Chapter 742 Wind and Sword! (2 in 1)

In the evening, the sky over Cake Island was covered with dark clouds.

"Hey, it's time for the shift change."

"Today the cafeteria has sea beasts that were hunted at noon. They taste really good."

In a naval sentry tower on the coast, two sailors are taking over. The new navy sentry tower is required to work 24 hours a day, and this task is usually carried out by three shifts of sergeants in rotation to ensure that each shift can get enough rest time to ensure their combat effectiveness.

Six o'clock in the evening is the meal time for the new navy, and it is also the time for shift change.

"Oh? Really? Then we really need to hurry over there. If we go too late, we won't be able to get there."

As he was speaking, a young man in military uniform walked out of the sentry post, came to the door, and handed a secret key to the sergeant on duty.

There is a hidden sea barrier buried in the naval port of Cake Island.

This is an important coastal defense system of Cake Island, designed and built by Dr. Vegapunk, the first scientist of the New Navy. When facing an enemy attack, one only needs to raise the sea barrier and the navy around the entire Cake Island will be blockaded.

Ships that are not familiar with the layout of sea barriers have no way to pass through such sea areas. If they intend to force their way close to Cake Island, there is a high probability that they will hit obstacles, damage the hull, or even sink.

The main task of the offshore outposts, in addition to monitoring the conditions in the sea area, is to operate the sea barriers according to different situations.

This is not a difficult task, so the military strength requirements for the soldiers on duty are not too high. They just need to have enough sense of responsibility.

"Well, let's go."

The soldier who came to take over was a young man in his early thirties. After taking the secret key, he smiled, turned sideways, and walked into the sentry booth. He glanced at the sea through the glass, and his eyes also searched the booth, as if he was looking for something.

"Hey, hurry up, where did you put your raincoat?"

"I see the sky is getting dark, and the wind on the sea is getting strong. There might be a storm tonight."

"Where did you hide the raincoat?"

The young sergeant turned around and stopped his companion who was about to leave and asked.

"Oh, the raincoat. It's in the cabinet under the operating table."

"Senior, will there be a storm tonight? In this case, is it possible that our night training will be cancelled?"

Outside the door, the young sergeant who was called turned around and pointed at the cabinet under the operating table. When he heard the experienced senior say that there would be a storm at night, a smile of relief appeared on his face.

"You get excited when I tell you to take a break?"

"This is not okay!"

"If you don't train hard, you'll just be a soldier on Cake Island doing these 'odd jobs' for the rest of your life."

"If you can't go out to sea, you can't get any merit."

"You are still young, you can't be like me!"

The young sailor who was taking over the shift looked to be about thirty years old, but when he spoke, he sounded very mature and acted like a veteran.

However, the young man at the door obviously had no intention of listening to the nagging of this senior. In a short while, he had already run more than ten meters.

Noticing that no one responded, the young navy man looked outside the empty house and shook his head helplessly:
"It's so windy, and you didn't even know to close the door."

The experience possessed by experienced old sailors is often summarized through a large amount of fact-based verification.

Just as the navy expected, as time passed, the dark clouds over Cake Island became more and more dense. Cake Island has a standard summer island climate, and the sunshine time is actually quite long. Usually at 6.7 or o'clock, although the sky has begun to darken, there is still some brightness.

But the weather today is completely different. The sky is dark with dark clouds overhead. The waves on the sea are getting stronger and stronger, and the wet and sticky feeling in the air can be felt very clearly.

In the sentry box, the young sailor who had just completed the shift change was checking various equipment. He looked up at the waves on the sea, then leaned over to take out a raincoat from the cabinet and put it at hand, making preparations in advance.

"Boom!!!"

Thunder roared, and suddenly there was a sound of rain outside the sentry box. The rain came down very quickly. In just a dozen seconds, when looking out from the sentry box, everything turned gray and the visibility was extremely low.

"Well?"

“Is the rain so heavy?”

Inside the house, the young soldier was stunned when he saw the scene outside, then he slowly stood up and turned on the searchlight in advance. Then he pulled a chair and sat in front of the operating table, holding his chin with one hand, and observing the situation on the sea with boredom.

The task of being on duty is not considered "heavy". Unlike other branches, this is the Cake Island of All Nations, and the navy on duty often has the lightest tasks.

This task is often assigned to those junior sergeants in the headquarters who lack ability and whose future prospects are obvious.

Or maybe it's those young people who are just starting out.

"What a pity, I left my stuff in the dormitory and didn't bring it with me."

"Otherwise, we can still read the newspaper in this weather today. With such heavy rain, I guess the leaders won't check on us."

"Oh, that was a mistake."

As he spoke, the young man crossed his legs.

“BOOM!!!!”

Just as he was daydreaming, a flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, and a moment later, a loud thunder sounded in his ears.

The soldier who was about to close his eyes to rest suddenly felt his eyes blurred and vaguely saw a black shadow in the sky, flying rapidly towards the direction of Wanguo.

"Ok?"

"Didn't you sleep well last night? You have double vision in your eyes?"

“Are the lights in the house too bright?”

As he spoke, the young man stood up and walked to the wall to turn off the lights in the house. Then he looked outside the house where the double image had just appeared. Coincidentally, at this moment, another flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the scene on the sea.

On the sea, there was a figure hovering in the air with his hands raised upwards, and no one knew what he was doing.

On the sea surface just below the figure, there was a strong wind sweeping in and the waves were surging. The waves stirred up by the strong wind were getting higher and higher and hitting the shore, making bursts of noise.

"!!!"

The young navy man who noticed the figure was stunned and his hair stood on end. He then took two steps at a time and quickly rushed to the operating table, looking in the direction of the figure with a telescope.

"people?"

"Is that really a person?!"

After confirming that the shadow was not a double image caused by overwork, the expression on the young navy's face changed immediately. When he was about to press the alarm button on the console, other navy officers on duty had already noticed the abnormality in the sky near the coast and pressed the alarm in advance.

For a moment, sharp alarms filled the entire coast of Cake Island.

"Huh?"

"Have you finally discovered me?"

The man who appeared above the sea near Cake Island at this time was Dragon, who had left Hazelnut Island and was planning to assist Luffy in obtaining the red road sign historical text.

He had been in the sky over this sea area for a long time. Luffy and his companions had even been sent to the Wano Country by him in advance. He appeared here just to attract the attention of the new navy.

A low murmur came out of his mouth, and a bright smile appeared on the face of the cloaked dragon.

The raised hands were pulled fiercely towards the direction of Cake Island Naval Port, and a violent hurricane swept towards the direction of Cake Island.

On the sea, a wave more than ten meters high was rushing towards the military port of Cake Island, and behind this wave, there were several higher waves approaching the direction of Cake Island rapidly.

In order to attract the attention of the new navy's strong men and buy precious time for Luffy and his friends.

This time, Long also intends to let go and show his abilities here.

Just before Dragon and Luffy discussed at noon how to obtain the text of the landmark history, Dragon had already learned through the newspaper that the Navy Headquarters planned to publicly execute the commander of the Revolutionary Army in Marinford.

Long realized that this was the method that Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was planning to use to counter him, using the heads of the two Revolutionary Army captains to intimidate the Revolutionary Army.

But Ryu is not the kind of person who can swallow his anger. He has already felt that the conflict between the Navy and the Revolutionary Army has been completely intensified, and this kind of intensification cannot be resolved through a single conversation between the two leaders, Ryu and Yoshikazu Tsugikuni.

The situation has developed to this stage now. Both the revolutionary army and the navy hope to gain the support of the people. Both hope to be the side of justice. Seizing the voice of the people is something both sides need to do.

Prestige is something that, if you lose it, it will be very difficult to get it back.

Neither the navy nor the revolutionary army could compromise on this matter.

Ryu must make Yoshiichi Tsugikuni realize that his revolutionary army is not a small force that can be manipulated at will, and Ryu must prove the strength of their revolutionary army to people around the world. Only in this way, when their revolutionary army brings about change in a new place, more people will follow them.

If Ryu does nothing in the face of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's thunderous counterattack, it will only deepen the prestige of the navy in the eyes of the people. In this way, when the Revolutionary Army wants to do something again, those people who might have followed them will become timid.

This is something that Long absolutely cannot accept.

Although Tsugikuni Yoshiichi wanted to use the Revolutionary Army to enhance his own prestige, he absolutely could not let the Revolutionary Army lose its momentum.

In addition to helping Luffy obtain the Red Road Sign Historical Text, attacking Cake Island is also an opportunity to show the Revolutionary Army's strength to the world.

"boom!!!!"

The huge waves hit various military facilities along the coast of Cake Island. Just a big wave caused by the strong wind turned the offshore windbreak of Cake Island into a decoration. Some naval military facilities also suffered heavy losses in the waves.

The climate within the borders of Wan Guo is stable. Due to climate considerations, the new navy did not actually consider guarding against tsunamis when building its headquarters.

However, this construction method, which was originally adopted in order not to increase unnecessary costs, is now causing great suffering to the new navy.

After one wave, another higher wave swept towards the coast of the new navy.

Even though the alarms sounded throughout the coast, not many navy troops came out of the headquarters base at this moment. The emergence of such a "typhoon" was actually unexpected for many navy troops.

Long used his abilities to launch an attack on the headquarters of the New Navy, but up to this point, Yixiao, the supreme leader sitting in the headquarters of Wanguo, had only received the news passed on by his subordinates.

"Boom!"

The door of Yixiao's office was knocked open, and the adjutant Bakara entered the office with an anxious look on his face and reported in a hurry:
"Admiral, the navy on duty reported that an unknown enemy was spotted near the coast of Cake Island."

"And unfortunately, this storm tonight produced a tsunami, and the waves swept through many military facilities along the coast."

Bakara obviously had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. When he reported to Yixiao, he only told her some of the information he had obtained.

At the moment Bakara was speaking, Yixiao was standing by the window of the office, looking towards the direction of the naval port with a serious face.

"Unknown enemy?"

"A tsunami brewing from a storm?"

"Humph"

“What is happening on Cake Island today is not a coincidence”

"Our Cake Island has been attacked."

"Bakara, tell the soldiers below to stay calm, defend the headquarters first, and withdraw all the navy defending the coast."

"I have already dispatched someone who can handle this matter!"

Facing Long's fierce attack, Yixiao seemed to have noticed something and remained very calm.

Although the tsunami that hit Cake Island came suddenly, it was not enough to make Yixiao feel panicked.

Yixiao has already vaguely realized who attacked the Wan Guo headquarters. Such a storm, such a tsunami
If this kind of weather is not an accidental event, then there are only a limited number of people in this world who can do this.

The great pirate Whitebeard has fallen long ago. Now the only one who might appear in the Wano Sea and attack Cake Island is probably the dragon who has mastered the Wind-Wind Fruit.

But even for a dragon, it would be too reckless to attack their Cake Island. There are so many strong people here that even a dragon can't gain any benefits on the Cake Island!

"Ah? General, have you already sent people to deal with it?"

Hearing Yixiao's calming words, Bakara, who was originally a little panicked, calmed down at this time, and her eyes were full of joy when she looked at Yixiao.

"what!"

"We will know the results soon."

Yixiao's voice was low, but Bakara could feel the strong self-confidence in his words.

Although she didn't know who was sent out at once, Yixiao's calm look did infect her.

"Did you notice me?"

"But. Is there only one person coming?"

Above the naval port, Long suddenly felt a powerful domineering aura bombarding him. As the observation aura spread, Long sensed a sharp breath rushing out from the center of Cake Island and quickly attacking the direction he was walking.

(End of this chapter)