Chapter 162

"Everyone shut up!"

"How could the likes of you question Vice Admiral Aokiji's decision?"

"No respect for your elders!"

Hearing these whispered murmurs, Mizzi's face darkened with fury as he rebuked them.

Instantly,

the atmosphere fell silent.

At the same time,

Mizzi turned his head, gazing at Lu En's back, his heart likewise filled with confusion and bewilderment.

What exactly is Vice Admiral Aokiji trying to do?

Bringing a mere child along to fight?

Isn't this far too much of a joke!

"Completely incomprehensible."

Mizzi shook his head, sighing inwardly.

He had already made up his mind.

In a moment, once full-scale war broke out with the Demon-Person Pirate Crew, he must arrange men to protect that young child, to prevent any mishap befalling him.

Although from the very beginning,

Aokiji had not given much of an introduction about Lu En…

Yet from the manner and tone in which Lu En conversed with Aokiji,

faintly,

it had already allowed Mizzi to perceive—

that young child likely possessed an enormous background and origin!

An ordinary person,

standing before a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral—how could they possibly display such a casual, nonchalant demeanor?

That single point alone allowed Mizzi to determine—

that boy's origins were no small matter!

At the same time.

As the Marine branch of Chuanliu Island mobilized in full force, dispatching a full twelve hundred Marine elites, they were making a grand, ostentatious march toward the street where the Demon-Person Pirate Crew was stationed.

When the news spread,

in an instant,

the entire atmosphere of Chuanliu Island was thoroughly ignited!

The residents who originally lived on Chuanliu Island had long harbored rage against the thugs of the Demon-Person Pirate Crew yet dared not speak out, living in trembling fear under their domination day after day.

But today,

upon hearing that the Marine branch had dispatched twelve hundred Marines, preparing to go punish those utterly villainous thugs of the Demon-Person Pirate Crew,

instantly, countless residents burst into delighted applause and cheers.

The island's native population numbered nearly a hundred thousand, and with merchant ships, tourists, and passersby coming and going, the island's total population was no less than three hundred thousand!

These people lived each day in terror, afraid the Demon-Person Pirate Crew would unleash a bloodbath.

Finally—

these several hundred thousand people were not disappointed.

The Marines, at last, had taken action against those utterly villainous pirates!

"The Marines have finally made their move!"

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"I thought even the Marines were helpless against the thugs of the Demon-Person Pirate Crew, afraid to act rashly. Fortunately, the Marines did not disappoint us."

"Those thugs of the Demon-Person Pirate Crew deserve to die!"

"This time, the Marines must completely annihilate those thugs!"

"These bloodstained villains should be wiped out clean by the Marines."

"Return the peace we once had on Chuanliu Island to us!"

Several hundred thousand people, full of anticipation, turned their gazes toward the direction the Marines were advancing.

Everyone was watching closely.

In this battle, could the Marines successfully annihilate the Demon-Person Pirate Crew?

And return the once-prosperous Chuanliu Island to its native residents?

"The Marines have only dispatched twelve hundred men—can that really work?"

"You have to understand, the Demon-Person Pirate Crew's numbers reach a full three thousand-plus!"

"And the Marines only have twelve hundred men."

"That's nearly a threefold gap in numbers!"

"I keep feeling this time the Marines are heading for total annihilation."

"That can't be, right? Since the Marines dare to mobilize in full force to strike at the Demon-Person Pirate Crew, they shouldn't be doing something so reckless without confidence."

"Let's just see how this battle turns out."

"If even the Marines are wiped out, then our entire Chuanliu Island is truly without hope."

"……"

The several hundred thousand people on the island kept their eyes fixed almost every moment on the Marines' movements, as well as observing the Demon-Person Pirate Crew's activity.

As the several hundred thousand residents of Chuanliu Island had their heartstrings pulled.

At the same time,

The news that the Navy had made a great show of mobilizing a full twelve hundred elite Navy troops naturally and inevitably reached the ears of the pirates of the Demon-Man Pirates.

Over three thousand utterly villainous pirates within the Demon-Man Pirates, one after another, learned of the intelligence about the Navy's collective mobilization.

To the point that…

Even the captain of the Demon-Man Pirates, the Demon-Man Oren — this Great Pirate with a bounty as high as sixty million Berries — learned of this news from his subordinates at the very first moment.

"The Navy has made their move?"

"Hahahaha!"

"Then let them come!"

"These past few days, I was still wondering when I would completely destroy that Navy branch. I didn't expect that, before I even made my move, those Navy fellows would be the first to act against us!"

"Good! They've come at just the right time!"

"This time, we'll completely annihilate these Navy troops! From now on, the entire Chuanliu Island will be under the complete rule of our Demon-Man Pirates."

The Demon-Man Oren laughed wildly without cease, not taking the matter of the Navy's attack to heart in the slightest.

It would seem…

He seemed extremely confident in his own strength!

Even the captains of the Demon-Man Pirates were likewise in a mood full of anticipation, awaiting the moment of the Navy's arrival.

The impending battle set their entire bodies boiling with hot blood!

……

Half an hour later.

Under Aokiji's lead.

Lu En and the twelve hundred elite Navy troops led by Miz behind him all successfully arrived at their destination for this trip!

Which was…

The headquarters of the Demon-Man Pirates! Chief.