A massive Marine warship slowly sailed towards the coast where the Arlong Pirates were located.
"Boss, bad news, it's the Marines," a Fish-Man ran into Arlong Park, his expression panicked.
"Marines?"
Arlong's face darkened. "They actually found us here. Which branch?"
The Fish-Man quickly replied, "It says 16, it's a warship from Branch 16's base."
Chuu raised an eyebrow and said, "Branch 16's base? Isn't that the one in charge of this sea area? I remember Hoshigakure Town and Cocos Village seem to be under Branch 16's jurisdiction."
Beside him, Kuroobi asked, "Boss Arlong, should we engage them?"
Arlong waved his hand. "Don't attack yet. They're in charge of this area. If we can bribe them, it'll save a lot of trouble."
Arlong thought for a moment and said, "Send someone to negotiate with them first. If they turn a blind eye to us, we can give them two million Belly, and later, we can give them a portion of the money we collect each month, one million Belly a month. If they don't agree, then kill them."
Arlong looked around, planning to find someone to send for negotiations, but at that moment.
Boom, boom, boom.
Cannons roared, and cannonballs were fired. Three cannonballs shot towards them.
Bang, one cannonball hit a wall, smashing it down.
Splash, one cannonball hit the water, sending up a huge spray.
The third cannonball was aimed at Arlong. Arlong opened his mouth and bit down on the cannonball.
Crunch.
Arlong's teeth closed, crushing the cannonball directly.
"It seems they don't want to negotiate. Then kill them."
Arlong spat out the cannonball fragments and said fiercely.
As he spoke, a group of Fish-Men stood up and gathered around.
"We don't need so many people."
Arlong waved his hand and said, "Kuroobi, Chuu, can you each take two Fish-Men and kill them?"
"Chuu and I are enough," Kuroobi said calmly.
"Leave it to us," Chuu said with a playful smile.
"Go," Arlong waved his hand. Kuroobi and Chuu each found two Fish-Men and walked to the edge of the water, leaping in.
Chuu was the fastest, shooting out like an arrow. He quickly reached the ship, shot straight up into the air, appeared by the ship, and spat out a water cannon with a sploosh.
Bang.
A sailor was hit by the water cannon. His chest exploded in a spray of blood, and he fell to the ground, unable to get up.
"Enemy attack!"
The Captain, dressed in a Marine uniform, saw Chuu appear and shouted, "Swordsmen on guard, gunmen take aim."
Seeing Chuu approach, the surrounding sailors gripped their swords and stood on alert. Some sailors raised their long guns and aimed at Chuu.
"Fire."
The Captain, wearing a Marine officer's uniform, waved his hand.
Bang, bang, bang. Bullets shot out from the gun muzzles.
But Chuu's body flickered, dodging the gunshots, evading all the bullets.
However, the subsequent gunfire prevented him from retaliating.
Damn it.
Chuu felt trouble, but at this moment, with a loud boom, the ship shook and tilted slightly.
The sailors couldn't stand steady, their gun muzzles tilted, and Chuu seized the opportunity, spitting out several water cannons, knocking down several sailors.
At this moment, two Fish-Men climbed out of the water, one on the left and one on the right, lunging towards the sailors.
"Kill them!"
The Captain drew his sword and charged towards Chuu, but Chuu's body flickered, dodging his sword, and spat out a water cannon.
Bang.
The Captain was directly hit, leaning back and falling onto the deck, severely wounded.
"Too weak," Chuu snorted and continued his attack.
Meanwhile, underwater, Kuroobi and two other Fish-Men had reached the depths.
Riiip.
Kuroobi grabbed the ship plank, his feet planted on the hull. With a heave of his arms, he tore the plank free and swam away.
The other two Fish-Men, armed with chisels, began chipping away at the ship's side.
Just then, Kuroobi's expression changed, and he shouted, "Quick, dodge!"
"Huh?"
The two Fish-Men paused for a moment. One reacted quickly, pushing off the hull with his feet and retreating rapidly.
The other Fish-Man was a beat slower, but that delay saved his life.
Boom.
A massive dark shadow charged forward, initially aimed at the ship. But in the next instant, its head turned, and it veered slightly, latching onto the Fish-Man who had retreated from the sea ship. It clamped him in its jaws.
Crunch.
Teeth closed, and the Fish-Man was reduced to a pulp.
Xia Qiu continued his charge, his body brushing against the ship's hull.
"It's him."
Seeing the giant black fish, Kuroobi remembered the fish that Hachi had mentioned half a year ago, the one that had killed four Fish-Men. He hadn't expected it to show up now.
"Kill it."
Kuroobi pushed off with his feet, launching himself at the black fish. As he got close, he delivered a kick.
Sea Current? Kick Beneath the Belly.
The kick carried immense power, aimed at Xia Qiu's lower abdomen.
However, Xia Qiu had been using sonar to track his movements, with a time difference of only 500 ps. He could sense almost every action Kuroobi took.
As Kuroobi approached, Xia Qiu accelerated his charge, simultaneously swinging his body sideways, his tail lashing directly at Kuroobi.
Boom.
His tail fin collided with Kuroobi's foot, sending currents surging and churning the water.
Crack.
Two of Xia Qiu's tail fin spines snapped. This was even though Xia Qiu had shortened his attack range.
Kuroobi's right foot throbbed with intense pain.
"Such power."
Kuroobi felt a sharp pain in his right foot as the sea fish sped away into the distance.
"Boss, what do we do?" the other Fish-Man, who had narrowly escaped, asked Kuroobi.
"Continue destroying the ship. If it dares to come back, we'll kill it."
Kuroobi said fiercely, returning to the ship plank and damaging the hull.
Before long, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "It's here. You hide under the ship."
"Understood."
The Fish-Man immediately swam towards the underside of the ship, while Kuroobi waited for the enemy to charge.
Boom.
Xia Qiu charged with tremendous force, his massive jaws opening wide to bite at Kuroobi.
"Die for me."
Kuroobi wrapped his arms around his chest and spun his body rapidly upwards, narrowly dodging Xia Qiu's mouth. At the same time, he brought his leg down in a kick.
Fire Flower Heel Slash.
Kuroobi's foot slammed directly into Xia Qiu's ramming horn.
Bang.
After a dull thud, a massive shockwave erupted, and the seawater churned violently.
Crack.
Xia Qiu's scales shattered, and the hard bone of his ramming horn also cracked. His enormous body actually came to a halt.
Boom.
Kuroobi was sent flying backward, his right leg bone fracturing instantly.
The power was too immense.
Kuroobi's expression was grim. He hadn't expected the opponent's strength to be so great. Even with his downward kick, the feedback force was unbearable.
Furthermore, the opponent possessed a huge, incredibly hard, and massive ramming horn that could absorb some of the impact.
Otherwise, even with his strength, he could have injured the sea fish's brain with that kick.
So painful.
Xia Qiu felt intense pain from his ramming horn, but he didn't stop, charging at Kuroobi once more.
"Here again?"
Kuroobi narrowed his eyes. "Strong, but still just a fish. I won't go head-to-head with you."
Kuroobi pushed off with his legs, shooting to the right. He narrowly dodged Xia Qiu's gaping maw, the attack whizzing past his head.
At the same time, Kuroobi leaned forward, pushed off with his legs again, and burst forward. He bent his arms, aiming the scythe-like fin on his arm at Xia Qiu's pectoral fin on his side.
Fish-Man Karate, Wrist Blade Slash.
I'll cut off your pectoral fin.
But just as Kuroobi dodged Xia Qiu, Xia Qiu was already spinning to the left, exposing his belly to Kuroobi.
You want to dodge?
Kuroobi saw Xia Qiu's movement, his eyes narrowing. "Then I'll cut open your stomach."
Kuroobi slashed forward with a sinister grin, but the next moment, his eyes widened. "What is that?"
The next moment, Kuroobi charged into Xia Qiu's tentacle range, his wrist blade slicing into a tentacle.
Squelch, squelch.
Two of Xia Qiu's tentacles were severed and fell straight down, but Kuroobi's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt.
The other eight tentacles slowly closed in, wrapping around him and binding his form.
"What am I seeing?"
Even after being bound, Kuroobi's expression was filled with disbelief. "A fish has tentacles?"
Are you fucking kidding me?
Earlier, Kurume's Marine base had changed from Branch 154 to Branch 19. Branch 154 should be closer to Branch 153, but I checked the map, and Branch 153 is very far from here.
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