"Ghk…"
Kadar unconsciously made a couple of strange sounds, then fell straight to the ground, forming a pool of blood.
His presence vanished. He had been killed directly by Gin and Daz.
"Not good!"
After sensing Dalmatian and Kadar's condition through Observation Haki, the four CP0 agents immediately felt an ominous premonition rising in their hearts.
They planned to withdraw at once. However, with the situation so favorable, how could Burgess and the others possibly let them escape just like that? Every one of them threw everything they had into keeping their opponents there!
After a fierce melee, with Roy also making a move, the four Cipher Pol agents were all killed in the end.
The Marines, having lost their morale, either died or fled. The rest were wiped out by Arlong and the others.
The only Marine still barely breathing at the scene was Dalmatian, who was relying on his tenacious body to hold on.
"Not bad."
Roy looked around and then spoke.
Every person had more or less suffered quite a few injuries. Burgess, Kasta, and Chalcis were the most heavily wounded.
"Wihaha… cough… cough… ha! The Marines aren't much after all!" Burgess laughed while coughing.
At the very end, even though he had already been on guard, he had still never expected that the agent with the Transfer-Transfer Fruit would, at the final moment, endure a desperate blow and transfer the damage he suffered onto Burgess!
Had Roy not acted in time, Burgess might have been taken out by the enemy in one move.
Even so, he had still suffered injuries that were not light.
Burgess laughed, and the others also revealed excited, delighted expressions.
Clearly, after this battle, their fear of the World Government and the Marines had been completely erased. Their confidence was overflowing.
"But next, the Marines will probably send even stronger fighters and even more troublesome agents. When that time comes, we may be in trouble."
Yasopp spoke with a tired look on his face.
Locking onto those CP agents had consumed far too much of his energy and spirit.
"If it's still within the range that our pirate crew can handle, then we'll do it the old way. I'll take on their commander, and the rest will be left to you. Although it's unlikely, if their higher-ups really come out in full force, then leave it to me. I truly don't take the World Government seriously."
Roy spoke in an easy, carefree tone.
"Yes, Captain!"
Clearly, everyone now had an even more direct understanding of Roy's strength.
He had easily killed a Marine admiral candidate in such a short time, and he had not suffered any noticeable injuries at all. Such powerful strength made every crew member fanatical.
Even extreme racial supremacists like Arlong and Kuroobi, after personally witnessing Roy's strength, felt admiration and awe rise within their hearts.
"Yohoho, Captain, what should we do with this fellow? Kill him?" Laffitte straightened his now-messy clothes, pointed at Dalmatian on the ground, and asked with a chuckle.
"Leave him alive. He can deliver the news of what happened here to the Marines."
"As you command, Captain!"
…
Since they currently had no ship's doctor, Roy fed each person a Senzu Bean, and all of them were soon lively and energetic again.
While everyone found a medicine like the Senzu Beans wondrous, they also sighed with emotion that "the sea really is full of secret treasures."
Clearly, they had taken the Senzu Beans as a secret treasure of the sea.
After a great battle, there naturally had to be a banquet to celebrate. With Yasopp's hospitable nature and Burgess's troublemaking personality, they successfully attracted the two giants on Little Garden to join in as well.
After drinking too much, Dorry smacked his lips and said that if Roy and the others ever reached Elbaph, they should greet his giant compatriots for him.
Just like that, once everyone finished the banquet and the Log Pose finished recording the magnetic field, they set sail for the next destination.
Of course, when they left Little Garden, the giant goldfish, Island Eater, appeared once again.
Dorry and the other giant had originally wanted to help Roy and the others with Hakoku Sovereignty, but Roy casually called down lightning from the heavens and directly blasted Island Eater flat.
Only after a long time passed did Dalmatian, who had been left behind on the island, slowly wake up.
…
Bang!
Sengoku slammed his palm onto the desk. Visible cracks immediately appeared across the floor, the desk, and the chairs.
"Borsalino was actually killed?! And four CP0 agents, along with Rear Admiral Kadar, were all killed in action as well?!"
For a moment, Sengoku could not believe this report.
If Kadar and those four unfamiliar CP0 agents died, then they died. That alone was still not enough to shock him this badly.
What made him unable to believe it was that Borsalino had actually died at the hands of that most heinous criminal, Roy!
Sengoku understood Borsalino's strength far too well.
His combat power was in no way inferior to Kuzan's or Sakazuki's. At most, his physique and physical techniques were a little weaker, but he was still absolutely an admiral-level combatant!
The reason he had yet to be promoted to admiral was only because he had not yet produced a meritorious achievement convincing enough to prove his loyalty to the higher-ups.
Sengoku had originally thought that with Borsalino leading two rear admirals, as well as four agents whose strength could be called vice admiral-level, they would be more than enough to capture the enemy in one battle.
He could then use this incident to proclaim the strength of the Marines to the outside world. Borsalino would also be promoted to admiral, and the Celestial Dragons would receive an explanation.
But who could have imagined this?!
Sengoku's gaze grew somewhat unfocused. Then, Dalmatian's weak voice came through the Transponder Snail.
"And the Pika Pika no Mi also fell into the enemy's hands."
"What?!"
This time, Sengoku completely could not stay seated. He stood up at once.
"How could the Pika Pika no Mi have fallen into the enemy's hands? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"I wish I could believe I saw it wrong too, but I once accidentally heard Lieutenant General Borsalino describe the shape of the Pika Pika no Mi he ate. It was basically identical to the fruit that Roy was holding."
"I see…"
Sengoku felt his head aching fiercely.
"You should carefully describe the shape of that fruit again. This is extremely important!" Sengoku said in a deep voice.
He intended to have someone compare it with the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia later.
(End of Chapter)
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