straw Hats would definitely exceed their original projections!

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"The Door-Door Fruit... Awakened... The Door-Door Fruit CP9 possessed was not Awakened! Even based on Aokiji's intel—though Rowen could acquire Awakened fruits by stealing them—an unawakened fruit, upon being stolen, also instantly Awakens in his hands... just as we suspected earlier—Rowen's power isn't just about stealing others' powers! There's something else... something far more mysterious!"

Across from Sengoku, Aokiji and Tsuru sat, Tsuru frowning, her eyes also bloodshot.

Less than ten minutes into the battle, and such terrifying attrition!

Even against a full Emperor crew—a Super Buster Call led by Akainu shouldn't have suffered this level of attrition!

All of this, including Aokiji's earlier defeat—stemmed from the same fundamental problem: information asymmetry.

They were completely outmatched in intelligence!

How ironic... how completely unacceptable and incredibly bizarre!

Marine HQ, the strongest force on the seas—Yet, outmaneuvered by a rookie pirate who had only been active for a few months.

Outmaneuvered, no—dimensionally crushed in intel.

Their enemy seemed to know Marine HQ inside out—including Sengoku's ability, even Marine deployment strategies—yet they knew almost nothing about Sky Sovereign Rowen.

Much of their intelligence came from Rowen's own deliberate reveals.

And each new revealed ability heralded a massive power surge—It seemed like Rowen was using this intel to misdirect and delay the Navy's strategic responses while he steadily advanced his own plans!

An Ultimate Human's strategic thinking... was incredibly annoying.

Even Tsuru, whose Wash-Wash Fruit cleansed her mind of distracting thoughts, allowing absolute calm analysis, couldn't help but curse inwardly at the situation.

Sengoku the Buddha—plus herself, whose Wash-Wash Fruit helped devise strategies, plus their entire staff of expert analysts at Marine HQ—all outmaneuvered by a single person!

WHAT UTTER HUMILIATION!

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"I blame myself for the insufficient intel," Aokiji stated grimly.

A chilling thought suddenly crossed Aokiji's mind—was that deliberate reveal of his power-stealing ability also part of this man's plan? Had he already begun plotting then, scheming towards this very moment today??

Could an Ultimate Human be that scary?

NO—it's not just about being an Ultimate Human!

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