Yasopp stood by the ship's rail, his sharp gaze sweeping over the still-burning wreckage of the warships on the sea.
The charred planks bobbed in the waves, and occasionally, the bodies of a few CP0 agents, wearing broken white masks, could be seen floating with the current.
He took the pipe from his mouth, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and his expression was more somber than ever.
"Luckily, we arrived in time..." Yasopp's voice was low and hoarse, his knuckles white as he gripped his gun. "Any later, and who knows what would have happened."
Lucky Roux, uncharacteristically, wasn't eating; his plump face was flushed with anger: "The World Government, those beasts, they won't even spare a little girl!"
He slammed his fist against the ship's rail, and the thick oak planks immediately cracked in several places. "For the sake of a so-called 'threat,' they'd destroy an entire island? What's the difference between them and those pirates who slaughter civilians?!"
Beckman handed the newly lit cigar to Shanks, his eyes behind his glasses glinting with a cold light: "What's even more ironic is that they constantly talk about upholding 'justice.'"
He sneered, "This is the World Government under the rule of the Celestial Dragons—those who obey prosper, those who defy perish."
Shanks silently took the cigar and took a deep puff.
The sea breeze ruffled his Red Hair, but it couldn't disperse the gloom between his brows. As someone who had witnessed the atrocities of the Celestial Dragons, he knew the true face of the World Government better than anyone.
"Boss, what do we do now?" Yasopp put away his gun, asking with a serious expression, "With CP0 completely wiped out, the World Government definitely won't let it go."
Shanks's gaze swept over the sea, looking towards the faintly visible concert hall on Elegia Island.
His Observation Haki could clearly sense Uta pacing anxiously there, while old Gordon stood by the window, looking worriedly towards the sea on this side.
"We'll meet force with force." Shanks extinguished the cigar on the ship's rail, his voice calm but unquestionable. "From today onwards, the Red Hair Pirates will officially be stationed in Elegia."
He turned to his crew, a cold smirk playing on his lips, "I'd like to see how many more people the World Government dares to send to their deaths."
Shanks stood at the bow of the Red Force, coldly watching the still-burning wreckage of the warships on the sea, and slowly pulled out his phone from his embrace.
The camera swept over the floating CP0 mask fragments, the twisted and deformed cannon barrels, and the shattered hull wreckage.
"Netizens, see clearly." Shanks's voice was uncharacteristically chilling; he deliberately gave several close-up shots of the sunken warships. "This is the 'Army of Justice' that the World Government sent to deal with a little girl."
After recording, he unhesitatingly uploaded the video to TikTok, even directly @-ing the Gorosei's official account.
The caption was just a simple sentence: [Using such despicable methods to deal with a little girl, are your Celestial Dragons' faces made of Sea Stone?]
As soon as the video was released, it instantly ignited the entire network!
The click-through rate surged at a million per second, and the comment section completely exploded:
"Holy crap! Red Hair personally joining the fight?!"
"CP0 actually went to capture Uta? The World Government must be crazy!"
"The Gorosei are truly shameless!"
"..."
In the Hall of Authority in Mary Geoise, the air felt as heavy as if it had solidified.
Five massive projection screens surrounded the circular council table, continuously looping the video Shanks had uploaded.
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