Chapter 6: Escaping from Pankhurst
A shot of blood!
The little dragon let out a furious roar and its small body was thrown several meters away, where it continued to screech in place.
The bullet that had just been fired at a distance of less than one meter splashed the dragon's blood onto Hopody's face, suddenly bringing up a thread of scorching heat. The pain grew deeper and deeper, forcing him to close his eyes and kneel half-way on the ground.
"Ensign, are you alright?" Galt asked hesitantly. The situation before him made him feel that something was off about Ensign Hobodi, who seemed to be emitting an energy that inspired awe, a fierce and intense power that made Galt instinctively want to take a step back.
The other three naval soldiers also retreated two or three steps in fright.
Ah, what a wonderful feeling this is... Hobody had never had a body of his own before, and he had never experienced such a strong illusion. Every cell in his body seemed to be filled with explosive power, and he felt that all it would take was one punch to break through everything.
The dizziness caused by the poisonous gas of the Gasu Gasu no Mi had disappeared, and the physical weakness caused by using the Devil Fruit's power was gone.
Unconsciously, he waved his arm.
Under the gaze of four naval soldiers from Gal, Hopody was seen wrapped in golden energy all over his body, and his body continued to expand until it stopped at about 7-8 meters. As their superior officer continued with his previous comical movements, they discovered an unbelievable scene.
With the naked eye, around their officers, golden clouds began to gather and the clouds followed the swing, all the way to the direction of the warship going far out to sea, forming a golden cloud road.
"What are you still dawdling for? Grab hold of my body! That little dragon just scratched him a bit, if we don't hurry up it'll be too late." Hobodi wasn't clear what kind of strange change his own body had undergone at this moment, but it seemed that because he had just come into contact with the blood of the Begabonk small dragon, he was able to grasp a thread of the Devil Fruit's energy from within his body.
And so, there is this scene before our eyes.
Gale and the four others came to their senses, immediately climbing onto Hoboldy's massive dragon body. The small dragon behind let out a shrill cry, its eyes glowing bright red as it charged towards them.
The wind rises...
Over the island of Pongkhad Haesadeung, a giant... carp was chasing after a warship sailing in the distance.
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Naval vessels belonging to the G7 fortress near Punggye-ri Haesang.
"Strawberry in the middle! Strawberry in the middle! Something's gone wrong......" A sailor quickly flipped down from the observation deck of a warship and came to a middle-aged man with no expression. He wore a white high hat like a chef, had a black beard that was at least 50 cm long, and had two Western swords hanging from his waist. Most importantly, on the back of his military cloak, there were two huge characters "Justice".
This is the cloak of justice that only naval officers are qualified to wear, and even Lieutenant Hobodi's cloak has only a white patch on his back, unable to bear the name of naval justice.
Strobel's expressionless face stretched out his hand, and the naval soldier who made the announcement was stunned.
"Telescope!" Storlobeery said.
The naval soldier let out an "ah" and then hastily took the binoculars from around his neck and handed them to Stoloberi.
Stolberry walked to the stern of the warship and handed the telescope back to the sailor with just one glance.
"A flying... giant catfish? Now that's a rare sight." Stoloberry muttered.
"Vice Admiral!?" The naval soldier raised his voice and widened his eyes, but the important thing wasn't about this at all!
Strobel's expressionless face rarely showed a hint of a smile: "Tell the warship to slow down, on top of that giant catfish are Ponkhasad's escaping soldiers. According to Caesar's confession about the chemical experiment composition, they should have passed out long ago. I didn't expect it's been an hour and there are still soldiers who can escape."
Far away, about a nautical mile (about 1,850 meters) from the warship, Hobodi, Gare and several other soldiers saw the departing warship gradually getting bigger, their faces could no longer hide their joy.
"They've found us! Lieutenant!" Garth exclaimed.
"We're saved!"
"How despicable! Finally, finally... I've escaped!"
"Waaah...... I'm never coming to this new world again~~ Waaaah!!!"
Three soldiers were overjoyed and wept, crying loudly on Hobodi's back like children.
Hobbit's mouth corners slightly curled up, yes, after several twists and turns, these abandoned people finally escaped from that nightmare island. The tense nerves were also replaced by the joyful atmosphere created by a few childlike naval soldiers, and the excitement in their eyes was palpable.
The sea in the new world also seemed to give them face, and under the harsh weather, the sea surface was also a little calmer.
Hobbit climbed onto the clouds floating above the sea surface, getting closer and closer to the distant warship.
"Report Lieutenant, arrival at our warship is just five hundred meters away, please accelerate, Lieutenant!"
"Report to the superior officer, our warship is still 300 meters away, please continue to work hard!"
"Reporting officer, one hundred meters until arrival at our warship..."
"Hey - surprise you bastards? I made it out alive!" Just a few dozen meters from the warship, the soldiers behind Hobodi couldn't help but dance with joy.
The soldiers on the warship, Vice Officer Stoloberi behind General Zhong hesitated: "General, are they saying that..."
Strobel waved his hand: "It's all right, anyone who has escaped from life and death can't help but lose control of their emotions. Let them vent!"
The deputy saw this, and it was not good to make another move. He could only point at the three living Bao soldiers on the "giant catfish" and shout: "You bunch of bastards, get on the boat quickly and shut up! If you say anything else that insults your superiors, don't blame me for taking you to military court!"
"Come on, come on! Who's afraid of who? T-bone, Bellygood, let's despise these guys." One of the three soldiers with a green natural curl made a face.
In the rear, a long-faced soldier suddenly shouted: "Oh no, Beligude has turned into a ball! Beligude——"
"Ah, just now a fruit fell from the sky and I ate it out of hunger, what's going on?" On Hobodi's back, a group of floating balls were jumping around, with Ball Face looking around in terror.
"You bunch of bastards, I told you not to get cocky. Now it's payback time!" The deputy officer on the warship burst out laughing.
Strohberry gazed solemnly at that comical scene: "That is...the power of the Devil Fruit?"
"Blanc, Penn, Baileygood, quiet down! The warship is arriving, don't forget this is the New World, anything can happen here." Gal shouted.
It's unclear whether it was because of his crow's mouth, but Hobodi and the other four arrived at the side of the warship, just two or three meters away from boarding the deck. In an instant, dark clouds filled the sky, a bolt of lightning struck down, hitting four people and one 'sturgeon'.
A wisp of black smoke drifted beside the warship, four people and a fish fell into the sea, everyone was speechless at this scene, the soldiers on the deck burst out laughing spontaneously.
Strobel quietly watched the scene and said to his deputy officer, "Go put down the rescue boat and let the soldiers fish them out. Two of them are capable men, but they're useless in the water!"
"Two people......!?"
"Hmm, indeed two of them." Just then, from the rear deck of the warship, a young man with a large battle-axe on his back slowly emerged: "Beck Bank didn't think so either, he left behind the artificial Devil Fruit, didn't expect it to be eaten by this bold carp bastard. And that lightning..."
"That's absolutely no coincidence, looks like I need to have a word with that bastard Begabung now."
