"Just as expected of Senior Shiki. World was one thing, but you could sense Bullet too. Impressive!" Carlos praised.
"Cut the crap. World and Bullet would never work for you. What did you do to them?" Golden Lion said solemnly, pushing his Observation Haki to its limit.
"Senior should know they were captured and sent to Impel Down. They were already failures, and their chances of escaping were minuscule. I merely gave them their freedom back."
"Bullshit. With their personalities, how could they possibly submit to you? Even I probably wouldn't. Maybe Roger could pull it off."
"You must have used some method to turn them into this..."
"That's right. They're both top-tier powerhouses, perfect raw materials for the ability I developed."
"This is one of the benefits of your cooperation with the World Government, isn't it?"
"That's right. It was one of the terms of our agreement."
"From the sound of it, Senior Shiki, are you planning to stand up for them?"
"Hah? Stand up for them? Not really. We know each other, but we're hardly friends. We fought plenty of times in the past. I'm just shocked, that's all."
"The hare dies, and the fox grieves?"
"Hahahaha... A little, perhaps. Thinking back to the days when those two were full of spirit and roamed the New World, I can't help feeling nostalgic."
"I wonder what fate awaits Golden Lion in the future..."
"Hahaha... That doesn't sound much like you, Senior Shiki. In my eyes, you've always been an arrogant and peerless hero!"
"Is that so? You're not bad yourself, kid. You're a hero too."
"Come on, then. Let me see just how powerful these things called Pain that you created really are..."
"Then I'll have to ask Senior Shiki for guidance."
The moment he finished speaking, the two