"Alo!"
"Give Guina a bullet from Ming Gou."
Normal bullets can't be fired this far.
Like Sister Pa using coins, she could only shoot about 50 meters. Beyond that, the coins would melt from the heat.
Using cannonballs would be too large and cumbersome...
Well...
Mainly, it's not cool.
Since there are special bullets, why use cannonballs! Read books!
"Ah... okay."
Alo was stunned, then quickly reacted, suppressing his doubts. He drew Ming Gou, bowed his head to the gun, and said, "Ming Gou, spit out a bullet."
"Woof!"
A low dog bark came from Ming Gou's barrel. With the bark, the muzzle of Ming Gou instantly turned into a small dog's head.
The dog's head opened its eyes, a fierce glint flashed in its pupils, then quickly subsided. It opened its mouth, puffed its throat, and spat out a semi-transparent, elongated bullet.
As soon as the bullet was spat out, Alo caught it and handed it to Guina, who was standing beside him.
"Thank you."
Guina took the bullet, balanced it in her hand, bowed her head to Ming Gou, and thanked it.
"Woof woof woof!!"
Ming Gou looked at Guina, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes. It stuck out its tongue playfully and barked a few times.
On this ship, the one it feared the most was naturally Kong Tai, and the second most feared was this woman.
In its simple mind, although it was now allied with Kong Tai and the others, the lingering nightmare in its heart made it subconsciously adopt a pleasing demeanor when it saw Kong Tai and Guina.
After receiving the bullet, Guina glanced at Kong Tai, then turned her head to face the fleeing pirate ship ahead, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes.
Then, she slowly raised her hand.
A crackling sound of electricity filled the air.
Guina, standing at the bow of the ship, began to emit small sparks of electricity, especially from her raised right hand, which was enveloped in lightning.
A whirlwind stirred up from the ground, blowing Guina's hair and causing those standing behind and beside her to squint involuntarily.
Everyone looked at Guina, their eyes showing a sense of "as expected."
Of course, there was more astonishment.
They hadn't expected their guess to come true: Kong Tai's domain could allow Devil Fruits to be reborn within his domain.
The mere thought of such an ability sent chills down their spines.
With Kong Tai's strength, if he wanted to hunt Devil Fruit users, no one or no force in this world could stop him.
However, they knew that Kong Tai had no ambition in that regard. He only wanted... well...
How to put it?
Perhaps just "world peace"!
Peace seemed simple, but it was the most difficult. In this world ruled by force and possessing extraordinary powers, it would be an incredibly difficult matter, surpassing everything. Even if Kong Tai became the true strongest in the world, he wouldn't be able to bring true peace to this world.
Because since humanity was born, it was destined that this complex, emotional race could not achieve true peace.
Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate (wu), desire.
All sorts of emotions, leading to desires, were endless.
As long as desires existed, there would be conflicts, wars, good and evil, and countless tragedies.
This was something that not only Kong Tai, but even a god who was free from desire and omnipotent, could not achieve.
And if gods were free from desire, why would they care about the lives and deaths of humans?
So, not to mention humans, any sentient, intelligent creature would produce desires and various emotions, leading to conflicts.
Therefore, the world was actually a cycle.
On this point, the grand chapters of history had already clearly told future generations.
What Kong Tai wanted was only to overthrow the slave system, never to save the world.
Because that was not something people like him should do.
Guina looked forward, her thumb pressing the semi-transparent bullet from Ming Gou, her cold eyes revealing a flash of red light.
Then, without hesitation, she flicked the bullet towards the ship in front.
The bullet, enshrouded in lightning, had completely broken the sound barrier, surpassing the speed of the human eye, and shot out from Guina's hand with a "bang."
The recoil from the bullet's launch caused the advancing Freedom to stop instantly in its tracks, while the blue light, mixed with a fiery electromagnetic cannon, left a streak of light on the sea ahead. It twisted the air with a loud roar, carving out a deep沟壑.
Boom—!
Perhaps it was a second, or perhaps less than a second, the giant sailboat far from the Freedom was pierced through by the electromagnetic cannon, followed by a sky-shattering explosion and a massive burst of fire.
This strike was like dropping a cannonball into a calm lake. The mushroom-shaped smoke cloud stirred up a powerful shockwave, lifting the sea surface in front and spreading a giant wave ten meters high. The wave, like a wall, rushed rapidly outwards.
Everyone looked at the pirate ship ahead, engulfed in flames and smoke, completely obscured from view. They shielded their eyes from the gale blowing in front, squinted, and collectively swallowed.
"Th-this, this is a bullet from Ming Gou??"
Alo tightened his grip on Ming Gou, his face filled with shock.
As Ming Gou's owner, he was the one who knew the power of its bullets the best.
Although it was large, it wasn't this ridiculously powerful!
The bullets he fired could also sink the ship ahead, but that was by piercing the hull and letting seawater flood in to sink it, not by directly blowing it up.
This kind of power could no longer be described as bullets or cannonballs. This thing was, was, was a missile, right!
Well...
He didn't know what a missile was, he couldn't describe it, it was just a random thought.
And this speed, his bullets couldn't compare.
At such a long distance, his bullets would take at least two or three seconds!
He knew his bullets were already very fast.
But compared to Guina shooting it with her hand, it was at least five times slower!
This was his estimation; he didn't know the real speed.
"Guina, what is this?"
Robin was the first to recover. Looking ahead, she pushed back a strand of hair blown by the wind and, swaying with the ship, turned her head to ask Guina the question on everyone's mind.
Hearing Robin's words, everyone else also recovered and stared at Guina with curiosity.
Guina lowered her hand, turned around, and leaned against the railing like Kong Tai. She looked up at everyone, the coldness and danger in her eyes disappearing, replaced by a gentle smile.
"Actually, I don't know what this is. I developed it based on Kong Tai's ideas."
With that, she smiled and glanced at Kong Tai, her eyes full of tenderness, then turned back and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect the power of Ming Gou's bullets to be so great."
"Then what is this exactly?"
Ah Hua pushed up his glasses and asked doubtfully.
"Hmm..."
Guina pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "According to Kong Tai, this ability is an extension of electricity, called 'electromagnetism'. Do you remember Enel, the god from Skypiea, who could cover the entire God's Land with Observation Haki and hear sounds?"
"Of course, we remember!"
Everyone nodded.
Guina smiled slightly and continued, "His ability was electromagnetism combined with Observation Haki. I can use it now too, and it can indeed greatly enhance the breadth and depth of Observation Haki."
"As for the attack method just now, it's using lightning to generate a magnetic field, achieving the effect of accelerating objects."
"Oh..."
Although they didn't understand, everyone still looked impressed.
Even though she knew they were being polite, Guina was in a good mood and didn't dwell on it. She turned to look at the gradually calming sea ahead and the pirate ship, still shrouded in smoke and flames, completely shattered, and said with a smile, "Kong Tai calls this attack method 'Railgun'."
"Railgun?"
Everyone thought about it.
"Hmm... it's quite fitting."
Looking at Guina, everyone's eyes simultaneously showed envy and happiness.