One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 202

Chapter 202: [202] : [BONUS] - Akainu’s Tears! A Frenzied Navy! The Battle Escalates!

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"Hah..."

A frightening freezing aura emanated from Rowen’s entire body.

More than half of his body transformed into ice that radiated an astonishingly cold presence. Centered on Rowen, everything in the vicinity was instantly coated in a layer of frost by this horrifying freezing aura.

This Devil Fruit ability, Marine HQ... the Whitebeard Pirates... the Seven Warlords... no one in the entire world was unfamiliar with it.

It was the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit, wielded by Admiral Aokiji.

But now, this power was in the hands of Sky Sovereign Rowen.

And the figure of Aokiji, after being engulfed in that destructive, brilliant blue-purple light had vanished without a trace.

Combined with Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s earlier agonized roar...

The meaning was self-evident.

MARINE HQ ADMIRAL AOKIJI HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION!

And the man who killed a Marine Admiral was Sky Sovereign Rowen...

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"KUZAN!!!" Sengoku’s eyes blazed blood-red.

DEAD!!

Aokiji was dead.

The man he had such high hopes for, whom he had groomed as the next Fleet Admiral of Marine HQ was dead.

Killed—at the hands of Sky Sovereign Rowen!

Sengoku’s eyes filled with unbearable pain.

It was the same anguish he felt when Rosinante, Doflamingo’s brother and his secret operative whom he regarded as an adopted son, had died.

If the war hadn’t still been raging, Sengoku certainly would have lost control of his tears.

It was all his fault... He failed to recognize Sky Sovereign Rowen’s true target. From the very beginning, Rowen’s true target was Aokiji!

Whether killing Doflamingo, or using the Magnet-Magnet Fruit to throw Marineford into chaos—it was all a setup for this single, decisive blow... A blow to ensure Aokiji’s death.

AND DAMN IT... His Buddha Wisdom had once again been defeated in a battle of wits and schemes by this Ultimate Human.

But Sengoku could only grit his teeth so hard they nearly shattered, forcing himself to regain composure.

The war wasn’t over... He was the Supreme Commander of this war. If he fell, the Navy’s losses would be even more catastrophic—

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"Kuzan..." Garp stared blankly at Rowen, now manifesting the Ice-Ice Fruit ability, and at the empty space where Aokiji had been.

Tears streamed down the iron-willed man’s face.

This man, who had not cried in countless years—had shed tears twice today.

Once, for his family, Ace...

And once, for his student, Aokiji...

Aokiji, from the time he couldn’t even use Haki, had followed behind him, learning his ’Iron Fist’.

Initially, Garp hadn’t intended to take Aokiji as a student, but Aokiji’s perseverance moved him—imitating Garp’s self-destructive training methods to temper his own fists—

—Gradually, Garp truly came to see Aokiji as his student, teaching him the true essence of his ’Iron Fist’.

He was Garp’s true successor.

Before becoming an Admiral, Aokiji had always been on Garp’s ship, following him on campaigns across the seas. From a common Marine, Garp had nurtured him step by step into an Admiral.

His successor... killed before his very eyes... even a man like Garp was now plunged into extreme grief.

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"DO YOU SEE IT, GARP??" Sengoku’s teeth were about to shatter from gritting them so hard.

"DO YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF MAN WE ARE FACING??" Sengoku roared, his eyes twitching as he looked at Rowen.

"THIS IS WAR, YOU BASTARD! IF YOU REMAIN SO CONFLICTED, IT WON’T JUST BE KUZAN! EVERY SINGLE MARINE HERE COULD BE BURIED AT THIS MAN’S HANDS! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, GARP??" Sengoku bellowed.

"!!!" Garp clenched his jaw tightly, his bowed head streaked with tears.

"Kuzan..." Below the execution platform, Tsuru’s eyes also filled with tears.

Tsuru, Sengoku, and Garp had been teammates in their youth.

Aokiji, as Garp’s student and Sengoku’s favored successor, was also very close to her. To see him fall on the battlefield before her—even this Great Staff Officer, whose Wash-Wash Fruit allowed her to cleanse her mind of distracting thoughts and maintain absolute calm—was plunged into grief.

"Kuzan... is dead?" Gion also stared blankly.

"ADMIRAL AOKIJI!" Momonga and the other ’Dove’ faction Vice Admirals cried out, tears streaming down their faces on the battlefield.

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Sabaody Archipelago.

"AN ADMIRAL—AN ADMIRAL IS DEAD!!!!"

Amidst the stunned silence, horrified screams erupted, echoing throughout the island chain.

A Marine Admiral, one of the World Government’s Strongest Combatants had been killed in action—

—Killed by Sky Sovereign Rowen.

OH MY GOD!

How many years had it been since an active-duty Marine HQ Admiral had been killed in battle??

Though the World Economic News Agency had reported Aokiji and Akainu’s defeats at Rowen’s hands, the details of those battles were later thoroughly analyzed.

And Marine HQ and the World Government had denounced Rowen for his ’Despicable’ tactics, never admitting the Admirals were truly defeated.

Though in the eyes of true top-tier powerhouses, a loss was a loss, no excuses—for the numerous citizens and common Marines across the seas, they needed a reason to reassure themselves...

After this war began, Akainu’s ferocious performance inspired countless citizens and reporters. He had even severely wounded the man hailed as the World’s Strongest—and Kizaru had also displayed incredibly terrifying power, sending the legendary pirate Dark King Rayleigh, flying with a single kick...

Confidence in the Marine Admirals had returned to the hearts of many citizens, reporters, and Marines...

BUT NOW—

NO MORE EXCUSES... NO MORE FLUKES!

SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN COULD KILL AN ADMIRAL!

This was something even Whitebeard, even Roger, had never achieved. freewёbnoνel-com

Fear, shock, horror... countless negative emotions flooded the entirety of Sabaody Archipelago. Reporters frantically scribbled their articles, transmitting the situation here to the world.

The death of a Marine HQ Admiral was super-major news!

The might of the World’s Strongest Devil Fruit User, through this live broadcast, was displayed directly before the entire world.

Letting the world know, just how powerful this man truly was!

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"Kuzan..." Kizaru murmured, his expression grim, the sunglasses seemingly unable to hide the emotional turmoil he had been trying to conceal.

CRACKLE! BOOM!

WHOOSH!

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