Chapter 410

The enormous office of the Navy Commander-in-Chief.

Extremely quiet.

Utterly silent.

Holding the phone-worm in empty hands, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.

He had never been able to understand a single word of what Zefa had just said.

Whitebeard II wasn't captured by Zefa?

Then who else could it be?

Kong remembered.

During this time, neither Kapu nor Akainu nor Aokiji had left the Navy Headquarters.

Even the rarest of Vice Admirals had remained in Marineford.

Only Zefa, leading a group of students, had left the Navy Headquarters.

Logically speaking.

Among all the Navy personnel who had gone out, if one had to pick a single person with the strength and qualifications to capture a great pirate like Whitebeard II,

That person could only be Zefa himself!

Aside from that,

Kong could not conceive of any other possibility.

"Could it be…?"

"Did you encounter a bounty hunter?"

"But who on this sea could possibly capture Whitebeard II? You yourself clearly just said Whitebeard II possesses combat power equivalent to a 300-million-Berry bounty."

"Such a powerful bounty hunter shouldn't exist on this sea."

Kong took a deep breath and pressed Zefa further through the phone-worm.

After a long pause,

Zefa replied: "Lu En!"

As soon as the words were spoken,

The atmosphere turned deathly silent!

The entire Commander-in-Chief's office fell utterly silent!

Kong was stunned.

He involuntarily widened his eyes, his pupils round and wide, his face suffused with intense shock and disbelief.

After a moment,

Kong couldn't help but reflexively protest: "Are you sure? Zefa, have you gone senile? Do you even know what you just said?"

"You're telling me…"

"That it wasn't you who captured Whitebeard II, but Lu En, that brat?!"

"How is that possible?"

"Lu En is only five years old this year."

"You're telling me a five-year-old brat took down a great pirate with combat power worth hundreds of millions of Berries?"

"You've gone insane!"

"Even if you want to lie, at least make up a more plausible lie that someone could believe."

Clearly,

Kong immediately rejected everything Zefa had said.

He could not accept it.

A mere five-year-old brat had defeated the great pirate who possessed the strength of young Whitebeard!

A great pirate whose power rivaled a 300-million-Berry bounty!

Such a monstrous being…

How could possibly be captured by Lu En, that brat?

"Commander, you didn't mishear."

"It really was Lu En!"

"I witnessed it all with my own eyes."

"I watched as Whitebeard II was brutally pounded to the ground by Lu En alone. That boy already possesses combat power equal to that of a Vice Admiral."

"In just one year, he has cultivated to the level of a Vice Admiral's strength!"

"Whitebeard II was crushed by Lu En's bare hands, with no external force or interference involved whatsoever."

"I merely stood by as a spectator the entire time, never attempting to intervene—not because I didn't want to, but because I had no chance to intervene."

Zefa continued, his voice trembling with awe.

"W-what?!"

"Lu En, that brat, alone defeated a great pirate like Whitebeard II?!"

"And…"

"If I heard correctly just now, you said Lu En, that brat, already possesses Vice Admiral-level combat power?!"

Kong was stunned again.

How old is Lu En?

Only five years old!

A five-year-old with Vice Admiral-level combat power?

This naturally made Kō feel incredulous.

Utterly unheard of!

Unprecedented!

Throughout the Navy's centuries of history,

Even looking across the seas for hundreds of years, no such absurd phenomenon has ever occurred.

A Vice Admiral's combat power at five years old!

What does this mean?

Kō's right hand, holding the Den Den Mushi, trembled slightly, nearly dropping it into the corner in shock.

"Admiral Kō, if I had not witnessed it with my own eyes, I would not dare believe it."

"But, this is all true!"

"Lu En, that monster, truly possesses an extremely terrifying combat power—he personally crushed Bai Huzi II and captured him alive."

"Of course."

"Throughout the entire battle, Lu En also suffered severe injuries and has been sent for treatment; his life is not in danger."

"Lu En and Bai Huzi II were nearly evenly matched in strength. But in the end, Lu En, that monster, ultimately prevailed."

The Den Den Mushi still carried Master Zefa's voice.

At this moment.

Kō was stunned.

He stood frozen in place, his eyes glazed over, Master Zefa's words echoing endlessly in his ears.

"This… is actually true?!"

Although Kō could not accept such an earth-shattering phenomenon,

he also did not believe

that Master Zefa, a Navy Admiral, would lie to him about something like this.

The man had no reason to lie.

Based on Kō's understanding of Master Zefa's character,

what the man said…

was very likely true!

That is to say,

"Lu En, this brat, at the tender age of five, crushed a pirate whose combat power rivals hundreds of millions of Berries? At only five years old, he reached Vice Admiral-level combat power?"

"My heavens!"

Even Kō, the Navy's Admiral, could not help but be deeply moved and visibly shaken.

In his entire life, he had never heard of such a horrifying case!

"Just one short year…"

"This monster, Lu En, has already grown this strong?!"

"I remember, when this boy first joined the Navy, he was still a Mao Touxiaozi who hadn't even mastered Conqueror's Haki or Armament Haki."

"And now, just one year has passed. He has already grown strong enough to match Vice Admiral-level combat power?"

"How can I possibly believe this?!"

Kō's throat felt dry.

Unless he was insane,

otherwise…

no normal person could possibly accept such a mind-shattering phenomenon.

A five-year-old brat captured a pirate with combat power reaching hundreds of millions of Berries?

And this pirate was even regarded as possessing strength comparable to the young Whitebeard!

Who is Whitebeard?

He is the strongest man in the world!