While the Marine ship, which had been split in half, sank into the ice, the Marines on the dog-headed warship began to jump off one by one and gather on the ice surface.
After a while, a large number of Marines had gathered on the once-empty ice surface. At a glance, the crowd was surging, and the number of Marines was estimated to be nearly a thousand, or possibly even more.
Among these Marines, Kronos recognized several familiar faces.
Vice Admiral Garp and Admiral Aokiji were among them, of course. Kronos also spotted Smoker, who was smoking a cigarette with his short silver hair, and Tashigi, following closely behind him.
Looking at the dense crowd, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but tease.
"A lot of people!"
"It's so lively."
Kronos, who was standing nearby, didn't seem to care when he heard Gojo's words.
Because, with their level of strength, even if the number of opponents was large, as long as their strength wasn't up to par, the result would still be the same.
While Kronos and his group remained calm in the face of thousands of enemies, the ten pirates behind them were not so composed.
Their legs were trembling!
Even though they had been pirates for so long, they had never seen such a huge battle. If they didn't know better, they might think it was a suicide mission.
There were only fourteen of them, but over a thousand Marines were standing before them.
What trouble!
With such a huge disparity in numbers, how could they possibly fight?
Could one person drown them with a single gulp?
Seeing the Marines step onto the ice, Kronos decided to disembark as well.
He didn't stay on the ship. Instead, like the Marines, he landed on the ice.
"Clatter!"
Following Kronos' lead, Gojo Satoru, Ji Guoyuan, and Konan also jumped off the ship and landed on the ice.
At this scene, the nearby Marines frowned.
"Hey, hey, what are they trying to do?"
"Do they really think four of them can take us all on?"
"Are they serious?"
"Isn't this too arrogant?"
"Humph! So ignorant and fearless!"
"Hehe, maybe they're surrendering?"
A group of Marines joked and murmured as they advanced toward Kronos and the others.
Such a commotion had been caused just to catch a group of unknown pirates. It seemed like only Kronos and his crew had the audacity to face off against the Marines like this.
On the Marine side, a large group pushed forward with great momentum, while Kronos remained unfazed.
Though there were only four of them, they strode toward the Marine forces without any fear.
As the distance between them closed, Smoker, who was smoking a large cigarette, couldn't help but mumble under his breath.
"Whispering sound!"
In the next moment, he drew his weapon, 'Ten Hands,' from his back, leaped forward with a sharp step, and charged toward Kronos.
"It's just a trick!"
"Don't get too cocky, Pirate!!"
Smoker muttered as he activated his Devil Fruit ability.
His lower body turned into smoke, and he flew toward Kronos at high speed.
Seeing this, Ji Guoyuan, who was following Kronos, immediately moved into action.
With the red sun blade in hand, Ji Guoyuan took heavy steps forward, dodging as he charged toward Smoker.
"Whoosh!"
Seeing Ji Guoyuan coming at him, Smoker wasn't afraid.
He raised 'Ten Hands' and swung it toward Ji Guoyuan.
Ji Guoyuan also slashed with his blade in response.
"Clang!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sharp clash of fine steel echoed, followed by a dull rumbling sound.
With Smoker's strike, the Marines began their charge, shouting and rushing toward Kronos and his crew.
Tashigi wasn't far behind either, running ahead of the crowd!
At this moment, Gojo Satoru also made his move.
His figure flickered and, in an instant, he disappeared from his original position.
"Whoosh!"
When he reappeared, Gojo was already standing beside Aokiji.
Without any words, Gojo Satoru raised his leg and delivered a whip kick toward Aokiji's face!
"Shhh!!"
Faced with this sudden move, even Aokiji, the Admiral, couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.
'So fast!'
'When did this guy... get to my side?!'
Before Aokiji could react, he suddenly bent down to dodge Gojo Satoru's whip kick!
At the same time, Kronos also began to act.
He looked at the charging Marines and slowly raised his hand, a smile playing on his lips.
"Don't join in the fun!"
"I'm not interested in fighting you."
With that, Kronos activated his own Devil Fruit ability.
"Reverse!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Kronos disappeared from his spot.
The moment Kronos used his power, a Marine standing beside Garp vanished.
Immediately after, Kronos reappeared where that Marine had been standing, and the Marine found himself in the spot where Kronos had just been!
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