Chapter 50: Seeking Follow-up Reads! Dragon Sharpening His Spear Before Battle!
Two large Seaships, each with a full four Decks, two of which were Cannon Decks, one Black Ship and one White Ship, flying Jolly Rogers that were almost identical except for the color of the cat ears, endured Cannonballs raining down from the sky. Amidst the Water Spouts rising high, they desperately fled towards the northwest.
Behind them, more than a dozen Branch Warships were in hot pursuit, continuously unleashing countless Cannon Fire towards them.
"Damn it, why? How did these Marines suddenly turn into mad dogs? All they want to do is bite us, meow?"
On the White Ship, 'Fishing Little Cat' glared angrily at the distant Fleet and cursed loudly. Just then, the Transponder Snail sitting on his Palm spoke.
"Calm down, White Cat. I guess it must be the nobles from various Countries in the South Blue causing trouble. You know how many noble ships from Kingdoms we've robbed over the years; you're not unaware of that, meow."
"Plus, three months ago, we broke into the Royal Palace of Lunna Kingdom and emptied the Treasury. I figure this Matter completely angered the nobles, so they spent a fortune to get these Marines to catch us, meow."
On the other Black Ship, 'Three-Legged Cat', whose appearance was almost identical to the other 'Fishing Little Cat' aside from his black clothes, made a rather calm guess.
However, he also felt something was strange in his Heart. Do the nobles of these Countries really have this much Energy?
You know, since being discovered by two Warships yesterday, it was as if they had been located. No Matter where they went, groups of Warships would always appear to chase them. At the most outrageous times, there were Warships in almost three directions conducting Encirclement and Suppression!
And there was another strange thing: these Warships always gave him the feeling of deliberately maintaining distance.
"What exactly do the Marines want to do, meow?" 'Three-Legged Cat' ignored the surrounding Cannon Fire roar, scanned the nearby Sea Area, and began to think.
"Ah, who cares what they want to do? I'm furious now! I'll find a target and fight them first. Maybe if we beat them until they're scared, they won't chase us anymore, meow!"
'Fishing Little Cat' shouted fiercely at the Transponder Snail.
At the same Time, walnut-shaped light yellow cat pupils appeared in his Gaze, his ten fingers revealed sharp nails, a pair of ears stood up tall, and his entire body exuded the dangerous Aura of a hunter.
"It's here! White Cat Boss's Animal-Type Cat-Cat Fruit, Lion Cat (African) Form!"
Nearby, the Crewmates wearing white fur coats and white cat ears on their Heads shouted and yelled in Excitement one by one.
For them, South Blue Pirates who hadn't seen much of the world, the Devil Fruit Ability held a considerable long-term novelty because it represented Strength.
"No way, meow!"
But Black Cat 'Three-Legged Cat' decisively stopped him.
"There are too many Warships. The combined Strength of our two Ships can at most simultaneously fight the Marines on three Warships, but now there are over twenty Warships around. Do you want to live in Prison with me, meow?"
"If you say you're willing, then I'd be happy to go in with you, meow!"
Hearing this, White Cat 'Fishing Little Cat' hesitated. The Killing Intent in his Gaze gradually faded. Although his personality was relatively impulsive and lively, he wasn't an idiot, and even less did he want to implicate the other party because of himself. Therefore, he could only suppress the anger in his Heart.
"What should we do then, meow?"
Black Cat 'Three-Legged Cat' said, "Keep running. Judging by the direction, I strongly suspect these Marines want to force us into the Grand Line, meow!"
These words were originally a slip of his tongue, but after saying them and thinking carefully, he felt they made more and more sense. This made his Gaze light up.
"Right, that must be it. These South Blue Marines accepted the commission from the nobles but were also wary of our combined Strength and didn't want to suffer too many casualties, so they wanted us to enter the Grand Line. This way, it also counts as achieving the goal of getting rid of trouble for the nobles, meow!"
"So that's how it is, meow."
White Cat 'Fishing Little Cat' also felt that Black Cat 'Three-Legged Cat''s guess was correct and asked, "So we'll just go along with what they want, meow?"
"What else can we do? It seems our actions over the years have completely angered the nobles of the South Blue. There is no longer a place for us here, meow." The latter sighed helplessly.
The former sneered.
"Hmph, it's just the Grand Line. If we go, we go. With us brothers working together, where can't we make a living? And while we're at it, let's see if the nobles on the Grand Line are rich or not, meow!"
On the other side, five huge Warships, several times larger than the Branch Warships in the South Blue, sailed through the Wind and waves in a triangular Formation.
In this South Blue, they stood at the top of the Food chain.
"Rear Admiral Dorag, News has come from South Blue Branch 175. The Black Cat Pirates and White Cat Pirates are currently heading towards us under their Encirclement and Suppression. The distance is ten Nautical Miles!"
A Colonel ran over and reported loudly.
"I understand. Pass down the order. Prepare for battle." Dragon nodded expressionlessly. Rear Admiral Aven beside him let out a chuckle.
"These South Blue Marines are really enthusiastic!"
Actually, Dragon hadn't anticipated the Matter developing like this before.
He originally just wanted to use the name of capturing 'Black Cat' and 'White Cat' as a pretext, take a small detour and then head to the location of Tutmos Kingdom, and upon arrival that day, notify the three nearby Marine Branches to come and cooperate, which would count as catching the other party off guard.
But who knew that the various Branches in the South Blue were like they were pumped full of Chicken blood, desperately wanting to deliver these two 'Cats' right before him? It's said they even prepared to provide Support immediately as long as the battle Situation on his side became urgent.
What does this mean?
It means that even if Dragon was a useless show-off, they would find a way to let him eat this Cat Meat and comfortably earn this Military Merit!
It shows how ignorant these South Blue Marines are. Their level of being a frog in a well made Rear Admiral Aven laugh constantly these past two days.
"Since that's the case, then we'll take them along the way. Two Animal System Pirates with a Bounty of nearly fifty million indeed pose a considerable threat in this South Blue. It can be considered eliminating harm for the people." Dragon said calmly, looking at the Sea Surface ahead.
"Pirates with a Bounty below fifty million, and from the Four Seas, I figure they won't have Haki either. Sending a few Officers (Field Grade) should be enough." Rear Admiral Aven shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
"No, I will personally take action, quickly end the battle, then immediately turn, and surprise attack Tutmos Kingdom!"
As the saying goes, Dragon firmly believed that in Military affairs, Speed is paramount. The detour was just for 'surprise', the Speed of the subsequent 'attack' was the top priority.
Rear Admiral Aven offered himself, "If that's the case, it's not good for you as the Commanding Officer to take action, right? I can do it for you, guaranteeing a quick battle and quick resolution."
No Matter what, he was the Adjutant this Time, feeling he should show something at this Time. And getting on good terms with Dragon was also a good thing.
"Thank you, but I want to personally take action and try out my Devil Fruit Ability." Dragon politely declined the other party.
"Alright then~" Rear Admiral Aven didn't mind either, feeling that his Commanding Officer wanted to show off a bit in front of him and all the Marines.
After all, it was a Logia System Hurricane Fruit; it indeed had the capital to show off. And he also really wanted to witness a Logia System battle scene.
But in fact, Dragon wasn't thinking about these messy things.
It was simply because he had only recently become an Ability User. Coupled with the fact that he had concealed his Ability to rebel, opportunities to use his Ability in battle were even fewer. So there was indeed some lack in Development; he had only fought CP0 before.
So he planned to use this opportunity to figure out some useful Moves/Techniques on those two 'Cats'. After all, the 'Slave King' he would face later, based on the description in the Intelligence, his Strength was very Strong. At least he had been immersed in Haki for over a decade, plus his Paramecia System Devil Fruit Ability for an even longer Time.
It can also be considered sharpening his spear before battle!
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Also, Three-Legged Cat, Fishing Little Cat, have you two seen? These two characters were written based on the IDs of two Great Readers!
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