Marineford!
Inside a conference room!
Sengoku and other Marine high-ranking officials sat together, discussing matters related to the Straw Hat after their elimination.
Sengoku looked at everyone present and said,
"After Aramaki brings the Straw Hat back, how do you think we should deal with them?"
Akainu was the first to snort coldly, disdainfully saying,
"Hmph! What's there to consider?"
"I say, it's best to execute them directly in front of the whole world, just like Fire Fist Ace!"
"Tell those pirates what happens when they go against our Marines!"
Kizaru immediately feigned a shocked expression upon hearing this, saying,
"That might not be so good!"
"Haven't we already investigated Straw Hat's background?"
"His father is that world criminal, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon!"
"Executing one Fire Fist Ace already forces us to fully confront the Whitebeard Pirates."
"If the Revolutionary Army comes too…"
"Just thinking about it makes me so scared!"
Kizaru couldn't help but tremble with fear, unsure if he was faking it or truly terrified.
Akainu, upon hearing this, snorted coldly again.
"Hmph! What's there to be afraid of?"
"It's best if these evil criminals all come together."
"I'll kill as many as come!"
At this moment, Aokiji spoke indifferently from the side.
"With our current forces, facing both the Whitebeard Pirates and the Revolutionary Army simultaneously is still too much!"
"I think we should just detain the Straw Hat in Impel Down!"
"Furthermore, Nico Robin is specifically requested by the Gorosei."
"If we have the Straw Hat as leverage, Nico Robin should cooperate well, right!"
If it were before, Aokiji would never have thought Robin would cooperate so much for the sake of others.
But after hearing the previous report, when he learned that Robin willingly cooperated with Spandam for the Straw Hat, his impression of Robin changed.
Although he had already decided to end the grudge from 20 years ago and no longer pursue Robin, he was powerless when the Straw Hat became entangled in a Buster Call.
Just as Sengoku was pondering the words of the three Admirals, a den den mushi rang.
"Purupurupuru…"
Hearing this sound, everyone simultaneously looked towards the den den mushi in front of Sengoku.
It was the den den mushi Sengoku used to receive reports from the Buster Call.
Seeing this, Aokiji immediately couldn't help but exclaim in surprise,
"The mission is completed so quickly?"
"Calculating by the fastest warship speed, they should have only just arrived at Enies Lobby a few minutes ago!"
Kizaru also had surprise in his eyes, showing a shocked expression, exclaiming,
"As expected of the man recognized by Sakazuki!"
"It seems that Aramaki is very powerful!"
"He subdued the Straw Hat so quickly!"
Akainu snorted coldly, disdainfully saying,
"Hmph! How could a mere Straw Hat be Aramaki's opponent?!"
"That man was personally vetted by me."
"Trash pirates like the Straw Hat are not even worth mentioning in front of him!"
The discussions of the Admirals also reached Sengoku's ears.
Even he was shocked by Aramaki's ability.
He didn't expect Aramaki to complete the mission so quickly!
While marveling inwardly, Sengoku answered the den den mushi.
"This is Sengoku!"
Sengoku announced his name.
However, just as Sengoku was speaking, an extremely panicked and urgent voice almost simultaneously rang out from the den den mushi.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"This is the Buster Call execution fleet."
"I received instructions from Vice Admiral Doberman, the overall commander of this Buster Call."
"Requesting termination of the Buster Call, requesting retreat!"
"Reiterating once again!"
"Requesting termination of the Buster Call, requesting retreat!"
The voice on the other end of the den den mushi was extremely panicked and urgent.
It clearly fell into the ears of everyone present.
In an instant, the entire meeting room became incredibly quiet.
Everyone looked puzzled, silently staring at the den den mushi in Sengoku's hand.
And Sengoku's brows instantly furrowed, and he asked,
"What happened?"
"Why are you requesting to terminate the Buster Call?"
Then, the panicked and urgent voice on the other end rang out again.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"The Straw Hat is too strong!"
"We are no match for them at all!"
"We just arrived at Enies Lobby and they destroyed three of our warships!"
"Their members even actively sought out several Vice Admirals and engaged them in battle."
"Facing the Straw Hat…"
"We suffered extremely heavy losses."
"As of now, we only have two warships and about two thousand soldiers left!"
This lengthy and urgent report concluded.
The entire room fell into a dead silence.
Everyone's faces were filled with shock and disbelief.
Sengoku, upon hearing this report, roared in anger, shouting into the den den mushi,
"Where's Aramaki?"
"What is he doing?"
"Why hasn't he made a move yet?"
Sengoku was extremely furious upon hearing this disastrous result.
He was very angry as to why Aramaki hadn't made a move yet, causing them such heavy losses.
He was even considering whether to keep Aramaki as an Admiral candidate.
The faces of the others were also filled with confusion.
They also didn't understand why Aramaki hadn't made a move yet.
He was the one who voluntarily came to Marineford and said he wanted to join the Marines.
In that case, he should have obeyed Marineford's orders more and carried out the tasks assigned to him.
But now he wasn't making a move, leading to such a disastrous outcome, which also made the Admirals begin to feel some dissatisfaction with Aramaki.
Even if a strong person is willful, this was being a bit too willful!
Just then, the voice on the other end of the den den mushi rang out again.
However, unlike before, this time his voice became incomparably terrified and unbelievable, listening to it could make one deeply feel his despair and terror.
He spoke with extreme panic, loudly saying,
"Mr. Aramaki…",
"Was defeated by Straw Hat…",
"In one hit…",
"Defeated!!!"
Boom!
It was as if a thunderclap exploded within everyone.
Everyone's faces were filled with shock and disbelief at this moment.
They all frowned, sweat beading on their foreheads, their pupils trembling violently.
They stared at the den den mushi, unblinking.
As if they had heard something incredibly unbelievable, they all froze in place for a moment.
Bang!
Sengoku suddenly slammed his hand on the table and stood up, roaring and shouting,
"How is this possible?!"
"Do you know what you're saying?"
"Aramaki is our recognized Admiral candidate!"
"How could someone of that level be defeated by Straw Hat in one hit?!"
"Where's Doberman?"
"Tell him to report to me!!!"
Sengoku gritted his teeth, extremely furious, even his entire face was trembling.
Although his rationality told him that this Marine's report should not be false.
But the idea of Straw Hat defeating Aramaki in one hit was truly exaggerated to the point of being unbelievable.
Straw Hat was just a pirate who had only been out at sea for a short time, how could he possess such powerful strength?!
Therefore, he had to hear Doberman's report to confirm.
Tsuru and the Admirals were in a similar mood at this moment.
They also felt that this report was too exaggerated.
They felt that even they couldn't do such a thing!
Especially Akainu, who had fought Aramaki.
He was the clearest about Aramaki's strength.
Even if he felt Aramaki was not his match, he was certainly not someone who could be defeated by a single blow from just anyone.
Just as everyone was incredibly shocked, the voice on the other end of the den den mushi hastily said,
"Alright!"
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, please wait a moment, I'll go find Vice Admiral Mole right away!"
As the words fell, what entered Sengoku's and the others' ears was a series of hurried footsteps.
However, after listening to those footsteps run for a few steps, they suddenly came to an abrupt halt.
Immediately, Sengoku and everyone present were puzzled.
Sengoku frowned, asking in confusion,
"What happened?"
"Did you find Mole?"
On the other end of the den den mushi.
The Marine held the den den mushi and stood at the entrance of the ship's cabin.
Like a puppet, he stared ahead in utter shock and daze.
From the moment he stepped out until he stopped, he had just witnessed a scene.
He saw Roronoa Zoro, who was fighting Mole, suddenly flash past Mole.
The next instant.
This Marine saw Mole's body slowly fall forward.
And at this moment, the thousands of Marines around him all had the same dazed expression, standing still like puppets.
Just then, Sengoku's confused voice suddenly rang out, pulling this Marine's thoughts back from extreme shock.
He tremblingly raised the microphone to his mouth and, with an extremely trembling and fearful voice, shakily said,
"Reporting, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"Vice… Vice Admiral Mole, he…"
"Vice Admiral Mole, he…"
On the other end of the den den mushi, Sengoku and the others listened to the Marine's trembling, fearful voice and the information that was slow to be reported, and they all frowned.
Sengoku couldn't help but be about to lose his temper.
But just then, an incredibly loud, extremely terrified voice rang out from the den den mushi.
"He was defeated by Straw Hat's [Pirate Hunter] Roronoa Zoro!!!"
As soon as this news came out, the entire place was shocked again.
The report about Straw Hat had already made it difficult for them to believe.
Now, another unbelievable report had come out.
Mole's strength was among the top in Marineford among all Marine Vice Admirals, considered one of the excellent Vice Admirals.
But such a powerful Mole… was actually defeated by a member of Straw Hat?!
How could they believe this?
And just as Sengoku and the others were shocked beyond recovery.
The Marine's terrified report came again.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"Another updated report!"
"Just now…"
"Vice Admiral Doberman, Vice Admiral Spider Monkey…"
"Were successively defeated by Straw Hat's…"
"Red Hair Diva, and Black Leg Sanji!"
"Now…"
"Only Vice Admiral Yamakaji and Vice Admiral Strawberry are still fighting Straw Hat's sniper and botanist…."
"They are already at a disadvantage, and it probably won't be long…"
Before the Marine's report was finished, Sengoku could no longer listen and interrupted him.
He roared furiously,
"Enough!"
"Pass on my order!"
"Immediately terminate the Buster Call, all personnel retreat!!!"
When the Marine came to find Mole, he had already switched the den den mushi's microphone to speaker mode.
Because there were noisy battle sounds outside, it was difficult to hear clearly without switching to speaker mode.
So when Sengoku, at this moment, roared with all his might, shouting the command to terminate the Buster Call, everyone on the two warships, including the two Vice Admirals who were fighting Usopp and Nojiko, heard this order.
Immediately, Yamakaji, replacing the defeated Mole, commanded everyone,
"All personnel! Retreat immediately!"
As soon as this was said, all the Marines immediately acted like startled wild horses, running wildly.
The two warships immediately went full throttle towards the Gate of Justice.
And the Marine responsible for contacting the control room also immediately contacted them, ready to close the Gate of Justice as soon as they were about to pass through it, to prevent Straw Hat from pursuing them.
As for the other Marines, they swarmed towards Zoro and the others who were still on the deck.
They wanted to push them off the warships.
Because the Bridge of Hesitation was originally not far from the Gate of Justice, the two warships quickly approached the Gate of Justice after going full throttle.
And the Gate of Justice also began to slowly close at this moment.
At this time, Luffy had Karu pick up everyone.
In this battle with the Buster Call, the Marines suffered a crushing defeat!
And they had achieved their goal, which was enough!
However, before the Marines left, Luffy decided to give them a gift!
"Usopp!"
Luffy called Usopp's name.
Usopp immediately understood.
Then he took out the [Super Buggy Ball] that had already been prepared from Karu's subspace!
He pushed out a special cannon.
He had Karu open the door to the subspace.
Then he aimed the cannon at Enies Lobby ahead!
"Ready!"
Usopp reported, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
The rest of Straw Hat were all hiding far away in the subspace.
They had long heard that Luffy was going to use this cannonball to blow up the entire island of Enies Lobby.
A cannonball of such power made them not dare to approach it.
Luffy glanced at the Gate of Justice, which was already half-closed, and the two warships that were about to pass through the Gate of Justice, then turned his head to look at Enies Lobby.
He slowly opened his mouth.
"Fire!!!"
Boom!
A huge roar suddenly exploded.
This special cannon was a super long-range cannon specially made by Usopp.
So its power and impact were extremely immense.
Just firing one shot, Usopp along with the cannon was continuously pushed back by the shock.
If Usopp hadn't been strong enough now, he would have probably been directly thrown flying by the powerful recoil.
However, everyone else at this moment was only focused on the rapidly flying cannonball.
Their gazes followed the cannonball, watching it fly towards the Main Island 4.1 direction of Enies Lobby.
In the blink of an eye, because the distance was too far, the others could no longer see the cannonball's trace.
Only Vivi's extraordinary eyesight was still tracking the cannonball.
"It's going to explode!"
Vivi suddenly exclaimed.
Immediately, everyone widened their eyes, staring unblinkingly at Enies Lobby.
The next second...
Boom!!!
An unprecedented, earth-shattering, as if the sky was falling and the earth was cracking, colossal roar echoed through the sky, entering everyone's ears.
The earth and sky seemed to tremble for an instant as the huge sound erupted.
All the Marines and the two Vice Admirals on the two warships that were leaving were shocked by this earth-shattering colossal roar.
Everyone looked towards the direction of Enies Lobby, where the sound came from, in utter astonishment.
The next second!
Everyone opened their mouths in extreme disbelief, as if they had seen a ghost, their eyes filled with terror and shock, and cold sweat instantly covered their entire bodies.
They saw in front of their vision.
In the center of Enies Lobby, a ball of fire mixed with black smoke suddenly shot up into the sky.
In just an instant, it enveloped the entire Enies Lobby.
From a distance, it looked like a black and red mushroom cloud, connecting heaven and earth, devouring everything around it.
Just then.
They saw the energy shockwave sweeping out from the mushroom cloud like a gale, rushing violently in all directions.
The incredibly powerful gale force, like a rampaging beast, stirred up towering giant waves across the entire sea.
The giant waves were as high as mountains, rushing towards them with an incredibly fierce momentum.
They were about to be swallowed and destroyed.
Just then, the two Vice Admirals simultaneously appeared at the bow of the ship, swinging their swords and exerting force.
They managed to cleave a crack in the sea mountain that was about to swallow them.
However, before they could rest, another mountain-like wave struck.
The two Vice Admirals exerted force again.
They continued to protect the warships in this way until the Gate of Justice was completely closed.