Chapter 126: Marines Annihilated, Target Enies Lobby!
After the five Vice Admirals of the Buster Call perished.
Lister didn't continue to act.
Nami and Zoro led the Money Pirates throughout, engaging in a battle of annihilation against the Marines.
Although the Marines held the numerical advantage.
Moreover, they had a large number of elite officers.
However, the Money Pirates had Nami.
Under her lightning bombardment.
The Marines' advantage could no longer be maintained.
Furthermore, with all five Vice Admirals dead, morale collapsed.
The scales of war quickly tipped towards the Money Pirates.
This war.
Lasted for more than half an hour.
At this time.
Only less than two hundred Marines remained.
Each eye revealed a look of despair.
The previous Rear Admiral Renault, and the Rear Admiral who called for retreat, also died at the hands of Nami and Zoro.
Suddenly, Lister spoke.
"Everyone, stop!!"
Lister's voice wasn't loud, but it was conveyed clearly and quickly to everyone's ears.
Although the Money Pirates and the Marines didn't know why Lister asked them to stop.
But they obediently followed suit.
Pirates and Marines separated to different sides.
Formations clear.
At this time, Lister, wearing a large black coat, walked slowly.
Walking to the front of the Money Pirates, he sized up the Marines in front of him.
At this time, the surviving Marines were all in tattered clothes, stained with blood, looking miserable.
Towards this.
Lister had no pity at all.
Being a soldier or a pirate meant living on the edge of a knife.
Death was commonplace.
Winner takes all.
If Lister lost.
The Marines would only take his head to claim credit.
Pity?
Didn't exist.
"This war ends here. You can go!!" Lister said.
"You are willing to let us leave??" At this time, a Rear Admiral with more than ten wounds on his body, standing in front of all Marines, looked at Lister in disbelief.
"Of course!" Lister said.
"Unless you don't want to leave and are prepared to fight my Money Pirates to the bitter end, otherwise, you can go now!"
"Even if you let us go, we won't remember your kindness. Next time, if we meet again, we will definitely show no mercy!" That Rear Admiral said toughly.
"Whatever..." Lister said indifferently.
"Let's go!!" The Marine Rear Admiral waved his hand, preparing to leave on the warship he was on.
However, Lister stopped him.
"Wait!!"
"What, you want to go back on your word??" The Rear Admiral's expression changed slightly.
The other surviving Marines had just breathed a sigh of relief, but hearing Lister's words, their hearts were suspended again.
"I'm not going back on my word, I'm just saying. The warship you are on is intact, and I like it too. It is now the spoils of my Money Pirates, you can't take it away. Leaving is fine, take that one!!"
Lister pointed to a warship not far away that had been beaten into a tattered state.
The Rear Admiral looked in the direction Lister pointed.
After seeing that tattered warship, his face instantly turned iron-green.
However, he didn't argue with Lister.
He was the meat on the chopping block.
No matter how wronged he felt, he could only hold it in and swallow it.
"Let's go!!"
The Rear Admiral took a deep look at Lister.
Etching his appearance into his memory.
Then, he led the surviving Marines towards that tattered, but still sailable warship.
Everyone in the Money Pirates watched this defeated army leave.
Until they were no longer visible.
Nami asked: "Lister, why did you let them leave??"
"Total annihilation is good, but letting this defeated army go back will cause a bigger sensation!" Lister smiled faintly.
In the previous world, two thousand years ago.
Bai Qi buried 400,000 Zhao troops alive, but also let a group of defeated soldiers return.
These defeated soldiers, after returning, not only wouldn't become a threat to Qin in the future.
Instead, they became witnesses and spreaders of Bai Qi's illustrious reputation.
When those soldiers returned and talked about the Battle of Changping.
The name Bai Qi became a nightmare for the State of Zhao.
Sometimes, propaganda is also important.
If Lister annihilated all the Marines.
Then this matter would definitely be suppressed and blockaded by Sengoku and other high-ranking Marines.
But with a defeated army, it becomes different.
The news of the Buster Call's failure and total annihilation might spread like a plague among the Marines.
If they encountered some reporters on their way back to Marineford.
That would be even more sensational news for the whole world.
Letting go of a mere less than two hundred Marines was no loss for Lister or the Money Pirates.
But the storm brewed by it was immeasurable.
"So that's it!!" Nami and the others understood Lister's meaning after hearing his words.
However, Nami wasn't happy, instead becoming more worried.
"However, this way, the Marine high command will probably hate our Money Pirates to the bone. There will be endless trouble in the days to come..."
"Doesn't matter! My Money Pirates fear no trouble!" Lister said proudly.
"Captain, as you wish!" Since Lister had already done it, what could Nami do? Naturally, follow Lister.
"All hands, clean up the battlefield!!" Lister shouted loudly.
"Aye!!!"
All members of the Money Pirates responded in unison.
About three hours later.
The battlefield cleanup was completed.
All dead Marines were thrown into the sea by the Money Pirates members.
For a time.
Various big fish, smelling the blood.
Competed to devour those Marine corpses completely.
In addition, the Money Pirates also lost more than four hundred people.
These people, the pirates didn't throw into the sea.
Placed them all on a warship.
Then, Lister used cold air to freeze them all.
Wait until the next landing, then let them rest in peace in the soil.
"Lister, where are we going next??" Nami asked.
"Enies Lobby!!" Lister said firmly.
"Enies Lobby?? Heard that's where the World Government judges criminals. What are we going there for? Don't tell me you want to destroy that place?" Nami asked puzzledly.
"Spandam, who launched the Buster Call against my Money Pirates, is at Enies Lobby. The Buster Call was dismantled by us, even the five Vice Admirals perished, yet this mastermind is still alive. We can't pretend nothing happened! Spandam must die, even if the Five Elders come, they can't save him, I said so!!" Lister said indifferently.
"That guy Spandam indeed deserves to die!!" Robin interjected.
Having been with Lister for a long time.
Robin also became decisive in killing.
"Alright then!" Hearing Lister and Robin's words, Nami nodded without any objection.
"Target, Enies Lobby, set sail!!"
Soon, thirteen intact pirate ships and twenty-one intact warships set sail towards Enies Lobby.
Water 7.
In a certain sickroom.
"Is the war over??"
At this time, Iceburg woke up and was listening to the report from Galley-La Company personnel.
"Yes, Boss, the war between the Money Pirates and the Marines is over. After the war ended, they didn't return to Water 7, but went to Enies Lobby!!"
"Fortunately, the Money Pirates won this time, otherwise our Water 7 would be in big trouble!!" Iceburg let out a long breath.
The Money Pirates and the Marines fought dozens of kilometers overseas from Water 7.
Gunfire filled the sky.
Water 7...
How could they not hear it.
Even the moment the two sides started fighting, Water 7 fell completely into panic.
As the mayor of Water 7, how could the awakened Iceburg not know.
Therefore, after the war broke out, Iceburg immediately had people investigate the truth of this war.
The Franky Family, who participated, caught those few spies who were with 9527.
After some interrogation.
They finally knew the truth about the great battle between the Money Pirates and the Marines.
When they knew CP9 launched a Buster Call against the Money Pirates and Water 7.
Everyone was scared witless.
Buster Call, even if they hadn't seen it, they had read about it in newspapers.
Not to mention people, an inhumane strike that would shake the yolk out of every egg in the entire area.
"Yeah, fortunately the Money Pirates won, otherwise we would be miserable." That member also said with a face full of gladness.
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