Nearly a whole day had passed before Robin finished decoding it.
Ren immediately took her away from there.
They didn't have time.
On the sea, Kaido and the Navy were still fiercely fighting.
Now he needed to go support them.
Kaido alone couldn't defeat the two Navy admirals.
"Next, are we heading to Wano?" Robin asked, looking at Ren holding her.
"No, that's your responsibility. I'll send my disciple to protect you."
Ren thought of Pedro, who he had already trained.
Pedro was strong, reliable, and not someone to underestimate.
"For me?"
"Yes. This time, I can't escape anymore. It's unavoidable."
Ren had a premonition that if he left again, Fish-Man Island might be completely destroyed.
"Aren't you afraid I might betray you once I have it?" Robin asked sincerely.
"You won't do that."
Ren had no mood for jokes.
The sea had completely changed.
If he lost, the world would be reshuffled.
The opponent had spent eight hundred years erasing traces of history and wouldn't allow leniency this time.
Currently, he was the number one target, which was why the other party hadn't attacked other islands yet.
In other words, when Ren spread the news back then, he had already cut off all escape routes.
If he lost, he would die without a trace in the world.
If he won, he would gain everything.
It was all or nothing.
The battlefield between Kaido and the Navy had already sunk several islands.
Some turned into ice islands, some into fire islands, and some were split into archipelagos.
"Kaido, is this your answer?"
"Kill me, Heat Breath!" Kaido said without hesitation.
Ren defeated him in just twenty minutes.
The Navy had been fighting all day.
Though Ren hadn't directly faced the Navy and had taken some damage, it was clear who he respected.
The Fish-Man warriors did not fight in the sea.
The ocean had been boiled by Akainu, weakening their combat abilities.
But the Mink Tribe was extremely powerful.
Their speed, strength, and electric abilities made them dominate the battlefield.
The most crucial thing was that during these days of the full moon, they could enter their Sulong Form, which would change the battle entirely.
Before long, a powerful Conqueror's Haki erupted.
All Navy officers at the rear admiral level were knocked out.
The user controlled Conqueror's Haki with precise mastery.
"That guy's growth is absurdly fast," Garp said, his expression serious.
Even Rocks couldn't have given him this pressure.
It showed that Ren's strength had reached a whole different dimension.
"Ren."
Gion gripped her sword.
That name was a huge shadow over her.
Even at night, she would dream of it.
Aokiji clenched his ice fists and stared at Robin in Ren's arms.
Regret filled him.
If he had killed Robin back then, would the seas be this chaotic now?
Complete chaos, no order.
At this moment, he thought Akainu's approach had been correct.
The two sides in the battle stopped, all attention turning to Ren.
Fear and excitement spread across the battlefield.
He was a man of immense strength and everyone had to show him respect.
"Heat Breath."
Kaido didn't hesitate, firing at Ren to make him take the Navy's punishment while he secretly slipped away with the girl. Hah.
Ren brought Robin onto the ship and looked at Kaido in the sky.
"Don't be so angry. The main course is coming next."
"Hmph."
Even this playful attack made the sea erupt again in waves over ten meters high, capable of swallowing nearby islands.
"Ice Age."
Aokiji immediately used his ability, freezing the nearby sea.
"Great Flame."
Akainu didn't hesitate, rushing toward Ren, determined to give this villain who was dragging the world into war a proper end.
"One-Sword Style, Soul Chase."
Ren drew Muramasa. In an instant, the world seemed to turn gray, time slowed, and he walked calmly to Akainu.
Muramasa lightly sliced across his neck.
"Die…"
Akainu hadn't even finished speaking before realizing something. He clutched his neck, but the curse mark had already moved toward his heart.
In the next moment, Muramasa's lethal strike hit, and Akainu was instantly killed.
"What just happened?"
"Admiral Akainu!"
"Why… Admiral Akainu was still attacking."
"Don't ask me, I don't know why he ended up like this either."
"Garp, did you see that clearly?"
Sengoku looked at Garp seriously, ignoring the noisy Navy around them.
"Ah… not at all. Sengoku, let the young ones handle this. This era needs them. They can't be buried here."
Garp didn't joke around this time. He couldn't so easily deal with Sakazuki.
This was probably the Navy—no, the World Government's—greatest crisis ever.
"Hm… just as I thought."
Sengoku quickly gave orders internally, using Navy codes to prevent Ren from understanding.
Soon, Navy ships began retreating, leaving Sengoku, Garp, and a few other strong, older officers behind.
"Brother Ren, should we stop them?" the fishman asked.
"No need." Ren shook his head. After all, he and the Navy were just on different sides. He wouldn't deny everything the Navy had done. Without them, the pirates would have run rampant long ago.
"Donquixote Ren, aren't you going to attack?"
"Aren't they retreating? I'll wait for you to retreat." Ren sat at the bow of the ship, watching the relatively young Sengoku and Garp.
"Then, thank you." Sengoku transformed into his giant Buddha form.
"Then that's the cursed blade. Be careful." Garp's fist turned black. The first strike from that fist had caused Ren a lot of pain.
Ren sheathed his sword and took out a Sea Stone Sword. "I suppose you Navy officers know what this is. A devil fruit user's bane."
Sengoku swung his palm directly, sending a shockwave from his hand. The ocean caved in, forming a tsunami that surged toward Ren's ship.
Kaido entered the battlefield. He was here to fight, not to watch Ren perform. In his dragon form, he collided with the shockwave.
The Conqueror's Haki in the blast knocked out many of Kaido's subordinates, but Ren's crew was used to facing this kind of Haki, so the impact didn't affect them.
In the gaps of Sengoku's attack, Garp appeared. His iron fist struck Kaido directly, sending him flying.
"After all, he's experienced in battles like that. Why take the punch to the face?" Ren observed the battlefield.
Both sides' forces began clashing. King versus king, commander versus commander.
Ren gathered the strongest pirates, while Garp and the veteran Navy officers were no pushovers either.
In that era, pirates were fewer but extremely powerful. Weak Navy officers wouldn't have survived back then.
Due to the overwhelming difference in strength, the Navy was defeated. Garp, Sengoku, and the other officers were captured. Ren didn't kill them. After making sure they couldn't escape, he began to leave.
"You're not going to kill us?" Garp coughed up blood. They had given everything, yet couldn't even touch Ren.
"No need. We're just on different sides. In the future, you'll work for me. History will prove it." Ren squatted in front of Garp.
The Navy officers remained silent. Ren hadn't killed a single one of them. His words couldn't be refuted. After all, he really hadn't.
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