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Chapter 546: Confrontation!

Within the fourth level of Impel Down, Vice Admiral Momousagi stood quietly with her arms crossed, expressionlessly staring at the staircase leading to the fifth level in the distance.

Although the Marine soldiers and prison guards held their weapons aimed at the staircase, they occasionally glanced distractedly at Vice Admiral Momousagi.

Such a beautiful and noble woman could attract the attention of men wherever she went. However, even though they had only spent a short time together, the prison guards realized that this smiling Vice Admiral was unattainable. While she maintained a polite smile, there was an inherent sense of nobility that kept others at a distance…

“No wonder it’s said that Vice Admiral Momousagi rejected Vice Admiral Chaton’s marriage proposals a hundred times. Looks like that news is true…” the Marine soldiers muttered to themselves. “Vice Admiral Chaton, that rustic guy, how could he ever land Vice Admiral Momousagi?”

Vice Admiral Chaton, another reserve Vice Admiral in the Marines, was widely known as a country bumpkin. He and Vice Admiral Momousagi were polar opposites. Vice Admiral Momousagi was not only beautiful and noble but also from a prestigious family with generations of service in the Marines. As for Vice Admiral Chaton? He was tall, ugly, and sleazy, with sloppy manners. He wandered around the headquarters in flip-flops, lacking any semblance of Marine decorum. Even a low-ranking Marine soldier dared to secretly criticize him.

It was unclear what went wrong, but Chaton had been pursuing Momousagi relentlessly, only to be rejected time and again. The entire Marine headquarters chuckled about it in secret…

But then again, recently, Vice Admiral Momousagi seemed to be getting along well with the newly arrived Lieutenant Colonel Kuina from the Staff Headquarters. Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was close friends with Momousagi, seemed to have a great relationship with her. And now, Momousagi treated Lieutenant Colonel Kuina like a younger sister. It seemed that Lieutenant Colonel Kuina would have a promising future in the Staff Headquarters. Should he try pursuing Lieutenant Colonel Kuina instead?

In the military, it has always been a situation of male dominance, and the same goes for the Marines. Female Marines are rare, and attractive female Marines are even rarer. Many Marines who want to solve personal problems from within often face the embarrassing situation of too many monks and too little gruel. Now, among the mid-level officers in the Marines, it seems that a new Marine goddess is rising, attracting the attention of many colonels and even admirals.

Not to mention officers, even many grassroots soldiers are having improper thoughts.

Momousagi naturally felt the eyes of the surrounding soldiers. That’s why she was unwilling to lead missions. She believed that female superiors often disrupted the actions of Marine soldiers. Rear Admiral Hina from the headquarters had a deep understanding of this, and Momousagi had heard her complaints many times during their conversations.

Now finding herself in this situation, Momousagi was very displeased. In the current situation with a major enemy, these soldiers dared to be distracted. Wasn’t this asking for trouble?

So she had to clear her throat and coldly said, “Attention, they’re coming!”

The Marine soldiers were stunned, finally snapping out of it. They raised their weapons and aimed at the staircase opposite. Indeed, they heard a chaotic sound of footsteps gradually growing louder, indicating that someone was coming.

One figure appeared, then two, then three, and more and more figures appeared at the staircase. The Marine soldiers couldn’t help but get nervous, their hands gripping their weapons starting to sweat slightly.

“Stay calm! No firing without orders!” a Marine colonel quickly reassured the soldiers. But in reality, he was equally nervous because they knew who they were about to face.

A large number of prisoners dressed in blue and white striped prison uniforms appeared at the staircase and flooded into the fourth level.

However, upon their arrival and seeing the situation before them, they couldn’t help but be stunned. Then, they turned their heads and shouted loudly to those behind them, “Boss Ian, the Marines really set up an ambush here, and they’ve destroyed the bridge. It’s a big trouble!”

With the shouts of these prisoners, a figure emerged from the crowd and appeared at the forefront. Momousagi gently gripped the handle of her knife and looked towards the figure.

This was the first time she had seen Ian. However, Ian’s youthfulness exceeded her expectations. Was this young man wearing a bear-eared cap really the one who caused chaos at Marine Headquarters?

As Momousagi’s gaze met Ian’s, Ian also naturally felt it. Looking up, he immediately spotted Momousagi among the Marines opposite him.

“Hmm!?” When Ian first saw that the other person was a woman, he was taken aback. He was just surprised that there was such an unfamiliar female vice admiral in the Marines. But then he quickly reacted. Looking at her attire, Ian tentatively asked, “Vice Admiral Momousagi?”

“Do you know me?” Momousagi was puzzled. She could confirm that this was their first meeting. Moreover, as a reserve vice admiral of the Marines, she was well protected by the Marines. In fact, her and Chopper’s reputation was mostly circulated within the Marines. Conversely, few people in the Grand Line had heard of her and Chaton. How did Ian find out about her?

“I’ve heard of you!” Ian could only answer this way. After saying that, he looked at the spot where the bridge used to be, now empty except for two neatly cut marks. He asked, “Did you cut this bridge?”

Momousagi nodded and said, “Of course, I will do everything possible to recapture you!”

The overall space on the fourth level was also circular, with a massive lava pool below. There used to be a bridge spanning across it, allowing passage, but now that the bridge was severed, Ian and his team had no choice but to maneuver around from both sides in a semicircular path.

However, the pathways on both sides were extremely narrow, allowing only a few people to walk side by side. This meant that except for Ian and Crocodile who could fly, the rest of the prisoners had to risk their lives to charge through the Navy’s blockade.

Ian observed that the Marines had set up cannons on both sides of the passage, with prison guards, who were Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, blocking the way. Among them were four of these beastly guards, including the Minotaur Ian had encountered before. In such narrow terrain, these two massive guards effectively sealed off the path!

Below was the lava pool, and battling these powerful individuals risked being knocked into the pool, resulting in certain death.

It had to be admitted that Vice Admiral Momousagi’s blockade was cleverly arranged, making full use of the terrain on the fourth level. At another time, Ian might have found such a blockade quite troublesome.

But now…

Crocodile and Mr. 2 appeared on both sides of Ian, standing behind him. Mr. 2 asked, “What’s the plan now, boss Ian?”

“Just push through!” Ian shrugged. “But before that, Croco, want to give it a go?”

Ian pointed to the lava pool below. “Maybe you can try out a new skill!”

Crocodile hesitated for a moment but quickly caught on.

When he came out of the sixth level, Crocodile had retrieved his clothes from the guard room, and now his appearance was once again impressive. He extended his intact hand, and a small whirlwind appeared in his palm. He bit his cigar and said, “Heat? Perfect, the desert storm will grow faster!”

With that, he lightly tossed the whirlwind he held in his hand toward the lava pool below.

“Oh no!” Momousagi immediately realized the danger when she saw Crocodile toss out the whirlwind. Before coming here, she had learned about Crocodile’s abilities, so she quickly drew her sword and slashed out a wave-like sword aura toward the whirlwind.

However, her sword strike was too late to disperse the whirlwind. Before the whirlwind even landed in the lava pool, it suddenly expanded on the surface of the lava, the whistling wind turning into a howling sound.

Absorbing the immense heat from the lava pool, Crocodile’s desert storm instantly took shape. Although there was no supply of sand here and it wasn’t a genuine desert storm, the magma below was drawn up by the vortex’s suction as it churned!

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