"Alright, I need to get some sleep first."
After issuing his orders, Smoker felt a bit of a headache, his mind slightly foggy, and his spirits somewhat low. He waved his hand and said, "But don't worry about my issues, follow the plan I set."
It must be said.
A supervisor's temperament can affect many people.
Smoker had always been like an emperor in Log Town, and the entire Log Town Navy branch dared not defy his orders, immediately preparing a battleship to head for the Grand Line.
During this period...
Admiral Aokiji still hadn't returned.
No one knew what had happened to this Admiral. Navy Headquarters had to make a Radio Snail call, hoping to find out where Admiral Aokiji was.
However...
Aokiji's Radio Snail also couldn't be reached.
At Navy Headquarters, Marineford, in the Admiral's office.
Admiral Sengoku the Buddha had repeatedly called Aokiji, hoping to get news from him, but Aokiji hadn't answered a single call.
"That bastard!"
Sengoku felt black lines forming on his head, angrily slamming his fist on the table, causing the documents and Radio Snail on the table to jump: "Does he think that completing the capture of Buggy means he can take a vacation?"
"Eh... can't he?"
A tall man wearing sunglasses and dressed in yellow sat on the guest chair in the Admiral's office, leisurely sipping red tea while looking at the Admiral with some surprise.
"You're pretty much the same, Borsalino!"
Sengoku angrily glared at this tall man, wishing he could throw the documents in his hand at him; too bad he couldn't pinpoint any mistakes...
However...
This guy is just as lazy as Kuzan indeed!
"The headquarters still needs information..."
Sengoku clasped his hands together and spoke solemnly: "I've heard that the world's most dangerous man Dragon appeared in this battle, and someone defeated the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability-user Smoker; these are things we must know..."
"Didn't Kuzan go after them?"
Sitting on the other side, Vice Admiral Tsuru sipped her tea and softly replied: "He should be coming back soon, perhaps he can even capture that pirate crew and send them to Impel Down! Smoker is a good friend of Kuzan's; I've heard Smoker was seriously injured and even had to go to Drum Kingdom for treatment. Even if Kuzan is lazy, he wouldn't sit idly by when a friend gets hurt..."
"Then... let's wait another day!"
Sengoku sighed helplessly.
However...
Navy Headquarters never imagined.
It's not that Aokiji wouldn't answer the calls, but he really couldn't find any time to do so.
If he could answer the calls, Aokiji wouldn't hesitate to ask Navy Headquarters for assistance. He knew the pirate crew he was chasing was troublesome but never expected them to be so formidable and dangerous!
In the Windless Zone.
The sea surface in this area had been completely frozen over.
A gigantic sea ship had also been directly frozen in place by Aokiji, unable to move, as Aokiji's figure leaped onto the pirate ship!
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
With a deep and muffled voice!
Aokiji felt he was inexplicably beaten by the air, flying backward onto the ice surface, not even seeing who attacked him!
"We can understand you're trying to hunt us down..."
A red-haired boy appeared on the railings of the large sea ship, his face full of gloom and discontent: "But for you to freeze Log Town's port..."
"..."
Aokiji felt something was off about this pirate crew.
Why was there an issue with freezing Log Town's port? Wasn't he preventing Clown Buggy's pirate ship from escaping?
"In a month and a half..."
"All of our efforts... were wasted by you!"
This red-haired boy's face showed suppressed anger, eyes coldly looking at Aokiji: "You jerk... do you know how much trouble you've caused us?"
"Well, I'm sorry..."
Aokiji wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Despite being in an adversarial situation, he politely apologized.
However...
Clearly, this apology wouldn't be accepted.
"Hmph..."
The red-haired boy coldly looked at Aokiji, unwilling to accept his apology at all: "If apologies were useful, why would this world need the Navy!"
"Um..."
Aokiji furrowed his brows, eyeing the boy strangely, having to remind him: "Sir, I think I understand what you're saying, but it seems I'm part of the Navy..."