Chapter 41

“White Bear General, can you still turn the tide now? No wonder you’re a Navy Admiral!”

Kizaru, who was battling Jiraiya in Sage Mode, could not help but slightly relax his brow, gazing deeply at the lightning rising from within the black mist.

The black mist completely dispersed, revealing the scene before everyone’s eyes—causing the previously elated Marines to fall into silence and stupor.

“How could this be...”

“That was a Navy Admiral...”

“...This will be a world-shaking event! Whitebeard did not die in this battle, yet one Navy Admiral has fallen prematurely.”

White Bear stood firm upon the earth, his eyes closed at this moment, the autumn water blade piercing his chest. His body now carried no trace of life.

Su Han stood before him, gently stretching his body, brilliant and scorching lightning spreading outward from Su Han himself.

“Ding! The first guild quest has been completed! White Bear General has been slain.”

“Ding! Rewards allocated according to contribution! Guild Master Su Xiao Xiao gains 20,000 points! ‘Be My Son’ gains 1,000 points! Fourth Hokage gains 1,000 points! ‘I Am a Marquis’ gains 1,000 points...”

This voice sounded only in the ears of all guild members.

At this moment.

In the Holy Land Mary Geoise, Aizen Sosuke paused slightly, then stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression crossing his face: “Did I not gain any points?”

After a moment’s reflection, Aizen Sosuke decided this was only natural.

“...Though I gained no points, it’s a pity, but obtaining a Devil Fruit this time is still worthwhile.”

Aizen Sosuke weighed the strangely shaped fruit in his hand, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow and looked toward the sky, murmuring to himself.

“Has it come to this... What a pity.”

At this moment, Pain floated in the sky. A deep, hoarse voice descended from above.

“Right now... Right here! Let the world feel pain.”

“Shinra Tensei!”

Terrifying repulsive force erupted from Pain’s hands, transforming into an unstoppable torrent that slammed into the earth. The ground shattered at once, and all of Mary Geoise was flattened in an instant.

Aizen looked up at Pain in the sky, his expression solemn and grave: “Such a troublesome fellow... Just as I saw in the Naruto姬副本.”

But the next moment, Aizen felt a twinge of regret.

“If I’d had just a little more time, I could have continued hypnotizing the Celestial Dragons! Gained even more Devil Fruits. Now... I must retreat.”

On the battlefield.

Upon hearing he had received the largest share, Su Han nodded slightly, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

Twenty thousand points—his积分 worries would be settled for a long time to come.

Yet when Su Han thought of the points required to fully master Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, his lips twitched twice.

Points are a good thing—no matter how many you have, you’ll never have enough.

With a light sigh, Su Han stopped thinking further.

“The power of the Thunder-Thunder Fruit can still…”

Su Han clenched his fist, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face as he stared at his now-elementalized palm.

Like Blackbeard, Su Han could swallow two Devil Fruits at once.

The reason was likely that he had eliminated all the drawbacks of the Dark-Dark Fruit; thus, the drawback of being able to consume only one Devil Fruit naturally vanished too.

Yet, the Dark-Dark Fruit still had some influence on the Thunder-Thunder Fruit.

Previously, when he had just fused the Thunder-Thunder Fruit.

Although Su Han could use all of White Bear General’s—or Enel’s—abilities, including greatly expanding his Observation Haki’s sensing range with the Mind Electric Net, and deploying the massive destructive power of the 1-billion-volt Thunder God.

He still could not achieve elementization using the Thunder-Thunder Fruit.

So, upon first obtaining the Thunder-Thunder Fruit, Su Han spent 1,000 points to eliminate all its flaws, allowing it to become fully compatible with the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Now,

Su Han could fully achieve elementization.

Admiral Sengoku’s face turned icy as he growled low: “Execute the sentence.”

Two blades pierced toward Ace.

“Old Man Whitebeard invited us here—if in the end we can’t even save his beloved son, we’ll lose all face.”

A crisp laugh rang out as Su Han transformed into a bolt of lightning, slicing through endless crowds to appear directly before Sengoku.

“Get out of my way, Admiral of the Navy! I don’t want to kill you.”

One hand seized Sengoku’s body; the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit halted the Admiral’s ability to transform into a Mythical Zoan. Simultaneously, Armament Haki coated his fist as he smashed it into Sengoku’s chest.

Even though Sengoku reacted swiftly, coating his chest with Armament Haki and avoiding direct penetration, the force still swept through him, hurling him violently backward.

A bolt of lightning erupted into a chain, lashing outward and instantly flinging away two executioners.

In Ace’s stunned, disbelieving gaze, Su Han seized his body, laughing loudly as he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, vanishing instantly from the endless tide of Navy forces and reappearing aboard Whitebeard’s ship.

Seeing this, Whitebeard finally exhaled in relief, his gaze toward Su Han now carrying a trace of gratitude.

Then he burst into loud laughter, his voice thundering across the entire battlefield.

“Oh-ho-ho! Boys! Ace is saved—we’re pulling out!”

At this moment, Whitebeard was undoubtedly joyful and relieved.

Compared to the brutal, bloody Battle of Marineford in the original timeline, Whitebeard’s crew had suffered far fewer losses this time.

That was enough.

Whitebeard never cared about winning this war.

Victory or defeat—it didn’t matter. As long as his son was safe, he was content.

Under Whitebeard’s orders, large numbers of Whitebeard Pirates withdrew in orderly fashion.

Sengoku returned to the execution platform, looking down from above.

He saw the pirate crew retreating like a tide toward the sea; he saw Su Han, who had brought Ace back to Whitebeard’s ship, and Whitebeard himself, still in perfect condition on the battlefield.

His lips twitched slightly, yet no words came out.

He had failed.

This battle had undeniably ended in defeat.

Sengoku could not even imagine how the World News would report this battle once it ended.

Clenching his lips, Sengoku’s hands hung limply at his sides.

“The age of true evil is about to begin.”

Su Han stared at the battlefield—all Whitebeard Pirates had returned.

Yet as he watched, his expression suddenly turned extremely peculiar.

“Thrilling! Red Dog’s strength is impressive—no wonder he’ll become the next Navy Admiral!”

Vice Admiral Wobang laughed heartily, bare-chested, dragging the lifeless corpse of Sakazuki like a dead dog back onto the Moby Dick.

Seeing this, Marco swallowed hard, staring in shock at Sakazuki’s broken form, then at Wobang—who spoke with delight yet bore not a single scratch—and his face twitched.

To defeat a Navy Admiral in combat, reduce him to this state, and still capture him alive…

Vice Admiral Wobang was truly a monstrous being.

“Leader.”

Wobang stretched his body, then suddenly remembered something and tossed the unconscious Sakazuki, still like a dead dog, at Su Han’s feet. “I think this guy might be useful to you?”

“Yes. A bit useful.”

Su Han nodded. He could use his Dark-Dark Fruit to extract Sakazuki’s Magma-Magma Fruit ability.

Though Sakazuki would die after the extraction, no one here cared about that.

“Then I give you Sakazuki.”

Wobang clapped his hands, utterly unconcerned.

Su Han’s expression turned instantly strange: “You’re sure?”

Wobang glanced at Su Han without hesitation.

“Of course I’m sure!”

Sensing Su Han’s confusion, Wobang offered an explanation.