In the luxurious hall, on the top floor of the central ship of the flying fleet, the Golden Lion Shiki was sitting on a mahogany chair.
To his left and right, several dozen pirates were kneeling in two rows in front of him.
Most of these pirates wore captain's hats.
They were all famous East Blue pirates who had joined the Flying Pirates, afraid of the glory and power of the Golden Lion.
"Today, the number of our fleet can increase to twenty thousand pirates, no one in East Blue will be able to resist such a force, but you know...I have never sought to rule in East Blue."
The Golden Lion, who was holding a cigar in his teeth, grinned and said imperiously: "I just wanted East Blue to know...the true terror of pirates! The whole world will be our stage!!"
"Oooooh!!!"
Numerous captains raised their wine glasses and shouted loudly.
The Golden Lion also raised a glass of wine.
But when Shiki was about to empty it, a pirate suddenly ran into the spacious room and made a report: "Captain! We lost contact with one of our teams..."
"What exactly happened?"
The Golden Lion stopped his hand and frowned at the reported pirate, the glass of wine froze a few centimeters from his mouth.
The pirate replied, " According to the last report, they were killed by people on one of the islands."
Rage flashed in the Golden Lion's eyes, and his voice became extremely cold: "Someone in East Blue still dared to rebel against us?! It seems that they have not learned enough about the horror of pirates!!"
"Where is this island located?!"
The Golden Lion emptied his glass of wine in one fell swoop and said bloodthirstingly: "I command you...let it disappear!!"
The other pirate immediately replied: "Reporting to the captain, this island is directly under our fleet."
"Just fine."
The Golden Lion grinned.
...
On the shore near the village of Shimotsuki.
Zoro slowly raised his head, looking at the huge fleet of Flying Pirates that eclipsed the entire sky on the horizon.
A cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The face of Koshiro, who was standing nearby, became very gloomy: "We were late..."
There was no mistaking it...
These are Flying Pirates!
They tried to evacuate all the inhabitants of the island as soon as possible, but they were still one step too late.
Even if Quina hadn't run inland after these strangers, they still wouldn't have been able to avoid the pirates.
"Father!"
Quina appeared on the shore and exclaimed anxiously, running up to her father.
Just when Quina returned, the huge fleet of Flying Pirates that was hovering in the middle of the sky suddenly stopped smoothly.
From behind the sides of these ships, human figures leaned out and threw down long ropes, and then numerous pirates began to quickly descend along these ropes.
Pooh! Pooh! Pooh!!
Several hundred pirates jumped down to the edge of the island's shore, accompanied by many splashes, and immediately rushed forward.
"Quina, Zoro, you must immediately hide somewhere on the island!"
Koshiro sighed heavily, looking at this scene, and then looked at Zoro and Quina with extreme seriousness.
Quina gritted her teeth, looking at the hundreds of pirates approaching quickly, and tightly gripped the hilt of the Wado Ichimonji: "I refuse!"
Although they will indeed have a chance of survival if they hide on the island, but this chance is minimal, because the other side is too numerous.
Since the chances are too small, it's better to stay here and join the battle with the pirates side by side with my father!
"Me too..."
Zoro gripped the hilts of his blades tightly and looked at the hundreds of approaching pirates without fear.
Koshiro sighed helplessly, seeing that the pirates were already very close and now it was too late to escape.
They can only take up arms and fight with all their might.
But.
When numerous pirates were running along the shore, the temperature of the surrounding air suddenly plummeted by several degrees.
The pirates, who were glaring at Quina and the others, holding various weapons in their hands, began to tremble violently, as if the warm spring had instantly changed to a cold winter.
"Ah..."
Quina also shivered, feeling very cold.
She just couldn't understand what was happening, feeling this sudden change in temperature, and the expressions on the faces of Koshiro and Kozaburo, who had just left the cabin, changed dramatically.
They looked around and noticed a tall figure, who did not know when appeared on the reef nearby.
The man squatted on the reef, exhaling clouds of white smoke.
Crack! Crack!!
The reef under his feet was gradually turning into ice!
"Ara-ra-ra-ra..."
"I'm sorry, but the landing of pirates on this island is prohibited..."
Aokiji exhaled puffs of smoke and said lazily, looking at the hundreds of pirates approaching.
Kuina whispered in shock, looking at Aokiji standing on the reef nearby: "This man..."
Of course, Kuina did not forget Aokiji, whom she met just a few minutes ago.
According to her impression, this person was not a resident of the island, but most likely came here with Yeruashi and Robin.
"Who is he?"
Zoro asked Quina in a daze, noticing that the reef under the man's feet was covered with ice, after which the ice continued to slowly spread in all directions.
Quina shook her head, " I don't know, but he should be the companion of those two."
Although it was not clear who this person was, but now it seemed that he was going to help them cope with the Flying Pirates.
This is understandable.
Since these three had nothing to do with the Flying Pirates and did not have time to escape from the island, it was quite reasonable to team up with them to fight the pirates.
But the problem is that Quina has already visited their ship and has not found a single person there.
This means that there is no significant force on their side.
Quina looked up at the sky with concern.
On the decks of the ships, there were many black shadows in the sky.
Apparently, only a small part of the pirates have come down so far.
A few people cannot fill such a gap in numbers.
They will most likely not be able to avoid death, even if the number increases several times.
But Quina wasn't going to just wait for death.
She will fight with all her might, even if there is no chance of salvation, because she is a master of the sword!!
"Did you kill our people?!"
Although the captain who led the landed pirates vaguely felt that Aokiji was not an ordinary person, but at the thought of the Golden Lion standing behind him, any fears and wariness dissipated without a trace.
He smiled coldly and said imperiously: "You have greatly angered the Golden Lion by daring to rebel against us...Flying Pirates! Let me use your heads to appease the boss ' anger!!"
As he spoke, the captain took the two revolvers hanging from his belt and pointed them at Aokiji, who was sitting on a reef nearby.
But at the moment when the pirate was about to pull the triggers, Aokiji indifferently said, exhaling clouds of white smoke: "Glacial...period!"