Chapter 838 Pressing forward step by step
"Captain! Are we leaving like this? What about my abilities? Should I take them with me?"
Hearing Blackbeard's order, Badgers was somewhat reluctant. Was he going to let go of the duck that was in his mouth? He had been coveting the power of the fruit for a long time, especially when he was beaten up by Jozu just now. At this moment, he almost killed Jozu. I took off my pants and you showed me this?
Therefore, Badgers did not want to give up Jozzi in his hand. Even if Blackbeard could not help him gain the ability now, he still wanted to take Jozzi away first.
"Asshole! What's the point of using fruit abilities in a life-and-death crisis? That Thunder God guy is most likely coming for Marco and the others. If you take them away, they will probably keep chasing us, and then we won't have time to acquire other fruit abilities!
For a superhuman ability, we don't need to take this risk. In this ocean, there are as many fruit abilities as you want. Now it only means that you are not destined to have diamond abilities. Let them go and let's go!"
Blackbeard scolded Badgers a few words, then ignored everyone and ran to the other side of the island. He had already said what he wanted to say, so he was considered to have done it with dignity. If anyone fell behind, he would not wait, and if Vic killed him, he would still call him an idiot.
Blackbeard ran away, followed by Van Oka and Lafayette. Shiryu and Catherine looked at each other and immediately followed. The rest of them were not slow either. Even the usually sickly Tenma and Poison Q ran very fast and did not look like they were about to die.
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"Vic! There's a strange pirate ship on the other side of the island. It seems to be leaving here. It doesn't look like it belongs to Whitebeard. Do you want me to go over and take a look?"
"No, don't go directly to the island, go around and chase them."
On the sea outside the island, an iron pirate ship was sailing towards the island. Rebecca, flying in the air, was the first to discover the abnormal pirate ship on the other side of the island. She wanted to go over to see the situation, but was stopped by Vic.
Vic already knew the identity of the pirate ship, so he directly ordered a chase around the island. The news was passed to Vic by Ban. With the ability of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, Ban's intelligence ability increased by more than ten times. He would enter the mirror world every day to gather intelligence from all over the world.
So when Ben was investigating last night, he discovered traces of Blackbeard and his gang. Coincidentally, the remnants of Whitebeard also came here some time ago and have not left. Through multiple perspectives, he finally discovered that something was wrong. Ben always informed Vic of such important information as soon as possible.
So Vic ordered Ben to keep watching and notify immediately if there was any emergency, and he himself drove the Thor here at full speed. When he received Ben's information, Vic knew that Blackbeard's plan to annex Whitebeard's forces had already begun, and Marco and the others were no match for Blackbeard at all. Vic knew that it was time for him to repay the favor!
"Vic! That's the weird ship!"
Blackbeard's pirate ship has already sailed very far away. The manual transmission is stronger than the wind, or the desire to survive can make people burst out with infinite power.
At this time, the Thor had also circled half of the island, and the two pirate ships appeared in each other's sight. It was visibly that Blackbeard's pirate ship was moving faster!
They thought they would be safe if they left the other side of the island and would not be discovered, but they had no idea that they had been exposed long ago. When they saw Vic's domineering Thor, their desire to survive became even stronger!
"Wendy! Give them a shot to let them taste the saltiness."
If Vic didn't do everything himself, Rebecca and the others would be wasted. Besides, Blackbeard was not to his liking. Even in the original book, Blackbeard's heyday was just like that. He was still mainly calculating and inferior. Anyway, he was here, so nothing would go wrong.
"Leave it to me. Let them have a taste of the meteorite-like baptism of artillery shells!"
Wendy agreed and went to a cannon to operate it. When she left Titan Island and encountered siege half a month ago, she had never used the cannon. Now that Vic mentioned it, she really felt itchy to use it.
The cannons on the Thor were all modified by Vic himself. Both in terms of precision and power, they are much more powerful than the cannons in this world. However, the distance between the two pirate ships is not close, so they cannot be hit by the cannons.
That's what Blackbeard thinks, so he is not particularly anxious now, but Wendy's Momo Fruit ability can hit that far, all he needs to do is speed up the shell, it's a very simple truth.
"What are they doing? Van Oka! Look!"
"They were getting ready to fire at us, and there was a woman adjusting the muzzle of the gun."
Blackbeard had been observing the situation on the Thor. He only saw people walking around on the ship, but he couldn't see anything specific.
But Van Oka was a sniper, and he was good at long-distance observation and sniping. He could see very clearly through the telescope on the sniper rifle, but he didn't care. This distance was beyond the range of artillery fire. The others were rowing hard, their tongues hanging out from exhaustion, and they didn't want to say a word.
"Have they lost their minds? They're firing at this distance?"
"Maybe."
"Maybe! Thor is not an ordinary person. Everyone should not let their guard down. There may be something we don't know about!"
Blackbeard's fear of Wick does not come from his strength. No matter how strong Wick is, he can still find a way to kill him, just like his father Whitebeard. The most important reason why he is afraid of Wick is that he cannot see through him. He cannot see through the real purpose behind Wick's style of doing things. The unknown is the most frightening thing, so after the Battle of Marineford, he became more afraid of Wick.
On the other side, Wendy had adjusted the muzzle of the gun, calculated the wind speed and lead time, and with a bang, she decisively fired the shell.
As the shell left the barrel, its speed immediately began to soar, two times, five times, ten times, twenty times, fifty times. The shell cut through the air with a loud whistling sound, deafening and extraordinary!
"There's something wrong with that shell. The speed is abnormal. Everyone be careful!"
Van Oka, who had never taken the bombardment seriously, immediately became serious when he saw the flying posture of the shells after they were fired through the telescope!
This cannonball made him feel extremely threatened. If they didn't take it seriously, their pirate group might be wiped out here!
The others also sensed Van Oka's emotional changes. Those who had the ability to see and hear released it, while those who didn't had it focused their attention on the rear, ready to take action at any time.
The shells broke through the air, followed by circles of Mach rings. Although people in this world did not know the name Mach rings and few had seen them, it did not hinder their recognition. Just by looking at them, they knew that they were powerful things and should never be underestimated.
When the shell came into range, Van Oka immediately fired several shots. He wanted to detonate the shell in flight. This shell was too abnormal and the sense of crisis it brought was too strong. He must not let this shell get close to their pirate ship!
As far as sniping ability is concerned, Wendy is not as good as Van Oka. Even Wendy can calculate the wind speed and lead time, and Van Oka is even better than him. Therefore, the flight trajectory of the shell has already been visualized in his mind, and he will immediately shoot and detonate it as soon as the shell flies into the range.
But Van Oka miscalculated. This cannonball was not an ordinary one, but a cannonball with variable speed. Although Wendy only accelerated the cannonball to fifty times, it did not mean that she could only accelerate it to fifty times!
Van Oka also saw the acceleration of the shell after it was fired, but he thought it was caused by the special modified cannon. After the speed stabilized, there would not be much change until the kinetic energy was exhausted and the shell slowed down. Unfortunately, it was not the case.
Van Oka was afraid that there would be problems with the sniper rifle in his hand, so he fired several shots in succession. Even if there was a problem with one bullet, as long as one bullet was normal and hit the shell, it would explode prematurely.
However, the speed of the shell was controlled by Wendy. Of course, she saw Van Oka who fired the gun, so the speed of the shell increased, accelerating step by step. All of Van Oka's bullets missed the target. He was stunned for a moment and then put away his sniper rifle. He knew that his marksmanship was useless as the speed of the shell was controlled by the opponent. He could only think of another countermeasure.
"The shells can speed up, I can't stop them, be prepared to detonate at close range!"
Van Oka put away the sniper rifle and said seriously, Blackbeard was a little annoyed when he saw the flying shells. He had let Marco and the others go and prepared to escape, but Vic was pressing on step by step. He had a person with such strong long-range ability under his command. He wanted to let them sink to the bottom of the sea here. It was unforgivable!