Chapter 36 Sakazuki's Appreciation and Satisfaction!
On the entire Pirate Ship, over a hundred people, in just ten seconds, all clutched their necks and fell into Pools of Blood. Shiryu stood amidst the Piles of Corpses and Blood Pools with a satisfied expression, his murderous Eyesight sweeping towards the remaining Pirate Ships.
[Boom! Boom! Boom!]
The Warship where Sakazuki was located began exchanging Bombardment with the seven Pirate Ships. Black Cannonball after Black Cannonball, burning red-hot, howled and shot through the air, either landing in the Sea and sending up high water columns, or smashing into the hulls and exploding into large Firelight.
Especially the Triple-Mounted Cannon Mount on the Ship's Bow of the Warship, whether in terms of range, firing speed, or accuracy, completely overwhelmed the opposing Pirate Ships. The Defense of the ship's Deck was even more vastly different. Even taking a few Cannonball hits head-on only left shallow marks, causing no impact on the Navy on board at all.
At this time, Sakazuki still maintained his posture of arms crossed in front of his chest, appearing to be overlooking the struggling Pirates, but in reality, his gaze was fixed on Shiryu's Figure.
In his Eyesight, Shiryu had just leaped out from the first Pirate Ship, and then flew across the Sea Surface at an extremely fast speed. Behind him, trails of Afterimage were dragged out. Every time his Body showed a tendency to descend, he would lightly step on a Sea Wave, using the force of the Sea Wave being blasted open by his foot to continue moving forward at high speed.
Sakazuki was also an expert proficient in Six Styles, and he could see at a glance that Shiryu was using the Moon Walk technique, except that he had changed from stepping on air to stepping on Sea Waves.
Compared to air, Sea Waves are actually easier to step on.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Shiryu jump onto the second Pirate Ship and begin a new round of bloody slaughter, which made Sakazuki frown slightly.
It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with killing Pirates, but he felt that Shiryu's method was too inefficient.
If it were him, he would have used Great Eruption to engulf all the Pirate Ships long ago!
Shiryu's Strength was obviously at Swordmaster Level, so he should be able to unleash Flying Slash to quickly cut the Ship in half. Even if he couldn't cut seven Ships with one slash, cutting one Ship with one slash should be no problem, right?
Judging from the current situation, if Shiryu continues to kill Ship by Ship like this, he will end up letting one or two Pirate Ships escape.
However, before those Pirate Ships sailed out of Sakazuki's attack range, he didn't want to intervene prematurely.
Anyway, it was just a matter of one or two High-Angle Lava Shells. With the Perception and prediction of Observation Haki, dealing with large targets like Sea Ship, he could achieve precise strikes.
In this regard, even the Warship under his feet was far inferior to himself!
But sometimes as a general, one cannot personally take action at every moment. Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, there is a reason for this. As a general, one should not blindly steal the battle merits of his subordinates.
On Shiryu's side, with one slash, he cut open a Pirate who rushed up, along with his sword. He excitedly watched the head behind the broken sword slide down diagonally, and a pillar of blood shot into the sky.
exclamation of pleasure/satisfaction
Looking back, behind him was already a ground covered in Piles of Corpses and Blood Pools.
"Vice Admiral Akainu, CP5 hidden in the Kingdom of Maidan'er has sent detailed information!" A Major on the Warship ran over and reported loudly.
He had to raise his volume, otherwise the whistling sound of the Cannonball flying through the air and the subsequent Explosions could easily drown out human voices.
"Speak," Sakazuki said in a deep voice.
"Most of these Pirates are Civilians of the Kingdom. The leader is named Kas, originally a mid-level Officer in the Kingdom Army. Two weeks ago, his wife and daughter were seized by Viscount Gadwell of the Kingdom, and a week ago, they were sold to the Slave Company."
"Because of this, Kas led his trusted Soldiers and incited the Civilians who were already dissatisfied with the Nobles to rebel. First, they seized the Kingdom Army Warship at the Dock, then hung the Pirate Flag that had been prepared on the Mast, and then in the name of the Kas Pirates, they attacked and killed Kingdom Army soldiers, plundered all the Grain and Treasure in the Dock warehouse, and Bombardment the Upper District where the Royal Family and Nobles lived for nearly half an hour. It is said that it is now in ruins, and the Nobles have also suffered heavy casualties."
After listening to yet another incident of Nobles forcing officials and Civilians to rebel, Sakazuki was silent for a moment, then coldly uttered a word.
"Trash!"
The Marine Headquarters Major thought this was scolding the Noble, which made him dare not say anything more.
"That Trash named Kas not only killed himself, but also killed everyone who followed him." Sakazuki looked at the Pirate Ships in the distance that were being attacked and killed by Shiryu.
"If he hadn't raised the Pirate Flag, this matter would have had little to do with our Navy."
The Major suddenly understood, and thought to himself: "Yes, if that Kas hadn't raised the Pirate Flag, then they wouldn't be Pirates, but an internal strife in the Kingdom of Maidan'er, and naturally it wouldn't have attracted their Navy's capture."
According to the World Government's laws, the Navy has no power to intervene in the internal strife of its Affiliated Nations without authorization.
Unless the King of that country first applies to the World Government for Assistance, and then the Political Affairs Institute determines whether to help the country after discussing it based on the Intelligence investigated by CIPHER POL.
If it is determined, the Marine Headquarters must be notified to send troops for rescue. Then the Fleet Admiral must also hand over the information of the main personnel of the rebel army to relevant departments to determine their Bounty amount and Bounty poster.
Finally, it is necessary to consider dispatching what level of Officer, and leading a Fleet of what scale to go.
This process takes at least a day or two at the fastest, and adding the travel time, it will take at least three or four days. If it is a country further away, it will take even longer.
Obviously, the King of Maidan'er Kingdom was very clear about the rules, so he directly called the Navy and said that a large number of Pirates had attacked his country.
In this way, it is equivalent to omitting the various cumbersome procedures in front, and the Navy only needs to notify the nearby Warship to rush over.
But what is the reality?
Kas and his group had only just hung up the Pirate Flag, and they themselves had not been wanted by the Navy.
So, can they be considered Pirates?
Yes.
Because they hung the Pirate Flag, according to the Navy's regulations, as long as a Pirate Flag is hung on the Ship, or a skull pattern is painted on the Sail, it is a Pirate, even if there is no Bounty, they can be arrested. At most, the Bounty will be added later, or even no Bounty will be given, after all, they have already been caught.
Therefore, it cannot be said that Kas and others were wronged by Shiryu's massacre, but it was just as Sakazuki said, too stupid, and that King was too smart.
Just as the Warship was learning about the various details of this Mission, Shiryu's Famous Sword Thunder Rain had already killed all the Pirates on five Ships.
But just as Sakazuki had predicted before, two Ships had gradually sailed away, or rather, were fleeing frantically.
This caused his right arm to begin to flow with scorching Magma, and billowing black smoke rolled up into the blue sky. As the fiery red Magma dripped onto the Deck, a strong smell of Sulfur permeated the air.
[Buzz!!]
Just as Sakazuki was about to take action, a scarlet wide and long blade light suddenly appeared, and then swept across the Sea Surface at an extremely astonishing flying speed, instantly cutting off the main Mast and Sail of the two Pirate Ships.
With the Sail falling into the Sea, the Ship could no longer use the power of the wind to sail, and its speed quickly slowed down. Before long, it drifted with the Sea Wave, completely becoming huge wooden coffins on the Sea.
The two hundred or so people on board could only watch in despair as that bloodthirsty demon approached.
Before long, screams and shouts of killing sounded again and again, but they only lasted for about half a minute before falling into silence again.
"Very good!"
Sakazuki's Eyesight was full of appreciation. He had originally thought of letting 'Guizizhu' be his Deputy, but now this Shiryu was also very good.
Since they hung up the Pirate Flag and planned to form a Pirate Crew, then they deserved to die, and were not qualified to continue breathing air.
Pirates are all a bunch of damned Trash!
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