You didn't see that one coming

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

The chilling sound of their cannons being primed for destruction resonated through the air. Vice Admiral Momonga and others raised their hands, the signal for the commencement of the assault towards Luffy and Ken who were running on water just like the animals on their sides. This gave a sense of terror in the navy.

More cannon shots were unleashed towards Water 7. At first it was just the lower part of the island that was being shot at but later the cannons were pointing high and were going towards the high the residential places of Water 7.

This was where Ussop and Nami came in. Ussop was using his bow to shoot at each while Nami was using both magic and bending to help her stop the cannons at every cannon that were pointing high while Sanji and Zoro took care of the low ends.

They were being super affective as they didn't let the barrage of over 10 warships's cannons land on the island and whatever landed was on the sea itself. But the Straw Hats knew that this couldn't go on for long. Maybe one or two barrages of cannon shots before they would run out of fuel.

It was because there were too many cannon balls and their body wouldn't be able to keep up even if their mind could. Meanwhile, Vivi was using an RPG she had made from her body to shoot down cannons. Vivi's cannons were more accurate, but she could only shoot one at a time as her body wouldn't be able to produce a missile launcher, but nonetheless, she was happy to be able to help. Robin used her devil fruit and stand to take care of close-range balls that landed near her. It wasn't much, but it did the job.

Meanwhile, Luffy and Ken reached the ships after getting barraged by the ships cannons along with the summoned animals. Luffy and Ken both separated from each other and went to the opposite sites with their summonses. At first, the animals attacked the ship. The giant dog attacked the ship, but it wasn't smooth. One of the heads was burst open by a cannon ball. But what happened next really made them fearful.

After one of the heads was cut down, two others grew in its place.

"What the hell is this animal?"

"How did he grow two more?" Attack.. Attack more."

The naval men went crazy and started attacking the giant dog. But the dog wasn't the only one who was getting attacked. Ken himself was facing a vice admiral. And this vice admiral wasn't a normal one but someone who knew Haki.

Ken took out his Strombreaker and took a hit at the Vice Admiral while coating it with Haki, and he too took the hit with Haki-coated hands. Ken, for the first time in his travels, had actually found someone who could give him a fight. And with that, both of them started exchanging moves.

Ken used a fire-style jutsu while adding lightning to it.

"Punisher Kenny.. I didn't believe him at first when he said that the Straw Hats had learned Haki. But you have surprised me."

"Oh! Did he reach his destination well?" Ken asked, as he could already guess from where the Vice Admiral had heard of it.

"Huh!" There was a total blank and confused expression from the vice president.

"Oh. It seems like Aokiji hasn't told about the embarrassing situation he has been put in," Ken said. The vice admiral got incensed and started hitting Ken with everything he had using Haki.

Ken parried the attacks and also fought back. But the fight wasn't easy for the vice admiral. With each attack, he was thrown back because of Haki and also because of the elemental nature of the attacks. Plus, at times Ken would throw Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, which would return to hurt the admiral. Though he had Haki, it didn't mean that he could avoid it all the time.

Plus, both of the fights had already destroyed ships. The giant dog was attacking manically and won while growing two pairs of heads from its body.

This made the navy fear more, and another vice admiral came to join the fight against Ken. It was happening the same way on the other side. Luffy had taken his staff in his hand and was swinging it while making it long, while Enma was just having fun while destroying things around.

The only challenge here were the bullets and cannons, which his body was able to shake off easily.

On both sides, the ships got embroiled in a fight and were getting destroyed. Soon, two ships from both sides were down. But Ken had a very weird feeling that something was wrong. His senses were tingling at that moment. Maybe it was haki, or maybe it was something else, but he could tell that the Admirals seemed to be stalling both of them.

And his suspicions were right. Out of nowhere, many men from the city jumped down to the lower section of the city of Water 7, where the war was going on. By that time, Ussop, Zoro, Sanji, and others were far apart from each other. These men came at breakneck speed and captured Robin, Iceburg, and Franky, who himself was helping stop the cannons.

This happened so fast that the people who were closer, like Ussop and Zoro, didn't get enough time to even react as they were occupied taking apart the annon balls.

Ken and Luffy, who had been fighting, stopped and turned around to see what was going on. These men, who entered the battlefield from the closed city, seemed to have come prepared. They had put the knives and swords on Robin, Iceburg, and Franky's

Ken finally understood why he was thinking something was wrong. They had hidden agents from long ago in the city. A hidden team to take care of things if anything went south. And from the looks of it, this was a joint operation of two or more CP organizations.

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