One Piece - Life Choice Ask Me to Kiss Marine Goddes Hina

"Mr. Lynch!" Ain called out as she spotted him and rushed over.

"Please take care of Teacher Zephyr while I'm away," 

Lynch gently patted her head, and Ain nodded eagerly in response.

"Yeah!" 

"Admiral Sun Candle, woo hoo! My biggest dream is to go to sea with you!"

Binz said, covered in bandages and slowly approaching in a wheelchair. 

"I never thought this dream would come true!"

"Haha, you may be injured, but you've got a strong spirit," Lynch remarked.

Though the young man insisted on going to sea despite his condition, Lynch wondered if it was truly necessary.

There were too many injured Marines, and if Lynch tried to donate blood to everyone, he'd risk kidney failure within days.

Mark heard Binz's words and grew wary, feeling his position as the top henchman might be threatened. 

He secretly vowed to prove himself on this voyage and keep his place in Boss Lynch's heart.

As the ship slowly left port, he knew finding pirates wouldn't be easy. 

Meanwhile, the sun shone brightly on the calm sea as Lynch relaxed in a deck chair, reading a newspaper.

"Mr. Lynch, I heard about your legend when I first joined the Marines. You're so awesome~!"

"Do you think Kaido of the Beasts really eats people?"

"Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lynch~ What kind of girl do you like?" Ain asked, fluttering around him like a butterfly.

Just by looking at them, anyone would have thought they were a family on vacation. 

Watching them, Zephyr felt a sense of family, like having children and grandchildren, which eased the hostility in his heart.

Meanwhile, Binz and Mark stood silently on the deck, staring at each other.

"Hahahaha, you blinked, you lost!" Mark laughed after a while.

"Tch~ If I wasn't injured, you wouldn't have won," Binz grumbled. 

"If you're so tough, let's see who can eat more donuts in one go!"

Ignoring their petty competition, the journey remained uneventful.

They encountered a small pirate group of 20. Without Lynch needing to lift a finger, Zephyr sent a speedboat to take them out. 

The young pirates, stunned, cursed before meeting their end.

"Marines, isn't sending a warship after just twenty of us a bit much? It's like using a cannon to kill a chicken!"

"Jieehahaha, I didn't expect my future Pirate King journey to end here."

"No, the captain's sick again. Where's the medicine?"

"I'm not sick! Let me go, I'm the Pirate King! Jieehahaha!"

With a single shell, the chatty pirates were wiped out at sea.

It wasn't until the second day at sea that they encountered a group of real pirates.

"Sir, this is the Bloody Butcher Esgar, Captain of Blood Slaughter Pirates, a big pirate with a bounty of 1.33 billion," Mark reported, holding up a wanted poster.

Remembering every bounty is a basic skill for a Marine soldier.

"Note this down and prepare to fight!" Zephyr commanded from the bow of the ship, glaring at the five large pirate ships ahead.

"Yes, Admiral Zephyr," the soldiers replied.

Following the order, they loaded ammunition into their flintlock muskets and readied their short swords

Boxes of high-quality artillery shells were moved out of the warehouse, filling the air with the smell of gunpowder and impending conflict.

"First, fire long-range artillery to take out all their ranged attacks. Then, board their ships and make sure no enemy escapes!" Zephyr ordered.

However, the artillery in this world was somewhat underwhelming.

Unless used by skilled firearms experts, but by regular soldiers? It's basically useless, a high-end combat power basically Immune by it. 

Once part of the body is covered by Armament Haki, artillery becomes ineffective and leads to close combat.

At sea, artillery is mainly used to clear out minor troops and destroy ships.

"Buuuahahaha, which Marine dares to challenge me, the Bloody Massacre?" 

The Marines spotted the pirates, and the pirates saw the Marines.

The burly man, wearing only a pair of pants and with scars covering his upper body, laughed loudly, "Who do you think I am?!"

"Little ones, move the ship over!"

"Don't fire the cannons; my axe is already thirsty for blood."

"Yes, boss!"

"Make sure the Marines look bad!"

"Remember, don't kill any Marine girls. I haven't had my fun with them yet."

A group of pirates followed Esgar, laughing cruelly. Clearly, this wasn't their first time behaving this way.

The pirates' favorite thing was robbing ships, killing the men, and keeping the women for their pleasure.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

On the Marine side, shells were loaded into the cannons. The fuse was lit, and dozens of cannonballs flew into the sky, trailing smoke as they smashed into the pirate ship.

"Cannonballs are useless against big pirates like us, you bastard Marines!" 

The captain of the First Division of the Blood Slaughter Pirates leaped into the air, waved his hand, and unleashed hundreds of half-moon-shaped sword slashes, creating a large net in mid-air that sliced through all the cannonballs.

"I'm a Cauldron Man who ate the Cauldron Fruit," the man said with an evil grin as he landed on the deck. 

"Marine, that's all."

"Pfft~"

Before he could finish, a speeding cannonball hit him in the abdomen, sending him crashing into the sea.

"Team leader!"

A group of pirates jumped down anxiously to rescue their first captain. Everyone knew that Devil Fruit users would only die if they fell into the sea.

"Evil pirate, what are you shouting about?"

Zephyr appeared in front of everyone with a cannonball in his hand. There was no doubt who had thrown the cannonball just now.

"Zephyr? So it's you, old man. I heard you hadn't retired and were still teaching students. Aren't you afraid of breaking your bones in the rough sea wind?" Esgar recognized Zephyr immediately.

The former Marine Admiral had been a man of the sea for many years.

When people think of Sengoku and Garp, they often also think of Zephyr and Tsuru. 

The Marine F4 from that time remains top-notch even today.

"Oh, I remember now—your whole family is dead, right?" 

Esgar recalled a past incident and suddenly realized, "So, you're an old man who's bored with living alone and came out here looking for a fight, right?"

"Jie Jie, don't waste your efforts. It'll just increase my bounty."

As a man in his seventies, Esgar didn't think he couldn't defeat Zephyr.

Esgar trembled with excitement at the thought of the fame from killing Zephyr.

"You're dead!" 

Esgar's challenge made it clear that Zephyr was in for a fierce fight. 

Zephyr, who had just experienced a broken arm incident, was instantly furious.

Zephyr fired several cannonballs at speeds faster than sound. 

Other than the initial sonic boom, the shells reached Esgar almost instantly.

"Is this all you've got, old man?" 

Esgar taunted as he caught several shells with his Armament Haki.

When the smoke cleared after the explosions, Esgar appeared unscathed.

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TO BE CONTINUED

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