Pirate, I am the demon fox that brings disaster to the world!

In the South China Sea, above the scorched earth of the southern part of the Kingdom of Solbe, the sea breeze whistled past, carrying with it the lingering smell of fireworks.

Aokiji walked across the frozen surface, step by step, towards the big bear on the shore. The scorched earth beneath his feet froze at a speed visible to the naked eye. Wherever the ice crystals spread, even the air seemed to be solidified, bringing a biting chill.

"Bartholomew Kuma, commander of the Revolutionary Army." Kuzan's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable sense of oppression. "Expelling the king and overthrowing the regime—are you aware that this violates the laws of the World Government?"

The glow in the fleshy ball on Big Bear's paw grew increasingly intense. He shook his head slightly, his voice low and firm, "If the law becomes an accomplice to tyranny, then it loses its meaning. The King of Solbe treats his compatriots like dirt and burns down their homes. Such a ruler is unfit to sit on the throne."

"Your justice is the justice of the Revolutionary Army. The Revolutionary Army's actions are ultimately challenging order." Aokiji raised his right hand, cold air gathering at his fingertips. "Even if the king is tyrannical, it is not the turn of the Revolutionary Army to intervene in the trial. You do not have such power!"

The fleshy ball in the bear's paw glowed with a soft white light, and its tall body cast a resolute shadow on the scorched earth.

"When order becomes a fig leaf for tyranny, breaking it is the only justice. This is what Dorag told me, and I deeply agree with him. General Kuzan, you must have seen too many such moments."

Hearing this, Aokiji's pupils shrank slightly, and the image of O'Hara burning suddenly flashed through his mind. After a brief silence, he said no more. His palm swept through the air, and a huge ice spear condensed from thin air, piercing the bear with a sound of breaking through the air!

Wherever the cold air passed, the ashes on the ground condensed into ice chips, and even the flying gravel was frozen into ice crystals.

But Big Bear did not dodge or evade, and the power of the Meatball Fruit was instantly exerted. With an ordinary palm strike, the ice spear that was powerful enough to penetrate the warship seemed to hit an invisible wall at the moment of contact, and was bounced away, brushing against Big Bear's shoulder, and hitting the scorched earth behind, stirring up a cloud of ice mist.

"It's indeed a tricky ability." Seeing this, Aokiji frowned slightly, and the ice layer under his feet suddenly expanded. Countless ice spikes broke out from the ground, like a frozen thorn bush, sweeping towards the big bear.

Big Bear flashed, his movements imbued with a strange lightness thanks to the power of the Meat Ball Fruit. He repeatedly dodged the sudden onslaught of ice spikes, finding openings to unleash repulsive palm winds. Each collision was accompanied by a splattering of ice and a roar of air. The chill of the ice and the repulsive force of the Meat Ball intertwined across the scorched earth, leaving a crisscross pattern of trails.

Nobita's goal was clear—to stall for time. He didn't need to defeat Aokiji, he just needed to distract him. After all, the teleportation he achieved with the Meatball Fruit had a certain speed limit.

Before Ginny and the others moved far enough away, his task was to defend and contain them, and try to avoid a head-on confrontation with Aokiji.

But Aokiji obviously didn't want to give him such an opportunity. As one of the navy's top fighters, he had extremely rich combat experience and quickly saw through Big Bear's intentions.

"Trying to stall for time?" Aokiji's figure suddenly transformed into a streak of ice, instantly appearing beside Big Bear. His cold fist went straight for Big Bear's ribs. "That's a bit disrespectful, isn't it?"

Big Bear reacted extremely quickly, turning around and using his meatball to block. However, this time, Aokiji's fist was covered with a thick layer of Armament Haki. The moment his fist collided with his meatball, the powerful impact made Big Bear groan and involuntarily step back several steps, leaving deep footprints on the scorched earth beneath his feet.

Before Big Bear could steady himself, Aokiji was already following him like a shadow, and ice-blue light instantly gathered in his hands: "Ice Age!"

Instantly, a surging cold air surged towards the bear like a tide, freezing the ground and freezing the sea wherever it passed. The space around the bear was instantly enveloped by a thick layer of ice, trapping him.

"It's over." Aokiji looked at the frozen bear with complicated eyes.

Inside the ice, the bear's body was covered in a layer of hoarfrost, but his eyes remained firm. He could feel the strength in his body gradually weakening under the erosion of the cold, and his movements became slow.

"Almost..." Big Bear whispered to himself. Judging by the time, Ginny and Bonnie should be far away from the fallen nation of Thorbey. His mission was accomplished.

The ball of flesh in his palm lit up again, and this time, he wanted to bounce himself towards Ginny.

However, at this moment, a dazzling purple lightning tore through the sky without warning, like a violent thunder dragon, slamming into the ice that trapped the big bear!

“Crack—!”

The indestructible ice layer shattered instantly under the bombardment of lightning, and countless ice chips flew everywhere.

"Thunder and lightning...this power...how is it possible?"

Aokiji turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the lightning, his eyes filled with shock: "It's Yakumo Haku?! Why is he here?!"

The lightning dissipated, and Yakumo Haku's figure appeared beside Big Bear. He glanced at Big Bear who had broken free from the ice, then looked at Aokiji, with a faint smile on his face: "Hello again, General Kuzan. I didn't expect to meet you in this remote South China Sea."

Before he finished speaking, the arc of electricity from his fingertips spread across the scorched earth, exploding into tiny sparks at Aokiji's feet. It wasn't an attack, but it carried an undisguised threat.

Big Bear leaned against the broken stone pillar and gasped for breath. As he looked at Yakumo Bai's back, his tense jawline finally softened.

He recognized this figure. Although he was a member of the Beasts Pirates, he cooperated with Dragon as General Inazuma. After experiencing the war with the G-1 branch, the current Azur Lane came into being... Even those novel systems and ingenious designs came from the other party.

Although he didn't know why the other party appeared here, Big Bear inexplicably knew that he should be safe. After all, in Kuzan's eyes, the threat posed by the other party was far greater than his own.

"I should be the one asking you this. Isn't it enough that you've caused trouble in the New World? Are you actually trying to bring chaos to the Four Seas, Yakumo Shiro?"

Aokiji suppressed the turmoil in his heart, his pupils fixed on Yakumo Haku, and his vigilance was suddenly raised to the highest level.

Yakumo Shiro chuckled, his eyes sweeping over the naval vessels behind Aokiji. "Just passing by. But General Kuzan, ignoring the troubles in the Holy Land, ran to a place like this to deal with the 'rebellion'. Without soap bubbles as an elevator to transport supplies, haven't those Celestial Dragons starved to death yet?"

As he spoke, lightning flashed at Yakumo Shiro's fingertips again. His purpose of coming to the South China Sea this time was very clear, which was to try to find out whether the magnetic fruit was on the island where Eustace Kidd was born - Kutsk Island.

It was a pity that the goddess of luck did not favor him this time. Even though Yakumo Bai searched most of the island, he still could not find any clues about the fruit.

So, in order to be able to put together the last piece of the puzzle at the right time in the future, Yakumo Shiro planted a shadow nail in the shadow of the still young Kidd, in preparation for future harvesting.

As for why he appeared on Solbe Island at this moment, it was simply because he heard from the local gangsters on Kutsk Island about the sudden changes in the country. Adhering to his usual principles of truth, goodness and beauty, Yakumo Shiro came here specifically to see if he could change anything.

However, from the current perspective, both the Great Bear and the Solbe Kingdom have already deviated from their original trajectory...

"Naturally, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the Holy Land! Yakumo Bai, I just want to know, what is your purpose in coming to the South China Sea?"

Kuzan's voice suddenly turned cold, and the coldness around him seemed to come alive, spreading wildly along the ground.

The cracks in the scorched earth were filled with ice crystals, and even the air seemed frozen solid, causing a stinging sensation in his lungs when he breathed it in. The ice beneath his feet crackled and rapidly expanded towards Yakumo Shiro and Big Bear, every inch of the ice surface shimmering with an eerie white light.

"As an admiral of the navy, I can't just ignore the pirates that the World Government has put a huge bounty on when they appear before me."

He pulled out a brand new bounty from his pocket. The long figure of 40 billion showed just how "deeply evil" this criminal was. Although the appearance of Yakumo Bai had disrupted Kuzan's mission, it didn't matter now.

Because what lies before Kuzan now is a heavier but unavoidable responsibility!