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'Right, there are also the Dyna Stones. They say they're powerful enough to rival the Ancient Weapons. I should get my hands on those and take a look.'
Shin planned to get the Dyna Stones.
They were a type of stone that would explode upon contact with air. The blast was powerful enough to destroy an island, but Shin didn't know where Zephyr had hidden them.
It was unlikely he'd be carrying them. What if they exploded during a fight?
Though the Dyna Stones were powerful, they wouldn't be enough to take Kizaru down with him in a suicide attack. A Logia user could just go intangible, rendering the explosion useless. On the contrary, his own NEO Marines might be killed. The choice was obvious.
"They should be on Zephyr's ship. I'll go take a look," Olvia said.
It would be safer for her to handle the dangerous Dyna Stones, as she was a Logia user. Even if the stones accidentally exploded, she wouldn't be harmed.
"Alright, go take a look. But they might be on Zephyr himself," Shin said, his gaze on Zephyr.
Zephyr might just be daring enough to carry the Dyna Stones, perhaps safely stored inside his Smasher arm.
Olvia then headed towards Zephyr's ship. Though there were guards, they were no match for her.
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"Damn it."
When Zephyr noticed Olvia boarding his ship, he became anxious. He glanced at the fighting Aokiji and Kizaru, then immediately turned and headed for his ship.
"Well, here comes trouble. Should we keep fighting?" Kizaru felt a headache coming on. He had already spotted Shin. But it was precisely because Shin had arrived that Kizaru was getting a headache.
How was he supposed to deal with Shin Uzumaki? What was his purpose here? If he was also after the Dyna Stones, how could they stop him?
A series of questions popped into Kizaru's mind, making his head throb.
'Shin Uzumaki... a dangerous guy. I hope he's not after the Dyna Stones.' Kizaru could only pray.
At this moment, Aokiji also stopped fighting.
Looking at Shin in the distance, Aokiji also didn't know Shin's purpose. He didn't want Shin to get the Dyna Stones. Though he had left the Marines, Aokiji still held his own sense of justice.
Now that his heart was still filled with justice, he was very hostile towards pirates and hadn't cooperated with Blackbeard as in the original story. With Blackbeard dead and gone, there was no one to cooperate with anyway.
"Hina will handle Zephyr,"
Hina activated her Devil Fruit ability, stopping Zephyr as he tried to return to his ship. Iron bars completely surrounded him.
"You think you can handle Zephyr?" Shin glanced at Hina.
Though her strength was much greater than in the original story, she was still no match for Zephyr. Even if she had managed to stop him with her Devil Fruit ability, this scrap metal wouldn't hold Zephyr for long. He'd break free soon enough.
"What else can Hina do??" Hina said with a look of helplessness.
If it were anyone else, would they show mercy to Zephyr? Absolutely not. So she had to be the one to act. Only then would Zephyr be safer. If it were anyone else, Zephyr would be in real danger.
"Alright, you give it a try. We'll talk when you can't hold him anymore."
Since Hina had already acted, Shin let her try. When she really couldn't handle it, he'd step in.
The other NEO Marines were also stopped by the Marines.
Zephyr looked at the iron bars in front of him, glanced at Hina, then unceremoniously punched them open.
"See? You can't handle him."
Shin said, shrugging.
"I've got them."
Just then, Olvia returned, moving with incredible speed, as expected of a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, whose speed was not much inferior to the Glint-Glint Fruit.
Shin's gaze fell on the container in Olvia's hand—
—Inside were strange-looking stones. They had to be stored in a container, otherwise, they would explode. Though the stones weren't large, the explosive power of the Dyna Stones could destroy an island.
So it wasn't an exaggeration to say the Dyna Stones were comparable to the Ancient Weapons. Their power was no less than Pluton's shells, perhaps even greater.
But this thing was indeed dangerous, and the quantity was very small.
"Hand over the Dyna Stones." Zephyr charged over, having clearly seen the stones in Olvia's hand.
"I don't think so," Shin said calmly, then sent Zephyr flying with a Shinra Tensei.
Kizaru watched from a distance, frowning as he held a Den Den Mushi, reporting to Akainu. With Kizaru's personality, he wasn't one to take all the responsibility. Now that the unbeatable Shin had appeared, he immediately notified Akainu.
Even if the mission failed in the end, he couldn't be blamed.
Kizaru's mind was always calculating. He mainly didn't want to fight Shin. It was Kizaru's way of being smart. If you knew you couldn't win, and you still charged in, you were a fool. Kizaru didn't want to be that fool.
On the other side, Akainu was also having a headache. He hadn't expected this matter to involve Shin Uzumaki.
"FIND A WAY TO GET THE DYNA STONES BACK," Akainu ordered Kizaru, wanting him to snatch the stones from Shin.
After all, these things were too dangerous. What if Shin Uzumaki used them to blow up some important island?
"I'll do my best," Kizaru said. Hearing Akainu tell him to find a way to snatch them back, he immediately rolled his eyes. Was Akainu trying to get him killed? How could he possibly snatch anything from Shin?
So in the end, Kizaru's words were very perfunctory. 'I'll say I'll do my best. As long as I put in some effort, he can't punish me for failing. The opponent is Shin Uzumaki, after all. Failure is pretty much expected.'
With these thoughts in mind, Kizaru was no longer tense. He relaxed and settled in to watch the show.
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