Chapter 443: Pirates are forbidden to land here.

In the luxurious lounge, on the top floor of the central nave of the flying fleet, the Golden Lion Shiki was seated in a mahogany chair.

To his left and right, several dozen pirates were kneeling in two rows in front of him.

Most of these pirates wore captain's hats.

They were all famous East Blue pirates who had joined the Flying Pirates, fearful of the glory and power of the Golden Lion.

"Today, the number of our fleet may increase to twenty thousand pirates, no one in East Blue will be able to resist such a force, but you know... I have never sought to rule in East Blue."

The Golden Lion, who was holding a cigar between his teeth, smiled and said imperiously, "I just wanted East Blue to know... the true terror of pirates! The whole world will be our stage!"

"Oooooh!!!"

Numerous captains raised their wine glasses and shouted aloud.

The Golden Lion also raised a glass of wine.

But just as Shiki was about to empty it, a pirate suddenly rushed into the spacious room and made a report, "Captain! We lost contact with one of our teams..."

"What exactly happened?"

The Golden Lion stopped his hand and frowned at the reporting pirate, the wine glass froze a few inches from his mouth.

The pirate replied, "According to the last report, they were killed by people on one of the islands."

Anger flashed in the Golden Lion's eyes and his voice became extremely cold, "Did anyone on East Blue still dare to rebel against us?! It seems they haven't learned enough about the horror of pirates!"

"Where is this island located?"

The Golden Lion emptied his wine glass in one gulp and said with bloodlust: "I command you.... Make them disappear!"

The other pirate immediately replied, "Reporting to the captain, this island is directly under our fleet."

"Very well."

The Golden Lion smiled.

...

On the shore near the village of Shimotsuki.

Zoro slowly raised his head, looking at the huge fleet of Flying Pirates that eclipsed the entire sky on the horizon.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The face of Koushiro, who was standing nearby, turned morose: "We're late..."

There was no doubt about it...

These are Flying Pirates!

They tried to evacuate everyone on the island as soon as possible, but they were still a step too late.

Even if Kuina hadn't run inland after these strangers, they wouldn't have been able to avoid the pirates.

"Father!"

Kuina appeared on the shore and exclaimed anxiously, running toward her father.

Just as Kuina returned, the huge fleet of Flying Pirates hovering in mid-sky suddenly came to a smooth halt.

Behind the sides of these ships, human figures leaned out and threw long ropes, and then numerous pirates began to descend rapidly along these ropes.

Pooh! Pooh! Pooh!!!

Several hundred pirates jumped over the edge of the island's shore, accompanied by many splashes, and immediately rushed forward.

"Kuina, Zoro, you must immediately hide somewhere on the island!"

Koushiro sighed deeply at this scene and then looked at Zoro and Kuina with extreme seriousness.

Kuina gritted her teeth, looking at the hundreds of pirates rapidly approaching, and gripped the hilt of the Wado Ichimonji tightly, "I refuse!"

Although they will indeed have a chance to survive if they hide on the island, but this chance is minimal, because the other side is too numerous.

Since the chances are too small, it's better to stay here and join the battle with the pirates at my father's side!

"Me too..."

Zoro gripped the hilt of his swords tightly and looked at the hundreds of pirates approaching fearlessly.

Koushiro sighed helplessly as he saw that the pirates were already very close and now it was too late to escape.

They could only take up arms and fight with all their might.

But.

When numerous pirates were running along the coast, the temperature of the surrounding air suddenly dropped several degrees.

The pirates, who were looking at Kuina and the others with various weapons in their hands, began to shiver violently, as if the warm spring had instantly turned into a cold winter.

"Ah..."

Kuina also shivered, feeling very cold.

She simply couldn't understand what was happening, feeling this sudden change in temperature, and the expressions on the faces of Koushiro and Kozaburo, who had just left the hut, changed dramatically.

They looked around and noticed a tall figure, who did not know when he appeared on the nearby reef.

The man squatted on the reef, exhaling clouds of white smoke.

Crack! Crack!!!!

The reef beneath his feet was gradually turning to ice!

"Ara-ra-ra-ra-ra..."

"I'm sorry, but it is forbidden for pirates to land on this island..."

Aokiji exhaled puffs of smoke and said lazily, looking at the hundreds of pirates approaching.

Kuina whispered in shock, looking at Aokiji standing on the nearby reef, "This man..."

Of course, Kuina did not forget about Aokiji, whom he met a few minutes ago.

According to her impression, this person was not a resident of the island, but probably came here with Yeruashi and Robin.

"Who is he?"

Zoro asked Kuina in a daze, noticing that the reef beneath the man's feet was covered with ice, after which the ice continued to slowly spread in all directions.

Kuina shook her head, "I don't know, but it should be the companion of those two."

Although it was unclear who this person was, it now looked like he was going to help them deal with the Flying Pirates.

This is understandable.

Since these three had nothing to do with the Flying Pirates and had no time to escape from the island, it was quite reasonable to join them in fighting the pirates.

But the problem is that Kuina has already visited their ship and found no one there.

This means that there is no significant force on their side.

Kuina looked at the sky with concern.

On the decks of the ships, there were many black shadows in the sky.

Apparently, only a small portion of the pirates have come down so far.

A few people cannot fill such a gap in numbers.

Most likely, they would not be able to avoid death, even if the number increased several times.

But Kuina was not going to wait for death alone.

She will fight with all her might, even if there is no chance of salvation, because she is a master of the sword!!!!

"You killed our people?!"

Although the captain leading the landed pirates vaguely sensed that Aokiji was no ordinary person, but at the thought of the Golden Lion standing behind him, any fear and wariness dissipated without a trace.

He smiled coldly and said imperiously, "You have angered the Golden Lion greatly by daring to rebel against us.... Flying Pirates! Let me use their heads to appease the chief's wrath!!!"

As he spoke, the captain took the two revolvers hanging from his belt and pointed them at Aokiji, who was sitting on a nearby reef.

But just as the pirate was about to pull the trigger, Aokiji said casually, exhaling clouds of white smoke, "It was.... glacier!"