On Beth Street, the top floor of a four-story hotel.
In front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window in the center of the hotel, a figure that looks like some kind of long ostrich is standing there wearing a high ceremonial hat, looking at the battlefield in the distance with great interest.
“Is it… Ghost Hand Pirates?”
He is one of the emperors of the Dark World, President Morgan of the Great News Agency, who was associated with BIGMOM Pirates and controlled a large number of news agencies and newspapers in the world, with whom even the World Government had a little cooperation.
He knows something about Ghost Hand Ross, who took some big actions in West Blue and stepped into the Grand Line and he even specially arranged some small newspaper pages for him.
“So he has finally arrived in the Grand Line, He is quite strong.”
His gaze crossed several streets and his eyes were like that of a bird, staring at Ross’ location and looking at Ross.
Morgans looked for a few seconds and took a cup with his hand, sipping tea in his mouth and turned to look at the border area of the Kingdom of Elias, with a smile on his face.
“If he can survive this crisis, then the title of the most dazzling supernova in the first half of the Grand Line will belong to him.”
In the direction Morgans looked, there was a large amount of Marine rushing into the street!
Marine G8 Fleet… Arrive in Elias!
……
Beth Street.
After killing a large number of pirates and criminal organizations members, Ross did not chase down the small fries that had been frightened and fled crazily but turned to Robin and Laffitte.
After finding Laffitte and Robin on a roof, Ross took the Log Pose out of his pocket and threw it at Laffitte. “See if it works.”
Laffitte accurately reached for it and looked at it and murmured, “It’s impossible to judge it just by looking at it like this. We can’t deduce it until our Log Pose’s magnetism is fully stored.”
If the direction indicated by the single arrow Log Pose is one of the directions indicated by the three-arrow High-Level Log Pose, then it will be clear that the three-arrow High-Level Log Pose is usable and can be directed to three islands without being fixed on a single route.
“Then we will wait.”
Ross nodded, before confirming that the High-Level Log Pose can be used, it is impossible to throw away the original Log Pose and sail the sea. If that new Log Pose didn't work then it will be a very troublesome thing.
Just as Laffitte picked up the new Log Pose and put it on his other wrist, Robin who was standing a little far from the building, suddenly rushed forward with a heavy face.
“Captain!
“Marines are here.”
When Ross and Laffitte heard Robin’s words, they looked in the direction Robin was pointing. They saw that there were a lot of Marines on the streets.
The original chaotic streets were restored to order because of the arrival of Marines, but these Marines obviously did not come for the outbreak of Battle here. Looking at the scale and level, they obviously had only one goal… That is Ghost Hand Pirates!
“They are quite fast.”
Ross stood there, his eyes calm and indifferent as he looks towards the streets where a large number of Marines quickly surrounded the Beth Street.
“Captain?”
Laffitte turned to Ross, revealing a look that asked `Fight or retreat’.
Ross looked at the large number of Marines that surrounded him and his eyes flashed. He quickly made a decision and said, “You and Robin will go back to the ship. Let me try out the strength of these Marines.”
The Marine base on Grand Line is planning to attack him, They will most likely be led by a Vice-Admiral, followed by Marine Rear Admirals and a large number of Marine’s elite and powerful lineup.
Laffitte and Robin may be able to cope with a group of Marine elites, but the situation is bound to become very unfavorable in the face of the siege of Marine Rear Admiral and countless elite marines.
As for himself, he has no fear of the army tactics and he has a certain confidence in his own strength. Even if he can not fight, it will not be a problem for him to retreat in such a mixed street.
At this time.
The speed advantage of Ghost Shadow Ship is vivid. Even if they can't deal with the Marines, as long as they board the Ghost Shadow Ship and retreat, Marines will only be able to watch the Ghost Shadow Ship disappearing in the horizon with all her might.
“Sorry, Captain, I want to play with these Marines a little and Miss Intelligence will be able to return to the ship by herself.” When Laffitte heard Ross' words he shook his cane with a smile on his face.
“Okay.”
Ross nodded calmly.
The most prominent feature of Laffitte and Robin is that they don’t get lost like Zoro and they won’t get distracted by any beautiful women like Sanji. In most cases, they don’t need to bother him.
“Okay, you both be careful.”
Robin nodded calmly next to him. Laffitte and Ross were confident that they could get away from Marine’s siege. Naturally, she would not stay to cause trouble. Besides, the Ghost Shadow Ship needed her to take charge as to prepare her for sailing at any time.
Suddenly, Marine restored calm to the chaotic Beth Street and countless civilian and nobles were all settled down in town and no longer fled in panic.
However.
There are also many people who showed a strange expression.
The battle just happened here and In less than an hour, Marine came. It was a little too fast. Normally, they didn’t come until the fighting has finished and everyone has escaped!
“Have you discovered that there are a lot more Marines then normal…”
Someone watched the line of Marines move forward, occupying all the streets in all directions and surrounding the entire Beth Street.
The man next to him seemed to have just recovered from the chaos. He shook his head and said, “Who knows? Maybe it’s to protect somebody.
After all, this is the most famous hot spring country in the world. Apart from tenryubito, who disdains to live with ordinary people, many nobles like to come here for vacation and leisure.
“No.”
Someone shook his head and the light in his eyes twinkled. He said, “I’m afraid it’s not as simple as protecting someone. Look over there… There is a Vice-Admiral here.”
Looking in his direction, they saw a man in Marine Justice Cloak with Vice-Admiral’s epaulets embroidered on his shoulders. He was walking in front of all Marines with a fierce face. He is the Vice-Admiral Dalmatian of Marine G8 Branch.
Behind Dalmatian, there were three Marine Rear Admiral
“Rear Admiral Atheus, you lead the second team from the west, Rear Admiral Hez, you lead the third team from the south, Rear Admiral Roma, you lead the fourth team from the north, you must lock all the Ghost Hands Pirates in Beth Street area!”
“Remember, once you find Ghost Hand Ross, don’t fight, just report to me!”
Following Dalmatian's orders, the three Rear Admirals responded and swiftly turned around and sped away with their Marine ranks without any hesitation.
Dalmatian watched the three Rear Admirals go away calmly and then led the first team to the east entrance of Beth Street District, closing the last gap.
"Ghost Hand Pirates… The pirates that gave so many headaches to Doberman, let's see if you are worth the effort."
Dalmatian rubbed his fist as he walked with a slight grin on his face.
He and Doberman became Marines at the same time. Doberman made more contributions than him and he became a Marine Headquarters Vice-Admiral before him. But he was not far from that position, It will take him a year and a half at most to become a Vice-Admiral of the Headquarters.
He had heard about Ghost Hand Ross and he knew that one Headquarters Rear Admiral Onigumo had fallen by Ross' hands, so even if Ross only has a bounty of 92 million Berries and he has just entered the Grand Line from West Blue, he would not be careless.
There are four Rear Admiral in the base and he had bought three of them with him, together with a large number of elite troops, he had bought nearly three-quarters of the forces of the G8 branch base with him!
He will not give Ross an opportunity to escape and grow.
At this time.
Marine's goal is to wipe out the Ghost Hand Pirates and they quickly spread out and covered the entire country.
"Ghost hand Pirates? Never heard of them, There is such a big movement to capture some unknown pirates?"
Someone looked at Marines and frowned.
Someone snorted alongside him and said, "Do you think Marines are that idle and has nothing to do to but deliberately deploy such a huge force? I have read about The Ghost Hand Pirates in the newspaper, They are said to be the most ferocious Pirates of West Blue. Even the fleet led by Headquarters Rear Admiral was defeated by him.
"Headquarters Rear Admiral's fleet was defeated? that's a terrifying guy…"
This piece of news surprised many people in the vicinity, even ordinary civilians know that the rank of the Rear Admiral is a very high position and some can attain it.
I'm afraid that it was the Ghost Hand Pirates who made such a big move just now.
The news spread everywhere.
A large number of civilians and nobles were evacuated from Beth Street under Marine's escort. They had already run out because of the sudden outbreak on the so the evacuation was extremely easy.
"Bounty of 92 million Berries, I did not expect that this level of pirate will appear here, it's a little scary, but fortunately I already got out…"
"A Marine Vice-Admiral has been dispatched. With such a huge force, these Ghost Hand Pirates may not be able to live for long so we don't need to worry about it."
Some businessmen and aristocrats gathered together to talk about it.
For them, pirates are there most hated existence, especially this level of Pirates, once the pirates attack them, they will be robbed and killed.
Marine sent such a huge force, which undoubtedly made them feel calm. The scene of thousands of Marine soldiers surrounded the entire block is very shocking. Although the power displayed by Ghost Hand Ross was somewhat terrible, Marine has Vice-Admiral with them!
Even a pirate with the bounty of 200 million berries will not attract such force.
Beth Street area.
The people here have been already evacuated and the entire block has become oppressive. Marine, armed with swords and guns, keeps pushing along the street in a carpet-like manner.
Rear Admiral Atheus pulled out his sword and walked in front of the team with a solemn face.
"Keep your spirits up! Don't be careless. The pirates we are dealing with this time are not ordinary. Even if we have a large force, we may suffer heavy casualties!!
"Yes!"
Many Marines soldiers responded, all of them knew about the Ghost-Hand Pirates, but they were not too afraid to walk behind a Rear Admiral and many Marines Captains.
As they walked for a while to a slightly darker block, Atheus stopped at the front and stared sharply at a figure in front of them.
"Huh-huh, Rear Admiral? There's such a huge force…"
"Get out here with your hands up."
Atheus pointed his sword at Laffitte, the official crew of the Ghost Hand Pirates had a total of three people, although Laffitte did not have a bounty, his appearance has long been photographed.
Pointed at by countless guns, Laffitte did not show any signs of panic. Instead, he showed a strange smile and said, "What if I said'NO'?"
"Then… execution on the spot!"
Atheus's eyes flashed and he used Soru to rush towards Laffitte.
If he met Ross, he would immediately let his subordinates notify Dalmatian and be alert and delay for a time, but when he met a guy who didn't even have a bounty, he didn't have to be so cautious.
However.
Laffitte's method was somewhat unexpected. When he rushed to Laffitte and thrust a sword through Laffitte's body, he realized that he was only stabbing a piece of cloth.
"Huh?"
Atheus stared a little and turned his head and saw Laffitte's figure behind the Marines, spinning his mahogany cane.
Then something unexpected happened. Marines fired the guns in their hand at each other and killed them. Some of them rushed towards him and shouted.
"Damn it! What did you do?!"
Atheus looked angry as he didn't expect Laffitte to have such methods. He avoided the bullets from his subordinates and rushed towards Laffitte.
Laffitte smiled and said, "Whoop, just a little hypnosis."
Laffitte is entangled with Marines led by Atheus, while Rear Admiral Hez, on the other hand, meets Ross who is waiting quietly at an alley entrance.
Seeing Ross, Hez's face showed vigilance and alertness. He also signaling his subordinates to inform Dalmatian, then he pulled out two exquisite guns and pointed them at Ross.
"Ghost Hand Ross, You are under arrest, don't resist… or you will be executed here!"
Ross looked at Hez with a blank expression. If Kizaru was in this position, he might raise his hands in surrender, but he remained calm.
Ross didn't have much interest in fighting a Rear Admiral.
"A meaningless threat."
He spoke calmly and gently and did not rush over. Instead, he opened his hands and pointed them towards Hez and the Marine while making a strangling motion with them.
Bang!
Suddenly, the earth cracked under the influence of the Distortion Fruit and spread far away. In Hez's area, several buildings on both sides collapsed and squeezed towards the center like rubber under the actions of the power of distortion.