"Wow! Is that still Gobuta?"
Rimuru looked at the serious-faced Gobuta with a surprised expression.
"Rimuru, Gobuta is, after all, the Imperial Guard Corps's adjutant!"
"He's the only one who has been trained by both Sakuya and Hakurou!"
Zhong Chen looked at the current Gobuta with satisfaction, explaining to Rimuru.
"Oh! Is that so?"
In Rimuru's impression, Gobuta had always been that little brother who liked to court death and was constantly getting into trouble because of him.
He never expected him to have grown to this extent without him even realizing it.
It seems he can prank him more in the future; he should be able to handle it, right? Right!
Gobuta, who had just instantly killed his opponent, suddenly felt an inexplicable chill assault him.
His body couldn't help but shiver.
His originally serious expression instantly reverted to his usual goofy look.
Gobuta hugged himself with both arms and turned his head to look around, muttering:
"Why do I feel like something bad is about to happen again? It can't be Lord Rimuru again! Eh? Why did I say 'again'?"
"I really don't want to eat poisoned food anymore! My poison resistance is already maxed out; I really don't need to raise it any further!"
Seeing Gies, the CP0 leader, killed, everyone present began to gradually pull back their attacks.
"It seems it's about time!"
"Indeed, it's about time!"
Aokiji repelled his opponent with an ice cone attack, speaking softly, and his opponent also responded similarly.
"We've been fighting for so long, and I still don't know your name, young man?"
"Eh! Me?"
The young man raised his left hand and pointed to himself, a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes, at your age, to be able to fight me to a draw is theoretically incredible!"
"But after seeing the others from your Monster Country Federation, I no longer find it strange!"
Aokiji nodded, speaking earnestly to the young man in front of him.
"Hehe! It's not that amazing! Uh, my name is Kamado Tanjirou, and I'm currently an intern adjutant!"
Kamado Tanjirou gave a brilliant smile and introduced himself to Aokiji.
"Young Tanjiro, I'll remember that! It seems our skirmish should end here!"
Aokiji looked at the only surviving dog-head warship, seeing that it had already signaled for retreat.
Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Aokiji's pupils couldn't help but constrict.
He found that apart from the generals, there wasn't a single living Marine left on the entire battlefield.
Although those who died were the parasites of the Marines, seeing the ground littered with Marine corpses, his heart still couldn't calm down.
"Oh, oh, oh! Then have a safe journey! Big brother!"
Hearing Tanjiro's words, Aokiji's originally somewhat melancholic mood instantly felt as if it had been healed by something.
He couldn't help but smile, waving his hand at Tanjiro.
"Alright, then, young man, Ghana (goodbye)!"
After speaking, Aokiji used Soru and disappeared from in front of Tanjiro.
"Lord Benimaru! Then I'll withdraw first. I hope to have the opportunity to clear out those sea ruffians with you all in the future!"
Akainu spoke to Benimaru, who had stopped attacking, with a serious expression.
Benimaru, upon hearing this, smiled meaningfully and said something that left Akainu a bit confused.
"Hahaha! Of course, and I think that day won't be far off!"
Although Akainu still had doubts, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he nodded lightly and disappeared from Benimaru's sight.
"Hahaha! Everyone's back, so let's make our escape!"
Garp looked at the returning high-ranking generals, which included Vice Admirals such as Dalmatian and Onigumo.
"It's certainly quite a mess. Fifty thousand Marines completely wiped out! I never thought the Monster Country Federation would have so many strong individuals!"
Vice Admiral Dalmatian touched his wound and spoke with a lingering fear.
He knew that if his opponent hadn't been holding back, he would have been killed long ago.
"The Celestial Dragons weren't rescued, and all of CP0 were killed!"
"I don't know how Fleet Admiral Sengoku will explain this to the World Government!"
Vice Admiral Onigumo asked with a worried expression.
"Hmph! What's there to explain? We were outmatched; there's nothing more to say!"
Akainu said with a serious expression.
"Crunch! Hahaha! Then let Sengoku worry about it!"
Garp, pulling out a bag of senbei from who knows where, took a bite and said with a gloating expression.
"Report! Our ship has departed the port, and the enemy has not pursued!"
"Understood. Return directly to Marine Headquarters!"
"Yes!"
As the Marine warship sailed further and further away, Smulet, who had been kneeling on the execution platform, completely despaired.
Zhong Chen looked at everyone cleaning up the battlefield, then stood up and loudly addressed everyone:
"Everyone! This war! We won! So..."
"You fat pig, you can die now!"
The executioner, having received the order, didn't waste a moment. His long blade directly pierced Smulet's body.
In the blink of an eye, Smulet lost all signs of life, his obese body falling stiffly onto the execution platform.
As for his soul, it was collected by Zhong Chen into the human emperor banner for endless torment.
Meanwhile, people all over the world, watching the corpse on the execution platform, were all speechless for a long time.
"Hey, hey, hey! You're kidding, right? The Marines actually lost, and the Celestial Dragons were actually killed!"
"Hahaha! Heaven has eyes! These beasts finally got their retribution!"
"The Monster Country Federation is probably going to become famous worldwide now; I doubt anyone will dare to provoke this country again!"
"My lads! From now on, let's stay away from this country. I heard they kill every pirate they see!"
"Yes, boss!"
Unlike the general public's discussions, the leaders of various factions noticed an unusual situation.
"Hey! Boss, did you notice? Not a single high-ranking Marine died in the entire war!"
"Not even a single one was seriously injured!"
Lucky Roux, holding a chicken leg, took a bite and said to Shanks with a serious expression.
"It's certainly strange. It feels as if this war had a script!"
Ben Beckman also spoke with a grave expression.
"You feel that way too? Then it seems I'm not mistaken. It's likely that the Marine high command and the Monster Country Federation reached an unknown agreement!"
"I just don't know who this agreement is targeting!"
Shanks spoke to his crew members present with a serious expression.
"Oh, boss! Whatever agreement they reached, it's none of our business anyway!"
"It's the World Government's problem to worry about!"
Shanks thought about those five old guys after hearing that and nodded in agreement.
Anyway, there was nothing he could do now, so it was better to wait and see.
It's just that this great sea will probably not be peaceful from now on, though it has never truly been peaceful.
And at this very moment, at the Monster Country Federation's Crescent Moon Bay, an extremely massive teleportation array was set up by Zhong Chen.
This teleportation array was large enough to encompass everyone present.
And at this moment, on the execution platform, a wild man without even a shirt was shouting loudly at the crowd below:
"My lads! Target that Mary Geoise! Destroy them for me! From today onwards, this world belongs to me!"
"Veldora, it's Mary Geoise! And also, I'm the King! The world is mine, mine!"
Rimuru shouted at Veldora with an expression that said, "You're stealing my lines!"
"Rimuru, aren't we best friends?"
Hearing Rimuru's words, Veldora immediately looked at him with a wronged expression.
"Hey! Veldora, you damn well stay away from my Rimuru!"
"Forget it, it feels useless to talk. Go!"
Zhong Chen spoke unhappily upon hearing Veldora's words.
And as he finished speaking, he directly flew up and kicked Veldora away.
"I'll be back!"
Veldora, falling into the teleportation array, only managed to leave that one sentence before disappearing into the teleportation array...