Poor Crocodile had no strength left to resist. He could only let Carlos arrange him into humiliating poses—for example, Carlos with a cigarette in his mouth, one foot on Crocodile's chest, aiming a gun at him as he laughed triumphantly.
Later, Carlos's Crewmates came over. With people to help, they came up with even more poses, giving Crocodile a thorough round of humiliation and torment.
Of course, Carlos did not consider it humiliation. Crocodile considered it humiliation, while Carlos merely thought he was creating and collecting some incriminating material on Crocodile.
Crocodile was powerless to resist, his face utterly lifeless, but rage surged within him. He swore that if he survived today, he would remember this disgrace and reclaim every bit of humiliation he had suffered!
He would not kill Carlos either. He would put Carlos in even more humiliating poses, photograph and record them, then imprison Carlos and humiliate him constantly to avenge today's hatred!
What happened today had a considerable impact on Crocodile. Even after becoming one of the Shichibukai, he felt uncomfortable all over whenever he saw Bear.
Because Bear had witnessed his humiliation, yet he could not kill Bear. Disgusting, utterly disgusting!
Only after taking enough photographs and recording enough footage did Carlos finally put away the two Den Den Mushi in satisfaction.
"Done. We'll leave it at that for today. I'll spare your life."
"If you want revenge later, come challenge me one-on-one like a man."
"Let's go."
Carlos spoke with a smile to Crocodile, who lay on the ground, then turned and left. Bear and Carlos's Crewmates followed close behind.
Whether Crocodile could survive in that condition was no longer Carlos's concern. He was one of the future Shichibukai, after all. Surely he would not be that useless.
As for Crocodile's future revenge... whether