Chapter 127: Bullet vs. Akainu

Bullet saw the newcomer and laughed evilly. "I've seen you before, you're Navy Vice Admiral Sakazuki, nicknamed Akainu, right?"

"I just wanted to have a good chat with you, but I didn't expect you to come to my door yourself. Not bad, not bad!"

Sakazuki looked at this guy who exuded a violent aura, with disgust and contempt in his eyes.

"Wearing a military uniform can't hide the stench of pirates on your body, so I originally wanted to teach you a lesson before the government meeting so that you understand how to be a qualified soldier."

Crocodile behind him also had a look of displeasure on his face when he heard this. After all, he was also a pirate.

Sakazuki announced in a deep voice without even looking at them. "You two come together!"

"But if they don't have what it takes, I can't guarantee that I won't kill them..."

[Boom!]

"Damn mongrel dog, try if you dare!" Bullet roared angrily and the muscles on his body instantly swelled, veins popped out, and dark blue Haki erupted from his body and turned into air waves that spread out.

In the next second, after a loud bang, he covered himself with a layer of black and blue Busoshoku Haki. He then rushed towards Sakazuki, his eyes radiating a cruel and merciless light.

"Can you only do this?" Despite the terrifying and frantic strength that Bullet displayed, Sakazuki seemed unimpressed. His right arm continued to release more molten lava.

"Meigo!"

His lava arm quickly stretched out and shot out at incredible speed, colliding with Bullet's fist.

[Boom!]

Amid the roar of the explosion, the red light entangled with the black and blue light, pushing the surrounding air and the earth beneath their feet like a raging tide.

Biba was completely dumbfounded. He could only watch as the energy waves spread towards him. Fortunately, at that moment, a blast of sand enveloped him, quickly carrying him away from the battlefield.

"Lieutenant General?"

Crocodile laughed mockingly. "Just look, that bastard Bullet will be dealt with!"

The ground was turning into a lava swamp at a speed visible to the naked eye, with hot magma flowing in all directions.

"Sure enough, has this guy's ability awakened..."

Crocodile watched with his narrowed eyes revealing longing and envy.

Meanwhile, Bullet only felt heat, an unimaginable heat. Although he covered his entire body with Busoshoku Haki, he still felt a slight burning sensation.

[boom!]

Seeing the fist of molten lava approaching again, Bullet's expression became extremely gloomy. He could only suppress his fury to the maximum and retreat to avoid the attack.

The current situation was such that if he continued to face Sakazuki head on, more lava would stick to his body. That's why, at this moment, he didn't even dare to use his Devil Fruit.

"If you can't even fight back, how do you plan to beat me?"

Bullet, who had just dodged, heard a sudden sharp sound in his ears and his expression suddenly changed.

'How is it possible...? He was in front of me, my Kenbunshoku Haki...'

But he didn't have time to think more, as he felt a sharp, burning pain in his back.

[Boom!]

Bullet's entire body was burning in flames, and he crashed like a meteorite on a hill that was still relatively intact.

"Is this also an ability to awaken a Logia-type Devil Fruit...?"

Although Bullet couldn't see what was happening, Crocodile from the sky had a clear view.

Sakazuki in the distance quickly faded and melted into a pool of magma and blended into the surroundings.

"Sakazuki!!!"

At this moment, the hill that had swallowed Bullet began to shake violently, followed by blue rays seeping out from the cracks. It then completely exploded from within, revealing a black giant enveloped in lava flows and surrounded by a blue glow.

[Boom!]

With bloodshot eyes and blood at the corner of his mouth, Bullet screamed angrily and lunged forward.

He has completely gone berserk. "Die at once!"

"You're just a beast...!" Sakazuki snorted disdainfully, raising his arms that had already turned into magma, but this time Bullet showed no intention to dodge.

"Even if I have to die, I'll still tear off some of your dog fur!" Bullet's arms swung in dense blue afterimages.

[Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!]

Blue and red lights completely covered the entire lava land.

"This guy..." Sakazuki was shocked to realize that Bullet had found a way to confront him directly.

In fact, he relied on brute force to generate turbulent air waves, constantly pushing the lava, and then released a second burst to let his fists break through the air layer and hit Sakazuki's body.

"His battle talent is truly amazing, but unfortunately, his foundation is still very weak!"

This battle would decide his position in the Army, so Sakazuki's gaze towards Bullet became dangerous. "This pirate brat must be defeated completely!"

Sakazuki no longer held back. "If you die like this, you can only blame yourself for being so weak..."

The next moment, the lava pool around Sakazuki and Bullet erupted with high lava flows one after another. Then, they quickly transformed into ferocious dogs made of magma.

"Inugami Guren!"

All the lava dogs launched themselves at Bullet.

At the same time, Crocodile realized that the battle was coming to an end. Thinking of this, he had no interest in seeing the final outcome and left directly taking Amatori Biba. Who knows if Sakazuki will come back like a mad dog to bite him...

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In a clean and tidy room, bright sunlight poured in from the window.

"Where I am...?" Bullet was awakened by the burning sensation in his body, his mind trapped in memories, and soon the image of the lava land illuminated by flames appeared in his mind.

"Have I been defeated...?" He muttered discontentedly.

"In this world there are so many stronger than me..." Bullet had always thought that only monsters from Roger's era could defeat him.

When he met Imu, he only considered him as a monster from a previous era. But now, Sakazuki's appearance made him realize that perhaps he really was limited in his vision before.

"Damn it, I'm not strong enough yet, but I will definitely catch up. Sooner or later I will knock all these guys above me to the ground one by one!"

Just as Bullet was swearing through gritted teeth, someone suddenly knocked on the door from outside.

Immediately, Addison entered smiling and said: "It seems that you are recovering well. You can finally send good news to Marshal Raymond."

"How long have I been asleep?" Bullet's voice sounded rough.

"It's only three days." Addison sat in a chair next to the bed and threw an apple at Bullet. "Eat something, it will help your throat."

Bullet took the apple and took a big bite.

"You know, when Marshal Raymond heard that you were beaten to death, he made a big fuss and scolded General Akainu in front of all of us."

Bullet asked: "And where is he now?"

"He left, he returned to the home world. The Marshal said that he would scold him more when he arrived..."

Bullet frowned in disdain. They almost kill him and only give Sakazuki a couple of scoldings...

"Speak, what business do you have with me?"

Maybe he didn't even notice that his temper now is much calmer than before, at least the arrogance on his face is much less.

Addison was naturally happy to see this change. He had previously felt that Bullet's character was too aggressive and too arrogant.

"Well, news has spread that the shogunate has changed to a female Shogun. Now the Governors in various parts of the country, in the name of restoring Hinomoto orthodoxy, have organized a crusade against Kongoukaku."

"A crusade?" Bullet was surprised by this and laughed.

"Tell me, how powerful are they?"

Addison with a serious expression, began to explain to Bullet.

"We have learned from Yomogawa Ayame and Amatori Biba that so far a total of twelve governors have joined this crusade."

"This means that, at a minimum, we will have to face twelve Hayajiro, more than forty thousand soldiers, hundreds of artillery and a cannon called 'Narukami' that is said to be able to pierce the walls of a Station with a single shot."

"When I say 'at a minimum', it is because it is possible that more governors will join later, which could push the enemy forces to exceed fifty thousand soldiers in total."

However, Addison was left speechless as she realized that, despite how serious and heavy what she was saying sounded, Bullet smiled every time. The excitement in his eyes almost turned into flames, because the war he longed for had finally arrived!

"Isn't this a great thing!"

"These agitators have come together voluntarily to turn themselves in! It's time to clean them all up!" As he spoke, he untied the bandages that wrapped his body.

"It is indeed a good thing from this point of view, but we only have 5,000 troops now. Amatori Biba estimates that the crusade will arrive near Kongoukaku in five days at the latest."

"It takes more than a day to reach Kongoukaku from the base. Even if we transfer more soldiers from the home world immediately, the width of the Dimension Gate will only be enough to send a few thousand more soldiers."

Addison was worried not because he feared they could be defeated, but because he knew that the army's purpose was to train its troops. Unless there were special circumstances, the World Government would not deploy high-level combat power.

Therefore, they could basically only rely on low-level soldiers to deal with this crusade. Facing less than ten thousand soldiers against more than fifty thousand soldiers, that was too much uncertainty...

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