Three hours later:
"Huh? What's going on? Why can't I find Aramaki? Could something have happened to him?"
Mounis abandoned his ship and flew over at top speed to support Aramaki, but he didn't expect that upon arriving, he couldn't find a single World Government personnel, only the broken remnants of a great battle.
"It seems Aramaki either ran away, was killed, or was captured alive."
After Mounis found the surviving people on the island and learned about the situation, he reached this conclusion.
After all, Nox hadn't told Mounis about the Limitless Pirates' actions, so he didn't know it was the Limitless Pirates who had done it.
"Never mind, I'll report this matter to Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Anyway, this is a World Government matter, not something I, as an Admiral, should worry about."
Immediately, Mounis connected the den den mushi to Sengoku and reported the matter.
North Blue, Herbert Island:
Ares, alongside Fujitora and Weevil, engaged in a fierce siege battle against Akainu. With their numerical and combat power advantage, the three of Ares completely overwhelmed Akainu.
In just over ten minutes, Akainu was covered in wounds, both internal and external, which were extremely severe.
Even though Akainu usually paid great attention to physical training, he still couldn't withstand the continuous and relentless attacks from the trio of Ares.
"Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger!"
"Pressure Blade: Collapse!"
"Dark Dog!!"
Fujitora and Weevil combined their efforts to launch a sneak attack from behind, but Akainu reacted quickly, striking with both fists simultaneously to block Fujitora and Weevil's blades.
Despite this, Akainu's body still involuntarily retreated backward.
"Eight Impact Fist: Comet Strike!"
While Akainu was being held back, Ares's fist, shining with red lightning, slammed with full force onto Akainu's spine.
"Crack!!!"
A clear sound of bone breaking came, shattering Akainu's spine and sending his body flying hundreds of meters away.
"Whoosh!!!"
However, just as he was enduring intense pain and unable to stabilize his body's backward trajectory, an invisible bullet shot towards Akainu's heart with lightning speed.
"Not good!!"
Akainu was instantly engulfed by a sense of crisis, one so deadly that even Ares's fist hadn't given him this feeling.
Under the subconscious forceful twist of his body, the bullet hit his own chest.
The powerful bullet's penetrating force actually went through his muscle into his body, and the bullet even exploded inside his chest, which simply added injury upon injury!
"Limitless Pirates Executive Officer Kyle!!"
The moment he was hit by the bullet, Akainu immediately remembered Kyle, the most terrifying sniper of the Limitless Pirates. Only Kyle's bullets could be invisible and even deceive his Kenbunshoku Haki to a certain extent!
At the same time, he understood that this assassination was specifically targeting him by the Limitless Pirates!
These three experts he didn't recognize should also be from the Limitless Pirates!
"Hahahahaha, Akainu, die!"
"Gravity Blade: Hell's Journey!"
Fujitora, from hundreds of meters away, manipulated gravity to heavily press down on Akainu, abruptly stopping Akainu's backward flight, and his entire body was slammed heavily onto the ground.
"Pressure Blade: Squeeze!"
Weevil leaped up and then descended from the sky, slashing fiercely at Akainu, who was lying prone on the ground.
But at the critical moment, Akainu used the power of a Volcanic Eruption to push his body horizontally away, dodging Weevil's slash.
"Whoosh!!!!"
However, a bullet appeared silently behind Akainu again, leaving him no time to dodge.
"Sea Stone Bullet!!"
After being shot in the shoulder, Akainu's face instantly turned pale. His entire body's magma power was immediately sealed away, and his body fell into an unprecedented state of weakness.
He immediately endured all the pain, even twisting his arm, trying to dig out the Sea Stone bullet.
"Eight Impact Fist: Comet Crash!"
However, before he could dig out the bullet, Ares's full-force punch landed directly on the back of his head.
That fierce punch directly caused a concussion and brain hemorrhage. The intense pain made him pass out instantly.
"Click!!!"
Ares pulled out Sea Stone handcuffs and leg irons from somewhere and directly cuffed Akainu.
Fortunately, Ares currently had the Comet Energy Outerwear on, preventing direct contact with the Sea Stone, so his own abilities weren't nullified by the Sea Stone.
"Phew, thanks to you, Uncle Kyle. If it weren't for you, it would have taken at least another hour to take him down!"
After cuffing Akainu, Ares let out a sigh of relief.
"It's also because you heavily injured Akainu and reduced his reaction speed that I had a chance to strike. Otherwise, with the advantage of a Logia type, I couldn't have hit him."
As Ares spoke, Kyle emerged from his hidden state.
"Anyway, our mission is complete. Let's quickly take him back."
Ares smiled.
After the operation ended, Ares and the others briefly cleared the battlefield, ensuring that all surviving Marines were killed, and then immediately left the island through the Mirror World.
Two hours later, Kizaru, who had been rushing at full speed, arrived here. However, looking at the battlefield below, Kizaru frowned and began investigating what had happened here, while also searching for where Akainu had gone.
"The warships are all destroyed, and not a single Marine survived. Who exactly did this?!"
Kizaru said solemnly after investigating the island.
He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and reported the situation here to Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
"What? You mean you didn't find Akainu?"
"I understand. Akainu's Vivre Card hasn't completely burned out yet, so he's not dead. I'll have someone give you the Vivre Card; you're responsible for finding Akainu's whereabouts!"
After Sengoku heard Kizaru's words, he immediately thought Akainu had been defeated but managed to escape, was currently in critical condition, and needed the Marine to rescue him!
Holy Land Mary Geoise:
Impel Down was breached by the Limitless Pirates, and Akainu and Aramaki were defeated by unknown individuals and their whereabouts are unknown. All three of these matters were reported to the Gorosei.
However, after reading this information, the five Gorosei were all silent at this moment, as none of these three matters were good news, nor were any of them minor issues!
"Nox of the Limitless Pirates personally led his two daughters to breach Impel Down, releasing John and many prisoners. Now Magellan has been captured, and Impel Down has suffered heavy losses!"
"It's unknown who was responsible for what happened to Akainu and Aramaki. It's highly likely related to the Revolutionary Army because they were both ambushed immediately after defeating the Revolutionary Army."
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint was the first to break the silence.
"According to the information we received from the Limitless Sea, none of the Executive Officers under the Limitless Pirates have left the Limitless Sea. Some externally dispatched Executive Officers also appeared during the period when Akainu and Aramaki encountered trouble. It can basically be ruled out that people from the Limitless Pirates were responsible for attacking Akainu and Aramaki."
"Peter Saint, God of Agriculture," said.
"If that's the case, then it's highly likely that people hidden in the shadows by the Revolutionary Army were responsible!"
"Currently, the Revolutionary Army is being suppressed by us all over the World. They are far inferior to us in mid-to-low-level combat power, so they want to use this method of ambushing top-tier combatants to pressure us and make us dare not continue taking action against the Revolutionary Army!"
"Finance War God Nasujuro Saint," guessed.
"For now, let's not worry about the Revolutionary Army. Have someone take Aramaki's Vivre Card to find Aramaki. We absolutely cannot let Aramaki die!"
"Saint Warcury," said.
Aramaki is a top-tier combatant that their World Government painstakingly cultivated. For the World Government, which is currently severely lacking in top-tier combatants, every single one is extremely valuable!