106. Use Honor of Kings

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"This..."

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's cloak was already soaked with cold sweat.

He knew too well what this meant. If the Marines worked with Kaido today, their long-standing image of justice would be ruined!

And the Neo Marines, hiding like a tiger, would surely take the chance to replace them!

But on the other hand, if they didn't work together... Looking at the huge fleet of the Whitebeard Pirates, Sengoku clenched his fist.

This would be a brutal bloodbath. What price would the Marines have to pay?

The feeling on the battlefield became as thick as stone.

Whitebeard had already raised Murakumogiri. The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was gathering on the blade. Red-Haired Shanks' Gryphon was three inches out of its sheath, and Conqueror's Haki began to spread. Kaido's Beasts Pirates got back into attack formation, waiting only for a signal from the Marines.

Akainu finally couldn't help but let out a low growl: "Fleet Admiral! Now is not the time to wait!"

Just as tensions were at their highest,

Ron smiled.

"Hahaha... Why make it so hard?" His voice suddenly became very clear, echoing in everyone's ears. "Have you ever thought..."

Ron's eyes suddenly turned sharp.

"Once this war starts, how many husbands will never return home? How many children will lose their fathers? How many parents will have to bury their own children?!"

His questions were like heavy hammers, hitting hard at everyone's hearts.

The hands of some young Marine soldiers holding their guns began to shake. Even the Pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates showed thoughtful faces.

Kaido, however, let out a scornful cold snort: "Ron, put away your silly mercy!"

His spiked club hit the deck hard. "Since you chose to go out to sea, you should be ready to die! Otherwise, how can you rule and control this sea?!"

Ron's eyes became completely cold: "Kaido, it seems you're set on fighting?"

Kaido's dragon eyes slightly narrowed, but quickly got hard again: "Hmph!" He turned to look at Sengoku. "As long as the Marines agree to work together, two Admirals, Sengoku, Garp, plus me—five top fighters are enough to hold you back!"

Pointing to the Whitebeard Pirates, "As for that old man's fleet... Don't forget, my 'Three All-Stars' haven't moved yet!"

These words made the battlefield situation tense again.

Everyone's eyes focused on Sengoku once more.

Fine drops of sweat came from the Marine Fleet Admiral's forehead. He stared hard at the Den Den Mushi live broadcast screen in his hand. The comments had completely exploded:

"It's over if the Marines dare to work together!"

"The World Government can go die!"

"The Neo Marines are the true justice!"

"What did Ace do wrong? Why must he be killed?"

"Hahaha, Pirates are just thieves, I still have high hopes for Admiral Akainu!"

"Boring..."

Akainu couldn't help but take a step forward: "Fleet Admiral! Now is not the time to be unsure!" His magma fist dripped with burning lava. "Justice needs sacrifice!"

Veins showed on Ron's forehead. He glared hard at Akainu.

Does this guy have anything else in his head besides fighting?

Could it be that a Marine Admiral's daily life is just—wake up, kill Pirates, sleep, repeat?

Doesn't he even check his phone? Doesn't he watch short videos? Doesn't he play games?

His life must be too sad!

"Enough!" Ron suddenly roared, and the purple marks instantly went away.

Under everyone's shocked eyes, he slowly took out the phone he used for daily fun from his pocket and swiped the screen with his fingertip.

Just as Sengoku was about to recover from his problem, he saw Ron show the phone screen to everyone: "Everyone, I have a solution that won't harm a single soldier."

The phone screen clearly showed the login screen of 'Honor of Kings'. After the opening animation finished, it then entered the login screen.

"Instead of fighting a life-and-death battle with real swords and guns..." Ron's fingers moved quickly across the screen. "How about a 5v5 fair match!"

He turned to look at Ace on the execution platform, then looked at Whitebeard: "If Whitebeard's side wins, the Marines will release Ace right away, and everyone can go home."

Then his eyes swept toward the Marine formation. "If the Marines win..."

Speaking of this, Ron looked at Whitebeard and said the same thing: "If the Marines win, then you will leave from here, how about that?"

The entire scene fell into dead silence.

Everyone was so shocked by this crazy idea that they couldn't speak.

Playing games?

Honor of Kings PK???

Is this real or fake!

However, if that's the case, it really could solve this problem, and without harming a single soldier.

Garp was the first who couldn't hold back, bursting into laughter with a "Pfft": "Bwahahaha! This is a great idea!"

Akainu's face was dark. He had never played this game and had no interest in it, so of course he disagreed. But looking around, he found that even if he disagreed, it seemed... it wouldn't make much difference.

Aokiji's head was also buzzing: "..."

Kaido's eyebrows twisted into a knot: "Ron! Are you messing with me?!!"

"Disagree?" Ron's eyes suddenly turned cold. Boom!

Never-before-seen Conqueror's Haki fully burst out!

Dark purple shock waves exploded in a ring. The sea surface was forced to split into a thousand-meter crack, and the clouds in the sky were torn to pieces!

"Then let's just start a full-scale war!"

Under this world-ending pressure, Sengoku finally couldn't take it: "Wait!" He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Ron's idea seems pretty good... It doesn't waste a single soldier and can still solve this problem."

Whitebeard burst into laughter. He heavily placed Murakumogiri on the deck, shaking the Moby Dick three times: "Gurarararara! Interesting! I accept!"

Under everyone's shocked eyes, this "World's Strongest Man" actually skillfully pulled out a phone from his pocket. Its size was more than three times larger than a normal phone.

He tapped open the screen for 'Honor of Kings'. His match history was a uniform string of victories.

"Pops?!" Marco's jaw nearly dropped to the deck. "When did you..."

Whitebeard stroked his crescent mustache proudly: "Gurarararara... I was bored during my recovery, so I fought Kaido and Sengoku every day."

As he spoke, he mockingly shook his phone toward Sengoku: "That Sengoku's Luban No.7 gets chased and beaten by my Cheng Yaojin!"

Over in the Marine formation, Sengoku's old face immediately turned red: "Whitebeard! You...!"

Garp was laughing beside him, slapping his thigh: "Bwahahaha! No wonder you kept poking your phone under the table during the last meeting!"

Sengoku: "..."

Red-Haired Shanks put away his Gryphon. So this was the solution Ron spoke of. He was left speechless and amused: "You really..."