However, Akira shook his head firmly at her, and said, "Hancock, listen to me. You have to listen to me this time no matter what. If you still think of me as your Akira Brother."
Akira had already said this. Although Hancock was extremely unwilling, she could only nod in agreement.
Facing Akira's strength, Vice Admiral Tsuru just smiled faintly, and said, I said that our target this time is just you.
As for the Amazon Lily Pirates, as long as they guarantee that they won't go against our Navy in the future, and won't do evil everywhere, it's not impossible to have them become a Shichibukai.
As for the second condition that you mentioned, we weren't planning to publicize it in a big way in the first place.
Akira asked, "Can you make the decision?"
Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded, and said, "Of course. Moreover, you have no choice now. I believe that you will make the right choice."
Akira's face was constantly changing. After a moment, he became firm, and rested the Death God Blade in his hand on the ground. He said in a deep voice, "Alright, I won't resist anymore."
"Very good." Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't have any surprise about Akira's choice. She looked at Aokiji.
Aokiji nodded to her. Then, he took the Sea Stone handcuffs from the hands of the Vice Admiral behind him, and walked towards Akira.
After Aokiji walked to his front, Akira gently pushed Hancock away, and had her let go. Although he had suffered extremely serious injuries, he was standing there, his body straight, and still carrying a deterrent momentum.
"To actually trouble a Navy Admiral to personally put shackles on me, shouldn't I be proud?" Akira asked with a smile.
Looking at Akira, who was about to fall into the hands of the prisoners, was still able to maintain a calm appearance, even Aokiji had to admire him.
He said, "We will naturally show what kind of attitude to what kind of people. Since you didn't resist, we will naturally respect you. Come on."
Saying that, Aokiji personally handcuffed Akira with the Sea Stone handcuffs. During this period, Hancock had wanted to come over several times.
However, she was stopped by Akira's sharp gaze. Hancock wasn't an idiot. She naturally knew that Akira was doing it for her own good.
However, how could she bear to watch the person she admired and liked the most be handcuffed by the Navy?
"What are you doing?"
Hancock suddenly let out an angry shout. It turned out that after Akira had been handcuffed by Aokiji, several Navy soldiers had come to hold Akira down.
One of them had also gone to pull out the Death God Blade that Akira had rested on the ground.
This action immediately aroused Hancock's anger. She immediately kicked that Navy soldier away with one kick.
Just as Hancock was preparing to continue attacking, and take back the Death God Blade, Aokiji suddenly appeared in front of her, and forced her back with one move. The unwilling Hancock naturally wouldn't show weakness. She was about to attack Aokiji.
"Hancock."
Akira shouted loudly. Because his body was weak, his tone had become small. However, he still shouted at Hancock, "Listen to me. Don't care about anything. Take your people, and return to Amazon Lily immediately. Don't reveal everything that happened today to anyone, understand?"
Hancock said unwillingly, "But Akira Brother, your weapon, they."
Akira said, Give it to them. Anyway, they can't use it either. You have to remember my words, and cultivate hard. Only when you become strong will you not be bullied by others.
Just like me, if I was strong enough, I wouldn't have ended up in such a situation today. I'm not as skilled as others. I can only admit defeat.
Now that things had come to this, he could only accept his fate. At the same time, he had already understood in his heart that the Navy had probably been waiting for this moment for so long, and had caught him without any effort.
Hancock's eyes were red. She understood his meaning from Akira's eyes. She nodded silently, and didn't make any more movements. She just watched Aokiji personally take away Akira's Death God Blade.
"Wait."
Just as the Navy was about to take Akira away, Hawkeye, who had been ignored all along, suddenly shouted. He was holding the black sword, and staring at Aokiji and the others with cold eyes.
"Our battle hasn't been decided yet. So it hasn't ended yet. Did you ask me before you took him away like this?"
Akira hadn't expected that Hawkeye would actually speak at this time. He knew Hawkeye's state at this time very well. Even if he was better than him, he wouldn't be much better.
Since the Navy didn't take any action against Hawkeye, Hawkeye should have pretended that nothing had happened. However, Hawkeye just didn't do that.
Vice Admiral Tsuru and Aokiji also frowned. Hawkeye was one of the Shichibukai. He was an ally of their Navy. They had also borrowed Hawkeye's momentum this time.
That was why they had caught Akira. They naturally wouldn't have any thoughts about Hawkeye.
However, they had never expected that Hawkeye would actually bring trouble upon himself. So Aokiji said in a deep voice, "Hawkeye, this is a matter between our Navy and him. You shouldn't interfere."
Hawkeye said with a cold face, "I can't control the grudges between you and him, and I don't want to control them. However, he's my opponent now. Our battle hasn't ended yet. You're taking him away like this. This is an insult to our battle."
Aokiji said, "Hawkeye, don't bring trouble upon yourself. Do you think you'll be a match for me in your current state?"
"That's something that we'll only know after we fight."
A sharp light shone in Hawkeye's eyes. He looked at Aokiji with a fighting spirit. He would definitely not give in even in the face of death. This was Hawkeye's swordsmanship.
Aokiji's body suddenly emitted cold air, and slowly started to freeze. Although Hawkeye was a Shichibukai, he wasn't a member of the Navy after all.
If Hawkeye was really not raising his hand, Aokiji would take action without hesitation.
"Hawkeye."
Seeing that the two of them were at daggers drawn, and were about to fight, Akira suddenly shouted at Hawkeye, instantly breaking the atmosphere between Aokiji and Hawkeye. The two of them looked towards him at the same time.
Akira didn't care about the others. He just looked at Hawkeye, and said, "Hawkeye, thank you for your kindness. However, I hope that you don't interfere. This battle has actually ended. You're stronger than me."
However, Hawkeye obviously didn't agree with this result. He said, "No, we haven't determined the victory or defeat. You can still stand up. This means that you still have power. So our battle hasn't truly ended."
Akira looked at Hawkeye, and suddenly laughed. Then, he said, "Alright, just as you said, we drew this time. However, I would like to ask you to do me a favor, can you?"
Hawkeye looked at Akira with confusion, and asked, "Say it."
Akira said, "You don't have to care about this matter. We'll have a chance to continue our battle in the future. I just want to ask you to do me a favor. If the people of our Whitebeard Pirates find you in the future, I hope that you don't spread the news about my situation."
Hawkeye's brows furrowed. He didn't understand why Akira would say this. However, he also knew that with the Navy's obstruction at this time, it was absolutely impossible for his battle with Akira to continue. What he was more worried about now was whether Akira could survive after being caught by the Navy.
After fighting with Akira, Hawkeye discovered that his swordsmanship had actually evolved slightly. So he really hoped that he would have a chance to compete with Akira again.
"Alright."
In the end, Hawkeye still nodded, and agreed to Akira's request. Of course, the main reason was that he saw Akira's eyes were full of confidence, and didn't have a look of despair at all. So he felt that Akira might have some trump cards that would prevent him from dying at the hands of the Navy.
Under the gazes of Hawkeye and Hancock 360, Akira was taken onto the warship by the Navy just like that.
After Akira was taken away by the Navy, only Hancock and Hawkeye were left. Hawkeye glanced at them. Then, he prepared to leave. However, Hancock suddenly shouted at him.
"Hawkeye."
Hearing Hancock's voice, Hawkeye stopped in his tracks. He didn't have the slightest interest in Hancock. However, he didn't understand why Hancock would call him.
Hawkeye asked, "Is there something?"
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