Chapter 23: The Adventure About to End
The moon was high in the sky, and Nicholas and the Roger Pirates were in the midst of a lively banquet. For a Pirate Crew like Roger's, holding banquets was undoubtedly a welcome addition to the otherwise monotonous life at sea.
"Hahahaha, Brother Nicholas, are you raising fish?"
Roger, with his arms draped over Rayleigh and Jabba's shoulders, held a huge Wine Glass and spoke heartily.
"Burp~"
Nicholas burped from the wine and looked at Roger and the others, saying, "Who are you calling a fish raiser? I'm just pacing myself."
With that, he picked up a Wine Glass as big as his head.
He chugged it down in one go, and after finishing, he turned the cup upside down to show that he had drunk it all.
"Good drinking capacity."
"Now the pressure is on the Captain."
The Roger Pirates crew members immediately started to jeer.
"Then it's my turn next."
Roger also drank his wine without hesitation, even taking the time to show off a bit to everyone.
"Nicholas, it's your turn."
As soon as Roger finished speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze fixed on him. Looking around, he realized the gaze was coming from the person next to Nicholas, who was wearing a Cape, a Crow Doctor Mask, and was completely wrapped in a Protective Suit.
"Captain, you've had too much to drink."
Bell-lin looked at Nicholas and said calmly.
Hearing Bell-lin's words, Nicholas, who was also preparing to show off, awkwardly put down the Wine Glass in his hand.
Seeing that Nicholas had no intention of continuing to drink, Bell-lin also stood up and walked towards the ship.
"Bell-lin, this Grilled Meat tastes good, take it back to the Pirate Ship to eat."
Nicholas used a knife to cut off a piece of Grilled Meat, wrapped it up, and handed it to Bell-lin.
Then he asked Vistad to escort Bell-lin back to the Pirate Ship.
After Nicholas left, Rayleigh asked curiously.
"Brother Nicholas, I've been curious since the banquet started, why doesn't that little girl eat with everyone? Could it be that Jabba's cooking is not good?"
"Hey, Rayleigh, if you dislike it, you can take over the Kitchen in the future!"
Jabba, who was grilling Bugs, immediately became angry.
"Ah, Bell-lin. It's inconvenient for her to eat with everyone, come on everyone, let's continue the revelry."
Nicholas chuckled and said.
In a Sea Area in the New World.
"Boom boom boom!"
Deafening explosions echoed continuously, illuminating the entire Sky in a fiery red color.
The Sea surface, originally sparkling under the moonlight, had turned into a Sea of Flame at this moment.
"Captain, change direction, they've blocked the path ahead!"
A group of Pirates, while launching Cannon Fire, shouted loudly at the Captain on the Deck.
The Captain of this Pirate Ship stood at the bow, his expression grave, looking at the faintly visible Warships forming a huge fan-shaped encirclement in front of him, his heart filled with despair.
"I didn't expect the Navy to appear here, and there are almost a hundred Warships!?"
Looking at the large group of Warships ahead, the Captain's heart trembled. He naturally knew that the other party couldn't be coming for him. With his Strength, it was not enough to make the Navy mobilize such a large-scale fleet.
The last time the Navy had such a big operation, it seemed to be during the siege of the Rocks Pirates.
"How is it, can the Den Den Mushi get through?"
The Captain did not speak, but anxiously asked the Pirate under his command. Facing such a scale of fleet, they definitely could not escape.
Moreover, the Navy's large-scale operation was obviously a secret operation, and it was impossible for them to escape. Therefore, this Pirate Captain obviously wanted to send out the News of the Navy's large fleet at the last moment to retaliate.
"Report to Vice Admiral Sengoku! The encirclement of the Pirate Crew ahead has been completed."
A Navy general respectfully said to Sengoku, who was studying the Sea Chart in the Flagship Room.
"Has the News been blocked? Our operation this time must not be leaked."
Sengoku moved his gaze away from the map and asked.
"Before they discovered us, the News blockade was completed, and their Den Den Mushi cannot transmit any News."
"That's good, notify each ship to directly eliminate the enemy, and absolutely no one is allowed to escape!"
"Understood!"
Following Sengoku's order, dense Cannon Fire was heard in the distance.
On the Sea surface ahead, a muffled roar came, followed by several sharp Slashes and various attacks towards the direction of the roar.
Obviously, this was a battle between high-end combat power.
Soon the roar disappeared, and the Navy fleet also gradually disappeared into the distance like ghosts, leaving only a Pirate Ship burning with Flame and sinking in place, indicating that an unequal battle had taken place here before.
"Sengoku, what is your chance of success for this Plan?"
In the Captain's Room of the Navy flagship, Tsuru, still a great beauty, wearing a Navy Uniform and a Cloak with the word Justice printed on it, asked Sengoku, who was studying the map.
"What chance of success is there? Once a war begins, who can predict the development of all situations? Moreover, in this kind of war with multiple top Strongest level combatants, any change in any battlefield is enough to reverse the course of the entire battlefield.
All we can do is try our best to analyze the possibilities of various situations and formulate corresponding countermeasures."
Sengoku looked at the Wall covered with Bounty Posters and contact information of different camps and couldn't help but sigh.
Battles on the Sea are different from wars between ordinary kingdoms, which compare the number of troops and the sophistication of equipment.
Instead, it depends on which side has more Strongest, after all, it is no exaggeration to say that a top Strongest can be equal to a country, and even if given enough time, they can easily destroy large kingdoms on large Islands.
"Now all we can do is pray that Garp and the others can act according to our pre-arranged Plan, and that the World Government will solve those dangerous guys!"
As Sengoku spoke, a shocking explosion suddenly sounded in the Sky above, dark clouds gathered, and then a strong wind surged on the Sea surface, setting off huge Sea Waves. The Navy fleet continued to rise and fall with the Sea, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, as if foreshadowing how huge the impact of what was about to happen would be.
"So, you guys are going to Lodestar Island next?"
Nicholas asked Roger curiously.
"That's right, that will be our last journey on this Sea, but because it is an Island that no one has ever set foot on, we plan to rest and resupply, and adjust our condition to the best before going there. We will reach the end of the world!"
Roger said boldly.
Then, perhaps because he had drunk too much, or perhaps he was reminiscing about the journey with his Crew member all the way, as well as the process of getting to know each other and the various things that happened during the journey.
Roger drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, then turned around and knelt down to all the Roger Pirates crew members, and said seriously: "Thank you all for accompanying me all the way! I will always remember your kindness!"
Rayleigh, Jabba, and others also raised their Wine Glasses at the same time. Obviously, this journey that was about to end also had extraordinary significance for them.
Looking at this scene, Nicholas really wanted to say, aren't you guys building up the emotions a bit too early!
(End of this chapter)