Chapter 20: 1 hit, destruction of the pirate ship.
"Sakazuki, we're not far, one of the ships is flying a pirate flag, it really is a pirate ship."
Mills continued to watch through the binoculars, and as he got closer, he discovered that there was indeed a pirate ship on the other side, which was immediately reported to Sakazuki.
"Looks like they spotted us too, and their ship moved as if fleeing."
Sakazuki yelled, "Pursue, we must not let them get away."
While the members of the elite squad were busy chasing, Baruch continued to watch, he did not pay much attention to the rest, except for what John said, which made him pay special attention and quickly write down John's information report.
The most normal reaction of pirates is to leave rather than fight, unless they are a powerful pirate faction or a lunatic who wants to die.
The warship quickly arrived at the place where the pirates had just plundered, and was met with a broken hull, with many floating corpses floating on the sea, and objects scattered all over the place.
"Sakazuki, should we chase the pirates now or stay to see if there are any survivors?" Someone spoke and asked.
Sakazuki didn't answer, but looked at John.
John shook his head and said, "There are no survivors, they are all dead."
Without feeling any living presences, it was clear that all the people on this ship were either silenced forever or were taken away by pirates.
"Keep chasing." Sakazuki ordered.
Without stopping, the warship continued to pursue the pirate ship, and Sakazuki asked John, "Do you feel how strong they are?"
The will of observation could not only sense the enemy's presence and thus estimate his numbers, it could also judge the strength by the strength of his presence.
Akainu had already awakened the Will of Observation, so he naturally knew this, but he did not have the strong will that John had and was only in the very beginning of the Will of Observation.
John seriously confirmed with his 'Will of Observation' aura, 'Not very strong, there are more of them than us, but the aura is not strong enough to deal with us.'
"Then there's nothing more to say, go after them."
A warship produced by such a giant as the headquarters of the fleet could not be surpassed by any pirate ship, and when the warship began to operate at full capacity, it soon caught up with the back of the pirate ship.
It was a small pirate ship, nothing compared to John's warship.
"Fire the cannons and sink them."
With this order, Sakazuki instantly caused many people's faces to change slightly.
"Sakazuki, are you serious? There may be survivors from that ship that was right next to the pirate ship, if we fire the cannon directly, we might hit innocent people."
Although Sakazuki was elected commander, at this point everyone was in the same position and had the right to question bad orders coming in.
"Yes, we are a fleet, not pirates, we cannot kill innocent people like that." Vitesse said grimly.
Sakazuki's face didn't change as he coldly said, "Pirates are an unforgivable sin, they shouldn't be left alive, there's no need to hesitate, just fire the cannon, and if anything goes wrong, I alone will be held responsible."
He harbored a deep hatred for pirates and never showed mercy when faced with them, he would kill them if he could.
Vitesse was not convinced by Sakazuki, and seeing Sakazuki's firm stance, he asked John, "John, if you can know the number of people on this pirate ship, then you should know if there are people being held hostage."
John looked at Vitesse, he was more upset with this Vitesse than Sakazuki, this guy was too smug to be a good person, and now he is attacking Sakazuki.
This order to Sakazuki was dubious and overly cruel, but since he was in command, he had the authority to issue such an order.
"I rely on my senses to determine the number of people on the other side, not on my eyes, do you think I would know?".
It wasn't like the will of observation was a monitor, it relied on "hearing" to judge rather than seeing, so of course it was impossible to see specific things.
"Since you chose me as your commander, you must follow my orders, and if anything goes wrong, I myself will be responsible." Sakazuki spoke in a deep voice.
At that moment no one said anything, everything had already been said.
"Fire".
Sakazuki screamed, and the few men who had been ready for a long time immediately fired their cannons, and the shells hit the pirate ship in front of them.
"Boom Boom ..."
Most of the shells crashed into the sea, only a few hit the pirate ship and caused damage to it.
Seeing that there was no escape, the corsair ship also pointed its guns at the warship and opened fire.
"Intercept cannonballs."
Apart from those who steered the ship and fired the cannons, there were few people left on the deck, and each of them showed their skills to block the flying cannonballs, and none of them could hit the warship.
A flurry of shells was fired and the warship soon caught up with the damaged pirate ship, just as the men were preparing to fight on the ramp.
Severity flickered in Sakazuki's eyes, but then his right hand turned into lava and sounded: "No pirate is unforgivable."
"Spitfire (Magma Fist)!"
"Misty Grass"
John, who was closest to Sakazuki, yelped and hurriedly dodged, only to see Sakazuki's hand turn into a huge lava fist, and then with a terrifying blow, the huge lava fist crashed into the pirate ship.
The pirate ship looked like a paper mache and was quickly engulfed by a fist of lava, most of the ship was melted and the rest was blown to pieces by a large fire-breathing explosion, filling the sea with volcanic bombs formed from the lava.
Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded, many of them looked at Sakazuki in horror, although they all knew that Sakazuki was a monster, but how could they think that Sakazuki really was a monster to such an extent.
With one blow, the ship was blown apart, not to mention the fact that both the ship and the pirates on it burned to the ground.
After the shock, there were also people who were very upset, such as Vitesse and others who wanted to take credit for themselves, people who had records on the warship.
They were just about to kill the pirates to get the merit, but before they could use the moonwalk, the pirate ship had already been blown up by Sakazuki, so how much merit could they get?
He wanted to get angry, but when he looked at the pirate ship burned to the ground, even Vitesse, who was acting defiantly, did not dare to speak again.
"Akainu really remains Akainu, fairly straightforward and irritable."
The corners of John's eyes jumped up, he knew Sakazuki better than anyone here, knew what kind of person he was, but he was still surprised by such an act of Sakazuki.
Baruch, who was in charge of recording, was similarly stunned and thought for a moment before starting to record.
"According to Lyons John's judgment, there were fifty-three people on the pirate ship, whether there were hostages or not is not confirmed... Sakaski used his magma fruit ability to pierce the pirate ship without leaving any survivors....."
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