Chapter 1976: Blocking the Endgame (36)

—Sea Circular Calendar, 1500 —
West Sea.
Snapped! Bang!
"[Putting blue!]"
"【scare-】"
Perhaps Sauro's "blue ball technology" was not enough, or perhaps the strength of the Octopus Paul exceeded expectations, the battle between the two of them did not end soon, but fell into a protracted war.
The Navy specially separated a ship away from the fleet to let the giants and sea monsters fight, and the other ships still sailed to O'Hara to execute the demon slaughter order as originally planned.
"It's a little troublesome," Akainu stood on the edge of the flagship ship and watched the big noise in the distance: "Sauro was not easy to deal with before, but now he has learned a new trick, what's the power of 'three-pointers'? If he wants to obstruct the slaughtering order, it will be difficult for us to suppress him."
"Don't make hostile presumptions based on what he hasn't done yet," Huang Yuan said with a cigarette in his mouth: "At least I can't find a reason why he would not hesitate to use force to oppose the Demon Slaughter Order."
"Huh? You don't even know?" Akainu tilted his head and looked at Kizaru: "Researching on 'ancient texts' is prohibited by the world government, and it is found that the researchers will be arrested. Research scholars have been punished."
"Hey, we're not like you. I heard that my colleague was punished and went to find out the reason." Qingzhi sneered on the other side.
"Hmph, I'm not friends with him," Akainu ignored Aokiji's cynicism and continued: "After ruling out the possibility of being sent to pursue Princess Shirahoshi, the reason for Sauro's participation in the Demon Slaughter Order is There's only one left: forcing him to make a choice in this event, whether to 'totally give up sympathy with the archaeologists' or 'betray the navy'."
"Why can't it be 'continue to sympathize with the archaeologists and not betray the navy'?" Kizuna let out a smoke ring.
"Do you think he is you? Everything is ambiguous?" Akainu looked at the giant who was fighting with the octopus in the distance: "Such a big man has a very straight-forward mind. If he has experienced such a major event as the destruction of O'Hara, he will If you are still willing to stay in the Navy, you will never be able to sympathize with archaeologists in the future."
"Okay, the topic is back," Kizaru shrugged. "So are you sure you beat him? After he learned a new trick?"
"Hmph, what's that technique called 'blue ball'—"
Whoa!
With a huge splash of water rising, Princess White Star rose from the seabed on her shark mount. After tossing a handful of hair, she put her elbows on the side of the boat and looked down at the three lieutenant generals:
"Want to learn? I teach you?"
"…"
Due to the huge difference in body size, the three lieutenant generals finally found a posture suitable for dialogue after taking five or six steps back.
"...How much did you hear?" Akainu said first.
"Well, starting with 'Sauro may betray'?" Princess Bai Xing tilted her head: "I think I may have done something wrong, and I am going to make up for it."
Didn't you hear it all? and…
This so-called "wrongdoing" and "making up for it" sounds like a child who saw two nests of ants fighting and accidentally killed a lot of soldiers on one side. In order to make up for it, he decided to step on the other side as well. .
Although she has no feet, she does look a bit like a child in her words and deeds.
"Huh..." Kizaru snuffed out the cigarette butt: "Thank you for your kindness, Princess White Star, but Sauro's trick doesn't seem to suit us."
"I didn't say I wanted to teach 'blue ball'. Master Sauluo is so talented that no one else can learn it." Bai Xing blinked in confusion.
"...Then what 'new tricks' are you going to teach us?" Huang Yuan decided not to ask what "innate talent" meant.
"Because the three lieutenant generals are all Devil Fruit ability users, of course, it is based on the application of these fruit abilities," Shirahoshi nodded: "The soldiers of the navy have generously shared with me Master Kizaru, Master Aokiji and Akainu-sama's ability."
"Those bastards... They will look good when they get off the ship." Akainu gritted his teeth.
"Understand, even in legends, sailors are often bewildered by mermaids, not to mention a mermaid princess with a beautiful voice and a beautiful voice." Huang Yuan laughed.
"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Kizaru," Bai Xing turned his gaze to Kizaru: "Then let's start with you."
"Oh." Kizaru straightened his face slightly.
His Devil Fruit is the "Sparkling Fruit" of the Nature Department. It can transform into light and move around, issue light-speed attacks, control and emit light, and even use light as a weapon, but the problem is that his thinking and If you can't keep up with the speed of your body, you often have to slow down your action speed in order to think about your next move, so I'm considering not using physical skills as the main fighting method, and instead using "light-made weapons" to fight at a relatively slow speed. The legend of the Three Artifacts in Wano Country.
"The speed of light is the fastest, so it is also the strongest. All that Mr. Huang Yuan needs to do is to 'synchronize' with the light, that is, let the thinking keep up with the speed of the light." Bai Xing said.
"Although you are right on the point, I have never been able to think of a solution." Huang Yuantan spread his hands.
"Before, how did Mr. Kizaru destroy so many beasts Kaido's wind blades in an instant?" Bai Xing asked.
"Because they're right there, even though they're fast, they can't catch up with the light... Huh?" Kizaru stopped halfway, showing a thoughtful expression.
"Because nothing is faster than light, the last thing you need to think about is 'action'. What Mr. Kizaru needs to do is to determine 'how to act'," Bai Xing raised his hand and turned a swimming fish made of water at his fingertips: " For example, mark your own target before you act, such as destroy, resist, control or rescue, and then act at the speed of light.

"I thought about it myself, but it also takes time to distinguish and judge the target." Kizaru shook his head.
"I didn't say that it's up to you to mark it yourself, Mr. Kisaragi," Shirahoshi pointed, the swimming fish scattered into countless smaller fry, and then dissipated: "Let your subordinates use firearms and other means to target specific Targets are marked and you just have to 'execute' the 'marking action' without stopping, and in theory you could even end a massive war in a split second - the only problem is that there must be enough people in charge of the marking To be reliable, and to mark accurately and quickly, according to what I said before, this kind of person should be called a 'homochist'."
"...This is not a problem," Kizaru thought for a moment, with a smile on his face: "In the 'Navy Science Unit', the most important thing is a reliable 'people', as for accuracy and speed... I remember someone who ate a 'explosive' The second lieutenant, who is so subtle that he can even use micro-explosions to control where the bullets land... is Nishigaki or Sinai? He looks more reliable than that idiot Zhan Taomaru, so if you ask Pangabaek to make a marker..."
Kizaru seemed to be caught in the imagination of the future, standing there in a daze, Shirahoshi waited for a while, then turned his attention to Aokiji and Akainu.
"you!"
Aokiji originally wanted to push Akainu out, but was pushed back with an elbow by Akainu who had been prepared.
"Master Qingzhi," Bai Xing looked at him: "The frozen fruit is very strong, and your understanding of it is also in place. I have nothing to teach you."
"Oh...then..." Aokiji originally wanted to step back, but when he heard Akainu's low laugh behind him, he suddenly stopped: "No, I'm only in the initial stage of its development, princess, you can talk about it, I'll listen. "
"Well..." Bai Xing tapped his cheek with his finger: "I just explained how to 'transcend the dimension' to Lord Kizaru, so let's talk to Lord Aokiji how to 'freeze time and space'."
Which navy mouth is so broken?
Where did Kizaru transcend the dimension?
Wait, freeze spacetime?
"One of my teachers in Ryugu Castle, Mermaid Island, told me," Shirahoshi continued, "Time may not exist, because all the characteristics of time and the standards for measuring the passage of time are all based on the movement of objects as a reference. of."
"Ah, oh." Qing pheasant nodded blankly, although he could understand what he said, but who is going to study this?
"If a person's thinking and the things around him speed up in synchrony, he may feel that time is slowed down or even paused in places other than the area where it was accelerated. Likewise, if all movement in a certain area is allowed to be completely Stillness can also be regarded as 'time stopped'," Shirahoshi continued: "The former may need to eat the 'speedy fruit' that does not know whether it exists, and the 'frozen fruit' of Aokiji-sama can completely do the latter."
At present, my own "frozen time capsule" can do this on a small scale, but...
"Anyway, I'll show it to Lord Aokiji, but that's because as a mermaid, I can manipulate water freely, not because I'm better than Lord Aokiji." Bai Xing straightened the hair around his ear.
No, don't take care of my face... Aokiji doesn't want to say anything anymore.
call…
As a gust of cold wind blew, Shirahoshi's long pink hair instantly turned icy blue, and at the same time, the whole world - at least from Aokiji's point of view - turned silver.
Then, his thoughts stopped.
【Complete Freeze】!
A second has passed...
Two seconds passed...
…
Eight seconds passed...
Click.
Aokiji regained consciousness with the sound of illusory ice breaking.
What caught his eyes at this moment was a snow-white world, and Princess White Star who was looking at him with an aloof, emotionless, cold gaze.
In the next instant, the snow-white world was dyed, Shirahoshi's expression became vivid, and his hair returned to its original color, and there was nothing abnormal except for the rising air-conditioning and the inexplicably sneezing crew.
"Oh, I only lasted for eight seconds," Bai Xing tapped his head with his hand: "After Master Qingzhi has experienced it, he must be able to last longer."
Freeze everything around him for eight seconds, and only he can move freely... Although there is a range limit, he can call himself "freeze time and space".
Aokiji looked at Kizaru who was still in a daze and Akainu, who was frowning at what he noticed, and asked, "What's this trick... What's the name?"
"I named it..." Bai Xing blinked: "[The World]."
"The world"...and what kind of weird Mermaid accent is that?
Aokiji nodded silently and said nothing.
"It's my turn," Akainu didn't know what was going on, but Aokiji seemed to have become stronger intuitively, so he took the initiative to say, "Ishigami, any suggestions?"
"I don't like lava and flames." Bai Xing raised his eyebrows.
"Heh, it doesn't matter if you don't." Akainu grinned, originally, what is it to find a mermaid and ask how to play with fire?
"The only suggestion I can give is... Akainu-sama should not rely too much on himself." Shirahoshi continued.
"I don't have the ability to become light, or to freeze the sea water, I can only rely on myself." Akainu glanced at the dazed Kizaru and the thoughtful Aokiji.
In fact, as the fruit ability with the highest attack power, he didn't need to worry about anything.
"Ah, I mean... Akainu-sama should properly accept help instead of keeping them a thousand miles away." Shirahoshi explained with a wink.
"No need." Akainu's eyes drooped slightly, and he cooperated with those who are not pure in justice? Humph.
"Oops..." Bai Xing seemed a little anxious, turned his head and shouted under the water: "Little spinning top—drilling down from your position—no joke—"
Doesn't she seem to be getting herself to work with other navies? Akainu turned his eyes to the sea, what did he drill? Could it be…
cluck cluck... rumble...
boom!
Moments later, a lot of sulphur-flavored bubbles emerged from the sea, and then in the next instant, searing waves of air and water vapor, as well as the lava flow surging in it, rose into the sky.
An underwater volcano erupted.
Sauro and Paul gave up the fight, Kiaburu and Aokiji stopped thinking, and the navy ship thought that it was in a panic when the enemy attacked. Davy Jones' seagrass battleship surfaced and blocked the sporadic volcanic debris for Shirahoshi.
"I heard that Akainu-sama has always liked to fight alone," Shiro Xing said, "but in fact, you have countless loyal subordinates waiting to serve you, separated by a thin layer of seawater."
"Hmph, hum, hahaha!" Akainu laughed as he turned himself into lava, and with a burst of steam under his feet, it flew straight towards the underwater crater.
rumbling...grumbling...chichichi...
As Akainu plunged into the crater, the underground volcano that was about to set off an earthquake and tsunami gradually quieted down.
No, it should be said, more noisy.
On the island formed after the cooling of the underwater volcano, there appeared a super-giant monster with a whole body made of flames, wearing armor made of magma, and carrying a huge flame hammer in its hand.
It roared in the sky in flames and smoke:
"[Let the flames purify everything!]"
"Oh, oh, calm down, that's Akainu-sama. He's just a little bit irritable because he doesn't get used to the lava assimilation. It'll be fine in a while." Shirahoshi hurriedly stopped Kizaru and Aokiji to try the "monster" New recruit ideas.
With the roar of monsters and the chaos of the navy, no one could hear the mermaid princess whisper to herself:
"Well, it's definitely not going to kill Ace with one punch this time."