Escalating War Numbers

Marine HQ,

"Damn those bastards! They have somehow learned about our plan and instead of running away, they want to fight us."

Sengoku recently got the news about the Straw Hat Fleet and also found that the Straw Hat Fleet is moving toward the Water Seven.

But, during that time, he didn't think they would try to fight the Marines. It was only after he got the information about the Straw Hats Pirate Fleet slowly expanding, that he began to take it seriously.

Normally, when you expand your crew, you would do it for two reasons. One is simply just to make your crew bigger.

Another is to prepare for the war. Naturally, he considered both of these options important. But, the second option was something he was hesitant about.

After all, who in their right mind would try to pick a fight with Marines?

"Sengoku, don't forget the news about Admiral moving closer to Water Seven is already out." Tsuru spoke.

"It's all because of that Bastard Morgan. If he hadn't leaked the news, no one would've known about the Marine's movement. Now, what should we do?" Sengoku sighed.

"Although you gave that order in rage, I don't think that fleet alone would be more than enough to face those pirates. If we try to want to intercept them, we must send more."

Tsuru spoke.

On the water around Water Seven,

"Captain, that marine ship is coming closer. It seems to be preparing for an attack." The pirate on the main mast shouted.

His words instantly made everyone alert.

"Are there any powerful people on that ship?" Mikita shouted.

"Captain, I don't know but it seems like that person is either a Commodore or Rear Admiral." The Pirate shouted.

"Is that so? It seems like they were sent to intercept us. Sure enough, these marines want to attack Straw Hats." Mikita sneered and her body began to float into the air.

"Galdino, I need your help later." Mikita gave the order as she floated toward that ship.

"Humph! I also want to fight." Galdino snorted but he didn't try to defy the orders. Although he was stronger than Mikita due to his devil fruit, she could still beat him if she tried to kill him.

That was their strength of Mikita. She had trained all six styles of Marines and was extremely close to awakening Observation Haki.

At the same time, her control over her devil fruit had also increased a lot.

"Sir, there is a person coming toward us. It is a pirate." A soldier ran toward his commodore and shouted.

"What? Are they rushing toward their death? Humph! Shoot her!"

Commodore quickly took out his telescope and saw Mikita flying toward his ship and gave the order.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several snipers began to shoot her but Mikita's body was extremely agile. She was easily able to dodge all of those attacks.

She rushed above their ship and her body began to spin at an astonishing rate. Her feet began to conjure a lot of strength from her body and the next moment, her body weight suddenly increased to its limit.

[Maximum Weight]

[Dragon Nail]

Her snipping foot struck the mast and the immense weight behind that foot managed to break the mast and pierce through the deck. In less than a second, the entire ship was broken in half.

But just before her body hit the water, she instantly stopped spinning as a white liquid appeared beneath her and transformed into a flying carpet.

She landed on that flying carpet and stared at those marines who were slowly drowning in the sea.

But among them, the Commodore was able to use Moonwalk. He quickly stepped into the air and rushed toward Mikita with an angry expression.

"Pirate, how dare you break our warship? Go to hell!"

He raised his foot and swung it extremely hard. His foot created a powerful slash that went toward Mikita.

Seeing this slash, Mikita clenched her fist and exerted her weight on her hand.

"Do you really think you can block my attack with your fist?" The Commodore sneered when he saw Mikita's action.

But in front of his eyes, Mikita punched out and her fist scattered the entire slash into dust.

Before the Commodore could react, Mikita used Shave, and the foothold under her broke. But, her speed was so high that she instantly reached in front of the Commodore.

This speed startled Commodore and before he could react, Mikita attacked with her finger. That index finger was filled with a weight of several thousand kilograms.

[Kilo-Kilo- Full Thrust]

[Finger Gun]

Splash!

Her finger pierced through the chest of that Commodore. With disbelief on his face, Commodore fell into the sea as his chest began to bleed and turned the sea red.

On the other hand, Mikita began to fall once again due to her increased weight but that Flying Carpet appeared beneath her once more.

The flying carpet slowly floated toward her ship and once it got there, it disintegrated into wax.

Mikita landed on the deck and saw Marianne giving her a tissue. She smiled took the tissue and cleaned her finger which was covered in blood.

"It seems like Marine won't let us join our Main Crew. Should we prepare ourselves for the battle?" Zala spoke.

Mikita shook her head and said.

"There is no powerful fleet nearby. At least, I couldn't find it. Before they could gather the fleet, we would find our Main Ship. In case they send someone to intercept us, we will destroy them."

Hearing her words, Galdino rolled his eyes and said.

"Although you said that, you still let go of those marines. Just because they are in water doesn't mean they will die. They must have contacted the Marine HQ by now."

"That's exactly what I want." Mikita smiled and spoke.

Hearing her words, everyone looked at her in surprise as she explained.

"Currently, they can't send a powerful fleet to intercept us. All they can do is to send small fleets. But, we aren't afraid of their small fleet."

"Instead if we manage to destroy several of their smaller fleets, we can show off our strength to Liam and Luffy."

"Don't forget Liam gave us those fighting techniques so that we can get stronger. If we can't even prove our strength, what's the point of becoming their first fleet."

Her words made everyone's blood boil. Even the calm and collected Marianne felt extremely excited to show off in front of Straw Hats.

On the Buggy's Ship,

Buggy, Alvida, Cabaji, and Mochi were watching the entire battle with their jaws dropping on the ground.

"It's good. Captain, you can really see so far. If we had fought them, we would be gone before even we could put off a fight." Cabaji began to shiver in fear as he spoke.

Mochi also nodded his head.

On the other hand, Alvida couldn't help but clench her fist around the Mace.

"Damn! I can't let that girl show off in front of my man. I must get stronger than her."

'I am so glad I didn't fight them.' Buggy sighed a breath of relief in a shocked expression. He was even more fearful of Straw Hat Pirates now.

Hearing Alvida's words, Buggy instantly felt like he couldn't let go of his chance to show off his majesty and spoke.

"Don't worry, Alvida! You just ate your devil fruit. You have plenty of time to develop your devil fruit abilities. Maybe you can ask your man how to develop your devil fruit."

"After all, he has become so much stronger with his trashy devil fruit."

Hearing his words, Alvida got excited and nodded her head.

..............

Marine HQ,

"Sir, our warship has been destroyed. Commodore is dead. We need support. Our warship has been destroyed. Commodore is dead. We need support."

The shaky voice came from the Transponder Snail.

Sengoku's forehead began to show those blue veins as he clenched his fist.

"It seems like we can't let them do whatever they want. Sengoku, do you want to start?" Tsuru also saw his expression and spoke.

Finally, Sengoku picked up his Transponder Snail and made a call.

"Hello, Sengoku-san! Do you have any orders?" A lazy voice came from the Transponder Snail.

"Kuzan, start the attack right now. I will send Kizaru to join your fleet. And, I am increasing the number of fleet."

"I will send another vice admiral, three more Rear Admirals, Five Commodores, Ten Captains, and Five Thousand More Marine Soldiers."

Hearing those numbers,

Kuzan's expression on the other side of the Transponder Snail froze and even the ice began to appear around his body.

"Sengoku-san, isn't this number too much for a newbie? Two Admirals, Three Vice Admirals, Six Rear Admirals, Ten Commodores, Twenty Captains, and almost Six Thousand Marines."

"Only Yonko are qualified for this kind of force, right?"

Suddenly, Sengoku's angry and loud voice came from the Transponder Snail.

"Kuzan, do as you are ordered. Straw Hats might not be Yonko. But, they have their own Fleet. Use whatever means you have to destroy Straw Hat Pirates."

"The next newspaper must show the destruction of Straw Hat Pirates, understand?"

"Kuzan!"