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Chapter 384 Let's Fight Hard

Great, this war at the top has gone through many twists and turns, but in the end, war still had to be fought.

However, thanks to Li Ang's efforts, this fierce battle has been transformed into a small-scale team fight.

However, this was a battle fought by fewer than ten people, yet its scale was comparable to a real war. After all, each of these individuals, taken individually, could rival an entire army.

Fortunately, the revolutionaries didn't necessarily have to win this battle. All the talk about what would happen if they won or lost was just Li Ang's casual remark; it was purely a delaying tactic.

All the revolutionary army needs to do is buy time. Since the battlefields covering the whole world are not idle, once the news comes back, a hero will likely appear to save the day.

Of course, it doesn't matter if he doesn't come. In any case, the world will be on one side and the Revolutionary Army's cadres on the other, which will put the World Government and the Navy in a dilemma, not knowing whether to continue the battlefield here or go to other places to provide support and protect the remaining member states of the World Government.

That would be the time to escape.

However, the opponent in front of Li Ang is, after all, a naval admiral. Even if it's just stalling for time, he still has to be taken seriously. A slight mistake could result in him being taken down in one move.

So Li Ang immediately pulled out the "hand cannon" he had just acquired and shot Kuzan in the chest.

With the power of a hand cannon, it doesn't really matter where you hit it, and whether it causes damage isn't that important. Even if you only hit a finger, it can still blow off a hand. Of course, you should choose the chest, which is the easiest target.

"What?!" Kuzan was shocked. Upon seeing the thing in Li Ang's hand, he instinctively moved sideways and released his ability. A chill swept through the air and attacked Li Ang, condensing into a large ice cone along the way.

Kuzan wasn't surprised by anything else, but by the fact that Li Ang could conjure a gun out of thin air.

Of course, Blackbeard Teach also mentioned that Leon has an alternate dimension that allows him to easily store and retrieve items. But right now, Leon is still wearing seastone shackles on his hands and feet, so he shouldn't be able to use his abilities.

It is said that after Li Ang broke the chains on his hands and feet, he did not break the rings around his limbs to remove them. He continued to move around in shackles.

Leon isn't a Devil Fruit user, so of course he won't be affected by Seastone. These four rings can now be used against the Marines' Devil Fruit users; with this "weapon," Kuzan would have to be hesitant to engage in close combat. He'd be at a disadvantage in a fistfight. But if you want to fight Leon at a distance, then you've entered Leon's territory.

That's why Li Ang was so cunning; he never removed the Seastone shackles. So when he finally made his move, he caught Kuzan completely off guard.

"boom!"

Good heavens, the recoil was so strong that even with Li Ang holding the gun with both hands, it almost made him drop the weapon. Moreover, as a result, Li Ang clearly felt that the bullet deviated slightly from its aim.

However, the effect of this shot was quite terrifying. Kuzan's large ice spike was completely useless, as it was directly shattered into pieces by the bullet. The bullet's power did not diminish at all, and it continued to fly towards Aokiji.

However, Aokiji was lucky and reacted quickly, starting to dodge before Li Ang could even fire. Moreover, Li Ang, using the gun for the first time, also made a mistake.

The bullet grazed past Aokiji, while a giant cannon in the distance had its muzzle snapped off.

Li Ang was secretly amazed; this hand cannon truly lived up to its name, its power was simply heaven-defying. Aokiji, on the other hand, broke out in a cold sweat; if he were hit, even with his Admiral-level Armament Haki, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Hey, finally we can go back and reintroduce the hand cannon from the opposite perspective.

The hand cannon resembles a revolver with a thickened and elongated barrel. However, it is neither a pistol nor a Magnum; it uses special hand cannon ammunition. Furthermore, it is a difficult weapon to obtain.

This hand cannon has an initial power of 300, and unless the Butterfly is upgraded to the maximum level, no other gun can surpass it in power. Its disadvantages are high recoil, making continuous fire impossible, and a small magazine capacity of only three rounds.

However, the latter issue isn't really a problem; this gun, like any other normal gun, can be upgraded. If everything is fully upgraded, its power can reach 99. That single shot is truly more powerful than a cannon. That's how it got its name, the hand cannon. Moreover, this power, concentrated on a single bullet, possesses excessively strong penetrating force. The kinetic energy of a cannonball concentrated on a single bullet makes it far more threatening than a cannon.

Of course, that's not the most outrageous part. The most outrageous thing is that after it's upgraded to the maximum level, the bullets become unbelievably unlimited. You no longer need to search for bullets or go through the hassle of reloading, and you don't have to spend money on bullets at all! An endless stream of bullets can appear out of thin air in the chamber. It's practically cheating.

So what's there to hesitate about? Li Ang sold a whole bunch of things, including butterflies, to the shop and upgraded his hand cannon to the maximum level. From then on, with the hand cannon in hand, he had the world at his fingertips.

We all know that Li Ang is someone who won't lose money. This is all thanks to the user-friendly half-price system shop; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been willing to part with these treasures.

We all know this shady shop sells at half price; if you buy something for 10,000, it's only worth 5,000 after purchase. But now that the shop is half price, it's a guaranteed profit. You can buy at the original price and sell at the original price, allowing you to easily switch between different items. So Li Ang sold everything he owned to get this max-level hand cannon. And if he needs it later, he can simply sell the hand cannon and buy it back—there's no loss involved.

Undoubtedly, this choice was correct. Now that Aokiji has witnessed the power of Li Ang's hand cannon several times, he has made dodging his top priority. He doesn't seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes, because one mistake can be fatal.

Then Aokiji and Li Ang started exchanging long-range shots, but every time Aokiji's moves were destroyed by Li Ang's shot, even his signature "Ice Block Pheasant Beak" was destroyed as soon as it appeared.

The navy personnel, who were already far away, chose to lie down on the ground after witnessing the power of Li Ang's hand cannon. It was truly a case of gods fighting, and mortals suffering. If they were accidentally injured, it wouldn't just be a matter of injury, but a case of accidental death.

Aokiji and Li Ang were locked in a two-minute standoff, and Aokiji was still thinking that the bullets in his chamber would eventually run out. However, more than ten, then more than twenty bullets whizzed past him, and Li Ang still didn't seem to have changed his bullets.

"Hehe, don't even think about it." Perhaps seeing through Aokiji's plan, Li Ang chuckled wickedly, "Just think of the bullets in here as being conjured by my abilities, endless."

Well, hearing Li Ang say that, Aokiji was also a little annoyed. What happened to the promise that being bound by Seastone would disable his abilities? This is fake Seastone, isn't it? Or rather, this is a fake ability?

However, this only frustrated Aokiji. Li Ang couldn't do anything about it personally, or rather, he wasn't unable to, but rather unwilling.

From a long-term perspective, the Navy is full of talented people, they are all good at speaking, and the seeds have already been sown. Breaking with the World Government is no longer a big problem. After that, they might all become partners and comrades.

At this historic moment, no one can stand aside. They must either become the guardians of the past or the pioneers of the new. Clearly, Li Ang is now eyeing the future while enjoying what he has, and he already considers the navy as one of his own.

Therefore, they are unwilling to use lethal force now; they just need to delay Aokiji and ensure that they are not hit by Aokiji's attacks. So the hand cannon is more of a threat than an attack.

However, as the fight went on, Aokiji also noticed this: sometimes, even though Li Ang could have hurt him, he would always manage to fly away by the very last bit of his body. He was just too lucky.

"Did you do this on purpose? What do you mean?"

Now that he knew Li Ang didn't really intend to hit him, Aokiji stopped dodging and asked.

"This..." Aokiji stopped, and Li Ang was also embarrassed to continue faking the match. If he couldn't even hit the fixed target, it would be too fake. He scratched his head and explained, "Well, didn't I say before that even if I win, I won't be killed? It's just that it's a little difficult for me to do."

"Alright, you win, I concede." With that, Aokiji took two steps away, then lay down, not forgetting to take out an eye mask and put it on his head.

"What are you doing, Aokiji!" the giant Buddha in mid-air exclaimed in surprise. "Now is not the time to slack off!"

The dragon said, "You still have the mind to worry about others? You should worry about yourself first." With that, it lunged at the Buddha again.

Well, Aokiji was actually fighting quite helplessly this time, only able to unleash about 30% of his full power. Most of his attacks were completely ineffective against Leon's hand cannons. All his single-target skills were shattered by the hand cannons.

However, some powerful, wide-range moves cannot be unleashed, requiring constant repositioning. For example, the ultimate move "Ice Age," which requires charging for a period of time and can even freeze the entire island, would kill you several times before you could even unleash it.

Aokiji's close-combat abilities were also quite good, but Li Ang was always on guard and didn't give him any chance to get close. Besides, getting close would mean facing the Seastone-enchanted fists and feet.

Furthermore, Aokiji and Leon shared the same plan, and their ideals of justice were already somewhat similar. Influenced by Leon, Aokiji was also unwilling to kill members of the Revolutionary Army. Therefore, he didn't take things too seriously and didn't unleash any of his trump cards.

Thus, Li Ang's battle ended with Aokiji admitting defeat. Li Ang had originally thought he would be the one who dragged the fight the longest, but he turned out to be the one who finished the battle the fastest.

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Chapter 385 The New World

Aokiji's actions made his stance clear: he didn't want to fight anymore. If an explanation had to be given, "there was no reason for him to fight" might be more fitting.

However, Aokiji thought this way, as did Garp before him, and even Sengoku and Kizaru are now feeling a bit weary. But Akainu, who has always been radical and stubborn, doesn't think much of it.

There was nothing Leon could do about Akainu. It was truly rare for him to change his mind; trying to stop him was harder than stopping a train. He said a lot, but to little avail.

Girls might go through a phase where they abandon their love of pink and switch to black, only to abandon black again and become even more obsessed with pink. So, many people aren't actually inflexible; they just haven't figured out how to live life. Think about it carefully: do you have any problems that you can't solve if you have money?

Akainu is the same way. He's lived for decades, but he still doesn't understand life, and he still doesn't understand what he's fighting for.

Justice, well, Akainu has always upheld an absolute sense of justice.

Justice, in essence, is like a person's penis. You can be proud to possess it. It can bring happiness to others at the right time, but you cannot casually display it in the middle of the night. Nor can you force it on others, especially children. You cannot use it as a moral standard, much less use it to demand things from the law. Most importantly, you cannot use it to measure things you do not fully understand.

Ultimately, it's because this thing is yours. How would anyone know its shape or texture if you don't take your pants off?

Everyone's concept of justice is different. Trying to change it is tantamount to distorting their concept of justice, which is too difficult for someone who has been hypnotizing themselves and believing that this is right, and it is also easy to provoke a backlash.

However, Li Ang isn't going to give up. He thinks that too much air conditioning might cause health problems in old age, but without it, he might not even live to old age. As the saying goes, "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater," you can't quit your job just because eating takeout is bad for your health, right?

So if you can't persuade him, keep trying. If necessary, use physical means to persuade him. Besides, there's plenty of time later for him to see the changes in the world, whether they've improved or worsened.

Just as Li Ang was pondering how to defeat Akainu, news of the Revolutionary Army's global war finally leaked out. However, it was still relatively quick to leak out after two or three hours.

"What?!" Upon hearing the news, Sengoku abandoned his fight with the dragon, forced it back with a couple of blows to create distance, and asked, "This is your plan?!"

"That's right, this is the plan we prepared. Unfortunately, if it had gone exactly as planned, you should have received the news tomorrow. But now, instead of being there to oversee the army, things have gone wrong ahead of schedule." The dragon slowly returned to human form and calmly explained.

He transformed back into human form, thinking that a fight was probably over: "Sengoku, the World Government's power is waning, so why cling to this one tree? I believe you understand now what is right."

Zhan Guo also shrank back, saying solemnly, "But as long as I annihilate you here, it's not impossible to recover the lost territory." Hey, you've already turned back, isn't saying this just self-deception?

"You won't. Even if you destroy us now, the whole world will have already discovered that the World Government is just a paper tiger. Chaos will inevitably follow. If we make peace, at least we still have two armies in the world, and we can keep things under control."

The dragon landed on the ground, hands clasped behind its back: "When a dynasty prospers, the people suffer; when a dynasty falls, the people suffer. Isn't it better to give time for stability?"

A change occurred to Sengoku's expression. After hesitating for a while, he said with a sigh of relief, "Alright! I agree. Everyone, stop."

"Wait! Why!?"

“Sakazuki, this is an order! If you have any complaints about my decision, you can report it to the World Government after all this is over.”

The way Sengoku said that, and even reported it to the World Government, makes it uncertain whether he will listen to the World Government in the future.

However, Sakazuki is a man who, putting aside everything else, is extremely disciplined. Even if he had a thousand grievances in his heart, he would suppress them for the time being. As long as Sengoku was still the marshal and still commanding this battle, he could only keep it to himself.

Well, the Marineford War ended with zero casualties on both sides, and then they shook hands and made peace. To put it nicely, it was a victory without fighting; to put it bluntly, it was like a game of make-believe, with everyone just putting on an act.

Just as everyone except Akainu and the other radicals breathed a sigh of relief, a ship suddenly emerged from beneath the sea.

"What does this sign mean...? How did he get here?"

"What is he doing here?!"

Tensions rose again in Marineford.

A man stood at the bow of the ship and immediately shouted, "Please give me some face, I'm here to... Huh? Why aren't you fighting?!"

"You're too late, we've already finished playing," Li Ang said with a squinty eye. "So you can save face."

"This..." Shanks hadn't expected that their encounter with Kaido halfway through the journey, which wasted a little time, would end up being over already? And there didn't seem to be any wounded or dead. Was this really a war?

"Ahem." Long coughed twice and said, "Well, if there's nothing else, we'll be going now. See you next time."

After saying that, he and Fujitora led everyone into the air.

"Wait a minute, something seems amiss!" Shanks finally realized the problem. The Revolutionary Army had fled, while the Marines, having never experienced a major battle, were brimming with energy. Were the Red-Haired Pirates just asking for trouble?

"Beckman, let's go!" What else is there to say? Let's get out of here. Are we going to wait for a friendly sparring match with the Navy if we don't leave?

Sigh, Shanks only came here briefly, and almost got himself arrested.

The Revolutionary Army then returned to headquarters. Li Ang had been rescued, but there was still much to be done, and the war against the World Government was progressing smoothly.

However, after this incident, at least one of the World Government's most powerful allies, the Navy, will likely part ways with the World Government. After that, they won't be a major concern; at most, they'll continue their desperate, ill-advised actions, forming alliances with Big Mom and Kaido, and perhaps even recruiting some underground forces and other pirates.

Anyway, Whitebeard and Shanks can't be taken away, so Li Ang isn't too worried. In fact, this will accelerate the Revolutionary Army's process of incorporating the former Navy, so it's not a loss at all.

"Ah! So everything is on track now, and I don't have much to contribute. The rest is just some finishing touches, which won't be a problem without me." Li Ang slumped on the sofa, feeling his tense nerves and body finally relax, and let out a deep breath.

After lying down for a while, Li Ang sat up straight and hugged Hancock tightly: "Now, we can finally be together. I swear, this time I will never leave your side."